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  • Loss of duty-free blamed for slump

    The impact of the abolition of duty-free shopping plunged Eurotunnel into the red. Retail revenues at the Channel Tunnel operator slumped 72 per cent in the last six months. Eurotunnel reported a net loss of £78 million in the six months to June 30, compared

  • Striking the right chord for new jobs

    The greatest rock 'n' roll guitar maker in the world has expanded its European headquarters to bring new jobs to Sussex. The move by Fender Musical Instruments Europe Ltd has already created five new jobs and recruitment of more than 20 additional staff

  • Find treatment for child molesters

    The killing of little Sarah Payne is yet another awful crime which leaves a family torn apart. We are now in the 21st century and with cures developed for so many diseases, surely medically there is a effective treatment for child offenders? -Mary Saunders

  • Walking on water after PM job

    Number 10 may be plagued by leaks but a Sussex water gardener is sure they have not come from the Downing Street pond. Ashington-based Martin Kelley created the water feature for Tony Blair but went unnoticed when it was unveiled to the Press. Mr Kelly

  • Keep the A&E open

    We must keep the Princess Royal Hospital's accident and emergency department open. Why close a purpose-built hospital, much newer than Brighton, with better access? -W. Bedford, Downs View Road, Hassocks

  • Bad traffic management

    Mrs Farrall complains Brighton and Hove Council is doing nothing about traffic conditions in Hassocks (Opinion, July 18). With its record of traffic management in its own area I'm glad it is refusing to do anything on Mid Sussex District Council's patch

  • Derek Jameson - Serves no solutions

    It tickles me to hear people rattling on about bringing back National Service to stamp out hooliganism and teach the young how to behave and respect their elders. The theory is that a stiff dose of military discipline would soon sort out the drunken yobs

  • 90-minute delay left teenager stranded

    A teenager with special needs was left stranded outside his school when his bus failed to turn up. Daniel Paton, 15, had to wait in the hot sun for an hour-and-a-half until a bus finally arrived. His angry mum Sharon has accused Brighton and Hove Bus

  • Railway worker wins tribunal

    A rail worker who was sacked after hurting his back while selling fares in a cramped ticket booth has won his claim for unfair dismissal. Tony Robshaw, who is 17 stone and 6ft 1in tall, claimed working in the excess ticket office at Hove Station left

  • Save a child's life, think as you drive

    The Argus has launched its summer campaign to save lives by keeping Sussex roads safe over the holidays. We have teamed up with Sussex Police, car dealers Caffyns, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex councils to educate motorists, pedestrians

  • On deaf ears

    I recently received a leaflet advertising a community event called Pride in Brighton and Hove. My heart sank when I saw music will be played to a certain level at the event. This is the identical phrase used in similar leaflets about the Party in the

  • Pair who share everything

    Jane and Jonathan Mitchell are beginning married life together sharing more in common than most newlyweds. Lucky Jonathan received one of the most unusual wedding presents from his bride-to-be - the gift of one of her kidneys. The 44-year-old, from Uckfield

  • Amber is the jewel in rescuers' crown

    The last time tiny Amber Finch-Sortain saw this helicopter crew was when they plucked her unconscious from the sea. The four-year-old was hauled to safety after hitting her head on rocks before being swept out to sea in February. Yesterday, the Hove toddler

  • Labour MPs top

    Isn't it revealing that in the league table of MP voting records all six Labour MPs from Sussex are in the top 200, while all Sussex Tory MPs finished in the bottom half (Argus, July 19)? The lowest placed Labour MP came 194th, the highest Tory only 336th

  • Jail them

    Such is our pathetic legal system that young offenders who are, by law, juveniles cannot be seriously prosecuted, as was the case with the youth recently arrested in connection with at least 15 burglaries. At worst, they will go to a residential young

  • Half the story

    Councillor Lynda Hyde only tells half the story regarding basic allowances Brighton and Hove councillors are able to claim (Opinion, July 13). Councillors do not have to claim the full allowance, they can claim as much as they wish up to a maximum agreed

  • The Voice of the Argus - Tragedies can be prevented

    The death of little Sarah Payne in Sussex earlier this month shocked thousands of people. Floral tributes are still pouring on to the roadside close to where her body was found. Many other children will die this summer on the roads with little publicity

  • Site flows from Floella

    A website based on a Floella Benjamin TV show could get children as young as three years old using the net, according to its Brighton-based creator. Based on the ITV Jamboree programme, much of the site has been designed to be used independently by young

  • Hardware: Break the back of security

    Imagine what it would be like to convert all the files on your laptop into hard copy. You would almost certainly be carrying around the contents of a large filing cabinet. Very few people need that volume of data and few recognise the security implications

  • Dancing in cyberstreet

    A Sussex man who made his name working for corporate giants has created an online database which organisers hope will change the face of club culture. East Grinstead-based Dale Bulbrook has used know-how he picked up creating intranets for American Express

  • Number's up for the Boo founders

    A Brighton man has posted personal telephone numbers and addresses for the founders of failed e-fashion firm Boo.com on a website The website is registered in the name of former Boo boss Ernst Malmsten. The website is part of an online campaign against

  • Happy Saga of Victoria

    A Hastings grandmother is set to be Sussex's next internet mogul. Victoria Seymour, 65, has featured in Saga magazine's internet column just six months after setting up her Hastings local information website. The column was a springboard to stardom for

  • Byte: BT sites are knocked out

    BT admitted it could do little to stop web users disabling its sites after three flagship domains were knocked out on Friday. bt.com, btinternet.com and gameplay.com were all put out of use after they were flooded with requests. A BT spokesman said the

  • Byte: Pledging to stop ironing

    A new website has the ultimate answer for people who are too busy, or lazy, to iron. Shirt Press is selling over 60 different designs of non-iron pure cotton shirts online. A spokeswoman said: "We are dedicated to making ironing a thing of the past."

  • Byte: No sign of a crash here

    AOL has bucked the dot com trend of losing investors' money and registered a $1.2 billion profit. The firm piled on 900,000 new subscribers in the last quarter of the year alone. It now boasts 23.2 million members. E-commerce and advertising revenues

  • Byte: Net booking on the menu

    A Sussex restaurant is introducing an online booking service after diners flocked to its website. Peter Bench, owner of the Smugglers Restaurant in Sompting, near Worthing, saw turnover leap ten per cent after he launched a website in December. Now he

  • Byte: Frustrated by searching

    Southerners are the most frustrated web users in the country, according to a MORI poll. The company reported 82 per cent of those surveyed in the South of England are annoyed by not finding what they need on the net compared to a national average of 76

  • Byte: E-hallmark is launched

    A government-backed quality hallmark for internet sites has been launched by consumer chiefs. TrustUK will be sent to authorised websites using special technology, which means it cannot be copied by rogue traders. Trade and Industry Minister Patricia

  • Net Solutions

    With Andrew Hardy Director of Brighton-based Rivendell Software Help needed at the double Q: I just can't get the hang of 'Double Clicking' on programme icons. No matter how hard I try, I am unable to click fast enough to launch the programme. What can

  • Website of the week

    Girls who would rather stand by their horse than their man now have a website to call their own. The site is dedicated to "women who can hitch up their own trailers" - John Wayne feminists in what used to be the Wild West. It features links to country

  • Hardware: It plays like a Dream

    Dreamcast players who like the idea of getting a double-handed grip on their favourite pastime will love the Controller Plus from Joytech. This keenly priced gameplay accessory could turn the most inept gamer into a force to be reckoned with. The space

  • Review: Twit versus the trees

    Tivola's Millie Metre and Her Adventures in the Oak Tree is all about a little girl who tries to talk a rich man, called Twit, out of felling a giant oak tree. She explores the tree and meets all the animals, insects and plants that depend on the tree

  • Review: Klingons on the starboard bow

    Viewers of Star Trek will be familiar with the concept of Star Fleet academy where raw recruits are turned into officers. In Klingon Academy, the formidable Klingon Empire has set up a similar facility. Players must successfully master the bloodthirsty

  • From Russia with artistic ambition

    Poverty-stricken artists from Russia have been finding financial success in Sussex as part of a new fair trade initiative. Horsham-based Robin Mitchell organised the project after meeting a young woman from Moscow unable to make ends meet by selling her

  • Striking the right chord for new jobs

    The greatest rock 'n' roll guitar maker in the world has expanded its European headquarters to bring new jobs to Sussex. The move by Fender Musical Instruments Europe Ltd has already created five new jobs and recruitment of more than 20 additional staff

  • Find treatment for child molesters

    The killing of little Sarah Payne is yet another awful crime which leaves a family torn apart. We are now in the 21st century and with cures developed for so many diseases, surely medically there is a effective treatment for child offenders? -Mary Saunders

  • Save those sheep

    The Queen Mother, rather than transport her own sheep long distances from Scotland to the recent Royal Pageant, insisted on using local sheep doubles. If only she could use her influence to stop some of the thousands of sheep being exported across Europe

  • Road to a better future for firms

    A multi-million pound Government transport initiative has brought new hope to businesses in Sussex. The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) has identified areas in need of investment across Sussex, describing the South East

  • Bad traffic management

    Mrs Farrall complains Brighton and Hove Council is doing nothing about traffic conditions in Hassocks (Opinion, July 18). With its record of traffic management in its own area I'm glad it is refusing to do anything on Mid Sussex District Council's patch

  • Signal Failure - Lizzie Enfield

    New boy, Howard, has been keeping self, friend Sarah and rest of the carriage entertained with bizarre seat-cleaning ritual! This involves vigorously rolling it with useless thing intended to remove pet hairs from furniture, as advertised in useless thing

  • Railway worker wins tribunal

    A rail worker who was sacked after hurting his back while selling fares in a cramped ticket booth has won his claim for unfair dismissal. Tony Robshaw, who is 17 stone and 6ft 1in tall, claimed working in the excess ticket office at Hove Station left

  • Mexican miracle for 'doomed' cancer dad

    Carl Grace's world fell apart earlier this year when he was told by doctors he had cancer and there was nothing more they could do for him. Determined not to give up, he raised £18,000 for some revolutionary treatment at a clinic in Mexico. Just three

  • Misleading

    I suspect Sussex Police is misleading the public in claiming only 26 of the 5,000-plus complaints it received last year were substantiated. The rest, it says, were unsubstantiated, withdrawn or informally resolved. Informally resolved can cover a multitude

  • Save a child's life, think as you drive

    The Argus has launched its summer campaign to save lives by keeping Sussex roads safe over the holidays. We have teamed up with Sussex Police, car dealers Caffyns, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex councils to educate motorists, pedestrians

  • Pair who share everything

    Jane and Jonathan Mitchell are beginning married life together sharing more in common than most newlyweds. Lucky Jonathan received one of the most unusual wedding presents from his bride-to-be - the gift of one of her kidneys. The 44-year-old, from Uckfield

  • Amber is the jewel in rescuers' crown

    The last time tiny Amber Finch-Sortain saw this helicopter crew was when they plucked her unconscious from the sea. The four-year-old was hauled to safety after hitting her head on rocks before being swept out to sea in February. Yesterday, the Hove toddler

  • Labour MPs top

    Isn't it revealing that in the league table of MP voting records all six Labour MPs from Sussex are in the top 200, while all Sussex Tory MPs finished in the bottom half (Argus, July 19)? The lowest placed Labour MP came 194th, the highest Tory only 336th

  • Detectives may thank TV viewers

    Detectives may appear on the BBC's Crimewatch programme tomorrow night to say thank you to the thousands of people who phoned to help with the Sarah Payne investigation. Officers hunting the eight-year-old's killer are stepping back from national media

  • Holiday town plan blasted

    Worthing Council has been forced into an embarrassing re-think over its controversial plans for promoting the town as a holiday venue. Most people responding to a package of measures compiled by the West Sussex Tourism Initiative were upset about the

  • Half the story

    Councillor Lynda Hyde only tells half the story regarding basic allowances Brighton and Hove councillors are able to claim (Opinion, July 13). Councillors do not have to claim the full allowance, they can claim as much as they wish up to a maximum agreed

  • School daze

    I'm 75 and wonder how many people of my age remember their school days at Ditchling Road School, Brighton. During the Thirties, when we would have been between eight and 11, we had a headmistress named Miss Reno at Ditchling Road. Miss Reno dealt out

  • Don't criticise

    What cheek health authorities executives have displayed in criticising the Argus's campaign to stand up for the people most affected by the proposed merger of Brighton and Haywards Heath hospital services. Just two years ago, chief executive Stuart Welling

  • Masonic admission from mayor is to be welcomed

    The declaration from three Brighton and Hove councillors, including mayor Andy Durr, that they are freemasons, is to be welcomed (Argus, July 18). For too long, information about masonic membership among councillors and other prominent members of the

  • It's Millwall again

    Albion have drawn second division Millwall in a cup competition for the third year running. The Seagulls have played the Londoners in the Auto Windscreens Shield for the past two seasons and yesterday they were paired in the Worthington Cup. The first

  • Freeman and Hart return for Albion

    Darren Freeman and Gary Hart will be back in the fold tonight. The Albion strike pair missed last week's tour to Ireland, but will get a run-out in the Roy Hayden Memorial Trophy match against County League champions Langney Sports at Priory Lane, Langney

  • Lights, camera, Oscar!

    Oscars are a bit thin on the ground in East Grinstead. It is a town more readily associated with Rentokil than Hollywood. But one firm has won an academy award, featuring in films such as Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan and receiving plaudits from film

  • Going to town to censor porn

    An internet rating system which could see websites receiving cinema-style age certifications is being created in Brighton. Representatives from the world's largest IT firms will visit Brighton to test the new sex and violence filter in the autumn. Staff

  • Site flows from Floella

    A website based on a Floella Benjamin TV show could get children as young as three years old using the net, according to its Brighton-based creator. Based on the ITV Jamboree programme, much of the site has been designed to be used independently by young

  • Hardware: Break the back of security

    Imagine what it would be like to convert all the files on your laptop into hard copy. You would almost certainly be carrying around the contents of a large filing cabinet. Very few people need that volume of data and few recognise the security implications

  • Dancing in cyberstreet

    A Sussex man who made his name working for corporate giants has created an online database which organisers hope will change the face of club culture. East Grinstead-based Dale Bulbrook has used know-how he picked up creating intranets for American Express

  • Number's up for the Boo founders

    A Brighton man has posted personal telephone numbers and addresses for the founders of failed e-fashion firm Boo.com on a website The website is registered in the name of former Boo boss Ernst Malmsten. The website is part of an online campaign against

  • Happy Saga of Victoria

    A Hastings grandmother is set to be Sussex's next internet mogul. Victoria Seymour, 65, has featured in Saga magazine's internet column just six months after setting up her Hastings local information website. The column was a springboard to stardom for

  • Let's go to art work

    A Beacon Community College student has presented a digital arts version of the Reservoir Dogs set in Crowborough. Reservoir Cats was created by Vici Wyatt, 18, and gave an idea of what the classic film might have looked like if Quentin Tarantino had been

  • Webcam

    Tokyo only became the capital of Japan in the 19th Century but it has come a long way since. It has been the scene of economic miracles and it has built the skyscrapers to prove it. This webcam lets you keep an eye on the brightly lit city. A link to

  • Sparring partners for web shoppers

    Brighton's internet shoppers will be able to pick up goods ordered online at service stations and convenience stores from October. Dropzone1, a firm which has secured deals with Londis, Spar, BP, Jet and Texaco to deliver internet orders to their stores

  • Byte: BT sites are knocked out

    BT admitted it could do little to stop web users disabling its sites after three flagship domains were knocked out on Friday. bt.com, btinternet.com and gameplay.com were all put out of use after they were flooded with requests. A BT spokesman said the

  • Byte: Sussex firm flying high

    A Sussex firm is preparing to update 40-year-old technology at military airfields across Britain. Horsted Keynes-based Kerry Technology is to build computers for the Met Office to measure and analyse runway windspeeds. The firm beat off competition from

  • Byte: Unmetered line is cut

    LineOne has abandoned its unmetered internet service. Chief executive Andy Harwood sent an e-mail to users saying it could not cope with the demand. Current subscribers will be able to choose between switching to a pay-as-you-go service or a resold BT

  • Byte: Net booking on the menu

    A Sussex restaurant is introducing an online booking service after diners flocked to its website. Peter Bench, owner of the Smugglers Restaurant in Sompting, near Worthing, saw turnover leap ten per cent after he launched a website in December. Now he

  • Byte: Frustrated by searching

    Southerners are the most frustrated web users in the country, according to a MORI poll. The company reported 82 per cent of those surveyed in the South of England are annoyed by not finding what they need on the net compared to a national average of 76

  • Byte: E-hallmark is launched

    A government-backed quality hallmark for internet sites has been launched by consumer chiefs. TrustUK will be sent to authorised websites using special technology, which means it cannot be copied by rogue traders. Trade and Industry Minister Patricia

  • Hardware: It plays like a Dream

    Dreamcast players who like the idea of getting a double-handed grip on their favourite pastime will love the Controller Plus from Joytech. This keenly priced gameplay accessory could turn the most inept gamer into a force to be reckoned with. The space

  • Review: Twit versus the trees

    Tivola's Millie Metre and Her Adventures in the Oak Tree is all about a little girl who tries to talk a rich man, called Twit, out of felling a giant oak tree. She explores the tree and meets all the animals, insects and plants that depend on the tree

  • From Russia with artistic ambition

    Poverty-stricken artists from Russia have been finding financial success in Sussex as part of a new fair trade initiative. Horsham-based Robin Mitchell organised the project after meeting a young woman from Moscow unable to make ends meet by selling her

  • Bearing fruit for Juicy duo

    A Sussex business support group has proved a major success in guiding new firms and individual inventors towards prosperity. In the last six months the Commercialisation Support Group (CSG) has assisted more than 30 companies in Sussex with projects ranging

  • Save those sheep

    The Queen Mother, rather than transport her own sheep long distances from Scotland to the recent Royal Pageant, insisted on using local sheep doubles. If only she could use her influence to stop some of the thousands of sheep being exported across Europe

  • Road to a better future for firms

    A multi-million pound Government transport initiative has brought new hope to businesses in Sussex. The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) has identified areas in need of investment across Sussex, describing the South East

  • Signal Failure - Lizzie Enfield

    New boy, Howard, has been keeping self, friend Sarah and rest of the carriage entertained with bizarre seat-cleaning ritual! This involves vigorously rolling it with useless thing intended to remove pet hairs from furniture, as advertised in useless thing

  • Internet book sales soaring

    More than six per cent of all consumer book purchases in Great Britain are now made on the internet, according to a new report. Figures for the 12 weeks to May 2000 show a rise of 330 per cent in the value of book sales compared with the same period last

  • Mexican miracle for 'doomed' cancer dad

    Carl Grace's world fell apart earlier this year when he was told by doctors he had cancer and there was nothing more they could do for him. Determined not to give up, he raised £18,000 for some revolutionary treatment at a clinic in Mexico. Just three

  • Misleading

    I suspect Sussex Police is misleading the public in claiming only 26 of the 5,000-plus complaints it received last year were substantiated. The rest, it says, were unsubstantiated, withdrawn or informally resolved. Informally resolved can cover a multitude

  • Vista of filth

    The recent Argus coverage of the Essential Music Festival in Stanmer Park failed to mention the mess left behind after the event. When I arrived for work at the university next to the park on the Monday morning, I found it difficult to make my way through

  • Hotel will rise from the ashes

    The Royal Albion Hotel will reopen at the end of August following a £7 million refurbishment. The Brighton landmark was ravaged by a severe fire two years ago, but could be almost fully operational for the August Bank Holiday weekend. Bookings are being

  • Detectives may thank TV viewers

    Detectives may appear on the BBC's Crimewatch programme tomorrow night to say thank you to the thousands of people who phoned to help with the Sarah Payne investigation. Officers hunting the eight-year-old's killer are stepping back from national media

  • Drunk driver left dying pal

    A drunk driver "callously" left his teenage friend to die in the road after a high-speed joyride ended in tragedy, a court heard. Passenger Jamie White, 18, of Lomond Avenue, Brighton, was killed when he was flung from a stolen Ford Escort which had been

  • School daze

    I'm 75 and wonder how many people of my age remember their school days at Ditchling Road School, Brighton. During the Thirties, when we would have been between eight and 11, we had a headmistress named Miss Reno at Ditchling Road. Miss Reno dealt out

  • Don't criticise

    What cheek health authorities executives have displayed in criticising the Argus's campaign to stand up for the people most affected by the proposed merger of Brighton and Haywards Heath hospital services. Just two years ago, chief executive Stuart Welling

  • Ringmer will take some catching

    Ringmer held a total of nine catches as they returned to the top of division one. David Smith's side showed safe hands right across the pitch as they beat Fletching by three wickets. Colin Coddington and Graham Pitts took four wickets apiece as Fletching

  • Masonic admission from mayor is to be welcomed

    The declaration from three Brighton and Hove councillors, including mayor Andy Durr, that they are freemasons, is to be welcomed (Argus, July 18). For too long, information about masonic membership among councillors and other prominent members of the

  • Snashall off to Sydney

    Peter Snashall's Paralympic dream has come true. The Eastbourne Club swimmer from Pevensey, 21 this month, will represent Britain in Sydney this October. Snashall has been selected for the 50m freestyle relay in the learning disabilities (514) classification

  • It's Millwall again

    Albion have drawn second division Millwall in a cup competition for the third year running. The Seagulls have played the Londoners in the Auto Windscreens Shield for the past two seasons and yesterday they were paired in the Worthington Cup. The first

  • Freeman and Hart return for Albion

    Darren Freeman and Gary Hart will be back in the fold tonight. The Albion strike pair missed last week's tour to Ireland, but will get a run-out in the Roy Hayden Memorial Trophy match against County League champions Langney Sports at Priory Lane, Langney

  • Internet book sales soaring

    More than six per cent of all consumer book purchases in Great Britain are now made on the internet, according to a new report. Figures for the 12 weeks to May 2000 show a rise of 330 per cent in the value of book sales compared with the same period last

  • Lights, camera, Oscar!

    Oscars are a bit thin on the ground in East Grinstead. It is a town more readily associated with Rentokil than Hollywood. But one firm has won an academy award, featuring in films such as Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan and receiving plaudits from film

  • Going to town to censor porn

    An internet rating system which could see websites receiving cinema-style age certifications is being created in Brighton. Representatives from the world's largest IT firms will visit Brighton to test the new sex and violence filter in the autumn. Staff

  • Let's go to art work

    A Beacon Community College student has presented a digital arts version of the Reservoir Dogs set in Crowborough. Reservoir Cats was created by Vici Wyatt, 18, and gave an idea of what the classic film might have looked like if Quentin Tarantino had been

  • Webcam

    Tokyo only became the capital of Japan in the 19th Century but it has come a long way since. It has been the scene of economic miracles and it has built the skyscrapers to prove it. This webcam lets you keep an eye on the brightly lit city. A link to

  • Sparring partners for web shoppers

    Brighton's internet shoppers will be able to pick up goods ordered online at service stations and convenience stores from October. Dropzone1, a firm which has secured deals with Londis, Spar, BP, Jet and Texaco to deliver internet orders to their stores

  • Byte: Sussex firm flying high

    A Sussex firm is preparing to update 40-year-old technology at military airfields across Britain. Horsted Keynes-based Kerry Technology is to build computers for the Met Office to measure and analyse runway windspeeds. The firm beat off competition from

  • Byte: Unmetered line is cut

    LineOne has abandoned its unmetered internet service. Chief executive Andy Harwood sent an e-mail to users saying it could not cope with the demand. Current subscribers will be able to choose between switching to a pay-as-you-go service or a resold BT

  • Review: Some slick sounds

    If you want to play music on your website or add some slick sounds to a boring PowerPoint presentation, then check out Audio Anywhere from Sonic Foundry. With over 800 professional quality sound clips and full copies of both Acid Style and Sound Forge

  • Review: Losing data will get your back up

    DataKeeper 3.0 provides a universal back-up solution which claims to work with almost any data storage peripheral, network drive, hard drive, Zip or Jaz drive or floppy disk. The software watches every file on your computer. As changes are made to those

  • Loss of duty-free blamed for slump

    The impact of the abolition of duty-free shopping plunged Eurotunnel into the red. Retail revenues at the Channel Tunnel operator slumped 72 per cent in the last six months. Eurotunnel reported a net loss of £78 million in the six months to June 30, compared

  • Bearing fruit for Juicy duo

    A Sussex business support group has proved a major success in guiding new firms and individual inventors towards prosperity. In the last six months the Commercialisation Support Group (CSG) has assisted more than 30 companies in Sussex with projects ranging

  • Walking on water after PM job

    Number 10 may be plagued by leaks but a Sussex water gardener is sure they have not come from the Downing Street pond. Ashington-based Martin Kelley created the water feature for Tony Blair but went unnoticed when it was unveiled to the Press. Mr Kelly

  • Keep the A&E open

    We must keep the Princess Royal Hospital's accident and emergency department open. Why close a purpose-built hospital, much newer than Brighton, with better access? -W. Bedford, Downs View Road, Hassocks

  • Derek Jameson - Serves no solutions

    It tickles me to hear people rattling on about bringing back National Service to stamp out hooliganism and teach the young how to behave and respect their elders. The theory is that a stiff dose of military discipline would soon sort out the drunken yobs

  • Internet book sales soaring

    More than six per cent of all consumer book purchases in Great Britain are now made on the internet, according to a new report. Figures for the 12 weeks to May 2000 show a rise of 330 per cent in the value of book sales compared with the same period last

  • 90-minute delay left teenager stranded

    A teenager with special needs was left stranded outside his school when his bus failed to turn up. Daniel Paton, 15, had to wait in the hot sun for an hour-and-a-half until a bus finally arrived. His angry mum Sharon has accused Brighton and Hove Bus

  • On deaf ears

    I recently received a leaflet advertising a community event called Pride in Brighton and Hove. My heart sank when I saw music will be played to a certain level at the event. This is the identical phrase used in similar leaflets about the Party in the

  • Vista of filth

    The recent Argus coverage of the Essential Music Festival in Stanmer Park failed to mention the mess left behind after the event. When I arrived for work at the university next to the park on the Monday morning, I found it difficult to make my way through

  • Hotel will rise from the ashes

    The Royal Albion Hotel will reopen at the end of August following a £7 million refurbishment. The Brighton landmark was ravaged by a severe fire two years ago, but could be almost fully operational for the August Bank Holiday weekend. Bookings are being

  • Jail them

    Such is our pathetic legal system that young offenders who are, by law, juveniles cannot be seriously prosecuted, as was the case with the youth recently arrested in connection with at least 15 burglaries. At worst, they will go to a residential young

  • Drunk driver left dying pal

    A drunk driver "callously" left his teenage friend to die in the road after a high-speed joyride ended in tragedy, a court heard. Passenger Jamie White, 18, of Lomond Avenue, Brighton, was killed when he was flung from a stolen Ford Escort which had been

  • The Voice of the Argus - Tragedies can be prevented

    The death of little Sarah Payne in Sussex earlier this month shocked thousands of people. Floral tributes are still pouring on to the roadside close to where her body was found. Many other children will die this summer on the roads with little publicity

  • Ringmer will take some catching

    Ringmer held a total of nine catches as they returned to the top of division one. David Smith's side showed safe hands right across the pitch as they beat Fletching by three wickets. Colin Coddington and Graham Pitts took four wickets apiece as Fletching

  • Snashall off to Sydney

    Peter Snashall's Paralympic dream has come true. The Eastbourne Club swimmer from Pevensey, 21 this month, will represent Britain in Sydney this October. Snashall has been selected for the 50m freestyle relay in the learning disabilities (514) classification

  • Internet book sales soaring

    More than six per cent of all consumer book purchases in Great Britain are now made on the internet, according to a new report. Figures for the 12 weeks to May 2000 show a rise of 330 per cent in the value of book sales compared with the same period last

  • Byte: Pledging to stop ironing

    A new website has the ultimate answer for people who are too busy, or lazy, to iron. Shirt Press is selling over 60 different designs of non-iron pure cotton shirts online. A spokeswoman said: "We are dedicated to making ironing a thing of the past."

  • Byte: No sign of a crash here

    AOL has bucked the dot com trend of losing investors' money and registered a $1.2 billion profit. The firm piled on 900,000 new subscribers in the last quarter of the year alone. It now boasts 23.2 million members. E-commerce and advertising revenues

  • Net Solutions

    With Andrew Hardy Director of Brighton-based Rivendell Software Help needed at the double Q: I just can't get the hang of 'Double Clicking' on programme icons. No matter how hard I try, I am unable to click fast enough to launch the programme. What can

  • Website of the week

    Girls who would rather stand by their horse than their man now have a website to call their own. The site is dedicated to "women who can hitch up their own trailers" - John Wayne feminists in what used to be the Wild West. It features links to country

  • Review: Some slick sounds

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