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  • PROFITS PLUNGE AT GLOOMY ICI

    CHEMICALS company ICI has reported a huge fall in profits. The company, which was once one of the largest in the UK, made a pre-tax profit of £293 million last year, down from £518 million in 1997. The paints-to-petrochemicals group warned of continuing

  • Hart's best foot forward

    GARY Hart is taking the Robbie Reinelt boot route to goalscoring glory. The Albion ace is wearing new Valsport boots for tonight's showdown at Swansea. Reinelt used the same make when he scored the equaliser at Hereford which rescued the Seagulls from

  • LOUISE IS READY TO PACK A PUNCH

    LOUISE Tuppen will fight her way into the history books this month when she takes part in Sussex's first official female boxing match. The superfit 29-year-old cannot wait to get her gloves on for the Hove Town Hall bout on February 19. And with only

  • PHONE LINES FLOODED OVER ALBION FUTURE

    AN overwhelming 92 per cent of callers to the Argus Albion hotline say the club should move to Falmer. Within hours of the phone line opening yesterday morning, it had been flooded with calls from people wanting to register their vote. And the verdict

  • £130,000 TO SAVE A TREE

    AN elm tree holding up a £50 million theatre redevelopment scheme will now cost £130,000 to save. But hard-line councillors said today: "Don't blame us. It must be spared." We revealed last week that the tree was holding up work on the first stage of

  • Wood gets Albion job

    JEFF Wood is Albion's new manager. Chairman Dick Knight has put him in charge of the Seagulls for the rest of the season. It's the perfect birthday present for Wood, 45 yesterday. "To get a chance to manage a big club like Brighton is a dream come true

  • NEW ERA DAWNS AT STANMER PARK

    HISTORIC Stanmer House is to be opened to the public under new development plans. And it looks likely that a charity for disabled children will be given use of the stable block for holidays and activity weekends. The news comes only a couple of months

  • LOUISE IS READY TO PACK A PUNCH

    LOUISE Tuppen will fight her way into the history books this month when she takes part in Sussex's first official female boxing match. The superfit 29-year-old cannot wait to get her gloves on for the Hove Town Hall bout on February 19. And with only

  • PHONE LINES FLOODED OVER ALBION FUTURE

    AN overwhelming 92 per cent of callers to the Argus Albion hotline say the club should move to Falmer. Within hours of the phone line opening yesterday morning, it had been flooded with calls from people wanting to register their vote. And the verdict

  • Horton glad for Wood

    JEFF Wood's appointment has been backed by both of the Albion managers he worked under. Brian Horton and Steve Gritt reckon it is a "sensible decision" to put their former No. 2 in charge for the rest of the season. Horton, preparing for his first home

  • Wood gets Albion job

    JEFF Wood is Albion's new manager. Chairman Dick Knight has put him in charge of the Seagulls for the rest of the season. It's the perfect birthday present for Wood, 45 yesterday. "To get a chance to manage a big club like Brighton is a dream come true

  • NEW ERA DAWNS AT STANMER PARK

    HISTORIC Stanmer House is to be opened to the public under new development plans. And it looks likely that a charity for disabled children will be given use of the stable block for holidays and activity weekends. The news comes only a couple of months

  • BLAZE WARNING FOR MILLENNIUM

    A SENIOR fire officer says a tragedy could happen in Sussex during the millennium celebrations. Station Officer Doug Moody spoke out following reports that many nightclubs may not open on New Year's Eve because of high staffing costs. He told Brighton

  • PROFITS PLUNGE AT GLOOMY ICI

    CHEMICALS company ICI has reported a huge fall in profits. The company, which was once one of the largest in the UK, made a pre-tax profit of £293 million last year, down from £518 million in 1997. The paints-to-petrochemicals group warned of continuing

  • Hart's best foot forward

    GARY Hart is taking the Robbie Reinelt boot route to goalscoring glory. The Albion ace is wearing new Valsport boots for tonight's showdown at Swansea. Reinelt used the same make when he scored the equaliser at Hereford which rescued the Seagulls from

  • Horton glad for Wood

    JEFF Wood's appointment has been backed by both of the Albion managers he worked under. Brian Horton and Steve Gritt reckon it is a "sensible decision" to put their former No. 2 in charge for the rest of the season. Horton, preparing for his first home

  • BLAZE WARNING FOR MILLENNIUM

    A SENIOR fire officer says a tragedy could happen in Sussex during the millennium celebrations. Station Officer Doug Moody spoke out following reports that many nightclubs may not open on New Year's Eve because of high staffing costs. He told Brighton

  • £130,000 TO SAVE A TREE

    AN elm tree holding up a £50 million theatre redevelopment scheme will now cost £130,000 to save. But hard-line councillors said today: "Don't blame us. It must be spared." We revealed last week that the tree was holding up work on the first stage of