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Albion fan's gift of sight for brother
A Brighton and Hove Albion supporter who scooped £10,000 in a football competition is spending part of his winnings on getting his brother's eyesight fixed. Aaron Berry was plucked from more than a million entries to win £250,000 for his beloved Seagulls
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Fifty grand is the incentive
British tennis stars have been handed a lucrative incentive to perform well at Eastbourne later this month by the tournament sponsors. Hastings Direct will pay a £50,000 bonus to any home player reaching the quarter-finals of the Championships at Devonshire
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Appeal takes off for second air ambulance
The air ambulance service has launched an appeal to raise money for a second helicopter to patrol Sussex. Kent Air Ambulance Trust, which is paid for entirely by donations, is being extended from September to begin saving lives across Sussex but there
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Driver jailed for crossing train tracks
A man has been jailed for nine months for driving over a level crossing as a train approached. Michael Burnhope ignored red flashing lights and alarm bells and overtook another motorist who had stopped as the barriers were lowered. A signalman at the
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Ambulance attacker was jailed for killing
A patient who sexually assaulted two paramedics as they tried to help him is a convicted murderer, it has emerged. Ian Vickers had been released on licence from a life sentence for battering to death a Yugoslavian refugee when he attacked two female ambulance
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Felt tip pen boy put in cuffs
A father has accused the police of being heavy-handed after his 14-year-old son was handcuffed and locked in a police van for marking a lamp post with a felt tip pen. Michael Bridle was with a friend near his home in Hangleton Valley Drive, Hove, when
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We can win the Derby
Retired Sussex businessman Michael Gibbs believes he is on course for Derby glory today with Motivator. Gibbs is a member of the Royal Ascot Racing Club, owners of the favourite for the big race at Epsom. He expects to be in the winners' enclosure, celebrating
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Sussex chase last-day win
Richard Montgomerie and Murray Goodwin both made big hundreds as 561 runs were scored on the third day at Swansea. But it is Jason Lewry who has given Sussex a sniff of victory against Glamorgan. Lewry took 4-28 in 38 balls in his second spell as Glamorgan
