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  • School choice

    MOST parents in Brighton and Hove get the secondary school of their choice when they are asked for their wishes by the council. But inevitably a small proportion do not and this year some parents do not want their children to attend Marina High School

  • County axe may be last straw

    FIVE million pounds has been slashed from budgets after a crisis meeting of East Sussex councillors. But they have warned that this may be the last year they are prepared to make cuts. Labour group leader Jeremy Birch was backed by Liberal Democrats when

  • Phew! Brides to get dresses

    A FORMER bride shop owner today reassured worried brides: Your dresses are safe. Up to 30 women have called at The Happy Bride dress shop in George Street, Hove, since it closed last Wednesday trying to find what has happened to their gowns. Many contacted

  • School choice

    MOST parents in Brighton and Hove get the secondary school of their choice when they are asked for their wishes by the council. But inevitably a small proportion do not and this year some parents do not want their children to attend Marina High School

  • Referee causes heartbreak for Albion

    ALBION had their hearts broken by an amazing refereeing blunder last night. Referee Alan Wiley's scandalous decision to present Exeter with a penalty three minutes into stoppage time deprived the Seagulls of a richly deserved draw. Wiley gave Barry McConnell's

  • Sainsbury goes up hype charts

    SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury was top of the pops with the media during the last three months of 1997, according to the latest edition of The Presswatch Quarterly. In the survey, which measures the quality and quantity of the press coverage of 1,367 companies

  • Ormerod's penalty fury

    FURIOUS Mark Ormerod protested his innocence last night as an injury-time penalty row robbed Albion of a precious point. Referee Alan Wiley awarded Exeter a hotly disputed 93rd-minute spot-kick for a foul by the recalled goalkeeper John Williams. Ormerod

  • Referee causes heartbreak for Albion

    ALBION had their hearts broken by an amazing refereeing blunder last night. Referee Alan Wiley's scandalous decision to present Exeter with a penalty three minutes into stoppage time deprived the Seagulls of a richly deserved draw. Wiley gave Barry McConnell's

  • Flood of calls on jewellery raid

    DETECTIVES investigating a Brighton jewellery raid have been swamped with calls following a TV reconstruction. Police were flooded with calls after the re-enactment of the £100,000 robbery, at Gold Arts in The Lanes, was shown on the BBC's Crimewatch

  • Inquest hears message from tycoon's helicopter

    AN inquest heard the final words of the pilot flying the helicopter in which Sussex tycoon Matthew Harding died. They were on a tape-recording of the last conversation between pilot Michael Goss and air traffic control in Manchester. Chelsea FC vice-chairman

  • Knife tragedy of leukaemia victim

    TWO youths accused of murdering a sick teenager for refusing to share his beer with them blamed each other for the killing, a court heard. Robert Cairns, 23, and Paul Maynard, 19, both told police the other had repeatedly knifed 19-year-old Justin Hayward

  • Sainsbury goes up hype charts

    SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury was top of the pops with the media during the last three months of 1997, according to the latest edition of The Presswatch Quarterly. In the survey, which measures the quality and quantity of the press coverage of 1,367 companies

  • Ormerod's penalty fury

    FURIOUS Mark Ormerod protested his innocence last night as an injury-time penalty row robbed Albion of a precious point. Referee Alan Wiley awarded Exeter a hotly disputed 93rd-minute spot-kick for a foul by the recalled goalkeeper John Williams. Ormerod

  • Flood of calls on jewellery raid

    DETECTIVES investigating a Brighton jewellery raid have been swamped with calls following a TV reconstruction. Police were flooded with calls after the re-enactment of the £100,000 robbery, at Gold Arts in The Lanes, was shown on the BBC's Crimewatch

  • Inquest hears message from tycoon's helicopter

    AN inquest heard the final words of the pilot flying the helicopter in which Sussex tycoon Matthew Harding died. They were on a tape-recording of the last conversation between pilot Michael Goss and air traffic control in Manchester. Chelsea FC vice-chairman

  • County axe may be last straw

    FIVE million pounds has been slashed from budgets after a crisis meeting of East Sussex councillors. But they have warned that this may be the last year they are prepared to make cuts. Labour group leader Jeremy Birch was backed by Liberal Democrats when

  • Knife tragedy of leukaemia victim

    TWO youths accused of murdering a sick teenager for refusing to share his beer with them blamed each other for the killing, a court heard. Robert Cairns, 23, and Paul Maynard, 19, both told police the other had repeatedly knifed 19-year-old Justin Hayward

  • Phew! Brides to get dresses

    A FORMER bride shop owner today reassured worried brides: Your dresses are safe. Up to 30 women have called at The Happy Bride dress shop in George Street, Hove, since it closed last Wednesday trying to find what has happened to their gowns. Many contacted