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  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    Picking off the speeders THE number of speed cameras on the streets of Sussex may soon be doubled. That's good news because speed is the biggest factor in road deaths in Britain. People may think they are not really breaking the law if they travel just

  • 30,000 REJECT HOSPITAL MOVE

    MORE than 30,000 have signed petitions protesting about plans to downgrade Crawley Hospital. Another 280 have sent letters voicing their concerns, it was revealed when the three month consultation period on plans by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust

  • Sussex tell Rao: You can go now

    SUSSEX today released batsman Rajesh Rao even though he still has a year left to run on his contract. Rao hasn't played a Championship game since mid-May and he played in just three one-day games for the county this season. Coach Peter Moores said: "First

  • Adams: We will bounce back

    MICKY Adams is convinced Albion will "bounce back" in Saturday's sell-out clash against Chester at Withdean. The Seagulls are in tenth spot going into successive home games, with League newcomers Cheltenham the visitors after Chester. Although "hurt and

  • Town hall lined up

    for conference HQ A SECOND major conference centre could be on the cards for Brighton and Hove. Plans to turn Hove Town Hall into a mini Brighton Centre are being considered by council bosses. The town hall in Norton Road already plays host to large exhibitions

  • Sue cleans her dirty washing in public

    IT'S NOT terribly British, but Sue Jackson says it really is a work of art. The design student has committed the ultimate faux pas by airing her dirty laundry in public. When her tutors at Northbrook College, in Worthing, set her a summer assignment with

  • Animal protest greets Blair

    PRIME Minister Tony Blair received a frosty welcome when he visited Brighton yesterday to address trade union members during their annual congress. He was chanted at by animal protesters as he arrived outside the Brighton Centre and was then given an

  • SIX INJURED IN HEAD-ON CRASH

    SIX people were injured in the latest in a series of serious crashes on Sussex roads. And one of the injured, Patricia Grimes, 60, from Surrey, was today fighting for her life after the head- on smash between a Metro travelling east and a Rover 214 travelling

  • BETWEEN YOU AND ME by VANORA LEIGH

    ONE of the joys of reaching my age is that you're not in the least perturbed when invited to mingle with your social and financial superiors at some posh do. Experience has equipped you with all the necessary skills to move effortlessly upmarket with

  • 30,000 REJECT HOSPITAL MOVE

    MORE than 30,000 have signed petitions protesting about plans to downgrade Crawley Hospital. Another 280 have sent letters voicing their concerns, it was revealed when the three month consultation period on plans by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust

  • 50 calls in hunt for attacker

    POLICE have received 50 new clues in the hunt for a man who tried to kill a Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.

  • NEW THREAT TO HOSPITAL BEDS

    HOSPITAL wards could be closed in a drastic bid by health bosses to cut spending. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals Trust is holding crisis talks with West Sussex Health Authority after discovering it is likely to go more than £2.5 million over budget

  • Town hall lined up

    for conference HQ A SECOND major conference centre could be on the cards for Brighton and Hove. Plans to turn Hove Town Hall into a mini Brighton Centre are being considered by council bosses. The town hall in Norton Road already plays host to large exhibitions

  • Animal protest greets Blair

    PRIME Minister Tony Blair received a frosty welcome when he visited Brighton yesterday to address trade union members during their annual congress. He was chanted at by animal protesters as he arrived outside the Brighton Centre and was then given an

  • SPEEDERS FACE DOUBLE TROUBLE

    THE number of cameras on Sussex roads will more than double in a new crackdown on speeding drivers, the Argus can reveal today. Sussex, along with other police forces, is hoping to take advantage of Home Office proposals which would allow them to recover

  • SIX INJURED IN HEAD-ON CRASH

    SIX people were injured in the latest in a series of serious crashes on Sussex roads. And one of the injured, Patricia Grimes, 60, from Surrey, was today fighting for her life after the head- on smash between a Metro travelling east and a Rover 214 travelling

  • hardware firm

    Burgess Hill-based Network Technology says it is in survival talks with its bankers after turning in a half-year loss of £2.95 million. In a statement, the network hardware company's chairman Klaus Bollmann said: "The group's ability to continue trading

  • BETWEEN YOU AND ME by VANORA LEIGH

    ONE of the joys of reaching my age is that you're not in the least perturbed when invited to mingle with your social and financial superiors at some posh do. Experience has equipped you with all the necessary skills to move effortlessly upmarket with

  • 50 calls in hunt for attacker

    POLICE have received 50 new clues in the hunt for a man who tried to kill a Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.

  • NEW THREAT TO HOSPITAL BEDS

    HOSPITAL wards could be closed in a drastic bid by health bosses to cut spending. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals Trust is holding crisis talks with West Sussex Health Authority after discovering it is likely to go more than £2.5 million over budget

  • IT'S LYNETTE BUT ONLY JUST

    Lynette Gwyn-Jones is today the most powerful woman in Brighton and Hove. The 55-year-old part-time teacher has been chosen as the new leader of Brighton and Hove Council. But at a tense meeting of the ruling Labour group last night she won by the narrowest

  • SPEEDERS FACE DOUBLE TROUBLE

    THE number of cameras on Sussex roads will more than double in a new crackdown on speeding drivers, the Argus can reveal today. Sussex, along with other police forces, is hoping to take advantage of Home Office proposals which would allow them to recover

  • hardware firm

    Burgess Hill-based Network Technology says it is in survival talks with its bankers after turning in a half-year loss of £2.95 million. In a statement, the network hardware company's chairman Klaus Bollmann said: "The group's ability to continue trading

  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    Picking off the speeders THE number of speed cameras on the streets of Sussex may soon be doubled. That's good news because speed is the biggest factor in road deaths in Britain. People may think they are not really breaking the law if they travel just

  • Sussex tell Rao: You can go now

    SUSSEX today released batsman Rajesh Rao even though he still has a year left to run on his contract. Rao hasn't played a Championship game since mid-May and he played in just three one-day games for the county this season. Coach Peter Moores said: "First

  • Adams: We will bounce back

    MICKY Adams is convinced Albion will "bounce back" in Saturday's sell-out clash against Chester at Withdean. The Seagulls are in tenth spot going into successive home games, with League newcomers Cheltenham the visitors after Chester. Although "hurt and

  • Sue cleans her dirty washing in public

    IT'S NOT terribly British, but Sue Jackson says it really is a work of art. The design student has committed the ultimate faux pas by airing her dirty laundry in public. When her tutors at Northbrook College, in Worthing, set her a summer assignment with

  • IT'S LYNETTE BUT ONLY JUST

    Lynette Gwyn-Jones is today the most powerful woman in Brighton and Hove. The 55-year-old part-time teacher has been chosen as the new leader of Brighton and Hove Council. But at a tense meeting of the ruling Labour group last night she won by the narrowest