150 UK jobs to go at The Body Shop

Seeded on Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:11 AM EST (Littlehampton Gazette)

"Natural" cosmetics company The Body Shop has announced it's axing 150 jobs from its UK operation, based in Littlehampton, West Sussex

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Life sentence for man who wanted to drink woman's blood

Seeded on Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:56 AM EST (Worthing Herald)

A man who wanted to "drink a young woman's blood" has been given a life sentence for attempting to murder a young woman in a supermarket

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Murder suspect appears in court

Seeded on Tue Feb 3, 2009 8:41 AM EST (Worthing Herald)

Kai Orgles has appeared in court charged with stabbing Syden Pearson to death on Friday, January 30.

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Police union slams CPS for comments on Worthing police chief

Seeded on Tue Dec 2, 2008 7:28 AM EST (Worthing Herald)

THE POLICE union has called for a top Crown prosecutor to resign in the wake of comments made on the decision not to prosecute Worthing police chief Sharon Rowe with theft.

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GALLERY: Prince Andrew opens restored Shoreham tollbridge

Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:48 PM EDT (Shoreham Herald)

The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, reopened a restored 230-year-old wooden tollbridge in Shoreham-by-sea. This is a gallery of photographs taken at the opening.

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BREAKING NEWS: Worthing's police boss arrested and suspended

Seeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:37 PM EDT (Worthing Herald)

Worthing, West Sussex's top police officer Sharon Rowe, has been arrested and suspended as part of a criminal investigation.

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2,00o tons of timber hits West Sussex beaches

Seeded on Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:08 AM EST (Worthing Herald)

Amazing photographs of tons of wood washed up onto Worthing beach in West Sussex, England, and strangling its classic old pier. The wood cames from the Ice Prince which sank off the Dorset coast five days earlier.

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VIDEO: Staggering £24,000 bid for John Lennon's hair at Worthing auction house

Seeded on Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:04 PM EST (Worthing Herald)

A lock of hair given by John Lennon to his hairdresser, sold at Gorringe's Worthing, West Sussex, England, for £24,000. Local newspaper the Worthing Herald, videoed the frantic bidding.

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Dolphin in the River Adur

Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2007 5:58 AM EDT (Shoreham Herald)

A dolphin nicknamed Georges by marine conservationists, spent a day frolicking in the River Adur while searching for a mate.

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Champion moustache began in Shoreham

Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2007 5:36 AM EDT (Shoreham Herald)

World champion natural moustache 2007, Paul Lewis, started growing his facial furniture after a friendly challenge between colleagues.

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Topless girls flash Worthing CCTV camera

Seeded on Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:44 AM EDT (Worthing Herald)

TWO 21-year-old women have been taken to court for flashing a CCTV camera on the seafront at Worthing, West Sussex, England. They have been charged with outraging public decency and have chosen to be tried at Chichester Crown Court.

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