For the six months to January 31 the company returned a profit of £849,000, compared with £1.3 million for the same period in 1997. The company indicated all was not well at the beginning of the year when it issued a profits warning. But since then business
FIREFIGHTERS searched a smoke-logged building this morning amid fears people were trapped inside. More than a dozen firefighters from Preston Circus in Brighton searched the derelict former pub in North Road but no one was found. The brigade's efforts
OUR attitude towards ageing has shown an astonishing change in recent years. Iremember routinely describing people in their mid-fifties as elderly when I started reporting but would not dream of doing it now, and not simply because I'm that age myself
DETECTIVES have warned gun owners they could face armed police if they take their firearms out in public. The warning follows an extensive search for an armed man who was spotted at Goring Hall Hospital, in Bodiam Avenue, Worthing, yesterday.Armed officers
FURIOUS Lib Dems are calling for the resignation of the Mayor of Worthing, who today announced he is defecting to the Tories. They accused Coun David Chapman of "gross disloyalty" and said the timing of his departure was "particularly distasteful." He
YOUNGSTERS at Brighton's Hertford County Primary School had a helping hand as they joined the race to collect tokens for the fantastic Argus Disneyland Paris promotion. Former EastEnders star Paul Moriarty, who played shady George Palmer, joined pupils
ALL young football fans want to cheer on their home team. But for one bunch of youngsters, supporting their club is even more important. The Seagulls Specials, a football team for children with special needs, was set up by the Albion and Brighton and
DISCIPLINE hearings resumed today over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man last year. Deputy Chief Constable Mark Jordan, suspended in February, and Assistant Chief Constable Nigel Yeo were expected to defend their roles in the incident at a special
FEARS have been raised that Brighton and Hove Council is being railroaded into approving plans for a massive new night spot. Police have expressed misgivings about drunken revellers spilling on to Madeira Drive in the early hours from what would be Brighton's
POLICE believe the same man could be responsible for attacks on two women in Eastbourne. Detectives have urged women to take extra care if they are out alone at night after a woman was subjected to a terrifying sex attack in Gildredge Park. The 20-year-old
THE grieving parents of stabbed teenager Justin El Korashy today called for tough new penalties for killers and villains who carry knives. As Justin's killer, Nicholas Mason, was being driven to Broadmoor Mental Hospital, the victim's father, Ramzy El
A FIRE which caused extensive damage to a disused private girls' school may have been the work of arsonists. More than 20 firefighters spent two hours tackling the blaze at Mickelsfield Girls School, Seaford, this morning. Fire crews were alerted at 5.45am
For the six months to January 31 the company returned a profit of £849,000, compared with £1.3 million for the same period in 1997. The company indicated all was not well at the beginning of the year when it issued a profits warning. But since then business
BRITISH Airways resumed its service to Jamaica today after riots on the Caribbean island stranded 300 passengers at Gatwick. The disappointed travellers were told on Tuesday that their BA flight to Jamaica was cancelled because of the troubles. Passengers
FIREFIGHTERS searched a smoke-logged building this morning amid fears people were trapped inside. More than a dozen firefighters from Preston Circus in Brighton searched the derelict former pub in North Road but no one was found. The brigade's efforts
POLICE are investigating complaints from dozens of holidaymakers who claim they have been ripped off by a Brighton travel firm. Some say they booked trips by credit card and returned to find their card numbers had been used for other transactions. And
OUR attitude towards ageing has shown an astonishing change in recent years. Iremember routinely describing people in their mid-fifties as elderly when I started reporting but would not dream of doing it now, and not simply because I'm that age myself
SUSSEX'S only ferry link with the Continent was restored today with the warning: "Use it or lose it". There was a champagne send-off as the new Super Seacat ferry set sail from Newhaven to Dieppe. But it was a bumpy crossing with the wind speed between
ALL young football fans want to cheer on their home team. But for one bunch of youngsters, supporting their club is even more important. The Seagulls Specials, a football team for children with special needs, was set up by the Albion and Brighton and
DISCIPLINE hearings resumed today over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man last year. Deputy Chief Constable Mark Jordan, suspended in February, and Assistant Chief Constable Nigel Yeo were expected to defend their roles in the incident at a special
POLICE believe the same man could be responsible for attacks on two women in Eastbourne. Detectives have urged women to take extra care if they are out alone at night after a woman was subjected to a terrifying sex attack in Gildredge Park. The 20-year-old
DRUNKEN passenger Brian Howell slapped a stewardess in an air rage attack, a court heard. Howell was flying from Gatwick to Spain and when senior stewardess Anne-Marie Dunn tried to calm him, Howell, 58, slapped her arm so hard it sent her reeling backwards
BRITISH Airways resumed its service to Jamaica today after riots on the Caribbean island stranded 300 passengers at Gatwick. The disappointed travellers were told on Tuesday that their BA flight to Jamaica was cancelled because of the troubles. Passengers
POLICE are investigating complaints from dozens of holidaymakers who claim they have been ripped off by a Brighton travel firm. Some say they booked trips by credit card and returned to find their card numbers had been used for other transactions. And
SUSSEX'S only ferry link with the Continent was restored today with the warning: "Use it or lose it". There was a champagne send-off as the new Super Seacat ferry set sail from Newhaven to Dieppe. But it was a bumpy crossing with the wind speed between
A NEW thinking is emerging in the battle against one of the world's most ruthless killers. For years, Sussex health experts have repeated the message that safe sex and HIV testing offer the best safeguard against Aids. But while this view is still upheld
FOR 17 years, Cissy Broome's ashes sat in a garden shed as her family tried to fulfil her dying wish. Brighton's West Pier had played a huge part in Cissy's life, and shortly before her death she told relatives she wished her ashes could be scatted from
DRUNKEN passenger Brian Howell slapped a stewardess in an air rage attack, a court heard. Howell was flying from Gatwick to Spain and when senior stewardess Anne-Marie Dunn tried to calm him, Howell, 58, slapped her arm so hard it sent her reeling backwards
DETECTIVES have warned gun owners they could face armed police if they take their firearms out in public. The warning follows an extensive search for an armed man who was spotted at Goring Hall Hospital, in Bodiam Avenue, Worthing, yesterday.Armed officers
FURIOUS Lib Dems are calling for the resignation of the Mayor of Worthing, who today announced he is defecting to the Tories. They accused Coun David Chapman of "gross disloyalty" and said the timing of his departure was "particularly distasteful." He
YOUNGSTERS at Brighton's Hertford County Primary School had a helping hand as they joined the race to collect tokens for the fantastic Argus Disneyland Paris promotion. Former EastEnders star Paul Moriarty, who played shady George Palmer, joined pupils
FEARS have been raised that Brighton and Hove Council is being railroaded into approving plans for a massive new night spot. Police have expressed misgivings about drunken revellers spilling on to Madeira Drive in the early hours from what would be Brighton's
A NEW thinking is emerging in the battle against one of the world's most ruthless killers. For years, Sussex health experts have repeated the message that safe sex and HIV testing offer the best safeguard against Aids. But while this view is still upheld
FOR 17 years, Cissy Broome's ashes sat in a garden shed as her family tried to fulfil her dying wish. Brighton's West Pier had played a huge part in Cissy's life, and shortly before her death she told relatives she wished her ashes could be scatted from
THE grieving parents of stabbed teenager Justin El Korashy today called for tough new penalties for killers and villains who carry knives. As Justin's killer, Nicholas Mason, was being driven to Broadmoor Mental Hospital, the victim's father, Ramzy El
A FIRE which caused extensive damage to a disused private girls' school may have been the work of arsonists. More than 20 firefighters spent two hours tackling the blaze at Mickelsfield Girls School, Seaford, this morning. Fire crews were alerted at 5.45am
