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  • It's so far, so good for new agency

    THE agency set up by the Government last year to boost economic development in Sussex and the rest of the South-East reports it has made "significant" progress in its first nine months. Seeda, the South-East England Development Agency, which became fully

  • Terrorists in their sights

    Campaigners who want to close down a controversial monkey farm are entitled to hold regular demonstrations against it, as they did yesterday. But what they must not do is wage a war of terror against staff at Shamrock Farm near Henfield. Since the IRA

  • Bryant cashes as Saltdean hit nine

    THERE was a glut of goals in the County League on Saturday with an amazing 55 recorded in ten games. But it was in Chichester where the net bulged most, with Chi being hammered 9-1 by Saltdean while neighbours Portfield crashed 8-0 at home to leaders

  • Sit down or I'll arrest you

    WITHDEAN bosses are hiding their embarrassment after an amazing ultimatum to Albion manager Micky Adams. A steward warned Adams to sit down or he would be ejected from the ground. The incident happened during Saturday's 1-1 home draw against Darlington

  • 28 reasons not to shut this home

    THERE are many reasons why the French Convalescent Home should not be closed. Here are 28 of them. These residents have faced months of uncertainty with the prospect of a traumatic move constantly hanging over them. Yesterday they celebrated news the

  • Supermarket says it will stay in Shoreham

    Nearly 100 jobs are safe after a U-turn by supermarket bosses. There was dismay last year when Somerfield said it was going to pull out of Shoreham. The company had planned to sell the Ham Road store - the biggest shop in the town - because of competition

  • Robin skates into the sunset

    Ice-skating legend Robin Cousins gave his final public performance last night. Cousins, who won the Olympic and European Championships in 1980, took to the ice for the last time with the spectacular Holiday On Ice show at the Brighton Centre. After a

  • 28 reasons not to shut this home

    THERE are many reasons why the French Convalescent Home should not be closed. Here are 28 of them. These residents have faced months of uncertainty with the prospect of a traumatic move constantly hanging over them. Yesterday they celebrated news the

  • It's so far, so good for new agency

    THE agency set up by the Government last year to boost economic development in Sussex and the rest of the South-East reports it has made "significant" progress in its first nine months. Seeda, the South-East England Development Agency, which became fully

  • Voice of the third age - Lis Solkhon

    There often seems to be an in phrase or buzz word which starts to appear in TV programmes or, as the Book of Common Prayer used to proclaim, 'in Choirs and Places where they sing'. In other words, they become over-used and to some extent lose their impact

  • 28 reasons not to shut this home

    THERE are many reasons why the French Convalescent Home should not be closed. Here are 28 of them. These residents have faced months of uncertainty with the prospect of a traumatic move constantly hanging over them. Yesterday they celebrated news the

  • Bryant cashes as Saltdean hit nine

    THERE was a glut of goals in the County League on Saturday with an amazing 55 recorded in ten games. But it was in Chichester where the net bulged most, with Chi being hammered 9-1 by Saltdean while neighbours Portfield crashed 8-0 at home to leaders

  • Parris faces an uphill struggle

    GEORGE Parris has been in too many scrapes with Albion and Birmingham to get the Blues over a result like this. Two late goals at wet and windy Middle Road handed his Shoreham side their second defeat in six games on Saturday and offered a timely reminder

  • Battle on for Parris

    GEORGE Parris has been in too many scrapes with Albion and Birmingham to get the Blues. Two late goals at wet and windy Middle Road handed his Shoreham side their second defeat in six games on Saturday and offered a timely reminder that there's work to

  • Hart ends goal drought

    ASSISTANT Alan Cork predicted it would just be a matter of time before Albion broke their duck. It has been a long time, 455 minutes to be precise, but Albion scored at last. Fittingly the goal came from the player who had been going through his own nightmare

  • 28 reasons not to shut this home

    THERE are many reasons why the French Convalescent Home should not be closed. Here are 28 of them. These residents have faced months of uncertainty with the prospect of a traumatic move constantly hanging over them. Yesterday they celebrated news the

  • Hair's the latest version of clip art!

    Sally Kettle's show must rank as one of the most bizarre live performances ever staged. She sits in a bookshop window brushing her hair, sometimes clipping her toe and finger nails. The hair and the nail clippings fall to the ground. Passers-by watch

  • Monkey protesters arrested

    Eleven protesters were arrested yesterday during a demonstration against a controversial monkey farm. Police intervened when campaigners broke through barriers and groups started running across fields towards Shamrock (GB) Ltd, at Small Dole, near Henfield

  • Brighton duo net the top spot

    BRIGHTON pop duo Things in Herds is riding high at the top of the charts - without even having a record deal. The duo beat thousands of other artists to the Number One slot in the Indie chart of the world's most popular music website, mp3.com, pushing

  • Supermarket says it will stay in Shoreham

    Nearly 100 jobs are safe after a U-turn by supermarket bosses. There was dismay last year when Somerfield said it was going to pull out of Shoreham. The company had planned to sell the Ham Road store - the biggest shop in the town - because of competition

  • Robin skates into the sunset

    Ice-skating legend Robin Cousins gave his final public performance last night. Cousins, who won the Olympic and European Championships in 1980, took to the ice for the last time with the spectacular Holiday On Ice show at the Brighton Centre. After a

  • Voice of the third age - Lis Solkhon

    There often seems to be an in phrase or buzz word which starts to appear in TV programmes or, as the Book of Common Prayer used to proclaim, 'in Choirs and Places where they sing'. In other words, they become over-used and to some extent lose their impact

  • 28 reasons not to shut this home

    THERE are many reasons why the French Convalescent Home should not be closed. Here are 28 of them. These residents have faced months of uncertainty with the prospect of a traumatic move constantly hanging over them. Yesterday they celebrated news the

  • 28 reasons not to shut this home

    THERE are many reasons why the French Convalescent Home should not be closed. Here are 28 of them. These residents have faced months of uncertainty with the prospect of a traumatic move constantly hanging over them. Yesterday they celebrated news the

  • Reds drink to victory at Newport

    Crawley Town boss Billy Smith celebrated the 1-0 Premier Division win at Newport County by ordering a crate of beer for his players. And it was well deserved after a passionate, committed performance that produced only a second home league defeat for

  • Weston hat-trick sends Worthing fifth

    Lee Weston bagged a second-half hat-trick as Worthing strengthened their promotion push with a 4-0 home win over struggling Romford. The Essex side were forced to play the final 25 minutes with only nine men following the double sending off of Tony Kinnear

  • Parris faces an uphill struggle

    GEORGE Parris has been in too many scrapes with Albion and Birmingham to get the Blues over a result like this. Two late goals at wet and windy Middle Road handed his Shoreham side their second defeat in six games on Saturday and offered a timely reminder

  • Rampant Lions are too strong for Bears

    A late fightback failed to save Brighton Bears from another defeat against Milton Keynes Lions. Lions' 92-87 win at Bletchley Leisure Centre put them ten points ahead of bottom-placed Bears, who have won just one of their last 11 games. Coach Mark Dunning

  • Battle on for Parris

    GEORGE Parris has been in too many scrapes with Albion and Birmingham to get the Blues. Two late goals at wet and windy Middle Road handed his Shoreham side their second defeat in six games on Saturday and offered a timely reminder that there's work to

  • Hart ends goal drought

    ASSISTANT Alan Cork predicted it would just be a matter of time before Albion broke their duck. It has been a long time, 455 minutes to be precise, but Albion scored at last. Fittingly the goal came from the player who had been going through his own nightmare

  • Hair's the latest version of clip art!

    Sally Kettle's show must rank as one of the most bizarre live performances ever staged. She sits in a bookshop window brushing her hair, sometimes clipping her toe and finger nails. The hair and the nail clippings fall to the ground. Passers-by watch

  • Monkey protesters arrested

    Eleven protesters were arrested yesterday during a demonstration against a controversial monkey farm. Police intervened when campaigners broke through barriers and groups started running across fields towards Shamrock (GB) Ltd, at Small Dole, near Henfield

  • Brighton duo net the top spot

    BRIGHTON pop duo Things in Herds is riding high at the top of the charts - without even having a record deal. The duo beat thousands of other artists to the Number One slot in the Indie chart of the world's most popular music website, mp3.com, pushing

  • Safety fears halt parade

    There was dismay today after Brighton's annual summer carnival procession was scrapped after 36 years. Organisers Brighton Lions blamed new Government guidelines which mean the cost of providing adequate safety arrangements has more than doubled from

  • Terrorists in their sights

    Campaigners who want to close down a controversial monkey farm are entitled to hold regular demonstrations against it, as they did yesterday. But what they must not do is wage a war of terror against staff at Shamrock Farm near Henfield. Since the IRA

  • 28 reasons not to shut this home

    THERE are many reasons why the French Convalescent Home should not be closed. Here are 28 of them. These residents have faced months of uncertainty with the prospect of a traumatic move constantly hanging over them. Yesterday they celebrated news the

  • Reds drink to victory at Newport

    Crawley Town boss Billy Smith celebrated the 1-0 Premier Division win at Newport County by ordering a crate of beer for his players. And it was well deserved after a passionate, committed performance that produced only a second home league defeat for

  • Weston hat-trick sends Worthing fifth

    Lee Weston bagged a second-half hat-trick as Worthing strengthened their promotion push with a 4-0 home win over struggling Romford. The Essex side were forced to play the final 25 minutes with only nine men following the double sending off of Tony Kinnear

  • Rampant Lions are too strong for Bears

    A late fightback failed to save Brighton Bears from another defeat against Milton Keynes Lions. Lions' 92-87 win at Bletchley Leisure Centre put them ten points ahead of bottom-placed Bears, who have won just one of their last 11 games. Coach Mark Dunning

  • Sit down or I'll arrest you

    WITHDEAN bosses are hiding their embarrassment after an amazing ultimatum to Albion manager Micky Adams. A steward warned Adams to sit down or he would be ejected from the ground. The incident happened during Saturday's 1-1 home draw against Darlington

  • 28 reasons not to shut this home

    THERE are many reasons why the French Convalescent Home should not be closed. Here are 28 of them. These residents have faced months of uncertainty with the prospect of a traumatic move constantly hanging over them. Yesterday they celebrated news the

  • Safety fears halt parade

    There was dismay today after Brighton's annual summer carnival procession was scrapped after 36 years. Organisers Brighton Lions blamed new Government guidelines which mean the cost of providing adequate safety arrangements has more than doubled from