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  • Sussex want more of big time

    SUSSEX hope to stage international cricket again next season after the success of the World Cup match at Hove. The county have already begun lobbying the ECB to host one of the ten one-day internationals to be staged when England meet West Indies and

  • RIDDLE OF MAN'S DEATH AFTER ROW AT THE PUB

    MYSTERY surrounds the death of a man following a dispute in a pub. Peter Fulker, 30, collapsed at the Brunswick Hotel, Thorn Road, Worthing, on Thursday afternoon. He was taken to Worthing Hospital in critical condition. After brain tests, his life support

  • JENNY'S READY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE - AND HAVE FUN

    JENNY Langston will be installed as the first Tory Mayor of Labour-led Brighton and Hove on Thursday. She is going to raise thousands of pounds for charity, speak for the two towns - and have fun. Who is she and what are her plans? ADAM TRIMINGHAM spoke

  • PROPOSALS ANNOUNCED TO BEAT RAT-RUNNERS

    TRAFFIC-CALMING plans for Hove's Poets Corner have received a mixed response. Brighton and Hove Council is consulting people about schemes to deter rat-running and reduce accidents. Lewes-based consultants Owen Williams have produced four options for

  • FORCE DENIES 2000 BUG RISK

    Police today hit back at a report which accuses the force of lagging behind in its preparations for the millennium. Chief officers described the findings of independent watchdog body Taskforce 2000 as "outdated and wrong." The report listed Sussex and

  • VOICE OF THE THIRD AGE

    FALLEN off your bike have you, young man? Broken your leg? What a shame, but don't worry, we'll look after you in hospital for as long as you need treatment. And you madam, need a major operation, do you? You will be well looked after in spite of the

  • NOISE NEWS IS GOOD NEWS FOR PLANES

    A NEW report claims fewer people are being affected by noise from Gatwick. Information supplied by the Department of the Environment shows a slight drop in the number of complaints received by the airport. The report, covering plane movements during the

  • Sussex want more of big time

    SUSSEX hope to stage international cricket again next season after the success of the World Cup match at Hove. The county have already begun lobbying the ECB to host one of the ten one-day internationals to be staged when England meet West Indies and

  • PROPOSALS ANNOUNCED TO BEAT RAT-RUNNERS

    TRAFFIC-CALMING plans for Hove's Poets Corner have received a mixed response. Brighton and Hove Council is consulting people about schemes to deter rat-running and reduce accidents. Lewes-based consultants Owen Williams have produced four options for

  • VOICE OF THE THIRD AGE

    FALLEN off your bike have you, young man? Broken your leg? What a shame, but don't worry, we'll look after you in hospital for as long as you need treatment. And you madam, need a major operation, do you? You will be well looked after in spite of the

  • NOISE NEWS IS GOOD NEWS FOR PLANES

    A NEW report claims fewer people are being affected by noise from Gatwick. Information supplied by the Department of the Environment shows a slight drop in the number of complaints received by the airport. The report, covering plane movements during the

  • TOP SURFERS ALL A-BOARD

    THE Surfers Against Sewage surfshow hit Brighton today, with some of the country's top competitors calling for cleaner seas. The stop-over in Brighton, which continues tomorrow, is part of the pressure group's first national tour, with supporters including

  • FATHER DIES AFTER BABY SNATCH

    A FATHER who took his baby daughter hostage after a row with her mother hanged himself while police tried to coax him out of the house. Richard Henderson locked himself and the nine-month-old girl in the upstairs bedroom of estranged girlfriend Jackie

  • SONGS OF PRAISE FOR FISHERMEN

    BRIGHTON beach came alive with the sound of music for one of the oldest traditions in Sussex. Hundreds of people packed the seafront yesterday for an open-air service to mark the blessing of the nets. The event outside the Fishing Museum in Kings Road

  • GUNMEN COULD HAVE KILLED MY WIFE

    AN ELDERLY newsagent was pistol-whipped by raiders who demanded cash from the till. Keith Duncan told today how he feared his wife Brenda, 72, would be killed by the robbers, who threatened them at gunpoint and hit her around the head. The gunmen struck

  • DAUGHTER FLIES OUT TO IMPRISONED DAD

    TWO Sussex men imprisoned in a Moroccan jail for allegedly smuggling £7 million in drugs are to receive their first visit in almost 18 months. Young mum Leanne Saxby will this week fly out to see her father Greg and his cellmate Paul Humble to campaign

  • TOP SURFERS ALL A-BOARD

    THE Surfers Against Sewage surfshow hit Brighton today, with some of the country's top competitors calling for cleaner seas. The stop-over in Brighton, which continues tomorrow, is part of the pressure group's first national tour, with supporters including

  • RIDDLE OF MAN'S DEATH AFTER ROW AT THE PUB

    MYSTERY surrounds the death of a man following a dispute in a pub. Peter Fulker, 30, collapsed at the Brunswick Hotel, Thorn Road, Worthing, on Thursday afternoon. He was taken to Worthing Hospital in critical condition. After brain tests, his life support

  • FATHER DIES AFTER BABY SNATCH

    A FATHER who took his baby daughter hostage after a row with her mother hanged himself while police tried to coax him out of the house. Richard Henderson locked himself and the nine-month-old girl in the upstairs bedroom of estranged girlfriend Jackie

  • SONGS OF PRAISE FOR FISHERMEN

    BRIGHTON beach came alive with the sound of music for one of the oldest traditions in Sussex. Hundreds of people packed the seafront yesterday for an open-air service to mark the blessing of the nets. The event outside the Fishing Museum in Kings Road

  • JENNY'S READY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE - AND HAVE FUN

    JENNY Langston will be installed as the first Tory Mayor of Labour-led Brighton and Hove on Thursday. She is going to raise thousands of pounds for charity, speak for the two towns - and have fun. Who is she and what are her plans? ADAM TRIMINGHAM spoke

  • GUNMEN COULD HAVE KILLED MY WIFE

    AN ELDERLY newsagent was pistol-whipped by raiders who demanded cash from the till. Keith Duncan told today how he feared his wife Brenda, 72, would be killed by the robbers, who threatened them at gunpoint and hit her around the head. The gunmen struck

  • FORCE DENIES 2000 BUG RISK

    Police today hit back at a report which accuses the force of lagging behind in its preparations for the millennium. Chief officers described the findings of independent watchdog body Taskforce 2000 as "outdated and wrong." The report listed Sussex and

  • DAUGHTER FLIES OUT TO IMPRISONED DAD

    TWO Sussex men imprisoned in a Moroccan jail for allegedly smuggling £7 million in drugs are to receive their first visit in almost 18 months. Young mum Leanne Saxby will this week fly out to see her father Greg and his cellmate Paul Humble to campaign