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  • BETWEEN YOU AND ME BY VANORA LEIGH

    HEY-HO , hey-ho, on holiday we go ... or something like that. Yes, it's that half-way through the year time again when I usually call a halt to the proceedings (work that is) and respond instead to the lure of sunny beaches, blue seas and cloudless skies

  • Don't count out Indians

    INDIAN captain Mohammad Azharuddin believes his side are capable of surprising World Cup favourites South Africa at Hove today, whether master batsman Sachin Tendulkar performs or not. Azharuddin, who is playing in his fourth World Cup, says his side

  • BACK TO GRASS ROOTS FOR IDEAL HOME

    TO the untrained eye, plans for a new home are reminiscent of the one belonging to children's favourites, the Tellytubbies. It is so discreet that visitors to Glynde could be forgiven for walking right past it - or even over it. And while most houses

  • A POCKETFUL OF GOOD FORTUNE

    A PURE diamond kept in a raincoat pocket for 20 years was sold for £21,000 by auctioneers yesterday. The mystery seller kept the 5.8 carat stone in the pocket of a raincoat hanging up in a cupboard at his Hove home. The house had been burgled, but thieves

  • HUSBAND GUILTY OF MURDEROUS BEATING

    A MURDEROUS husband who beat his wife to the point of death has been found guilty of trying to kill her. A jury at Lewes Crown Court convicted 70-year-old Derek Tully of attempted murder during a vicious attack with an 18-inch wooden pole on 64-year-old

  • Don't count out Indians

    INDIAN captain Mohammad Azharuddin believes his side are capable of surprising World Cup favourites South Africa at Hove today, whether master batsman Sachin Tendulkar performs or not. Azharuddin, who is playing in his fourth World Cup, says his side

  • DYSLEXIC EX-PUPIL SUES HIS COUNCIL

    A MAN is suing his council for more than £50,000 claiming his schools failed to make provision for his dyslexia. Christopher Gunner, now 20, of Church Road, Partridge Green, has filed a High Court writ for damages against West Sussex County Council. Mr

  • AN ANXIOUS WAIT FOR TRADERS IN TRAFFIC FIGHT

    TRADERS should find out next month if they have won their long-running battle against a controversial pedestrianisation scheme. A four-day public inquiry finished yesterday into Brighton and Hove Council's scheme in George Street, Hove, which has banned

  • HUSBAND GUILTY OF MURDEROUS BEATING

    A MURDEROUS husband who beat his wife to the point of death has been found guilty of trying to kill her. A jury at Lewes Crown Court convicted 70-year-old Derek Tully of attempted murder during a vicious attack with an 18-inch wooden pole on 64-year-old

  • Albion still on course

    ALBION'S move to Withdean has survived another legal scare, the Argus can reveal today. The club plans to use The Sportsman pub for hospitality packages and has been negotiating a deal with brewers Whitbread. But in a letter from Whitbread's solicitors

  • World Cup ban for Sussex

    SUSSEX have banned players and staff from bringing their families to today's World Cup showdown between India and South Africa. Strict arrangements imposed by the English Cricket Board mean the county has only been given 26 seats for the match at Hove

  • DYSLEXIC EX-PUPIL SUES HIS COUNCIL

    A MAN is suing his council for more than £50,000 claiming his schools failed to make provision for his dyslexia. Christopher Gunner, now 20, of Church Road, Partridge Green, has filed a High Court writ for damages against West Sussex County Council. Mr

  • AN ANXIOUS WAIT FOR TRADERS IN TRAFFIC FIGHT

    TRADERS should find out next month if they have won their long-running battle against a controversial pedestrianisation scheme. A four-day public inquiry finished yesterday into Brighton and Hove Council's scheme in George Street, Hove, which has banned

  • BETWEEN YOU AND ME BY VANORA LEIGH

    HEY-HO , hey-ho, on holiday we go ... or something like that. Yes, it's that half-way through the year time again when I usually call a halt to the proceedings (work that is) and respond instead to the lure of sunny beaches, blue seas and cloudless skies

  • Albion still on course

    ALBION'S move to Withdean has survived another legal scare, the Argus can reveal today. The club plans to use The Sportsman pub for hospitality packages and has been negotiating a deal with brewers Whitbread. But in a letter from Whitbread's solicitors

  • World Cup ban for Sussex

    SUSSEX have banned players and staff from bringing their families to today's World Cup showdown between India and South Africa. Strict arrangements imposed by the English Cricket Board mean the county has only been given 26 seats for the match at Hove

  • BACK TO GRASS ROOTS FOR IDEAL HOME

    TO the untrained eye, plans for a new home are reminiscent of the one belonging to children's favourites, the Tellytubbies. It is so discreet that visitors to Glynde could be forgiven for walking right past it - or even over it. And while most houses

  • A POCKETFUL OF GOOD FORTUNE

    A PURE diamond kept in a raincoat pocket for 20 years was sold for £21,000 by auctioneers yesterday. The mystery seller kept the 5.8 carat stone in the pocket of a raincoat hanging up in a cupboard at his Hove home. The house had been burgled, but thieves