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Failures on the decrease
Business failures in Britain fell by 6.4 per cent in the first nine months of this year. Figures from business information company Dun & Bradstreet show the total number of business failures was 30,925 to the end of September. This compares with 33,028
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Rates to hold at 6pc - economists
The majority of City experts believe there will be no rise in interest rates when the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meets to make its monthly decision on Thursday. But the vote is expected to be close. Last month the MPC voted by the narrowest
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Thinking big on small business
Approval of an EU Charter setting out policy priorities for enterprise could spur improvement in the regulatory environment for small businesses across Europe. While critics might ask whether a non-binding Charter littered with 'could and should' statements
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Union fights Big Brother
MSF, the union for skilled and professional people, has pressed the Government to strengthen proposals for the regulation of employer surveillance at work. The Government has published draft regulations which MSF said may not meet the obligations under
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C for classy car
The long-awaited launch of the stylish new Mercedes C-class conjured up magical scenes at Rivervale, the Brighton Mercedes dealership. More than 400 people turned out for the arrival of the next-generation model during the unveiling at the firm's showrooms
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Easier to recruit foreign legions
Changes to the work permit system to make it easier for employers to recruit skilled staff from abroad and fill vacancies have been announced by the Government. The steps were disclosed by Margaret Hodge, Minister for Employment and Equal Opportunities
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Rates to hold at six per cent say economists
The majority of City experts believe there will be no rise in interest rates when the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meets to make its monthly decision on Thursday. But the vote is expected to be close. Last month the MPC voted by the narrowest
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Recycling bid can't be wasted
Logistics firms across the UK are seizing the opportunity to join a waste management and recycling network being launched in the UK by a German company. CCR UK is looking for firms in Sussex to work with over new European environmental legislation by
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Developer with lofty ambitions
The latest style in modern living has arrived in Brighton. Former lecture rooms and workshops in Finsbury Road, once used by the University of Brighton, have been converted into highly fashionable living spaces. The Brighton Loft Company is the brainchild
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Steering the right course for firms
EDEAL, the Eastbourne-based enterprise agency, is introducing a new series of intensive courses to help firms get their marketing mix right. Sales & Marketing in the 21st Century, starting this month, is designed and organised by edeal.org.uk. This
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Survival by a fingertip
When Lorna Monaghan developed an allergy to silicon dust, it looked as if she would have to give up her nail-extension business. But thanks to the inventiveness of her husband, Sean, her new Brighton salon has a dust-free atmosphere. Lorna, who trained
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All's rosy in the garden centres
Jobs at a number of Sussex garden centres are safe despite a £111 million takeover. Wyevale Garden Centres, the UK's largest specialist garden centre group, has snapped up its biggest rival, Country Gardens. The 400p-a-share cash and share deal will see
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Clothing chain's big profits leap
QS Group, the Sussex-based clothing chain with stores across the country, has reported a leap in profits. The company, which last week added 16 stores to its portfolio with the acquisition of the leases of the Bright Essentials stores for £900,000, has
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Adam's right
Adam Trimingham's article on pensioners will have outraged many readers but, as one who has attained his three score years and ten, I agree with most of his comments. Demands for an across-the-board substantial increase in the state pension are irresponsible
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Signal failure, by Lizzie Enfield
Surprised to see Frank Dobson manning the barricades at Brighton Station. Or rather, since the barricades are automatically manned, he was standing in huddle with other previously occupied ticket inspectors passing the time of day. New barriers obviously
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Insulting
What an insulting article by the Sage of Sussex. He writes that we pensioners have relentlessly abused our bodies in the past and now it's catching up on us. He says we have smoked too much, drunk too much, eaten the wrong food, not exercised enough and
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Stuff him
Adam Trimingham immodestly refers to himself as the Sage of Sussex but just who does this non-entity who pens such voluminous diatribe think he is? He owes his very existence to those he chooses to insult. If it were not for today's forgotten heroes and
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Fireworks are off
A fireworks display at the County Cricket Ground in Hove has been called off over fears it would damage the pitch. With less than five weeks to go, Sussex County Cricket Club has pulled the plug on the event, which would have netted thousands of pounds
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Oakwood manager is thrilled with kids
Oakwood manager Andy Maddox is still surprised how well his young side are doing. A 1-1 draw at Peacehaven on Saturday leaves Oaks third in division two of the County League, having suffered only one defeat in eight league games. It is a remarkable effort
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Fall victim winched to safety
Firefighters used a rescue stretcher to help a man who fell into a basement today. The man, in his thirties, slipped as he was delivering crisps to the cellar of The Sussex pub in Kingsway, Hove. Pub staff raised the alarm and an ambulance crew was sent
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He's a buffoon
Adam Trimingham, the Sage of Sussex? The buffoon of Sussex would be more like it. He ignores the fact many of today's pensioners had to go off to fight a war and then suffered years of austerity when they returned. You couldn't save much for your old
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Two held over homophobic attack
Two 17-year-olds were arrested today over a homophobic attack which left a man unconscious in hospital. The two suspects were picked up by police at an address in Brighton and taken to the John Street police station for questioning. Clothes found in the
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Brighton beats Europe to jobs bonanza
A global company bringing 300 jobs to Brighton chose the town above key cities in ten European countries. Kimberly-Clark, the company behind such household brands as Kleenex and Andrex tissues, is now in talks with agencies to find a building big enough
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Long-winded
Worthing Council was too wordy for the Highways Agency when it designed new signs welcoming people to the town. It wanted to include a six-word slogan: Centre for Business, Shopping and Leisure. But the Agency said four words was the maximum allowed on
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Cafe could be park users' cup of tea
A community cafe could be set up in a busy park. Brighton and Hove Council is looking at converting an old store in the north-east corner of Stoneham Park, Hove. The idea was popular when it was put forward in designs for improving the park earlier this
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Little benefit
Using a private firm to deal with council benefits and tax seemed a good idea at the time. Brighton and Hove got together with Wealden, Lewes and Tandridge councils and involved the company Capita. But we were not alone in voicing doubts at the time,
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Fireworks over threat to bonfire society base
Residents are angry at plans to demolish an historic building which has been home to a Lewes bonfire society for 150 years. The hall, next to the Elephant and Castle pub in White Hill, Lewes, has been the headquarters of Commercial Square Bonfire Society
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Jobs boost is welcome news
Although Brighton and Hove are booming, unemployment in the two towns remains stubbornly above the regional and national averages. So it is welcome news that Kimberly-Clark, the giant firm best-known for making Kleenex and Andrex tissues, is to set up
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Trimingham's OAP attack was outrageous and sick
As a pensioner, I would like to reply to the so-called Sage of Sussex, Adam Trimingham, regarding his disgraceful column on old age pensioners. The reference to fewer people working to support us was offensive. What about the contributions pensioners
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Sussex title race promises to be a thriller
The Sussex One title race is going to be an exciting affair if the first three weeks are anything to go by. Six of the ten teams are locked together on four points and only Newick have yet to get off the mark. Seaford went top on points difference, plus
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Brighton up with the pace
Brighton have joined the early pacesetters in the London Three South East title race. But skipper Gary Henderson admitted they were below par as they beat East Grinstead 16-13 at Waterhall to make it two wins out of two. Another try from Simon Peters
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Booker unveiled as Adams' No. 2
Albion manager Micky Adams has unveiled Bob Booker as his new No. 2. The former Brentford and Sheffield United player replaces Alan Cork, who left for Cardiff last month. Booker completes Adam's revamped backroom staff. The appointment of ex-Hastings
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Flotation is put on hold
Crawley internet books and music store StreetsOnline has postponed plans to float on the stock market. Managing director Steve Cole delayed the flotation despite his firm's position as the most popular e-commerce website in Britain. Mr Cole planned to
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Webcam
Ghostbusting used to involve walking round New York in odd boiler suits and ducking green slime. Sadly, the web has made remote spook-seeking possible and now web surfers can look for spectres online. This camera keeps an automated eye open in a former
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Net Solutions
With Andrew Hardy, director of Brighton based Rivendell Software Q: I have heard a lot about a programme called Napster. What is it and what does it do? A: Napster allows users to find and download their favourite MP3 music files. It works by using the
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Brickie Danny proves pea's the champion
Bricklayer Danny Teare emulated the sporting success of Britain's Olympic heroes by becoming the world champion in pea throwing. Danny, 34, wrote his name in the record books when he saw off rivals by hurling a frozen garden pea 29.10 metres. Danny won
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Gemma has big hit
A 14-year-old Sussex girl has become one of Britain's youngest web entrepreneurs. Gemma Fuller, of Worthing, set up Hitzone last year to make companies easier to find on search engines. Now she is expecting the firm to reach a £1 million turnover in three
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Website of the week
It was a bold move to put an information source worth hundreds of pounds on the net for nothing. But it has paid off and now Britannica.com has become one of the most popular sites on the net. Based on the famous encyclopaedia, it provides information
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Review: Speaking up for voice recognition
When the world's leading speech and language technology vendor buys out the opposition, the resulting products ought to be good. L&H's acquisition of Dragon Technologies earlier this year means they can now offer the most comprehensive range of voice-recognition
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Ray's Shoreham flight of fancy
A Brighton man has recreated Heathrow and Gatwick in the image of Shoreham Airport as part of a pioneering Sussex enterprise to teach students how to design aeroplanes. Ray Morris created a virtual 3D world for a flight simulator designed by a husband-and-wife
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Thinking big on small business
Approval of an EU Charter setting out policy priorities for enterprise could spur improvement in the regulatory environment for small businesses across Europe. While critics might ask whether a non-binding Charter littered with 'could and should' statements
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Recycling bid can't be wasted
Logistics firms across the UK are seizing the opportunity to join a waste management and recycling network being launched in the UK by a German company. CCR UK is looking for firms in Sussex to work with over new European environmental legislation by
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Developer with lofty ambitions
The latest style in modern living has arrived in Brighton. Former lecture rooms and workshops in Finsbury Road, once used by the University of Brighton, have been converted into highly fashionable living spaces. The Brighton Loft Company is the brainchild
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Steering the right course for firms
EDEAL, the Eastbourne-based enterprise agency, is introducing a new series of intensive courses to help firms get their marketing mix right. Sales & Marketing in the 21st Century, starting this month, is designed and organised by edeal.org.uk. This
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Tomboy - Pea Chuck
A pea-throwing competition resulted in a new world record. 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 The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine
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Happy ending of Ann's toy story
An international promotions company which has worked with some of the biggest names in film has picked Haywards Heath for its European office. Kansas City-based Discovery Concepts creates toys provided with fast-food meals. It was responsible for the
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Clothing chain's big profits leap
QS Group, the Sussex-based clothing chain with stores across the country, has reported a leap in profits. The company, which last week added 16 stores to its portfolio with the acquisition of the leases of the Bright Essentials stores for £900,000, has
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Adam's right
Adam Trimingham's article on pensioners will have outraged many readers but, as one who has attained his three score years and ten, I agree with most of his comments. Demands for an across-the-board substantial increase in the state pension are irresponsible
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Stop moaning
How I agree with Adam Trimingham. I am fed up of reading the moans of pensioners bleating about their supposedly meagre pensions. They seem to think they have a God-given right to live in luxury at the expense of everyone else. I am grateful I had a pension
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Signal failure, by Lizzie Enfield
Surprised to see Frank Dobson manning the barricades at Brighton Station. Or rather, since the barricades are automatically manned, he was standing in huddle with other previously occupied ticket inspectors passing the time of day. New barriers obviously
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£200,000 to ease pressure on hospitals
A hospitals trust has been given £200,000 to provide extra services over the winter. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust will use the money to pay for six projects. These include Sunday operating sessions, an extra doctor in the admissions ward
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Horror crash on coast road
This is the aftermath of a horrific head-on crash in Brighton last night. A Ford Granada drove up the wrong side of a dual carriageway after police tried to stop it for not having its headlights on. A patrol car followed the Granada into Marina Drive
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Agony for drivers as the tailbacks begin
Drivers faced long delays today as work began to replace a worn-out stretch of road. Thousands of motorists ground to a standstill as essential work began on the busy A27 Sompting bypass. Rush-hour drivers found themselves stuck in four-mile queues while
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Stan banks on new law to fight eviction
Defiant Stan Smith says he may use the new Human Rights Act to fight a council move to evict him from a doomed old people's home. He spoke out as Arun councillors voted not to condemn West Sussex County Council for planning legal action to move him out
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Drop A&E plan, say councillors
Town councillors have called on NHS chiefs to drop controversial changes to casualty services in Mid Sussex. Members of Burgess Hill Town Council came out against proposed changes at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath. The most controversial
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Pavilion to remain an arts venue
Campaigners have won their battle to see an East Sussex landmark continue as a centre for the arts. Last night councillors unanimously approved plans to prepare a bid for more than £4 million of National Lottery money to save Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion
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Insulting
What an insulting article by the Sage of Sussex. He writes that we pensioners have relentlessly abused our bodies in the past and now it's catching up on us. He says we have smoked too much, drunk too much, eaten the wrong food, not exercised enough and
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Protesters out to stop 3,000 homes
Furious residents will start a protest campaign tomorrow amid fears 3,000 homes will be built near where they live. The idea of the site sprang from talks between Horsham, Crawley, and Mid Sussex Councils to find ways of meeting housing demand in central
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Agony for drivers as the tailbacks begin
Drivers faced long delays today as work began to replace a worn-out stretch of road. Thousands of motorists ground to a standstill as essential work began on the busy A27 Sompting bypass. Rush-hour drivers found themselves stuck in four-mile queues while
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Oakwood manager is thrilled with kids
Oakwood manager Andy Maddox is still surprised how well his young side are doing. A 1-1 draw at Peacehaven on Saturday leaves Oaks third in division two of the County League, having suffered only one defeat in eight league games. It is a remarkable effort
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Reward for schoolboy poet Alex
Young poet Alex Barry was presented with a camera by his head teacher today after scooping £5,000 for his school. Hove Park School pupil Alex, 11, won first prize in a national contest to celebrate the Human Rights Act, which came into force yesterday
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He's a buffoon
Adam Trimingham, the Sage of Sussex? The buffoon of Sussex would be more like it. He ignores the fact many of today's pensioners had to go off to fight a war and then suffered years of austerity when they returned. You couldn't save much for your old
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Lewes determined to get it right this time
Lewes are determined to put last year's championship heartache behind them. Promotion to the premier division of the National League was denied to Lewes on the final weekend of the season. Having led for much of the second half of the season, Lewes needed
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Two held over homophobic attack
Two 17-year-olds were arrested today over a homophobic attack which left a man unconscious in hospital. The two suspects were picked up by police at an address in Brighton and taken to the John Street police station for questioning. Clothes found in the
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Brighton beats Europe to jobs bonanza
A global company bringing 300 jobs to Brighton chose the town above key cities in ten European countries. Kimberly-Clark, the company behind such household brands as Kleenex and Andrex tissues, is now in talks with agencies to find a building big enough
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Long-winded
Worthing Council was too wordy for the Highways Agency when it designed new signs welcoming people to the town. It wanted to include a six-word slogan: Centre for Business, Shopping and Leisure. But the Agency said four words was the maximum allowed on
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He's appalling
I was appalled by the vitriolic abuse of pensioners, of which I am one, by Adam Trimingham. There were no GCSEs and A levels when I was at school. I was at one of the two senior boys schools in Hove where only three boys won scholarships to the Brighton
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Little benefit
Using a private firm to deal with council benefits and tax seemed a good idea at the time. Brighton and Hove got together with Wealden, Lewes and Tandridge councils and involved the company Capita. But we were not alone in voicing doubts at the time,
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He's so smug
According to my dictionary a sage is a profoundly wise man and not a smug, self-satisfied mediocrity. So why the misnomer in Adam Trimingham's case? -Alline Numberg, Church Road, Hove
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Promoted Brighton make a flying start
Promoted Brighton got off to a winning start in the Kent and Sussex Regional League with an impressive 3-1 success at Horsham. The home side had finished second in the league last season, so Brighton were particularly pleased with the victory. Skipper
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A waste of space
I was deeply disappointed with Chris Baker's story about the Defenders of the Ouse Valley and estuary (DOVE) meeting in Seaford. The county council has just voted a 25-year, £630 million waste plan for Brighton and East Sussex based on an incinerator
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Goodwin snapped up by Sussex
Murray Goodwin is joining Sussex as their overseas player next season. The former Zimbabwean Test star has agreed a one-year contract to replace Michael Bevan who has asked to rest next summer. Goodwin opted for Sussex ahead of two other counties who
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Service is a class apart
Education website Schoolsnet has unveiled plans for an e-commerce area which will sell school supplies. The Schoolsnet shop will offer everything from pens and pencils to desks and digital cameras. Schoolsnet has teamed up with the Trowbridge-based Consortium
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Use mobile for mobility
Motorists can get up-to-the-minute traffic and travel information through their mobile phones thanks to the launch of a new service. Transport information company ITIS has joined forces with BT Internet's WAP phone service to provide the information 24
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Webcam
Ghostbusting used to involve walking round New York in odd boiler suits and ducking green slime. Sadly, the web has made remote spook-seeking possible and now web surfers can look for spectres online. This camera keeps an automated eye open in a former
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Net Solutions
With Andrew Hardy, director of Brighton based Rivendell Software Q: I have heard a lot about a programme called Napster. What is it and what does it do? A: Napster allows users to find and download their favourite MP3 music files. It works by using the
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Software: Part of ME generation
When Microsoft announced a new operating system - Windows ME (Millennium Edition) - many technologists shuddered with horror. Microsoft's track record for developing stable operating systems is not their greatest selling point. A new operating system
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Gemma has big hit
A 14-year-old Sussex girl has become one of Britain's youngest web entrepreneurs. Gemma Fuller, of Worthing, set up Hitzone last year to make companies easier to find on search engines. Now she is expecting the firm to reach a £1 million turnover in three
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Hero's welcome for Olympic star
Olympic star Miriam Batten was given a hero's welcome when she returned to Britain early today. Miriam, 36, from Ditchling, won a silver medal in the women's quadruple sculls at the games in Sydney, Australia. She was tempted out of retirement for the
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Woman quizzed after flat blaze
A woman has been arrested after fire broke out in her first-floor flat in Worthing. The 36-year-old was being questioned this morning by Worthing police after fire broke out in West Buildings, Marine Parade, at 12.30am yesterday. The woman was taken to
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Byte: Warned over 'free' access
Internet service providers have been told they should not advertise as "free" if they charge for any part of their online package. The Advertising Standards Authority took action after upholding a complaint from 167 consumers about service provider ntl's
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Byte: 'Channel 4' of the web
Culture secretary Chris Smith has announced Government plans for a culture website. He said the Government would use the internet to create 'Culture Online' - a site where people can have access to the best of British literature, pictures, museums and
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The reality of the rhetoric over IT
A sweaty Tony Blair won excited applause from the Brighton Centre conference hall last week when he restated his commitment to education, education, education. But as the Prime Minister committed £1 billion to computers in schools, 200 PCs meant for community
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Website of the week
It was a bold move to put an information source worth hundreds of pounds on the net for nothing. But it has paid off and now Britannica.com has become one of the most popular sites on the net. Based on the famous encyclopaedia, it provides information
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Review: Real Driller thriller
Although PlayStation titles are great fun, they are rarely as good as Mr Driller. This quirky, action-packed frolic tells the tale of Susumu who is trying to save the world by drilling huge tunnels. Yes, I know it all sounds a little bit Japanese. But
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Review: Cut and thrust is disappointing
Last year I bought a copy of Tenchu for the PlayStation on the off-chance and discovered one of the most underrated games of 1999. It had everything - a reasonably coherent plot, slick graphics and gameplay which kept you coming back for more. Activision
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Ray's Shoreham flight of fancy
A Brighton man has recreated Heathrow and Gatwick in the image of Shoreham Airport as part of a pioneering Sussex enterprise to teach students how to design aeroplanes. Ray Morris created a virtual 3D world for a flight simulator designed by a husband-and-wife
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John's barking up the right tree
A Sussex firm has gone to the dogs with the creation of a promotional CD-Rom for an international greyhound racing site. But the web venture might never have existed had not Key MS marketing manager John Wood helped its founder and funder get together
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Tomboy - Pea Chuck
A pea-throwing competition resulted in a new world record. 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 The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine
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Happy ending of Ann's toy story
An international promotions company which has worked with some of the biggest names in film has picked Haywards Heath for its European office. Kansas City-based Discovery Concepts creates toys provided with fast-food meals. It was responsible for the
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Stop moaning
How I agree with Adam Trimingham. I am fed up of reading the moans of pensioners bleating about their supposedly meagre pensions. They seem to think they have a God-given right to live in luxury at the expense of everyone else. I am grateful I had a pension
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Police reveal cost of fuel crisis
The fuel crisis cost Sussex Police more than £74,000, according to Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse. Most of the money went on overtime as extra officers were called in to deal with the Shoreham fuel depot blockade and traffic congestion caused by petrol
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Horror crash on coast road
This is the aftermath of a horrific head-on crash in Brighton last night. A Ford Granada drove up the wrong side of a dual carriageway after police tried to stop it for not having its headlights on. A patrol car followed the Granada into Marina Drive
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Anita offered chance to be an MP
Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has turned down an invitation to stand as an Independent MP in the former seat of disgraced Tory Neil Hamilton. Political activists in Tatton, Cheshire, wrote to Ms Roddick to ask whether she would stand for election to
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Agony for drivers as the tailbacks begin
Drivers faced long delays today as work began to replace a worn-out stretch of road. Thousands of motorists ground to a standstill as essential work began on the busy A27 Sompting bypass. Rush-hour drivers found themselves stuck in four-mile queues while
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Arrogant
What an arrogant man Adam Trimingham is. His comments about pensioners were outrageous. We indeed are the pensioners of the war years and myself, my mother and grandmother were all widows. Women in those days weren't supposed to work and if one had children
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Crisis for Poppy appeal
Poppy appeal organisers face a major crisis just weeks before Remembrance Sunday. Brighton Royal British Legion says it has been unable to find a shop in the town to use as its storage depot. Each year, the Legion opens a distribution centre, where tens
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Sussex Whinge
Adam Trimingham's column should be renamed the Whinge of Sussex, for that is all he seems to do. I disagree with most of what he said about pensioners but he is entitled to his opinion. What really prompted me to write was the fact he seemed pleased that
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Reward for schoolboy poet Alex
Young poet Alex Barry was presented with a camera by his head teacher today after scooping £5,000 for his school. Hove Park School pupil Alex, 11, won first prize in a national contest to celebrate the Human Rights Act, which came into force yesterday
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Lewes determined to get it right this time
Lewes are determined to put last year's championship heartache behind them. Promotion to the premier division of the National League was denied to Lewes on the final weekend of the season. Having led for much of the second half of the season, Lewes needed
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He's appalling
I was appalled by the vitriolic abuse of pensioners, of which I am one, by Adam Trimingham. There were no GCSEs and A levels when I was at school. I was at one of the two senior boys schools in Hove where only three boys won scholarships to the Brighton
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Keeper doubt for Hull match
Albion goalkeeper Mark Cartwright is a big doubt for Friday night's trip to Hull. He faces a scan today on an upper thigh injury which prevented him kicking towards the end of Saturday's 2-0 home win against Leyton Orient. Manager Micky Adams revealed
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He's so smug
According to my dictionary a sage is a profoundly wise man and not a smug, self-satisfied mediocrity. So why the misnomer in Adam Trimingham's case? -Alline Numberg, Church Road, Hove
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Promoted Brighton make a flying start
Promoted Brighton got off to a winning start in the Kent and Sussex Regional League with an impressive 3-1 success at Horsham. The home side had finished second in the league last season, so Brighton were particularly pleased with the victory. Skipper
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A waste of space
I was deeply disappointed with Chris Baker's story about the Defenders of the Ouse Valley and estuary (DOVE) meeting in Seaford. The county council has just voted a 25-year, £630 million waste plan for Brighton and East Sussex based on an incinerator
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Goodwin snapped up by Sussex
Murray Goodwin is joining Sussex as their overseas player next season. The former Zimbabwean Test star has agreed a one-year contract to replace Michael Bevan who has asked to rest next summer. Goodwin opted for Sussex ahead of two other counties who
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Service is a class apart
Education website Schoolsnet has unveiled plans for an e-commerce area which will sell school supplies. The Schoolsnet shop will offer everything from pens and pencils to desks and digital cameras. Schoolsnet has teamed up with the Trowbridge-based Consortium
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Man who stabbed retriever is jailed
A man who stabbed a golden retriever with a knife has been jailed for six months. Ronald Crossweller, 35, attacked the dog called Monti in a drunken rage at the home he shared with his partner in Portslade. During the row with his partner, Sandra Lucas
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Use mobile for mobility
Motorists can get up-to-the-minute traffic and travel information through their mobile phones thanks to the launch of a new service. Transport information company ITIS has joined forces with BT Internet's WAP phone service to provide the information 24
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Software: Part of ME generation
When Microsoft announced a new operating system - Windows ME (Millennium Edition) - many technologists shuddered with horror. Microsoft's track record for developing stable operating systems is not their greatest selling point. A new operating system
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Police turn to the net to catch crime
Sussex Police has unveiled internet booths which can be used to report crimes. A facility to register lost property was added to the kiosks at Brighton Police Station and Billingshurst Parish Hall last week. They will soon be used to let the police know
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Big giveaway for e-trading
A Hovesoftware firm is staging a £50 million giveaway in a bid to boost its e-commerce product. Dreamteam Products is to put its EROL Small Store edition package on the front of half-a-million internet magazines over the next four months. The company
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Hero's welcome for Olympic star
Olympic star Miriam Batten was given a hero's welcome when she returned to Britain early today. Miriam, 36, from Ditchling, won a silver medal in the women's quadruple sculls at the games in Sydney, Australia. She was tempted out of retirement for the
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How you are paying the drug dealers
People who hand over cash to beggars on the streets of Brighton and Hove are unwittingly funding the drugs trade. A survey has revealed many spend the handouts on heroin. Some beggars collect more than £200 a week. Police have warned those who give cash
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Byte: Warned over 'free' access
Internet service providers have been told they should not advertise as "free" if they charge for any part of their online package. The Advertising Standards Authority took action after upholding a complaint from 167 consumers about service provider ntl's
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Byte: 'Channel 4' of the web
Culture secretary Chris Smith has announced Government plans for a culture website. He said the Government would use the internet to create 'Culture Online' - a site where people can have access to the best of British literature, pictures, museums and
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The reality of the rhetoric over IT
A sweaty Tony Blair won excited applause from the Brighton Centre conference hall last week when he restated his commitment to education, education, education. But as the Prime Minister committed £1 billion to computers in schools, 200 PCs meant for community
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Review: Real Driller thriller
Although PlayStation titles are great fun, they are rarely as good as Mr Driller. This quirky, action-packed frolic tells the tale of Susumu who is trying to save the world by drilling huge tunnels. Yes, I know it all sounds a little bit Japanese. But
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Review: Graphic qualities
When you need to optimise graphics to give a really short internet download time, then Hemera NetGraphics Studio 2 is a cost-effective solution. This piece of software has most of the functionality associated with far more expensive products. For starters
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Review: Cut and thrust is disappointing
Last year I bought a copy of Tenchu for the PlayStation on the off-chance and discovered one of the most underrated games of 1999. It had everything - a reasonably coherent plot, slick graphics and gameplay which kept you coming back for more. Activision
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Gareth enjoys plain sailing
A Sussex man has united 30 of the world's most prestigious companies to create the definitive guide to luxury on the ocean waves. Uckfield-based Gareth Gammon, business development director of Denton Design, built the Cruise Information Service, a travel
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Annie get your webcast
Radio One DJ Annie Nightingale is to make her internet TV debut. The presenter, who for many years made her home in Brighton, will front a chat and music TV web show on music website Netbeat from next month. It will be webcast on Monday and Friday from
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John's barking up the right tree
A Sussex firm has gone to the dogs with the creation of a promotional CD-Rom for an international greyhound racing site. But the web venture might never have existed had not Key MS marketing manager John Wood helped its founder and funder get together
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Prescribing the future
Doctors will soon be able to e-mail prescriptions to pharmacists under radical Government plans. The days of the illegibly written prescription will be consigned to history as part of the new National Pharmacy Strategy. Eventually, chemists may be able
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Failures on the decrease
Business failures in Britain fell by 6.4 per cent in the first nine months of this year. Figures from business information company Dun & Bradstreet show the total number of business failures was 30,925 to the end of September. This compares with 33,028
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Rates to hold at 6pc - economists
The majority of City experts believe there will be no rise in interest rates when the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meets to make its monthly decision on Thursday. But the vote is expected to be close. Last month the MPC voted by the narrowest
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Union fights Big Brother
MSF, the union for skilled and professional people, has pressed the Government to strengthen proposals for the regulation of employer surveillance at work. The Government has published draft regulations which MSF said may not meet the obligations under
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C for classy car
The long-awaited launch of the stylish new Mercedes C-class conjured up magical scenes at Rivervale, the Brighton Mercedes dealership. More than 400 people turned out for the arrival of the next-generation model during the unveiling at the firm's showrooms
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Easier to recruit foreign legions
Changes to the work permit system to make it easier for employers to recruit skilled staff from abroad and fill vacancies have been announced by the Government. The steps were disclosed by Margaret Hodge, Minister for Employment and Equal Opportunities
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Rates to hold at six per cent say economists
The majority of City experts believe there will be no rise in interest rates when the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meets to make its monthly decision on Thursday. But the vote is expected to be close. Last month the MPC voted by the narrowest
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Survival by a fingertip
When Lorna Monaghan developed an allergy to silicon dust, it looked as if she would have to give up her nail-extension business. But thanks to the inventiveness of her husband, Sean, her new Brighton salon has a dust-free atmosphere. Lorna, who trained
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All's rosy in the garden centres
Jobs at a number of Sussex garden centres are safe despite a £111 million takeover. Wyevale Garden Centres, the UK's largest specialist garden centre group, has snapped up its biggest rival, Country Gardens. The 400p-a-share cash and share deal will see
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Royal visit for autism centre
A centre for autistic people will have a royal visitor next week. The Hollyrood House staff will welcome the Duke of Gloucester on October 11 to the centre just outside Lindfield. The centre is the first of its kind in West Sussex for autistic adults.
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Police reveal cost of fuel crisis
The fuel crisis cost Sussex Police more than £74,000, according to Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse. Most of the money went on overtime as extra officers were called in to deal with the Shoreham fuel depot blockade and traffic congestion caused by petrol
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Anita offered chance to be an MP
Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has turned down an invitation to stand as an Independent MP in the former seat of disgraced Tory Neil Hamilton. Political activists in Tatton, Cheshire, wrote to Ms Roddick to ask whether she would stand for election to
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Inquest told of church death crash
Two elderly women were killed when their friend drove into the wall of a church they had just attended, an inquest heard. Jane Hogan, 92, and Johanna Street, 82, both died from multiple injuries after 72-year-old Joyce Cunningham rammed her Ford Focus
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Village workers win long-term parking
A village centre parking scheme has been altered after complaints from residents and traders. Horsham Council is this month expected to agree to turn part of a short-stay car park in Steyning into long-term parking for people working in the village. The
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Bravery award for PC who saved baby
A policeman who rescued a ten-month-old baby from a burning house is to receive the Queen's Commendation for Bravery. Eastbourne officer Bob Greenall will accept his award from the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex at police headquarters in Lewes on Friday
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Anita offered chance to be an MP
Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has turned down an invitation to stand as an Independent MP in the former seat of disgraced Tory Neil Hamilton. Political activists in Tatton, Cheshire, wrote to Ms Roddick to ask whether she would stand for election to
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Playing it safe for children's welfare
Children's playgrounds across Arun could prove hazardous places for youngsters, a report says. Arun Council says vandalism is increasing at play areas in Littlehampton and Bognor. A risk assessment team from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
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Arrogant
What an arrogant man Adam Trimingham is. His comments about pensioners were outrageous. We indeed are the pensioners of the war years and myself, my mother and grandmother were all widows. Women in those days weren't supposed to work and if one had children
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Stuff him
Adam Trimingham immodestly refers to himself as the Sage of Sussex but just who does this non-entity who pens such voluminous diatribe think he is? He owes his very existence to those he chooses to insult. If it were not for today's forgotten heroes and
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Crisis for Poppy appeal
Poppy appeal organisers face a major crisis just weeks before Remembrance Sunday. Brighton Royal British Legion says it has been unable to find a shop in the town to use as its storage depot. Each year, the Legion opens a distribution centre, where tens
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Fireworks are off
A fireworks display at the County Cricket Ground in Hove has been called off over fears it would damage the pitch. With less than five weeks to go, Sussex County Cricket Club has pulled the plug on the event, which would have netted thousands of pounds
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Sussex Whinge
Adam Trimingham's column should be renamed the Whinge of Sussex, for that is all he seems to do. I disagree with most of what he said about pensioners but he is entitled to his opinion. What really prompted me to write was the fact he seemed pleased that
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Fall victim winched to safety
Firefighters used a rescue stretcher to help a man who fell into a basement today. The man, in his thirties, slipped as he was delivering crisps to the cellar of The Sussex pub in Kingsway, Hove. Pub staff raised the alarm and an ambulance crew was sent
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Cafe could be park users' cup of tea
A community cafe could be set up in a busy park. Brighton and Hove Council is looking at converting an old store in the north-east corner of Stoneham Park, Hove. The idea was popular when it was put forward in designs for improving the park earlier this
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Keeper doubt for Hull match
Albion goalkeeper Mark Cartwright is a big doubt for Friday night's trip to Hull. He faces a scan today on an upper thigh injury which prevented him kicking towards the end of Saturday's 2-0 home win against Leyton Orient. Manager Micky Adams revealed
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Fireworks over threat to bonfire society base
Residents are angry at plans to demolish an historic building which has been home to a Lewes bonfire society for 150 years. The hall, next to the Elephant and Castle pub in White Hill, Lewes, has been the headquarters of Commercial Square Bonfire Society
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Jobs boost is welcome news
Although Brighton and Hove are booming, unemployment in the two towns remains stubbornly above the regional and national averages. So it is welcome news that Kimberly-Clark, the giant firm best-known for making Kleenex and Andrex tissues, is to set up
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Trimingham's OAP attack was outrageous and sick
As a pensioner, I would like to reply to the so-called Sage of Sussex, Adam Trimingham, regarding his disgraceful column on old age pensioners. The reference to fewer people working to support us was offensive. What about the contributions pensioners
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Sussex title race promises to be a thriller
The Sussex One title race is going to be an exciting affair if the first three weeks are anything to go by. Six of the ten teams are locked together on four points and only Newick have yet to get off the mark. Seaford went top on points difference, plus
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Brighton up with the pace
Brighton have joined the early pacesetters in the London Three South East title race. But skipper Gary Henderson admitted they were below par as they beat East Grinstead 16-13 at Waterhall to make it two wins out of two. Another try from Simon Peters
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Booker unveiled as Adams' No. 2
Albion manager Micky Adams has unveiled Bob Booker as his new No. 2. The former Brentford and Sheffield United player replaces Alan Cork, who left for Cardiff last month. Booker completes Adam's revamped backroom staff. The appointment of ex-Hastings
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Man who stabbed retriever is jailed
A man who stabbed a golden retriever with a knife has been jailed for six months. Ronald Crossweller, 35, attacked the dog called Monti in a drunken rage at the home he shared with his partner in Portslade. During the row with his partner, Sandra Lucas
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Flotation is put on hold
Crawley internet books and music store StreetsOnline has postponed plans to float on the stock market. Managing director Steve Cole delayed the flotation despite his firm's position as the most popular e-commerce website in Britain. Mr Cole planned to
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Police turn to the net to catch crime
Sussex Police has unveiled internet booths which can be used to report crimes. A facility to register lost property was added to the kiosks at Brighton Police Station and Billingshurst Parish Hall last week. They will soon be used to let the police know
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Big giveaway for e-trading
A Hovesoftware firm is staging a £50 million giveaway in a bid to boost its e-commerce product. Dreamteam Products is to put its EROL Small Store edition package on the front of half-a-million internet magazines over the next four months. The company
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Brickie Danny proves pea's the champion
Bricklayer Danny Teare emulated the sporting success of Britain's Olympic heroes by becoming the world champion in pea throwing. Danny, 34, wrote his name in the record books when he saw off rivals by hurling a frozen garden pea 29.10 metres. Danny won
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How you are paying the drug dealers
People who hand over cash to beggars on the streets of Brighton and Hove are unwittingly funding the drugs trade. A survey has revealed many spend the handouts on heroin. Some beggars collect more than £200 a week. Police have warned those who give cash
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Review: Graphic qualities
When you need to optimise graphics to give a really short internet download time, then Hemera NetGraphics Studio 2 is a cost-effective solution. This piece of software has most of the functionality associated with far more expensive products. For starters
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Review: Speaking up for voice recognition
When the world's leading speech and language technology vendor buys out the opposition, the resulting products ought to be good. L&H's acquisition of Dragon Technologies earlier this year means they can now offer the most comprehensive range of voice-recognition
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Gareth enjoys plain sailing
A Sussex man has united 30 of the world's most prestigious companies to create the definitive guide to luxury on the ocean waves. Uckfield-based Gareth Gammon, business development director of Denton Design, built the Cruise Information Service, a travel
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Annie get your webcast
Radio One DJ Annie Nightingale is to make her internet TV debut. The presenter, who for many years made her home in Brighton, will front a chat and music TV web show on music website Netbeat from next month. It will be webcast on Monday and Friday from
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Prescribing the future
Doctors will soon be able to e-mail prescriptions to pharmacists under radical Government plans. The days of the illegibly written prescription will be consigned to history as part of the new National Pharmacy Strategy. Eventually, chemists may be able
