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  • Plans on track to encourage rail users

    A major rail line could be re-opened and another upgraded to encourage more people to travel by train. The Strategic Rail Authority is looking at proposals to open up the Lewes-Uckfield line after a long-term campaign by supporters to get it back into

  • Baby rescued from locked family home

    Mother Cara Cotton needed five firefighters to help her when she accidentally locked her baby daughter alone in the house. Mrs Cotton was horrified when she slammed the door shut and realised eight-week-old Hazel was still in her bouncy chair on the living

  • Could you cope with no sight for a day?

    Next time you go into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, take a second to think how you would do it with your eyes shut. Then consider how you might read your mail before wandering down the road to buy a pint of milk. It is the little things you would

  • Marble teams roll up to win

    MARBLES may not be the most conventional sporting event but with teams like Barrel Scrappers and Marbling Gay it may perhaps be one of the most entertaining. To the 23 teams of six competing in the World Marbles Championships every flick counted. Fans

  • Tenants' fight to save old-style' estate wardens

    Council tenants are planning to fight changes in their warden service which they say is being destroyed. Brighton and Hove City Council is reviewing and restructuring its estate warden service, the team which maintains council estates and properties across

  • Sacked Tory's poll pledge

    Sussex MP Howard Flight has pledged to defend his seat at the general election despite being sacked as a Tory candidate for remarks he made on party spending plans. The Arundel and South Downs member insists he will stand for a third time even though