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Agents hook up to Fish4
More than 3,500 estate agents branches across the UK have signed up to the Fish4homes share offer taking a 20 per cent slice of the site's share capital. The flood of applications will result in the details of more than 250,000 properties being available
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Innovate to accumulate
The deadline is looming for inventors to enter their ideas into the South East Innovation 2000 event. The competition culminates in an exhibition offering visitors a chance to grab a glimpse of the future and to discover some of the country's most innovative
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Sales rise boost buoys companies
Firms in the South East have experienced a boost in sales and orders over the last six months. The improved trading has reversed the threat of prices and profits tumbling out of control, according to the latest Business in Britain survey from Lloyds TSB
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Firm is steaming up on the rails
It is full steam ahead this summer for a well-known Sussex cookshop. Steamer Trading opened in Alfriston 15 years ago and was followed by a stall in Lewes in 1993. It has now expanded its Lewes operation. The company was started by David Phillips - a
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Purposeful steps to improve towns
An organisation of influential business people working together to make their communities better places to live is thriving in Brighton and about to take off in Crawley. Under the umbrella of Common Purpose, a non-profit educational organisation, business
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Peter's a funeral boss at the age of 20
A Brighton-based funeral firm has a new man at the top. At 20 years old, Peter Mylton-Thorley is probably the youngest funeral director with his own business in the country. On the retirement of his father, also Peter, he has taken on the role of proprietor
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Make your supermarket checkout easy
As Mr Newman goes to the supermarket daily (Opinion, July 11), I assume he only buys a couple of items at a time. In this case it would only be common courtesy for someone with a large amount of shopping to let him go first. Also, quite often one can
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Model idea of friends
A dislike of commuting and a love of Brighton prompted friends Kate Merrin and Lauren Lambe to start their own model agency in the resort. The two first met when they were students at Brighton College but both moved away from the town for further education
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Signal Failure - Lizzie Enfield
New boy, whom we call Howard - for reasons that will become apparent later - has started commuting this week. Friend Sarah first noticed addition to train-travelling fraternity (and in our case sorority), looking for a seat. Sarah had been hoping to spread
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Tide of anger rises at cliffs
The white cliffs of the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head are one of England's great iconic landscapes. Scratch at any image of England and the strip of chalk cliffs between the Downs and the sea is never far below the surface. The arts and crafts movement
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Seaside crime rate on a par with London
Hastings is one of the top crime hot spots in Britain, show figures out today. More than 21 offences per 1,000 population were recorded last year, more than double the county's average and in line with places like central London and Manchester. Hastings
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I know exactly what those parents are going through.
Sarah Payne's home lies less than a mile away from that of Michelle Johnson, the mother of nine-year-old Brighton murder victim Karen Hadaway. Michelle's daughter, Kimberley, 13, is a classmate of Sarah's brother Lee at a secondary school in Surrey. Michelle
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The little girl's body dumped in the weeds
The body of a little girl was partly hidden by high ferns and weeds. Little more than ten yards from a main road, dense undergrowth and hedgerows would have concealed the site from the thousands of motorists likely to have passed since the body was dumped
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17 days of heartbreak
The 17-day hunt for Sarah Payne has sparked a massive nationwide hunt. Here is a day-by-day account of the operation to date. DAY 1: Saturday, July 1. At 7pm Sarah goes with her sister and two brothers to play in a wheat field 150 metres from her grandparents
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Seafront flat is subject to exhaustive scrutiny
A flat on Littlehampton seafront was still being examined by police last night. The one-bedroom flat in St Augustine's Road has been sealed off by detectives. Forensic experts first started examining the flat the day after Sarah vanished. A large amount
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Don't moan
I notice residents living adjacent to the County Cricket Ground in Hove continue to express their delight about successfully getting the giant eggs removed. At the same time they moan and groan about the floodlighting around the ground. I wonder if these
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Should resist
Seeboard's plans to spend nearly a third of a million pounds adding plastic coating and bird scarers onto their electricity lines will make this area an uglier place and should be strongly resisted. Surely in the beautiful South Downs, Seeboard has a
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Not exempt
Not all disabled people are in receipt of a motability vehicle and are exempt from road tax (Opinion, July 13). My wife, confined to a wheelchair, has been refused motability over the past few years because she became disabled after she turned 65, a ruling
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Voice of the Argus - Leaving it to nature
Sussex has 80 miles of coastline. Most of it is built up and there are sea defences to prevent houses from crumbling away into the English Channel. But at Birling Gap, near Eastbourne, the sea has made such inroads over the years that a row of cottages
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Public transport is simply not an option
I cannot believe the blinkered views some readers hold on the issue of petrol prices (Opinion, July 12). So increasing petrol prices beyond the reach of most motorists will force us all onto buses? Even if buses were free, they would not be an option
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Man of Steele boosts Albion
There weren't many of them there to see it, but those Albion diehards who made the trip were toasting a Lee Steele double last night. The new signing from Shrewsbury produced two super strikes to ensure the three-match tour of Ireland got off to a winning
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Steele's just happy to be playing
Two-goal Lee Steele opened his account for Albion, then revealed "I'm just glad to get a game." The lively little Liverpudlian striker put Albion on course for a 3-2 win at Longford in the first match of their Irish tour last night. He might even have
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Game is up for digital TV
Some of the first games to appear on British interactive TV have been unveiled by a Brighton production company. Trashwarriors and Fantasy Stockmarket were created by Communicopia and will debut on NTL's games channel when it is launched in September.
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Spured on to do great things
Tottenham Hotspur fans can now get a player's eye view of the club's White Hart Lane stadium with the help of some Sussex internet expertise. Panoramic pictures created by Brighton company Synchromedia have been placed on the club's website. Visitors
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Libraries are no exclusion zone
Mo Mowlam has spoken out in praise of a Sussex community internet project. She highlighted the free internet training provided in Brighton and Hove libraries as an example of attempts to provide education to socially excluded people. More than 1,000 people
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The firm taking us all for a ride
Paul Phillips sells some of the best toys in the world. At four-and-a-half metres long and two metres high, the Morphis simulator is a little big for most playrooms. The price tag of £160,000 puts it beyond the normal budget. But children, big and small
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In a Tiz over pop starlet
A Sussex internet firm has revealed the first wannabe pop star to be discovered on the internet and launched a record label to sell her first album. Bosses at Crawley web firm StreetsOnline were so impressed with an MP3 sent in by French singer Tiz they
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Ex-Labour councillor to stand for Greens
Former Labour councillor Hugh Miller is to fight the next election for the Green Party. The 47-year-old journalist and tree surgeon has been selected as prospective Green Parliamentary candidate for the marginal seat of Brighton Kemp Town. Mr Miller,
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DNA success means gloom for criminals
A 15-year-old boy has admitted 22 offences after his DNA sample linked him to 15 burglaries. In another DNA success, a sample placed an offender at the scene of 27 crimes in Sussex and neighbouring counties. Sussex Police made 447 DNA matches during 1999
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Net Solutions
With Andrew Hardy, director of Brighton based Rivendell software Q: Our colour monitor has developed a problem. A black border has appeared in front of the desktop and this obscures information shown at the bottom of a Word document. How can we get rid
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Helping out the disabled
A disabled Shoreham man is setting up a website to support other people with disabilities thanks to a little help from evolution. The Argus Appeal gave Tony Lovell a Tulip computer to create Disability Help Net, a site listing information on charities
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Sarah -The Grim Truth
Police today confirmed the naked body of a little girl found in a Sussex field was eight-year-old Sarah Payne... and she had been murdered. Sussex Assistant Chief Constable Nigel Yeo called for a minute's silence after breaking the news at a Press conference
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Review: Morph for your cash
Creating photographic special effects is never easy. But Sierra Home Classics' Morph Artist makes it possible to bend and twist images, create wacky screen-savers, make flip books and even make your own crazy movies. Morph Artist is essentially very basic
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Review: Feel blue no more
Everyone does it. You press the wrong key and a file vanishes, or worse, the 'blue screen of death' makes it all disappear! Now, according to PowerQuest, deleted data can be recovered no matter how it was lost. PowerQuest's Lost & Found recovers data
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New look for company
A Sussex distribution company has launched a new look to demonstrate the business direction which has helped it grow and expand into a second depot. The Newhaven-based company has changed its name from Tomsetts Transport to Tomsetts Distribution to reflect
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Agents hook up to Fish4
More than 3,500 estate agents branches across the UK have signed up to the Fish4homes share offer taking a 20 per cent slice of the site's share capital. The flood of applications will result in the details of more than 250,000 properties being available
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They're banking on Brighton
Bank of Scotland has chosen its Brighton Business Centre as the regional hub for its mini-treasury services. The move is part of a national strategy of creating regional centres of excellence in deposit-taking. Andy McGlashen, regional director for the
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Innovate to accumulate
The deadline is looming for inventors to enter their ideas into the South East Innovation 2000 event. The competition culminates in an exhibition offering visitors a chance to grab a glimpse of the future and to discover some of the country's most innovative
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Recruitment firm grows
Two years after starting her own business, Margaret Taylor has opened her second office. Hunters Recruitment started in a small shop in Shoreham with the first month's rent paid on a credit card. Business immediately took off and within weeks Hunters
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Teens are in work danger
The lives of teenage workers could be at risk because small firms are breaking health and safety laws. The majority of small firms do not carry out proper health and safety procedures for workers aged under 18 and admit they do not believe teenagers are
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Sales rise boost buoys companies
Firms in the South East have experienced a boost in sales and orders over the last six months. The improved trading has reversed the threat of prices and profits tumbling out of control, according to the latest Business in Britain survey from Lloyds TSB
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Firm is steaming up on the rails
It is full steam ahead this summer for a well-known Sussex cookshop. Steamer Trading opened in Alfriston 15 years ago and was followed by a stall in Lewes in 1993. It has now expanded its Lewes operation. The company was started by David Phillips - a
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Firms need protection from act
Thousands of businesses are in danger of falling foul of the new Data Protection Act, which regulates details held about employees, clients and suppliers. According to the South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants (SESCA), the revised act is so complicated
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Peter's a funeral boss at the age of 20
A Brighton-based funeral firm has a new man at the top. At 20 years old, Peter Mylton-Thorley is probably the youngest funeral director with his own business in the country. On the retirement of his father, also Peter, he has taken on the role of proprietor
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Family centres need your support
I would like to ask all those people who have used family centres, past and present, to write to your local councillors, or these pages, to let them know how important these have been to them. Think of people in the future who may need these centres.
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Great Millennium Gala at Saltdean
A big thank you to all the contributors and organisers of Saltdean Millennium Gala Week. If I may say so, it was extremely well done, and it helped put Saltdean on the map. Let's do it again next year! -Ray Wootton Stanmer Avenue, Saltdean
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Signal Failure - Lizzie Enfield
New boy, whom we call Howard - for reasons that will become apparent later - has started commuting this week. Friend Sarah first noticed addition to train-travelling fraternity (and in our case sorority), looking for a seat. Sarah had been hoping to spread
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Tide of anger rises at cliffs
The white cliffs of the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head are one of England's great iconic landscapes. Scratch at any image of England and the strip of chalk cliffs between the Downs and the sea is never far below the surface. The arts and crafts movement
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Columbus helps ease student attacks toll
A police operation to crack down on the number of attacks on foreign students has been hailed a success. Operation Columbus was launched three years ago after concerns about the rising number of violent attacks and robberies involving overseas students
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Town with double the crime
Hastings is one of the top crime hot spots in Britain, show figures out today. More than 21 offences per 1,000 population were recorded last year, more than double the county's average and in line with places like central London and Manchester. Hastings
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I know exactly what those parents are going through.
Sarah Payne's home lies less than a mile away from that of Michelle Johnson, the mother of nine-year-old Brighton murder victim Karen Hadaway. Michelle's daughter, Kimberley, 13, is a classmate of Sarah's brother Lee at a secondary school in Surrey. Michelle
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The little girl's body dumped in the weeds
The body of a little girl was partly hidden by high ferns and weeds. Little more than ten yards from a main road, dense undergrowth and hedgerows would have concealed the site from the thousands of motorists likely to have passed since the body was dumped
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Similarities
The recent letter about the United Europe drew attention to historic similarities between Britain and the New World (Opinion, July 7). American Indian and buffaloes were massacred by old European settlers, whereas Britons in an earlier era were occupied
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I sympathise
It would take two things to make Brighton and Hove the Place to Be for me. No more homeless people and the West Pier fully restored to its former glory. The sale of St Anne's Hostel for the homeless by owner Chris Eubank (Argus, July 8) was sad news.
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Seafront flat is subject to exhaustive scrutiny
A flat on Littlehampton seafront was still being examined by police last night. The one-bedroom flat in St Augustine's Road has been sealed off by detectives. Forensic experts first started examining the flat the day after Sarah vanished. A large amount
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Shock and tears at news of body
Since eight-year-old Sarah Payne went missing 18 days ago, parents with young children in the village of nearby East Preston have made sure they know where they are all the time. Staff at East Preston Infants School have reminded parents to pick their
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Not exempt
Not all disabled people are in receipt of a motability vehicle and are exempt from road tax (Opinion, July 13). My wife, confined to a wheelchair, has been refused motability over the past few years because she became disabled after she turned 65, a ruling
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Alternatives
Since I often wave to the Sage of Sussex, Adam Trimingham, as we cycle in opposite directions around the town, I feel my green credentials are sufficiently well established to comment on his column moaning about the state of Government investment in public
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Ryman League in crisis
Ryman League clubs face an uncertain future after being told they will not be recognised as a feeder by the Conference. A row erupted yesterday after the Conference released a statement stating their intention to only accept clubs from the Unibond and
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Public transport is simply not an option
I cannot believe the blinkered views some readers hold on the issue of petrol prices (Opinion, July 12). So increasing petrol prices beyond the reach of most motorists will force us all onto buses? Even if buses were free, they would not be an option
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Man of Steele boosts Albion
There weren't many of them there to see it, but those Albion diehards who made the trip were toasting a Lee Steele double last night. The new signing from Shrewsbury produced two super strikes to ensure the three-match tour of Ireland got off to a winning
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Game is up for digital TV
Some of the first games to appear on British interactive TV have been unveiled by a Brighton production company. Trashwarriors and Fantasy Stockmarket were created by Communicopia and will debut on NTL's games channel when it is launched in September.
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My word, it's a pioneering website
A pioneering multimedia exhibit at Brighton Museum which featured the thoughts and photos of local people is being transferred to the internet. Volunteers from Make Multimedia History, a non profit-making community group, have been using words and pictures
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The firm taking us all for a ride
Paul Phillips sells some of the best toys in the world. At four-and-a-half metres long and two metres high, the Morphis simulator is a little big for most playrooms. The price tag of £160,000 puts it beyond the normal budget. But children, big and small
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Contact out of the blue
The computer industry is famous for its confusing three-letter acronyms (TLAs) and fancy product names which don't have any meaning except to industry professionals. So why should anyone get excited about Bluetooth? Because the IT industry says so - that's
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In a Tiz over pop starlet
A Sussex internet firm has revealed the first wannabe pop star to be discovered on the internet and launched a record label to sell her first album. Bosses at Crawley web firm StreetsOnline were so impressed with an MP3 sent in by French singer Tiz they
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E-mail snoop bill is 90 per cent useless
Security forces will not be able to intercept e-mails sent through 90 per cent of British ISPs when new internet monitoring laws are introduced, evolution has learnt. A source close to Government revealed 'black boxes' designed to intercept e-mails will
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DNA success means gloom for criminals
A 15-year-old boy has admitted 22 offences after his DNA sample linked him to 15 burglaries. In another DNA success, a sample placed an offender at the scene of 27 crimes in Sussex and neighbouring counties. Sussex Police made 447 DNA matches during 1999
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Website is commended
A Sussex community website has received national honours ahead of its full launch. The East Sussex Community Information Service (ESCIS) site was commended at the Local Government Website Awards 2000, where it was nominated in the Tourism and Community
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Speaking of quality, how about this?
Now almost everyone has a multimedia computer, it is time to point out you do not have to settle for those horrible tinny loudspeakers bundled in with your box. Most system sound cards can deliver excellent audio quality. So why not splash out on something
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Companies' snail mail
The websites of some of Britain's biggest companies are failing customers who try to get in touch. Twenty per cent of FTSE-100 firms do not answer e-mails sent via their websites within three months. The slowest firms include the National Grid and ferry
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Helping out the disabled
A disabled Shoreham man is setting up a website to support other people with disabilities thanks to a little help from evolution. The Argus Appeal gave Tony Lovell a Tulip computer to create Disability Help Net, a site listing information on charities
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Website of the Week
Going to Another.com will allow you choose bizarre e-mail addresses for yourself. Swapping identities has never been easier. In a few clicks you could be fred@veryugly.co.uk Or how about sue@i-lovekeegan.co.uk There are thousands of names to choose from
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New look for company
A Sussex distribution company has launched a new look to demonstrate the business direction which has helped it grow and expand into a second depot. The Newhaven-based company has changed its name from Tomsetts Transport to Tomsetts Distribution to reflect
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They're banking on Brighton
Bank of Scotland has chosen its Brighton Business Centre as the regional hub for its mini-treasury services. The move is part of a national strategy of creating regional centres of excellence in deposit-taking. Andy McGlashen, regional director for the
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Recruitment firm grows
Two years after starting her own business, Margaret Taylor has opened her second office. Hunters Recruitment started in a small shop in Shoreham with the first month's rent paid on a credit card. Business immediately took off and within weeks Hunters
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Teens are in work danger
The lives of teenage workers could be at risk because small firms are breaking health and safety laws. The majority of small firms do not carry out proper health and safety procedures for workers aged under 18 and admit they do not believe teenagers are
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A mighty profit surge for Mitie
Profits at Mitie Group, the building and support services group, surged more than 30 per cent last year on the back of strong contract business. In the 12 months to March 31, Mitie reported profits before tax of £19.2 million compared with £14.5 million
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Firms need protection from act
Thousands of businesses are in danger of falling foul of the new Data Protection Act, which regulates details held about employees, clients and suppliers. According to the South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants (SESCA), the revised act is so complicated
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Family centres need your support
I would like to ask all those people who have used family centres, past and present, to write to your local councillors, or these pages, to let them know how important these have been to them. Think of people in the future who may need these centres.
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Bright outlook forecast for jobs in Sussex
The outlook for jobs remains bright in the Sussex area. The latest quarterly employment survey from Manpower shows that Sussex along with the rest of the South takes top spot in the national league table for job prospects. The survey indicates 28 per
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Great Millennium Gala at Saltdean
A big thank you to all the contributors and organisers of Saltdean Millennium Gala Week. If I may say so, it was extremely well done, and it helped put Saltdean on the map. Let's do it again next year! -Ray Wootton Stanmer Avenue, Saltdean
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Explore the solar possibilities
If we don't reduce fossil fuel use by 60 per cent, there will be a global catastrophe within 50 years. Bright-on Solar Projects say the answer is solar power and recently organised an electric car sprint on Madeira Drive in Brighton as part of their campaign
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Derek Jameson - Uniform Discipline
Ah, the joys of parenthood. Did you see parents have been paying around £800 a year to kit out their daughters at Roedean? Perhaps it's just as well that Britain's top private school for girls is not for the likes of us. Apparently the school has had
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Waiting for an accident at Priory Road
I agree with recent requests for action regarding the traffic problems in the Priory Road/Stonepound Road area (Opinion, July 12). Brighton and Hove Council has been aware of this situation since 1998 and I have a letter from them stating no action could
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Similarities
The recent letter about the United Europe drew attention to historic similarities between Britain and the New World (Opinion, July 7). American Indian and buffaloes were massacred by old European settlers, whereas Britons in an earlier era were occupied
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I sympathise
It would take two things to make Brighton and Hove the Place to Be for me. No more homeless people and the West Pier fully restored to its former glory. The sale of St Anne's Hostel for the homeless by owner Chris Eubank (Argus, July 8) was sad news.
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Safety fears
Why is it just not possible to take school children out on trips safely, without any problems arising? Recently returning from an entertaining maths show with two classes of children (approximately 60), waiting at a bus stop, we found ourselves being
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Shock and tears at news of body
Since eight-year-old Sarah Payne went missing 18 days ago, parents with young children in the village of nearby East Preston have made sure they know where they are all the time. Staff at East Preston Infants School have reminded parents to pick their
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Rye regain top spot
Rye regained top spot in division one of the East Sussex Cricket League after a thrilling victory over Herstmonceux. A roller-coaster game saw Rye slump from 125-2 to 144 all out, with Nigel Hacking scoring 56 and Ally Russell 39 before Graham Bennett
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Alternatives
Since I often wave to the Sage of Sussex, Adam Trimingham, as we cycle in opposite directions around the town, I feel my green credentials are sufficiently well established to comment on his column moaning about the state of Government investment in public
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Ryman League in crisis
Ryman League clubs face an uncertain future after being told they will not be recognised as a feeder by the Conference. A row erupted yesterday after the Conference released a statement stating their intention to only accept clubs from the Unibond and
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Reds get a finishing lesson
Crawley were handed a finishing lesson by Sheffield Wednesday at Broadfield Stadium last night. First-half goals from £2m Dutchman Gerard Sibon and ex-England under-21 international Richard Cresswell set them on their way to a 3-1 win. Ritchie Humphries
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My word, it's a pioneering website
A pioneering multimedia exhibit at Brighton Museum which featured the thoughts and photos of local people is being transferred to the internet. Volunteers from Make Multimedia History, a non profit-making community group, have been using words and pictures
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Date
Contact out of the blue
The computer industry is famous for its confusing three-letter acronyms (TLAs) and fancy product names which don't have any meaning except to industry professionals. So why should anyone get excited about Bluetooth? Because the IT industry says so - that's
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Abortions on the internet
Pro-life groups have attacked a website which allows women to book an abortion consultation in Brighton. The service is available on the Marie Stopes International (MSI) website. A spokeswoman for Marie Stopes confirmed women could arrange appointments
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E-mail snoop bill is 90 per cent useless
Security forces will not be able to intercept e-mails sent through 90 per cent of British ISPs when new internet monitoring laws are introduced, evolution has learnt. A source close to Government revealed 'black boxes' designed to intercept e-mails will
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net Shopper
It may seem hard to believe right now but the Met Office informs me we are still in with a chance of a heatwave during July and August! So act now if you want to make the most of the sun - when it does finally appear - and kit out your garden with the
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Website is commended
A Sussex community website has received national honours ahead of its full launch. The East Sussex Community Information Service (ESCIS) site was commended at the Local Government Website Awards 2000, where it was nominated in the Tourism and Community
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Snapping up some spies
The security service MI5 is recruiting undercover photographers over the internet. Successful applicants should be physically fit and have good night vision, no fear of heights or enclosed spaces and at least five years' experience of professional photography
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Webcam
With laser lighting, digital drums and a dry ice machine, Jon Barnes' 1979 taxi is no ordinary ride. The Colorado cab has been turned into a nightclub and recording studio. It is also under permanent scrutiny from a webcam. Its famous passengers have
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Speaking of quality, how about this?
Now almost everyone has a multimedia computer, it is time to point out you do not have to settle for those horrible tinny loudspeakers bundled in with your box. Most system sound cards can deliver excellent audio quality. So why not splash out on something
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Date
Companies' snail mail
The websites of some of Britain's biggest companies are failing customers who try to get in touch. Twenty per cent of FTSE-100 firms do not answer e-mails sent via their websites within three months. The slowest firms include the National Grid and ferry
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Narrow miss for £1m prize
A Hove man narrowly missed his chance to be an internet millionaire when he appeared on Channel 4's Who Wants To Be An E-Millionaire last week. But Anthony Lee pledged to have his website up and running by the end of the summer. Impressed investors were
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Website of the Week
Going to Another.com will allow you choose bizarre e-mail addresses for yourself. Swapping identities has never been easier. In a few clicks you could be fred@veryugly.co.uk Or how about sue@i-lovekeegan.co.uk There are thousands of names to choose from
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Review: Squashing a bug in your system
With all the industry hype about the danger of virus infection, it makes sound business sense to install a tried and tested virus detection and removal package. McAfee VirusScan is one of the UK's most advanced products and offers a better-than-average
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Review: Kids having a blast with maths
The Maths Blaster team are back with a new title which aims to bring some fun into maths and to tempt reluctant students into having a go. Updated graphics and some cool activities designed to appeal to children between the ages of five and seven make
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A mighty profit surge for Mitie
Profits at Mitie Group, the building and support services group, surged more than 30 per cent last year on the back of strong contract business. In the 12 months to March 31, Mitie reported profits before tax of £19.2 million compared with £14.5 million
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Purposeful steps to improve towns
An organisation of influential business people working together to make their communities better places to live is thriving in Brighton and about to take off in Crawley. Under the umbrella of Common Purpose, a non-profit educational organisation, business
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Make your supermarket checkout easy
As Mr Newman goes to the supermarket daily (Opinion, July 11), I assume he only buys a couple of items at a time. In this case it would only be common courtesy for someone with a large amount of shopping to let him go first. Also, quite often one can
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Model idea of friends
A dislike of commuting and a love of Brighton prompted friends Kate Merrin and Lauren Lambe to start their own model agency in the resort. The two first met when they were students at Brighton College but both moved away from the town for further education
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Bright outlook forecast for jobs in Sussex
The outlook for jobs remains bright in the Sussex area. The latest quarterly employment survey from Manpower shows that Sussex along with the rest of the South takes top spot in the national league table for job prospects. The survey indicates 28 per
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Date
Explore the solar possibilities
If we don't reduce fossil fuel use by 60 per cent, there will be a global catastrophe within 50 years. Bright-on Solar Projects say the answer is solar power and recently organised an electric car sprint on Madeira Drive in Brighton as part of their campaign
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Derek Jameson - Uniform Discipline
Ah, the joys of parenthood. Did you see parents have been paying around £800 a year to kit out their daughters at Roedean? Perhaps it's just as well that Britain's top private school for girls is not for the likes of us. Apparently the school has had
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Date
Seaside crime rate on a par with London
Hastings is one of the top crime hot spots in Britain, show figures out today. More than 21 offences per 1,000 population were recorded last year, more than double the county's average and in line with places like central London and Manchester. Hastings
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Waiting for an accident at Priory Road
I agree with recent requests for action regarding the traffic problems in the Priory Road/Stonepound Road area (Opinion, July 12). Brighton and Hove Council has been aware of this situation since 1998 and I have a letter from them stating no action could
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Date
17 days of heartbreak
The 17-day hunt for Sarah Payne has sparked a massive nationwide hunt. Here is a day-by-day account of the operation to date. DAY 1: Saturday, July 1. At 7pm Sarah goes with her sister and two brothers to play in a wheat field 150 metres from her grandparents
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Safety fears
Why is it just not possible to take school children out on trips safely, without any problems arising? Recently returning from an entertaining maths show with two classes of children (approximately 60), waiting at a bus stop, we found ourselves being
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Don't moan
I notice residents living adjacent to the County Cricket Ground in Hove continue to express their delight about successfully getting the giant eggs removed. At the same time they moan and groan about the floodlighting around the ground. I wonder if these
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Should resist
Seeboard's plans to spend nearly a third of a million pounds adding plastic coating and bird scarers onto their electricity lines will make this area an uglier place and should be strongly resisted. Surely in the beautiful South Downs, Seeboard has a
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Rye regain top spot
Rye regained top spot in division one of the East Sussex Cricket League after a thrilling victory over Herstmonceux. A roller-coaster game saw Rye slump from 125-2 to 144 all out, with Nigel Hacking scoring 56 and Ally Russell 39 before Graham Bennett
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Voice of the Argus - Leaving it to nature
Sussex has 80 miles of coastline. Most of it is built up and there are sea defences to prevent houses from crumbling away into the English Channel. But at Birling Gap, near Eastbourne, the sea has made such inroads over the years that a row of cottages
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Reds get a finishing lesson
Crawley were handed a finishing lesson by Sheffield Wednesday at Broadfield Stadium last night. First-half goals from £2m Dutchman Gerard Sibon and ex-England under-21 international Richard Cresswell set them on their way to a 3-1 win. Ritchie Humphries
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Steele's just happy to be playing
Two-goal Lee Steele opened his account for Albion, then revealed "I'm just glad to get a game." The lively little Liverpudlian striker put Albion on course for a 3-2 win at Longford in the first match of their Irish tour last night. He might even have
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Spured on to do great things
Tottenham Hotspur fans can now get a player's eye view of the club's White Hart Lane stadium with the help of some Sussex internet expertise. Panoramic pictures created by Brighton company Synchromedia have been placed on the club's website. Visitors
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Libraries are no exclusion zone
Mo Mowlam has spoken out in praise of a Sussex community internet project. She highlighted the free internet training provided in Brighton and Hove libraries as an example of attempts to provide education to socially excluded people. More than 1,000 people
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Abortions on the internet
Pro-life groups have attacked a website which allows women to book an abortion consultation in Brighton. The service is available on the Marie Stopes International (MSI) website. A spokeswoman for Marie Stopes confirmed women could arrange appointments
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Ex-Labour councillor to stand for Greens
Former Labour councillor Hugh Miller is to fight the next election for the Green Party. The 47-year-old journalist and tree surgeon has been selected as prospective Green Parliamentary candidate for the marginal seat of Brighton Kemp Town. Mr Miller,
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net Shopper
It may seem hard to believe right now but the Met Office informs me we are still in with a chance of a heatwave during July and August! So act now if you want to make the most of the sun - when it does finally appear - and kit out your garden with the
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Net Solutions
With Andrew Hardy, director of Brighton based Rivendell software Q: Our colour monitor has developed a problem. A black border has appeared in front of the desktop and this obscures information shown at the bottom of a Word document. How can we get rid
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Snapping up some spies
The security service MI5 is recruiting undercover photographers over the internet. Successful applicants should be physically fit and have good night vision, no fear of heights or enclosed spaces and at least five years' experience of professional photography
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Webcam
With laser lighting, digital drums and a dry ice machine, Jon Barnes' 1979 taxi is no ordinary ride. The Colorado cab has been turned into a nightclub and recording studio. It is also under permanent scrutiny from a webcam. Its famous passengers have
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Sarah -The Grim Truth
Police today confirmed the naked body of a little girl found in a Sussex field was eight-year-old Sarah Payne... and she had been murdered. Sussex Assistant Chief Constable Nigel Yeo called for a minute's silence after breaking the news at a Press conference
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Narrow miss for £1m prize
A Hove man narrowly missed his chance to be an internet millionaire when he appeared on Channel 4's Who Wants To Be An E-Millionaire last week. But Anthony Lee pledged to have his website up and running by the end of the summer. Impressed investors were
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Review: Morph for your cash
Creating photographic special effects is never easy. But Sierra Home Classics' Morph Artist makes it possible to bend and twist images, create wacky screen-savers, make flip books and even make your own crazy movies. Morph Artist is essentially very basic
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Review: Feel blue no more
Everyone does it. You press the wrong key and a file vanishes, or worse, the 'blue screen of death' makes it all disappear! Now, according to PowerQuest, deleted data can be recovered no matter how it was lost. PowerQuest's Lost & Found recovers data
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Review: Squashing a bug in your system
With all the industry hype about the danger of virus infection, it makes sound business sense to install a tried and tested virus detection and removal package. McAfee VirusScan is one of the UK's most advanced products and offers a better-than-average
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Review: Kids having a blast with maths
The Maths Blaster team are back with a new title which aims to bring some fun into maths and to tempt reluctant students into having a go. Updated graphics and some cool activities designed to appeal to children between the ages of five and seven make
