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  • Sussex bracing itself for wrath of St Jude as storms begin

    Heavy winds are battering Sussex with thousands of homes losing electricity, street signs coming down and trains being cancelled – but forecasters warn the worst is yet to come. Winds hit speeds of more than 50mph earlier with forecasters anticipating

  • Ward banks on experience for Albion clean sheet

      Stephen Ward has taken on board the often-used edict that you are never too old to learn.   Albion's on-loan left-back from Wolverhampton Wanderers makes the 250th appearance of his career against Watford at The Amex on Monday night.

  • Away draw for Reds in Cup

    Crawley have been drawn away to Conference North Hednesford Town in the first round of the FA Cup. Match to be played on weekend November 9-10

  • Cyclists raise thousands for charity in Preston Park

    By Patrick Widdess More than 200 cyclists young and old saddled up to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Martlets Hospice at Preston Park on Saturday, October 26. Pedal in Preston Park, now in its fourth year, was set

  • Council predicts £200k overspend on traveller costs

    Traveller costs are spiralling, with town hall bosses predicting a £200,000 overspend on their already squeezed budget. Brighton and Hove City Council currently allocates £500,000 a year to support travelling communities in the city. But, with

  • Hunting for treasure

    From 1920s flapper dresses to mid-century furniture, space-age 1960s design up to the recent rebirth of 1990s grunge, we never tire of revisiting and reviving the past. Brighton, with its famous Lanes, street markets and junk shops, has long been

  • Sussex braces itself for worst storm in 20 years

    Sussex is bracing itself for what experts predict will be the worst storm to hit the UK in more than two decades. The Met Office has issued an amber alert for the South East, which means “be prepared”, as fore- casters predict winds of up to 60

  • subProphet Crane Fracking Up

    Former oilfield executive Ian R Crane will be making a talk about Fracking, entitled "FRACKtured FUTURE: It Doesn't Have to be This Way!", in the ALL SAINTS PARISH HALL in Eaton Road at 7pm on Oct 30th. It is free but donations to "Concerned Citizens

  • Albion keen to avoid another home flurry

      Nathan Jones wants Albion to get out of the woods at The Amex by avoiding another Forest fire.   The Seagulls have won only one of their last four home matches as they prepare for Watford's visit tomorrow night (7.45pm).   They were

  • Hero St Leonards schoolboy saves dad after diabetic coma

    A quick-thinking schoolboy saved his dad’s life after he discovered him collapsed and semi-conscious. Kelsey Kent, seven, from St Leonards, proved himself a hero after racing to his dad Paul’s aid in the middle of the night on July 19 when he suffered

  • Crime fighter with a difference

    The skies are stormy and the rain lashing down when Elly Griffiths opens the door at her Saltdean home. Replace the chalky South Downs with the flat plains of Norfolk and it could be a scene from one of the author’s bestselling Ruth Galloway crime