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Local news

• Could Brighton's Lanes be pedestrianised?

  Busy shopping streets in Brighton's historic centre could become car free under radical plans. read more

• Sussex patients face long trips during wait for new service

  Cancer patients will have to travel more than 20 miles for treatment while vital upgrades are made to specialist equipment. read more

• Brighton wife loses five stone to save husband's life

  Loving Tracy Jennings has lost more than four stone so she can give her husband the gift of life. read more

• Doubt cast over Sussex Enterprise's future

  The future of a Chamber of Commerce is in question after the departure of its chief executive and a staff shake-up. read more

• Brighton parents' parking shame

  Police have had to be called to a Brighton primary school because of parents’ bad parking. read more

• Brighton and Hove City Council muse selling Kings House

  A council headquarters could be sold off as part of plans to balance the books. read more

• Sussex Police announce review on controversial forced retirement rules

  Long-serving police officers facing forced retirement could be spared under new proposals. Sussex Police will recommend to the Sussex Police Authority that rules which force officers to take compulsory retirement after 30 years service be withdrawn from September. read more

• Argus finds Percy's severed head by the A27

  Missing man Percy has been found – well part of him anyway. read more

• Crawley shopkeeper fined for alcohol sale

  A shopkeeper was fined £80 for selling alcohol to a drunk man. read more

• Mixed fortunes for city's universities in new league table

  The University of Sussex has dropped out of the top 20 universi- ties in the country in a league table. The institution, based in Falmer, fell 16 places to 27th in the annual Guardian University Guide. However, the University of Brighton has risen nine places up the rankings to 64th compared to 73rd last year and 78th the previous year. read more

• Disabled child, 2, in "yob" probe

  A police patrol was sent to tackle allegations of yob behaviour – by a disabled two-year-old. read more

• Sussex charity awarded £5,000 for disability education

  A charity has been awarded a share of £20,000 from the Freemason's Grand Charity. read more

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