Profits at Britain's largest tour operator Airtours plunged last year on the back of poor millennium sales. But Airtours said its investments and acquisitions in the period had given it an "excellent base for future profit growth". Chairman David Crossland
Battle lines are drawn Rival train companies are promising huge improvements if they can run railways in Sussex over the next 15 or 20 years. Connex SouthCentral, the current franchise holder, says it will spend £1.4 billion. Govia, which owns Thameslink
Voice of the third age I WAS invited to a birthday party last weekend. It was a very special party for a very special organisation which could easily qualify for a place in this column due to the fact that it is 75 years young and still full of life and
SUSSEX are still looking for their first win of the season in the National League after suffering a washout at Tunbridge Wells yesterday. The game against Kent was abandoned over an hour before the scheduled start after torrential overnight rain left
SUSSEX will stand by Chris Adams, irrespective of the outcome of tomorrow's disciplinary hearing at Lord's. The skipper is assured of the unswerving support of the Hove hierarchy, even if he is found guilty of physically and verbally abusing Essex's former
driving bans purge PEOPLE who do not pay their court fines could be banned from driving or told to complete community service as part of a Government crackdown. These penalties may be imposed to try and collect the £3.6 million in unpaid fines owed to
A WOMAN was hospitalised after being injured when a serial taxi thief stole the cab she was loading with shopping. Rita Hammond was putting bags of groceries into the boot when the thief jumped into the driver's seat and drove off. The open boot lid swung
A TEENAGE shop assistant, a store manager and a customer fought off a raider armed with a 14in carving knife. The man, dressed completely in black and wearing a baseball cap, entered the Co-op at Fiveways, Preston Drove, Brighton, at 7pm on Saturday.
Profits at Britain's largest tour operator Airtours plunged last year on the back of poor millennium sales. But Airtours said its investments and acquisitions in the period had given it an "excellent base for future profit growth". Chairman David Crossland
Battle lines are drawn Rival train companies are promising huge improvements if they can run railways in Sussex over the next 15 or 20 years. Connex SouthCentral, the current franchise holder, says it will spend £1.4 billion. Govia, which owns Thameslink
Voice of the third age I WAS invited to a birthday party last weekend. It was a very special party for a very special organisation which could easily qualify for a place in this column due to the fact that it is 75 years young and still full of life and
SUSSEX and England legend Ted Dexter believes Chris Adams should be let off with a rap across the knuckles if he is found guilty at Lord's tomorrow. Adams, who will answer a charge of physically and verbally abusing Essex player and former Sussex team-mate
SUSSEX will stand by Chris Adams, irrespective of the outcome of tomorrow's disciplinary hearing at Lord's. The skipper is assured of the unswerving support of the Hove hierarchy, even if he is found guilty of physically and verbally abusing Essex's former
driving bans purge PEOPLE who do not pay their court fines could be banned from driving or told to complete community service as part of a Government crackdown. These penalties may be imposed to try and collect the £3.6 million in unpaid fines owed to
The biggest ever Brighton Festival ended yesterday with the direction of next year's event uncertain following the resignation of the artistic director, Christopher Barron. Just as the curtain came down on the 34th Brighton Festival, it was announced
BAD weather made it a bank holiday wash out with flooding and strong winds forcing many events to be abandoned across Sussex. More than an inch of rain fell across the county overnight on Saturday, swelling rivers and streams already saturated following
DAVID Norris gave a stunning display as Eastbourne beat Wolverhampton and the weather to go top of the Elite League. Eagles won 43-29, with the match being abandoned after heat 12 because of heavy rain. The result will stand. Norris, who lives in Hailsham
SUSSEX and England legend Ted Dexter believes Chris Adams should be let off with a rap across the knuckles if he is found guilty at Lord's tomorrow. Adams, who will answer a charge of physically and verbally abusing Essex player and former Sussex team-mate
THE French footballer Eric Cantona famously described travelling on the Eurostar as the chance "to breathe". The invigorating sense of the freedom provided by rail travel must seem a bad joke to Sussex commuters. Faces crammed into ageing carriages, nasal-voiced
The biggest ever Brighton Festival ended yesterday with the direction of next year's event uncertain following the resignation of the artistic director, Christopher Barron. Just as the curtain came down on the 34th Brighton Festival, it was announced
SALLY Kettle is taking recycling to new levels by spinning a dress with lint from washing machines and human hair. Three days a week she sets up a workshop in the corner of her local laundrette and sets to work collecting left over fluff and cloth from
BAD weather made it a bank holiday wash out with flooding and strong winds forcing many events to be abandoned across Sussex. More than an inch of rain fell across the county overnight on Saturday, swelling rivers and streams already saturated following
DAVID Norris gave a stunning display as Eastbourne beat Wolverhampton and the weather to go top of the Elite League. Eagles won 43-29, with the match being abandoned after heat 12 because of heavy rain. The result will stand. Norris, who lives in Hailsham
SUSSEX are still looking for their first win of the season in the National League after suffering a washout at Tunbridge Wells yesterday. The game against Kent was abandoned over an hour before the scheduled start after torrential overnight rain left
THE French footballer Eric Cantona famously described travelling on the Eurostar as the chance "to breathe". The invigorating sense of the freedom provided by rail travel must seem a bad joke to Sussex commuters. Faces crammed into ageing carriages, nasal-voiced
A WOMAN was hospitalised after being injured when a serial taxi thief stole the cab she was loading with shopping. Rita Hammond was putting bags of groceries into the boot when the thief jumped into the driver's seat and drove off. The open boot lid swung
SALLY Kettle is taking recycling to new levels by spinning a dress with lint from washing machines and human hair. Three days a week she sets up a workshop in the corner of her local laundrette and sets to work collecting left over fluff and cloth from
A TEENAGE shop assistant, a store manager and a customer fought off a raider armed with a 14in carving knife. The man, dressed completely in black and wearing a baseball cap, entered the Co-op at Fiveways, Preston Drove, Brighton, at 7pm on Saturday.
