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Doormats branded health and safety menace by Brighton council

12:10pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Tenants have been ordered to scrap their doormats - because they’re a health and safety menace.

Frank is still on the pull - aged 99

5:20pm Monday 8th February 2010

Retired farm worker Frank Brooks could be the oldest church bell ringer in Britain.

Brighton bus driver on the road after shedding stones to fit in his seat

4:30pm Friday 5th February 2010

A former newsagent shed three stone after being told he was too heavy to drive a bus.

Brighton is UK's ghost capital

Brighton is UK's ghost capital

1:40pm Thursday 4th February 2010

Brighton and Hove has been named as the UK’s ghost capital.

Naked body scanner coming to Gatwick

12:30pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

Gatwick Airport is expected to install security body scanners that produce naked images of passengers later this year.

Hollingbury gets wiped off the map

2:30pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

Bemusement has spread through a city suburb after the area was wiped off the electoral ward map.

Ex-EastEnder Todd Carty gets his skates on in Worthing

BORN SLIPPY: Todd does his best to stay upright

9:42am Tuesday 2nd February 2010

Former EastEnders actor Todd Carty cannot walk down the street without somebody mentioning his slapstick skating in Dancing On Ice.

Witches blamed for Sussex horse plaits

Witches blamed for Sussex horse plaits

1:10pm Saturday 23rd January 2010

Witchcraft could be behind a spate of mysterious plaits in horses’ manes which has left police baffled.

Hirst's unicorn trots into Eastbourne

Hirst's unicorn trots into Eastbourne

3:00pm Friday 22nd January 2010

Several lorries, gallons of chemicals and a team of engineers have been used to bring a mythical creature to Sussex.

Woman sells Newhaven home after 106 years

FOR SALE: Catherine Sinclair outside her house

3:51pm Thursday 21st January 2010

Selling the family home is a difficult time for anyone.

Shoppers flock to see Brighton's Jelly Queen

JELLY QUEEN: Shoppers have been flocking to see the jelly bean Queen at Fizziwigs in Brighton

2:20pm Thursday 21st January 2010

WITH VIDEO:It is made up of about 10,000 jelly beans and took hours of sorting and sticking to create.

"Cycle train" calls for Brighton

1:00pm Monday 14th December 2009

A “train of cyclists” could regularly make frequent trips along a busy road.

Forfars worker stops Brighton lorry thief by sitting on him

Chris Drew

10:30am Monday 14th December 2009

A Forfars bakery worker has been hailed a hero after he dragged a lorry thief from a moving vehicle and then sat on him for five minutes until police arrived.

Brighton spaceman looking to the stars

Mark Erickson, 45, pictured with his daughter Milica Erickson-Bragg

3:00pm Saturday 12th December 2009

A professor is helping his neighbours to look to the stars.



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