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Going to town on the latest Connection
Following the success of its 20 UK branches in the Midlands and the North, the Best Connection employment agency has targeted Crawley for its next venture. The branch will have offices in Gatwick Road and will specialise in providing temporary personnel
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Sussex wins tasting good
Top tastebuds in the food industry have listed Sussex producers among the best in the country. In a tough nationwide competition between 1,200 speciality food producers, members of regional group A Taste of the South East took a record 24 bronze, silver
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Don't fall for fax con trick
Businesses in Sussex are being warned not to fall for a new type of fax con. Sussex Enterprise said estate agents in Sussex have been targeted by scam artists using a new trick to charge hidden fees. There are fears other firms could be targeted as well
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More room for profits
Sussex-based hotels group Millennium & Copthorne unveiled a near-90 per cent increase in profits on the back of its rapid expansion programme. The group, controlled by Singapore property mogul Kwek Leng Beng, made pre-tax profits of £53.6 million
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Grand day out for staff
Increased optimism about the economy has resulted in more companies funding luxury trips for selected staff. The trend has meant a big boost in business for some of Sussex's top hotels. Kevin Berry is conference manager at the famous five-star hotel on
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It's a lorry load of good publicity
A major Brighton manufacturer is getting its name seen up and down the country thanks to a deal with a Sussex transport firm. Axtra, the Shoreham-based haulage firm, has Brighton Sheet Metal's name on the side of one of its lorries as part of a long-term
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Bureau aims for Golds standard
David Gold, the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion, is the new vice-president of the Small Business Bureau. The organisation which represents the interests of small and medium-sized firms across the UK made the appointment
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Cashpoint - Garry Spencer
Private medical insurance (PMI) looked set to mushroom, with new private hospitals springing up all over the place. In anticipation of the extra demand, and with our buoyant economy, it wasn't unrealistic to think the PMI market would grow and grow as
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Expiring hopes of the exporters
Exporters in Sussex and the South East are losing confidence in the economy. A survey of industrial trends by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) shows manufacturers are suffering in most UK regions, with orders lower and confidence down. The
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Sisters doing it for themselves
Sisters Dawn Johnson and Shirley Logan planned to have a shop with a difference for several years. Their dreams have now become a reality with the opening of Affinity of Brighton in Sydney Street. Shirley said: "The inspiration to open a shop selling
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Carly's jewels are set to sparkle
Entrepreneur Carly Reed has chosen Brighton for the launch of a new concept in jewellery shops. Carly, who has been in the jewellery business since 1976, said Icon will put the 'wow' factor into shopping for accessories. No stranger to the world of retail
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Recycle some rock
Instead of shipping in expensive rocks for the barrier at Birling Gap (Argus, July 29), why not use hardcore from the general hospital which is being demolished? This would also save on valuable landfill sites being filled. -Coun Geoff Wells, Conservative
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Lizzie enfield - Signal Failure
Despite warnings for our own good, placed strategically around stations - though not yet emblazoned on sides of carriages, it appears fellow commuters are failing to heed messages. They are playing fast and loose with their own safety - or at least the
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Claire loves beautiful break
Claire Beech is hoping an appearance in comic Steve Coogan's new sitcom will be the first step to TV stardom. Claire, 19, whose ambition is to be a television presenter, is one of dozens of people from Brighton and Hove recruited for the show Beautiful
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Tribunal to rule over 500 pay-offs
Council chiefs are to face caterers at an employment tribunal to decide who is to pay the redundancy costs of around £300,000 for sacked dinner staff. Five hundred dinner ladies lost their jobs when West Sussex County Council axed hot meals. The authority
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Road's builders put snakes out to grass
Experts have been drafted into remove poisonous snakes from the path of a new road. The developers have drafted in animal experts in a bid to reduce the impact of work on wildlife, including poisonous adders, bats, badgers and birds. Work has started
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Neighbours' tastes in art are streets apart
They may live in the same street but their tastes in art could not be further apart. On one side of the quiet Saltdean road is a modern iron sculpture inspired by the garden of Derek Jarman which has been created by craft designer Debbi Moffat and her
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On the trail of a beautiful career
Ayshea Buksh has slid through sewers and cared for cockroaches - to learn more about mankind. Brighton-based Ayshea worked as a researcher on the Channel 4 series Anatomy Of Disgust, which starts tomorrow. She travelled all over the world to find the
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Behan, man with a few stories to tell
Playwright Brian Behan's daily dip in the sea has already led to him making the headlines several times. In December he was pictured in the Argus after his morning swim sparked a helicopter rescue operation. A woman, who had seen him walk into the waves
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Pathetic campaign
Dump the pump is surely the most pathetic campaign since the Tories' Save the Pound jingoism. Changing the way people get around is a major challenge. It involves two things. One is improving public transport. The other is making travel by car less attractive
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Family grieves loss of a shrine to biker
A grieving family believe thieves are behind the disappearance of a floral tribute to a young drag racing champion. Mourners put the shrine, made up of silk flowers, on the main road alongside Wild Park at Moulsecoomb, Brighton, in memory of 22-year-old
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Cash crisis could close kids' club in three days
Youngsters with special needs could be left out in the cold because their club is facing a cash crisis. The Adur Special Needs Club helps 220 children aged between five and 18 every year. It offers special respite weekends and a summer school for youngsters
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Watchdog findings slate care of elderly
Hospital care for the elderly has been branded inadequate, overcrowded and old fashioned in a hard-hitting report by a patients' watchdog. Brighton, Hove and Lewes Community Health Council found problems on six acute wards at Brighton General Hospital
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Shock over sale of death row 'toy'
A shop which is selling a toy featuring a man being executed in an electric chair has been criticised by anti-death penalty campaigners. The Death Row Marv toy has been imported from North America and is now being sold in three Hive shops in Sussex. It
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International flights are grounded
International flights from Shoreham Airport will not operate again this year - and may now be scrapped for good. The Argus revealed last month that the service from the airport to Le Touquet in France had been suspended because of a lack of engineers.
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Uncooperative
I am disappointed to read Co-op shops in Brighton and Hove are taking part in the voucher scheme for asylum seekers. The Co-operative movement has a proud history of supporting the poor and marginalised in our society. That's why many local people shop
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Time for showdown over all that rubbish
Brighton and Hove Council is having showdown talks with refuse contractors Sita as controversy over the service grows. Councillors have been inundated with complaints about the bin and rubbish collection service in the past three weeks. Politicians from
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Watchdogs rap Connex as trains run late
Connex has been rapped by rail watchdogs for falling punctuality after new figures showed that more of its trains ran late. A total of 85.9 per cent of peak-time trains run by Connex South Central between April 30 and July 22 this year were on time compared
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NHS bid to beat winter crisis
Health managers today unveiled a campaign to head off a winter crisis and avoid pressures which earlier this year saw bodies being stored in refrigerated lorries. Giving more flu vaccinations, extending the working week for some NHS staff across seven
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Shrinking trains
The communications director of Connex (Opinion, August 3) claims the new Brighton line trains will only have 15 fewer seats per carriage than the class 423 stock they are intended to replace. That still amounts to a loss of 180 seats in a 12-car train
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Eagles ensure tense last week
Crawley Eagles beat Hove Medina by 96 runs to make sure that the West Sussex Cricket League title race goes to the last weekend. Leaders Patcham, who didn't play on Saturday, need 11 points from their final game against Worthing Chippingdale to make it
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Night worker sacking was shabby treatment
I have followed with interest the case of the two night workers sacked by West Sussex County Council for allegedly sleeping on duty, and the subsequent letters in the Argus relating to this matter. I don't know the working hours or conditions in West
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Steele pleads: Bless my shirt!
Albion's injury-hit striker Lee Steele is threatening to call in a priest to bless his unlucky No. 13 shirt. Steele is on crutches after suffering an ankle injury at Southend on Saturday. The damage is not thought to be serious, but manager Micky Adams
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Review: No seeds of doubt about plant care
With detailed information on more than 220 houseplants, the Multimedia Guide to House Plants is an ideal encyclopedia for the indoor gardener. The easy-to-load and access software contains photographs, videos and diagrams with more than 100 pages of detailed
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Review: A beautiful star-studded game
StarLancer is a space combat game in the style of Privateer and Elite. First impressions were very good - the installation process went smoothly and without a hitch. You play the part of an enlisted pilot in the 45th Volunteers Squadron taking part in
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Hardware: Powerful protection
Have you ever noticed the lights flicker when you turn on your washing machine? This is called a 'brownout' and happens when the voltage drops below an acceptable level. Brownouts can cause untold damage to computer data. So a power protection device
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Mum's the word for partying
A Sussex mother-and daughter team are preparing to launch the internet's definitive guide to partying. Jo Cassidy, 22, and mother Lindsay, 50, from Crowborough, have created a database containing everything party organisers need to know. Visitors to Partyscene
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I want my MTV job
Two Brighton video gurus are harnessing the power of computer graphics to create an MTV video. Ross Clifford and Serge de Lussy are making a video for a cover of the Black Sabbath track Sweet Leaf by the Crow Brothers. They will mix filmed images of the
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Firms go in to bat for smoking giant
Two Brighton new media companies have teamed up to help protect the public face of one of the world's most controversial firms in a deal worth £70,000. HYPA Solutions and the Electric Pencil Company have put cigarette giant British American Tobacco's
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Cash lies of murder bid case wife
A woman accused to trying to kill her husband during a bondage sex session told a jury he actually attacked her when she told him she was a fraud. Dena Thompson said 42-year-old Richard Thompson went for her with a knife when he found out she lied about
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Baffled by buzzwords
With Andrew Hardy, Director of Brighton based Rivendell Software Q: I have a computer at home I use to access the internet. I would like a faster connection than my modem currently offers but I am unsure of what service to go for. There seems to be so
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Website of the week
Most web firms still do most of their trade within their own borders but with reputable net firms all over the world, people are beginning to buy abroad. The Global Gift Guide gives useful links to reliable traders across the world. No more than a well-presented
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Spreadsheet to Soul war
Two Brighton financial advisers are swapping spreadsheets for mortal combat as they vie to become the best computer games players in the country. James Kaslik and Kathy Pace will take on the personas of brutal hardman Kilik and amazonian warrior Ivy when
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School's back for summer
The long school summer holidays can often seem interminable to parents but the reality is the back-to-school rush has already begun. If, like many, you are shuddering at the thought of trailing round the shops with a reluctant child in tow, then I have
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'The cat' seen on continent
A suspected fraudster known as The Cat is in hiding on the Continent. Positive sightings of Fiona Mont, wanted in connection with a £300,000 computer scam, have been reported to Sussex detectives by Northern Europe sources. The 29-year-old from Hove is
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French fight web racism
A Paris court has ordered a team of experts be appointed to examine ways of blocking French internet users from the auction site of U.S. giant Yahoo! The move arises as a result of a legal battle over who should be held responsible for online racism.
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Too taxing to use the net
Less than one per cent of taxpayers are using the internet to file tax returns despite a scheme to get the Inland Revenue online. The claim by the Liberal Democrats party's treasury spokesman Matthew Taylor said the Revenue's system involves returns filed
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Big contract comes calling
Brighton new media firm diarymanager.com has landed a deal with mobile data giant iTouch. Ordinary mobile phone users will soon be able to get reminders of birthdays, anniversaries and meetings sent as SMS text messages to their phones as a result of
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Crystal tips on the web
A Brighton woman has created the ultimate online resource for local people in need of crystal healing, life coaching or a little flower therapy. Caroline Pickering has included the details of 200 local alternative health practitioners in Brighton on a
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Review: Wonders of the web
Have you ever wanted a web page but never had the first clue how to start? This handy software from Sierra, Web Artist 2, allows you to create basic but fully functional web pages using templates, graphics, animations and sounds. The user interface is
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Review: A right royal treat
Giving children a challenge is often the best way to build self-reliance and confidence. The King and I Animated Thinking Adventure for four to eight-year-olds is all about games that build critical-thinking skills. There are eight games in all. Each
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Sussex wins tasting good
Top tastebuds in the food industry have listed Sussex producers among the best in the country. In a tough nationwide competition between 1,200 speciality food producers, members of regional group A Taste of the South East took a record 24 bronze, silver
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More room for profits
Sussex-based hotels group Millennium & Copthorne unveiled a near-90 per cent increase in profits on the back of its rapid expansion programme. The group, controlled by Singapore property mogul Kwek Leng Beng, made pre-tax profits of £53.6 million
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Grand day out for staff
Increased optimism about the economy has resulted in more companies funding luxury trips for selected staff. The trend has meant a big boost in business for some of Sussex's top hotels. Kevin Berry is conference manager at the famous five-star hotel on
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Bureau aims for Golds standard
David Gold, the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion, is the new vice-president of the Small Business Bureau. The organisation which represents the interests of small and medium-sized firms across the UK made the appointment
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Sussex in the City - by Stewart Dalby
Three years after the merger between insurance groups Royal and Sun Alliance, forming Royal & Sun Alliance, the City at last seems to have found a little to cheer about. The company has been battered by a series of bad weather claims, fierce competition
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Cashpoint - Garry Spencer
Private medical insurance (PMI) looked set to mushroom, with new private hospitals springing up all over the place. In anticipation of the extra demand, and with our buoyant economy, it wasn't unrealistic to think the PMI market would grow and grow as
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Expiring hopes of the exporters
Exporters in Sussex and the South East are losing confidence in the economy. A survey of industrial trends by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) shows manufacturers are suffering in most UK regions, with orders lower and confidence down. The
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Sisters doing it for themselves
Sisters Dawn Johnson and Shirley Logan planned to have a shop with a difference for several years. Their dreams have now become a reality with the opening of Affinity of Brighton in Sydney Street. Shirley said: "The inspiration to open a shop selling
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Carly's jewels are set to sparkle
Entrepreneur Carly Reed has chosen Brighton for the launch of a new concept in jewellery shops. Carly, who has been in the jewellery business since 1976, said Icon will put the 'wow' factor into shopping for accessories. No stranger to the world of retail
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Get on up council
One has only to take a trip outside Brighton's centre to the outlying estates eastwards or northwards to discover it is anything but The Place To Be: Unswept roads, weeds growing in profusion among the cracked paving stones, rubbish everywhere, road names
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Try here for Mr Softee
I suggest H. Sherbert (Opinion, August 7) goes to the Arcadia Arch on the lower promenade. No single ice cream or lolly, including Mr Softee, costs more than £1.20. -Miss M.C. Sterling, Welbeck Avenue, Hove
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Recycle some rock
Instead of shipping in expensive rocks for the barrier at Birling Gap (Argus, July 29), why not use hardcore from the general hospital which is being demolished? This would also save on valuable landfill sites being filled. -Coun Geoff Wells, Conservative
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Derek Jameson - Online to the yobs?
We've lost the plot somewhere. The nation's youth are running wild. They have no respect for parents, teachers or the law. The younger generation seem to be in the grip of some kind of collective madness. Day after day we agonise over reports in the Argus
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Road's builders put snakes out to grass
Experts have been drafted into remove poisonous snakes from the path of a new road. The developers have drafted in animal experts in a bid to reduce the impact of work on wildlife, including poisonous adders, bats, badgers and birds. Work has started
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On the trail of a beautiful career
Ayshea Buksh has slid through sewers and cared for cockroaches - to learn more about mankind. Brighton-based Ayshea worked as a researcher on the Channel 4 series Anatomy Of Disgust, which starts tomorrow. She travelled all over the world to find the
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Behan, man with a few stories to tell
Playwright Brian Behan's daily dip in the sea has already led to him making the headlines several times. In December he was pictured in the Argus after his morning swim sparked a helicopter rescue operation. A woman, who had seen him walk into the waves
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£12,000 bounty from Roman treasure find
Treasure hunter Jay Howe is thousands of pounds richer today after unearthing more than 4,000 Roman coins. The fantastic 1,700-year-old hoard, discovered just north of Shoreham, has been valued by experts at £12,000. After giving the landowner half and
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Too correct
How can Brighton and Hove Council allow a nudist bathing beach yet ban a volleyball tournament because it is sponsored by an organisation run by the Sun newspaper, which shows topless young ladies? But what can one expect from a council so politically
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Shock over sale of death row 'toy'
A shop which is selling a toy featuring a man being executed in an electric chair has been criticised by anti-death penalty campaigners. The Death Row Marv toy has been imported from North America and is now being sold in three Hive shops in Sussex. It
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Party goes on despite fire
Nursing home residents celebrated the Queen Mother's 100th birthday a week late after a party was abandoned because of a fire. More than 40 residents had to be evacuated when fire broke out at Regency Court nursing home, Littlehampton, in the early hours
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A different kind of waves for writer Brian
Playwright Brian Behan's daily dip in the sea has already led to him making the headlines several times. In December, he was pictured in the Argus after his morning swim sparked a helicopter rescue operation. A woman, who had seen him walk into the waves
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International flights are grounded
International flights from Shoreham Airport will not operate again this year - and may now be scrapped for good. The Argus revealed last month that the service from the airport to Le Touquet in France had been suspended because of a lack of engineers.
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£1,000 window pain
Barber shop owner Jane Reedes is fed up with vandals who have caused £1,000 worth of damage to her window in just a week. The front of the newly-opened Pink Pamper in St James's Street, Brighton, has twice been smashed. Each time the repairs have cost
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Planning an easier winter in hospitals
Health managers today unveiled a campaign to head off a winter crisis and avoid pressures which earlier this year saw bodies being stored in refrigerated lorries. Giving more flu vaccinations, extending the working week for some NHS staff across seven
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On a mercy mission
An ambulance for the homeless has been blessed by vicar the Rev John Biggs. The vehicle, run by St John Ambulance Sussex Ambulance Project, will patrol the Brighton seafront area to give help and advice. A trained nurse will accompany the driver. Mr Biggs
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Watchdogs rap Connex as trains run late
Connex has been rapped by rail watchdogs for falling punctuality after new figures showed that more of its trains ran late. A total of 85.9 per cent of peak-time trains run by Connex South Central between April 30 and July 22 this year were on time compared
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Business greed
I have recently witnessed on TV a sickening parade of businessmen stamping their feet and saying unless Britain joins the euro they will pack their bags and leave. One had already relocated to the Czech Republic. What he fails to tell us is this has nothing
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Shrinking trains
The communications director of Connex (Opinion, August 3) claims the new Brighton line trains will only have 15 fewer seats per carriage than the class 423 stock they are intended to replace. That still amounts to a loss of 180 seats in a 12-car train
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Thunder's Bowl bid crushed
Sussex Thunder's bid to reach the British Superbowl gridiron final came to an end in Birmingham. Touchdowns from Nick Burt, James Brazier and Ryan Holness saw the Bulls march into the Division One final for the second successive year where they again
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Bus disservice
I work in the St James's Street area of Brighton and finish at 5pm, Monday to Friday. At least three times a week, I wait for a bus for 15 minutes. By the time it reaches the Steine, it is often too full for anyone to get on. My mother was stranded in
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Eagles ensure tense last week
Crawley Eagles beat Hove Medina by 96 runs to make sure that the West Sussex Cricket League title race goes to the last weekend. Leaders Patcham, who didn't play on Saturday, need 11 points from their final game against Worthing Chippingdale to make it
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Eastbourne head for Lord's
Eastbourne Cricket Club will be playing at Lord's for the second time in four years. Victory over Teddington on Sunday has put Eastbourne through to the final of the National Club Championship on Friday September 1. Eastbourne won the competition three
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Steele pleads: Bless my shirt!
Albion's injury-hit striker Lee Steele is threatening to call in a priest to bless his unlucky No. 13 shirt. Steele is on crutches after suffering an ankle injury at Southend on Saturday. The damage is not thought to be serious, but manager Micky Adams
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Review: A beautiful star-studded game
StarLancer is a space combat game in the style of Privateer and Elite. First impressions were very good - the installation process went smoothly and without a hitch. You play the part of an enlisted pilot in the 45th Volunteers Squadron taking part in
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Hardware: Powerful protection
Have you ever noticed the lights flicker when you turn on your washing machine? This is called a 'brownout' and happens when the voltage drops below an acceptable level. Brownouts can cause untold damage to computer data. So a power protection device
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Mum's the word for partying
A Sussex mother-and daughter team are preparing to launch the internet's definitive guide to partying. Jo Cassidy, 22, and mother Lindsay, 50, from Crowborough, have created a database containing everything party organisers need to know. Visitors to Partyscene
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A TV channel in good Nick
Nick Austin has created a unique TV channel. In 12 years of broadcasting, he has never employed a single presenter. He has built a regular audience of 1.7 million viewers without ever moving an international TV station out of his Georgian mansion in Crowhurst
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I want my MTV job
Two Brighton video gurus are harnessing the power of computer graphics to create an MTV video. Ross Clifford and Serge de Lussy are making a video for a cover of the Black Sabbath track Sweet Leaf by the Crow Brothers. They will mix filmed images of the
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Traders riled over 'filth in the streets'
Restaurant owner Stavros Hadjiioannou believes struggling Newhaven town centre has become an "embarrassment". Mr Hadjiioannou, who runs Aphrodite restaurant in the High Street, says the precinct is left strewn with litter which he is forced to sweep up
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Cash lies of murder bid case wife
A woman accused to trying to kill her husband during a bondage sex session told a jury he actually attacked her when she told him she was a fraud. Dena Thompson said 42-year-old Richard Thompson went for her with a knife when he found out she lied about
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Baffled by buzzwords
With Andrew Hardy, Director of Brighton based Rivendell Software Q: I have a computer at home I use to access the internet. I would like a faster connection than my modem currently offers but I am unsure of what service to go for. There seems to be so
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Website of the week
Most web firms still do most of their trade within their own borders but with reputable net firms all over the world, people are beginning to buy abroad. The Global Gift Guide gives useful links to reliable traders across the world. No more than a well-presented
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Spreadsheet to Soul war
Two Brighton financial advisers are swapping spreadsheets for mortal combat as they vie to become the best computer games players in the country. James Kaslik and Kathy Pace will take on the personas of brutal hardman Kilik and amazonian warrior Ivy when
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School's back for summer
The long school summer holidays can often seem interminable to parents but the reality is the back-to-school rush has already begun. If, like many, you are shuddering at the thought of trailing round the shops with a reluctant child in tow, then I have
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Web speed is the essence
Four private schools across Sussex will be able to use high-quality video conferencing and slash the costs of buying computers with the help of a new computer network. Brighton College, Hurstpierpoint College, Lancing College and Eastbourne College have
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Two women in hospital after crash on the A26
Two people were taken to hospital after a crash on a Sussex country road last night. Emergency services were called to a section of the A26 at Heron's Ghyll, near Uckfield, following a two-car collision. A Peugeot 306 driven by a 44-year-old woman from
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Festival ends in cash crisis
A company set up to run a star-studded music festival at Chichester has called in liquidators. It has debts of £50,000. Music 2000 was headlined by American pop legend Art Garfunkel who flew into Britain specially for the £24-a-ticket concert. He is believed
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Police appeal after attack
Police investigating an attack on a schoolboy which left him with brain damage have appealed for more information. The 15-year-old boy from Hastings has been under intensive care since Friday following the incident during the Old Town Carnival. The teenager
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'The cat' seen on continent
A suspected fraudster known as The Cat is in hiding on the Continent. Positive sightings of Fiona Mont, wanted in connection with a £300,000 computer scam, have been reported to Sussex detectives by Northern Europe sources. The 29-year-old from Hove is
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Too taxing to use the net
Less than one per cent of taxpayers are using the internet to file tax returns despite a scheme to get the Inland Revenue online. The claim by the Liberal Democrats party's treasury spokesman Matthew Taylor said the Revenue's system involves returns filed
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Big contract comes calling
Brighton new media firm diarymanager.com has landed a deal with mobile data giant iTouch. Ordinary mobile phone users will soon be able to get reminders of birthdays, anniversaries and meetings sent as SMS text messages to their phones as a result of
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Crystal tips on the web
A Brighton woman has created the ultimate online resource for local people in need of crystal healing, life coaching or a little flower therapy. Caroline Pickering has included the details of 200 local alternative health practitioners in Brighton on a
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Review: A right royal treat
Giving children a challenge is often the best way to build self-reliance and confidence. The King and I Animated Thinking Adventure for four to eight-year-olds is all about games that build critical-thinking skills. There are eight games in all. Each
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It's just the job for kids
A guide to the employment of children has been published by Brighton & Hove Council. Under the Children and Young Persons Act, children can be employed from the age of 13 for limited periods until they reach the end of compulsory education at the
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Sussex in the City - by Stewart Dalby
Three years after the merger between insurance groups Royal and Sun Alliance, forming Royal & Sun Alliance, the City at last seems to have found a little to cheer about. The company has been battered by a series of bad weather claims, fierce competition
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Business briefing - Garry Epstein
In the last of my looks at extracting profits from small to medium-sized businesses, I compare the two main ways the owner-manager could do this. Although working shareholders are in a position to reward themselves in a number of ways, the main area of
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Healing and dealing with growing pains
Having advised more than 10,000 Sussex people on starting their own businesses, EDEAL is now offering to help small businesses grow. Until now, the local enterprise agency for East Sussex has focused on helping start-up and new businesses launch and find
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Get on up council
One has only to take a trip outside Brighton's centre to the outlying estates eastwards or northwards to discover it is anything but The Place To Be: Unswept roads, weeds growing in profusion among the cracked paving stones, rubbish everywhere, road names
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Try here for Mr Softee
I suggest H. Sherbert (Opinion, August 7) goes to the Arcadia Arch on the lower promenade. No single ice cream or lolly, including Mr Softee, costs more than £1.20. -Miss M.C. Sterling, Welbeck Avenue, Hove
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Derek Jameson - Online to the yobs?
We've lost the plot somewhere. The nation's youth are running wild. They have no respect for parents, teachers or the law. The younger generation seem to be in the grip of some kind of collective madness. Day after day we agonise over reports in the Argus
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Society show is a prize winning day out
Grower Peter Simpson won a medal for his impressive display of vegetables. Mr Simpson, of Cooksbridge, took the Royal Horticultural Society medal for his display of leeks, onions, carrots, and parsnips. Villager Malcolm West won first place in the wines
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A hole for their mess
There have been two travellers' caravans in the park at the bottom of Surrenden Crescent for a long time. They have even got a four-sided tent which is obviously their toilet. Have they actually dug a hole for this purpose? If so, I hope they intend to
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£12,000 bounty from Roman treasure find
Treasure hunter Jay Howe is thousands of pounds richer today after unearthing more than 4,000 Roman coins. The fantastic 1,700-year-old hoard, discovered just north of Shoreham, has been valued by experts at £12,000. After giving the landowner half and
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Too correct
How can Brighton and Hove Council allow a nudist bathing beach yet ban a volleyball tournament because it is sponsored by an organisation run by the Sun newspaper, which shows topless young ladies? But what can one expect from a council so politically
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Log on and find support
People with mental health problems and their families are being reminded they can find information and support through a new website. The website has also been designed for GPs who see an average of one out of every three of their patients for mental
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Market muddle
As chairman of the Brighton and Hove Seafront Traders' Association, I would like to shed some light on the West Pier market traders. The seafront was last season besieged by more than 300 unlicensed traders. An emergency meeting of the BHSTA with Sussex
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Festival promoters call in liquidators
A company set up to run a star-studded music festival at Chichester has called in liquidators. It has debts of £50,000. Music 2000 was headlined by American pop legend Art Garfunkel who flew into Britain specially for the £24-a-ticket concert. He is believed
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A different kind of waves for writer Brian
Playwright Brian Behan's daily dip in the sea has already led to him making the headlines several times. In December, he was pictured in the Argus after his morning swim sparked a helicopter rescue operation. A woman, who had seen him walk into the waves
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£1,000 window pain
Barber shop owner Jane Reedes is fed up with vandals who have caused £1,000 worth of damage to her window in just a week. The front of the newly-opened Pink Pamper in St James's Street, Brighton, has twice been smashed. Each time the repairs have cost
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Planning an easier winter in hospitals
Health managers today unveiled a campaign to head off a winter crisis and avoid pressures which earlier this year saw bodies being stored in refrigerated lorries. Giving more flu vaccinations, extending the working week for some NHS staff across seven
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On a mercy mission
An ambulance for the homeless has been blessed by vicar the Rev John Biggs. The vehicle, run by St John Ambulance Sussex Ambulance Project, will patrol the Brighton seafront area to give help and advice. A trained nurse will accompany the driver. Mr Biggs
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Business greed
I have recently witnessed on TV a sickening parade of businessmen stamping their feet and saying unless Britain joins the euro they will pack their bags and leave. One had already relocated to the Czech Republic. What he fails to tell us is this has nothing
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Thunder's Bowl bid crushed
Sussex Thunder's bid to reach the British Superbowl gridiron final came to an end in Birmingham. Touchdowns from Nick Burt, James Brazier and Ryan Holness saw the Bulls march into the Division One final for the second successive year where they again
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Voice of the Argus - Learn the lessons
As the new century started, the winter's flu epidemic was a reminder of times we all thought had ended in the Victorian era. A struggling NHS was forced to use refrigerated lorries to cart bodies to the morgue from some of Sussex's hospitals. This year
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Bus disservice
I work in the St James's Street area of Brighton and finish at 5pm, Monday to Friday. At least three times a week, I wait for a bus for 15 minutes. By the time it reaches the Steine, it is often too full for anyone to get on. My mother was stranded in
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Eastbourne head for Lord's
Eastbourne Cricket Club will be playing at Lord's for the second time in four years. Victory over Teddington on Sunday has put Eastbourne through to the final of the National Club Championship on Friday September 1. Eastbourne won the competition three
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Hardware: Design for life on the move
What is really happening with laptop design? Are colour and design changes really necessary and will Joe Punter really shell out for a new multicoloured designer notebook when he still cannot buy a functional mobile printer which fits into a computer
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Beautiful game wants the name
An Eastbourne hospice has denied it made £5,000 from an internet deal involving the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Press reports said the SFA donated £5,000 to St Wilfred's hospice to secure the internet domain name www.hampdenpark.co.uk Hampden
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A TV channel in good Nick
Nick Austin has created a unique TV channel. In 12 years of broadcasting, he has never employed a single presenter. He has built a regular audience of 1.7 million viewers without ever moving an international TV station out of his Georgian mansion in Crowhurst
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Traders riled over 'filth in the streets'
Restaurant owner Stavros Hadjiioannou believes struggling Newhaven town centre has become an "embarrassment". Mr Hadjiioannou, who runs Aphrodite restaurant in the High Street, says the precinct is left strewn with litter which he is forced to sweep up
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Webcam
The uncovering of Rome's imperial forums is one of the most important archaelogical events taking place in Europe. These webcams let you keep an eye on the excavations. You can also spot the dome of St Peter's Basilica and the Colosseum (above). The cameras
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Web speed is the essence
Four private schools across Sussex will be able to use high-quality video conferencing and slash the costs of buying computers with the help of a new computer network. Brighton College, Hurstpierpoint College, Lancing College and Eastbourne College have
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Going to town on the latest Connection
Following the success of its 20 UK branches in the Midlands and the North, the Best Connection employment agency has targeted Crawley for its next venture. The branch will have offices in Gatwick Road and will specialise in providing temporary personnel
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Don't fall for fax con trick
Businesses in Sussex are being warned not to fall for a new type of fax con. Sussex Enterprise said estate agents in Sussex have been targeted by scam artists using a new trick to charge hidden fees. There are fears other firms could be targeted as well
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It's a lorry load of good publicity
A major Brighton manufacturer is getting its name seen up and down the country thanks to a deal with a Sussex transport firm. Axtra, the Shoreham-based haulage firm, has Brighton Sheet Metal's name on the side of one of its lorries as part of a long-term
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It's just the job for kids
A guide to the employment of children has been published by Brighton & Hove Council. Under the Children and Young Persons Act, children can be employed from the age of 13 for limited periods until they reach the end of compulsory education at the
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Business briefing - Garry Epstein
In the last of my looks at extracting profits from small to medium-sized businesses, I compare the two main ways the owner-manager could do this. Although working shareholders are in a position to reward themselves in a number of ways, the main area of
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Healing and dealing with growing pains
Having advised more than 10,000 Sussex people on starting their own businesses, EDEAL is now offering to help small businesses grow. Until now, the local enterprise agency for East Sussex has focused on helping start-up and new businesses launch and find
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Lizzie enfield - Signal Failure
Despite warnings for our own good, placed strategically around stations - though not yet emblazoned on sides of carriages, it appears fellow commuters are failing to heed messages. They are playing fast and loose with their own safety - or at least the
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Claire loves beautiful break
Claire Beech is hoping an appearance in comic Steve Coogan's new sitcom will be the first step to TV stardom. Claire, 19, whose ambition is to be a television presenter, is one of dozens of people from Brighton and Hove recruited for the show Beautiful
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Tribunal to rule over 500 pay-offs
Council chiefs are to face caterers at an employment tribunal to decide who is to pay the redundancy costs of around £300,000 for sacked dinner staff. Five hundred dinner ladies lost their jobs when West Sussex County Council axed hot meals. The authority
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Society show is a prize winning day out
Grower Peter Simpson won a medal for his impressive display of vegetables. Mr Simpson, of Cooksbridge, took the Royal Horticultural Society medal for his display of leeks, onions, carrots, and parsnips. Villager Malcolm West won first place in the wines
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Neighbours' tastes in art are streets apart
They may live in the same street but their tastes in art could not be further apart. On one side of the quiet Saltdean road is a modern iron sculpture inspired by the garden of Derek Jarman which has been created by craft designer Debbi Moffat and her
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A hole for their mess
There have been two travellers' caravans in the park at the bottom of Surrenden Crescent for a long time. They have even got a four-sided tent which is obviously their toilet. Have they actually dug a hole for this purpose? If so, I hope they intend to
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Pathetic campaign
Dump the pump is surely the most pathetic campaign since the Tories' Save the Pound jingoism. Changing the way people get around is a major challenge. It involves two things. One is improving public transport. The other is making travel by car less attractive
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Family grieves loss of a shrine to biker
A grieving family believe thieves are behind the disappearance of a floral tribute to a young drag racing champion. Mourners put the shrine, made up of silk flowers, on the main road alongside Wild Park at Moulsecoomb, Brighton, in memory of 22-year-old
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Cash crisis could close kids' club in three days
Youngsters with special needs could be left out in the cold because their club is facing a cash crisis. The Adur Special Needs Club helps 220 children aged between five and 18 every year. It offers special respite weekends and a summer school for youngsters
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Watchdog findings slate care of elderly
Hospital care for the elderly has been branded inadequate, overcrowded and old fashioned in a hard-hitting report by a patients' watchdog. Brighton, Hove and Lewes Community Health Council found problems on six acute wards at Brighton General Hospital
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Cash call to support families of autistic children
Cash is needed for a group which helps the families of autistic children. The Sussex Autistic Society is appealing for donations to fund its family support service office in Keymer Road, Hassocks. The society is a parent-led self-help group for families
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Log on and find support
People with mental health problems and their families are being reminded they can find information and support through a new website. The website has also been designed for GPs who see an average of one out of every three of their patients for mental
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Market muddle
As chairman of the Brighton and Hove Seafront Traders' Association, I would like to shed some light on the West Pier market traders. The seafront was last season besieged by more than 300 unlicensed traders. An emergency meeting of the BHSTA with Sussex
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Festival promoters call in liquidators
A company set up to run a star-studded music festival at Chichester has called in liquidators. It has debts of £50,000. Music 2000 was headlined by American pop legend Art Garfunkel who flew into Britain specially for the £24-a-ticket concert. He is believed
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Uncooperative
I am disappointed to read Co-op shops in Brighton and Hove are taking part in the voucher scheme for asylum seekers. The Co-operative movement has a proud history of supporting the poor and marginalised in our society. That's why many local people shop
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Time for showdown over all that rubbish
Brighton and Hove Council is having showdown talks with refuse contractors Sita as controversy over the service grows. Councillors have been inundated with complaints about the bin and rubbish collection service in the past three weeks. Politicians from
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Town's bonfire night struggles to survive
Organisers are warning a bonfire parade could fold if residents, businesses and organisations do not support the event. The Littlehampton Bonfire Night is a regular feature on the town's calendar and attracts more than 50,000 people every year. But organisers
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NHS bid to beat winter crisis
Health managers today unveiled a campaign to head off a winter crisis and avoid pressures which earlier this year saw bodies being stored in refrigerated lorries. Giving more flu vaccinations, extending the working week for some NHS staff across seven
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Voice of the Argus - Learn the lessons
As the new century started, the winter's flu epidemic was a reminder of times we all thought had ended in the Victorian era. A struggling NHS was forced to use refrigerated lorries to cart bodies to the morgue from some of Sussex's hospitals. This year
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Night worker sacking was shabby treatment
I have followed with interest the case of the two night workers sacked by West Sussex County Council for allegedly sleeping on duty, and the subsequent letters in the Argus relating to this matter. I don't know the working hours or conditions in West
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Review: No seeds of doubt about plant care
With detailed information on more than 220 houseplants, the Multimedia Guide to House Plants is an ideal encyclopedia for the indoor gardener. The easy-to-load and access software contains photographs, videos and diagrams with more than 100 pages of detailed
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Hardware: Design for life on the move
What is really happening with laptop design? Are colour and design changes really necessary and will Joe Punter really shell out for a new multicoloured designer notebook when he still cannot buy a functional mobile printer which fits into a computer
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Beautiful game wants the name
An Eastbourne hospice has denied it made £5,000 from an internet deal involving the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Press reports said the SFA donated £5,000 to St Wilfred's hospice to secure the internet domain name www.hampdenpark.co.uk Hampden
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Firms go in to bat for smoking giant
Two Brighton new media companies have teamed up to help protect the public face of one of the world's most controversial firms in a deal worth £70,000. HYPA Solutions and the Electric Pencil Company have put cigarette giant British American Tobacco's
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Webcam
The uncovering of Rome's imperial forums is one of the most important archaelogical events taking place in Europe. These webcams let you keep an eye on the excavations. You can also spot the dome of St Peter's Basilica and the Colosseum (above). The cameras
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Life risk warning to divers
Lifeguards have issued a warning to teenagers who are risking injury by using a harbour's navigation beacon as a makeshift diving board. Over the past few weeks youngsters have been jumping from the harbour arm on Hastings Old Town seafront. The teenagers
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Locals not amused by Stade growth bid
A controversial scheme to extend a major seaside attraction has been put on hold. The plan to extend the amusements at The Stade in Hastings, on the site east of the Boating Lake, had been recommended for approval by Hastings Borough Council. But planners
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French fight web racism
A Paris court has ordered a team of experts be appointed to examine ways of blocking French internet users from the auction site of U.S. giant Yahoo! The move arises as a result of a legal battle over who should be held responsible for online racism.
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Review: Wonders of the web
Have you ever wanted a web page but never had the first clue how to start? This handy software from Sierra, Web Artist 2, allows you to create basic but fully functional web pages using templates, graphics, animations and sounds. The user interface is
