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  • Frustration grows over delay in court ruling

    Family and supporters of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes have spoken of their frustration at the prolonged delay to a High Court decision on his fate. Judges said they would deliberate for two weeks after a two-day hearing last month to determine

  • Breast intentions

    Since time immemorial we have all wanted what we haven't got. Those of us with stumpy legs have pined after a pair of long, slender pins, women with poker-straight hair have longed for a head of cherubic curls and those of us with poached eggs for breasts

  • 'Patients' is not PC, NHS tells its staff

    When is a patient not a patient? When he is a "client" or "service user", according to one NHS trust. Staff at Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, which came into existence at the beginning of this month, have been ordered not to describe some patients as patients

  • Thief makes off with precious heirloom

    A thief stole a family heirloom from a chapel inside a hospice where people grieve for their loved ones. Staff and patients at The Martlets Hospice in Wayfield Avenue, Hove, were distraught when they realised the antique carving of the Lord's Prayer that

  • Rooftop wind turbine plan attacked

    A Green plan to install wind turbines on rooftops has been called into doubt by a report suggesting they may not only damage houses but are also incapable of saving the planet. Environmentalists in Brighton and Hove came up with a plan to fund dozens

  • Two die in weekend of road crash horror

    Road safety campaigners are dismayed by the loss of another life at a notorious accident blackspot after an eight-year-old girl was killed in an horrific smash. Demi Hunt was travelling with her father and some family friends when the tragedy happened

  • Reds almost safe

    CRAWLEY can guarantee Conference survival today with victory at Stevenage. They will beat the drop if they take three points and Scarborough fail to win at newly crowned champions Accrington Stanley. Reds moved to the brink of safety after beating Aldershot

  • Have Gifton's goals come too late?

    ONCE the dust settles on another nerve-jangling season for Albion, there will be plenty of if onlys. The biggest of all will be if only Gifton Noel-Williams had arrived sooner. The difference Noel-Williams has made was plain for all to see again at Portman

  • Noel-Williams may stay

    GIFTON Noel-Williams has given the first hint that he could join Albion permanently - even if they go down. The centre forward on loan from Burnley until the end of the season scored his second goal in four games at Ipswich on Saturday. He said: "I never

  • Gales fail to blow out regatta party

    Crews from more than 70 yachts proved their sea-legs were in good working order as they took part in this year's Sussex Regatta. While spectators enjoyed a horizon stippled with masts and sails, the hardy sailors braved gusting winds, heavy downpours

  • Lynch ready for big match

    JOEL Lynch is ready for the "biggest match of my life" against relegation rivals Sheffield Wednesday at Withdean today after his first senior goal. The 18-year-old leftback's 72nd-minute effort sealed Saturday's 2-0 success at Ipswich, which kept alive