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  • Table Tennis - Venner creeps in

    Ritchie Venner survived a fifth-game crisis to lift the Seaman Cup at Broadbridge Heath. The Crawley ace, No.15 on the England ranking list, was given a fright by Worthing's Andy Walker. Venner won the first and third games, but Walker hit back to take

  • Albion - Thomas simply cannot win

    Rod Thomas knows some good friends are about to experience the desolation of dropping out of the Football League. Thomas has connections with all three clubs involved in the battle to avoid relegation. He played for both Chester and Carlisle, Saturday's

  • Racing - Thursday's fixtures

    Six races at Brighton, plus further cards at Redcar and Wolverhampton. First race 2.10pm, last race 5.10pm Naylor's Nag: Purple Heather - 4.00 Brighton Recommended stake £8 win Today's nap is the first since April 18. Our estimable tipster is refreshed

  • Prince promised food fit for a king

    Sue Butler walked into a Brighton butcher's shop six months ago, and now she cooks for royalty. Sue began chatting to Terry Murrell after visiting his store, Choice Cuts in Preston Drove, and they hatched the idea of setting up an organic food business

  • Albion - Thomas simply cannot win

    Rod Thomas knows some good friends are about to experience the desolation of dropping out of the Football League. Thomas has connections with all three clubs involved in the battle to avoid relegation. He played for both Chester and Carlisle, Saturday's

  • Racing - Thursday's fixtures

    Six races at Brighton, plus further cards at Redcar and Wolverhampton. First race 2.10pm, last race 5.10pm Naylor's Nag: Purple Heather - 4.00 Brighton Recommended stake £8 win Today's nap is the first since April 18. Our estimable tipster is refreshed

  • Albion - Youth team on the march

    Martin Hinshelwood is delighted Albion are to reward four of his proteges with new contracts. Ben Andrews, Danny Davis, Scott Ramsay and Will Packham are all products of the Seagulls youth system. Hinshelwood, the director of youth, said: "I'm very pleased

  • Firebugs strike again

    Police stepped up their hunt for firebugs today after another serious arson attack in Brighton. A sports pavilion at Patcham Recreation Ground was destroyed in the early hours, two days after a Scout hut was torched in nearby Vale Avenue. Police believe

  • Simon Fanshawe - The Place To Be

    The old joke about restaurants in LA is that if you want to attract the attention of a waiter, you yell "actor". Then some twentysomething aspirant Brad Pitt or Julia Roberts appears at your side with a willing smile and describes in loving detail the

  • A record-breaker brings church into 21st Century

    In these days of the internet and skyscrapers, everything seems to be getting faster and bigger. Even so, you would expect a religious carving tradition which stretches back almost 2,000 years to be a blessed exception to the rule. However, members of

  • Prince promised food fit for a king

    Sue Butler walked into a Brighton butcher's shop six months ago, and now she cooks for royalty. Sue began chatting to Terry Murrell after visiting his store, Choice Cuts in Preston Drove, and they hatched the idea of setting up an organic food business

  • Indecent doctor's year ban

    A doctor who tried to pressurise patients into buying "wonder" health supplements has been barred from practice. The General Medical Council's professional conduct committee found James Chacko, 62, guilty of a 'flagrant breach' of his professional standards

  • Table Tennis - Venner creeps in

    Ritchie Venner survived a fifth-game crisis to lift the Seaman Cup at Broadbridge Heath. The Crawley ace, No.15 on the England ranking list, was given a fright by Worthing's Andy Walker. Venner won the first and third games, but Walker hit back to take

  • Athletics - Records tumble at the Sussex CA

    A four-year-old record tumbled at the Sussex CA 25-mile Team Championship at Cowfold. Newly-formed east Sussex club, In Gear, demolished the previous best four-man aggregate time of 3hr.55min.55sec set by Eastbourne Rovers. In Gear posted a new time of

  • Albion - Old boy Aspinall's pledge

    Midfielder Warren Aspinall has pledged to show no mercy to his old club Carlisle on Saturday. Aspinall grabbed the only goal when the teams met at Brunton Park in October. A repeat in Saturday's sell-out showdown at Withdean could condemn Carlisle to

  • Brighton starts big clean-up

    A 24-hour anti-graffiti gang and weekend pedestrianisation are part of plans to improve Brighton town centre. Other proposals include setting up a programme of street theatre, a farmer's market and illuminating buildings with floodlights to improve the

  • Albion - Youth team on the march

    Martin Hinshelwood is delighted Albion are to reward four of his proteges with new contracts. Ben Andrews, Danny Davis, Scott Ramsay and Will Packham are all products of the Seagulls youth system. Hinshelwood, the director of youth, said: "I'm very pleased

  • Athletics - Records tumble at the Sussex CA

    A four-year-old record tumbled at the Sussex CA 25-mile Team Championship at Cowfold. Newly-formed east Sussex club, In Gear, demolished the previous best four-man aggregate time of 3hr.55min.55sec set by Eastbourne Rovers. In Gear posted a new time of

  • Albion - Old boy Aspinall's pledge

    Midfielder Warren Aspinall has pledged to show no mercy to his old club Carlisle on Saturday. Aspinall grabbed the only goal when the teams met at Brunton Park in October. A repeat in Saturday's sell-out showdown at Withdean could condemn Carlisle to

  • Firebugs strike again

    Police stepped up their hunt for firebugs today after another serious arson attack in Brighton. A sports pavilion at Patcham Recreation Ground was destroyed in the early hours, two days after a Scout hut was torched in nearby Vale Avenue. Police believe

  • Simon Fanshawe - The Place To Be

    The old joke about restaurants in LA is that if you want to attract the attention of a waiter, you yell "actor". Then some twentysomething aspirant Brad Pitt or Julia Roberts appears at your side with a willing smile and describes in loving detail the

  • A record-breaker brings church into 21st Century

    In these days of the internet and skyscrapers, everything seems to be getting faster and bigger. Even so, you would expect a religious carving tradition which stretches back almost 2,000 years to be a blessed exception to the rule. However, members of

  • Indecent doctor's year ban

    A doctor who tried to pressurise patients into buying "wonder" health supplements has been barred from practice. The General Medical Council's professional conduct committee found James Chacko, 62, guilty of a 'flagrant breach' of his professional standards

  • Brighton starts big clean-up

    A 24-hour anti-graffiti gang and weekend pedestrianisation are part of plans to improve Brighton town centre. Other proposals include setting up a programme of street theatre, a farmer's market and illuminating buildings with floodlights to improve the