Oh dear, what a hideous, dreadful and emotional day I have had. Silly really, because I fully respect and understand my employer's decisions. I was called to a meeting in Chichester today where my senior officers advised me I am to be dismissed on grounds
A BUS company lauded as one of Britain's best is in the second year of a profit slump. Roger French, managing director of Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company, has seen profits dip below £4 million for the second year running. The firm's failure to
A POLL of the most influential disabled people in Britain has put an artist immortalised in Trafalgar Square fourth from the top. Artist Alison Lapper, a mother-of-one from Shoreham, was born with no arms and shortened legs due to a congenital disorder
LAWYERS summing up the six- week "Poohaven" public inquiry have accused Southern Water of trying to "dump" its proposed £200 million sewage works on beautiful countryside. Speaking on the final day of the lengthy hearing yesterday, Matthew Horton, acting
AN ARCHDUKE is to marry his late wife's sister in a ceremony attended by royals from across the world. Esme Malan and Franz von Habsburg are marrying today at St Margaret's Church in Rottingdean, two years after the death of Meryl von Habsburg, Esme's
PARKING vouchers are to be scrapped across Brighton and Hove. Pay-and-display machines will replace the old voucher system in January next year after members of the environment committee agreed the change. But opposition councillors on the policy and
Sussex lost ten wickets in a session at Edgbaston yesterday but coach Mark Robinson still believes they can turn the tables against Warwickshire. The county lost five wickets in 18 balls and later their last three for just four runs as they conceded a
A LOVESICK student stalked his English teacher across Europe, bombarding her with creepy phone calls and text messages. Rafal Kucinski met Lynne Spruce while she was teaching in his native Poland and began a four-month relationship with her, a court heard
THE young wife of a pensioner found dead in Gambia has told police she knocked him unconscious before dragging him from their beachside home and setting him alight. Ghanaian-born Kate West, 26, had previously told Gambian police that five Nigerian men
Brighton Bears have confirmed they will not be competing in the British League in the coming season. But they insist they will work with the BBL and could return in 2007-08. A club statement released last night read: "Following negotiation with the BBL
Albion are trying to bring in two centre-halves on loan for next Saturday's opening League One fixture at Rotherham. Manager Mark McGhee confirmed last night that one of them is QPR's Ian Evatt following a shocking 4-1 defeat at MK Dons in the Seagulls
Albion manager Mark McGhee admitted he is very worried after a horror end to the pre-season programme. The Seagulls were humbled last night by MK Dons, a side relegated from League One last season. McGhee pulled no punches following a desperate
