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  • Shotgun raid by crook in sunglasses

    DETECTIVES were today hunting a shotgun-wielding robber who threatened an assistant in a jewellery shop before grabbing thousands of pounds from the safe. The man entered Ingots watchmakers and jewellers in Kensington Gardens, Brighton, yesterday just

  • Riddle of how abandoned Teny made a 500-mile trip

    A DOG warden found Welsh Terrier Teny tied to a lamp-post in Worthing, 500 miles from his last-known home in Glasgow. Teny, thought to be around six years old, was frantic but eventually calmed down when he was taken to the National Canine Defence League

  • Star pupils to get the prizes

    FREE burgers and popcorn are being given to kids who behave at a troubled Brighton school. The idea, suggested by Falmer School students, comes in the wake of an OFSTED report which slammed pupils' bad behaviour, bullying, smoking and swearing. Students

  • Wage war on this one now

    SMALL firms are still unprepared for the national minimum wage. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants warns that, unlike big companies, smaller enterprises have made few plans for the measure. Chris Christou, chairman of ACCA's small business

  • Full of bustle

    THE £90 million Churchill Square redevelopment should give a big boost to town centre shopping in Brighton when it opens later this year. But there is always a danger that a modern centre will suck the life out of surrounding streets as shops move to

  • Now Storer has cleaned up his act

    STUART STORER has eased Albion's disciplinary worries by playing it by the book. Tuesday's draw at Rotherham was his fifth match in succession without collecting a caution. It means Albion can now pay a small fee to rub off one of the four bookings which

  • Tories put forward a council tax cut

    TORIES are presenting Brighton and Hove Council with an alternative budget which they say could cut tax bills by up to £15 and provide better services. Opposition leader Geoffrey Theobald will present the alternative budget at the council tax meeting

  • Star pupils to get the prizes

    FREE burgers and popcorn are being given to kids who behave at a troubled Brighton school. The idea, suggested by Falmer School students, comes in the wake of an OFSTED report which slammed pupils' bad behaviour, bullying, smoking and swearing. Students

  • Wage war on this one now

    SMALL firms are still unprepared for the national minimum wage. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants warns that, unlike big companies, smaller enterprises have made few plans for the measure. Chris Christou, chairman of ACCA's small business

  • Full of bustle

    THE £90 million Churchill Square redevelopment should give a big boost to town centre shopping in Brighton when it opens later this year. But there is always a danger that a modern centre will suck the life out of surrounding streets as shops move to

  • Now Storer has cleaned up his act

    STUART STORER has eased Albion's disciplinary worries by playing it by the book. Tuesday's draw at Rotherham was his fifth match in succession without collecting a caution. It means Albion can now pay a small fee to rub off one of the four bookings which

  • Crash riddle of near-new coach

    THE DRIVER of a coach which crashed on the A23 yesterday, bringing huge traffic jams, had to undergo emergency surgery. Simon Cooper, 27, from London, suffered a broken leg in the smash which brought the county's busiest road to a standstill during the

  • Tories put forward a council tax cut

    TORIES are presenting Brighton and Hove Council with an alternative budget which they say could cut tax bills by up to £15 and provide better services. Opposition leader Geoffrey Theobald will present the alternative budget at the council tax meeting

  • Crash riddle of near-new coach

    THE DRIVER of a coach which crashed on the A23 yesterday, bringing huge traffic jams, had to undergo emergency surgery. Simon Cooper, 27, from London, suffered a broken leg in the smash which brought the county's busiest road to a standstill during the

  • Shotgun raid by crook in sunglasses

    DETECTIVES were today hunting a shotgun-wielding robber who threatened an assistant in a jewellery shop before grabbing thousands of pounds from the safe. The man entered Ingots watchmakers and jewellers in Kensington Gardens, Brighton, yesterday just

  • Riddle of how abandoned Teny made a 500-mile trip

    A DOG warden found Welsh Terrier Teny tied to a lamp-post in Worthing, 500 miles from his last-known home in Glasgow. Teny, thought to be around six years old, was frantic but eventually calmed down when he was taken to the National Canine Defence League