ALMOST half the off-licences targeted in a Christmas blitz on under-age drinking sold alcohol to 15-year-olds. Police and trading standards officials spent three nights touring areas of Brighton and Hove where under-age drinking is a problem to find out
A BOWLS club was destroyed during a wave of arson attacks in the early hours of New Year's Day. Shocked members of Hove Park Bowls Club awoke on the first day of the year to learn their clubhouse had been gutted by fire. More than a dozen wooden display
A village has suffered a double tragedy with the separate loss of two women in the Indian Ocean tsunami. The community of Nutbourne, near Chichester, was reeling after learning a young barmaid had been killed and a mother was missing, presumed dead, in
MARC Whiteman responded to a half-time roasting by firing the goal which kept the Lewes promotion bandwagon rolling. The recalled Whiteman came up trumps with a second-half winner as Lewes completed a derby double over Eastbourne Borough inside six days
Crawley manager Francis Vines believes his players have to start showing a bit more self-belief. Reds rounded off their busy holiday period with a goalless stalemate at windswept Gravesend, their third successive draw. But this point could easily have
Albion's Adam Hinshelwood today refused to condemn QPR's red card culprit Paul Furlong. Hinshelwood claims Rangers' veteran marksman was unfortunate to be sent-off after a late tussle with the Seagulls' young centre half in Saturday's 0-0 draw at Loftus
ROMEO Oliver Woodall found an unusual way to propose to his girlfriend on Christmas Day. Instead of getting down on one knee in front of the Christmas tree, he took Joanne Powell for a walk along the seafront. As they passed beach huts at Shoreham Beach
STAFF and patients on an orthopaedic ward fear it may be closed and moved to a hospital 15 miles away. Concerns are mounting among staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH) in Brighton that the orthopaedic ward, which deals with operations such
A comfortable win over one of the BBL's poorer sides started the New Year in style for Bears and helped erase the memory of Thursday's defeat at Newcastle. Tony Holley led the way with 23 points and ten rebounds and there were double doubles for Ajou
Albion's Big Daddy' and Little Hinsh' are proving they can cope without Danny Cullip. A goal-line clearance each by Guy Butters and Adam Hinshelwood helped the Seagulls to their first clean sheet away from home since the shock win at West Ham in mid-November
