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  • Lis Solkhon - Voice of the Third Age

    In a modest kind of way I like to think of myself as vaguely technologically minded. After all, I can spell "computer" and on a good day with the wind behind me I can manage "megabyte". I even understand what RAM stands for. At least I know what the initials

  • Lepper set to take on Tories over rights to roam

    Labour MP David Lepper will be tussling with the Tories over the Government's new Countryside and Rights of Way Bill. The Brighton Pavilion MP has been put on the committee examining the controversial Bill, which will be opposed in part by the Conservatives

  • 1,000 battle to save pub

    More than 1,000 people are fighting to stop the demolition of a village pub to make way for housing. Councillors are considering Barratt Homes' plans to knock down the Abergavenny Arms, Copthorne, near Crawley, replacing the pub and a neighbouring building

  • Athletics - Jones hammers out early warning

    Local hammer thrower Mick Jones has made a tremendous start to the track season. The Sussex champion, from Crawley, has established himself as the top British hammer thrower over the last couple of seasons and is determined to gain a place in the British

  • Vote for your pub landlord of the year

    The search to find the best pub landlord in Brighton and Hove is on. The Argus has launched a competition in partnership with the Juicy Awards, which have been billed as the towns 'equivalent to the Oscars. We want to hear from regulars about what make

  • Vote for your pub landlord of the year

    The search to find the best pub landlord in Brighton and Hove is on. The Argus has launched a competition in partnership with the Juicy Awards, which have been billed as the towns 'equivalent to the Oscars. We want to hear from regulars about what make

  • £11,000 bill shock for Elsie

    A 94-year-old Brighton woman was stunned after receiving an electricity bill for almost £11,000. Elsie Gardiner,of Pavilion Court, Grand Parade, Brighton, normally spends about £350 on electricity over six months. But she nearly fainted when she was charged

  • Racing - Monday's three meetings

    Flat card at Windsor, plus an all-weather card at Southwell. First race 2.00pm, last race 4.45pm. Naylor's Nag: Supreme Angel - 3.30 Windsor Recommended stake £4 win Saturday's Naylor's Nag, J J Baboo was third on Saturday. Running total on an initial

  • Pavilion is the tops says guide

    One of Brighton's tourist attractions has been named among the worst in the country. The Holiday Which? guide claims the Brighton Sea Life Centre is one of the four worst animal attractions in Britain. The guide said: "It is marine life up close and personal

  • Speedway - Eagles in top gear

    Eastbourne Eagles got the season off to a flying start with a convincing 53-36 win over Poole Pirates. Eagles saw off their rivals, who finished runners-up last season and twice inflicted home defeats on the Sussex squad, in spectacular fashion in Saturday

  • Westlife send fans wild at Jam

    More than 4,000 youngsters went wild as Irish boy band Westlife took the Southern FM Music Jam by storm. Teenage girls broke down in tears as the boys launched into their hit song If I Let You Go, while others held up banners saying 'We Love You Westlife

  • Albion - In with a play-off shout

    Mention promotion to Micky Adams and his players at the moment and they might tell you to P off. They don't want to talk about the play-offs, but their silence speaks volumes. I will say it for them, a place in the top seven IS possible. I wouldn't put

  • Albion - Ramsay's my lucky charm

    Albion matchwinner Gary Hart reckons strike partner Scott Ramsay is his lucky charm. Hart hit his ninth goal of the season to clinch another three points for the soaring Seagulls at Barnet on Saturday. Four of those have been scored when teenager Ramsay

  • Racing - Tuesday's three meetings

    Flat cards at Newcastle and Wolverhampton, plus a National Hunt card at Sandown. First race 2.00pm Naylor's Nag: Menesonic -2.30 Sandown Recommended stake £4 win Yesterday's Naylor's Nag, Supreme Angel was unplaced. Running total on an initial tax-free

  • Wartime star helps home for ex-soldiers

    Wartime favourite Dame Vera Lynn lent her support to a fund-raising day for disabled ex-Servicemen. She officially opened an antiques valuation day at Courtlands, Goring, in aid of the Gifford House home in Worthing for former soldiers. Worthing mayor

  • Butlins told to curb row

    Butlins has been told to monitor noise at its multi-million-pound entertainment resort following complaints from residents. People living near the site at Bognor said the noise of blaring music and singing from the new Skyline Pavilion meant they could

  • Fishing four business

    The Internet is the 21st century market place for businesses. Now Sussex companies can reach millions of potential customers using a free web directory. Fish4 It was launched in October 1999 and operates a national database of 1.9 million businesses accessible

  • Voice of the Argus

    House prices can be trouble, Beating bullies, Keeping it clean House prices are rising faster in Brighton and Hove than almost anywhere else in the country as the towns enjoy a boom. It's fine for those who own a house but it's bad news for those who

  • Lepper set to take on Tories over rights to roam

    Labour MP David Lepper will be tussling with the Tories over the Government's new Countryside and Rights of Way Bill. The Brighton Pavilion MP has been put on the committee examining the controversial Bill, which will be opposed in part by the Conservatives

  • Trapped driver is freed

    Firefighters used cutting gear to free a woman trapped after her car overturned. Crews from Haywards Heath and Crawley were called to Birchgrove Lane, Horsted Keynes. They used cutting equipment to release the woman, who was taken by ambulance to the

  • 1,000 battle to save pub

    More than 1,000 people are fighting to stop the demolition of a village pub to make way for housing. Councillors are considering Barratt Homes' plans to knock down the Abergavenny Arms, Copthorne, near Crawley, replacing the pub and a neighbouring building

  • Athletics - Jones hammers out early warning

    Local hammer thrower Mick Jones has made a tremendous start to the track season. The Sussex champion, from Crawley, has established himself as the top British hammer thrower over the last couple of seasons and is determined to gain a place in the British

  • Vote for your pub landlord of the year

    The search to find the best pub landlord in Brighton and Hove is on. The Argus has launched a competition in partnership with the Juicy Awards, which have been billed as the towns 'equivalent to the Oscars. We want to hear from regulars about what make

  • Vote for your pub landlord of the year

    The search to find the best pub landlord in Brighton and Hove is on. The Argus has launched a competition in partnership with the Juicy Awards, which have been billed as the towns 'equivalent to the Oscars. We want to hear from regulars about what make

  • £11,000 bill shock for Elsie

    A 94-year-old Brighton woman was stunned after receiving an electricity bill for almost £11,000. Elsie Gardiner,of Pavilion Court, Grand Parade, Brighton, normally spends about £350 on electricity over six months. But she nearly fainted when she was charged

  • Pavilion is the tops says guide

    One of Brighton's tourist attractions has been named among the worst in the country. The Holiday Which? guide claims the Brighton Sea Life Centre is one of the four worst animal attractions in Britain. The guide said: "It is marine life up close and personal

  • Racing - Tuesday's three meetings

    Flat cards at Newcastle and Wolverhampton, plus a National Hunt card at Sandown. First race 2.00pm Naylor's Nag: Menesonic -2.30 Sandown Recommended stake £4 win Yesterday's Naylor's Nag, Supreme Angel was unplaced. Running total on an initial tax-free

  • Ramsay's my lucky charm

    ALBION matchwinner Gary Hart reckons strike partner Scott Ramsay is his lucky charm. Hart hit his ninth goal of the season to clinch another three points for the soaring Seagulls at Barnet on Saturday. Four of those have been scored when teenager Ramsay

  • Wartime star helps home for ex-soldiers

    Wartime favourite Dame Vera Lynn lent her support to a fund-raising day for disabled ex-Servicemen. She officially opened an antiques valuation day at Courtlands, Goring, in aid of the Gifford House home in Worthing for former soldiers. Worthing mayor

  • Albion in with a shout

    Barnet 0 Albion 1 MENTION promotion to Micky Adams and his players at the moment and they might just tell you to P off. They don't want to talk about the play-offs, but their silence speaks volumes. I will say it for them, a place in the top seven IS

  • Fury after travellers leave park in a mess

    Travellers who camped at a Worthing park have sparked fury after moving on and leaving a trail of devastation in their wake. Worthing Council faces a bill for cleaning and repairs at Brooklands that could run into thousands of pounds. The latest group

  • Calm plea on killer estate

    There were calls for calm following death threats and attacks on the family of a man convicted of murder. One relative was beaten up with baseball bats and socks filled with snooker balls. Others have suffered death threats Two cars have been attacked

  • Norman conquers the riches league

    A Norman nobleman who made his fortune after the Battle of Hastings was named today as the richest British person of the last millennium. William of Warenne, Earl of Surrey, who died from an arrow wound at the siege of Pevensey in 1088, is top of The

  • Lis Solkhon - Voice of the Third Age

    In a modest kind of way I like to think of myself as vaguely technologically minded. After all, I can spell "computer" and on a good day with the wind behind me I can manage "megabyte". I even understand what RAM stands for. At least I know what the initials

  • Web site warning on 'cyber-scams'

    Consumer watchdogs have announced a crackdown on cyber-scams making dubious promises of quick profits for investors on the internet. The Office of Fair Trading said it was sending warning emails to the owners of a series of web sites. The action follows

  • Ryman - Donnelly happy with progress

    Worthing boss Sammy Donnelly spoke of his determination to keep pushing the club in the right direction. This came after their convincing 3-1 division one home win over Staines. Rebels are now on 53 points, one more than last season when they finished

  • Mother's vain search for new home

    Jo Major has lived happily in her two-bedroom flat with her six-year-old son Jake for five years. She had never considered moving until her landlord phoned to say he was selling the property in Waldegrave Road, Brighton. Miss Major, 28, said: "I started

  • Racing - Monday's three meetings

    Flat card at Windsor, plus an all-weather card at Southwell. First race 2.00pm, last race 4.45pm. Naylor's Nag: Supreme Angel - 3.30 Windsor Recommended stake £4 win Saturday's Naylor's Nag, J J Baboo was third on Saturday. Running total on an initial

  • Speedway - Eagles in top gear

    Eastbourne Eagles got the season off to a flying start with a convincing 53-36 win over Poole Pirates. Eagles saw off their rivals, who finished runners-up last season and twice inflicted home defeats on the Sussex squad, in spectacular fashion in Saturday

  • Westlife send fans wild at Jam

    More than 4,000 youngsters went wild as Irish boy band Westlife took the Southern FM Music Jam by storm. Teenage girls broke down in tears as the boys launched into their hit song If I Let You Go, while others held up banners saying 'We Love You Westlife

  • Albion - In with a play-off shout

    Mention promotion to Micky Adams and his players at the moment and they might tell you to P off. They don't want to talk about the play-offs, but their silence speaks volumes. I will say it for them, a place in the top seven IS possible. I wouldn't put

  • Coma girl is flown home

    Friends and family of a Sussex aid worker in Alabania have raised the cash to fly her home. Vanessa Baxter-Jones, 26, from Hove is in a coma after falling from a balcony. She is fighting for her life after plunging 60ft from the third floor of a hotel

  • Albion - Ramsay's my lucky charm

    Albion matchwinner Gary Hart reckons strike partner Scott Ramsay is his lucky charm. Hart hit his ninth goal of the season to clinch another three points for the soaring Seagulls at Barnet on Saturday. Four of those have been scored when teenager Ramsay

  • Bears battle to avoid wooden spoon

    BEARS haven't got much to play for apart from a battle to hand basketball's southern conference wooden spoon to London Leopards. But they still managed to produce one of their most committed performances of the season on Saturday to reward the long-suffering

  • Butlins told to curb row

    Butlins has been told to monitor noise at its multi-million-pound entertainment resort following complaints from residents. People living near the site at Bognor said the noise of blaring music and singing from the new Skyline Pavilion meant they could

  • Memorial to victim Billie Jo

    A memorial to murder victim Billie Jo Jenkins has been unveiled. A bench inscribed "Taken out of our hands, but not our hearts" has been placed in the memorial gardens opposite the east London cemetery where the Hastings teenager is buried. Billie Jo

  • Keep out the racist thugs

    Councillors today condemned reports that the National Front is targeting a Sussex town. The news follows the brutal gang rape of a 20-year-old girl in Hastings that police say could have been carried out by eastern Europeans. The MP and borough council

  • Fishing four business

    The Internet is the 21st century market place for businesses. Now Sussex companies can reach millions of potential customers using a free web directory. Fish4 It was launched in October 1999 and operates a national database of 1.9 million businesses accessible

  • Web site warning on 'cyber-scams'

    Consumer watchdogs have announced a crackdown on cyber-scams making dubious promises of quick profits for investors on the internet. The Office of Fair Trading said it was sending warning emails to the owners of a series of web sites. The action follows

  • Voice of the Argus

    House prices can be trouble, Beating bullies, Keeping it clean House prices are rising faster in Brighton and Hove than almost anywhere else in the country as the towns enjoy a boom. It's fine for those who own a house but it's bad news for those who

  • Trapped driver is freed

    Firefighters used cutting gear to free a woman trapped after her car overturned. Crews from Haywards Heath and Crawley were called to Birchgrove Lane, Horsted Keynes. They used cutting equipment to release the woman, who was taken by ambulance to the

  • Ryman - Donnelly happy with progress

    Worthing boss Sammy Donnelly spoke of his determination to keep pushing the club in the right direction. This came after their convincing 3-1 division one home win over Staines. Rebels are now on 53 points, one more than last season when they finished

  • Mother's vain search for new home

    Jo Major has lived happily in her two-bedroom flat with her six-year-old son Jake for five years. She had never considered moving until her landlord phoned to say he was selling the property in Waldegrave Road, Brighton. Miss Major, 28, said: "I started

  • Coma girl is flown home

    Friends and family of a Sussex aid worker in Alabania have raised the cash to fly her home. Vanessa Baxter-Jones, 26, from Hove is in a coma after falling from a balcony. She is fighting for her life after plunging 60ft from the third floor of a hotel

  • Bears battle to avoid wooden spoon

    BEARS haven't got much to play for apart from a battle to hand basketball's southern conference wooden spoon to London Leopards. But they still managed to produce one of their most committed performances of the season on Saturday to reward the long-suffering

  • Ramsay's my lucky charm

    ALBION matchwinner Gary Hart reckons strike partner Scott Ramsay is his lucky charm. Hart hit his ninth goal of the season to clinch another three points for the soaring Seagulls at Barnet on Saturday. Four of those have been scored when teenager Ramsay

  • Albion in with a shout

    Barnet 0 Albion 1 MENTION promotion to Micky Adams and his players at the moment and they might just tell you to P off. They don't want to talk about the play-offs, but their silence speaks volumes. I will say it for them, a place in the top seven IS

  • Fury after travellers leave park in a mess

    Travellers who camped at a Worthing park have sparked fury after moving on and leaving a trail of devastation in their wake. Worthing Council faces a bill for cleaning and repairs at Brooklands that could run into thousands of pounds. The latest group

  • Calm plea on killer estate

    There were calls for calm following death threats and attacks on the family of a man convicted of murder. One relative was beaten up with baseball bats and socks filled with snooker balls. Others have suffered death threats Two cars have been attacked

  • Norman conquers the riches league

    A Norman nobleman who made his fortune after the Battle of Hastings was named today as the richest British person of the last millennium. William of Warenne, Earl of Surrey, who died from an arrow wound at the siege of Pevensey in 1088, is top of The

  • Memorial to victim Billie Jo

    A memorial to murder victim Billie Jo Jenkins has been unveiled. A bench inscribed "Taken out of our hands, but not our hearts" has been placed in the memorial gardens opposite the east London cemetery where the Hastings teenager is buried. Billie Jo

  • Keep out the racist thugs

    Councillors today condemned reports that the National Front is targeting a Sussex town. The news follows the brutal gang rape of a 20-year-old girl in Hastings that police say could have been carried out by eastern Europeans. The MP and borough council