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  • TYCOON SUES OVER ROW FROM GATWICK

    A BUSINESSMAN who bought a £500,000 country house claims his peace was ruined by aircraft noise. Semi-retired Graham Farley bought Riverside House, Blackboys, near Uckfield, in 1991 to escape the hustle and bustle of London, where he worked, London's

  • HOME THREAT IS A SCANDAL SAYS MP

    THE threatened closure of a nursing home is "a scandal which needs to be addressed by the community," said MP Ivor Caplin. The Hove MP spoke out at a meeting with staff, residents and concerned families at Montgomery House, Hove. The home in Montgomery

  • FAB AT 50!

    MOST schools mark special occasions with a snap of pupils and staff in a traditional line-up. But one school came up with something just a little bit different. All 306 youngsters at Benfield Junior School in Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, posed for their

  • DIVERS WITH THE BENDS RESCUED BY HELICOPTER

    THREE divers were taken to hospital by helicopter suffering from the bends after they surfaced too quickly from a dive to a wreck 25 miles off Worthing. The men were taken to Haslar Royal Naval Hospital in Gosport yesterday afternoon for treatment in

  • UNDERWORLD SUB-MACHINE GUNS FACE FRIENDLY FIRE AT PEACE EVENT

    SUB-MACHINE guns seized from one of Britain's biggest underworld armourers have been incinerated in a ceremony at The Hague. Anthony Mitchell was jailed for eight years in March for converting deactivated MAC-10 guns to fire live ammunition after importing

  • SEIZED DOG BACK HOME AFTER A YEAR

    DOG-LOVER Katrina Smythe broke down in tears as she was finally reunited with her pet Ria after a heartbreaking year apart. Ria, a three-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, was seized by police on May 5 last year as Katrina walked her in Cromwell Road

  • POLICE LAUNCH GOES WITH A BANG

    THE NEW number for Sussex Police was launched with a bang this morning. From now on, non-emergency callers should ring 0845 60 70 999 rather than calling individual stations with complaints or inquiries. Ahuge firework demonstration at police headquarters

  • TYCOON SUES OVER ROW FROM GATWICK

    A BUSINESSMAN who bought a £500,000 country house claims his peace was ruined by aircraft noise. Semi-retired Graham Farley bought Riverside House, Blackboys, near Uckfield, in 1991 to escape the hustle and bustle of London, where he worked, London's

  • TYCOON SUES OVER ROW FROM GATWICK

    A BUSINESSMAN who bought a £500,000 country house claims his peace was ruined by aircraft noise. Semi-retired Graham Farley bought Riverside House, Blackboys, near Uckfield, in 1991 to escape the hustle and bustle of London, where he worked, London's

  • HOME THREAT IS A SCANDAL SAYS MP

    THE threatened closure of a nursing home is "a scandal which needs to be addressed by the community," said MP Ivor Caplin. The Hove MP spoke out at a meeting with staff, residents and concerned families at Montgomery House, Hove. The home in Montgomery

  • FAB AT 50!

    MOST schools mark special occasions with a snap of pupils and staff in a traditional line-up. But one school came up with something just a little bit different. All 306 youngsters at Benfield Junior School in Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, posed for their

  • RANK'S GOOD NEWS FOR HOLIDAY RESORT JOBS

    HOLIDAY giant Rank is recruiting almost 200 staff for its new-look complex at Bognor. The new jobs will be provided at the call centre which is based at the Butlin's family entertainment resort. The centre will become the national headquarters for holiday

  • TEARS AT SUSSEX PC'S FUNERAL

    A SIMPLE message in a condolence book summed up why hardened police officers choked back the tears as they paid a last tribute to young traffic cop Jeff Tooley. Hundreds of mourners heard Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse quote an extract from the book

  • HUNT FOR THE £2m FIREBUG

    AN ARSON inquiry is under way following a blaze that tore through a factory warehouse, causing nearly £2 million damage. Fire investigators and police confirmed today that the fire which destroyed the £1 million warehouse at Norit Beauty Care in Eastbourne

  • TEENAGER TELLS OF RAPE TERROR

    A TEENAGE girl told today how she thought she would die during a late-night sex ordeal. The 18-year-old wept as she described how disc jockey Richard Baker grabbed her after she was unable to get into her home in Brighton just before midnight on August

  • ROBBED MAN TELLS SECOND CROOK HE HAS NOTHING LEFT

    THE victim of a robbery attack was held up by another thug moments later. The 27-year-old man was set upon in Wivelsfield Road, Haywards Heath. He was walking from The Wivelsfield pub when he was confronted by two yobs who punched him in the face and

  • HOME TRUTHS, BY JACQUI BEALING

    "OI, Bealing," started one of my Argus colleagues at an awards ceremony we both found ourselves at last week, "which column did you enter for this? Was it the one about your husband forgetting to buy nappies at Sainsbury's?" He meant it sarcastically.

  • Sussex at full strength

    SUSSEX will be at full strength today when they face a New Zealand side coach Peter Moores reckons could cause a surprise in the World Cup. The sides meet at Arundel (10.45) in the Kiwis' final warm-up match before their opening Group B game against Bangladesh

  • McPherson staying put

    KEITH McPherson has agreed a new one-year contract with Albion, just eight weeks after joining them. Manager Micky Adams has clinched the signature of the former Reading stalwart brought to the club by his predecessor Jeff Wood. Adams said: "Keith is

  • RANK'S GOOD NEWS FOR HOLIDAY RESORT JOBS

    HOLIDAY giant Rank is recruiting almost 200 staff for its new-look complex at Bognor. The new jobs will be provided at the call centre which is based at the Butlin's family entertainment resort. The centre will become the national headquarters for holiday

  • TEARS AT SUSSEX PC'S FUNERAL

    A SIMPLE message in a condolence book summed up why hardened police officers choked back the tears as they paid a last tribute to young traffic cop Jeff Tooley. Hundreds of mourners heard Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse quote an extract from the book

  • RANK GOOD LUCK FOR HOLIDAY RESORT JOBS

    HOLIDAY giant Rank is recruiting almost 200 staff for its new-look complex at Bognor. The new jobs will be provided at the call centre which is based at the Butlin's family entertainment resort. The centre will become the national headquarters for holiday

  • HUNT FOR THE £2m FIREBUG

    AN ARSON inquiry is under way following a blaze that tore through a factory warehouse, causing nearly £2 million damage. Fire investigators and police confirmed today that the fire which destroyed the £1 million warehouse at Norit Beauty Care in Eastbourne

  • TEENAGER TELLS OF RAPE TERROR

    A TEENAGE girl told today how she thought she would die during a late-night sex ordeal. The 18-year-old wept as she described how disc jockey Richard Baker grabbed her after she was unable to get into her home in Brighton just before midnight on August

  • ROBBED MAN TELLS SECOND CROOK HE HAS NOTHING LEFT

    THE victim of a robbery attack was held up by another thug moments later. The 27-year-old man was set upon in Wivelsfield Road, Haywards Heath. He was walking from The Wivelsfield pub when he was confronted by two yobs who punched him in the face and

  • HOME TRUTHS, BY JACQUI BEALING

    "OI, Bealing," started one of my Argus colleagues at an awards ceremony we both found ourselves at last week, "which column did you enter for this? Was it the one about your husband forgetting to buy nappies at Sainsbury's?" He meant it sarcastically.

  • Sussex at full strength

    SUSSEX will be at full strength today when they face a New Zealand side coach Peter Moores reckons could cause a surprise in the World Cup. The sides meet at Arundel (10.45) in the Kiwis' final warm-up match before their opening Group B game against Bangladesh

  • McPherson staying put

    KEITH McPherson has agreed a new one-year contract with Albion, just eight weeks after joining them. Manager Micky Adams has clinched the signature of the former Reading stalwart brought to the club by his predecessor Jeff Wood. Adams said: "Keith is

  • DIVERS WITH THE BENDS RESCUED BY HELICOPTER

    THREE divers were taken to hospital by helicopter suffering from the bends after they surfaced too quickly from a dive to a wreck 25 miles off Worthing. The men were taken to Haslar Royal Naval Hospital in Gosport yesterday afternoon for treatment in

  • UNDERWORLD SUB-MACHINE GUNS FACE FRIENDLY FIRE AT PEACE EVENT

    SUB-MACHINE guns seized from one of Britain's biggest underworld armourers have been incinerated in a ceremony at The Hague. Anthony Mitchell was jailed for eight years in March for converting deactivated MAC-10 guns to fire live ammunition after importing

  • SEIZED DOG BACK HOME AFTER A YEAR

    DOG-LOVER Katrina Smythe broke down in tears as she was finally reunited with her pet Ria after a heartbreaking year apart. Ria, a three-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, was seized by police on May 5 last year as Katrina walked her in Cromwell Road

  • RANK GOOD LUCK FOR HOLIDAY RESORT JOBS

    HOLIDAY giant Rank is recruiting almost 200 staff for its new-look complex at Bognor. The new jobs will be provided at the call centre which is based at the Butlin's family entertainment resort. The centre will become the national headquarters for holiday

  • POLICE LAUNCH GOES WITH A BANG

    THE NEW number for Sussex Police was launched with a bang this morning. From now on, non-emergency callers should ring 0845 60 70 999 rather than calling individual stations with complaints or inquiries. Ahuge firework demonstration at police headquarters

  • TYCOON SUES OVER ROW FROM GATWICK

    A BUSINESSMAN who bought a £500,000 country house claims his peace was ruined by aircraft noise. Semi-retired Graham Farley bought Riverside House, Blackboys, near Uckfield, in 1991 to escape the hustle and bustle of London, where he worked, London's