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  • Time for an

    explanation How could it happen again? That's what everyone is asking only two years after the Southall rail disaster when there's been an even worse crash only a few miles down the line towards Paddington. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott lost no

  • SHOPKEEPERS AND SPECIALS CUT CRIME

    Traders and special constables have been working hard to halve a town's crime rate. New figures show town centre crime in Burgess Hill has dropped by nearly 50 per cent. The number of crimes in and around an area including Station Road, Church Road and

  • SWOTTING BOYS ARE CHASING THE GIRLS

    STANDARDS in Brighton and Hove's infant, junior and primary schools are rising, new figures revealed today. And the results show boys are closing the gap on the girls. Statistics show that boys in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex are beating girls in

  • Speight lined up for Sussex return?

    MARTIN Speight is being lined up for a dramatic return to Sussex if they miss out on Paul Nixon. Leicestershire's Nixon is the county's top choice for the role of wicket-keeper/batsman next season. They are favourites to secure his signature but face

  • YMCA are a cut above

    Superb Horsham YMCA booked a place in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time in their 101-year history with a stunning victory at Herne Bay. First-half goals from Peter Durrant and Matt Russell and a second half strike from Rob Grim

  • Sussex sides still eye FA Cup glory

    FOUR Sussex clubs are still in the hunt for a place in the first round proper of the FA Cup. Victories last night for Horsham YMCA and Worthing saw them join Bognor and Burgess Hill in next Saturday's fourth qualifying round draw. Worthing hit three late

  • SILENT FILM CINEMA WINS LOTTERY CASH

    ONE of Worthing's most famous buildings is in line for a £1.75 million lottery grant. The cash from English Heritage will go towards the £3 million cost of refurbishing and renovating the historic Dome cinema on the seafront. The Heritage Lottery Fund

  • Singing neighbour is put on probation

    A WOMAN who drove her neighbours from their home with her constant singing was placed on probation yesterday and left court shouting: "Long live rock and roll." Lisa Duffy made so much noise Brighton and Hove Council used legal powers for the first time

  • YOU COULD POT A PIECE OF HISTORY

    IT lies in an empty room surrounded by rubble but this snooker table holds a unique place in sporting history. The table, which can be used for snooker or billiards, is the last remaining item at an old Conservative Club building in Hastings, which is

  • JUDGE'S FURY OVER NOTE FROM TYCOON

    PROPERTY tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has been blasted by a judge for an "utterly unacceptable" breach of court procedure. The 54-year-old millionaire faces a contempt of court charge for asking a girlfriend to contact a witness who was under oath. Judge

  • SHOPKEEPERS AND SPECIALS CUT CRIME

    Traders and special constables have been working hard to halve a town's crime rate. New figures show town centre crime in Burgess Hill has dropped by nearly 50 per cent. The number of crimes in and around an area including Station Road, Church Road and

  • YMCA are a cut above

    Superb Horsham YMCA booked a place in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time in their 101-year history with a stunning victory at Herne Bay. First-half goals from Peter Durrant and Matt Russell and a second half strike from Rob Grim

  • SILENT FILM CINEMA WINS LOTTERY CASH

    ONE of Worthing's most famous buildings is in line for a £1.75 million lottery grant. The cash from English Heritage will go towards the £3 million cost of refurbishing and renovating the historic Dome cinema on the seafront. The Heritage Lottery Fund

  • Singing neighbour is put on probation

    A WOMAN who drove her neighbours from their home with her constant singing was placed on probation yesterday and left court shouting: "Long live rock and roll." Lisa Duffy made so much noise Brighton and Hove Council used legal powers for the first time

  • THREATEN TO YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW

    IMAGINE there has been a car crash. In one car a mother and her daughter are critically injured. In the other a pubic figure is sitting behind the wheel drunk. After a breath test, which he fails, he tells the police he does not want his name given to

  • JUDGE'S FURY OVER NOTE FROM TYCOON

    PROPERTY tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has been blasted by a judge for an "utterly unacceptable" breach of court procedure. The 54-year-old millionaire faces a contempt of court charge for asking a girlfriend to contact a witness who was under oath. Judge

  • MUM FACES CHILD DEATH BID CHARGE

    A 40-year-old woman has been charged with atte-mpting to murder an eight-year-old boy and his sister, aged four. Beverley Jane Tate, from Hurstpierpoint, is alleged to have tried to kill the children on Monday night. She is accused to putting a hose from

  • VANORA LEIGH

    PHEW! What a week it's been. My Brave New World, my shot at self-employment, is gradually taking shape, thanks to my brother. Not only is my brother an accountant, which is very useful thing for a brother to be (OK, he's an American accountant, but tax

  • STREETS HIT IN SWOOP BY 4am SPRAY GANG

    SHOPKEEPERS are outraged after vandals went on a spray-paint rampage in Brighton early today. At least 50 "tags" were counted by police in the North Laine area of town, around Sydney Street. Shop doors, shutters, walls and even some vehicles were defaced

  • Brave Worthing leave it so late

    LION-hearted Worthing are through to the fourth qualifying round for the first time in five years after a stirring comeback last night. Close-range strikes from Paul Kennett, Mark Burt and Adie Miles, all in the last 20 minutes, turned a dramatic clash

  • THREATEN TO YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW

    IMAGINE there has been a car crash. In one car a mother and her daughter are critically injured. In the other a pubic figure is sitting behind the wheel drunk. After a breath test, which he fails, he tells the police he does not want his name given to

  • MUM FACES CHILD DEATH BID CHARGE

    A 40-year-old woman has been charged with atte-mpting to murder an eight-year-old boy and his sister, aged four. Beverley Jane Tate, from Hurstpierpoint, is alleged to have tried to kill the children on Monday night. She is accused to putting a hose from

  • 400 new jobs as book firm expands

    HUNDREDS of jobs will be created after councillors gave the green light to a firm's expansion plans. Eastbourne based books wholesaler Gardner Books has been given permission to extend its base in Willingdon Drove by building a larger warehouse and offices

  • VANORA LEIGH

    PHEW! What a week it's been. My Brave New World, my shot at self-employment, is gradually taking shape, thanks to my brother. Not only is my brother an accountant, which is very useful thing for a brother to be (OK, he's an American accountant, but tax

  • Time for an

    explanation How could it happen again? That's what everyone is asking only two years after the Southall rail disaster when there's been an even worse crash only a few miles down the line towards Paddington. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott lost no

  • SWOTTING BOYS ARE CHASING THE GIRLS

    STANDARDS in Brighton and Hove's infant, junior and primary schools are rising, new figures revealed today. And the results show boys are closing the gap on the girls. Statistics show that boys in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex are beating girls in

  • STREETS HIT IN SWOOP BY 4am SPRAY GANG

    SHOPKEEPERS are outraged after vandals went on a spray-paint rampage in Brighton early today. At least 50 "tags" were counted by police in the North Laine area of town, around Sydney Street. Shop doors, shutters, walls and even some vehicles were defaced

  • Speight lined up for Sussex return?

    MARTIN Speight is being lined up for a dramatic return to Sussex if they miss out on Paul Nixon. Leicestershire's Nixon is the county's top choice for the role of wicket-keeper/batsman next season. They are favourites to secure his signature but face

  • Brave Worthing leave it so late

    LION-hearted Worthing are through to the fourth qualifying round for the first time in five years after a stirring comeback last night. Close-range strikes from Paul Kennett, Mark Burt and Adie Miles, all in the last 20 minutes, turned a dramatic clash

  • Sussex sides still eye FA Cup glory

    FOUR Sussex clubs are still in the hunt for a place in the first round proper of the FA Cup. Victories last night for Horsham YMCA and Worthing saw them join Bognor and Burgess Hill in next Saturday's fourth qualifying round draw. Worthing hit three late

  • YOU COULD POT A PIECE OF HISTORY

    IT lies in an empty room surrounded by rubble but this snooker table holds a unique place in sporting history. The table, which can be used for snooker or billiards, is the last remaining item at an old Conservative Club building in Hastings, which is

  • 400 new jobs as book firm expands

    HUNDREDS of jobs will be created after councillors gave the green light to a firm's expansion plans. Eastbourne based books wholesaler Gardner Books has been given permission to extend its base in Willingdon Drove by building a larger warehouse and offices