A teenager has been forced to drop out of a golf tournament after thieves stole one of his clubs. Thomas Coppard, 13, saved his pocket money for months to buy the £85 putter. He was playing at Waterhall golf course in Saddlescombe Road, Brighton, with
A teenager accused of setting a school on fire was "set up" by another youth obsessed with a gangland image and fascinated by fire, a court heard. The 16-year-old denies arson and burglary at Tideway School, Newhaven, after a fire ripped through the school
It was a dream come true when theatre student Tamzin Merchant landed a role in the forthcoming film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen. Tamzin, 18, of Underhill, Maresfield, was reading Pride And Prejudice last year when her mother pointed
A politician has switched parties to protest over stalling tactics he claims could scupper a £100 million redevelopment. Former Liberal Democrat councillor Kevin Skepper has joined Worthing Borough Council's ruling Conservatives in protest over the Lib
Police have been granted unprecedented stop-and-search powers to combat terrorist activity at next month's Labour Party conference. Officers have been authorised they can stop anyone, regardless of whether or not they are acting suspiciously. It is the
Albion manager Mark McGhee admitted today that more new faces should have been brought in. McGhee's quest to strengthen his struggling Championship squad continues before the transfer window closes on Wednesday. He will only be able to sign players on
Striking details of a controversial £220 million leisure and housing complex have been revealed. A rainbow of lasers, a sandy beach complete with lapping waves and multi-coloured jets of water shooting through the air are just a few of the features planned
More than 1,000 cases of a deadly new superbug have been discovered at Sussex hospitals in the past year. All the county's hospital trusts have revealed they saw hundreds of infections in 2004 of Clostridium difficile, which has killed at least 26 people
Sussex were rescued by their two most consistent batsmen of the summer just when their Championship challenge looked in danger of being derailed at Edgbaston yesterday. After Jonathan Trott's maiden double hundred had helped Warwickshire plunder 475 off
