LATEST research has revealed 17 per cent of South-East small and medium-sized businesses are still not prepared for the millennium bug. Don Cruickshank, chairman of Action 2000, the body set up by the Government to tackle the millennium computer problem
Girl power at top college Lancing College will be admitting girls as well as boys next year and about time too. The public school has been boys only for the whole of its existence, apart from having some girls in the sixth form since the Seventies. It's
WORK on reroofing the fire-ravaged Royal Albion Hotel in Brighton will start within two weeks. It is the latest step forward made by the construction firm rebuilding the seafront hotel gutted by fire last November. They are already ahead of schedule,
This has been the century of Conservatism, with Tories either running governments or leading coalitions in them for the greater part of the time. But that may no longer be so in the new millennium. As William Hague works himself up in Blackpool for a
Superb Horsham YMCA booked a place in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time in their 101- year history with a stunning victory at Herne Bay. First-half goals from Peter Durrant and Matt Russell and a second half strike from Rob
FORMER Albion boss Barry Lloyd is bidding for a return to football management. The 50-year-old, who has been out of football since December 1993, is head of a consortium aiming to take control of Crawley Town. And Lloyd admitted last night: "I'd be crackers
ALBION duo Chris Wilder and Aidan Newhouse have been given another vote of confidence. Manager Micky Adams has renewed their month-to-month contracts for the second time. They were due to expire before Saturday's trip to Carlisle, but both players will
WHEN computer expert Howard Travers decided to take a break from his high-flying city job, he did it in style. In a daring adventure that brought a terrifying brush with death, he swapped his suit for a paraglider and attempted to fly along the world's
FOR more than 150 years, Lancing College has been one of the last male bastions. The sprawling playing fields have been the domain of rugby players, and the corridors have reverberated with the sound of male voices. But now, for the first time, the boys
A SUSSEX man who escaped with his life when his plane crashed was discharged from hospital this morning. John Harvey, 48, had to be cut free from the wreckage of his four-seater aircraft which crashed in Essex on Monday afternoon. The plane took off from
WORK on reroofing the fire-ravaged Royal Albion Hotel in Brighton will start within two weeks. It is the latest step forward made by the construction firm rebuilding the seafront hotel gutted by fire last November. They are already ahead of schedule,
Superb Horsham YMCA booked a place in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time in their 101- year history with a stunning victory at Herne Bay. First-half goals from Peter Durrant and Matt Russell and a second half strike from Rob
Eddie Shapiro knows all about battling stress. Stress-buster Eddie is practising what he preaches after swapping the crime-ridden streets of New York for the genteel avenues of Hove. Eddie and his wife, Debbie, who include Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and
FOR more than 150 years, Lancing College has been one of the last male bastions. The sprawling playing fields have been the domain of rugby players, and the corridors have reverberated with the sound of male voices. But now, for the first time, the boys
A HEART surgeon at the centre of a major inquiry into survival rates of his patients has been cleared by independent specialists examining his patients' deaths. The report found there was no excess death rate among patients operated on by Andrew Forsyth
NEIGHBOURS of one of the South's most secure mental health units say they are plagued by low-flying helicopters searching for escaped patients. The Cummings family, who live near Ashan Hill Ward, at Hellingly Hospital, have written to Wealden District
looking for a new life in the sun. The star worker of a Bermuda-based company has convinced his firm to recruit from his home town - 3,000 miles away in Brighton. Kevin Thomsett began working for Bermuda Stripping and Refinishing five years ago after
YAPTON AND FORD: JOHN DICKESON PLANNING INQUIRY: Ford Parish Council was given a report by the chairman, Mrs S Whitelock, of the proceedings at the planning inquiry into the appeal by developers to build 200 homes on a site on the borders of Yapton and
A SUSSEX man who escaped with his life when his plane crashed was discharged from hospital this morning. John Harvey, 48, had to be cut free from the wreckage of his four-seater aircraft which crashed in Essex on Monday afternoon. The plane took off from
WORKERS today vowed to fight a company after losing their jobs . . . the day before they were due to be paid a month's wages. Gareth Young, who is one of those being made redundant, said staff at Burgess Hill's Network Technology were warned six to eight
AS the death toll from Tuesday's rail disaster continues to rise, the tragedy has brought home painful memories for Sussex people involved in previous accidents. CARREN HERON reports. SUSSEX ambulanceman Tim Fellows had been in the job for only six weeks
Eddie Shapiro knows all about battling stress. Stress-buster Eddie is practising what he preaches after swapping the crime-ridden streets of New York for the genteel avenues of Hove. Eddie and his wife, Debbie, who include Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and
KILLING victim Katrina Taylor, whose body was found in a Brighton churchyard, had been sexually abused as a child, her sister told an Old Bailey jury. Kerry, 25, who still lives in Brighton, said her younger sister had fallen into bad company and had
A HEART surgeon at the centre of a major inquiry into survival rates of his patients has been cleared by independent specialists examining his patients' deaths. The report found there was no excess death rate among patients operated on by Andrew Forsyth
NEIGHBOURS of one of the South's most secure mental health units say they are plagued by low-flying helicopters searching for escaped patients. The Cummings family, who live near Ashan Hill Ward, at Hellingly Hospital, have written to Wealden District
looking for a new life in the sun. The star worker of a Bermuda-based company has convinced his firm to recruit from his home town - 3,000 miles away in Brighton. Kevin Thomsett began working for Bermuda Stripping and Refinishing five years ago after
LATEST research has revealed 17 per cent of South-East small and medium-sized businesses are still not prepared for the millennium bug. Don Cruickshank, chairman of Action 2000, the body set up by the Government to tackle the millennium computer problem
Girl power at top college Lancing College will be admitting girls as well as boys next year and about time too. The public school has been boys only for the whole of its existence, apart from having some girls in the sixth form since the Seventies. It's
YAPTON AND FORD: JOHN DICKESON PLANNING INQUIRY: Ford Parish Council was given a report by the chairman, Mrs S Whitelock, of the proceedings at the planning inquiry into the appeal by developers to build 200 homes on a site on the borders of Yapton and
WORKERS today vowed to fight a company after losing their jobs . . . the day before they were due to be paid a month's wages. Gareth Young, who is one of those being made redundant, said staff at Burgess Hill's Network Technology were warned six to eight
This has been the century of Conservatism, with Tories either running governments or leading coalitions in them for the greater part of the time. But that may no longer be so in the new millennium. As William Hague works himself up in Blackpool for a
FORMER Albion boss Barry Lloyd is bidding for a return to football management. The 50-year-old, who has been out of football since December 1993, is head of a consortium aiming to take control of Crawley Town. And Lloyd admitted last night: "I'd be crackers
ALBION duo Chris Wilder and Aidan Newhouse have been given another vote of confidence. Manager Micky Adams has renewed their month-to-month contracts for the second time. They were due to expire before Saturday's trip to Carlisle, but both players will
AS the death toll from Tuesday's rail disaster continues to rise, the tragedy has brought home painful memories for Sussex people involved in previous accidents. CARREN HERON reports. SUSSEX ambulanceman Tim Fellows had been in the job for only six weeks
WHEN computer expert Howard Travers decided to take a break from his high-flying city job, he did it in style. In a daring adventure that brought a terrifying brush with death, he swapped his suit for a paraglider and attempted to fly along the world's
KILLING victim Katrina Taylor, whose body was found in a Brighton churchyard, had been sexually abused as a child, her sister told an Old Bailey jury. Kerry, 25, who still lives in Brighton, said her younger sister had fallen into bad company and had
