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  • Eubank belt put up for auction

    The world title boxing belt Chris Eubank won during his 1991 fight with Michael Watson is being auctioned. The super middle-weight championship belt is expected to fetch about £4,000 when it goes under the hammer at Wallis and Wallis auctioneers in Lewes

  • City is the provincial parking ticket capital

    BRIGHTON and Hove has become the parking ticket capital of provincial England. Parking attendants have handed out more fines in the city than anywhere else in the country outside London, according to the latest figures. Some 161,194 tickets were issued

  • Borough in play-offs

    RELIEVED Eastbourne Borough boss Garry Wilson today thanked Bognor for helping his side reach the Conference south play-offs. Borough clinched fifth place despite this emphatic defeat at Priory Lane because of the Rocks' extraordinary 7-2 win over Dorchester

  • Albion future to be decided on last day

    HERE we go again.Albion's bid to remain in the second tier of English football is going to the last Sunday. It did two years ago, although this time they are in much better shape. Back then they needed to win at Grimsby and for Reading to do the same

  • Albion one point from safety

    ALBION manager Mark McGhee today urged his players to remove any doubts about their Championship survival by claiming the home point they need to be certain of staying up. A draw against promotion-chasing Ipswich at Withdean on Sunday will be enough to

  • Art exhibition features a brush with the law

    AS THE hardman of Sun Hill police station, DI Burnside's colleagues would have sent him home on sick pay if they heard him talking about his latest watercolour painting. But more than 30 years after training at one of London's top art colleges, actor

  • Dubai jail woman released on bail

    A BRITISH woman facing four years in a Dubai jail for having prescribed painkillers in her bloodstream has been released on bail, her ex-husband has said. Tracy Wilkinson, 44, a sports therapist, has spent nearly eight weeks in prison in the United Arab

  • Statue unveiled in honour of comedian

    A LIFESIZE statue of one of Britain's top comedians has been unveiled. Cheeky chappie Max Miller was born in Brighton and spent much of his life in the area until his death in 1963. Stars from the stage and TV were among hundreds of people at a ceremony

  • Horsham's play-off tonic

    JAMIE Taylor scored four times to give Horsham the perfect tonic ahead of tomorrow's play-off semi-final against Cray Wanderers. Taylor was in electric form as the Hornets crushed Ashford Town 5-0 to ensure they finished third in Ryman division one. After

  • Southwick saved but Grinstead down

    SOUTHWICK player-manager Mark Burt could not stop smiling after his team escaped relegation on a dramatic final Saturday of the County League season. A 2-0 victory over visitors Eastbourne Town lifted the Wickers to 42 points. But East Grinstead, who