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  • FIRE WRECKS OLD COTTAGE

    A DEVASTATED shell is all that remains of a beautiful 16th-century cottage after a blaze which burned for 12 hours. Only a recently-added extension remains of the idyllic five-bedroom property, set in five acres of land and bought only eight months ago

  • MINISTER VISITS THE TAX DIVIDE

    IT'S hard for drivers to tell when Gladstone Road in Portslade becomes Gardner Road in Fishersgate. But residents know the difference when it comes to paying their council tax. People on Adur Council's side of the border pay £101 more for a typical Band

  • TEETHING TROUBLES AT NEW SORTING OFFICE

    HUNDREDS of people are out of pocket by thousands of pounds because of delays at the main sorting office in Sussex. Royal Mail is now launching an investigation after applications for TESSA and PEP accounts arrived too late to meet their April 5 deadline

  • HUGE CROWD DEFIANT OVER 'PORTOSMELLO'

    UP TO 1,000 people, angry at Southern Water's proposals to upgrade the Portobello sewage works at Telscombe Cliffs, staged a mass demonstration. It was the biggest protest yet against the £60 million scheme and one of the largest demonstrations ever seen

  • MORE BANKS WILL QUIT HIGH STREET

    ALMOST one in three high street bank branches will disappear in the next six years as telephone and Internet banking takes over. A report by accountancy company Deloitte Consulting says as many as 3,600 of the 11,000 traditional high street branches remaining

  • MINISTER VISITS THE TAX DIVIDE

    IT'S hard for drivers to tell when Gladstone Road in Portslade becomes Gardner Road in Fishersgate. But residents know the difference when it comes to paying their council tax. People on Adur Council's side of the border pay £101 more for a typical Band

  • BLAZE DRAMA TOT SAVED

    A TODDLER was dramatically saved from a blazing second-floor flat by his stepfather. Tristan Woodward, 19, dropped three-year-old Piers Swan from a window into the arms of a neighbour on the first floor. Witness Keith Ellis, 36, who lives nearby, said

  • IT'S TOKEN TIME TODAY!

    IT'S here! The biggest schools' promotion Sussex has ever seen starts today and children's TV favourites Bodger And Badger are helping kick it off. The crazy pair visited youngsters at Goldstone Junior School in Hove for some fun, games and mashed potato

  • DIG THIS - THE PARTY THAT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR POND MAN JERRY

    IT WAS set to be one of the most unusual official openings the local MP had ever attended. After six years, Jerry Netley's ornate brick garden pond was finally finished and his neighbours were determined to make it a day to remember. As part of the grand

  • HUGE CROWD DEFIANT OVER 'PORTOSMELLO'

    UP TO 1,000 people, angry at Southern Water's proposals to upgrade the Portobello sewage works at Telscombe Cliffs, staged a mass demonstration. It was the biggest protest yet against the £60 million scheme and one of the largest demonstrations ever seen

  • MOTH INVASION HALTS A TRAIN

    A TRAIN used on services between the Sussex coast and London has been withdrawn from service - because it is infested with moths. A further two trains, with a total of eight coaches, are still being used even though they are also infested with the pests

  • MORE BANKS WILL QUIT HIGH STREET

    ALMOST one in three high street bank branches will disappear in the next six years as telephone and Internet banking takes over. A report by accountancy company Deloitte Consulting says as many as 3,600 of the 11,000 traditional high street branches remaining

  • That's the way to do it

    ALMOST two seasons have passed since Micky Adams masterminded Fulham's promotion from the Third Division. But not much has changed at the fag end of the Football League. Hard work, disciplined defending, good organisation and the odd flash of inspiration

  • Adams curses wonder goal

    MICKY Adams has blamed a 'wonder goal' for his first defeat as Albion boss. A spectacular first-half strike by Justin Jackson sent the Seagulls home empty handed from play-off hopefuls Halifax. "They won it with a wonder goal," said Adams. "Full credit

  • BLAZE DRAMA TOT SAVED

    A TODDLER was dramatically saved from a blazing second-floor flat by his stepfather. Tristan Woodward, 19, dropped three-year-old Piers Swan from a window into the arms of a neighbour on the first floor. Witness Keith Ellis, 36, who lives nearby, said

  • IT'S TOKEN TIME TODAY!

    IT'S here! The biggest schools' promotion Sussex has ever seen starts today and children's TV favourites Bodger And Badger are helping kick it off. The crazy pair visited youngsters at Goldstone Junior School in Hove for some fun, games and mashed potato

  • DIG THIS - THE PARTY THAT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR POND MAN JERRY

    IT WAS set to be one of the most unusual official openings the local MP had ever attended. After six years, Jerry Netley's ornate brick garden pond was finally finished and his neighbours were determined to make it a day to remember. As part of the grand

  • MOTH INVASION HALTS A TRAIN

    A TRAIN used on services between the Sussex coast and London has been withdrawn from service - because it is infested with moths. A further two trains, with a total of eight coaches, are still being used even though they are also infested with the pests

  • MUM THANKS BRAVE PC WHO SAVED HER BABY

    FIRE victim Susan Carey today thanked the policeman who saved her daughter's life saying: "We owe everything to him. He was so incredibly brave." Sitting in a hospital ward cradling her baby in her arms, Susan, 27, is now coming to terms with daughter

  • FIRE WRECKS OLD COTTAGE

    A DEVASTATED shell is all that remains of a beautiful 16th-century cottage after a blaze which burned for 12 hours. Only a recently-added extension remains of the idyllic five-bedroom property, set in five acres of land and bought only eight months ago

  • That's the way to do it

    ALMOST two seasons have passed since Micky Adams masterminded Fulham's promotion from the Third Division. But not much has changed at the fag end of the Football League. Hard work, disciplined defending, good organisation and the odd flash of inspiration

  • Adams curses wonder goal

    MICKY Adams has blamed a 'wonder goal' for his first defeat as Albion boss. A spectacular first-half strike by Justin Jackson sent the Seagulls home empty handed from play-off hopefuls Halifax. "They won it with a wonder goal," said Adams. "Full credit

  • TEETHING TROUBLES AT NEW SORTING OFFICE

    HUNDREDS of people are out of pocket by thousands of pounds because of delays at the main sorting office in Sussex. Royal Mail is now launching an investigation after applications for TESSA and PEP accounts arrived too late to meet their April 5 deadline

  • MUM THANKS BRAVE PC WHO SAVED HER BABY

    FIRE victim Susan Carey today thanked the policeman who saved her daughter's life saying: "We owe everything to him. He was so incredibly brave." Sitting in a hospital ward cradling her baby in her arms, Susan, 27, is now coming to terms with daughter