THE QUEEN will spend two hours in Burgess Hill next week. The visit to the former pottery town, home to 25,000, takes place on March 26 and thousands will line the streets on its greatest day. BURGESS HILL is preparing a big welcome for the Queen's visit
AID worker Sally Becker has split up with her partner, Dr Duncan Stewart. Sally, five months pregnant, and local GP Duncan, had been together five years. The couple are still sharing their home in Withdean and the split is said to be amicable. However
ADAM TRIMINGHAM ABATTLE between the hard-nosed North and the soft-sounding South is being fought in the genteel surrounding of Brighton Town Hall this week about the future of the best known pier in Britain. The Noble Organisation, based in the North
FORMER Sussex fast bowler Adrian Jones wants to join the county's committee. The 37-year-old, who had two spells with the county before retiring through injury in 1993, is one of five nominations for the vacancy. The others are Nigel Smith from Hove,
JAMIE Moralee put his troubles behind him to salvage a point for Albion Reserves last night. His second-half equaliser earned the Seagulls a 1-1 draw against Wimbledon in the Combination at Worthing. Moralee is suspended from the next three first team
HUNDREDS of school meals staff in West Sussex face losing their jobs as hot dinners were finally axed in all primary schools. School kitchens are to shut down in 247 primary schools. Instead cold snack boxes will be delivered to schools by the company
RIDES at the end of Brighton's Palace Pier have had a "dramatic and detrimental" effect on the listed structure, a public inquiry heard today. The rides, particularly the roller coaster, have meant parts of the deck edge are now out of bounds to visitors
A MASKED raider was literally laughed out of the shop when he tried to rob a newsagent. Police said a shop assistant burst into fits of laughter as the weedy attacker burst into the One Stop shop in Gatehouse Lane, Burgess Hill. The would-be robber, whose
SOUTHERN Water has been fined £5,000 with £360 costs for polluting a wood near Uckfield with sewage. Magistrates at Lewes imposed the fine after hearing it was the water giant's 34th pollution offence committed in the past eight and a half years. Southern
A WOMAN who invested just over £3,000 to become a Lloyds name now faces losing her £300,000 home. Mary McPherson is suing the insurance company to try to keep the property in Roedean Crescent, Brighton. Mrs McPherson paid £3,149 into the company nine
ENTERTAINER Rod Hull died last night after falling from a ladder at his Sussex home. Rod, 63, was attempting to adjust a TV aerial on the roof of his bungalow, Crutches Farm in Hastings Road, Winchelsea, near Rye. He wanted to improve the picture as he
THE Grand Hotel in Brighton has helped its owners scoop two major hotel industry awards. Both the hotel's standards of hospitality and its practice as an employer have been recognised. De Vere Hotels, of which the Brighton Grand is one, has become the
AID worker Sally Becker has split up with her partner, Dr Duncan Stewart. Sally, five months pregnant, and local GP Duncan, had been together five years. The couple are still sharing their home in Withdean and the split is said to be amicable. However
ADAM TRIMINGHAM ABATTLE between the hard-nosed North and the soft-sounding South is being fought in the genteel surrounding of Brighton Town Hall this week about the future of the best known pier in Britain. The Noble Organisation, based in the North
FORMER Sussex fast bowler Adrian Jones wants to join the county's committee. The 37-year-old, who had two spells with the county before retiring through injury in 1993, is one of five nominations for the vacancy. The others are Nigel Smith from Hove,
RIDES at the end of Brighton's Palace Pier have had a "dramatic and detrimental" effect on the listed structure, a public inquiry heard today. The rides, particularly the roller coaster, have meant parts of the deck edge are now out of bounds to visitors
SOUTHERN Water has been fined £5,000 with £360 costs for polluting a wood near Uckfield with sewage. Magistrates at Lewes imposed the fine after hearing it was the water giant's 34th pollution offence committed in the past eight and a half years. Southern
ENTERTAINER Rod Hull died last night after falling from a ladder at his Sussex home. Rod, 63, was attempting to adjust a TV aerial on the roof of his bungalow, Crutches Farm in Hastings Road, Winchelsea, near Rye. He wanted to improve the picture as he
THE IMPOSSIBLE dream came true yesterday. Belle Tout lighthouse, the landmark which dominates Beachy Head, was finally saved from falling into the sea. The move 50ft inland to safety began yesterday morning, the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year campaign
THE Grand Hotel in Brighton has helped its owners scoop two major hotel industry awards. Both the hotel's standards of hospitality and its practice as an employer have been recognised. De Vere Hotels, of which the Brighton Grand is one, has become the
Hastings Town 2, Horsham 1 HASTINGS forgot their off-the-field problems to reach the Senior Cup final for the third time in four seasons at Culver Road last night. The holders won a largely undistinguished semi against Horsham with a second-half goal
THE IMPOSSIBLE dream came true yesterday. Belle Tout lighthouse, the landmark which dominates Beachy Head, was finally saved from falling into the sea. The move 50ft inland to safety began yesterday morning, the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year campaign
THE QUEEN will spend two hours in Burgess Hill next week. The visit to the former pottery town, home to 25,000, takes place on March 26 and thousands will line the streets on its greatest day. BURGESS HILL is preparing a big welcome for the Queen's visit
Hastings Town 2, Horsham 1 HASTINGS forgot their off-the-field problems to reach the Senior Cup final for the third time in four seasons at Culver Road last night. The holders won a largely undistinguished semi against Horsham with a second-half goal
JAMIE Moralee put his troubles behind him to salvage a point for Albion Reserves last night. His second-half equaliser earned the Seagulls a 1-1 draw against Wimbledon in the Combination at Worthing. Moralee is suspended from the next three first team
HUNDREDS of school meals staff in West Sussex face losing their jobs as hot dinners were finally axed in all primary schools. School kitchens are to shut down in 247 primary schools. Instead cold snack boxes will be delivered to schools by the company
A MASKED raider was literally laughed out of the shop when he tried to rob a newsagent. Police said a shop assistant burst into fits of laughter as the weedy attacker burst into the One Stop shop in Gatehouse Lane, Burgess Hill. The would-be robber, whose
A WOMAN who invested just over £3,000 to become a Lloyds name now faces losing her £300,000 home. Mary McPherson is suing the insurance company to try to keep the property in Roedean Crescent, Brighton. Mrs McPherson paid £3,149 into the company nine
