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  • Baby-seat death mother sentenced

    A pregnant mother convicted of causing the death of her baby girl in a car accident has pleaded with other mothers not to make the same mistake over the fitting of child seats. Six-month-old Elisha was killed instantly when Corinne Burgwin, who had no

  • Yardy's the unlikely hero for Sharks

    Mike Yardy was the unlikely match-winner as Sussex went top of the totesport League last night with a four-wicket win over Kent. The left-hander went into the match with a competition batting average of 6.57 but he improved that with 65 as the Sharks

  • Albion match gets go-ahead

    Albion ambassador John Byrne today spoke of his relief as an ambitious cross channel community venture got the green light. The Seagulls' friendly with Le Havre in Normandy today is definitely on, despite an 11th-hour threat by French local authorities

  • Plan aims to ease hospital parking chaos

    Tough new measures to improve parking around a hospital are to be considered. A chronic shortage of spaces around The Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton has led patients and staff to complain they are unable to park. A a surgeon who quit the NHS

  • Geeky Genie shown some Big Brotherly love

    The sibling of a Big Brother contestant has rallied behind his "weird, nerdy" loved one. Greg Sully is the older brother of Eugene, a contestant in the UK's most popular reality TV programme. Eugene, from Pound Hill, Crawley, is billed as the nerd of

  • Shut bar jives in to rescue

    Kind-hearted bar staff opened their venue specially for jive fans after their party was cancelled when a ceiling collapsed. Josephine Burford-Hardwick, owner of Chez Nous, was in her flat above the restaurant and bar when the phone rang on Tuesday evening

  • Bins bid to clean-up historic city centre

    The shameful scene of piles of rubbish blighting the Regency beauty of central Brighton could be ended for good. Millions of tourists who head into the resort each year pass piles of bin bags lining Grand Parade, many torn open, leaving rubbish and rotten

  • Air text alert for people vulnerable to the smog

    Hundreds of people across Sussex will be sent smog alerts via text message in an effort to reduce ill health caused by air pollution. In what will be the first scheme of its kind outside London, Sussex Air, a local authority scheme monitoring air pollution