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  • FEEDBACK, WITH CHRIS CHANDLER

    THE bird has flown and that curmudgeon of a boss has retired. Several of you grumbled that the cartoon strips about Jasper the parrot and office life at Grindstone & Co are no longer in the paper. I'm sorry you are disappointed but we felt they were

  • NEW SHOPS OUTCRY IN TOWN THAT ALREADY HAS 1,300

    NEW plans to develop a prime town centre retail site have reignited the debate over shopping in Brighton. Brighton and Hove Council has revealed it wants to redevelop the 19th century buildings between Air Street and North Street Quadrant, opposite the

  • Rebels feel the pace

    WORTHING boss Sammy Donnelly admits his players are feeling jaded after their tough recent schedule. Rebels' club record sequence of 17 away games unbeaten ended at Wealdstone in midweek. But they can put things right at home tomorrow against a Chertsey

  • Hornets blame Lewes

    HORSHAM boss Russell Mason has accused Lewes of intimidation during Tuesday night's stormy midweek cup tie. Hornets players Junior Kamara and Germain Amanuel were both sent-off, along with Lewes's Paul Stokes, after a flare-up 72 minutes into their Senior

  • Albion stand by David

    ALBION have told heartbroken Bognor teenager David Birmingham: You'll still get your chance to impress us. The 17-year-old midfielder suffered a broken leg and cracked knee bone on his Bognor debut as they thrashed Ryman title rivals Braintree 4-0 last

  • Reds hit by injuries

    A CRIPPLING injury list has left Crawley boss Billy Smith with just 13 players for tomorrow's trip to Ilkeston. Andy Taylor (groin) and Sean McEntegart (hamstring) will be sidelined for at least three weeks after picking up injuries in Tuesday's draw

  • STILL SEARCHING FOR SIMON'S JUSTICE

    STUDENT Simon Jones died just two hours after starting work at Shoreham Harbour - yet ten months on nobody has been brought to book for his death. Moves to find out who was responsible have opened a can of worms about the rights of casual workers in Britain

  • ANXIOUS WAIT ON SCHOOL MERGERS

    A DECISION on proposed mergers of three junior and infant schools is likely to be announced early next week. And Brighton parents opposed to the scheme hope a last-minute appeal to the Government will see it thrown out. Junior education minister Charles

  • WOMAN'S FIVE-HOUR KIDNAL ORDEAL

    A GANG poured lighter fuel over a woman and threatened to set her ablaze after a five-hour kidnap ordeal. The terrified victim suffered a suspected broken wrist as she was kicked and punched by the men, who accused her of stealing £2,000 from them. They

  • ORANGE RINGS UP £15.4M PROFITS

    MOBILE phone operator Orange has rung up its first year of operating profits and increased its slice of the booming telecoms market. The company, Britain's third largest mobile operator, reported profits ahead of expectations as it increased its UK mobile

  • HOME SAFE! AVALANCHE FAMILY AIRLIFTED FROM RESORT

    A FAMILY airlifted to safety from the disaster-hit Austrian ski resort of Galtur have been reunited with relieved relatives. Cliff Marks, 50, his wife Janette, 43, and ten-year-old daughter Danielle arrived at Gatwick from Munich, looking shocked and

  • FEEDBACK, WITH CHRIS CHANDLER

    THE bird has flown and that curmudgeon of a boss has retired. Several of you grumbled that the cartoon strips about Jasper the parrot and office life at Grindstone & Co are no longer in the paper. I'm sorry you are disappointed but we felt they were

  • Keep it in the family

    GARY Allen won't have to plan any scouting missions before taking on Saltdean tomorrow. The Ringmer boss will be hoping his defence can silence one of the most potent attacks in the county at Hill Park. But he should know what to expect, with Saltdean's

  • Rebels feel the pace

    WORTHING boss Sammy Donnelly admits his players are feeling jaded after their tough recent schedule. Rebels' club record sequence of 17 away games unbeaten ended at Wealdstone in midweek. But they can put things right at home tomorrow against a Chertsey

  • Storer joins sick list

    STUART Storer has joined Albion's crippling casualty list for tomorrow's match against Leyton Orient. The experienced winger gashed a knee in training. He needed five stitches in the knee wound, which will rule him out for a week. Physio Malcolm Stuart

  • Let's end Orient jinx

    ALBION are ready to roll their sleeves up to end the Leyton Orient jinx. That is the rallying cry from Andy Arnott, who captains the below-strength Seagulls in tomorrow's Priestfield showdown against his old club. Arnott, installed as skipper in place

  • STILL SEARCHING FOR SIMON'S JUSTICE

    STUDENT Simon Jones died just two hours after starting work at Shoreham Harbour - yet ten months on nobody has been brought to book for his death. Moves to find out who was responsible have opened a can of worms about the rights of casual workers in Britain

  • ANXIOUS WAIT ON SCHOOL MERGERS

    A DECISION on proposed mergers of three junior and infant schools is likely to be announced early next week. And Brighton parents opposed to the scheme hope a last-minute appeal to the Government will see it thrown out. Junior education minister Charles

  • GUNMAN GIVES POLICE THE SLIP

    POLICE were today hunting an armed robber who struck at a building society in a seaside resort. Dozens of officers, some with dogs, descended on the centre of Bexhill after a man held up the Portman Building Society in St Leonards Road. Officers first

  • ORANGE RINGS UP £15.4M PROFITS

    MOBILE phone operator Orange has rung up its first year of operating profits and increased its slice of the booming telecoms market. The company, Britain's third largest mobile operator, reported profits ahead of expectations as it increased its UK mobile

  • HOME SAFE! AVALANCHE FAMILY AIRLIFTED FROM RESORT

    A FAMILY airlifted to safety from the disaster-hit Austrian ski resort of Galtur have been reunited with relieved relatives. Cliff Marks, 50, his wife Janette, 43, and ten-year-old daughter Danielle arrived at Gatwick from Munich, looking shocked and

  • Keep it in the family

    GARY Allen won't have to plan any scouting missions before taking on Saltdean tomorrow. The Ringmer boss will be hoping his defence can silence one of the most potent attacks in the county at Hill Park. But he should know what to expect, with Saltdean's

  • Storer joins sick list

    STUART Storer has joined Albion's crippling casualty list for tomorrow's match against Leyton Orient. The experienced winger gashed a knee in training. He needed five stitches in the knee wound, which will rule him out for a week. Physio Malcolm Stuart

  • Let's end Orient jinx

    ALBION are ready to roll their sleeves up to end the Leyton Orient jinx. That is the rallying cry from Andy Arnott, who captains the below-strength Seagulls in tomorrow's Priestfield showdown against his old club. Arnott, installed as skipper in place

  • DRIVER IN SCHOOL BUS CRASH SUSPENDED

    A BUS driver from Chichester has been suspended after a crash left seven schoolchildren hurt. Youngsters from Warblington School cheated death when the single-decker bus ploughed into a lamppost in Havant, Hampshire. The 39-seater coach was found by police

  • THE SHOW GOES ON - ANGUS IS PAYING FOR IT!

    ACTOR Angus Hubbard was determined to hit the big time despite struggling to land auditions. And he has now found what he hopes will be the ideal solution - hiring his own theatre. Angus will be starring in and producing the self-penned play after spending

  • GUNMAN GIVES POLICE THE SLIP

    POLICE were today hunting an armed robber who struck at a building society in a seaside resort. Dozens of officers, some with dogs, descended on the centre of Bexhill after a man held up the Portman Building Society in St Leonards Road. Officers first

  • NEW SHOPS OUTCRY IN TOWN THAT ALREADY HAS 1,300

    NEW plans to develop a prime town centre retail site have reignited the debate over shopping in Brighton. Brighton and Hove Council has revealed it wants to redevelop the 19th century buildings between Air Street and North Street Quadrant, opposite the

  • Hornets blame Lewes

    HORSHAM boss Russell Mason has accused Lewes of intimidation during Tuesday night's stormy midweek cup tie. Hornets players Junior Kamara and Germain Amanuel were both sent-off, along with Lewes's Paul Stokes, after a flare-up 72 minutes into their Senior

  • Albion stand by David

    ALBION have told heartbroken Bognor teenager David Birmingham: You'll still get your chance to impress us. The 17-year-old midfielder suffered a broken leg and cracked knee bone on his Bognor debut as they thrashed Ryman title rivals Braintree 4-0 last

  • Reds hit by injuries

    A CRIPPLING injury list has left Crawley boss Billy Smith with just 13 players for tomorrow's trip to Ilkeston. Andy Taylor (groin) and Sean McEntegart (hamstring) will be sidelined for at least three weeks after picking up injuries in Tuesday's draw

  • DRIVER IN SCHOOL BUS CRASH SUSPENDED

    A BUS driver from Chichester has been suspended after a crash left seven schoolchildren hurt. Youngsters from Warblington School cheated death when the single-decker bus ploughed into a lamppost in Havant, Hampshire. The 39-seater coach was found by police

  • THE SHOW GOES ON - ANGUS IS PAYING FOR IT!

    ACTOR Angus Hubbard was determined to hit the big time despite struggling to land auditions. And he has now found what he hopes will be the ideal solution - hiring his own theatre. Angus will be starring in and producing the self-penned play after spending

  • WOMAN'S FIVE-HOUR KIDNAL ORDEAL

    A GANG poured lighter fuel over a woman and threatened to set her ablaze after a five-hour kidnap ordeal. The terrified victim suffered a suspected broken wrist as she was kicked and punched by the men, who accused her of stealing £2,000 from them. They