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Seagull Scene: Hart has to deal with rejection
Gary Hart is having to deal with the unfamiliar feeling of rejection. It ended a remarkable run for the former Stansted high-flier when Micky Adams dropped him to the bench at Torquay last Saturday. You have to go back to August 1998, right at the start
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Cabbie wins £200,000 on bingo
It was eyes down for a full house when a taxi driver won more than £200,000 playing bingo. Mervyn Oakley, 56, of Wick Street, Wick, won £206,524 on the national bingo game at the Gala Club in Worthing on Sunday night. Mervyn and his wife, Joan, 54, joined
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Seagull Scene: Melton loses Mr Blobby tag
Steve Melton is no longer Albion's Mister Blobby. It has nothing to do with his size. In fact, the midfielder weighs in at only just over 12 stones. It's just that Melton had become accustomed to seeing a black blob by his name in the matchday programme
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Welders aim at fast future
A Sussex welding firm has played a major role in the development of an important new product destined to revolutionise the trade. Arun Welding Supplies, of Ford, near Arundel, took part in three years of research into the development of Mirec 7, a spray
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Brownfield deal poses broker's biggest risk
Argyll Insurance Services, the Worthing-based insurance brokers, has struck a major deal with Coventry City Council. The council is trans-ferring its entire housing stock to a newly-formed private housing association and Argyll played an important role
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Luxury is a stroll in the 106-seat jet
The world's biggest executive jet has been launched by a Sussex charter airline. Air Partner has turned a Boeing 747, which usually carries more than 400 people, into a 106-seater luxury aircraft. In view of recent reports that inactivity on long-haul
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Pupils expelled over drugs
A head teacher and governors have expelled five pupils after they were caught with drugs at school. The youngsters, students at Warden Park School in Cuckfield, near Haywards Heath, have not been named but head teacher Brian Webb has written to all parents
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A good laugh is a top seller
A Sussex comedian has been proving there can be a funny side to corporate life. Gerry Thompson has been writing humorous books and strutting comedy stages in Brigh-ton for more than 20 years. Now he has set up training sessions on how the secrets of a
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Lastminute loss keeps growing
Online bucket shop lastminute.com said it was making progress despite showing only a marginal increase in subscriber numbers and widening losses for the last three months. The company, which offers customers last minute deals on flights, holiday packages
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Hopes melt for ice cream men
For generations of children, the merry jingle of the ice cream van has been a sure sign summer has arrived. But yesterday salesmen warned a High Court ruling could freeze them out. Vendors said they could be forced off the streets after Portslade businessman
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PC tells of stone-throwing mob
A police dog handler today told a jury how a group of youths threw stones at full force towards her during a disturbance. PC Michelle Innes, who was giving evidence at a trial at Hove Crown Court yesterday, told how she pointed out to colleagues two teenagers
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Signal failure, by Lizzie Enfield
Keep thinking people are talking about things you insert into computers to watch films on, when they refer to DVT. Finally realised they actually mean Deep Vein Thrombosis, the thing that kills you after sitting for too long in a squashed-up aeroplane
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Jail for dealer in death
A drug dealer has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for peddling death in Brighton and Hove. The sentence follows the news that a record number of people were killed by heroin in the city last month. Seven people died directly from heroin-related overdoses
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Child porn peddlers jailed
Two Sussex men have been jailed for two-and-a-half years for their part in the world's largest internet paedophile ring. David Hines, 30, of Chichester Road, Bognor, and Ian Baldock, 31, of Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards, were among seven men sentenced
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Suffer little children
I don't often read John Parry's column but found his article (Argus, February 9) on attacks on minorities excellent. He quoted the famous phrase by the heroic Pastor Martin Niemoller, "First they came for the communists and I did not speak up. Next they
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A lovely prize
What a lovely surprise to receive Tony Wales' book A Treasury Of Sussex Folklore (Weekend, February 3). I know I'm going to enjoy it. Some friends and myself were saying the other day we never hear those old "Sussex sayings" of long ago. It's good to
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Businesslike
Although not a "business person", I look forward to your Tuesday edition simply in order to read the business section. It acts as a welcome fillip to my flagging spirits during this dismal winter with its frequent bouts of wind and rain. Last week's edition
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Hockey: Lewes are happy to be home
Lewes had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Chelmsford on Saturday in their first league game at the Southdown Club since October. The pitch was heavily damaged by flooding four months ago and this was the first time Lewes had used it in competitive action
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Fare winner
Cabbie Mervyn Oakley's number was up when he went to Gala Bingo in Worthing for his regular flutter. Instead of ending the evening up or down a few pounds, he emerged more than £206,000 richer having won the national bingo game. As a taxi driver he has
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It's an ill wind
There's more grim news from the South Korean car giant Daewoo, which has issued redundancy notices to another 187 employees. Not long ago this firm was one of the largest in Worthing and seemed to have a sparkling future. Following financial problems
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Rugby: Sussex League - Battle at Hastings
Hastings stretched their lead at the top of Sussex One to four points after coming from behind to beat third-placed Horsham 17-6. The visitors led 6-0 after two early penalties from Jon Macfarlane, but Paul Sandeman converted his own try in reply. Further
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Football: Rich City League - Hailsham go top with a last-minute winner
Substitute Stuart Skan scored a last minute winner to send Hailsham Town to the top of Rich City County League division two. Skan was on hand to side-foot home a cross from Sam Taylor to earn Hailsham a 2-1 victory away to Crowborough. The hosts had led
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Cartwright's clean sweep
Albion goalkeeper Mark Cartwright has re-written the record books, by staying clean for five months. He has become the first No.1 in the Seagulls' history to chalk up six clean sheets in a row in the League. Cartwright's feat has been confirmed to the
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Tests on patient in fatal op blunder
A post-mortem examination was today being performed on a hospital patient who was wrongly injected with a pain relief drug into a vein instead of the spine. The fatal blunder happened during routine surgery at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton
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Pile-up blocks bypass
Four cars were involved in a crash on the A27 Brighton bypass during this morning's rush hour. Police said there were no reports of serious injury but one person suffered a minor head injury. Traffic backed up several miles while emergency services dealt
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Manor thieves take £10,000 clock
Thieves have stolen a valuable exhibit from one of Brighton's historic buildings. The walk-in thieves unscrewed an 18th Century musical bracket clock from a mantlepiece at Preston Manor in Preston Drove. David Beevers, keeper of the manor, said he suspected
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How a school avoided a flood of phone calls
Tony Borty, partner at Hove-based Netpoint, has a vision of helping Sussex schools make their mark on the internet "Creating a public profile and awareness of the work being done are two good reasons for schools to make their presence felt on the world
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Net gives firms a new flexibity
More Sussex businesses than ever are using the internet as a business tool but there is still plenty of work to be done, according to Peter Jenkins, development director of Southwick-based E-Advantage Solutions. "The majority of small and medium-sized
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Bytes: Sites for kids' eyes
Brighton-based Kabel New Media has designed two major new web sites. The company has built the official Roald Dahl web site in conjunction with The Roald Dahl Literary Estate. The expansive site places some of the world's most recognisable children's
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Chips with everything
Brighton has long been recognised as a centre for new media excellence. A recent Financial Times report stated new businesses are most likely to succeed in the city, encouraging further investment from up-and-coming technology companies. Last week a billboard
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Grounding for grey power
The older generation has not grown up with computers at work or technology in the supermarket. For many of them, the new fangled box in the corner was the television. Now David Reynolds, 63, from Seaford, has been teaching the basics of computing to the
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Digital child's play is on the move
The next generation of children's toys is being pioneered in Sussex. A team of scientists at Sussex University's Interact Lab has been awarded a grant of about £1million to develop interactive toys embedded with digital technology. Computer design engineer
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Net Solutions with Andrew Hardy
Q: I have heard it is possible to run my computer faster by changing the settings on the motherboard. Is this safe? A: This is a process called overclocking. The mother-board is set to run at a faster speed than the rating on the processor (the bit that
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Community radio nets an audience
A community radio station has been increasing its audience by broadcasting on the internet. Cable Radio provides a service to Worthing from digital studios at Portslade on the analog NTL cable television network. The station's founder, Rashid Mustapha
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Tiny chip that might change the world
It may only be the size of a five pence piece, but a computer part being developed in Sussex could lead to the most important discovery since the microchip. The Squid (super quantum interference device) is being developed by Professor Terry Clark and
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Size-up your market base
A Sussex research team has been using the internet as a tool to produce research analysis for businesses breaking into new markets. Potential investors want evidence a product or service is worth funding but delivering effective market research for new
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Non-League Football: Previous clubs? I've had a few says Ropke
Tony Ropke does not agree with this new-fangled idea of squad rotation. So he has come up with a rotation policy of his own by doing the rounds of the Sussex clubs. Ropke's recent switch from Redhill to Crowborough takes his tally of clubs to at least
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Non-League Football: Winner Wakeling targets promotion
Hastings boss George Wakeling hopes his manager of the month award helps inspire his team to promotion. Wakeling won the eastern division manager's prize after guiding his team to four consecutive victories in January and that run has put Hastings right
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Non-League Football: Board hand out the fines says angry Donnelly
Worting boss Sammy Donnelly is angry after press reports this week said he had come down hard on player Danny Smith after he was sent off during a game against Bromley on January 27. A newspaper reported Donnelly had fined Smith for his dismissal for
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Seagull Scene: Hart has to deal with rejection
Gary Hart is having to deal with the unfamiliar feeling of rejection. It ended a remarkable run for the former Stansted high-flier when Micky Adams dropped him to the bench at Torquay last Saturday. You have to go back to August 1998, right at the start
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Cabbie wins £200,000 on bingo
It was eyes down for a full house when a taxi driver won more than £200,000 playing bingo. Mervyn Oakley, 56, of Wick Street, Wick, won £206,524 on the national bingo game at the Gala Club in Worthing on Sunday night. Mervyn and his wife, Joan, 54, joined
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Historical link-up
Two Brighton businesses have joined forces to work on an important environmental and architectural project. Lime Marketing and new media company Alma Internet have been commissioned to raise awareness of developments in historic environments. The project
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Match-makers on the march
Brighton is the hub of a national business acquisition broking service just launched by chartered accountants Mazars Neville Russell. The service is the brainchild of Adrian Alexander, head of corporate finance. Its national launch comes after two years
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Luxury is a stroll in the 106-seat jet
The world's biggest executive jet has been launched by a Sussex charter airline. Air Partner has turned a Boeing 747, which usually carries more than 400 people, into a 106-seater luxury aircraft. In view of recent reports that inactivity on long-haul
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Pupils expelled over drugs
A head teacher and governors have expelled five pupils after they were caught with drugs at school. The youngsters, students at Warden Park School in Cuckfield, near Haywards Heath, have not been named but head teacher Brian Webb has written to all parents
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Business in Brief
STUDY PLEA: Biopharmaceutical group KS Biomedix is seeking approval to move its anti-inflammatory drug KSB301 into the next phase of clinical development. TAKING OVER: Entertainment and events services group Wembley, based in Wembley, London, said chief
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Little growth for the home alone
The number of people rejecting office life and setting up at home is set to double within ten years. A study by pollster Mori for Alodis, the UK's first independent service for self-employed professionals, found more and more skilled workers were giving
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Lastminute loss keeps growing
Online bucket shop lastminute.com said it was making progress despite showing only a marginal increase in subscriber numbers and widening losses for the last three months. The company, which offers customers last minute deals on flights, holiday packages
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Bypasses 'will ruin beauty spot'
Two planned major bypasses will wreck a specially protected beauty spot, destroy wildlife and lead to more traffic congestion, Friends of the Earth said today. The warning comes ahead of the South East England Regional Assembly meeting tomorrow in Aylesbury
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Tomboy - Icecream Roundsman
Icecream van men are afraid of the impact of street trading fees on their business, after losing their case to be classed as roundsmen, like milkmen. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy
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Park Life: Leanne lands prize for her hot goalscoring form
Arundel Devils U-13s prolific goalscorer Leanne Page has been finding the net regularly this season. She has been in a Sussex Girls League side that have scored 57 goals this season and only conceded three. That is all in a run of five wins out of five
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Smother case girl's sentence cut
A care home assistant who used a cushion to try to smother a seriously ill resident as she lay on her deathbed has had her punishment cut short. The 17-year-old was sentenced to 12 months' probation last April after she admitted the assault on her 79-
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Bus operator to pull out
Crawley could be left virtually without buses following the shock announcement the town's major operator is pulling out from April 1. Arriva Southern Counties, which operates nearly 85 per cent of local buses, says it is no longer viable for the company
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Child porn peddlers jailed
Two Sussex men have been jailed for two-and-a-half years for their part in the world's largest internet paedophile ring. David Hines, 30, of Chichester Road, Bognor, and Ian Baldock, 31, of Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards, were among seven men sentenced
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Suffer little children
I don't often read John Parry's column but found his article (Argus, February 9) on attacks on minorities excellent. He quoted the famous phrase by the heroic Pastor Martin Niemoller, "First they came for the communists and I did not speak up. Next they
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Businesslike
Although not a "business person", I look forward to your Tuesday edition simply in order to read the business section. It acts as a welcome fillip to my flagging spirits during this dismal winter with its frequent bouts of wind and rain. Last week's edition
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Hockey: Lewes are happy to be home
Lewes had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Chelmsford on Saturday in their first league game at the Southdown Club since October. The pitch was heavily damaged by flooding four months ago and this was the first time Lewes had used it in competitive action
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Preston memory
I also have memories of Preston Barracks. I and my twin brother used to visit once a week to watch the horses being groomed and shod. I had an elder brother, Ronald (Dusty) Crossfield, who was stationed there. We were invited to look around; the horses
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Hockey: Worthing Vase win sets up a double
Worthing are on course to claim a league and cup double. A 4-1 win against Eastbourne on Saturday kept Worthing three points clear at the top of Kent and Sussex division one, then on Sunday they produced a tremendous performance to reach the quarter finals
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It's an ill wind
There's more grim news from the South Korean car giant Daewoo, which has issued redundancy notices to another 187 employees. Not long ago this firm was one of the largest in Worthing and seemed to have a sparkling future. Following financial problems
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Hague pounds the streets in Sussex
Conservative leader William Hague's Keep the Pound roadshow rolled into Lewes last night. Mr Hague, who made a whistle stop visit to Brighton as well, believes the euro will be a main theme of the General Election. The Conservative leader said Tony Blair
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Rugby: Sussex League - Battle at Hastings
Hastings stretched their lead at the top of Sussex One to four points after coming from behind to beat third-placed Horsham 17-6. The visitors led 6-0 after two early penalties from Jon Macfarlane, but Paul Sandeman converted his own try in reply. Further
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Bus drivers do a fine job
I have had enough of reading letters of complaint in the Argus about Brighton and Hove Bus and Company to last me a lifetime. I would like to let you know about the other side of the coin, just for a pleasant change of perspective. I travel a good deal
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Tests on patient in fatal op blunder
A post-mortem examination was today being performed on a hospital patient who was wrongly injected with a pain relief drug into a vein instead of the spine. The fatal blunder happened during routine surgery at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton
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Pile-up blocks bypass
Four cars were involved in a crash on the A27 Brighton bypass during this morning's rush hour. Police said there were no reports of serious injury but one person suffered a minor head injury. Traffic backed up several miles while emergency services dealt
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Hi-fi rage burglar is jailed
A hi-fi buff who burgled a man's home at gunpoint and threatened to chop off his fingers in a row over a stereo has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Paul Turner, 36, and three other men raided the victim's Hove flat one night following a spat over
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Manor thieves take £10,000 clock
Thieves have stolen a valuable exhibit from one of Brighton's historic buildings. The walk-in thieves unscrewed an 18th Century musical bracket clock from a mantlepiece at Preston Manor in Preston Drove. David Beevers, keeper of the manor, said he suspected
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Bytes: Sites for kids' eyes
Brighton-based Kabel New Media has designed two major new web sites. The company has built the official Roald Dahl web site in conjunction with The Roald Dahl Literary Estate. The expansive site places some of the world's most recognisable children's
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Quiz show man's drive ban
Disgraced quiz show champ Trevor Montague got his numbers wrong when he was caught speeding three times by the same traffic camera in less than a week. Montague, 46, of Berstead Walk, Bewbush, pleaded not guilty at Crawley Court to three counts of speeding
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A chance for some chase-and-kill guerilla warfare
This first person shoot-'em-up from EA Games has a 15-plus age certificate and lives up to the implied promise of war gore. You play a hero of the French Resistance determined to rid your country of the hated invaders. The German troops kill your brother
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Anger at burglary 'adverts'
Estate agents fear a police scheme to "advertise" burglaries on Mid Sussex street corners will scare off potential buyers. There are fears burglary boards could damage property prices, particularly in those streets at the higher end of the property market
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Net Solutions with Andrew Hardy
Q: I have heard it is possible to run my computer faster by changing the settings on the motherboard. Is this safe? A: This is a process called overclocking. The mother-board is set to run at a faster speed than the rating on the processor (the bit that
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Community radio nets an audience
A community radio station has been increasing its audience by broadcasting on the internet. Cable Radio provides a service to Worthing from digital studios at Portslade on the analog NTL cable television network. The station's founder, Rashid Mustapha
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Dark days return for Daewoo
They were promised the "dark days" were over - but workers at Daewoo's Worthing plant are seething at yesterday's axing of 187 jobs. Tearful workers were told not to bother turning up for work at the car research and design centre today. But yesterday
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Tiny chip that might change the world
It may only be the size of a five pence piece, but a computer part being developed in Sussex could lead to the most important discovery since the microchip. The Squid (super quantum interference device) is being developed by Professor Terry Clark and
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Park Life: Barthez style might just suit Stefan
Stefan Harakis dodged getting his head shaved by winning his bet with Brighton Electricity team-mates. The out-of-sorts striker, who had failed to score all season, promised chums he would shave off all his 1970s Afro if he had not scored by the end of
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Seeking out fans
The PC Fanstation range of CD-ROMs offers avid sports followers a wealth of information about their favourite teams. Hove-based Where and When Sports (WAWSports) has created technology-driven fanzines for top football teams, including Liverpool, Aston
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Size-up your market base
A Sussex research team has been using the internet as a tool to produce research analysis for businesses breaking into new markets. Potential investors want evidence a product or service is worth funding but delivering effective market research for new
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Non-League Football: Previous clubs? I've had a few says Ropke
Tony Ropke does not agree with this new-fangled idea of squad rotation. So he has come up with a rotation policy of his own by doing the rounds of the Sussex clubs. Ropke's recent switch from Redhill to Crowborough takes his tally of clubs to at least
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Passenger's claim over shunt shock
A commuter who claims he broke his collarbone when a train shunted a broken-down engine is taking legal action. Father-of-one John Lawrence, 40, was travelling on the 14.37 from London's Victoria to Brighton when he says an announcement was made to passengers
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Non-League Football: Winner Wakeling targets promotion
Hastings boss George Wakeling hopes his manager of the month award helps inspire his team to promotion. Wakeling won the eastern division manager's prize after guiding his team to four consecutive victories in January and that run has put Hastings right
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Non-League Football: Board hand out the fines says angry Donnelly
Worting boss Sammy Donnelly is angry after press reports this week said he had come down hard on player Danny Smith after he was sent off during a game against Bromley on January 27. A newspaper reported Donnelly had fined Smith for his dismissal for
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The Albion Week that Was: Zamora's the hero but weather halts Albion again
MONDAY: Micky Adams salutes Bobby Zamora for putting Albion's promotion bid back on track with his 19th goal of the season at Torquay. "Bobby has done what he does best," says Adams. "He was terrific in his general play and got on the end of a great cross
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Porridge on a plate for shoppers
There is no need to go down to the woods if you want a big surprise. Brighton's Churchill Square shopping centre has all the ingredients for a Teddy Bears' picnic. Free honey-flavoured porridge is being served by Sheila McDonald and her business partner
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Historical link-up
Two Brighton businesses have joined forces to work on an important environmental and architectural project. Lime Marketing and new media company Alma Internet have been commissioned to raise awareness of developments in historic environments. The project
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Match-makers on the march
Brighton is the hub of a national business acquisition broking service just launched by chartered accountants Mazars Neville Russell. The service is the brainchild of Adrian Alexander, head of corporate finance. Its national launch comes after two years
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Business in Brief
STUDY PLEA: Biopharmaceutical group KS Biomedix is seeking approval to move its anti-inflammatory drug KSB301 into the next phase of clinical development. TAKING OVER: Entertainment and events services group Wembley, based in Wembley, London, said chief
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Play times to beat stress
Companies have been urged to introduce "stress down days" in a bid to boost productivity and reduce staff sickness. Social activities should also be organised by employers to help people recover from the stresses of working. Recruitment consultancy Media
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Little growth for the home alone
The number of people rejecting office life and setting up at home is set to double within ten years. A study by pollster Mori for Alodis, the UK's first independent service for self-employed professionals, found more and more skilled workers were giving
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Bypasses 'will ruin beauty spot'
Two planned major bypasses will wreck a specially protected beauty spot, destroy wildlife and lead to more traffic congestion, Friends of the Earth said today. The warning comes ahead of the South East England Regional Assembly meeting tomorrow in Aylesbury
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Tomboy - Icecream Roundsman
Icecream van men are afraid of the impact of street trading fees on their business, after losing their case to be classed as roundsmen, like milkmen. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy
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Park Life: Leanne lands prize for her hot goalscoring form
Arundel Devils U-13s prolific goalscorer Leanne Page has been finding the net regularly this season. She has been in a Sussex Girls League side that have scored 57 goals this season and only conceded three. That is all in a run of five wins out of five
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Park Life: Arthur is on even terms
Arthur Gray is proof that referees can have years of fun. The 58-year-old has recently won a 25-year service award from the Sussex Referees Association and he believes once a rookie ref gets past the first two years the job is a piece of cake. He said
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A real eyesore
Bird campaigner Richard Vahrman fears the extinction of starlings on Brighton's derelict West Pier if it is restored (Argus, February 3). Surely he must realise it will happen anyway due to eventual collapse if it is not. Maintaining this eyesore to save
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Missirian leads the way with hat-trick for Brighton
Skipper Carlo Missirian led the way with a hat-trick as Brighton crushed Crawley 7-1 in the Kent and Sussex Regional League. Missirian scored his side's first three goals and further efforts followed from Steve Edmunds (two), Richard Love and Richard
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Lost opportunity
Lesley Hixon (Argus, February 2) could have taken the fate of North Street to depict a better-known place: St Peter's Gate. One can imagine the scene as St Peter asks, "And what did you do?" The answer "I shopped" indeed sounds a feeble way of spending
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Preston memory
I also have memories of Preston Barracks. I and my twin brother used to visit once a week to watch the horses being groomed and shod. I had an elder brother, Ronald (Dusty) Crossfield, who was stationed there. We were invited to look around; the horses
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Hockey: Worthing Vase win sets up a double
Worthing are on course to claim a league and cup double. A 4-1 win against Eastbourne on Saturday kept Worthing three points clear at the top of Kent and Sussex division one, then on Sunday they produced a tremendous performance to reach the quarter finals
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Hague pounds the streets in Sussex
Conservative leader William Hague's Keep the Pound roadshow rolled into Lewes last night. Mr Hague, who made a whistle stop visit to Brighton as well, believes the euro will be a main theme of the General Election. The Conservative leader said Tony Blair
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No comparison
Frank Prince-Iles (Opinion, February 6) compares homophobic prejudice to "speciesism". I quote his words: "Same prejudice, different target". Homophobia is bigotry towards gay people. I presume by "speciesism" Mr Prince-Iles refers to ill-treatment or
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Bulldog spirit is muzzled
The cheerful sound of ice cream vans may be a thing of the past after Sean Kempin of British Bulldog lost a test case in the High Court yesterday. Mr Kempin, of Gardner Road in Portslade, disputed a decision made by Brighton and Hove Council to impose
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Quiet, please
While recently taking a stroll with a friend on the Palace Pier in the hope of a peaceful, leisurely hour, we were relentlessly bombarded by the relayed England- Wales rugby match. There was no escape - loudspeakers at regular intervals. Surely those
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Bus drivers do a fine job
I have had enough of reading letters of complaint in the Argus about Brighton and Hove Bus and Company to last me a lifetime. I would like to let you know about the other side of the coin, just for a pleasant change of perspective. I travel a good deal
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Rugby: London South East - Worthing whitewash Lewes
Worthing had to make several team changes because of illness and injury, but they still proved too strong for Lewes. The visitors went home empty-handed from Roundstone Lane after suffering a 24-0 defeat in London Three South East. Terry Butler, Ben Coulson
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Hi-fi rage burglar is jailed
A hi-fi buff who burgled a man's home at gunpoint and threatened to chop off his fingers in a row over a stereo has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Paul Turner, 36, and three other men raided the victim's Hove flat one night following a spat over
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Church backs sex-change priest
Church leaders say they did not know one of their hospital chaplains wanted a sex change. Officials of the Diocese of Chichester said they were unaware the priest, who has worked in a Sussex hospital for less than a year, had undergone months of hormone
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A chance for some chase-and-kill guerilla warfare
This first person shoot-'em-up from EA Games has a 15-plus age certificate and lives up to the implied promise of war gore. You play a hero of the French Resistance determined to rid your country of the hated invaders. The German troops kill your brother
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Reviews: Bargain way to a secret diary
I am rather obviously not a teenage girl, so I took a lot of stick from my colleagues as I reviewed Sugar Secret Diary. This rather clever piece of software uses some exceedingly smart technology to deliver a very simple product. Encryption algorithms
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Hardware: Flip-chart diagrams go hi-tech
An American physics professor noticed his students could not listen properly to what he was saying and draw diagrams at the same time. So he developed a way to drop his complex white board presentations directly on to a computer screen and then be printed
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Highway patrol
Sussex Police are the first force in the UK to use the internet as a way of talking to the public. The force have introduced a range of options for non-emergency communications to reduce pressure to the 999 service and make information more available.
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Dark days return for Daewoo
They were promised the "dark days" were over - but workers at Daewoo's Worthing plant are seething at yesterday's axing of 187 jobs. Tearful workers were told not to bother turning up for work at the car research and design centre today. But yesterday
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Park Life: Barthez style might just suit Stefan
Stefan Harakis dodged getting his head shaved by winning his bet with Brighton Electricity team-mates. The out-of-sorts striker, who had failed to score all season, promised chums he would shave off all his 1970s Afro if he had not scored by the end of
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Go with the music
A Sussex firm has been making music for the web. The use of sound in multi-media has been slow to take off but with extra bandwidth becoming more available for the general consumer, the market has grown. Hove-based Inhouse Music composes original music
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Seeking out fans
The PC Fanstation range of CD-ROMs offers avid sports followers a wealth of information about their favourite teams. Hove-based Where and When Sports (WAWSports) has created technology-driven fanzines for top football teams, including Liverpool, Aston
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Passenger's claim over shunt shock
A commuter who claims he broke his collarbone when a train shunted a broken-down engine is taking legal action. Father-of-one John Lawrence, 40, was travelling on the 14.37 from London's Victoria to Brighton when he says an announcement was made to passengers
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The Albion Week that Was: Zamora's the hero but weather halts Albion again
MONDAY: Micky Adams salutes Bobby Zamora for putting Albion's promotion bid back on track with his 19th goal of the season at Torquay. "Bobby has done what he does best," says Adams. "He was terrific in his general play and got on the end of a great cross
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Seagull Scene: Melton loses Mr Blobby tag
Steve Melton is no longer Albion's Mister Blobby. It has nothing to do with his size. In fact, the midfielder weighs in at only just over 12 stones. It's just that Melton had become accustomed to seeing a black blob by his name in the matchday programme
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Welders aim at fast future
A Sussex welding firm has played a major role in the development of an important new product destined to revolutionise the trade. Arun Welding Supplies, of Ford, near Arundel, took part in three years of research into the development of Mirec 7, a spray
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Brownfield deal poses broker's biggest risk
Argyll Insurance Services, the Worthing-based insurance brokers, has struck a major deal with Coventry City Council. The council is trans-ferring its entire housing stock to a newly-formed private housing association and Argyll played an important role
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Porridge on a plate for shoppers
There is no need to go down to the woods if you want a big surprise. Brighton's Churchill Square shopping centre has all the ingredients for a Teddy Bears' picnic. Free honey-flavoured porridge is being served by Sheila McDonald and her business partner
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A good laugh is a top seller
A Sussex comedian has been proving there can be a funny side to corporate life. Gerry Thompson has been writing humorous books and strutting comedy stages in Brigh-ton for more than 20 years. Now he has set up training sessions on how the secrets of a
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Play times to beat stress
Companies have been urged to introduce "stress down days" in a bid to boost productivity and reduce staff sickness. Social activities should also be organised by employers to help people recover from the stresses of working. Recruitment consultancy Media
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Hopes melt for ice cream men
For generations of children, the merry jingle of the ice cream van has been a sure sign summer has arrived. But yesterday salesmen warned a High Court ruling could freeze them out. Vendors said they could be forced off the streets after Portslade businessman
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Park Life: Arthur is on even terms
Arthur Gray is proof that referees can have years of fun. The 58-year-old has recently won a 25-year service award from the Sussex Referees Association and he believes once a rookie ref gets past the first two years the job is a piece of cake. He said
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PC tells of stone-throwing mob
A police dog handler today told a jury how a group of youths threw stones at full force towards her during a disturbance. PC Michelle Innes, who was giving evidence at a trial at Hove Crown Court yesterday, told how she pointed out to colleagues two teenagers
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Signal failure, by Lizzie Enfield
Keep thinking people are talking about things you insert into computers to watch films on, when they refer to DVT. Finally realised they actually mean Deep Vein Thrombosis, the thing that kills you after sitting for too long in a squashed-up aeroplane
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Jail for dealer in death
A drug dealer has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for peddling death in Brighton and Hove. The sentence follows the news that a record number of people were killed by heroin in the city last month. Seven people died directly from heroin-related overdoses
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Happy couple to wed on wheel
A Mid Sussex couple were on top of the world today after winning the right to be the first to wed on the giant London Eye wheel. Investment banker Simon Stapleton, 30, will marry 25-year-old Dawn Bottomley in one of the attraction's pods 433ft above the
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50 held in police clampdown
Police in Eastbourne have seized a huge batch of cannabis plants during a crackdown on court evaders. Operation Knuckle has yielded more than 50 arrests in the Eastbourne and Hailsham area in three days. About 50 officers have been assigned to the week-long
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A lovely prize
What a lovely surprise to receive Tony Wales' book A Treasury Of Sussex Folklore (Weekend, February 3). I know I'm going to enjoy it. Some friends and myself were saying the other day we never hear those old "Sussex sayings" of long ago. It's good to
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A real eyesore
Bird campaigner Richard Vahrman fears the extinction of starlings on Brighton's derelict West Pier if it is restored (Argus, February 3). Surely he must realise it will happen anyway due to eventual collapse if it is not. Maintaining this eyesore to save
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Missirian leads the way with hat-trick for Brighton
Skipper Carlo Missirian led the way with a hat-trick as Brighton crushed Crawley 7-1 in the Kent and Sussex Regional League. Missirian scored his side's first three goals and further efforts followed from Steve Edmunds (two), Richard Love and Richard
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Lost opportunity
Lesley Hixon (Argus, February 2) could have taken the fate of North Street to depict a better-known place: St Peter's Gate. One can imagine the scene as St Peter asks, "And what did you do?" The answer "I shopped" indeed sounds a feeble way of spending
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Fare winner
Cabbie Mervyn Oakley's number was up when he went to Gala Bingo in Worthing for his regular flutter. Instead of ending the evening up or down a few pounds, he emerged more than £206,000 richer having won the national bingo game. As a taxi driver he has
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Wardens' war on yob element
Four new community wardens will be fighting back against the yobs thanks to a Government grant. They will work to combat antisocial behaviour, vandalism and minor crimes in the Hollington area of Hastings from April. Their job will also include improving
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No comparison
Frank Prince-Iles (Opinion, February 6) compares homophobic prejudice to "speciesism". I quote his words: "Same prejudice, different target". Homophobia is bigotry towards gay people. I presume by "speciesism" Mr Prince-Iles refers to ill-treatment or
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Bulldog spirit is muzzled
The cheerful sound of ice cream vans may be a thing of the past after Sean Kempin of British Bulldog lost a test case in the High Court yesterday. Mr Kempin, of Gardner Road in Portslade, disputed a decision made by Brighton and Hove Council to impose
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Quiet, please
While recently taking a stroll with a friend on the Palace Pier in the hope of a peaceful, leisurely hour, we were relentlessly bombarded by the relayed England- Wales rugby match. There was no escape - loudspeakers at regular intervals. Surely those
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Rugby: London South East - Worthing whitewash Lewes
Worthing had to make several team changes because of illness and injury, but they still proved too strong for Lewes. The visitors went home empty-handed from Roundstone Lane after suffering a 24-0 defeat in London Three South East. Terry Butler, Ben Coulson
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Football: Rich City League - Hailsham go top with a last-minute winner
Substitute Stuart Skan scored a last minute winner to send Hailsham Town to the top of Rich City County League division two. Skan was on hand to side-foot home a cross from Sam Taylor to earn Hailsham a 2-1 victory away to Crowborough. The hosts had led
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Cartwright's clean sweep
Albion goalkeeper Mark Cartwright has re-written the record books, by staying clean for five months. He has become the first No.1 in the Seagulls' history to chalk up six clean sheets in a row in the League. Cartwright's feat has been confirmed to the
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Three flee squat blaze
The first floor of a house occupied by squatters in Worthing was gutted by fire in the early hours. Three squatters fled the blaze but their belongings were destroyed after flames ripped through the building in Teville Place, Worthing. Sub Officer Pete
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How a school avoided a flood of phone calls
Tony Borty, partner at Hove-based Netpoint, has a vision of helping Sussex schools make their mark on the internet "Creating a public profile and awareness of the work being done are two good reasons for schools to make their presence felt on the world
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Hunt for knife robber
Police are searching for a man who robbed a shop in Horsham after threatening staff with a knife. The man escaped with cash and cigarettes from One Stop in Station Road after threatening male and female staff members with a blade. The two members of staff
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Net gives firms a new flexibity
More Sussex businesses than ever are using the internet as a business tool but there is still plenty of work to be done, according to Peter Jenkins, development director of Southwick-based E-Advantage Solutions. "The majority of small and medium-sized
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Church backs sex-change priest
Church leaders say they did not know one of their hospital chaplains wanted a sex change. Officials of the Diocese of Chichester said they were unaware the priest, who has worked in a Sussex hospital for less than a year, had undergone months of hormone
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Chips with everything
Brighton has long been recognised as a centre for new media excellence. A recent Financial Times report stated new businesses are most likely to succeed in the city, encouraging further investment from up-and-coming technology companies. Last week a billboard
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Grounding for grey power
The older generation has not grown up with computers at work or technology in the supermarket. For many of them, the new fangled box in the corner was the television. Now David Reynolds, 63, from Seaford, has been teaching the basics of computing to the
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Digital child's play is on the move
The next generation of children's toys is being pioneered in Sussex. A team of scientists at Sussex University's Interact Lab has been awarded a grant of about £1million to develop interactive toys embedded with digital technology. Computer design engineer
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Reviews: Bargain way to a secret diary
I am rather obviously not a teenage girl, so I took a lot of stick from my colleagues as I reviewed Sugar Secret Diary. This rather clever piece of software uses some exceedingly smart technology to deliver a very simple product. Encryption algorithms
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Hardware: Flip-chart diagrams go hi-tech
An American physics professor noticed his students could not listen properly to what he was saying and draw diagrams at the same time. So he developed a way to drop his complex white board presentations directly on to a computer screen and then be printed
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Burglary clue to man's murder
Detectives investigating the murder of a man found in a shallow grave believe he carried out burglaries on an exclusive Sussex estate. Lee Horrell's body was found at a beauty spot in the Forest of Bere, near Fareham, Hampshire, in December. Mr Horrell
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Highway patrol
Sussex Police are the first force in the UK to use the internet as a way of talking to the public. The force have introduced a range of options for non-emergency communications to reduce pressure to the 999 service and make information more available.
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Go with the music
A Sussex firm has been making music for the web. The use of sound in multi-media has been slow to take off but with extra bandwidth becoming more available for the general consumer, the market has grown. Hove-based Inhouse Music composes original music
