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  • Angry residents don't want wheelie bins

    HOMEOWNERS are kicking up a stink over rubbish collection plans which could see them being given wheelie bins even if they do not want them. About 76,000 homes across Adur and Worthing will each be given two wheelie bins, including one for rubbish and

  • Sent home, then I had my baby

    A MOTHER-of-three has criticised a hospital which sent her home 90 minutes before she gave birth. Imogen Clark, 28, went to Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath when she started getting contractions but was told she would not be ready to give birth

  • Two survive copter crash

    A PILOT and his passenger were lucky to survive when their helicopter caught fire and crash landed in a field. The pilot noticed fire had broken out in the engine shortly after take off in the RotorWay Exec home-built helicopter from a farm near Hastings

  • Student delight at decision U-turn

    A UNIVERSITY has backed out of controversial plans to close its top-rated chemistry department. Students are celebrating at the University of Sussex after the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alasdair Smith, dropped closure plans announced in March. The university

  • Asbestos scare as library revamped

    WORKERS believe they may have been exposed to asbestos discovered during the refurbishment of a library. The £350,000, six month restoration of the Grade II listed Hove Library in Church Road has been halted after around 30 contractors are thought to

  • Dirtiest places are named and shamed

    PLACES with the dirtiest streets in the South-East have been named and shamed in a new league table. Arun topped a chart drawn up to compare the amounts of litter and debris on public land and highways across the country. According to the report by the

  • Petrol prices hit £4 a gallon

    PETROL prices in Sussex have crashed through the £4-a-gallon mark for the first time. Drivers pulling on to the forecourt of Star Fuels, in South Coast Road, Peacehaven, were being asked to cough up an astonishing 105.9p for a litre of unleaded yesterday

  • Bloom reveals his Albion stake

    Poker star Tony Bloom revealed his hand today by declaring a 15 per cent shareholding in Albion. The figure will rise to 31 per cent if loans he has made to the Seagulls are converted into shares. Bloom's financial commitment to the club has increased