April Fools' Day: Space flights from Gatwick, a 'lost' village called Erehton and training seagulls to pick up litter
Updated Thursday, 1st April 2021, 10:02 am Over the years our papers across Sussex have enjoyed attempts at fooling our readers with stories varying from Loch Ness monster hunters to a village who invented toothpaste. Here are a selection of stories our titles have run. The home of toothpaste and the 'lost village' The Eastbourne Herald reported seagulls had been trained to pick up litter A tiny West Sussex village was known to be part of the area associated with the historic Wealden iron industry - but who would have thought it was also the home of toothpaste? No-one until one April 1st whe...