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  • Students protest over school closure

    Students protested against the closure of their school outside the home of its owners, who are accused of signing a deal to develop the land. Youngsters from Newlands School held banners outside the home in Silverdale Road, Eastbourne, yesterday in a

  • Hip-hop star breaks into TV dance contest

    A self-taught breakdancer is hoping to spin his way to the £50,000 prize of a TV dance contest. JP Omari, 24, from Brighton, has made it to the last ten couples competing for dance glory in the BBC's Strictly Dance Fever. He has been training hard all

  • Store in racist doll claim

    A store owner has removed golliwogs from his window display after complaints the toys caused offence. The black soft dolls were removed from show at HG Scadgell furniture store in Worthing after a passer-by objected. John Scadgell, the shop owner, said

  • I feel mugged by my own bank

    A woman whose money was snatched back by a cashpoint has been told she won't be reimbursed for three months. Hazel Kearns, from Merevale, in the Hollingdean area of Brighton, tried to take £250 out of her mother's account from a Halifax cash machine in

  • Fury as grave tributes are dumped

    DOZENS of bereaved families were left distraught after cemetery workers destroyed moving tributes from the graves of loved ones. Relatives of the deceased accused cemetery staff of insensitivity for stripping graves of cherished items without warning.

  • Teams roll up for marble contest

    A traditional rivalry was played out between the British and the Germans as they vied to claim the world marbles championship crown. A total of 22 teams of six gathered at the "home of marbles" - The Greyhound pub in Tinsley Green, near Crawley - to contest

  • Outlook is bleak for traders forced inside

    Traders fear they could lose up to £45,000 after tables and chairs were banned from a busy shopping piazza over the Easter weekend. Restaurant owners in East Street, Brighton, said the ban was having a disastrous effect on business. They were forced to

  • Seamers in battle for place

    Sussex's four seam bowlers will be fighting over three places in the Championship side this weekend. James Kirtley, Jason Lewry, triallist Duncan Spencer and Luke Wright are all playing in the final friendly against Cardiff UCCE at Hove which starts today

  • Bears will build again

    Nick Nurse last night promised Brighton would regroup and build again for next season after defeat in Newcastle ended a frustrating campaign for the Bears. The fiery American playcaller picked up a trademark technical foul in what proved to be his franchise's