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Tax trap may catch unwary
New rules to close a tax and National Insurance loophole could catch out contractors, small businesses and self-employed people. The warning by business adviser BDO Stoy Hayward has led one of its Sussex spokesmen to urge vulnerable small enterprises
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The thoughts of chairman Mike
Michael Evans, managing director of top public relations consultancy the Priory Partnership, has been elected chairman of the 1,600-strong Sussex branch of the Institute of Directors. Mr Evans, a member of the IoD for 13 years, takes over from Stephanie
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We're in Business Awards : Shop in a rut no more
Martin and Margaret Rutt took on the job of running South Chailey's ailing shop after Martin took early retirement from his job as a Seeboard manager. Now, two years later, the couple have transformed the South Chailey Post Office and Stores into a thriving
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We're in Business Awards: 'Customers are our friends'
Mark and Jenny Coleby have been winning compliments from their customers since they took over the post office at Saltdean in 1982. With the help of three part-time assistants they run the store in Longridge Avenue with care and consideration. Mark said
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We're in Business Awards: Smaller is beautiful
It is the smaller businesses in Sussex which have attracted most nominations for the We're in Business awards. The competition, backed by the City of London and the Millennium Experience, is now ready for round two. There is a prize of an eight-day winter
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Brush up on your community help
Staff from Sussex companies will be deserting their desks to help communities in a unique campaign happening throughout October. Charitable organisation One Brighton & Hove is looking for firms to join it in a series of short, one-off volunteering
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Don't close paddling pool
Brighton and Hove Council must not close the Brighton seafront paddling pool. I visited it with my sister recently and we recalled many happy times spent there as children. It still is one of the best paddling pools in the country. -Valerie Hansford,
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How much traffic money?
Under the arrogantly-assumed title of assistant director of city services, Gary Thurston lectures us on wasting of council taxpayers' money (Opinion, September 14). But surely the waste of money is the continuous stream of schemes to impede road traffic
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Chancellor's economic games?
Has Gordon Brown been playing the long game? Has he put up fuel tax, introduced various stealth taxes and made a derisory increase in retirement pensions to reflect Tony Blair in a bad light and himself in a good one? -Alan M. Gordon, Hawkins Crescent
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Firms bid for London rail link
The first round of bids to run the Thameslink service from Sussex to London has been received by the rail industry regulator. Govia, which has run the franchise since 1997, is competing with eight other firms to operate the Brighton-to-Bedford line. Other
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Children's fake cigarettes uproar
Head teachers have backed a campaign against joke cigarettes by two mothers who were horrified to discover their children could buy packets of fakes in the shops. Michelle Coles, 30, of Flint Close, Portslade, could not believe her ears when her cheeky
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Abseil to go ahead in face of opposition
The British Red Cross is going ahead with a sponsored abseil challenge down the cliffs at Peacehaven on Sunday, despite concerns such events may damage the chalk face. More than 100 people will abseil down the 100ft cliffs under the watchful eyes of experts
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Radio memories
How lovely to read the article about John Henty (Weekend, September 9). It brought back so many memories of Radio Brighton and the Early Birds programme. We even had our own song! I came across a large photo of John among my belongings the other day and
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Just a handful
There seems to be some confusion about how many residents living near the Brighton Centre will need a security pass to get into their own homes during the Labour Party Conference. I'm pleased to say it's nothing like the 3,000 reported in The Argus and
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Hitchhiker sparks 999 drama
A prankster who tried to hitch a lift home on the back plate of a Securicor van sparked a police chase. The man clung to the back of the van as it sped along a busy road at 50mph followed by a police car. The Securicor vehicle stopped and police questioned
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Give us a brake
Adam Trimingham's recent claim that bicycles "hardly" hurt anyone and subsequent description of the ecstasy of hurtling down hills at 30 to 40 miles an hour doesn't ring true. Has he worked out the stopping distance of a bicycle ridden at that speed?
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Differences
A recent Argus article highlighting the traveller problem in East Sussex was much better than the usual publicity travellers receive because it took a closer look at travellers, distinguishing between different types. Different groups have different cultures
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Actor's home in £795,000 sale
The former seafront home of Lord Olivier has been sold for £795,000. The name of the purchaser is currently being kept secret by estate agents Fox and Sons but it is thought to have been bought by a high-profile couple with links with showbusiness. Computer
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Sacked for fighting on the floor
Two men sacked for fighting at work in a row over coffee have launched a claim for unfair dismissal. Tim Weedon and Steve Harris were wrestling on the factory floor at the Parker Pen Company, in Newhaven, during the fight last October. Both men were sacked
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Police fail in extradition bid
Sussex Police have failed in their bid to extradite a father and son wanted in connection with the killing of a man from Sussex. But a senior Sussex detective said the force had not given up and "all legal avenues" would be explored to bring the pair
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New panic at the pumps
Petrol stations across Sussex were starting to run out of fuel today after rumours of fresh blockades sparked a new round of panic buying. Police said "unfounded rumours" of a tanker-drivers' strike caused the panic and they urged drivers to stay calm
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Voice of the Argus - Give us park status now
When the Government announced a year ago that the South Downs were to become a national park, it was the best news to reach these beautiful hills for half a century. Now it seems the Downs will have to wait another four years before the designation is
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Rugby: Heath storm to first league win
Haywards Heath stormed to a 57-23 division two win against Tonbridge Juddians, their first of the season. Tonbridge were due to visit Whitemans Green, but opted not to travel because of the fuel crisis. However Heath agreed to make the trip to Kent and
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Small price to pay to escape United Europe
The story on parishes lumbered with the Euro vote bill (Argus, September 5) conveyed the impression those involved in the nationwide Campaign Alliance for Referendums in Parishes - supported by patriots of all political parties and many other groups -
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Wickers' anger at Vase expulsion
Southwick managing director Barry Noonan has vented his anger at Crowborough Athletic following his club's expulsion from the FA Vase for playing ineligible players. Crowborough, who lost 3-2 at Old Barn Way in the preliminary round, have been reinstated
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Sussex chairman promises action
Sussex chairman Don Trangmar has promised action after angry members swamped Hove with complaints about the team's dismal performances. The county finished bottom of the Championship's second division and were relegated to Division Two of the National
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Net Solutions - Andrew Hardy
Q - My wife and I use Microsoft Outlook software and share an e-mail address but e-mails sent from our home computer always carry my name. Can we change the name depending on who is sending them but keep a single e-mail account? A What I think is happening
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A woman of the new media world
Advertisers have long been desperate to woo women on the net with online magazines such as CharlotteStreet and Beme. But while these websites have had mixed fortunes, the web has proved irresistible to female entrepreneurs. Now a Horsham woman has launched
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Sussex technology is out of this world
One of the most powerful telescopes the world has seen has been used for the first time from its Hawaiian base, controlled by Sussex technology. The Gemini North telescope, which is ten times more powerful than anything currently in use, is operated with
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U-turn on bus route cuts
Cuts made to some of the busiest bus routes in Sussex will be reversed next month. Brighton and Hove Buses reduced services on Metro Line 7 in the summer because of a shortage of drivers. Metro Line 25 was also cut back because of the long university
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Cadbury gets fizz from US market
Drinks and confectionary giant Cadbury Schweppes is to splash out £1.03 billion buying soft drinks company Snapple Beverage Group. The buy, from US food and drinks giant Triarc Companies, will see Cadbury take control of the Snapple tea, fruit drink and
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Room with a view to helping
Residents at a centre in Lindfield for autistic adults are reaping the benefits of an innovative sensory room, thanks to American Express. The financial and travel services provider, which employs more than 4,000 people in Sussex, donated £2,000 towards
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The thoughts of chairman Mike
Michael Evans, managing director of top public relations consultancy the Priory Partnership, has been elected chairman of the 1,600-strong Sussex branch of the Institute of Directors. Mr Evans, a member of the IoD for 13 years, takes over from Stephanie
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Gary Spencers - Continental drift in workers' rights
Although we in the UK are part of the European economy, it appears many of our working practices are shifting more to a U.S. system. In France, for example, workers appear to have all of the rights of the State on their side. We only have to look back
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We're in Business Awards : Shop in a rut no more
Martin and Margaret Rutt took on the job of running South Chailey's ailing shop after Martin took early retirement from his job as a Seeboard manager. Now, two years later, the couple have transformed the South Chailey Post Office and Stores into a thriving
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We're in Business Awards : Brand name for quality
Caring for the elderly is a £200 million industry in Sussex according to one of the country's leading experts on the subject, Sue Brand, a director of the Hove-based Pembroke Group. It runs three hotels in Hove specialising in caring for the retired.
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We're in Business Awards : Just what the doctor ordered
Mohammed Haque has run Nunns Newsagents in Hove for the past nine years. Before buying the business, he was a waiter in a restaurant on the opposite side of Blatchington Road to where his business is now. Although his last move was not very far, he has
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We're in Business Awards: 'Customers are our friends'
Mark and Jenny Coleby have been winning compliments from their customers since they took over the post office at Saltdean in 1982. With the help of three part-time assistants they run the store in Longridge Avenue with care and consideration. Mark said
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We're in Business Awards: Smaller is beautiful
It is the smaller businesses in Sussex which have attracted most nominations for the We're in Business awards. The competition, backed by the City of London and the Millennium Experience, is now ready for round two. There is a prize of an eight-day winter
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Brush up on your community help
Staff from Sussex companies will be deserting their desks to help communities in a unique campaign happening throughout October. Charitable organisation One Brighton & Hove is looking for firms to join it in a series of short, one-off volunteering
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Martin Manuzi - A patently clear way
A common criticism in Brussels is that the present Commission is short of ambition and vision. The lack of a grand design is often lamented. Certainly the Commission has been consumed over the last 12 months or so with its internal affairs. However, the
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Tomboy - Bus Thief
A man tried to catch a ride home on the back of a Securicor van. The occupants thought the man was trying to break in and called the police. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk
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Chancellor's economic games?
Has Gordon Brown been playing the long game? Has he put up fuel tax, introduced various stealth taxes and made a derisory increase in retirement pensions to reflect Tony Blair in a bad light and himself in a good one? -Alan M. Gordon, Hawkins Crescent
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Stretching hospital's limit
As a Haywards Heath resident, I am well aware the Princess Royal hospital is already overstretched. My family and I regularly use it. It is virtually impossible to park there and staff are hard pushed to deal with the huge demand for its services. How
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Derek Jameson - Be true to yourself
After a lifetime of service in the frontline, I can state with complete confidence that the class war is fought largely in the mind. We are what we think we are. True, we live in the most class-ridden society on earth, but it doesn't really matter a damn
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Lizzie Enfield - Signal Failure
Spent much of past week queuing in local garages in order to stock up on supplies. As I don't have a car, I didn't actually need any petrol but didn't want to miss out on the general mood of crisis or the chance to indulge in great British pastime - queuing
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Town to be capital of magic
Almost 1,500 magicians are expected to arrive in Eastbourne next week for the start of a week-long conference. Illusionists, high-speed card tricksters and mind readers will mingle to discuss the future of their trades. The performers have organised 13
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Advice centres closure threat
Residents are fuming after hearing two Citizens' Advice Bureaux could face closure because they are not being used enough. Lewes Council pays the rent and provides an annual grant of £31,000 towards the running of the Seaford CAB. It has also been paying
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Road shut for works
The A24 Ashington bypass will be closed overnight on Saturday for maintenance work. A footbridge over the road is being dismantled so it can be taken away for repainting. The road will be closed to traffic between the B2133 junction at the north end of
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Buses back on the road
A bus firm's services have today returned to normal after the fuel crisis. Worthing-based Compass Travel had to cancel some routes last week because buses had run out of petrol. Now they are all back in service. A company spokesman said: "We would like
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New library, fewer visits
A library may be built in Worthing despite a continuing drop in the number of people using the service in West Sussex. A new library for West Durrington, where thousands of new homes are planned, has been given a high priority rating in a new libraries
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Researchers misled residents
A company has apologised after its researchers contacted people in Horsham claiming they worked for the council. Research and Marketing of Cardiff carried out telephone surveys for a client about residents' attitudes to new housing. Residents were also
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Radio memories
How lovely to read the article about John Henty (Weekend, September 9). It brought back so many memories of Radio Brighton and the Early Birds programme. We even had our own song! I came across a large photo of John among my belongings the other day and
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Lottery boost for out-of-school learning
Thousands of pupils will benefit from an out-of-hours 'Children's University' thanks to a £650,000 lottery grant. The cash for East Sussex was announced today as part of a £1.8 million handout from the New Opportunities Fund, which distributes National
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Just a handful
There seems to be some confusion about how many residents living near the Brighton Centre will need a security pass to get into their own homes during the Labour Party Conference. I'm pleased to say it's nothing like the 3,000 reported in The Argus and
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Hitchhiker sparks 999 drama
A prankster who tried to hitch a lift home on the back plate of a Securicor van sparked a police chase. The man clung to the back of the van as it sped along a busy road at 50mph followed by a police car. The Securicor vehicle stopped and police questioned
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Police raise their public profile
A high profile police team set up to reassure the community has been hailed a success. The Sector Tasking Team was created at the beginning of the year to provide a high visibility uniformed presence in Worthing, Littlehampton, Arundel and Lancing. The
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Murder charge man remanded
A man accused of murdering Crawley resident Andrew Boyd, 39, has been remanded in custody until September 27 by Peterborough magistrates. Peter Bartholomew, of Bretton, Peterborough, was charged after the body of Mr Boyd, from Tuscany Gardens, Northgate
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Crash cuts off power to homes
Homes were left without electricity this morning after a van crashed into a pole carrying power lines. Supplies to 18 homes were lost for more than three hours in the accident at Pellings Bridge, on the A272 between Scaynes Hill and Chailey, just before
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Health chiefs to face the people
A strict crowd limit will be in place when NHS bosses face the people in Burgess Hill tonight. The meeting over proposed changes to accident and emergency services at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath is expected to attract hundreds of residents
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Police fail in extradition bid
Sussex Police have failed in their bid to extradite a father and son wanted in connection with the killing of a man from Sussex. But a senior Sussex detective said the force had not given up and "all legal avenues" would be explored to bring the pair
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Knife threat robber is jailed
A man who stole cash at knifepoint from two teenage German students has been sent to prison. Clive Wilkinson, 32, of Shanklin Close, Eastbourne, admitted two charges of theft from the students, who were 15 and 16. Judge Guy Anthony jailed him for three-and-a-half
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Voice of the Argus - Give us park status now
When the Government announced a year ago that the South Downs were to become a national park, it was the best news to reach these beautiful hills for half a century. Now it seems the Downs will have to wait another four years before the designation is
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Rugby: Heath storm to first league win
Haywards Heath stormed to a 57-23 division two win against Tonbridge Juddians, their first of the season. Tonbridge were due to visit Whitemans Green, but opted not to travel because of the fuel crisis. However Heath agreed to make the trip to Kent and
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Wickers' anger at Vase expulsion
Southwick managing director Barry Noonan has vented his anger at Crowborough Athletic following his club's expulsion from the FA Vase for playing ineligible players. Crowborough, who lost 3-2 at Old Barn Way in the preliminary round, have been reinstated
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Greg Hadfield - One stop for education
The internet generation is already in Britain's classrooms. This term, two in three pupils will use computers to surf the web. But to many adults - including most teachers and parents - the internet remains, at best, an intriguing novelty or, at worst
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Streetwise website
The essential internet guide to Brighton and Hove has hit the streets on the side of the town's buses. Banner advertisements for thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk have been pasted on 65 vehicles. They will be seen on bus routes between Shoreham and Newhaven
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Sussex technology is out of this world
One of the most powerful telescopes the world has seen has been used for the first time from its Hawaiian base, controlled by Sussex technology. The Gemini North telescope, which is ten times more powerful than anything currently in use, is operated with
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Cadbury gets fizz from US market
Drinks and confectionary giant Cadbury Schweppes is to splash out £1.03 billion buying soft drinks company Snapple Beverage Group. The buy, from US food and drinks giant Triarc Companies, will see Cadbury take control of the Snapple tea, fruit drink and
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Room with a view to helping
Residents at a centre in Lindfield for autistic adults are reaping the benefits of an innovative sensory room, thanks to American Express. The financial and travel services provider, which employs more than 4,000 people in Sussex, donated £2,000 towards
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Gary Spencers - Continental drift in workers' rights
Although we in the UK are part of the European economy, it appears many of our working practices are shifting more to a U.S. system. In France, for example, workers appear to have all of the rights of the State on their side. We only have to look back
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We're in Business Awards : Brand name for quality
Caring for the elderly is a £200 million industry in Sussex according to one of the country's leading experts on the subject, Sue Brand, a director of the Hove-based Pembroke Group. It runs three hotels in Hove specialising in caring for the retired.
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We're in Business Awards - Their success on a plate
Keeping the menu simple and giving the customers good service and good value is the Guildbourne Grill's recipe for success. The cheerful cafe has been serving good food to the people of Worthing for 11 years with very few changes in staff during that
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We're in Business Awards : Just what the doctor ordered
Mohammed Haque has run Nunns Newsagents in Hove for the past nine years. Before buying the business, he was a waiter in a restaurant on the opposite side of Blatchington Road to where his business is now. Although his last move was not very far, he has
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Martin Manuzi - A patently clear way
A common criticism in Brussels is that the present Commission is short of ambition and vision. The lack of a grand design is often lamented. Certainly the Commission has been consumed over the last 12 months or so with its internal affairs. However, the
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Tomboy - Bus Thief
A man tried to catch a ride home on the back of a Securicor van. The occupants thought the man was trying to break in and called the police. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk
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Stewart Dalby - Sussex in the City
Spirent, the Crawley-based electrical and electronic components manufacturer which used to be called Bowthorpe, has come a long way. Things have improved a lot in the three years and a bit since Nicholas Brookes took over as chief executive. Then it was
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Inspector was wrong
I live opposite the Telescombe Tye and was staggered at the inaccuracies of chief inspector O'Rourke's recent comments. How does he qualify his statement that there was only one complaint and is this any indication as to how much we should believe other
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Henry is Sussex skills supremo
Henry Ball, principal of Lewes Tertiary College, has been appointed as the first chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council for Sussex. From next April, the Government-funded council will play a key role in shaping skills supply in Sussex. Sussex
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From calculators to colanders: Hotel project is chef's special
Accountant Colin Milne has swapped his calculator for a colander and his pin-stripes for kitchen whites. With four friends he has taken over a country hotel in the heart of the Sussex countryside and is now working as a professional chef. Just six months
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Stretching hospital's limit
As a Haywards Heath resident, I am well aware the Princess Royal hospital is already overstretched. My family and I regularly use it. It is virtually impossible to park there and staff are hard pushed to deal with the huge demand for its services. How
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Derek Jameson - Be true to yourself
After a lifetime of service in the frontline, I can state with complete confidence that the class war is fought largely in the mind. We are what we think we are. True, we live in the most class-ridden society on earth, but it doesn't really matter a damn
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Lizzie Enfield - Signal Failure
Spent much of past week queuing in local garages in order to stock up on supplies. As I don't have a car, I didn't actually need any petrol but didn't want to miss out on the general mood of crisis or the chance to indulge in great British pastime - queuing
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Man claims knife gang robbed and raped him
Police are investigating an allegation of male rape. The victim, in his forties, was said to have been attacked on Brighton beach near the West Pier after he had been out celebrating a birthday party. He was approached by three men, robbed at knifepoint
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Heartstrings
Those visiting the West Sussex County Youth Orchestra concert in Arundel Cathedral recently must have been warmed and delighted by the performance by our young musicians. This particular concert offered something quite memorable. Were the members of the
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There's no link
An unnamed correspondent suggests one way to deter violence towards gay people is to repeal Section 28 of the Local Government Act (Opinion, September 14). There is no proven link between violent attacks and Section 28 and opinion polls show a large majority
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Big time misuse
The Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Crawley, Henry Smith, accuses Labour-run Crawley Council of a gross misuse of public money (Argus, September 5). He hasn't seen anything yet! Perhaps Mr Smith would care to tot up the soaring legal
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Ill-informed
correction. I fully support William Hague's stance on Europe. It would be madness to go into the single currency in the lifetime of the next Parliament. In any event, serious questions over our sovereignty and the economic sense of a single currency remain
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Wicks: I want to stay
Matthew Wicks has issued a sign me plea to Albion manager Micky Adams. Wicks wants a permanent move to play a part in what he believes will be automatic promotion for the Seagulls. The young central defender has been a revelation since joining Albion
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Gaming spotlight : Have fun wrecking a Beamer
Toca World Touring Cars has improved on the original and its sequel no end. New tracks, dozens of cars and the same attention to detail all add up to the best racing game since Grand Turismo. Players can adjust the suspension, tyres, gear ratios and downforce
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Greg Hadfield - One stop for education
The internet generation is already in Britain's classrooms. This term, two in three pupils will use computers to surf the web. But to many adults - including most teachers and parents - the internet remains, at best, an intriguing novelty or, at worst
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The university web challenge
It is that time of year again when thousands of eager young things fly the parental nest and take their first steps into the world of university. Traditionally, this has been an anxious time for many, unsure how to find their feet in strange towns or
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Epic growth in new jobs
Brighton new media firm Epic Group is to create 120 new jobs in the next nine months as it doubles its workforce. Staff numbers have risen from 81 to 116 since April and the firm is now aiming to employ 240 permanent staff by April 2001. The company is
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Streetwise website
The essential internet guide to Brighton and Hove has hit the streets on the side of the town's buses. Banner advertisements for thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk have been pasted on 65 vehicles. They will be seen on bus routes between Shoreham and Newhaven
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Security stepped up for Labour conference
Anti-terrorist road checks are being carried out in Sussex in the run-up to next week's Labour Party conference in Brighton. Officers involved in the high-profile security operation have appealed to the public to remain vigilant. Posters are being put
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Tax trap may catch unwary
New rules to close a tax and National Insurance loophole could catch out contractors, small businesses and self-employed people. The warning by business adviser BDO Stoy Hayward has led one of its Sussex spokesmen to urge vulnerable small enterprises
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We're in Business Awards - Their success on a plate
Keeping the menu simple and giving the customers good service and good value is the Guildbourne Grill's recipe for success. The cheerful cafe has been serving good food to the people of Worthing for 11 years with very few changes in staff during that
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Don't close paddling pool
Brighton and Hove Council must not close the Brighton seafront paddling pool. I visited it with my sister recently and we recalled many happy times spent there as children. It still is one of the best paddling pools in the country. -Valerie Hansford,
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Stewart Dalby - Sussex in the City
Spirent, the Crawley-based electrical and electronic components manufacturer which used to be called Bowthorpe, has come a long way. Things have improved a lot in the three years and a bit since Nicholas Brookes took over as chief executive. Then it was
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Inspector was wrong
I live opposite the Telescombe Tye and was staggered at the inaccuracies of chief inspector O'Rourke's recent comments. How does he qualify his statement that there was only one complaint and is this any indication as to how much we should believe other
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Henry is Sussex skills supremo
Henry Ball, principal of Lewes Tertiary College, has been appointed as the first chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council for Sussex. From next April, the Government-funded council will play a key role in shaping skills supply in Sussex. Sussex
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How much traffic money?
Under the arrogantly-assumed title of assistant director of city services, Gary Thurston lectures us on wasting of council taxpayers' money (Opinion, September 14). But surely the waste of money is the continuous stream of schemes to impede road traffic
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From calculators to colanders: Hotel project is chef's special
Accountant Colin Milne has swapped his calculator for a colander and his pin-stripes for kitchen whites. With four friends he has taken over a country hotel in the heart of the Sussex countryside and is now working as a professional chef. Just six months
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Firms bid for London rail link
The first round of bids to run the Thameslink service from Sussex to London has been received by the rail industry regulator. Govia, which has run the franchise since 1997, is competing with eight other firms to operate the Brighton-to-Bedford line. Other
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Hotel to be demolished
A hotel is to be demolished to make way for a block of flats, despite protests from neighbours. The Queens Cliff Hotel in Carew Road, Eastbourne, is to be replaced by a four-storey block of flats and penthouses. Eastbourne councillors gave the proposal
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Plea for law to stop travellers' return
A civic leader is demanding a crackdown on travellers who have been accused of breaking into cordoned-off sites this summer. Graham Forshaw, leader of West Sussex County Council, wants to make it a criminal offence for travellers to return to the same
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Africans sign up to save rare plants
African countries have pledged to help fill the Millennium Seed Bank. Government ministers from Burkino Faso, Kenya and Madagascar have signed agreements to save some of the world's endangered plant species. The seed bank project at Wakehurst Place, Ardingly
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Parents win bus battle
School bosses and parents have won their battle for buses to get children home. Pupils at Downlands School in Hassocks had to be ferried home on the school's own minibus because transport bosses got their sums wrong. Angry school bosses last week demanded
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Children's fake cigarettes uproar
Head teachers have backed a campaign against joke cigarettes by two mothers who were horrified to discover their children could buy packets of fakes in the shops. Michelle Coles, 30, of Flint Close, Portslade, could not believe her ears when her cheeky
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Abseil to go ahead in face of opposition
The British Red Cross is going ahead with a sponsored abseil challenge down the cliffs at Peacehaven on Sunday, despite concerns such events may damage the chalk face. More than 100 people will abseil down the 100ft cliffs under the watchful eyes of experts
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Man claims knife gang robbed and raped him
Police are investigating an allegation of male rape. The victim, in his forties, was said to have been attacked on Brighton beach near the West Pier after he had been out celebrating a birthday party. He was approached by three men, robbed at knifepoint
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Give us a brake
Adam Trimingham's recent claim that bicycles "hardly" hurt anyone and subsequent description of the ecstasy of hurtling down hills at 30 to 40 miles an hour doesn't ring true. Has he worked out the stopping distance of a bicycle ridden at that speed?
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Differences
A recent Argus article highlighting the traveller problem in East Sussex was much better than the usual publicity travellers receive because it took a closer look at travellers, distinguishing between different types. Different groups have different cultures
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Actor's home in £795,000 sale
The former seafront home of Lord Olivier has been sold for £795,000. The name of the purchaser is currently being kept secret by estate agents Fox and Sons but it is thought to have been bought by a high-profile couple with links with showbusiness. Computer
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Date
Heartstrings
Those visiting the West Sussex County Youth Orchestra concert in Arundel Cathedral recently must have been warmed and delighted by the performance by our young musicians. This particular concert offered something quite memorable. Were the members of the
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US visitor named as road death victim
A woman killed in a road accident on Friday has been named by police. Joanne Walkovic of Pennsylvania, USA, died from multiple injuries after the accident on the B2210 Handcross Road at Plummers Plain. Mrs Walkovic, 62, had been on a visit to the UK.
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Sacked for fighting on the floor
Two men sacked for fighting at work in a row over coffee have launched a claim for unfair dismissal. Tim Weedon and Steve Harris were wrestling on the factory floor at the Parker Pen Company, in Newhaven, during the fight last October. Both men were sacked
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There's no link
An unnamed correspondent suggests one way to deter violence towards gay people is to repeal Section 28 of the Local Government Act (Opinion, September 14). There is no proven link between violent attacks and Section 28 and opinion polls show a large majority
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New panic at the pumps
Petrol stations across Sussex were starting to run out of fuel today after rumours of fresh blockades sparked a new round of panic buying. Police said "unfounded rumours" of a tanker-drivers' strike caused the panic and they urged drivers to stay calm
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Big time misuse
The Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Crawley, Henry Smith, accuses Labour-run Crawley Council of a gross misuse of public money (Argus, September 5). He hasn't seen anything yet! Perhaps Mr Smith would care to tot up the soaring legal
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Ill-informed
correction. I fully support William Hague's stance on Europe. It would be madness to go into the single currency in the lifetime of the next Parliament. In any event, serious questions over our sovereignty and the economic sense of a single currency remain
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Small price to pay to escape United Europe
The story on parishes lumbered with the Euro vote bill (Argus, September 5) conveyed the impression those involved in the nationwide Campaign Alliance for Referendums in Parishes - supported by patriots of all political parties and many other groups -
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Sussex chairman promises action
Sussex chairman Don Trangmar has promised action after angry members swamped Hove with complaints about the team's dismal performances. The county finished bottom of the Championship's second division and were relegated to Division Two of the National
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Wicks: I want to stay
Matthew Wicks has issued a sign me plea to Albion manager Micky Adams. Wicks wants a permanent move to play a part in what he believes will be automatic promotion for the Seagulls. The young central defender has been a revelation since joining Albion
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Gaming spotlight : Have fun wrecking a Beamer
Toca World Touring Cars has improved on the original and its sequel no end. New tracks, dozens of cars and the same attention to detail all add up to the best racing game since Grand Turismo. Players can adjust the suspension, tyres, gear ratios and downforce
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Net Solutions - Andrew Hardy
Q - My wife and I use Microsoft Outlook software and share an e-mail address but e-mails sent from our home computer always carry my name. Can we change the name depending on who is sending them but keep a single e-mail account? A What I think is happening
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The university web challenge
It is that time of year again when thousands of eager young things fly the parental nest and take their first steps into the world of university. Traditionally, this has been an anxious time for many, unsure how to find their feet in strange towns or
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Epic growth in new jobs
Brighton new media firm Epic Group is to create 120 new jobs in the next nine months as it doubles its workforce. Staff numbers have risen from 81 to 116 since April and the firm is now aiming to employ 240 permanent staff by April 2001. The company is
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A woman of the new media world
Advertisers have long been desperate to woo women on the net with online magazines such as CharlotteStreet and Beme. But while these websites have had mixed fortunes, the web has proved irresistible to female entrepreneurs. Now a Horsham woman has launched
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U-turn on bus route cuts
Cuts made to some of the busiest bus routes in Sussex will be reversed next month. Brighton and Hove Buses reduced services on Metro Line 7 in the summer because of a shortage of drivers. Metro Line 25 was also cut back because of the long university
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Security stepped up for Labour conference
Anti-terrorist road checks are being carried out in Sussex in the run-up to next week's Labour Party conference in Brighton. Officers involved in the high-profile security operation have appealed to the public to remain vigilant. Posters are being put
