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  • SERVICE CHARGE THAT LEFT PETER SMILING

    WHEN Peter Markham was quoted a figure of £101 to have his car serviced, he decided to look elsewhere. After recent publicity about car prices in Britain being higher than those abroad he contacted dealers in France to see if services were cheaper as

  • THE TROLLEY POLICE

    When David Battcock goes to the supermarket, fat-busting fitness trainer Peter Dudley goes too. While radio producer David, 31, is scanning the shelves Peter is scrutinising the contents of his trolley. Out go cakes, biscuits, butter and processed foods

  • JIMMY'S LIFE IS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

    WHEN Jimmy Richardson underwent an operation to remove a brain tumour, he was told to take things easy. He spent the next few months tending the garden of his home in Eldred Avenue, Westdene, Brighton. The 57-year-old hairdresser, who was helped by his

  • LOVE RIVAL OF 'ANGEL' SALLY FOUND DROWNED

    THE CHEATED wife of a prominent GP has been found dead in a river months after speaking of the heartache over her husband's affair with Bosnia aid worker Sally Becker. Former model Susan Stewart's partly-clad body was discovered at a popular beauty spot

  • THE TROLLEY POLICE

    When David Battcock goes to the supermarket, fat-busting fitness trainer Peter Dudley goes too. While radio producer David, 31, is scanning the shelves Peter is scrutinising the contents of his trolley. Out go cakes, biscuits, butter and processed foods

  • JIMMY'S LIFE IS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

    WHEN Jimmy Richardson underwent an operation to remove a brain tumour, he was told to take things easy. He spent the next few months tending the garden of his home in Eldred Avenue, Westdene, Brighton. The 57-year-old hairdresser, who was helped by his

  • DISTRESS OF THE CANCER QUEUE

    CANCER patients in Sussex are facing major delays for post-operation treatment because of a drastic shortage of specialist staff. Some patients, including women who have had breast tumours removed and men with prostate cancer, are now waiting up to three

  • NEW LOVE FOR KILLER'S EX-WIFE

    THE FORMER wife of Sion Jenkins, the deputy headmaster jailed for life for murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo, is reported to be dating a new man. A year after Jenkins was caged for battering 13-year-old Billie-Jo to death with a metal tent spike

  • LIS SOLKHON: VOICE OF THE THIRD AGE

    CAN anyone tell me what part of the word NO is difficult to understand? I know illiteracy has reached an all-time high these days, but it is still difficult to understand why a two-letter word should prove so difficult to comprehend. And yet, time after

  • COUNTRY ROAD BOOZE SWOOPS

    MORE than one in ten drivers breathalysed by Sussex Police this year were over the limit, figures out today show. Far fewer drivers were asked to take the breath test than the previous year, but the same percentage tested positive. In 1997-98, 21,165

  • LOVE RIVAL OF 'ANGEL' SALLY FOUND DROWNED

    THE CHEATED wife of a prominent GP has been found dead in a river months after speaking of the heartache over her husband's affair with Bosnia aid worker Sally Becker. Former model Susan Stewart's partly-clad body was discovered at a popular beauty spot

  • £20,000 BOUNTY TO TRAP KILLER

    FRIENDS of murder victim Jean Barnes today doubled the reward to help find her killer to £20,000. They matched the £10,000 reward offered by Sussex Police for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer. The news came on the day of

  • DECISION DAY SET FOR KING ALRFED

    A DATE has finally been set to decide the future of the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. A special meeting will take place at Hove Town Hall on September 30, when councillors will vote on the proposals. The meeting will be held in the council chamber

  • DISTRESS OF THE CANCER QUEUE

    CANCER patients in Sussex are facing major delays for post-operation treatment because of a drastic shortage of specialist staff. Some patients, including women who have had breast tumours removed and men with prostate cancer, are now waiting up to three

  • NEW LOVE FOR KILLER'S EX-WIFE

    THE FORMER wife of Sion Jenkins, the deputy headmaster jailed for life for murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo, is reported to be dating a new man. A year after Jenkins was caged for battering 13-year-old Billie-Jo to death with a metal tent spike

  • LIS SOLKHON: VOICE OF THE THIRD AGE

    CAN anyone tell me what part of the word NO is difficult to understand? I know illiteracy has reached an all-time high these days, but it is still difficult to understand why a two-letter word should prove so difficult to comprehend. And yet, time after

  • COUNTRY ROAD BOOZE SWOOPS

    MORE than one in ten drivers breathalysed by Sussex Police this year were over the limit, figures out today show. Far fewer drivers were asked to take the breath test than the previous year, but the same percentage tested positive. In 1997-98, 21,165

  • £20,000 BOUNTY TO TRAP KILLER

    FRIENDS of murder victim Jean Barnes today doubled the reward to help find her killer to £20,000. They matched the £10,000 reward offered by Sussex Police for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer. The news came on the day of

  • DECISION DAY SET FOR KING ALRFED

    A DATE has finally been set to decide the future of the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. A special meeting will take place at Hove Town Hall on September 30, when councillors will vote on the proposals. The meeting will be held in the council chamber

  • SERVICE CHARGE THAT LEFT PETER SMILING

    WHEN Peter Markham was quoted a figure of £101 to have his car serviced, he decided to look elsewhere. After recent publicity about car prices in Britain being higher than those abroad he contacted dealers in France to see if services were cheaper as