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  • Gaffer tapes Falmer colours to the mast

    Brighton and Hove Albion manager Mark McGhee has issued a rallying cry to fans ahead of Monday's March For Falmer. The Seagulls boss knows all about the power of the crowd after 30,000 fans cheered his team to victory in the 2004 play-off final in

  • Injured speedway ace held after death crash

    A speedway rider has been arrested after a three-vehicle road smash which left one man dead and another fighting for his life. Racer James Clement, 20, formerly a junior rider for Eastbourne Eagles, was driving back from a competition in Weymouth to his

  • Curry triggered deadly reaction

    A mother has told of her horror at watching her son die when a curry triggered an unknown food allergy. Sam Pettett, 22, had not suffered from allergies before eating the takeaway with his family. But the curry triggered an extreme and rare reaction which

  • MMR jabs on the rise in Sussex

    The number of children vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella in Sussex is beginning to rise. All ten primary care trusts (PCT) in the county have reported a rise in take up rates for the controversial MMR vaccine in the last year. Figures published

  • Homes out of reach of young

    Alarming figures highlight how young people are being priced out of the property market by soaring house prices. The crisis has led to more young people living with their parents well into adulthood or moving out of their home towns. To buy a two-bedroom

  • Last chance to honour hero

    The man behind the campaign to honour a World War Two fighter pilot is hoping a ruling against the idea will be overturned. John Pulfer, of the Battle of Britain Historical Society, said he was disappointed Crowborough Town Council had chosen not to rethink

  • Gran's tears for missing girl, 14

    A woman wept as she pleaded with her missing granddaughter to get in touch. Alex Heamen, 14, disappeared more than three weeks ago and her family is desperate for news. Grandparents Sandra and John Dunstan travelled from their home in Cornwall for a Press

  • Man saved by mobile phone

    A jeweller shot at by a thief was saved by his mobile phone. One bullet missed but a second struck Darren Prior in the chest. Incredibly, Mr Prior's mobile phone which absorbed the impact, leaving him in shock but unscathed. Footage captured by security