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  • KEY STAGE FOR SCHOOL

    I'VE been to school to learn with delight that our teachers are eager to give something back to the community in a world where education heads the political agenda as the most important issue facing the nation. My guide was Neil Hunter, 51, head teacher

  • A PIER'S RIDE FOR SURVIVAL

    MOVES to reduce the number of rides on Brighton's Palace Pier could drastically hit tourism, a public inquiry heard today. The removal of 12 attractions from the end of pier could see the Grade II* listed building fall into the same state of disrepair

  • Head set for battle

    EAST GRINSTEAD skipper Stuart Head is prepared to play through the pain barrier to help keep his side in the National Hockey League's premier division. Head hasn't played since mid-January because of a broken hand and wasn't due to resume training with

  • Minton set to return

    ALBION star Jeff Minton is being lined up for his long-awaited return to action at Hartlepool on Saturday. The Seagulls' midfield playmaker is creeping closer to fully recovering from the ankle ligament damage which has ruled him out for two months. Physio

  • LIZZIE ENFIELD

    WAS the victim, this morning, of serious breach of train etiquette by person unknown, possibly making a one-off journey or on start of commuting career. Had secured window seat in right carriage to eye up blond athletic man from Hassocks, who in due course

  • THIEF JAILED AFTER TRAIN CRASH DRAMA

    A CAR thief who abandoned a stolen Land Rover on a railway crossing, causing a train crash, has been jailed for 18 months. Brian Kirby, 27, was also banned from driving for five years by a judge at Chichester Crown Court. More than 50 passengers and the

  • GOOD CHOICE

    A GIANT new holiday firm is to be based in Sussex following a £1.4 billion merger between First Choice and Swiss company Kuoni Travel. The news was welcomed yesterday, with First Choice claiming the move would safeguard its 700-strong workforce and could

  • CLEANERS LOSE EQUAL PAY BATTLE

    FEMALE council cleaners who say they are paid less than male colleagues have vowed to fight on after losing their legal battle. They are backed by their union and if successful, would open the doors for as many as 400 cleaners to get a massive half-a-million-pound

  • KEY STAGE FOR SCHOOL

    I'VE been to school to learn with delight that our teachers are eager to give something back to the community in a world where education heads the political agenda as the most important issue facing the nation. My guide was Neil Hunter, 51, head teacher

  • A PIER'S RIDE FOR SURVIVAL

    MOVES to reduce the number of rides on Brighton's Palace Pier could drastically hit tourism, a public inquiry heard today. The removal of 12 attractions from the end of pier could see the Grade II* listed building fall into the same state of disrepair

  • Head set for battle

    EAST GRINSTEAD skipper Stuart Head is prepared to play through the pain barrier to help keep his side in the National Hockey League's premier division. Head hasn't played since mid-January because of a broken hand and wasn't due to resume training with

  • Minton set to return

    ALBION star Jeff Minton is being lined up for his long-awaited return to action at Hartlepool on Saturday. The Seagulls' midfield playmaker is creeping closer to fully recovering from the ankle ligament damage which has ruled him out for two months. Physio

  • OUR SCHOOL'S

    A DEATH TRAP PUPILS, staff and parents demonstrated outside a school to protest at what they claim are "deathtrap" conditions. Up to 150 people gathered outside the gates of Oakfield Middle School, Lancing, yesterday waving placards and chanting. The

  • LIZZIE ENFIELD

    WAS the victim, this morning, of serious breach of train etiquette by person unknown, possibly making a one-off journey or on start of commuting career. Had secured window seat in right carriage to eye up blond athletic man from Hassocks, who in due course

  • CLEANERS LOSE EQUAL PAY BATTLE

    FEMALE council cleaners who say they are paid less than male colleagues have vowed to fight on after losing their legal battle. They are backed by their union and if successful, would open the doors for as many as 400 cleaners to get a massive half-a-million-pound

  • Royal visit centre

    hit by flood drama A FLOOD has hit a Burgess Hill leisure centre - just days before it is to be officially opened by the Queen. The basement of the £13.5 million Triangle sports complex in Jane Murray Way was found knee-deep in water by a security guard

  • Albion cash dries up

    ALBION'S main sponsors say they are unlikely to renew their kit deal next season. Donatello paid £50,000 to sponsor the Seagulls this season. The name of the popular Brighton restaurant appears on the team's shirts and replica kits. Co-owner Sue Addis

  • OUR SCHOOL'S

    A DEATH TRAP PUPILS, staff and parents demonstrated outside a school to protest at what they claim are "deathtrap" conditions. Up to 150 people gathered outside the gates of Oakfield Middle School, Lancing, yesterday waving placards and chanting. The

  • FALMER SUPPORTERS BARRED BY LANDLORD

    A PUB landlord is so opposed to plans to move the Albion to his home village of Falmer that he is refusing to serve regulars who disagree with him. John Woodruff has told drinkers they are not welcome at the Swan Inn unless they sign a petition objecting

  • RESORT STEPS INTO LIMELIGHT FOR NEW ROLE

    BRIGHTON is to be the star of a major new movie. Screen heart-throb Ralph Fiennes and actress Julianne Moore arrived in the town yesterday to work on an adaptation of the Graham Greene novel The End of the Affair. The stars play illicit lovers in the

  • POLICE UNCOVER 'ALADDIN'S CAVE'

    DETECTIVES investigating a mail-order racket found thousands of CDs and pop videos crammed into a flat. The haul, worth more than £60,000, was discovered during a dawn swoop at the property in Kemp Town, Brighton. Officers spent hours searching through

  • Royal visit centre

    hit by flood drama A FLOOD has hit a Burgess Hill leisure centre - just days before it is to be officially opened by the Queen. The basement of the £13.5 million Triangle sports complex in Jane Murray Way was found knee-deep in water by a security guard

  • Albion cash dries up

    ALBION'S main sponsors say they are unlikely to renew their kit deal next season. Donatello paid £50,000 to sponsor the Seagulls this season. The name of the popular Brighton restaurant appears on the team's shirts and replica kits. Co-owner Sue Addis

  • FALMER SUPPORTERS BARRED BY LANDLORD

    A PUB landlord is so opposed to plans to move the Albion to his home village of Falmer that he is refusing to serve regulars who disagree with him. John Woodruff has told drinkers they are not welcome at the Swan Inn unless they sign a petition objecting

  • THIEF JAILED AFTER TRAIN CRASH DRAMA

    A CAR thief who abandoned a stolen Land Rover on a railway crossing, causing a train crash, has been jailed for 18 months. Brian Kirby, 27, was also banned from driving for five years by a judge at Chichester Crown Court. More than 50 passengers and the

  • RESORT STEPS INTO LIMELIGHT FOR NEW ROLE

    BRIGHTON is to be the star of a major new movie. Screen heart-throb Ralph Fiennes and actress Julianne Moore arrived in the town yesterday to work on an adaptation of the Graham Greene novel The End of the Affair. The stars play illicit lovers in the

  • POLICE UNCOVER 'ALADDIN'S CAVE'

    DETECTIVES investigating a mail-order racket found thousands of CDs and pop videos crammed into a flat. The haul, worth more than £60,000, was discovered during a dawn swoop at the property in Kemp Town, Brighton. Officers spent hours searching through

  • GOOD CHOICE

    A GIANT new holiday firm is to be based in Sussex following a £1.4 billion merger between First Choice and Swiss company Kuoni Travel. The news was welcomed yesterday, with First Choice claiming the move would safeguard its 700-strong workforce and could