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King Alfred developer hits back at finance report
A report questioning the financing of the King Alfred redevelopment has come under fire from the site's developers. The District Valuer's Office cast doubt on the financial viability of the £290 million Frank Gehry-designed King Alfred towers and leisure
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Restaurants get their alfresco seating back
RESTAURANT owners who were ordered to remove tables and chairs from outside their premises have been told they can put them back if they leave a gangway leading to an empty shop. The owners of three premises in East Street, Brighton, were forced to stack
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Shields vows to return after smash
Adam Shields today vowed a sickening smash in Poland will NOT end his season. The Eastbourne Eagles speedway star suffered a broken pelvis and damage to hip and knee when he skidded into a fence on Monday. Initial reports suggested his promising 2006
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Seagulls are boxing clever
Albion have turned to former top boxer Scott Welch to put some punch into their bid for an immediate return to the Championship. He will be working with ten of the relegated Seagulls' young stars throughout May to prepare them for the bruising battle
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Head's joy as parents step in to save school
THE headteacher of a public school which closed due to financial difficulties is hopeful the school will return to its former glory. Oliver Price is delighted Newlands School in Seaford will reopen on Monday four weeks after it closed. The £17,850-a-year
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Child rapist could face longer sentence
THE Attorney General may seek an increase in the sentence given to sex beast Kevin Hazelwood. Lord Goldsmith has asked to see the case papers to decide whether the indefinite jail term was unduly lenient. Hazelwood, who repeatedly raped and abused a girl
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Sacked MP poised for a return
A CONSERVATIVE MP who was sacked during last year's general election campaign over comments about Tory tax plans is heading for an astonishing political comeback. Howard Flight, succeeded as MP for Arundel and South Downs by Nick Herbert, has been added
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Great War veteran honoured
Britain's oldest known First World War veteran thanked "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women" for his longevity as he was bestowed the freedom of his home town. Henry Allingham, 109, said he was profoundly honoured to receive the freedom of Eastbourne
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1,800 attacks in schools
TEACHERS are demanding urgent action to protect them from violent pupils as new figures reveal Sussex is in the grip of an epidemic of classroom violence. School employees are now being assaulted by pupils at the rate of four a day, according to disturbing
