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  • Raiders kill Koy carp worth £3,500

    More than 100 Koi carp, worth £3,500, have been poisoned in the latest in a series of break-ins at a pondlife store. One hundred and forty of the exotic fish were found dead in six holding tanks at World of Water at Turners Hill, near Crawley. Police

  • Speed bumps a pain in neck for drivers

    Speed bumps are being removed from an airport service road after bus drivers complained they were getting neck ache. Several Airlink bus drivers have taken time off work since the sleeping policemen were installed on the 1.5 mile South Perimeter Road

  • Customs officer jailed for helping smugglers

    A customs officer who lived a life of luxury helping smuggle millions of pounds of cocaine into Britain has been jailed for 15 years. Grandfather Richard Riley, 53, an "absolutely central figure" in the extensive operation, is thought to have been behind

  • Teenage yobs drive family out of home

    A family has moved out after youths stalked a 12-year-old girl and threatened to stab her. It is the latest alarming example of a rising tide of yobbish behaviour afflicting towns and villages across Sussex. The family fled its home in Warrior Close,

  • Sussex ready for the leaders

    title-cHASING Sussex Sharks should be at full strength for tomorrow's top-of-the-table tussle with Durham in the totesport League at Arundel (1pm). Johan van der Wath (hamstring) and Ian Ward (flu) are both expected to be fit to face the second division

  • Clijsters wary of final shock

    Kim Clijsters insisted today she will not be under-estimating her shock opponent in the Eastbourne final, Russian qualifier Vera Douchevina. The Belgian former world No.1 is an overwhelming favourite to land the Hastings Direct title after knocking out

  • Plumber's leak may lead to jail

    A plumber who used a household water tank to dispose of a leak of his own was warned he faced jail today. Roy Williams, 46, of East Grinstead, was convicted by a jury of attempted deception, making a false trades description and making a reckless statement

  • Shipwreck survivors meet their rescuer

    An emotional reunion has been held for four survivors of a naval disaster and the American sailor who saved their lives by spotting their life rafts drifting at sea. On November 24, 1941, the cruiser HMS Dunedin was sunk in mid-Atlantic by two torpedoes

  • Dial-a-fix call box is moved after five years

    A phone box dubbed the "dial-a-fix" kiosk because its main users are drug dealers and addicts is being removed. Police and residents have been campaigning for five years to axe the BT box in Richmond Parade, Brighton, because of the drug deals. Yesterday

  • Tension as pilot reports jet fault

    A BRITISH Airways jet carrying 172 passengers sparked an emergency when it reported a hydraulics fault on its approach to Gatwick. Rescue services were scrambled when the Airbus A321 airliner, flight BA 6881 from Faro, in the Algarve, reported problems

  • Skippers must gamble at Arundel

    Neither Chris Adams nor Stephen Fleming have been seen anywhere near the bookies' van at Arundel this week. But the rival captains will need a gambler's instincts if this Championship match is not going to suffer a long, lingering death today. The loss