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  • Hastings blown away by Nomads

    Hastings skipper Jason Finch slammed his side's batting as pathetic after they crashed to a 176-run defeat to Preston Nomads at Fulking. Nomads' Nick Hobbs grabbed five wickets as his side bounced back from their heavy defeat on the opening Saturday

  • Athletics: What a scorcher for Parsons

    Helen Parsons ran the race of her life to upset the form book at the Sussex County Championships - ten years after quitting the sport due to the pressure of expectation. Parsons, 30, caused the shock of the weekend at the K2 Centre when she beat red-hot

  • Trophy hopes all but ended with heavy loss

    Sussex's stuttering start to the new season continued after defeat to Kent effectively ended their hopes of progress in the Friends Provident Trophy. Without four of their best players, the Sharks never recovered from losing six wickets for 24 runs at

  • Bee-keepers want cash to save insects

    Bee-keepers want more money to be spent on research into the threats facing honey bees. Apiarists in East Sussex said 20 per cent of their colonies were killed over the winter and if the trend continued it would have a big impact on farming. They want

  • Micky's a winner, says Kuipers

    Michel Kuipers looked forward to a reunion with the manager who first brought him to Albion and said: "Micky Adams is a winner." The Seagulls' long-serving goalkeeper reckons the club have shown real ambition by bringing Adams in to replace Dean Wilkins

  • Anti-smoking DVD for teenagers

    An anti-smoking DVD will be launched by a young people's group. The East Sussex Youth Cabinet film will target 11 to 16-year-olds, giving them information about tobacco and advice on quitting. Youth cabinets are elected and staffed by 11 to 18-year-olds

  • McPhee gives youngsters ray of hope

    Chris McPhee has given a ray of hope to Albion's axed youngsters after arguably the best weekend of his life. The former Albion striker was shown the door by the Seagulls two summers ago after nine goals in 69 appearances for the club. McPhee then endured

  • Cyclists brave heat for charity

    While most of Sussex basked on the beaches, hundreds of cyclist braved the blistering heat to complete a gruelling bike ride in aid of The Argus Appeal. About 220 people worked up a sweat on the hottest weekend of the year to take part in the 105-

  • Binns latest to leave Lewes

    Dale Binns, left, has become the fourth Lewes player to sign for another club following the departure of manager Steven King. Left-winger Binns, who was a key member of the Blue Square south title-winning squad, has signed for Maidenhead United. Centre

  • Van crash toddler makes miraculous recovery

    A toddler made a remarkable recovery after she was hit by a van and taken to a specialist London hospital. Medics feared the two-year-old had suffered life-threatening injuries when her condition took a turn for the worse. She was transferred to Guy's

  • Seafront street drinkers face crackdown

    Police have rejected calls to set up a "wet garden" for street drinkers just yards from their custody centre. Senior politicians tabled the idea in a bid to rid Worthing seafront of aggressive drunks who have made beach shelters no-go zones for families

  • Sunbather's miracle escape from death

    A sunbather had a miracle escape from death after a large boulder fell 200ft from a cliff and landed on his stomach as he slept on a beach. Christopher Toffs, from Seaford, suffered a broken hip and a severe gash in his abdomen in the freak accident.

  • Cars torched in suspected arson attack

    More than £100,000 of damage was caused to cars parked outside a showroom in a suspected arson attack. Two people, believed to be teenagers, were arrested and questioned by police after the fire at St Leonards Motors in Churchwood Drive, St Leonards.

  • Hospitals fail to hit bug target

    Cases of MRSA at a hospital trust have fallen by more than a third in a year. But Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust still failed to hit the Government's target to cut cases by half. The trust, which runs the Royal Sussex County Hospital

  • Pedestrian killed in road crash

    A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car between two roundabouts. The crash happened on the A27 westbound carriageway between the Whyke roundabout and the Stockbridge, Chichester, roundabout at 9.30pm on Saturday. The occupants of the car were

  • Toddler hit by van

    A two-year-old girl is seriously ill in hospital after she was hit by van. She was hit in Susan's Road at the junction of Tideswell Road, Eastbourne, by a local woman driving a white Renault van at 5.20pm on Friday. The toddler suffered serious injuries