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  • Moores: Prior deserves his England chance

    New coach Peter Moores says Matt Prior deserves his England chance. Prior, 25, will make his Test debut against West Indies at Lord's on Thursday in Moores' first match as England coach. The pair have worked together since Prior was 12 years old and

  • D-Day for Albion players

    It's decision time for Albion's out-of-contract players. The likes of Guy Butters, pictured, Alexis Bertin, Adam Hinshelwood and Paul Reid will hear this week whether they are being offered new deals. Albion must lodge their retained list with the Football

  • Prior's England dream comes true

    Matt Prior says it will be dream come true when he makes his Test debut on Thursday. The 25-year-old Sussex wicketkeeper-batsman will face the West Indies at Lord's after being named in new coach Peter Moores' first England squad. Prior was given the

  • Archbishop calls for release of kidnapped journalist

    The al-Jazeera news network has broadcast a direct appeal from the Archbishop of York to the captors of missing former Argus reporter Alan Johnston. The interview follows reports earlier this week that a group calling itself Jaish-e-al-Islam (The Army

  • Sussex rivers are eel-ly clean

    A new survey has revealed that the quality of rivers in Sussex is improving. An Environment Agency study on eels has shown that the level of pollutants in the county's rivers has dropped. Eels populations have dwindled by up to 90 per cent in the last

  • Kylie eyes up seafront mansion

    Pop princess Kylie Minogue is interested in buying an exclusive seafront home in Hove. On Saturday we revealed top astrologer June Penn was selling her £3.25 million home in Western Esplanade, which has been dubbed Millionaire's Row because of a host

  • Fun and games on city streets

    A grey day could do nothing to dull the carnival atmosphere as thousands flocked to the finale of the Streets of Brighton. Dozens of weird and wonderful acts performed to crowds milling through the city centre on Friday and Saturday. There were feuding

  • OAP sent home in PJs after blunder

    Hospital staff sent a 98-year-old man home in pyjamas after losing his clothes and all of his personal possessions. Retired shopkeeper Norman Pollins was left without his glasses and hearing aid and with no money or even the keys to his house following

  • Prior picked for England

    Matt Prior will make his Test debut against West Indies on Thursday. The 25-year-old Sussex wicketkeeper-batsman is included in the first squad named by new coach Peter Moores today. Prior got the nod over a host of other candidates and chairman of

  • Prize for woman who saved chemistry department

    A lecturer who played an instrumental role in the battle to save a university's prestigious chemistry department has been presented with a "life-changer" award. Dr Hazel Cox has been heralded as an inspirational hero by the University and College Union

  • Song to be memorial to M25 crash victim

    The last song by a promising musician who was killed in a horrific crash will be released as a tribute to him. Jon Chandler, 26, of Preston Drove, Brighton was one of the five friends who died on the M25 on Bank Holiday Monday on the way back from a

  • Firm fined after worker gets shock

    A construction company has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay £33,000 in costs after a worker got an electric shock. Philip Martyn was injured when the power was turned on while he was wiring a water unit at a building site in London. While the

  • Police drivers to be retrained after crash

    Police drivers are being retrained in how to respond to 999 calls following a crash in which five teenagers were killed. New colour-coded driving permits are being introduced and more than 600 officers will be sent on three-day courses following an independent