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  • RENTOKILL CHANGES TACK WITH SELL-OFF

    SUSSEX-based multinational Rentokil Initial has broken a long standing habit by selling off one of its major subsidiaries. After several years of acquisition-led growth, the company, which has its headquarters at East Grinstead, has announced that it

  • GANG ROBS TEENAGERS

    TWO youths were attacked by a gang of teenagers as they walked home in Woodmans Hill, Broadfield, Crawley, yesterday morning. The victims were punched to the ground and kicked and cash was stolen from them. One of them needed treatment at Crawley Hospital

  • Pinamonte future under a cloud

    LORENZO Pinamonte's future with Albion is under a cloud. The big Italian loan signing is injured and he has attracted interest from Second Division Brentford. Pinamonte limped off with a hamstring problem early in the second half of Saturday's 1-0 defeat

  • BOY, 9, BADLY HURT BY CAR

    A nine-year-old boy was fighting for his life today after a road accident while he was playing with friends. The youngster was kicking a tin can around with a group of friends yesterday afternoon when the accident happened. The can landed in the middle

  • TRAGEDY OF GRANDMOTHER IN CARAVAN BLAZE

    A WOMAN died and a man was seriously injured in a fire at a Sussex caravan park. Police and fire investigation experts spent the weekend sifting through the wreckage of the blaze in a mobile home at Drayton Caravan Park, near Chichester. The body of Poppy

  • BIG GUNS OUT TO PREPARE FOR THE CITY OF THE FUTURE

    IT MAY have an uninspiring title but the Local Plan will have a major impact on the way Brighton and Hove will look in the 21st Century. It provides a planning blueprint which will shape future decisions on issues like housing, industry, the environment

  • SAVE ST PETER'S! BRIGHTON'S FAMOUS CHUCRH IS CRUMBLING

    The vicar of Brighton is fighting to save the town's most famous church from closure. The Rev Douglas McKittrick, vicar and rural dean of Brighton, said £1.5 million was urgently needed to keep St Peter's Church, near The Level, open. He said: "Structurally

  • LIMPETS MUNCHING AWAY AT COASTLINE

    THE multi-million pound cost of protecting the crumbling coastline of Sussex is being blamed on hungry limpets. A pioneering study by experts at the University of Sussex has revealed that, rather than rising sea levels, it is the tiny gastropod which

  • LOONY LORD LEAVES £500,000 TO HIS FAMILY

    LOONY Lord Tiverton, who died last year, has left his £500,000 fortune to his family. The eccentric Hastings resident, who was chairman of Screaming Lord Sutch's Monster Raving Loony Party, left an estate of £573,836. He made his fortune from a chain

  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    We must save this landmark St Peter's Church in York Place is the cathedral of Brighton in all but name, yet sadly it is falling to bits. More than £1.5 million will be needed to restore it to its former glory and prevent its closure. Already the great

  • GANG ROBS TEENAGERS

    TWO youths were attacked by a gang of teenagers as they walked home in Woodmans Hill, Broadfield, Crawley, yesterday morning. The victims were punched to the ground and kicked and cash was stolen from them. One of them needed treatment at Crawley Hospital

  • MAN HIT BY TRAIN DIES IN TUNNEL

    A man's body was found in a rail tunnel after he was struck by a train. Police were alerted by the driver of the 16.47 London Victoria to Hastings train who saw the body on the tracks at Patcham yesterday. Police spokesman Insp Carl Woodall said the man

  • Holden's hill start

    TONY Holden struck his first goal for Burgess Hill to keep his new club's Sussex RUR Cup hopes alive against Unijet County League rivals Langney Sports. The former Worthing marksman, who swapped the Ryman League for the challenge at Leylands Park, fired

  • Davoren the champion

    PATRICK Davoren is the Sussex Cross Country champion, but he had a late scare after taking a wrong turn with the finish in sight. The Phoenix runner had to scramble back on the course to regain the title he won in 1998 by 20 yards, after seeing off the

  • Pinamonte future under a cloud

    LORENZO Pinamonte's future with Albion is under a cloud. The big Italian loan signing is injured and he has attracted interest from Second Division Brentford. Pinamonte limped off with a hamstring problem early in the second half of Saturday's 1-0 defeat

  • TRAGEDY OF GRANDMOTHER IN CARAVAN BLAZE

    A WOMAN died and a man was seriously injured in a fire at a Sussex caravan park. Police and fire investigation experts spent the weekend sifting through the wreckage of the blaze in a mobile home at Drayton Caravan Park, near Chichester. The body of Poppy

  • BIG GUNS OUT TO PREPARE FOR THE CITY OF THE FUTURE

    IT MAY have an uninspiring title but the Local Plan will have a major impact on the way Brighton and Hove will look in the 21st Century. It provides a planning blueprint which will shape future decisions on issues like housing, industry, the environment

  • HONOURS FOR MISS SMILEY

    Teacher Romilda Scannelli has gone to the top of the class after being awarded an OBE. Sue Bishop reports. She ended last term as plain Miss Scannelli. Now top teacher Romilda Scannelli has come back to school with an OBE after her name. Pupils and staff

  • LIMPETS MUNCHING AWAY AT COASTLINE

    THE multi-million pound cost of protecting the crumbling coastline of Sussex is being blamed on hungry limpets. A pioneering study by experts at the University of Sussex has revealed that, rather than rising sea levels, it is the tiny gastropod which

  • LOONY LORD LEAVES £500,000 TO HIS FAMILY

    LOONY Lord Tiverton, who died last year, has left his £500,000 fortune to his family. The eccentric Hastings resident, who was chairman of Screaming Lord Sutch's Monster Raving Loony Party, left an estate of £573,836. He made his fortune from a chain

  • HOSPITALS HIT BY FLU CRISIS

    THE flu outbreak is causing severe problems for Sussex hospitals, with operations cancelled to release beds, surgeons too sick to work and theatre recovery rooms being used to care for the sick. The Government's chief medical officer, Prof Liam Donaldson

  • SPORTS LOTTERY BID KICKED INTO TOUCH

    STAFF and students at a sports college are in sombre mood after an application for lottery funding of nearly £500,000 for new facilities failed. The award at Beacon Community College, in Crowborough, would have funded a floodlit all-weather pitch, improved

  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    We must save this landmark St Peter's Church in York Place is the cathedral of Brighton in all but name, yet sadly it is falling to bits. More than £1.5 million will be needed to restore it to its former glory and prevent its closure. Already the great

  • LIS SOLKHON: VOICE OF THE THIRD AGE

    JUDGING by the splendid pages of photographs in the Argus, Brighton was certainly the Place to Be on New Year's Eve, as crowds flocked to the centre of the town to see the fun. If I am honest it would be my idea of hell, to be crushed, however kindly,

  • Driver punched through window

    A DRIVER was punched in the face through the window of his car in an apparently unprovoked attack. Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault in the car park outside the B2 shop in Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, at 2.15am yesterday. A group of

  • MAN HIT BY TRAIN DIES IN TUNNEL

    A man's body was found in a rail tunnel after he was struck by a train. Police were alerted by the driver of the 16.47 London Victoria to Hastings train who saw the body on the tracks at Patcham yesterday. Police spokesman Insp Carl Woodall said the man

  • NEIGHBOUR TELLS OF BID TO SAVE KNIFED BOY

    A FATHER told today how he tried to save the life of stabbed teenager Jay Kensett before paramedics arrived. Ernest Taylor, of Whitehawk Way, Brighton, rushed out of his house after hearing a commotion late in the evening of March 26 last year. He found

  • Holden's hill start

    TONY Holden struck his first goal for Burgess Hill to keep his new club's Sussex RUR Cup hopes alive against Unijet County League rivals Langney Sports. The former Worthing marksman, who swapped the Ryman League for the challenge at Leylands Park, fired

  • Davoren the champion

    PATRICK Davoren is the Sussex Cross Country champion, but he had a late scare after taking a wrong turn with the finish in sight. The Phoenix runner had to scramble back on the course to regain the title he won in 1998 by 20 yards, after seeing off the

  • Looks dicey for Albion

    Rochdale 1, Albion 0 MICKY Adams likened Albion's season to a game of snakes and ladders after a poisonous setback. There will be many more ups and downs before the final throw of the dice in May. But the circumstances in which the Seagulls slid down

  • HONOURS FOR MISS SMILEY

    Teacher Romilda Scannelli has gone to the top of the class after being awarded an OBE. Sue Bishop reports. She ended last term as plain Miss Scannelli. Now top teacher Romilda Scannelli has come back to school with an OBE after her name. Pupils and staff

  • GIRL COUSINS IN HOSPITAL DRAMA

    When cousins Lauren Fernee and Jessica Cork were struck with meningitis within 24 hours of each other, their families feared the worst. As Sussex partied into the new millennium, the two girls fought for their lives. Now Lauren, four, and Jessica, five

  • HOSPITALS HIT BY FLU CRISIS

    THE flu outbreak is causing severe problems for Sussex hospitals, with operations cancelled to release beds, surgeons too sick to work and theatre recovery rooms being used to care for the sick. The Government's chief medical officer, Prof Liam Donaldson

  • SPORTS LOTTERY BID KICKED INTO TOUCH

    STAFF and students at a sports college are in sombre mood after an application for lottery funding of nearly £500,000 for new facilities failed. The award at Beacon Community College, in Crowborough, would have funded a floodlit all-weather pitch, improved

  • RENTOKILL CHANGES TACK WITH SELL-OFF

    SUSSEX-based multinational Rentokil Initial has broken a long standing habit by selling off one of its major subsidiaries. After several years of acquisition-led growth, the company, which has its headquarters at East Grinstead, has announced that it

  • LIS SOLKHON: VOICE OF THE THIRD AGE

    JUDGING by the splendid pages of photographs in the Argus, Brighton was certainly the Place to Be on New Year's Eve, as crowds flocked to the centre of the town to see the fun. If I am honest it would be my idea of hell, to be crushed, however kindly,

  • Driver punched through window

    A DRIVER was punched in the face through the window of his car in an apparently unprovoked attack. Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault in the car park outside the B2 shop in Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, at 2.15am yesterday. A group of

  • NEIGHBOUR TELLS OF BID TO SAVE KNIFED BOY

    A FATHER told today how he tried to save the life of stabbed teenager Jay Kensett before paramedics arrived. Ernest Taylor, of Whitehawk Way, Brighton, rushed out of his house after hearing a commotion late in the evening of March 26 last year. He found

  • Looks dicey for Albion

    Rochdale 1, Albion 0 MICKY Adams likened Albion's season to a game of snakes and ladders after a poisonous setback. There will be many more ups and downs before the final throw of the dice in May. But the circumstances in which the Seagulls slid down

  • BOY, 9, BADLY HURT BY CAR

    A nine-year-old boy was fighting for his life today after a road accident while he was playing with friends. The youngster was kicking a tin can around with a group of friends yesterday afternoon when the accident happened. The can landed in the middle

  • SAVE ST PETER'S! BRIGHTON'S FAMOUS CHUCRH IS CRUMBLING

    The vicar of Brighton is fighting to save the town's most famous church from closure. The Rev Douglas McKittrick, vicar and rural dean of Brighton, said £1.5 million was urgently needed to keep St Peter's Church, near The Level, open. He said: "Structurally

  • GIRL COUSINS IN HOSPITAL DRAMA

    When cousins Lauren Fernee and Jessica Cork were struck with meningitis within 24 hours of each other, their families feared the worst. As Sussex partied into the new millennium, the two girls fought for their lives. Now Lauren, four, and Jessica, five