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  • Extra years

    THE main rail operator in Sussex, Connex South Central, says it will spend the best part of £400 million on services if it gets its franchise extended from seven to fifteen years. Most of this will be spent on new rolling stock. Other goodies include

  • Bubbly day for Ethel, 110

    A WOMAN believed to be the oldest in Sussex has celebrated her 110th birthday. Ethel May Gale, of Newick House nursing home, Rottingdean, marked the event with cake and bubbly. Ethel, known as Aunty May, was born in Chertsey, Surrey, in 1888. She has

  • LIBRARY BOOK IS 74 YEARS OVERDUE

    A LIBRARY book is finally back where it belongs - 74 years late! Lancing librarians are used to dealing with overdue returns but never expected to tot up a fine for £2,322.40. The Shadow Of The East, by E. M. Hull, was due back on January 3, 1924, but

  • TRAGIC TOLL OF ANIMAL CRUELTY

    ANIMAL cruelty in the South East has nearly doubled since 1996, according to the RSPCA. Convictions for cruelty to animals rose from 187 to 395 last year, the Horsham-based charity reported today, the second day of RSPCA Week. Spokesman Jacky Laurie said

  • WELCOME TO THE FUTURE

    SUSSEX Enterprise chalks up a record this month. The county's combined chamber, TEC and business link has just signed up East Grinstead-based Papergraphics as its 2,000th member. It is the first time in the organisation's 54 year history that membership

  • Extra years

    THE main rail operator in Sussex, Connex South Central, says it will spend the best part of £400 million on services if it gets its franchise extended from seven to fifteen years. Most of this will be spent on new rolling stock. Other goodies include

  • Healthy list of pleased patients

    COMPLAINTS against South Downs Health NHS Trust rose by more than 50 per cent in the last three months. But the number of letters praising the trust still outstripped criticisms by a large margin. Figures released in a new report show 69 people wrote

  • PHONE FLOP AGAIN FOR CUP FANS

    FOOTBALL fans' World Cup dreams were dashed again today. Supporters face a near-impossible task getting their hands on tickets for England games in France this summer. An extra 60,000 tickets for first and second round games went on sale on a special

  • WELCOME TO THE FUTURE

    SUSSEX Enterprise chalks up a record this month. The county's combined chamber, TEC and business link has just signed up East Grinstead-based Papergraphics as its 2,000th member. It is the first time in the organisation's 54 year history that membership

  • Healthy list of pleased patients

    COMPLAINTS against South Downs Health NHS Trust rose by more than 50 per cent in the last three months. But the number of letters praising the trust still outstripped criticisms by a large margin. Figures released in a new report show 69 people wrote

  • PHONE FLOP AGAIN FOR CUP FANS

    FOOTBALL fans' World Cup dreams were dashed again today. Supporters face a near-impossible task getting their hands on tickets for England games in France this summer. An extra 60,000 tickets for first and second round games went on sale on a special

  • Bubbly day for Ethel, 110

    A WOMAN believed to be the oldest in Sussex has celebrated her 110th birthday. Ethel May Gale, of Newick House nursing home, Rottingdean, marked the event with cake and bubbly. Ethel, known as Aunty May, was born in Chertsey, Surrey, in 1888. She has

  • LIBRARY BOOK IS 74 YEARS OVERDUE

    A LIBRARY book is finally back where it belongs - 74 years late! Lancing librarians are used to dealing with overdue returns but never expected to tot up a fine for £2,322.40. The Shadow Of The East, by E. M. Hull, was due back on January 3, 1924, but

  • TRAGIC TOLL OF ANIMAL CRUELTY

    ANIMAL cruelty in the South East has nearly doubled since 1996, according to the RSPCA. Convictions for cruelty to animals rose from 187 to 395 last year, the Horsham-based charity reported today, the second day of RSPCA Week. Spokesman Jacky Laurie said