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The soldier recently crowned Miss England has expressed her wish to one day serve on the frontline alongside comrades in Afghanistan.

The younger generation joined in the Remembrance Day tributes across Mid Sussex today.

SOMALI pirates stepped up their threats yesterday against a British couple kidnapped on their yacht 16 days ago, saying they would be "punished" unless the commanders of a German warship allowed seven fellow pirates go free.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at a Baptist Church on September 27, 2009 in Brighton, England.

A man died in a crash after two vehicles hit a deer. The 51-year-old Citreon Berlingo driver died at the scene of the accident last night.

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A MOTORIST who failed to stop after a car seriously injured an elderly pedestrian in the Old Town area of Eastbourne on Wednesday morning is being sought by police.

THOSE who have sacrificed their lives in wartime service of this country will be in the minds of many on Sunday when Sussex joins the nation in marking Remembrance Day.

A union has said it is too late to call off a strike by refuse workers in Brighton next week, even if the council makes a revised pay offer this weekend.

By Ben Higgins A motion to create extra parking on the Stade after the proposed Jerwood Gallery development is finished was firmly rejected by Hastings Borough Council.

Confused: Michelle Gower with Sharona, whose 'playground banter was taken as a sinister remark' The parents of a six-year-old girl are outraged after their daughter was branded a racist for telling a black girl she had chocolate on her face.

There was mounting concern among security experts last night that efforts to free two British hostages being held by Somali pirates were degenerating into a "circus". Paul, 59, and Rachel Chandler, 55, who were seized on their yacht 10 days ago, are now believed to be held in the Somali interior after the faction holding them fell out with local ...

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THE Foreign Office yesterday rejected demands for a ransom to be paid for the release of a retired British couple seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean nine days ago.

An elderly pedestrian is in hospital after being injured in a hit-and-run crash in East Sussex.

More than 2,000 jobs have been safeguarded after Brighton and Hovea s biggest private employer was given the go-ahead for a A 100 million extension.

A COUPLE who were brought together by a chance meeting in London's Oxford Street in 1947 have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.

A road safety drive will get under way in East Sussex in the wake of a double fatal crash on the A26.

A PENSIONER died after falling down stairs and hitting her head. Mary Franks, of Willingdon Road, had mobility problems and would often use walking sticks to get around.

Angry GPs claim cuts in the district nursing service could have a serious impact on patient care in Hastings.