BUSINESS failures in Sussex and the South East jumped by only 6.9 per cent last year. The rise was the lowest in the UK outside London. Across the UK as a whole the figure was 12 per cent with the number of companies collapsing at its highest for five
Pride before a falling out Gay Pride festivals have been a popular feature of Brighton for several years, showing off much of the fun and flamboyance of the large homosexual community. So it's sad that feuding between two rival groups is posing a threat
AN oil painting worth £30,000 has been stolen in a lightning raid at Borde Hill House, near Haywards Heath. The oil on panel landscape painting by the Dutch artist Aert Van Der Neer was stolen from an office at the historic manor house and garden at 6.20pm
POLICE sought a man with long, shaggy blond hair after five women reported he had followed them, making indecent suggestions. All the victims told police the man who approached them in Hove last night was riding a yellow mountain bike. In the first incident
A SUSSEX-produced youngster will become an England regular within the first decade of the new Millennium. And the £500,000 Blackstone Lane project in Woodmancote, to provide the county's juniors set up with a base, should be ready next year to play its
But he will be cheered by the county's capture of Kent youngster Will House on a two-year contract. House scored a hundred on his First Class debut three years ago for Cambridge University against a Derbyshire side which included Adams. "I saw Chris before
A HOVE solicitor, jailed for two years after being convicted of mortgage fraud, has been struck off the professional roll. Andrew Mackenzie, 47, who ran Mackenzie Solicitors, a sole practice in Blatchington Road, Hove, and lives at South Strand, Angmering
Two women were rescued by a neighbour on New Year's Day when fire erupted while they were asleep. Bjorn Hanson used a ladder to save Felicity Molland and Elizabeth Clack, who were trapped in an upstairs bedroom of a house in Elmer Road, Middleton, near
TRADING standards officers are looking into the activities of a garage which allegedly overcharges customers and makes them pay for work not carried out. Officers from Brighton and Hove Council are looking into the activities of Starley's Garage in Brighton
A SUSSEX woman has made history by becoming one of the first women from Britain to reach the South Pole on foot. Catharine Hartley, 34, is today relaxing after her 700-mile trek through temperatures as low as -48C. The stage manager from Chidham, near
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy who was riding pillion on a motorcycle has died in a road crash. The victim, who has not been identified, died trapped underneath a Mercedes saloon in Coldharbour Road, Upper Dicker. Police are investigating how the tragedy occurred
THE Gay Pride festival in Brighton may be scrapped after two rival organisers failed to sort out their differences and submit a joint proposal. Brighton Pride, which has run the festival for the last three years, and rival group Pride 2000 have both submitted
A TEENAGER who failed to testify at an armed robber's trial because he feared reprisals against himself and his father was jailed for a day. Daniel Storer, 18, was sentenced by a judge for contempt of court after his non-attendance at the trial of Howard
BUSINESS failures in Sussex and the South East jumped by only 6.9 per cent last year. The rise was the lowest in the UK outside London. Across the UK as a whole the figure was 12 per cent with the number of companies collapsing at its highest for five
AN oil painting worth £30,000 has been stolen in a lightning raid at Borde Hill House, near Haywards Heath. The oil on panel landscape painting by the Dutch artist Aert Van Der Neer was stolen from an office at the historic manor house and garden at 6.20pm
A HOVE solicitor, jailed for two years after being convicted of mortgage fraud, has been struck off the professional roll. Andrew Mackenzie, 47, who ran Mackenzie Solicitors, a sole practice in Blatchington Road, Hove, and lives at South Strand, Angmering
TRADING standards officers are looking into the activities of a garage which allegedly overcharges customers and makes them pay for work not carried out. Officers from Brighton and Hove Council are looking into the activities of Starley's Garage in Brighton
A SUSSEX-produced youngster will become an England regular within the first decade of the new Millennium. And the £500,000 Blackstone Lane project in Woodmancote, to provide the county's juniors set up with a base, should be ready next year to play its
But he will be cheered by the county's capture of Kent youngster Will House on a two-year contract. House scored a hundred on his First Class debut three years ago for Cambridge University against a Derbyshire side which included Adams. "I saw Chris before
Two women were rescued by a neighbour on New Year's Day when fire erupted while they were asleep. Bjorn Hanson used a ladder to save Felicity Molland and Elizabeth Clack, who were trapped in an upstairs bedroom of a house in Elmer Road, Middleton, near
TRADING standards officers are looking into the activities of a garage which allegedly overcharges customers and makes them pay for work not carried out. Officers from Brighton and Hove Council are looking into the activities of Starley's Garage in Brighton
A SUSSEX woman has made history by becoming one of the first women from Britain to reach the South Pole on foot. Catharine Hartley, 34, is today relaxing after her 700-mile trek through temperatures as low as -48C. The stage manager from Chidham, near
WHEN a lifeboat crew received a call about a body in the water, they feared the worst. But after a search of the area, they discovered the body was actually a 3ft cuddly shark floating in the water with a toy dolphin. The Brighton lifeboat crew swung
Top hotel spends £500,000 to improve leisure time WORK has begun on a £500,000 project to improve the leisure club at the most famous hotel in Sussex. The Grand, on Brighton seafront, is undergoing the renovation as part of a multi-million pound facelift
THE number of motorists caught drink- driving over the festive period increased by a third, police revealed today. Despite repeated police warnings, figures show more people risked their lives and others by drinking before they got behind the wheel. During
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy who was riding pillion on a motorcycle has died in a road crash. The victim, who has not been identified, died trapped underneath a Mercedes saloon in Coldharbour Road, Upper Dicker. Police are investigating how the tragedy occurred
THE Gay Pride festival in Brighton may be scrapped after two rival organisers failed to sort out their differences and submit a joint proposal. Brighton Pride, which has run the festival for the last three years, and rival group Pride 2000 have both submitted
A TEENAGER who failed to testify at an armed robber's trial because he feared reprisals against himself and his father was jailed for a day. Daniel Storer, 18, was sentenced by a judge for contempt of court after his non-attendance at the trial of Howard
IT was during the great post-Christmas/millennium clearout that I found it, wedged behind a pile of stacked plates in a kitchen cupboard. "Is this yours?" I asked my brother, who's been staying with me during all the recent holly-jollity. He admitted
THE "heart and spirit" will be torn out of Telscombe and Peacehaven if Southern Water is allowed to build its giant sewage works at Telscombe Cliffs, the Portobello inquiry heard yesterday. Paul Cosham, a councillor on both Peacehaven and Telcombe councils
A HOVE solicitor, jailed for two years after being convicted of mortgage fraud, has been struck off the professional roll. Andrew Mackenzie, 47, who ran Mackenzie Solicitors, a sole practice in Blatchington Road, Hove, and lives at South Strand, Angmering
TRADING standards officers are looking into the activities of a garage which allegedly overcharges customers and makes them pay for work not carried out. Officers from Brighton and Hove Council are looking into the activities of Starley's Garage in Brighton
ALBION manager Micky Adams is aiming to extend the loan spell of Italian powerhouse Lorenzo Pinamonte. Pinamonte's month with the Seagulls from Bristol City expires after the next home match against Leyton Orient on Saturday week. Adams is planning talks
Teenager Jay Kensett was fatally stabbed through the heart with a kitchen knife in a fight with two brothers, a court heard today. Darren Mateer, 31, stabbed 16-year-old Jay in the back after his brother, Jonathan Mateer, 27, set on the teenager in Whitehawk
WHEN a lifeboat crew received a call about a body in the water, they feared the worst. But after a search of the area, they discovered the body was actually a 3ft cuddly shark floating in the water with a toy dolphin. The Brighton lifeboat crew swung
Top hotel spends £500,000 to improve leisure time WORK has begun on a £500,000 project to improve the leisure club at the most famous hotel in Sussex. The Grand, on Brighton seafront, is undergoing the renovation as part of a multi-million pound facelift
Young golfer claims a first for the new century A 16-year-old golfer from Sussex has laid claim to the first hole-in-one of the new millennium. Russell Cronin shot his ace on the 160-yard fourth hole in a morning round at East Brighton Golf Course on
THE number of motorists caught drink- driving over the festive period increased by a third, police revealed today. Despite repeated police warnings, figures show more people risked their lives and others by drinking before they got behind the wheel. During
IT was during the great post-Christmas/millennium clearout that I found it, wedged behind a pile of stacked plates in a kitchen cupboard. "Is this yours?" I asked my brother, who's been staying with me during all the recent holly-jollity. He admitted
Pride before a falling out Gay Pride festivals have been a popular feature of Brighton for several years, showing off much of the fun and flamboyance of the large homosexual community. So it's sad that feuding between two rival groups is posing a threat
THE "heart and spirit" will be torn out of Telscombe and Peacehaven if Southern Water is allowed to build its giant sewage works at Telscombe Cliffs, the Portobello inquiry heard yesterday. Paul Cosham, a councillor on both Peacehaven and Telcombe councils
POLICE sought a man with long, shaggy blond hair after five women reported he had followed them, making indecent suggestions. All the victims told police the man who approached them in Hove last night was riding a yellow mountain bike. In the first incident
A HOVE solicitor, jailed for two years after being convicted of mortgage fraud, has been struck off the professional roll. Andrew Mackenzie, 47, who ran Mackenzie Solicitors, a sole practice in Blatchington Road, Hove, and lives at South Strand, Angmering
ALBION manager Micky Adams is aiming to extend the loan spell of Italian powerhouse Lorenzo Pinamonte. Pinamonte's month with the Seagulls from Bristol City expires after the next home match against Leyton Orient on Saturday week. Adams is planning talks
Teenager Jay Kensett was fatally stabbed through the heart with a kitchen knife in a fight with two brothers, a court heard today. Darren Mateer, 31, stabbed 16-year-old Jay in the back after his brother, Jonathan Mateer, 27, set on the teenager in Whitehawk
Young golfer claims a first for the new century A 16-year-old golfer from Sussex has laid claim to the first hole-in-one of the new millennium. Russell Cronin shot his ace on the 160-yard fourth hole in a morning round at East Brighton Golf Course on
