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  • 51 JOBS GO AS STORE CLOSES

    One of the oldest stores in Sussex is closing down tomorrow with the loss of 51 full and part-time jobs. Horsham department store Chart and Lawrence is ceasing trading after landlords Frogmore Investments demanded four times as much rent, forcing the

  • FEEDBACK with Chris Chandler

    THE COLUMN WHERE WE RESPOND TO YOUR COMPLAINTS AND OPINIONS APPLAUSE thundered around the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden when it reopened last week after its facelift. And there was applause for us, too, for our story and pictures last Friday of nine-year-old

  • ATTACK BY FIREBUGS AT SOCCER GROUND

    arsonists who struck early today wrecked one of a soccer club's main stands. The blaze at the Southwick FC ground in Old Barn Way, Southwick, broke out just after 1.10am. More than 20 firefighters from Hove and Shoreham battled to contain the blaze in

  • WARNING AS DOGS DIE IN FIRE

    FIREFIGHTERS issued a warning after three dogs died in a severe blaze which wrecked a farmhouse. The fire broke out in the ground floor lounge of the two-storey building in Colimore Drive, West Wittering, at 5.30pm yesterday. The male occupant was out

  • MP IS GIVEN TIME FOR ROAD KILLERS DEBATE

    MOTORISTS should be jailed for life for the worst cases of dangerous driving, MP Tim Loughton will tell the Commons in the wake of PC Jeff Tooley's death. The East Worthing and Shoreham MP has launched a Parliamentary campaign for tougher sentences for

  • JABS RUSH AS BOY OF 14 DIES

    A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has died from meningitis. Martin Finch was taken ill as he returned home from school. He was taken to hospital but died the next day. Today staff and friends at Bognor Regis Community College, where he was a pupil, were coming to terms

  • PROBE INTO MURDER OF KIDNAPPED PENSIONER

    SUSSEX Police and two other forces were under investigation today over the kidnap and murder of a 72-year-old man. The inquiry will investigate possible delays by police in finding John Smith before he was killed. The church organist, who lived in St

  • MAN HELD IN MURDER QUIZ

    MURDER squad police were today questioning a man of 22 after a woman was stabbed to death at her home. Officers were called to the 52-year-old victim's home in Westland Court, West Road, Southwick, at 3.15pm yesterday after several members of the public

  • DRUG RISK ALERT AFTER MAN DIES

    Police believe dangerously pure heroin may be responsible for the death of a man and the collapse of two other drug users. Officers believe the potentially lethal drug is in circulation in Seaford and fear more deaths may follow unless addicts monitor

  • 51 JOBS GO AS STORE CLOSES

    One of the oldest stores in Sussex is closing down tomorrow with the loss of 51 full and part-time jobs. Horsham department store Chart and Lawrence is ceasing trading after landlords Frogmore Investments demanded four times as much rent, forcing the

  • FEEDBACK with Chris Chandler

    THE COLUMN WHERE WE RESPOND TO YOUR COMPLAINTS AND OPINIONS APPLAUSE thundered around the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden when it reopened last week after its facelift. And there was applause for us, too, for our story and pictures last Friday of nine-year-old

  • ATTACK BY FIREBUGS AT SOCCER GROUND

    arsonists who struck early today wrecked one of a soccer club's main stands. The blaze at the Southwick FC ground in Old Barn Way, Southwick, broke out just after 1.10am. More than 20 firefighters from Hove and Shoreham battled to contain the blaze in

  • BODY FOUND AT TOILETS

    TWO men are being sought by police after the body of a man was discovered in public toilets in Brighton. An attendant discovered the man slumped on the floor of the toilets in Madeira Drive, near the Aquarium, at 3.45pm yesterday. The death may be drug-related

  • WARNING AS DOGS DIE IN FIRE

    FIREFIGHTERS issued a warning after three dogs died in a severe blaze which wrecked a farmhouse. The fire broke out in the ground floor lounge of the two-storey building in Colimore Drive, West Wittering, at 5.30pm yesterday. The male occupant was out

  • MP IS GIVEN TIME FOR ROAD KILLERS DEBATE

    MOTORISTS should be jailed for life for the worst cases of dangerous driving, MP Tim Loughton will tell the Commons in the wake of PC Jeff Tooley's death. The East Worthing and Shoreham MP has launched a Parliamentary campaign for tougher sentences for

  • JABS RUSH AS BOY OF 14 DIES

    A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has died from meningitis. Martin Finch was taken ill as he returned home from school. He was taken to hospital but died the next day. Today staff and friends at Bognor Regis Community College, where he was a pupil, were coming to terms

  • TOP JAZZ TRUMPETER KENNY DIES AT 78

    The jazz world was in mourning today for trumpeter Kenny Baker, who has died at the age of 78. Baker, famed for his work with the band Baker's Dozen and for his performances on film and TV, was one of Britain's greatest jazz exports. Leading British jazzman

  • PROBE INTO MURDER OF KIDNAPPED PENSIONER

    SUSSEX Police and two other forces were under investigation today over the kidnap and murder of a 72-year-old man. The inquiry will investigate possible delays by police in finding John Smith before he was killed. The church organist, who lived in St

  • BODY FOUND AT TOILETS

    TWO men are being sought by police after the body of a man was discovered in public toilets in Brighton. An attendant discovered the man slumped on the floor of the toilets in Madeira Drive, near the Aquarium, at 3.45pm yesterday. The death may be drug-related

  • Scientology bid to be a charity is thrown out

    THE Sussex-based Church of Scientology is of "no public benefit" and will not become a registered charity in Britain, it has been announced. The Charity Commission says it rejected the Scientologists' application despite taking a "broad and flexible"

  • HARBOUR OIL CHARGE

    A fuel firm accused of polluting Shoreham Harbour during a major oil spill last year will appear at Lewes Crown Court on January 14. Jentex Fuel Oil Ltd, which has denied the charge, is accused of causing gas oil polluting matter to enter controlled waters

  • TOP JAZZ TRUMPETER KENNY DIES AT 78

    The jazz world was in mourning today for trumpeter Kenny Baker, who has died at the age of 78. Baker, famed for his work with the band Baker's Dozen and for his performances on film and TV, was one of Britain's greatest jazz exports. Leading British jazzman

  • Scientology bid to be a charity is thrown out

    THE Sussex-based Church of Scientology is of "no public benefit" and will not become a registered charity in Britain, it has been announced. The Charity Commission says it rejected the Scientologists' application despite taking a "broad and flexible"

  • HARBOUR OIL CHARGE

    A fuel firm accused of polluting Shoreham Harbour during a major oil spill last year will appear at Lewes Crown Court on January 14. Jentex Fuel Oil Ltd, which has denied the charge, is accused of causing gas oil polluting matter to enter controlled waters

  • MAN HELD IN MURDER QUIZ

    MURDER squad police were today questioning a man of 22 after a woman was stabbed to death at her home. Officers were called to the 52-year-old victim's home in Westland Court, West Road, Southwick, at 3.15pm yesterday after several members of the public

  • DRUG RISK ALERT AFTER MAN DIES

    Police believe dangerously pure heroin may be responsible for the death of a man and the collapse of two other drug users. Officers believe the potentially lethal drug is in circulation in Seaford and fear more deaths may follow unless addicts monitor