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Small investors' bonanza is over
Railtrack's collapse and Marconi's disappearance from the FTSE- 100 threatens the small investor bandwagon which began to roll in the Eighties. Things have come full circle since those early privatisations which suggested shares were a way of making money
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Crackers can give a company pulling power
Companies wanting to make a cracking impression are making their way to a Brighton-based company. Your Crackers manufactures the party favourites, using branding and content chosen by businesses to make their events go with a bang. It has supplied more
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Siege police storm house
Police surrounded a house in Worthing during a five-hour stand-off in which a man threatened to kill himself. Negotiators tried to calm the distressed man and bring him out safely following a domestic dispute at a terraced house in Ruskin Road yesterday
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Pan's Person has new tune
Mary Silver entertained television audiences of millions in the Seventies. The teenage Ms Silver regularly appeared on Top of the Pops as one of the sexy dancing troupe Pan's People. Two and a half decades later, she is manager of the Wayland Business
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Data fines threat to businesses
Businesses that fail to implement the new Data Protection Act which comes into force today, face large fines. Roland Brook, of the South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants, said the Act introduced more regulations for processing personal data and
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Chocs away for a taste of South America
A Sussex couple who quit City jobs to make chocolate have been tasting success. Chichester-based Helen and Simon Pattinson own Montezuma's Chocolates in Duke Street, Brighton. The inspiration behind the business was a South American holiday. Mrs Pattinson
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Thank goodness it's all over
Now we've thrown out this stupid elected mayor idea, can we expect Lord Bassam to return to "lording", Roger French to filling his buses and Simon Fanshawe to whatever he does best? -Ian Fyvie, Golf Drive, Brighton
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Result was right
How good it was to see 62 per cent of the local electorate vote No in the referendum on a directly-elected mayor. Let's hope Lord Bassam and Mr Fanshawe have the good grace to realise, as they turn round, no one was behind them. Now how about a referendum
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Albion dismay at grants ruling
Albion's football coaching scheme for schools and youth groups has been told not to discriminate against women to be successful in grant applications. The Football in the Community scheme lost out on a £5,000 grant in the latest round of handouts by Brighton
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Home editing your holiday video
You can turn your holiday video into a Hollywood epic with the Terratec Cameo 400 DV Digital Video Editing System. According to the instructions, you just need to install the computer card then you can connect your camera direct to your PC ready to download
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Leader was disgusting
I was disgusted to read Voice Of The Argus on Saturday. I haven't been following the issues that closely but the tone of the column seemed incredibly spiteful and bitchy and looked as though the writer couldn't accept a democratic result. You bad losers
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I'm cancelling my sub
Now the people of Brighton and Hove have voted overwhelmingly in favour of democracy, it gives me some small satisfaction to cancel my subscription to The Argus as a gesture against your blatant propaganda in favour of a Yes vote. Fair comment is the
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Work together
Voice Of The Argus on Saturday ("A result that we will all live to regret", October 20) does the paper no credit. Perhaps what has provoked such a vitriolic piece is that, despite months of backing the Yes campaign, the voters of the city - the readers
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Leap year
When referring to local government reorganisation, why does The Argus insist on calling it the "improved" committee system when what is really meant is the "alternative" committee system? Experience in Adur District Council shows it's no improvement.
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Side-effects
As a Yes campaigner, one must first congratulate the No campaigners on the impressive success of their campaign. Yet the effects of their style must provide some doubts about its likely consequences. First, the successful attempts at character assassination
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Silly sully
I was truly appalled at Saturday's Voice Of The Argus. (October 20). This was not something I expected from a professional newspaper. It was rude and patronising, not only to those who ran the No campaign but also to the wider public. As someone who was
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Just no good
How could it happen? The Yes campaign was headed by the great and the good who have given us city status and are heading the campaign for European City of Culture. Brighton and Hove City Council wanted it, the business community wanted it and The Argus
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Grandfather still haunted by grief
James Sweeney wakes at night with tears streaming down his face. He can't stop thinking of his little grandson, even in his dreams. The boy has been dead two years now but the pain is just as great. He said: "The grief will go with me to the grave." Mr
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Don't let this happen again
Simon and Michelle McWilliam are each facing up to eight years in jail after being found guilty of inflicting shocking cruelty on a defenceless child. This vicious couple could have been prosecuted for murdering four-year-old John Smith but for a loophole
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Tricky task
Councillor Kevin Allen's comments that "this is the end of the Bassam era" ("Joy as the people say no to Mayor", The Argus, October 20) reflects the true focus of the No campaign. It was a campaign fuelled by the politics of envy on the part of those
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Rugby: Defeat makes it hard for Worthing
Worthing's perfect start in London Three South East was destroyed in a shock 20-14 home reverse to Tonbridge Juddian. A score from Raynn Bruce and three Tony Cruz penalties kept them in the contest but they threw away chances to win it late on. The hosts
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Joy tempered by an arrogant insult
As a one-time member of the old Liberal Party who objects to empire-building and naked ambition, I jumped for joy on hearing the result of the referendum for a directly-elected mayor. I assumed The Argus, which had used the word "democracy" so often in
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Rugby: Rivals set for promotion fight
Eastbourne and Bognor are on course for a tremendous promotion battle. The Sussex rivals drew 15-15 at Park Avenue on Saturday to maintain their challenge for honours in London Four South East. Now they will be hoping Hove do them a favour by upsetting
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Zamora's World Cup invite
Albion star Bobby Zamora is set to turn down another offer from Trinidad and Tobago. Their technical director Rene Simoes is inviting Zamora into the squad for the their final World Cup qualifier against the USA on November 4. The national team cannot
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Taylor can call on Carpenter
Richard Carpenter is back in contention for Peter Taylor's first away match in charge of Albion. The midfielder resumed training yesterday after missing Saturday's 3-0 home win over Oldham through illness. He could come straight back into the team if
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Woman's warning on killer disease
A woman is campaigning to highlight the dangers of the deadly disease meningitis. Sarah Jones, of Shepherds Mead, Burgess Hill, lost her boyfriend, Noel Davies, to the illness when he was 20. That was seven years ago. Since that time, she has worked to
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Flawed social work let John die
John Smith would be alive today had it not been for a catalogue of errors, misjudgments and failings by social services. That is the tragic and damning finding of an inquiry report prepared for the Brighton and Hove and West Sussex Area Child Protection
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Case 'destroyed' social workers
The two social workers at the centre of the John Smith case both broke down in tears when they gave evidence at the trial. A colleague of Dave Pamely and John Barrow, now both suspended, said: "They are good men but they are facing the sack. They have
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Review: Anne's tongue-lashing remains a pain
IF you're driven wild by Anne Robinson, having your own version of The Weakest Link for PlayStation isn't going to help your blood pressure. The infuriating quiz mistress is even more of a pain in her cyber persona. She has caustic comments about your
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Hospital hopes hit cash snag
Plans to reopen two former hospital wards for patients could be delayed because there is no money to do the work. Mid Sussex Primary Health Care Trust applied to use the old Kleinwort and Nightingale geriatric wards at the former Haywards Heath Hospital
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Pictures reduced jurors to tears
The man wiped tears from his eyes, his face reddening as each photograph was handed to him. It was the first time the jury in the John Smith case had seen the little boy's injuries close up. The man paused to examine each horrific image before passing
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John was beaten black and blue
Experts said battered boxers suffer the same kind of head injuries four-year-old John Smith received. During the trial, Professor Ian Hill, a pathologist, clenched a fist to demonstrate an uppercut punch as the most likely way the boy's upper lip was
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Knife thug at hospital
A knifepoint robber threatened a member of staff at a hospital restaurant in Brighton. He asked for a coffee at the Pavilion food court at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. When the 23-year-old waitress asked for money he produced a knife and demanded
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Cyber crime under the spotlight
The dangers of cyber crime and how to protect against unauthorised digital access will be under the spotlight in Sussex next month. A symposium will showcase powerful technologies and techniques to help protect organisations from intellectual property
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We'll back colleagues, says union
A union is threatening strike action if the two social workers in the John Smith case are disciplined. Dave Pamely and John Barrow are suspended and The Argus understands they are facing the sack. Yesterday, the local government union Unison insisted
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30-year wait for new classrooms
Parents and councillors have demanded action over a school which has had temporary classrooms for 30 years. They say education at Wivelsfield Primary School, near Burgess Hill, is suffering. Two main classrooms and three temporary classrooms accommodate
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Lake plunge driver quizzed
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car plunged into a West Sussex lake. The drama followed a bid by police to stop a car which had earlier been seen being driven erratically in the centre of Arundel. Minutes later the green
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Waste firm fined £5,000
A company has been fined £5,000 for illegally dumping clinical waste on a landfill site. Onyx UK Ltd, which operates the refuse contract in St Leonards and Hastings, was also ordered to pay £746.82 costs by magistrates. The company had pleaded guilty
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Leap year
When referring to local government reorganisation, why does The Argus insist on calling it the "improved" committee system when what is really meant is the "alternative" committee system? Experience in Adur District Council shows it's no improvement.
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Proud date
October 19 should be a date we remember with pride because it was when the people's voice was heard loud and clear on two issues. First, there was the handing over of a petition containing a staggering 28,000 signatures, gathered in an amazing 11 days
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Side-effects
As a Yes campaigner, one must first congratulate the No campaigners on the impressive success of their campaign. Yet the effects of their style must provide some doubts about its likely consequences. First, the successful attempts at character assassination
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City's voice
For some years, The Argus has progressively tried to influence local issues by campaigning for or against them. While accepting the editor is entitled to his personal views on these issues, irresponsibly voicing them as an authorative view on the pages
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Silly sully
I was truly appalled at Saturday's Voice Of The Argus. (October 20). This was not something I expected from a professional newspaper. It was rude and patronising, not only to those who ran the No campaign but also to the wider public. As someone who was
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Just no good
How could it happen? The Yes campaign was headed by the great and the good who have given us city status and are heading the campaign for European City of Culture. Brighton and Hove City Council wanted it, the business community wanted it and The Argus
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Sour grapes
So the No campaign for a directly-elected mayor, the members of Allies For Democracy, were a rabble? Was this the voice of sour grapes? Rabble: Disorderly, assemblage, a mob, the lowest class of people, a contemptible or inferior set of people; rabble
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Don't let this happen again
Simon and Michelle McWilliam are each facing up to eight years in jail after being found guilty of inflicting shocking cruelty on a defenceless child. This vicious couple could have been prosecuted for murdering four-year-old John Smith but for a loophole
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Tricky task
Councillor Kevin Allen's comments that "this is the end of the Bassam era" ("Joy as the people say no to Mayor", The Argus, October 20) reflects the true focus of the No campaign. It was a campaign fuelled by the politics of envy on the part of those
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Hockey: Lewes get a lift
Simon Owen and Steve Edmonds scored two apiece as Lewes claimed an excellent 4-2 victory over Barford Tigers in National Hockey League division one on Sunday. Some people had been fearing the worst for Lewes after they opened their campaign with a heavy
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Rugby: Defeat makes it hard for Worthing
Worthing's perfect start in London Three South East was destroyed in a shock 20-14 home reverse to Tonbridge Juddian. A score from Raynn Bruce and three Tony Cruz penalties kept them in the contest but they threw away chances to win it late on. The hosts
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Joy tempered by an arrogant insult
As a one-time member of the old Liberal Party who objects to empire-building and naked ambition, I jumped for joy on hearing the result of the referendum for a directly-elected mayor. I assumed The Argus, which had used the word "democracy" so often in
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County League Football: Sting in the tail from Wasps' youngster
East Grinstead boss Bob Smith guided his side into fourth place in County League division two, but admitted they were fortunate to beat Eastbourne Town. Young substitute Dave Garrett grabbed an 89th minute winner to secure a thrilling 3-2 win at East
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The catalogue of torment
Social workers and health visitors regularly saw injuries on John Smith but they never took him to a doctor or to a place of safety. John moved in with the McWilliams on June 24, 1999, but more than a month later problems were manifest. The McWilliams
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Zamora's World Cup invite
Albion star Bobby Zamora is set to turn down another offer from Trinidad and Tobago. Their technical director Rene Simoes is inviting Zamora into the squad for the their final World Cup qualifier against the USA on November 4. The national team cannot
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Taylor can call on Carpenter
Richard Carpenter is back in contention for Peter Taylor's first away match in charge of Albion. The midfielder resumed training yesterday after missing Saturday's 3-0 home win over Oldham through illness. He could come straight back into the team if
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Unenviable hunt for the truth
Every time Alyson Leslie finishes an investigation into abused children, she vows to never start another. But something compels her to carry on. She said: "This case was particularly draining because it involved the death of a child and everything which
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'Jekyll and Hyde' with a violent streak
Simon McWilliam's two previous wives described him as a Jekyll and Hyde character, charming one moment, violent and cruel the next. One said he once grabbed an infant girl round the throat and attempted to shake her. Both were horrified at the idea of
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Review: Anne's tongue-lashing remains a pain
IF you're driven wild by Anne Robinson, having your own version of The Weakest Link for PlayStation isn't going to help your blood pressure. The infuriating quiz mistress is even more of a pain in her cyber persona. She has caustic comments about your
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Review: Sites guide is mission-critical sizes
Did you know there are more than five billion web sites available on the internet? The publishers of The Very Best of the Web realised this was a real problem for many people and have come up with a book featuring more than 1,000 carefully-selected web
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Cyber crime under the spotlight
The dangers of cyber crime and how to protect against unauthorised digital access will be under the spotlight in Sussex next month. A symposium will showcase powerful technologies and techniques to help protect organisations from intellectual property
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Web-wise way to cast a few stone
Dieters can find advice in byte-sized chunks on a slimmers' web site. The Online Slimming Club was set up by Telscombe-based husband and wife team, Kim and Ronny Burfield. The site offers tailor-made slimming plans, diet information and exercise advice
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System that failed little John
Christmas cards piled up on his classroom desk waiting for his return in the New Year. But John Smith never went back to the school he loved and to the playground where he would squeal with delight as he ran with his chums. By Christmas Eve 1999, his
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You'll say thanks for the memory
No matter how much memory your computer has, it never seems to be quite enough. Not long ago, it was unheard of for a personal computer to have more than one or two megabytes (Mb) of memory. Today, most systems require 64Mb to run basic applications.
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Contest catches a rising star
Thirteen-year-old Chloe Dupre was cheered to victory as she became the Sussex star of 2001. Talented Chloe won the final of the Sussex Search for a Star talent competition and came away with a £400 first prize plus the offer of lucrative singing work.
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We'll back colleagues, says union
A union is threatening strike action if the two social workers in the John Smith case are disciplined. Dave Pamely and John Barrow are suspended and The Argus understands they are facing the sack. Yesterday, the local government union Unison insisted
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Man hurt in forecourt smash
A driver was injured when his car ploughed into three vehicles at an East Sussex garage. The Ford Fiesta left the road and crashed through hedgerow, a lamppost, a security barrier and into three vehicles at a garage in Flimwell, near Robertsbridge. He
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Racehorse tribute to terror victim
The brothers of a man lost beneath the rubble of the World Trade Centre in New York plan to buy a racehorse in his memory. Matt Campbell, from Hassocks, is still trying to come to terms with the loss of brother Geoff, who was on the 106th floor of the
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Small investors' bonanza is over
Railtrack's collapse and Marconi's disappearance from the FTSE- 100 threatens the small investor bandwagon which began to roll in the Eighties. Things have come full circle since those early privatisations which suggested shares were a way of making money
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Pier pressure builds up
A campaign against a controversial seafront development in Brighton is gathering pace. Developer St Modwen wants to build two large leisure buildings on either side of the West Pier. Along with the Brighton West Pier Society, they say the scheme is vital
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parker's progress: Drawers who cashed in
Newhaven, Sussex. Gateway to Europe, Parker Pen, British Rail. But what's new? Cash Bases has transformed a carpet warehouse into one of the best-designed and advanced factories in the UK. Cash Bases exports its products all over the world and has offices
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Pan's Person has new tune
Mary Silver entertained television audiences of millions in the Seventies. The teenage Ms Silver regularly appeared on Top of the Pops as one of the sexy dancing troupe Pan's People. Two and a half decades later, she is manager of the Wayland Business
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Data fines threat to businesses
Businesses that fail to implement the new Data Protection Act which comes into force today, face large fines. Roland Brook, of the South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants, said the Act introduced more regulations for processing personal data and
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Residents' honour to road sweeper
Road sweeper John Lawrence has been commended for never doing a rubbish job. Mr Lawrence has been honoured by residents of Regency, Clarence and Russell Squares in Brighton for always keeping the area looking spick and span. The Brighton and Hove City
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Companies are still looking for recruits
Businesses in Sussex are at the forefront of the UK's economic growth. While jobs are being lost throughout the country in the manufacturing, engineering and technology sectors, firms in Sussex are still recruiting. Karen Cole, director and founder of
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Albion dismay at grants ruling
Albion's football coaching scheme for schools and youth groups has been told not to discriminate against women to be successful in grant applications. The Football in the Community scheme lost out on a £5,000 grant in the latest round of handouts by Brighton
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Apologise for insult
I have rarely seen such a vitriolic editorial as that in The Argus on Saturday, following the result of the poll on a directly-elected mayor. Whatever the leader-writer's personal feelings may be, it does nothing for The Argus to stoop to such low and
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Home editing your holiday video
You can turn your holiday video into a Hollywood epic with the Terratec Cameo 400 DV Digital Video Editing System. According to the instructions, you just need to install the computer card then you can connect your camera direct to your PC ready to download
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Work together
Voice Of The Argus on Saturday ("A result that we will all live to regret", October 20) does the paper no credit. Perhaps what has provoked such a vitriolic piece is that, despite months of backing the Yes campaign, the voters of the city - the readers
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Gay credit cards aim at pink pound
A financial services group is trying to tap into the pink pound with the launch of the UK's first gay credit card. The Queercard is being pioneered by Accucard, which hopes to learn more about the spending habits of the gay and lesbian community. The
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Waste firm fined £5,000
A company has been fined £5,000 for illegally dumping clinical waste on a landfill site. Onyx UK Ltd, which operates the refuse contract in St Leonards and Hastings, was also ordered to pay £746.82 costs by magistrates. The company had pleaded guilty
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Crackers can give a company pulling power
Companies wanting to make a cracking impression are making their way to a Brighton-based company. Your Crackers manufactures the party favourites, using branding and content chosen by businesses to make their events go with a bang. It has supplied more
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Siege police storm house
Police surrounded a house in Worthing during a five-hour stand-off in which a man threatened to kill himself. Negotiators tried to calm the distressed man and bring him out safely following a domestic dispute at a terraced house in Ruskin Road yesterday
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Stadium ban for football fan
An Albion supporter has been banned from football grounds in England and Wales after violence at an end-of-season match. Paul Patrick Grealish, 27, of Rutland Gardens, Hove, received a three-year ban after admitting putting people in fear of violence
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Sweet smell of success is spreading to Spain
A Sussex company has produced a formula for success and good health in the beauty industry. St Leonards-based IT&C (International Toiletries and Cosmetics) is reaching international markets with its brand, Body Holistic. The Body Holistic treatments
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Chocs away for a taste of South America
A Sussex couple who quit City jobs to make chocolate have been tasting success. Chichester-based Helen and Simon Pattinson own Montezuma's Chocolates in Duke Street, Brighton. The inspiration behind the business was a South American holiday. Mrs Pattinson
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Thank goodness it's all over
Now we've thrown out this stupid elected mayor idea, can we expect Lord Bassam to return to "lording", Roger French to filling his buses and Simon Fanshawe to whatever he does best? -Ian Fyvie, Golf Drive, Brighton
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Result was right
How good it was to see 62 per cent of the local electorate vote No in the referendum on a directly-elected mayor. Let's hope Lord Bassam and Mr Fanshawe have the good grace to realise, as they turn round, no one was behind them. Now how about a referendum
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Leader was disgusting
I was disgusted to read Voice Of The Argus on Saturday. I haven't been following the issues that closely but the tone of the column seemed incredibly spiteful and bitchy and looked as though the writer couldn't accept a democratic result. You bad losers
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Fold up your paper clothes and walk
Design prototypes for 21st Century origami-style clothing and accessories owe their inspiration to Intel's lightning-fast Pentium Four microchip. I was taken aback by the audacity of the whole thing. Helena Rosen is a Swedish designer at the Design Laboratory
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I'm cancelling my sub
Now the people of Brighton and Hove have voted overwhelmingly in favour of democracy, it gives me some small satisfaction to cancel my subscription to The Argus as a gesture against your blatant propaganda in favour of a Yes vote. Fair comment is the
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Signal Failure, by Lizzie Enfield
Someone right down at the other end of the carriage was doing business, very loudly. "Has anyone sent you over the figures for last month yet? ...... Right, well, I'll get Sonia to email them to you right away...... Give me a call when you've had time
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Siege police storm house
Police surrounded a house in Worthing during a five-hour stand-off in which a man threatened to kill himself. Negotiators tried to calm the distressed man and bring him out safely following a domestic dispute at a terraced house in Ruskin Road yesterday
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Pier pressure builds up
A campaign against a controversial seafront development in Brighton is gathering pace. Developer St Modwen wants to build two large leisure buildings on either side of the West Pier. Along with the Brighton West Pier Society, they say the scheme is vital
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Gay credit cards aim at pink pound
A financial services group is trying to tap into the pink pound with the launch of the UK's first gay credit card. The Queercard is being pioneered by Accucard, which hopes to learn more about the spending habits of the gay and lesbian community. The
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parker's progress: Drawers who cashed in
Newhaven, Sussex. Gateway to Europe, Parker Pen, British Rail. But what's new? Cash Bases has transformed a carpet warehouse into one of the best-designed and advanced factories in the UK. Cash Bases exports its products all over the world and has offices
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Waste firm fined £5,000
A company has been fined £5,000 for illegally dumping clinical waste on a landfill site. Onyx UK Ltd, which operates the refuse contract in St Leonards and Hastings, was also ordered to pay £746.82 costs by magistrates. The company had pleaded guilty
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Stadium ban for football fan
An Albion supporter has been banned from football grounds in England and Wales after violence at an end-of-season match. Paul Patrick Grealish, 27, of Rutland Gardens, Hove, received a three-year ban after admitting putting people in fear of violence
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Sweet smell of success is spreading to Spain
A Sussex company has produced a formula for success and good health in the beauty industry. St Leonards-based IT&C (International Toiletries and Cosmetics) is reaching international markets with its brand, Body Holistic. The Body Holistic treatments
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Residents' honour to road sweeper
Road sweeper John Lawrence has been commended for never doing a rubbish job. Mr Lawrence has been honoured by residents of Regency, Clarence and Russell Squares in Brighton for always keeping the area looking spick and span. The Brighton and Hove City
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Companies are still looking for recruits
Businesses in Sussex are at the forefront of the UK's economic growth. While jobs are being lost throughout the country in the manufacturing, engineering and technology sectors, firms in Sussex are still recruiting. Karen Cole, director and founder of
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Apologise for insult
I have rarely seen such a vitriolic editorial as that in The Argus on Saturday, following the result of the poll on a directly-elected mayor. Whatever the leader-writer's personal feelings may be, it does nothing for The Argus to stoop to such low and
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Date
Fold up your paper clothes and walk
Design prototypes for 21st Century origami-style clothing and accessories owe their inspiration to Intel's lightning-fast Pentium Four microchip. I was taken aback by the audacity of the whole thing. Helena Rosen is a Swedish designer at the Design Laboratory
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Signal Failure, by Lizzie Enfield
Someone right down at the other end of the carriage was doing business, very loudly. "Has anyone sent you over the figures for last month yet? ...... Right, well, I'll get Sonia to email them to you right away...... Give me a call when you've had time
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Lake plunge driver quizzed
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car plunged into a Sussex lake. The drama followed a bid by police to stop a car which had earlier been seen being driven erratically in the centre of Arundel. Minutes later the green Vauxhall
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Proud date
October 19 should be a date we remember with pride because it was when the people's voice was heard loud and clear on two issues. First, there was the handing over of a petition containing a staggering 28,000 signatures, gathered in an amazing 11 days
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City's voice
For some years, The Argus has progressively tried to influence local issues by campaigning for or against them. While accepting the editor is entitled to his personal views on these issues, irresponsibly voicing them as an authorative view on the pages
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Sour grapes
So the No campaign for a directly-elected mayor, the members of Allies For Democracy, were a rabble? Was this the voice of sour grapes? Rabble: Disorderly, assemblage, a mob, the lowest class of people, a contemptible or inferior set of people; rabble
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Hockey: Lewes get a lift
Simon Owen and Steve Edmonds scored two apiece as Lewes claimed an excellent 4-2 victory over Barford Tigers in National Hockey League division one on Sunday. Some people had been fearing the worst for Lewes after they opened their campaign with a heavy
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Rugby: Goodburn so proud despite Heath setback
Haywards Heath cannot wait to get back home after suffering a third successive narrow away defeat. They went down 15-13 at unbeaten Norwich in London One after a tremendous display. Mark Pymm stunned the hosts by jinking through for a fifth minute try
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County League Football: Sting in the tail from Wasps' youngster
East Grinstead boss Bob Smith guided his side into fourth place in County League division two, but admitted they were fortunate to beat Eastbourne Town. Young substitute Dave Garrett grabbed an 89th minute winner to secure a thrilling 3-2 win at East
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The catalogue of torment
Social workers and health visitors regularly saw injuries on John Smith but they never took him to a doctor or to a place of safety. John moved in with the McWilliams on June 24, 1999, but more than a month later problems were manifest. The McWilliams
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Unenviable hunt for the truth
Every time Alyson Leslie finishes an investigation into abused children, she vows to never start another. But something compels her to carry on. She said: "This case was particularly draining because it involved the death of a child and everything which
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Case changed the system
Sweeping changes to minimise the chances of another John Smith case happening have already been introduced. Alyson Leslie, who proposed a string of recommendations in her inquiry report, said progress already made would, "in some small measure, serve
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Legal stalemate prevented murder trial
The McWilliams should have been tried for murder, according to the detective who led the John Smith investigation, Operation Oasis. Detective Inspector Malcolm Bacon, who helped put Brighton child sex fiend Russell Bishop behind bars in 1990, said: "Sussex
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'Jekyll and Hyde' with a violent streak
Simon McWilliam's two previous wives described him as a Jekyll and Hyde character, charming one moment, violent and cruel the next. One said he once grabbed an infant girl round the throat and attempted to shake her. Both were horrified at the idea of
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Review: It's better than on the box
Dorling Kindersley's CD, Bananas in Pyjamas, is reasonably educational, entertaining and ideally suited for children aged between two and six years of age. Bananas in Pyjamas is designed to help children develop key skills such as listening and comprehension
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Review: Sites guide is mission-critical sizes
Did you know there are more than five billion web sites available on the internet? The publishers of The Very Best of the Web realised this was a real problem for many people and have come up with a book featuring more than 1,000 carefully-selected web
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Web-wise way to cast a few stone
Dieters can find advice in byte-sized chunks on a slimmers' web site. The Online Slimming Club was set up by Telscombe-based husband and wife team, Kim and Ronny Burfield. The site offers tailor-made slimming plans, diet information and exercise advice
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System that failed little John
Christmas cards piled up on his classroom desk waiting for his return in the New Year. But John Smith never went back to the school he loved and to the playground where he would squeal with delight as he ran with his chums. By Christmas Eve 1999, his
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You'll say thanks for the memory
No matter how much memory your computer has, it never seems to be quite enough. Not long ago, it was unheard of for a personal computer to have more than one or two megabytes (Mb) of memory. Today, most systems require 64Mb to run basic applications.
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Fighting super-bugs
The European Union has identified antibiotic-resistant super-bugs as a major European and global health problem. It has given Destiny Pharma, based at the Sussex Innovation Centre, a grant of more than £1 million to lead a group of partners in researching
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Contest catches a rising star
Thirteen-year-old Chloe Dupre was cheered to victory as she became the Sussex star of 2001. Talented Chloe won the final of the Sussex Search for a Star talent competition and came away with a £400 first prize plus the offer of lucrative singing work.
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Photographers' cove offers unsurpassed working areas
One of the largest photography studios in the south has opened as a collaborative venture between the Brighton Media Centre (BMC) and a new company called Photomedia. Studio manager Jerry Lebens said: "We have made an investment of more than £50,000 to
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Child cruelty pair jailed
Evil guardians Simon and Michelle McWilliam were starting eight-year jail terms today for a catalogue of cruelty to a four-year-old boy. Judge Anthony Scott Gall told the couple: "You systematically set about abusing that little boy who wanted no more
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Racehorse tribute to terror victim
The brothers of a man lost beneath the rubble of the World Trade Centre in New York plan to buy a racehorse in his memory. Matt Campbell, from Hassocks, is still trying to come to terms with the loss of brother Geoff, who was on the 106th floor of the
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Setback could keep wards shut
Plans to reopen two former hospital wards for patients could be delayed because there is no money to do the work. Mid Sussex Primary Health Care Trust applied to use the old Kleinwort and Nightingale geriatric wards at the former Haywards Heath Hospital
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Lake plunge driver quizzed
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car plunged into a Sussex lake. The drama followed a bid by police to stop a car which had earlier been seen being driven erratically in the centre of Arundel. Minutes later the green Vauxhall
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Grandfather still haunted by grief
James Sweeney wakes at night with tears streaming down his face. He can't stop thinking of his little grandson, even in his dreams. The boy has been dead two years now but the pain is just as great. He said: "The grief will go with me to the grave." Mr
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Rugby: Goodburn so proud despite Heath setback
Haywards Heath cannot wait to get back home after suffering a third successive narrow away defeat. They went down 15-13 at unbeaten Norwich in London One after a tremendous display. Mark Pymm stunned the hosts by jinking through for a fifth minute try
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Rugby: Rivals set for promotion fight
Eastbourne and Bognor are on course for a tremendous promotion battle. The Sussex rivals drew 15-15 at Park Avenue on Saturday to maintain their challenge for honours in London Four South East. Now they will be hoping Hove do them a favour by upsetting
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Woman's warning on killer disease
A woman is campaigning to highlight the dangers of the deadly disease meningitis. Sarah Jones, of Shepherds Mead, Burgess Hill, lost her boyfriend, Noel Davies, to the illness when he was 20. That was seven years ago. Since that time, she has worked to
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Case changed the system
Sweeping changes to minimise the chances of another John Smith case happening have already been introduced. Alyson Leslie, who proposed a string of recommendations in her inquiry report, said progress already made would, "in some small measure, serve
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Flawed social work let John die
John Smith would be alive today had it not been for a catalogue of errors, misjudgments and failings by social services. That is the tragic and damning finding of an inquiry report prepared for the Brighton and Hove and West Sussex Area Child Protection
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Legal stalemate prevented murder trial
The McWilliams should have been tried for murder, according to the detective who led the John Smith investigation, Operation Oasis. Detective Inspector Malcolm Bacon, who helped put Brighton child sex fiend Russell Bishop behind bars in 1990, said: "Sussex
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Review: It's better than on the box
Dorling Kindersley's CD, Bananas in Pyjamas, is reasonably educational, entertaining and ideally suited for children aged between two and six years of age. Bananas in Pyjamas is designed to help children develop key skills such as listening and comprehension
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Case 'destroyed' social workers
The two social workers at the centre of the John Smith case both broke down in tears when they gave evidence at the trial. A colleague of Dave Pamely and John Barrow, now both suspended, said: "They are good men but they are facing the sack. They have
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Hospital hopes hit cash snag
Plans to reopen two former hospital wards for patients could be delayed because there is no money to do the work. Mid Sussex Primary Health Care Trust applied to use the old Kleinwort and Nightingale geriatric wards at the former Haywards Heath Hospital
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Pictures reduced jurors to tears
The man wiped tears from his eyes, his face reddening as each photograph was handed to him. It was the first time the jury in the John Smith case had seen the little boy's injuries close up. The man paused to examine each horrific image before passing
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John was beaten black and blue
Experts said battered boxers suffer the same kind of head injuries four-year-old John Smith received. During the trial, Professor Ian Hill, a pathologist, clenched a fist to demonstrate an uppercut punch as the most likely way the boy's upper lip was
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Knife thug at hospital
A knifepoint robber threatened a member of staff at a hospital restaurant in Brighton. He asked for a coffee at the Pavilion food court at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. When the 23-year-old waitress asked for money he produced a knife and demanded
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Fighting super-bugs
The European Union has identified antibiotic-resistant super-bugs as a major European and global health problem. It has given Destiny Pharma, based at the Sussex Innovation Centre, a grant of more than £1 million to lead a group of partners in researching
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Photographers' cove offers unsurpassed working areas
One of the largest photography studios in the south has opened as a collaborative venture between the Brighton Media Centre (BMC) and a new company called Photomedia. Studio manager Jerry Lebens said: "We have made an investment of more than £50,000 to
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Child cruelty pair jailed
Evil guardians Simon and Michelle McWilliam were starting eight-year jail terms today for a catalogue of cruelty to a four-year-old boy. Judge Anthony Scott Gall told the couple: "You systematically set about abusing that little boy who wanted no more
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30-year wait for new classrooms
Parents and councillors have demanded action over a school which has had temporary classrooms for 30 years. They say education at Wivelsfield Primary School, near Burgess Hill, is suffering. Two main classrooms and three temporary classrooms accommodate
