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  • DO THEY MEAN ME?

    BY a sad twist of fate, the shocking killing of PC Jeff Tooley came only hours after I'd been out on patrol with Shoreham police. News of his death came through on the radio as I sat writing their story. I felt gutted. You couldn't find a better bunch

  • POLICE HUNT FOR SEX ATTACKER

    DETECTIVES are hunting a sex attacker who forced a teenager into public toilets in broad daylight and tried to rape her. The girl was assaulted before managing to struggle free. Police are now concerned the man may strike again and are appealing for information

  • SIGNAL FAILURE

    IWAS up early this morning to allow myself time to spend ages getting ready to meet Matt. He was the lovely, helpful man who answered my mobile phone which I had left on a train and promised to deliver it safely back to me outside a baguette stall on

  • LUKE, 5, HELPS OPEN £20m MAIL OFFICE

    A £20 million mail sorting office for Sussex has been unveiled. Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers staged the official opening of Gatwick Mail Centre in James Watt Way, Crawley. The complex will serve two million customers over a large area of

  • DOC BACKS ALBION STADIUM PLAN

    SOCCER legend Tommy Docherty is backing Brighton and Hove Albion's vision of a community sports stadium at Falmer. The former Manchester United manager will be the star speaker at a gala dinner in aid of Albion's Year For Youth fund. Seagulls supporters

  • CHIEF WEPT OVER PC'S DEATH

    SUSSEX Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse has told how he wept over the death of PC Jeff Tooley. As inquiries continued last night to catch PC Tooley's killer, Mr Whitehouse admitted to the Argus: "Yes, I shed tears and I am likely to be upset again at Jeff's

  • SUSSEX POLICE: WE'LL NEVER FORGET TRAGIC JILL

    SUSSEX police officers today spoke of their sense of loss after the murder of TV crimefighter Jill Dando. Jill, co-presenter of BBC Crimewatch, was shot in the head on the doorstep of her London home yesterday morning. Last night a post mortem revealed

  • KRISTINA, SEVEN, DIES IN FREAK CRASH

    A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl died last night after skateboarding into the path of a neighbour's car. Kristina Jacobs was playing on the driveway of her home with her brother and a friend when she lost control of the board and rolled into the road. Today her

  • POLICE HUNT FOR SEX ATTACKER

    DETECTIVES are hunting a sex attacker who forced a teenager into public toilets in broad daylight and tried to rape her. The girl was assaulted before managing to struggle free. Police are now concerned the man may strike again and are appealing for information

  • OLD SCHOOL MOURNS PC

    A SCHOOL was in mourning today for ex-pupil Jeffrey Tooley, the young traffic policeman killed by a hit-and-run van driver. The 26-year-old officer went to Felpham Community College near Bognor. One of his brothers, Chris, 17, is still an A-level student

  • SIGNAL FAILURE

    IWAS up early this morning to allow myself time to spend ages getting ready to meet Matt. He was the lovely, helpful man who answered my mobile phone which I had left on a train and promised to deliver it safely back to me outside a baguette stall on

  • DOC BACKS ALBION STADIUM PLAN

    SOCCER legend Tommy Docherty is backing Brighton and Hove Albion's vision of a community sports stadium at Falmer. The former Manchester United manager will be the star speaker at a gala dinner in aid of Albion's Year For Youth fund. Seagulls supporters

  • TEACHER PERSUADES DEMO KIDS TO GO BACK TO CLASS

    A POPULAR teacher whose job may be under threat persuaded pupils to abandon a mass protest called in his support. At least 250 pupils and parents gathered outside Marina High School in Brighton yesterday to show support for Jim Russell and other teachers

  • Cottey's happy return

    TONY COTTEY faces his old Glamorgan team-mates tomorrow declaring: "I'm not under any extra pressure." Sussex's diminutive middle order batsman returns to the county he left in the winter after scoring over 10,000 runs in a 12-year career. The 32-year-old

  • Minton set to quit

    JEFF Minton is poised to quit Albion at the end of the season. "At the moment I think it is probably 70-30 that I will leave," revealed the Seagulls' long-serving midfielder. Minton is entitled to a free transfer under the Bosman ruling. Albion have offered

  • OLD SCHOOL MOURNS PC

    A SCHOOL was in mourning today for ex-pupil Jeffrey Tooley, the young traffic policeman killed by a hit-and-run van driver. The 26-year-old officer went to Felpham Community College near Bognor. One of his brothers, Chris, 17, is still an A-level student

  • TEACHER PERSUADES DEMO KIDS TO GO BACK TO CLASS

    A POPULAR teacher whose job may be under threat persuaded pupils to abandon a mass protest called in his support. At least 250 pupils and parents gathered outside Marina High School in Brighton yesterday to show support for Jim Russell and other teachers

  • DO THEY MEAN ME?

    BY a sad twist of fate, the shocking killing of PC Jeff Tooley came only hours after I'd been out on patrol with Shoreham police. News of his death came through on the radio as I sat writing their story. I felt gutted. You couldn't find a better bunch

  • Cottey's happy return

    TONY COTTEY faces his old Glamorgan team-mates tomorrow declaring: "I'm not under any extra pressure." Sussex's diminutive middle order batsman returns to the county he left in the winter after scoring over 10,000 runs in a 12-year career. The 32-year-old

  • Minton set to quit

    JEFF Minton is poised to quit Albion at the end of the season. "At the moment I think it is probably 70-30 that I will leave," revealed the Seagulls' long-serving midfielder. Minton is entitled to a free transfer under the Bosman ruling. Albion have offered

  • LUKE, 5, HELPS OPEN £20m MAIL OFFICE

    A £20 million mail sorting office for Sussex has been unveiled. Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers staged the official opening of Gatwick Mail Centre in James Watt Way, Crawley. The complex will serve two million customers over a large area of

  • CHIEF WEPT OVER PC'S DEATH

    SUSSEX Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse has told how he wept over the death of PC Jeff Tooley. As inquiries continued last night to catch PC Tooley's killer, Mr Whitehouse admitted to the Argus: "Yes, I shed tears and I am likely to be upset again at Jeff's

  • SUSSEX POLICE: WE'LL NEVER FORGET TRAGIC JILL

    SUSSEX police officers today spoke of their sense of loss after the murder of TV crimefighter Jill Dando. Jill, co-presenter of BBC Crimewatch, was shot in the head on the doorstep of her London home yesterday morning. Last night a post mortem revealed

  • KRISTINA, SEVEN, DIES IN FREAK CRASH

    A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl died last night after skateboarding into the path of a neighbour's car. Kristina Jacobs was playing on the driveway of her home with her brother and a friend when she lost control of the board and rolled into the road. Today her