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  • Firefighters rescue two girls stuck up a tree

    Two mischievous schoolgirls had to be rescued by firefighters after they climbed too far up a tree and could not get down. Despite their mothers' protests, eight-year-olds Zoe Ping and Jenny Hopkins raced up the tall tree on their way home from Westdene

  • Climate threat to coast grows

    Children today have seen more extreme weather in ten years than their grandparents saw in a lifetime, says a Government report. The report from the Environment Agency, called The Climate Is Changing, Time To Get Ready, warns that global warming is already

  • Racing reverend Ahoy

    A racing reverend will swap his dog collar for a wet suit when he begins his 58th season of competition in a month or two. Remarkable David Brecknell, will act as racing officer for a round of Chichester Sailing Club's Icicle Series. But he prefers it

  • Firefighter hit driver and drove off in taxi

    A firefighter could lose his job after he drunkenly assaulted a taxi-driver and drove off in his cab. Leigh Hurry, 34, of Perryfield Road, Southgate, Crawley, punched the cab driver from the passenger seat of his taxi, a court heard. Fearing he was about

  • Dr Who fan put to the test

    He was a Time Lord who travelled across the universe fighting a succession of alien enemies. Now Doctor Who has set his own challenge for some of his biggest fans. Tonight a special version of Mastermind will put four experts in the famous chair opposite

  • Making film was a Ball but costly for Zoe

    Zoe Ball's fledgling film career may already have to go on hold while the star returns to television work to earn more cash. At the premiere of her first film, Four Brothers And A Funeral, the former TV and Radio 1 presenter admitted producing the film

  • Admission reforms could ease beds crisis

    Major reform is needed to stop people being admitted to hospital if another bed-blocking crisis on the scale being seen in East Sussex is to be avoided, managers have said. East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Eastbourne District General Hospital

  • The £5 million drugs lab

    A chemist has been found guilty of setting up one the most sophisticated and complex drugs operations ever uncovered by police in Sussex. Casey Hardison produced an array of mind-altering drugs with a potential street value of £5 million. He set up a

  • Kirk pushes back boundaries

    Glenn Kirk has sacrificed more than most to achieve his dream. Just two years after losing a leg in a racing accident, Kirk is back competing at British championship level. Some people have called him a fool to go back, others have criticised him for

  • Thunder toast IcedT

    Free throw specialist Teon Knox today revealed how he loves to raise the stakes when he goes to the line. The Worthing Thunder giant hit two out of two with four seconds remaining in overtime to give his side a 100-99 win at London United last Saturday

  • Harding must help himself

    Albion manager Mark McGhee today urged Dan Harding to resolve his contract stand-off in order to get his international career back on track. Harding has been left out of the England under-21 squad by former Albion manager Peter Taylor for the European