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  • Demon deal's rich for Cliff

    SOUTHERN Water's parent company, ScottishPower, has bought the UK's largest independent Internet provider for £66 million. The deal makes Cliff Stanford, the largest shareholder and chief executive of Demon Internet, one of Britain's richest men.He will

  • Jumping the gun

    WHEN is a city not a city? When it's Brighton and Hove. The towns may be big, bold and beautiful but they are not a city yet. Despite that, leading councillors insist on calling Brighton and Hove a city, causing irritation to some business leaders. They

  • Royal praise for aid worker Sally

    SUSSEX aid worker Sally Becker has been praised by the Queen for her humanitarian work. Sally, from Hove, has just returned from an expedition to Kosovo, taking 50 tonnes of medical equipment to those in need. She was invited to Windsor Castle on Thursday

  • Hostage victim to go back to Yemen

    A SUSSEX man held hostage with his family for nearly three weeks by Yemeni tribesmen vowed today to return to the country. English teacher David Mitchell, 48, said he bore no resentment toward his kidnappers after negotiations through a Yemeni businessman

  • Demon deal's rich for Cliff

    SOUTHERN Water's parent company, ScottishPower, has bought the UK's largest independent Internet provider for £66 million. The deal makes Cliff Stanford, the largest shareholder and chief executive of Demon Internet, one of Britain's richest men.He will

  • Jumping the gun

    WHEN is a city not a city? When it's Brighton and Hove. The towns may be big, bold and beautiful but they are not a city yet. Despite that, leading councillors insist on calling Brighton and Hove a city, causing irritation to some business leaders. They

  • Moores hangs up his gloves

    PETER MOORES, Sussex's long serving wicket-keeper and former skipper, has probably played his last match for the county. Shaun Humphries took his place behind the stumps for the Benson and Hedges Cup group clash against Glamorgan at Hove today. And, unless

  • Moores hangs up his gloves

    PETER MOORES, Sussex's long serving wicket-keeper and former skipper, has probably played his last match for the county. Shaun Humphries took his place behind the stumps for the Benson and Hedges Cup group clash against Glamorgan at Hove today. And, unless

  • JAZZ & BLUES TODAY

    CASABLANCA JAZZ CLUB, Churchill Palace Hotel, Middle Street, Brighton - Urubu, 9.0. THE CONNAUGHT, Hove Street, Hove - Woodbine, 8.30. DE LA WARR PAVILION, Bexhill - South Coast Five, 6.30, 9.0. GOLDEN CANNON, St Georges Road, Brighton - Ian Price and

  • Bridge repairs to disrupt drivers

    DRIVERS were today urged to stay away from Brighton railway station as emergency repairs started on the Trafalgar Street bridge. A structural fault has been found by Railtrack. Civil engineering contractors Costain are expected to take three weeks repairing

  • Brighton is hotter than Barcelona

    BRIGHTON ground to a Bank Holiday standstill yesterday as day-trippers flocked to the coast. Shopkeepers reported a booming trade as thousands made the most of the sunniest weather so far this year. Temperatures nudged 67 degrees Fahrenheit in sheltered

  • Pals rescue little chloe

    CHILDREN were praised today for saving a dog from drowning after it was savagely beaten by thugs and left for dead in a toddlers' paddling pool. The six children, aged between nine and 13, ran to the rescue when they saw Chloe, a 12-year-old Jack Russell

  • JAZZ & BLUES TODAY

    CASABLANCA JAZZ CLUB, Churchill Palace Hotel, Middle Street, Brighton - Urubu, 9.0. THE CONNAUGHT, Hove Street, Hove - Woodbine, 8.30. DE LA WARR PAVILION, Bexhill - South Coast Five, 6.30, 9.0. GOLDEN CANNON, St Georges Road, Brighton - Ian Price and

  • Bridge repairs to disrupt drivers

    DRIVERS were today urged to stay away from Brighton railway station as emergency repairs started on the Trafalgar Street bridge. A structural fault has been found by Railtrack. Civil engineering contractors Costain are expected to take three weeks repairing

  • Royal praise for aid worker Sally

    SUSSEX aid worker Sally Becker has been praised by the Queen for her humanitarian work. Sally, from Hove, has just returned from an expedition to Kosovo, taking 50 tonnes of medical equipment to those in need. She was invited to Windsor Castle on Thursday

  • Hostage victim to go back to Yemen

    A SUSSEX man held hostage with his family for nearly three weeks by Yemeni tribesmen vowed today to return to the country. English teacher David Mitchell, 48, said he bore no resentment toward his kidnappers after negotiations through a Yemeni businessman

  • Brighton is hotter than Barcelona

    BRIGHTON ground to a Bank Holiday standstill yesterday as day-trippers flocked to the coast. Shopkeepers reported a booming trade as thousands made the most of the sunniest weather so far this year. Temperatures nudged 67 degrees Fahrenheit in sheltered

  • Pals rescue little chloe

    CHILDREN were praised today for saving a dog from drowning after it was savagely beaten by thugs and left for dead in a toddlers' paddling pool. The six children, aged between nine and 13, ran to the rescue when they saw Chloe, a 12-year-old Jack Russell