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Mishon backs continued expansion of market
One of Sussex's best-known estate agents is expanding its operations along the coast. Mishon Mackay has taken on an extra three staff in time for the opening of its latest branch in Station Road, Portslade. The branch will be managed by Darron Middleton
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Profile: Panter's progress
As a new broom, Brighton and Hove City council chief David Panter is planning a clean sweep in more ways than one. His most urgent task is to ensure the city council is successful in its street sweeping and refuse collection operation. He has taken full
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Exporters urged to go for world aid markets
Firms in Sussex are being urged to consider selling to the international aid market. A seminar later this month aims to de-mystify the area of aid-funded business. The event will cover all the practical steps of winning business from organisations such
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Mis-selling maze
It seems the long-running problems home-buyers are having with endowment mortgages may require a change of tactics. Repeated insurance company warnings policies might not cover the home loans of holders went largely unheeded. With policies numbering 4.95
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Amex Groundforce rises to hospice challenge
Volunteers from the Brighton and Burgess Hill offices of American Express raced against time to build a children's outdoor play area in an afternoon. The team dug out the garden, moved plants, including a tree, and flattened out the ground before constructing
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Ex-radio boss on theatre board
The former head of Radio One has joined a theatre's new-look board of directors. Matthew Bannister, who has a home in Pulborough, went from presenting Newsbeat in 1983 to being Radio One's controller ten years later. He has joined a newly-formed company
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Sussex in the City lands £38,000 order
<image sussexcity Business guru John McWilliams, centre, with speakers and sponsors, from left, Robin St Clair-Jones, Diana Horner, Mike Herd and Jim McNiven> Businesses gathered in Brighton and Hove to share advice and listen to industry leaders
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Thanks for assistance
Please may I say thank you to the people with mobiles who helped me last Thursday when I fell flat on my face outside Hove Town Hall. They were all very kind. -Lola, Eaton Gardens, Hove
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Airline staff have skills to use
I wonder if any of the airline staff who are facing redundancy have thought of changing from a people-friendly occupation into another caring profession? There are severe shortages in nursing and teaching so perhaps some of the airline workers could bring
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Good luck, Jurgen
It was sad to read Jurgen Baumgardt is waiting for an artificial pump in his heart (October 13). Some of the Lottery money should help to fund people such as Jurgen to travel abroad to be able to have this done. Good luck, Jurgen - don't give up the fight
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No tributes to committees
Have you ever seen a statue to celebrate the achievement of an "improved committee"? No? Thought not. -michael-fisher@lineone.net
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Signal Failure, with Lizzie Enfield
The elderly woman was reading The Blind Assassin. The younger man was making a series of phone calls. The two activities were incompatible on a train travelling to London on a sunny weekday morning. Something, or someone, was going to have to give. My
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More room needed, say cancer care medics
Staff at the Nigel Porter Unit for Breast Care and its nearby breast assessment unit want to stay on the Royal Sussex County Hospital site. But health bosses have told them there is nowhere suitable on the Eastern Road hospital site in Brighton for the
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French Home conversion starts
Work is finally due to start on converting a convalescent home into flats, more than 15 months after the last elderly resident left. Developer Gladedale Homes has confirmed it expects to begin conversion work on the Grade II-listed French Convalescent
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Stay sensitive
Regarding cliff vandalism (October 8), there is precious little "naturalness" left in our over-developed world. In this part of Sussex, we are blessed with our wonderful, white chalk cliffs. The one short stroll my ailing mother can enjoy is along the
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Dancing daze
"Sock it to me, one time," DJ Emperor Rosko used to say. A clubber took it on the chin from me the other day. "Oh, I am sorry," I said as he loomed overhead, then calmly went off in his tread. I thought, a more gentle form of dance I'd have to find and
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Hockey: Grinstead happy with the points
East Grinstead are enjoying life in National Hockey League division two following a 4-3 win at home to Formby on Sunday. Relegated last season, Grinstead have begun their division two campaign with two wins from three and are now fourth in the table.
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Intermediate Cup Rugby: Hannell salautes his Horsham heroes
Horsham pulled off one of the shocks of the round at Lewes to progress to the third round of the Intermediate Cup. Guy Hannell's side triumphed 17-13 and the Horsham skipper was thrilled. He said: "I am delighted, we played some very committed and controlled
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Trust fails to meet 999 target
Ambulances are still failing to respond to emergency 999 calls on time. Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust reached 71 per cent of calls within eight minutes in August. Government guidelines stipulate that 75 per cent of calls should be reached within
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Three held after knifing
Arrests have been made after attackers sliced open a man's nose with a knife and stabbed him in the throat. The victim, in his late 20s, was attacked in Sutherland Road, Brighton, in an incident reminiscent of a scene from the Jack Nicholson movie Chinatown
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Review: Get the best from your hard drive
Partition Magic 7.0 by PowerQuest is an excellent application that really works. The idea behind the software is to divide your hard drive into manageable sectors so data can be stored in an orderly manner. Programmes and operating systems can be kept
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Review: Deadly rays from the eyes of Cyclops
Anyone who remembers the first X-Men title will probably wonder why Activision has bothered to release a sequel, X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 for the PlayStation. Last year's release fulfilled all the requirements of a game to tie-in with a summer blockbuster
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Net Shopper by Susan Rice
Working from home is becoming more and more popular. It's not surprising when you consider the benefits. No more time wasted commuting, flexible working hours and comfortable, familiar surroundings. Thanks to technology, many of us can do at least some
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Out of Africa link to swap cultures
Digital technology is providing a cultural and educational link between children in Brighton and Africa. The city-based charity Fiankoma Project has been helping to produce exchange information about the village of Fiankoma in Ghana and life in schools
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Historian's sticky surprise
A historian is stuck for an explanation after discovering a stash of antique golden syrup in her loft. The six tins of Lyle's Golden Syrup, thought to date from 1918, had been hidden under the boards in Lavender Jones's attic in Queen's Park, Brighton
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Bins firm could demand payout
A waste company could claim hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation after its bid to empty Brighton and Hove's bins was rejected at the 11th hour. Serviceteam is almost certain to demand Brighton and Hove City Council pays for work it did. The
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Warning of copy-protection by music industry
The music industry is out of tune with consumers, according to campaigners for digital technology. The Campaign for Digital Rights (CDR) is protesting at record companies allegedly adding copyright-protection systems to CDs. Jason Kitcat, Brighton co-ordinator
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Panel backs breast care campaign
The campaign to keep breast care services in Brighton has won the backing of an independent panel. Seventeen people were chosen from applicants across Mid Sussex, Ouse Valley and Brighton and Hove to sit on the panel in Lewes. It will focus on the proposed
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Father strangled son for revenge
A man was today beginning a life sentence for strangling his 12-year-old son in revenge for his wife leaving him. Henry Bangs, 49, killed Tony, of Brighton, with a length of knotted shoelace. He left the boy's body on the sofa, to be discovered by his
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Opposition builds to housing estate
Hundreds of people are facing major disruption to their lives after plans were tabled for a massive new housing estate. Developers want to build up to 875 homes on 112 acres of farmland on the outskirts of Worthing. The estate, adjoining West Durrington
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Over-60s prepare to have their say
Candidates have been nominated for election to the first council for older people in England. The election to the nine-member Brighton and Hove Older People's Shadow Council will take place at a special event at the Brighton Centre on November 5 and 6
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Students are robbed
A knife-wielding thief robbed three students as they withdrew money from a cash machine. They were outside Barclays Bank in Kings Place, off North Street, Brighton, when the offender struck. He was about 5ft 7in tall with ginger hair and stubble. He wore
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Hunt for raid car
Police today released details of a car they are trying to trace in connection with a bank robbery. An offender attacked a Securicor guard as he delivered money to the NatWest branch in Lewes Road, Brighton, at 5pm last Thursday. The offender threw the
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Lottery boost for green transport
National Lottery cash of £34,000 is going towards encouraging the use of environmentally-friendly transport. The Hanover Sustainable Travel project will include a car-sharing club and provide electrically-assisted bikes and other cycles for rent in the
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Mishon backs continued expansion of market
One of Sussex's best-known estate agents is expanding its operations along the coast. Mishon Mackay has taken on an extra three staff in time for the opening of its latest branch in Station Road, Portslade. The branch will be managed by Darron Middleton
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Bingo double for couple
A great-grandmother has followed her husband's lead by winning more than £100,000 playing bingo. The 72-year-old was playing at the Crown Club in Bognor on Friday, October 12, when she scooped the top prize in the National Game. The woman's husband collected
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Mis-selling maze
It seems the long-running problems home-buyers are having with endowment mortgages may require a change of tactics. Repeated insurance company warnings policies might not cover the home loans of holders went largely unheeded. With policies numbering 4.95
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Amex Groundforce rises to hospice challenge
Volunteers from the Brighton and Burgess Hill offices of American Express raced against time to build a children's outdoor play area in an afternoon. The team dug out the garden, moved plants, including a tree, and flattened out the ground before constructing
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Ex-radio boss on theatre board
The former head of Radio One has joined a theatre's new-look board of directors. Matthew Bannister, who has a home in Pulborough, went from presenting Newsbeat in 1983 to being Radio One's controller ten years later. He has joined a newly-formed company
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Sussex in the City lands £38,000 order
<image sussexcity Business guru John McWilliams, centre, with speakers and sponsors, from left, Robin St Clair-Jones, Diana Horner, Mike Herd and Jim McNiven> Businesses gathered in Brighton and Hove to share advice and listen to industry leaders
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Thanks for assistance
Please may I say thank you to the people with mobiles who helped me last Thursday when I fell flat on my face outside Hove Town Hall. They were all very kind. -Lola, Eaton Gardens, Hove
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Nature, red in tooth and claw
People are getting upset because birds of prey are killing other birds. That is nature, red in tooth and claw. Even many of the smaller birds are, in their way, hunters. They eat insects - but nobody loves bugs. We admire the athletic cheetah and weep
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No tributes to committees
Have you ever seen a statue to celebrate the achievement of an "improved committee"? No? Thought not. -michael-fisher@lineone.net
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More room needed, say cancer care medics
Staff at the Nigel Porter Unit for Breast Care and its nearby breast assessment unit want to stay on the Royal Sussex County Hospital site. But health bosses have told them there is nowhere suitable on the Eastern Road hospital site in Brighton for the
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Patients will go to Europe
Sussex NHS patients will be among the first in Britain to be sent to Europe for treatment. Health Secretary Alan Milburn announced the pilot scheme last night. NHS patients for low-risk procedures - such as cataract surgery or joint replacements - will
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NHS was faultless
So many detrimental things have been said about the National Health Service, I would like to say I really can't fault it. I have just spent two weeks in the Royal Sussex County Hospital having a knee replacement operation. I was admitted to the Millennium
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Dancing daze
"Sock it to me, one time," DJ Emperor Rosko used to say. A clubber took it on the chin from me the other day. "Oh, I am sorry," I said as he loomed overhead, then calmly went off in his tread. I thought, a more gentle form of dance I'd have to find and
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Touching tributes to missing son
A memorial service for one of the victims of the US attacks was attended by more than 200 people. Friends, family, and work colleagues of Robert Eaton, 37, travelled from all over the world to pack the parish church of St Margaret's in Ditchling. The
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Hockey: One of those days for Brighton
Brighton suffered their first defeat of the season when they went down 4-2 to a strong Holcombe side in the Kent/Sussex Regional League. Despite the defeat, Brighton skipper Carlo Missirian was upbeat. Missirian blamed "one of those days" as his side
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Housing system needs to change
I call it the Berlin Wall of Brighton, the device of a spiritually-impoverished society, the perpetual reminder of those who rent versus those who own: The estate agent's placard. Our placard, left there for more than two years, says "Let by", next door's
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Hockey: Grinstead happy with the points
East Grinstead are enjoying life in National Hockey League division two following a 4-3 win at home to Formby on Sunday. Relegated last season, Grinstead have begun their division two campaign with two wins from three and are now fourth in the table.
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Intermediate Cup Rugby: Hannell salautes his Horsham heroes
Horsham pulled off one of the shocks of the round at Lewes to progress to the third round of the Intermediate Cup. Guy Hannell's side triumphed 17-13 and the Horsham skipper was thrilled. He said: "I am delighted, we played some very committed and controlled
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Residents flee nursing home blaze
More than 40 elderly residents and workers were led to safety when a blaze broke out at a nursing home. Smoke filled the building and firefighters escorted the residents to a safer part of the home, behind a fire door. The blaze is thought to have started
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Taylor's the man for fans
Peter Taylor is the overwhelming choice of Argus readers to be Albion's next manager. The former Leicester boss won a whopping 47 per cent of the votes in our phone poll. He also topped the Internet vote with 55 per cent of the votes. We asked you to
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Three held after knifing
Arrests have been made after attackers sliced open a man's nose with a knife and stabbed him in the throat. The victim, in his late 20s, was attacked in Sutherland Road, Brighton, in an incident reminiscent of a scene from the Jack Nicholson movie Chinatown
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Football violence charge dropped
A charge of violent disorder against a Sussex sports writer arrested in connection with soccer crowd trouble has been dropped. Daniel Griffiths, 41, of Burnham Gardens, Bognor, was alleged to have been involved in violence during a match between Coventry
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Opposition builds to housing estate
Hundreds of people are facing major disruption to their lives after plans were tabled for a massive new housing estate. Developers want to build up to 875 homes on 112 acres of farmland on the outskirts of Worthing. The estate, adjoining West Durrington
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Job jitters over parking plan
Business leaders in Lewes fear jobs could be lost and visitors driven away if proposals for a town centre parking scheme go ahead. Lewes Chamber of Commerce believes the plans for the town could make it difficult for firms to recruit staff. The chamber
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Review: Learning in bite-size chunks
The Dorling Kindersley (DK) Eyewitness Children's Encyclopedia offers a huge amount of educational know-how in well-researched bite-sized chunks. Billed as the only CD-ROM encyclopedia created specifically for children aged seven to 11 (Key Stage 2),
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Hardware: No more monsters in the dark
The Video Game Enhancer (VGE) from Nuwave has been designed to help the avid gamer see the whole picture when playing on a television screen. It enhances colours, brightness and sharpness of games and can be fitted to all console types, including new
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City Girl with Kate Metcalf
Money's a funny thing, isn't it? Funny when you have it and not very funny when you don't. Can't live without it, don't want to talk about it (vulgar) but always want some and would be very happy to win a large amount! It can be a drag if your local cashpoint
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Mission to Albania
Two Brighton and Hove companies deserve an award for service above the call of duty in helping to get a much-needed computer battery to a medical outpost in Albania. The battery was needed to allow medical missionary, Angela McCann, to stay in touch with
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Historian's sticky surprise
A historian is stuck for an explanation after discovering a stash of antique golden syrup in her loft. The six tins of Lyle's Golden Syrup, thought to date from 1918, had been hidden under the boards in Lavender Jones's attic in Queen's Park, Brighton
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Bins firm could demand payout
A waste company could claim hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation after its bid to empty Brighton and Hove's bins was rejected at the 11th hour. Serviceteam is almost certain to demand Brighton and Hove City Council pays for work it did. The
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Hire cafe gives delegates a link
Weald Computers is offering an internet cafe for hire. The Ditchling Common-based company developed the service for conferences and exhibitions. Its computer systems rental division, Hire IT, provides a bank of computers linked to the internet, which
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Man rescued from moat
A man who broke his leg after falling 24ft down the moat of Eastbourne's Redoubt Fortress is recovering at home. Colin Potts, 30, of Hailsham, was found at the bottom of the moat of the 200-year-old fortress in Royal Parade yesterday. Firefighters rescued
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Warning of copy-protection by music industry
The music industry is out of tune with consumers, according to campaigners for digital technology. The Campaign for Digital Rights (CDR) is protesting at record companies allegedly adding copyright-protection systems to CDs. Jason Kitcat, Brighton co-ordinator
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Panel backs breast care campaign
The campaign to keep breast care services in Brighton has won the backing of an independent panel. Seventeen people were chosen from applicants across Mid Sussex, Ouse Valley and Brighton and Hove to sit on the panel in Lewes. It will focus on the proposed
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Patients will go to Europe
Sussex NHS patients will be among the first in Britain to be sent to Europe for treatment. Health Secretary Alan Milburn announced the pilot scheme last night. NHS patients for low-risk procedures - such as cataract surgery or joint replacements - will
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Opposition builds to housing estate
Hundreds of people are facing major disruption to their lives after plans were tabled for a massive new housing estate. Developers want to build up to 875 homes on 112 acres of farmland on the outskirts of Worthing. The estate, adjoining West Durrington
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Hunt for raid car
Police today released details of a car they are trying to trace in connection with a bank robbery. An offender attacked a Securicor guard as he delivered money to the NatWest branch in Lewes Road, Brighton, at 5pm last Thursday. The offender threw the
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Roads attract ticket dodgers
Residents want new parking rules to stop their streets being swamped by motorists escaping parking restrictions elsewhere. The call came at a public meeting attended by more than 120 people living in the Goldsmid area of Hove last night. A show of hands
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Flexible time to go proposed
Three out of four people believe workers should be able to choose when they retire. More than 40 per cent said a mandatory retirement age encouraged age discrimination and should be abolished. But they did not think the rule should apply to everyone.
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Strategy's paying off, say police
The officer in charge of the top-performing police division in Sussex says targeting persistent offenders has paid off. Superintendent Jim Hammond's Western division - covering Chichester, Bognor and Midhurst - showed the highest percentage of crimes
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Profile: Panter's progress
As a new broom, Brighton and Hove City council chief David Panter is planning a clean sweep in more ways than one. His most urgent task is to ensure the city council is successful in its street sweeping and refuse collection operation. He has taken full
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Water-driven lift raises the profile
An innovative company has shown the British lift industry it is on the way up. Britton Price, based at the Hove Business Centre, has been named the country's best lift innovator. The company's latest model, the X-H20 is a hydraulic lift that does not
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Exporters urged to go for world aid markets
Firms in Sussex are being urged to consider selling to the international aid market. A seminar later this month aims to de-mystify the area of aid-funded business. The event will cover all the practical steps of winning business from organisations such
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Outdoor gear retailer wins sales award
Outdoor gear retailer Open Spaces of Brighton has been named a retailer of the year by one of its key suppliers, Terra Nova Equipment. Ros Start, who runs the Trafalgar Street shop with her husband, Edward, was presented with her prize by Carolyn Budding
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Parker's Progress with Tim Parker
I met John Haffenden, the manager of Shoreham Airport, in his office at the top of the airport's terminal building, seemingly the monarch of all he surveyed. The views from his office of the green airfield and the small aircraft coming in to land after
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Surf specialists ready for next big splash
Keeping it in the family and a programme of re-investment has helped a Sussex surfing equipment company grow into the biggest in the country. Ocean Sports, founded in Hove in 1989 by father and son surfers Ray and James Roberts and friend Grant Winter
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Growth threatened by skills shortage
Prospects for the Sussex economy are good but could be dented by a shortage of skilled workers. That is the picture emerging from bosses who say growth is being stifled because they are unable to find people with the right skills. Figures from Skills
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Claim boy killed himself 'unreal', court told
The idea that a four-year-old boy killed himself through self-harming was inconceivable, a court heard. John Smith, according to the defence, hurled himself against a radiator or floor, bruising his forehead, scalp, cheek and jaw and causing a fatal brain
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Airline staff have skills to use
I wonder if any of the airline staff who are facing redundancy have thought of changing from a people-friendly occupation into another caring profession? There are severe shortages in nursing and teaching so perhaps some of the airline workers could bring
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Good luck, Jurgen
It was sad to read Jurgen Baumgardt is waiting for an artificial pump in his heart (October 13). Some of the Lottery money should help to fund people such as Jurgen to travel abroad to be able to have this done. Good luck, Jurgen - don't give up the fight
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Job fears as parking plans unveiled
Business leaders have warned jobs could be lost and visitors driven away if proposals for a parking scheme in a congested town centre get the go-ahead. Lewes Chamber of Commerce says the plans for the town could make it difficult for firms to recruit
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Hoteliers' fury at parking bollards
Hotel owners say they have lost business after council officials put up bollards blocking an unofficial car park. For a number of years, guests at the Clearview Hotel in Claremont Road, Seaford, have parked on an area of grass beside the building. Michaela
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Search for pier boy, 8
Police are appealing for witnesses after a young boy said he was being held against his will in a van. A member of the public received a call from the boy, who said his name was Julian. The eight-year-old said he needed to speak to the police as he was
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Signal Failure, with Lizzie Enfield
The elderly woman was reading The Blind Assassin. The younger man was making a series of phone calls. The two activities were incompatible on a train travelling to London on a sunny weekday morning. Something, or someone, was going to have to give. My
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Driver killed in smash
A motorist was killed in a road accident in Mid Sussex just after the rush hour. The driver of the BMW was involved in an accident at 9.20am yesterday on the B2110 at Turners Hill, near Crawley. The road was blocked while firefighters worked to release
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Teenage girls assaulted
A group of teenage girls were subjected to an unprovoked attack by two men in Eastbourne. One of the four girls - who were all 15 - was punched in the head, knocked to the ground and kicked. The others were punched and received minor injuries. Police
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Clues to attack riddle
A man found slumped outside a pub with a fractured skull has given police new evidence after a glimmer of memory came back to him. Timothy John, 42, gave police several clues to his attackers' identities after showing signs he was starting to recover
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Support your local taxpayer
I see absolutely no reason why council tax payers should be penalised as a result of Brighton and Hove City Council's bins fiasco (October 12). Let those who messed it up foot the bill. Come on, The Argus, start a campaign in support of the helpless tax
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French Home conversion starts
Work is finally due to start on converting a convalescent home into flats, more than 15 months after the last elderly resident left. Developer Gladedale Homes has confirmed it expects to begin conversion work on the Grade II-listed French Convalescent
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Stay sensitive
Regarding cliff vandalism (October 8), there is precious little "naturalness" left in our over-developed world. In this part of Sussex, we are blessed with our wonderful, white chalk cliffs. The one short stroll my ailing mother can enjoy is along the
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Clean break
How marvellous Brighton and Hove is to run its own waste-collection and street-cleaning service. But may I suggest an improvement on the idea? Why not give our councillors a chance to earn their money - instead of wasting ours - and get them out on the
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City's little Gestapo
With reference to the deplorable incident in which a care worker's car was towed away while she was working (The Argus, October 1), I think, in fact demand - as a rate-payer for 41 years in Brighton - that those responsible should be sacked immediately
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Help the aged
Residents of The Cedars sheltered housing in Brighton take their lives in their hands every time they go out in their minibus. It has a leaking roof, no power steering, moss growing on the outside and a tendency to break down frequently. They need help
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Clean sweep
David Panter, new chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council, has made a bold move within the first fortnight of his arrival. The easy option in dealing with the crisis-hit refuse service would have been to let new operators Serviceteam take it
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Give Bob a chance
The Argus (October 12) ran pictures of five people who, it seems, are in line to replace Micky Adams as manager of the Albion. Their credentials are worth examining. Peter Taylor, just-sacked manager of Leicester City. Hardly surprising - Leicester are
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Campaigning works for all
It was a scandal when trustees of the French Convalescent Home in Kemp Town decided it should be closed. The decision meant many elderly people, who regarded it as their home, had to find somewhere else to live. It also meant the handsome old building
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Dogsbody
To the ignorant elderly gentleman who stopped me on the Old Shoreham Road last Thursday morning and accused me of not clearing up after my dog, as you well know, I made every effort to clear up, as I always do. There are numerous people who walk dogs
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Fears for missing walker
Fears are mounting for the welfare of a West Sussex man who went for a long walk and did not return. Alec Walter Allen, 38, from Barnham, near Bognor, was last seen in the Church Norton area, close to Pagham Harbour nature reserve, on October 11. He set
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Trust fails to meet 999 target
Ambulances are still failing to respond to emergency 999 calls on time. Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust reached 71 per cent of calls within eight minutes in August. Government guidelines stipulate that 75 per cent of calls should be reached within
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Review: Get the best from your hard drive
Partition Magic 7.0 by PowerQuest is an excellent application that really works. The idea behind the software is to divide your hard drive into manageable sectors so data can be stored in an orderly manner. Programmes and operating systems can be kept
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Review: Deadly rays from the eyes of Cyclops
Anyone who remembers the first X-Men title will probably wonder why Activision has bothered to release a sequel, X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 for the PlayStation. Last year's release fulfilled all the requirements of a game to tie-in with a summer blockbuster
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Key to a fully-charged ring on your mobile
A tiny connector could save mobile phone users the frustration of flat batteries. The PhoneSaver key ring pumps power into a mobile phone battery by drawing the charge from a nine-volt battery. Hove-based Jacqui Andrews has set up Attitude Marketing to
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Net Shopper by Susan Rice
Working from home is becoming more and more popular. It's not surprising when you consider the benefits. No more time wasted commuting, flexible working hours and comfortable, familiar surroundings. Thanks to technology, many of us can do at least some
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Death crash: Man named
Police have named a driver who died in a rush-hour crash on the A24 last week. Matthew Venn, 36, of Chancton Close, Worthing, died after the Volkswagen Golf he was driving was in collision with a Mercedes on the northbound carriageway at 7.15am on Friday
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Abduction bid sparks manhunt
Detectives in West Sussex are hunting a man who tried to drag a terrified 14-year-old girl into his car. The attempted abduction took place on a housing estate at Chichester but police now plan to study the details of three similar incidents from the
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Out of Africa link to swap cultures
Digital technology is providing a cultural and educational link between children in Brighton and Africa. The city-based charity Fiankoma Project has been helping to produce exchange information about the village of Fiankoma in Ghana and life in schools
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News in depth comes to thisis sites
Coverage of the hot topics in Sussex has been put online. A new section of the thisis web sites, Local Issues, has full information on the news stories affecting the county. Topics on the site include the Albion's plans for a new stadium at Falmer, the
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Key court win for crops protester
A Sussex campaigner today won a landmark legal ruling over her conviction for damaging genetically modified crops. Rowan Tilly, of North Laine, Brighton, took the case to the High Court to challenge her conviction for aggravated damage to a GM oilseed
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Family history brought to book
What began as a youthful curiosity about a grandfather's tales became a detective story of yellowing papers and dusty public records. Albert Gearing has spent the best part of three decades researching his family history and has traced 15 generations
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Father strangled son for revenge
A man was today beginning a life sentence for strangling his 12-year-old son in revenge for his wife leaving him. Henry Bangs, 49, killed Tony, of Brighton, with a length of knotted shoelace. He left the boy's body on the sofa, to be discovered by his
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Over-60s prepare to have their say
Candidates have been nominated for election to the first council for older people in England. The election to the nine-member Brighton and Hove Older People's Shadow Council will take place at a special event at the Brighton Centre on November 5 and 6
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Students are robbed
A knife-wielding thief robbed three students as they withdrew money from a cash machine. They were outside Barclays Bank in Kings Place, off North Street, Brighton, when the offender struck. He was about 5ft 7in tall with ginger hair and stubble. He wore
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Lottery boost for green transport
National Lottery cash of £34,000 is going towards encouraging the use of environmentally-friendly transport. The Hanover Sustainable Travel project will include a car-sharing club and provide electrically-assisted bikes and other cycles for rent in the
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Flexible time to go proposed
Three out of four people believe workers should be able to choose when they retire. More than 40 per cent said a mandatory retirement age encouraged age discrimination and should be abolished. But they did not think the rule should apply to everyone.
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Bingo double for couple
A great-grandmother has followed her husband's lead by winning more than £100,000 playing bingo. The 72-year-old was playing at the Crown Club in Bognor on Friday, October 12, when she scooped the top prize in the National Game. The woman's husband collected
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Water-driven lift raises the profile
An innovative company has shown the British lift industry it is on the way up. Britton Price, based at the Hove Business Centre, has been named the country's best lift innovator. The company's latest model, the X-H20 is a hydraulic lift that does not
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Outdoor gear retailer wins sales award
Outdoor gear retailer Open Spaces of Brighton has been named a retailer of the year by one of its key suppliers, Terra Nova Equipment. Ros Start, who runs the Trafalgar Street shop with her husband, Edward, was presented with her prize by Carolyn Budding
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Parker's Progress with Tim Parker
I met John Haffenden, the manager of Shoreham Airport, in his office at the top of the airport's terminal building, seemingly the monarch of all he surveyed. The views from his office of the green airfield and the small aircraft coming in to land after
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Surf specialists ready for next big splash
Keeping it in the family and a programme of re-investment has helped a Sussex surfing equipment company grow into the biggest in the country. Ocean Sports, founded in Hove in 1989 by father and son surfers Ray and James Roberts and friend Grant Winter
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Growth threatened by skills shortage
Prospects for the Sussex economy are good but could be dented by a shortage of skilled workers. That is the picture emerging from bosses who say growth is being stifled because they are unable to find people with the right skills. Figures from Skills
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Claim boy killed himself 'unreal', court told
The idea that a four-year-old boy killed himself through self-harming was inconceivable, a court heard. John Smith, according to the defence, hurled himself against a radiator or floor, bruising his forehead, scalp, cheek and jaw and causing a fatal brain
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Nature, red in tooth and claw
People are getting upset because birds of prey are killing other birds. That is nature, red in tooth and claw. Even many of the smaller birds are, in their way, hunters. They eat insects - but nobody loves bugs. We admire the athletic cheetah and weep
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Search for pier boy, 8
Police are appealing for witnesses after a young boy said he was being held against his will in a van. A member of the public received a call from the boy, who said his name was Julian. The eight-year-old said he needed to speak to the police as he was
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Support your local taxpayer
I see absolutely no reason why council tax payers should be penalised as a result of Brighton and Hove City Council's bins fiasco (October 12). Let those who messed it up foot the bill. Come on, The Argus, start a campaign in support of the helpless tax
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NHS was faultless
So many detrimental things have been said about the National Health Service, I would like to say I really can't fault it. I have just spent two weeks in the Royal Sussex County Hospital having a knee replacement operation. I was admitted to the Millennium
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Clean break
How marvellous Brighton and Hove is to run its own waste-collection and street-cleaning service. But may I suggest an improvement on the idea? Why not give our councillors a chance to earn their money - instead of wasting ours - and get them out on the
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City's little Gestapo
With reference to the deplorable incident in which a care worker's car was towed away while she was working (The Argus, October 1), I think, in fact demand - as a rate-payer for 41 years in Brighton - that those responsible should be sacked immediately
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Help the aged
Residents of The Cedars sheltered housing in Brighton take their lives in their hands every time they go out in their minibus. It has a leaking roof, no power steering, moss growing on the outside and a tendency to break down frequently. They need help
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Clean sweep
David Panter, new chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council, has made a bold move within the first fortnight of his arrival. The easy option in dealing with the crisis-hit refuse service would have been to let new operators Serviceteam take it
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Touching tributes to missing son
A memorial service for one of the victims of the US attacks was attended by more than 200 people. Friends, family, and work colleagues of Robert Eaton, 37, travelled from all over the world to pack the parish church of St Margaret's in Ditchling. The
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Give Bob a chance
The Argus (October 12) ran pictures of five people who, it seems, are in line to replace Micky Adams as manager of the Albion. Their credentials are worth examining. Peter Taylor, just-sacked manager of Leicester City. Hardly surprising - Leicester are
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Campaigning works for all
It was a scandal when trustees of the French Convalescent Home in Kemp Town decided it should be closed. The decision meant many elderly people, who regarded it as their home, had to find somewhere else to live. It also meant the handsome old building
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Dogsbody
To the ignorant elderly gentleman who stopped me on the Old Shoreham Road last Thursday morning and accused me of not clearing up after my dog, as you well know, I made every effort to clear up, as I always do. There are numerous people who walk dogs
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Hockey: One of those days for Brighton
Brighton suffered their first defeat of the season when they went down 4-2 to a strong Holcombe side in the Kent/Sussex Regional League. Despite the defeat, Brighton skipper Carlo Missirian was upbeat. Missirian blamed "one of those days" as his side
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Housing system needs to change
I call it the Berlin Wall of Brighton, the device of a spiritually-impoverished society, the perpetual reminder of those who rent versus those who own: The estate agent's placard. Our placard, left there for more than two years, says "Let by", next door's
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Taylor's the man for fans
Peter Taylor is the overwhelming choice of Argus readers to be Albion's next manager. The former Leicester boss won a whopping 47 per cent of the votes in our phone poll. He also topped the Internet vote with 55 per cent of the votes. We asked you to
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Job jitters over parking plan
Business leaders in Lewes fear jobs could be lost and visitors driven away if proposals for a town centre parking scheme go ahead. Lewes Chamber of Commerce believes the plans for the town could make it difficult for firms to recruit staff. The chamber
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Review: Learning in bite-size chunks
The Dorling Kindersley (DK) Eyewitness Children's Encyclopedia offers a huge amount of educational know-how in well-researched bite-sized chunks. Billed as the only CD-ROM encyclopedia created specifically for children aged seven to 11 (Key Stage 2),
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Key to a fully-charged ring on your mobile
A tiny connector could save mobile phone users the frustration of flat batteries. The PhoneSaver key ring pumps power into a mobile phone battery by drawing the charge from a nine-volt battery. Hove-based Jacqui Andrews has set up Attitude Marketing to
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Hardware: No more monsters in the dark
The Video Game Enhancer (VGE) from Nuwave has been designed to help the avid gamer see the whole picture when playing on a television screen. It enhances colours, brightness and sharpness of games and can be fitted to all console types, including new
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City Girl with Kate Metcalf
Money's a funny thing, isn't it? Funny when you have it and not very funny when you don't. Can't live without it, don't want to talk about it (vulgar) but always want some and would be very happy to win a large amount! It can be a drag if your local cashpoint
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Mission to Albania
Two Brighton and Hove companies deserve an award for service above the call of duty in helping to get a much-needed computer battery to a medical outpost in Albania. The battery was needed to allow medical missionary, Angela McCann, to stay in touch with
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News in depth comes to thisis sites
Coverage of the hot topics in Sussex has been put online. A new section of the thisis web sites, Local Issues, has full information on the news stories affecting the county. Topics on the site include the Albion's plans for a new stadium at Falmer, the
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Key court win for crops protester
A Sussex campaigner today won a landmark legal ruling over her conviction for damaging genetically modified crops. Rowan Tilly, of North Laine, Brighton, took the case to the High Court to challenge her conviction for aggravated damage to a GM oilseed
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Hire cafe gives delegates a link
Weald Computers is offering an internet cafe for hire. The Ditchling Common-based company developed the service for conferences and exhibitions. Its computer systems rental division, Hire IT, provides a bank of computers linked to the internet, which
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Family history brought to book
What began as a youthful curiosity about a grandfather's tales became a detective story of yellowing papers and dusty public records. Albert Gearing has spent the best part of three decades researching his family history and has traced 15 generations
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Patients will go to Europe
Sussex NHS patients will be among the first in Britain to be sent to Europe for treatment. Health Secretary Alan Milburn announced the pilot scheme last night. NHS patients for low-risk procedures - such as cataract surgery or joint replacements - will
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Roads attract ticket dodgers
Residents want new parking rules to stop their streets being swamped by motorists escaping parking restrictions elsewhere. The call came at a public meeting attended by more than 120 people living in the Goldsmid area of Hove last night. A show of hands
