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  • Falmer scheme under fire

    A conservation group has warned that building a football stadium at Falmer "could destroy people's enjoyment of our finest landscapes". Tom Oliver of the Campaign to Protect Rural England said the Seagulls' plans to move from Withdean could damage

  • Make your voice heard for justice

    US officials have revealed the Government has begun talks about returning the British residents held in Guantanamo Bay to the UK. It is a major boost for the campaign for justice for Omar Deghayes, the 37-year-old from Saltdean who has been captive

  • Drug dealers sold heroin to police

    THREE pushers who sold drugs to an undercover police officer have been jailed for a total of 11 years. Daniel Edwards, Mombassa Mirza and James McLeish were arrested as part of a crackdown on suppliers and dealers in Crawley. They sold heroin and crack

  • Britain's oldest mum gives birth

    A SUSSEX woman has become the oldest mum in Britain after giving birth to a healthy baby boy. Child psychiatrist Patricia Rashbrook, 63, gave birth by Caesarean section to a son weighing 6lbs 10oz. She and her husband John Farrant have nicknamed the boy

  • Shields heartbreak

    Speedway star Adam Shields has suffered more injury heartbreak. The Eastbourne Eagles racer broke his pelvis for the second time this season riding for Polish club Lublin yesterday. The accident is believed to have happened in a collison with former Poole

  • Music ban for ex-club owner

    A FORMER club owner has been banned from playing music at any venue. Sammy Dean, who owned Club 52 in Brighton until last month, was rebuked by a judge at London's High Court yesterday for playing songs without a licence. Mr Justice Blackburne ordered

  • Cabbie fought robber

    A BRAVE cabbie fought back when a robber tried to steal his takings. Daniel Phillips, 21, brandished a sharp garden tool as he demanded the Brighton and Hove taxi driver hand over the cash. Phillips shouted: "Give us the money now. You have got no ***

  • Pride street party axed

    MORE than 35,000 revellers face an anti-climax to Britain's biggest gay pride event after the end-of-show street party was cancelled. Sussex Police and the organisers of the Pride parade in Brighton and Hove, say numbers at the Kemp Town send-off have

  • Kirtley in derby feud

    James Kirtley refused to shake hands with his Hampshire opponents as the feud between the rival counties continued at the Rose Bowl last night. Sussex lost by 15 runs to leave their hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Twenty20 Cup in the balance

  • Family time is crucial to me

    Today the strange feeling in my head started again. It's a bit like the sound of a distant train and keeps going round and around and I find it hard to concentrate. I don't like the feeling much. And then my vision started playing up too. I told the