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  • More firms may be spared audit

    MANY Sussex businesses could be freed from the legal requirement to have their accounts audited. If the Government accepts the recommendation of the country's largest accountancy body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the threshold for exemption

  • Sad farewell to dear old Q

    EVERYBODY in Britain will remember Desmond Llewelyn as the man who fitted out James Bond with a range of gadgets which helped him save the world. The 85-year-old made the role of Q his own by adopting the role of an impatient but well-meaning teacher

  • NHS AGENCY COULD CUT THE COST OF STAFF

    HOSPITAL bosses may set up their own nurse agency in a bid to compete with private firms. The high cost of hiring agency staff is one of the key factors in a projected £1.1 million overspend by March at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath. NHS

  • VICTIM SLASHED IN ANTI-GAY ATTACK

    A man was slashed with a knife and a broken bottle in a gay attack in Brighton last night. The victim was in Edward Street, Brighton, at 10.45pm when a gang of youths attacked him, some of them shouting anti-gay insults. A broken bottle was pushed into

  • ASSISTANT LOCKED UP BY SHOP RAIDERS

    A SHOP assistant was locked up by raiders who forced him to hand over a cigarettes, telephone cards and several hundred pounds from the till. He was opening up Dillons newsagents, in Broadwater Street East, Worthing, at 5.30am yesterday when he was confronted

  • Eubank in row over bill for electricity

    FORMER world middleweight champion Chris Eubank is to have a pay-as-you-go electricity meter installed at his Hove mansion following a long-running feud over an unpaid bill. The 33-year-old boxer, who spent £45,000 to become Lord of the Manor of Brighton

  • Dad gets up and a car wrecks his armchair

    A grandfather told today how a pinch of salt saved his life in a bizarre car crash. Miles Bishop was enjoying a quiet night in front of the television eating a home-made burger when he decided to pop into the kitchen for the salt shaker. As he was walking

  • More firms may be spared audit

    MANY Sussex businesses could be freed from the legal requirement to have their accounts audited. If the Government accepts the recommendation of the country's largest accountancy body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the threshold for exemption

  • VICTIM SLASHED IN ANTI-GAY ATTACK

    A man was slashed with a knife and a broken bottle in a gay attack in Brighton last night. The victim was in Edward Street, Brighton, at 10.45pm when a gang of youths attacked him, some of them shouting anti-gay insults. A broken bottle was pushed into

  • PAEDOPHILE CAUGHT WITH BOY IS JAILED

    A known sex offender who sparked a nationwide hunt when he abducted a 12-year-old boy was jailed for 10 years today. James Warke, 36, was eventually found in Worthing six says after abducting the boy. Sentencing him at Preston Crown Court today, Judge

  • Dad gets up and a car wrecks his armchair

    A grandfather told today how a pinch of salt saved his life in a bizarre car crash. Miles Bishop was enjoying a quiet night in front of the television eating a home-made burger when he decided to pop into the kitchen for the salt shaker. As he was walking

  • All set to party at Millennium Close

    The Year 2000 is right up their street. These householders live in Millennium Close, on a mobile home park in Lancing and near Shoreham Airport. They have moved into the new development over the past year and are delighted with the name chosen by park

  • BOND FILMS' Q DIES IN CRASH

    Tributes were paid today to Desmond Llewelyn - best known for his role as eccentric gadget inventor Q in the James Bond films - who died yesterday after a head-on car crash in Sussex. The 85-year-old actor, who lived in Bexhill Old Town, was airlifted

  • LIS SOLKHON: VOICE OF THE THIRD AGE

    NOT having been mobile for the last six weeks or so it has been a revelation to me to go out into the town again after what seems an absolute age. The first thing I noticed was how many bits of road were being dug up just as the crowds were starting to

  • PAEDOPHILE CAUGHT WITH BOY IS JAILED

    A known sex offender who sparked a nationwide hunt when he abducted a 12-year-old boy was jailed for 10 years today. James Warke, 36, was eventually found in Worthing six says after abducting the boy. Sentencing him at Preston Crown Court today, Judge

  • All set to party at Millennium Close

    The Year 2000 is right up their street. These householders live in Millennium Close, on a mobile home park in Lancing and near Shoreham Airport. They have moved into the new development over the past year and are delighted with the name chosen by park

  • BOND FILMS' Q DIES IN CRASH

    Tributes were paid today to Desmond Llewelyn - best known for his role as eccentric gadget inventor Q in the James Bond films - who died yesterday after a head-on car crash in Sussex. The 85-year-old actor, who lived in Bexhill Old Town, was airlifted

  • DRIVER TRIES TO RUN DOWN DOG OWNER

    A MAN was hit twice by airgun pellets and almost run down by a car during a drive-by shooting in a country road. The attack happened at 6pm on Saturday outside the home of John Waghorn, 36, who was out walking his two rottweiler dogs in the village of

  • Sad farewell to dear old Q

    EVERYBODY in Britain will remember Desmond Llewelyn as the man who fitted out James Bond with a range of gadgets which helped him save the world. The 85-year-old made the role of Q his own by adopting the role of an impatient but well-meaning teacher

  • LIS SOLKHON: VOICE OF THE THIRD AGE

    NOT having been mobile for the last six weeks or so it has been a revelation to me to go out into the town again after what seems an absolute age. The first thing I noticed was how many bits of road were being dug up just as the crowds were starting to

  • NHS AGENCY COULD CUT THE COST OF STAFF

    HOSPITAL bosses may set up their own nurse agency in a bid to compete with private firms. The high cost of hiring agency staff is one of the key factors in a projected £1.1 million overspend by March at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath. NHS

  • ASSISTANT LOCKED UP BY SHOP RAIDERS

    A SHOP assistant was locked up by raiders who forced him to hand over a cigarettes, telephone cards and several hundred pounds from the till. He was opening up Dillons newsagents, in Broadwater Street East, Worthing, at 5.30am yesterday when he was confronted

  • Eubank in row over bill for electricity

    FORMER world middleweight champion Chris Eubank is to have a pay-as-you-go electricity meter installed at his Hove mansion following a long-running feud over an unpaid bill. The 33-year-old boxer, who spent £45,000 to become Lord of the Manor of Brighton

  • DRIVER TRIES TO RUN DOWN DOG OWNER

    A MAN was hit twice by airgun pellets and almost run down by a car during a drive-by shooting in a country road. The attack happened at 6pm on Saturday outside the home of John Waghorn, 36, who was out walking his two rottweiler dogs in the village of