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  • Revenge of the tycoon

    Property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten has won £500,000 from the family of a man he was once convicted of killing. The Hove millionaire declared yesterday: I couldnt give a s**t about the money. I just dont want that bunch of s**tbags to have it. The

  • Bears can learn from Euro battering

    Nick Nurse insists his Brighton Bears will benefit from a European battering, despite another defeat in France last night. Bears went down 80-73 to Paris Basket Racing, the team partly owned by San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker, in the Moise Millois

  • My polar pursuit

    ADVENTURER Tom Avery is to lead a team to the North Pole in a bid to solve what he calls the greatest mystery of all time. Tom, from Ticehurst, near Robertsbridge, aims to prove explorer Robert Peary could have reached the North Pole in 38 days almost

  • Woman injured in paving slab fall

    A TWO-minute trip to the post box left this grandmother bruised and battered. Pamela Heard looks as if she has been beaten by a mugger after tripping on a raised paving slab near her flat. Mrs Heard, 69, has been too embarrassed to go out because her

  • Phrasing a laugh

    TOMAS Santos means no offence when he waves off his guests with the words: Cheerio to your good health, and up your bottom. Its just that he is not that good at English. But that has not deterred him from writing a comprehensive guide to one of the worlds

  • Motorsport ace close to title

    Kieran Vernon is about to clinch his first championship, just 20 months after taking up racing. The 14-year-old karter from West Chiltington will win the Formula Six Championship crown providing there are no disasters in the final round of the series

  • Non-league: Johnson back in business

    Sacked Arundel manager Steve Johnson has joined County League division one Ringmer as a coach. Johnson was axed on Monday but will be on the sidelines for Ringmer today when they entertain Sidlesham. Ringmer chairman Richard Soan said: Steve has considerable

  • Hinsh: I thought they were joking

    Albion prospect Adam Hinshelwood thought his England call-up was just a wind-up. Hinshelwood today revealed his fear that he had become the latest victim of a hoax by the Seagulls notorious prankster, assistant manager Bob Booker. The versatile defender