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  • Parents hopeful in school admissions battle

    Parents are hopeful "unfair" school admissions criteria can be changed, it was revealed yesterday. Hundreds of parents from east Brighton want Brighton and Hove City Council to adopt a policy to take into account the fact schools are unevenly distributed

  • Gehry defends King Alfred plans

    Architect Frank Gehry flew to England from America to defend his £290 million designs for a housing and leisure development. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) had said it was worried about some aspects of the proposals for

  • Man accused of South Africa blaze

    A tourist from Brighton has been accused of starting a deadly bush fire with a cigarette in South Africa. Salesman Anthony Cooper, 36, faces charges of arson and culpable homicide after a 65-year-old woman, also British, died from smoke inhalation following

  • Yardy could open

    Mike Yardy is being lined-up to open the innings when he makes his England debut. The 25-year-old Sussex batsman was yesterday named in a 16-man A team squad for the tour of West Indies which includes two Tests and five one-day internationals. Yardy won

  • Mayo fights for future

    KERRY Mayo admitted today he is fighting for his Albion future. The Seagulls stalwart hosts a greyhound night at the Coral Stadium in Hove next month as part of his benefit year. But Mayo is more concerned about his long Albion career going to the dogs

  • Why we signed Dennis

    Nick Nurse today insisted the arrival of an NBA legend can have long term benefit as Genesis Brighton Bears prepared to put up the "house full" signs. Bears' clash with Guildford Heat, at the Triangle tonight, is close to a sell out as fans flock to see

  • Preston is fourth on Big Brother

    Ordinary Boy Preston emerged from TV's Big Brother house a loser but every inch a star last night. His favourite Big Brother housemate Chantelle Houghton, who later pulled off a coup by winning Celebrity Big Brother, clamped her hand over her mouth with

  • Released to attack again

    A brutal sex attacker tried to rape a woman a day after he was given early prison release following a similar attack on a pensioner. Gregory Pierce, 27,who told police he felt the "need to rape", left his latest victim bleeding and bruised after trying