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  • Jigsaw fanatic's speed challenge

    A cartoonist plans to hold the UK's first national jigsaw championship in a garden centre. Contestants will try to complete a 3,000-piece jigsaw in three hours. Organiser Mike Jupp hopes his JIGit event this summer will become an annual event. Mike is

  • Beckhams' strife good news for lookalikes

    Beleaguered David Beckham's marital woes are good news for one man - his mirror image. Andy Harmer, from Eastbourne, who earns a living as a professional Becks lookalike, has backed the footballer and wife Posh Spice to stay together despite lurid claims

  • Gin, Dickens and my family

    Most people would be delighted to discover their family shared a link with a famous figure from the past. Nicholas Waloff certainly was, even though the ancestor in question was once barred from Charles Dickens' office for being drunk on gin. Mr Waloff

  • Still no gravestone for Spike

    A small angel and some wilting flowers are all that mark the grave of comic genius Spike Milligan more than two years after his death. The spot where he lies is one of only two graves without a permanent headstone at St Thomas's Church in Winchelsea,

  • Basketball: Bears heroes to be honoured

    They were the toughest team of their time. The fought for every ball, grabbed rebounds at will and never knew when they were beaten. It could be the Brighton Bears team who tonight round off their BBL title-winning campaign against second-placed Sheffield

  • April 14: Knight faces FA charge

    Albion marksman Leon Knight has been charged by the FA with violent behaviour. The 25-goal striker was reported by referee Eddie Evans for misconduct after the game against his old club Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last month. Knight was involved

  • Parents slam 'neglected' seafront wonderland

    A £1 million children's playground launched two years ago in a blaze of publicity has become run-down, according to visitors. They say the Pirates' Playground, by the West Pier in Brighton - described as a "kiddies' wonderland" when it was unveiled -

  • M&S pledge action after sales fall

    Marks & Spencer pledged to take "action on a number of fronts" today after new figures highlighted further sales woe at the high street retailer. The latest performance, which covers the 11 weeks to March 27, showed that like-for-like sales across

  • Burberry boosted by new demand

    Fashion brand Burberry today hailed an "outstanding response" to its womenswear designs and new product lines as half-year revenues rose by 13%. The performance included a 7% lift in sales at the company's high street retail division, a figure helped

  • JobCentre staff on strike

    Two Sussex JobCentres were due to close today as civil servants continued a two-day strike over low pay. The Brighton Regent JobCentre, Upper North Street, and the Brighton Phoenix JobCentre, West Street, were both hit by the walkout yesterday. Elsewhere

  • House prices drop

    House prices in the UK fell by one per cent during February as the market suffered its traditional quiet period, Government figures showed yesterday. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister said the average property cost £160,937 during the month, down

  • Glaxo strikes £297m deal for heart drugs

    Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has boosted its portfolio with a £297.5 million deal for two treatments for acute heart disease. The group, which has a manufacturing base in Crawley, has struck a deal with Sanofi-Synthelabo to buy injectable drugs Fraxiparine

  • North Laine traders fear cafe invasion

    Brighton's most cosmopolitan shopping streets are being threatened by the creeping blight of middle-class blandness, traders have warned. Shopkeepers and community leaders fear an invasion of mainstream cafs and expensive restaurants could spell the end

  • Pain free way to clear out system

    When it was first suggested I should have a colonic irrigation treatment for a feature I thought it sounded like a great idea. But when I told my friends and colleagues what I was planning their reactions were a mixture of horror and amusement - and suddenly

  • Water and oil mix well to make you fitter

    You want to get fit for the summer and lose weight so you head for the gym. Once you get there, you are tempted by a dazzling display of "sports" drinks. Athletic and energetic images spring instantly to mind. Think Linford Christie and Daley Thompson

  • Tory bid to keep Bears in city

    Councillors are being asked to help make sure the Brighton Bears can play all their home games in their home city. Members of the Conservative group on Brighton and Hove City Council say the authority should also get involved in negotiations to secure

  • Spiritual teaching gave me back my memory

    Helena Lobanov-Rostovsky walked away from a head-on car crash with what appeared to be nothing more than a severe case of whiplash. She had only been travelling at about 15mph in Goldstone Crescent, Hove, but the smash sent the car spinning to the side

  • Jigsaw fanatic's speed challenge

    A cartoonist plans to hold the UK's first national jigsaw championship in a garden centre. Contestants will try to complete a 3,000-piece jigsaw in three hours. Organiser Mike Jupp hopes his JIGit event this summer will become an annual event. Mike is

  • Gin, Dickens and my family

    Most people would be delighted to discover their family shared a link with a famous figure from the past. Nicholas Waloff certainly was, even though the ancestor in question was once barred from Charles Dickens' office for being drunk on gin. Mr Waloff

  • Youth Rugby: Brighton book Twickers return

    Brighton under-12s are on their way to Twickenham for the second year running. They came through the qualifying event at the Gullivers Festival to book their place on May 30. Captain Harry Leonard was the hero in the deciding match against Richmond at

  • Battle of Britain film 'rewrites history'

    A blockbuster movie about the Battle of Britain has flown into a storm of controversy before filming has even begun. Hollywood megastar Tom Cruise is set to play pilot Billy Fiske in a big-budget biopic of the first American airman to die fighting for

  • Youth Swimming: Gemma ready for Oz challenge

    Gemma Spofforth has been selected for the Great Britain youth squad to compete in the Australian Age Group Championships in Perth this week. It is consolation for missing out in the Olympic trials. The Slindon swimmer, 16, was eighth in the 100m backstroke

  • Youth Squash: Simpson's revenge helps England triumph

    Chris Simpson helped England retain the European Under-19s Championship. Simpson, 17, played a major role as England defeated France 3-0 in the team final held in Herentals, Belgium. The Brighton College pupil overcame Matthieu Castagnet after losing

  • Basketball: Bears heroes to be honoured

    They were the toughest team of their time. The fought for every ball, grabbed rebounds at will and never knew when they were beaten. It could be the Brighton Bears team who tonight round off their BBL title-winning campaign against second-placed Sheffield

  • Chloe's shop is the plaice to go

    A former nightclub worker has opened the first independent fishmonger's in Eastbourne town centre for 30 years. Chloe Lewin is the owner of Fish 'n' Go in the Enterprise Centre, next to the station in Terminus Road. She obtains fresh fish daily from a

  • Fat cat pay awards bust inflation

    Bosses of the ten largest UK companies saw their pay packages rise by more than 12 times the rate of inflation in 2003, new research found. The bulk of the rises took the form of benefits other than basic salaries, which rose by a more modest three per

  • House prices drop

    House prices in the UK fell by one per cent during February as the market suffered its traditional quiet period, Government figures showed yesterday. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister said the average property cost £160,937 during the month, down

  • Glaxo strikes £297m deal for heart drugs

    Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has boosted its portfolio with a £297.5 million deal for two treatments for acute heart disease. The group, which has a manufacturing base in Crawley, has struck a deal with Sanofi-Synthelabo to buy injectable drugs Fraxiparine

  • North Laine traders fear cafe invasion

    Brighton's most cosmopolitan shopping streets are being threatened by the creeping blight of middle-class blandness, traders have warned. Shopkeepers and community leaders fear an invasion of mainstream cafs and expensive restaurants could spell the end

  • Poll shock for war-backer Caplin

    Defence minister Ivor Caplin could face the firing squad at the next general election. Tony Blair's most loyal Sussex MP has a fierce battle ahead to save his seat, according to a mid-term poll. Mr Caplin, the Hove MP and Labour junior minister, has been

  • Man clubbed by train thugs

    Four youths are being hunted by police after a businessman was battered unconscious with a fire extinguisher on a commuter train. CCTV images of the four, thought to be aged about 20, have been released today. The victim was the sole occupant of a compartment

  • Pain free way to clear out system

    When it was first suggested I should have a colonic irrigation treatment for a feature I thought it sounded like a great idea. But when I told my friends and colleagues what I was planning their reactions were a mixture of horror and amusement - and suddenly

  • Tory bid to keep Bears in city

    Councillors are being asked to help make sure the Brighton Bears can play all their home games in their home city. Members of the Conservative group on Brighton and Hove City Council say the authority should also get involved in negotiations to secure

  • Spiritual teaching gave me back my memory

    Helena Lobanov-Rostovsky walked away from a head-on car crash with what appeared to be nothing more than a severe case of whiplash. She had only been travelling at about 15mph in Goldstone Crescent, Hove, but the smash sent the car spinning to the side

  • Jewellery joy of sex

    Carol Parkey is disarmingly open about her new line of business. We are sitting in the cafe at Borders book shop in Brighton. Carol reaches into her shopping basket and produces an expensive-looking jewellery box. "These are our erotic rings," she says

  • Police cameras top 300 in Sussex

    The number of police cameras keeping an eye on Sussex has broken the 300 mark but the county remains one of the least watched in England and Wales. Thirty-one towns in Sussex now have cameras, the latest additions being Petworth with four and Rustington

  • Youth Rugby: Brighton book Twickers return

    Brighton under-12s are on their way to Twickenham for the second year running. They came through the qualifying event at the Gullivers Festival to book their place on May 30. Captain Harry Leonard was the hero in the deciding match against Richmond at

  • Battle of Britain film 'rewrites history'

    A blockbuster movie about the Battle of Britain has flown into a storm of controversy before filming has even begun. Hollywood megastar Tom Cruise is set to play pilot Billy Fiske in a big-budget biopic of the first American airman to die fighting for

  • Youth Swimming: Gemma ready for Oz challenge

    Gemma Spofforth has been selected for the Great Britain youth squad to compete in the Australian Age Group Championships in Perth this week. It is consolation for missing out in the Olympic trials. The Slindon swimmer, 16, was eighth in the 100m backstroke

  • Youth Squash: Simpson's revenge helps England triumph

    Chris Simpson helped England retain the European Under-19s Championship. Simpson, 17, played a major role as England defeated France 3-0 in the team final held in Herentals, Belgium. The Brighton College pupil overcame Matthieu Castagnet after losing

  • Swimming: Dad inspired Olympic dream

    Lisa Chapman today revealed how her British Olympic swimming call-up was inspired by her dad. Chapman clinched a place in the 4x100m freestyle relay squad for Athens at trials in Sheffield. Her father, John, is in a London hospital with leukaemia and

  • Knight faces FA charge

    Albion marksman Leon Knight has been charged by the FA with violent behaviour. The 25-goal striker was reported by referee Eddie Evans for misconduct after the game against his old club Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last month. Knight was involved

  • Chloe's shop is the plaice to go

    A former nightclub worker has opened the first independent fishmonger's in Eastbourne town centre for 30 years. Chloe Lewin is the owner of Fish 'n' Go in the Enterprise Centre, next to the station in Terminus Road. She obtains fresh fish daily from a

  • Fat cat pay awards bust inflation

    Bosses of the ten largest UK companies saw their pay packages rise by more than 12 times the rate of inflation in 2003, new research found. The bulk of the rises took the form of benefits other than basic salaries, which rose by a more modest three per

  • North Laine traders fear cafe invasion

    Brighton's most cosmopolitan shopping streets are being threatened by the creeping blight of middle-class blandness, traders have warned. Shopkeepers and community leaders fear an invasion of mainstream cafs and expensive restaurants could spell the end

  • Cancer boy's last chance

    A boy suffering from an extremely rare form of cancer has been told he could die within weeks unless his parents can find last-ditch funding for pioneering surgery. Joshua James, 14, has Ewing's sarcoma, an unusual cancer that mainly strikes boys aged

  • Poll shock for war-backer Caplin

    Defence minister Ivor Caplin could face the firing squad at the next general election. Tony Blair's most loyal Sussex MP has a fierce battle ahead to save his seat, according to a mid-term poll. Mr Caplin, the Hove MP and Labour junior minister, has been

  • Man clubbed by train thugs

    Four youths are being hunted by police after a businessman was battered unconscious with a fire extinguisher on a commuter train. CCTV images of the four, thought to be aged about 20, have been released today. The victim was the sole occupant of a compartment

  • Jewellery joy of sex

    Carol Parkey is disarmingly open about her new line of business. We are sitting in the cafe at Borders book shop in Brighton. Carol reaches into her shopping basket and produces an expensive-looking jewellery box. "These are our erotic rings," she says

  • Beckhams' strife good news for lookalikes

    Beleaguered David Beckham's marital woes are good news for one man - his mirror image. Andy Harmer, from Eastbourne, who earns a living as a professional Becks lookalike, has backed the footballer and wife Posh Spice to stay together despite lurid claims

  • Police cameras top 300 in Sussex

    The number of police cameras keeping an eye on Sussex has broken the 300 mark but the county remains one of the least watched in England and Wales. Thirty-one towns in Sussex now have cameras, the latest additions being Petworth with four and Rustington

  • Still no gravestone for Spike

    A small angel and some wilting flowers are all that mark the grave of comic genius Spike Milligan more than two years after his death. The spot where he lies is one of only two graves without a permanent headstone at St Thomas's Church in Winchelsea,

  • Swimming: Dad inspired Olympic dream

    Lisa Chapman today revealed how her British Olympic swimming call-up was inspired by her dad. Chapman clinched a place in the 4x100m freestyle relay squad for Athens at trials in Sheffield. Her father, John, is in a London hospital with leukaemia and

  • Knight faces FA charge

    Albion marksman Leon Knight has been charged by the FA with violent behaviour. The 25-goal striker was reported by referee Eddie Evans for misconduct after the game against his old club Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last month. Knight was involved

  • April 14: Knight faces FA charge

    Albion marksman Leon Knight has been charged by the FA with violent behaviour. The 25-goal striker was reported by referee Eddie Evans for misconduct after the game against his old club Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last month. Knight was involved

  • Parents slam 'neglected' seafront wonderland

    A £1 million children's playground launched two years ago in a blaze of publicity has become run-down, according to visitors. They say the Pirates' Playground, by the West Pier in Brighton - described as a "kiddies' wonderland" when it was unveiled -

  • M&S pledge action after sales fall

    Marks & Spencer pledged to take "action on a number of fronts" today after new figures highlighted further sales woe at the high street retailer. The latest performance, which covers the 11 weeks to March 27, showed that like-for-like sales across

  • Burberry boosted by new demand

    Fashion brand Burberry today hailed an "outstanding response" to its womenswear designs and new product lines as half-year revenues rose by 13%. The performance included a 7% lift in sales at the company's high street retail division, a figure helped

  • JobCentre staff on strike

    Two Sussex JobCentres were due to close today as civil servants continued a two-day strike over low pay. The Brighton Regent JobCentre, Upper North Street, and the Brighton Phoenix JobCentre, West Street, were both hit by the walkout yesterday. Elsewhere

  • North Laine traders fear cafe invasion

    Brighton's most cosmopolitan shopping streets are being threatened by the creeping blight of middle-class blandness, traders have warned. Shopkeepers and community leaders fear an invasion of mainstream cafs and expensive restaurants could spell the end

  • Cancer boy's last chance

    A boy suffering from an extremely rare form of cancer has been told he could die within weeks unless his parents can find last-ditch funding for pioneering surgery. Joshua James, 14, has Ewing's sarcoma, an unusual cancer that mainly strikes boys aged

  • Water and oil mix well to make you fitter

    You want to get fit for the summer and lose weight so you head for the gym. Once you get there, you are tempted by a dazzling display of "sports" drinks. Athletic and energetic images spring instantly to mind. Think Linford Christie and Daley Thompson