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  • Film Diary 2013: This Is The End

    Based on a short film called Jay & Seth Versus The Apocalypse, this feature extends that film's simple premise - Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel playing themselves experience the end of the world - and brings in a handful of members from their celebrity

  • Public vote on new name for the Shoreham footbridge

    The public has chosen The Adur Ferry Bridge as the name for the new Shoreham Footbridge.   Nearly 340 people took part in the public vote, which was held over two weeks earlier this month.   A shortlist of six names was drawn up by a judging

  • Sussex course aims to cut offenders' drinking

    Offenders who commit alcohol-related crime are to be given help in cutting their drinking.   Sussex Police and Action for Change have launched a campaign where those issued fixed penalty notices for crimes involving alcohol will be invited to

  • Wright leads Sussex to victory

    Luke Wright continued his fine form with the bat as Sussex got their Twenty20 campaign up and running with a 24-run win over Middlesex at Lord's today. Wright cracked 81 from 49 balls in a first wicket partnership of 84 with Chris Nash (45) and

  • First ponies to graze in Ashdown Forest

    Ponies will graze in the Ashdown Forest for the first time.   Five Exmoor ponies have been bought for conservation grazing on the heathland, which is a site of special scientific interest.   Although ponies have been used to control growth

  • Brighton and Hove food-growing scheme wins award

    A bid to encourage food-growing on new developments has scooped a national award.   Brighton and Hove City Council received a highly commended award in the “Innovation” category at the Constructing Excellence in London and the South East Awards

  • Spray could save Sussex lives

    A life-saving spray is being deployed by paramedics in Sussex for the first time to help cool the brains of heart attack patients. Ambulance bosses are working with the accident and emergency department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton

  • Two Sussex surgeons among best in country

    New league tables have identified two Sussex surgeons as among the very best in the country. Hany Hafez and Syed Yusuf are two of just seven vascular surgeons who have performed more than 100 operations but have never seen a single patient die

  • The great happiness divide across Brighton and Hove

    It's a tale of two cities in Brighton and Hove when it comes to having a smile on your face. When asked in a health survey last year, 83% of people in the Rottingdean Coast ward area said they were happy. This was significantly higher than

  • Cash and jewellery stolen in Crawley burglary

    A large amount of jewellery and cash has been stolen in a burglary being linked to a series of thefts. In the latest incident, a house in Colonsay Road was broken into and the bedrooms and a downstairs cupboard searched. Police are appealing

  • Search launched for kayaker at Telscombe

    A sea  search was launched following reports a kayaker had got into difficulties.   The Newhaven Coastguard was called out to Telscombe on Friday afternoon.   Pubgoers at the nearby Smugglers Rest told the crew that a kayaker had been in

  • Mystery surrounds the death of Brighton film producer

    Mystery surrounds the death of a film producer who dropped dead outside a medical centre in Vietnam. Joseph Lang, who grew up in Sussex, had spent the past four months |teaching English in Ho Chi Minh City, where he was found dead on Monday.

  • Greenkeepers' strike delayed due to admin error

    Greenkeepers' strike action has been delayed by a day due to an administrative error. Workers at Hollingbury Park and Waterhall golf courses in Brighton have been in dispute with social enterprise firm Mytime Active for months. Additional joint

  • Lack of housing fears for Brighton and Hove city plan

    The blueprint for Brighton and Hove has been finalised with some fearing the lack of housing could lead to it being thrown out. After two years of consultation and redrafts, the City Plan, which will guide development in the area until 2030, has