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  • Voice of the Argus: Keep politics out of sport

    Ken Bodfish, the new leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, is wrong. For more than three years, the council and the club have tried to get Brighton and Hove Albion established in a permanent home at Falmer. Just when the club is ready to produce

  • Windmill gets its sails back

    A historic windmill's sails have finally been re-hung after months of bad weather. The 180-year-old windmill, known as Jill, in Clayton, near Hassocks, had been without two of her 360kg sweeps since they were taken down for painting last September. Torrential

  • Parker's progress with Tim Parker

    I guess many of us feel sad as every High Street in the country begins to have the same look. The larger companies elbow out our individual shopkeepers and small businesses have almost disappeared from our cities. Now the same is happening in the countryside

  • Health authority could plunge into red

    A health authority is at risk of going £3 million over budget at the end of the next financial year. East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority is hopeful it will be able to make savings without affecting patient services but the board is being asked

  • Call centre jobs boom continues

    The traditional image of counter clerks and telephonists in the British workplace is being wiped out by a boom in call centres. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the number of call centre jobs leapt 220 per cent between

  • Stress-relief therapy comes to your office desk

    STRESS, the scourge of modern working life, is being banished from the office by two Sussex women. Experienced massage therapists Kim Cook and Chris Peates have set up a company called Works Wonders which visits businesses in the area to bring calm where

  • Arson fears in factory fire

    A blaze in an old furniture factory may have been started deliberately, firefighters said today. Six fire crews fought the fire at the disused Jaycee Furniture factory in Woodingdean yesterday afternoon. Assistant Divisional Officer Pat Scott said an

  • Sussex companies ask: What recession?

    Claims that Sussex is heading for a recession have been disputed. A leading business information group said economic growth in the county was grinding to a halt and it would be in recession by the end of the year. But Sussex Enterprise, which represents

  • Think small

    The future for human inhabitation must be small-scale, decentralised, democratic communities based around locally-produced goods and organic foods - a far cry from the overbearing metropolis envisaged by Voice Of The Argus (July 14). This would be as

  • Richard et al

    I should like to thank Richard Halfpenny (Letters, July 13) for agreeing to drop his pejorative use of the term "Labour women" for the less contentious "et al". I just hope Al doesn't complain now. -Sue Hodson, Lulham Close, Telscombe Cliffs

  • Stadium: Do the right thing

    Over and above all the hoo-ha surrounding the community stadium/ Seagulls issue is the question: How keen were the two councils to be seen to be associated with the club in good times? Answer: They were like flies on the proverbial because of the political

  • Degree for tragic crash victim

    A student who died in a car crash last summer will be awarded a posthumous degree today. James Briffit had just finished a year in America as part of his four-year course in American studies when he was killed in a road accident in California. He was

  • Teenager visitor raped in park

    A German teenager was grabbed and brutally raped in a Brighton park last night. Police believe a stranger may have followed the 18-year-old student or lain in wait. The scene was sealed off today as police carried out house-to-house inquiries. The young

  • Gangsters' boiling water torture

    Thugs pulled two men's trousers down and poured boiling water over them in the most brutal case of torture Brighton police say they have seen. The two victims were also pistol-whipped and a woman who walked in on the scene, in a city centre house, was

  • Machete raiders take cash

    Masked raiders, one armed with a machete, threatened staff at a fast-food restaurant and grabbed cash from the safe. One teenage assistant tried to fight them off but he was knocked to the ground. The robbery at Uncle Sams in Carden Avenue, Patcham, Brighton

  • Free speech

    I could not believe the Tourist Information Centre at Hove Town Hall had closed. The reason given to me was Hove has amalgamated with Brighton to become a city. I used to obtain much information about places to visit and book tickets for National Express

  • Peace be

    David Allen is wrong about parking attendants ("Robot wars", Letters, Argus 11). Commission will not be paid. If this was so, I would be the first person in line for a job. Taking into account the cheeky people who think they have a licence to park anywhere

  • Keep politics out of sport

    Ken Bodfish, the new leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, is wrong. For more than three years, the council and the club have tried to get Brighton and Hove Albion established in a permanent home at Falmer. Just when the club is ready to produce a

  • Listening post

    Like so many with weak arguments, those opposed to the elected mayor with cabinet are simply resorting to personal abuse. They accuse those in favour of wanting to be corrupt or power-crazy and interested only in the money. Oddly enough, those of us in

  • Invitation League: Burgess Hill now in lead

    Burgess Hill are the new leaders of the Sussex Invitation League but only after sneaking a nail-biting victory over bottom side East Preston. Hill skipper Paul Edwards was full of praise for the strugglers after his outfit recovered from 82-6 to reach

  • Authorities run scared of children

    Are Brighton children completely out of control? I have the misfortune to live by Blakers Park, which is systematically vandalised by a large group of teenagers that turns up regularly every day, sometimes as many as 30-strong. Tennis nets have been damaged

  • Seagulls look to the new boys

    Three of Albion's four summer signings are on stand-by to make their debuts in the club's opening pre-season friendly against Worthing at Woodside Road tonight. Dirk Lehmann, a German striker signed from Hibernian, experienced defender Simon Morgan, who

  • Parents will fight schools merger

    Parents have overwhelmingly opposed the merger of two schools in Brighton. The parents of children at Balfour Junior and Infant schools voted to fight the proposed merger, which would create a single primary school, at a meeting last night. Brighton and

  • Swear word art banned from view

    An artist is angry after a council ordered one of her works to be removed from a public gallery because it feared the piece would offend visitors. Karen Laycock accused Lewes District Council of insulting viewers' intelligence by censoring her work, which

  • Drum-shaped speaker captures that lower dance beat

    A new speaker system developed in Sussex is enhancing the listening experience for music lovers. Design and manufacturing company Blueroom, which has bases in Brighton and Worthing, has launched a minipod bass station for home music systems. Marketing

  • Review: Ghostly tales of Scooby

    Warner Brothers' cartoon favourite Scooby-Doo appears in a Wild West ghost town and a mediaeval castle in two games for PC aimed at the younger player. In Scooby-Doo Showdown in Ghost Town, the intrepid gang of crime-solvers is confronted with the mystery

  • Review: Super tanks and realistic weapons in sand war

    Fans of the epic science fiction saga Dune will love this PC game, Emperor: Battle for Dune, from Westwood. The setting is a war for control of the planet, Arrakis, also known as Dune. You must choose one of three houses in a battle for the planet's precious

  • Hardware: The writing's on the wall when it's time to get up

    I just found the ultimate gadget! The Projection Barometer from Oregon Scientific has so much nerd appeal it hurts. Visually cooler than a cool thing, this slick piece of technology frippery really can multi-task. Apart from its function as a highly-accurate

  • Net Solutions with Andrew Hardy

    Q: I have tried to uninstall a programme and it prompted me to ask if I was sure I wanted to remove a file called vbrun32.dll. Should I say "yes" when this happens? What is a .dll? A: When you uninstall a programme, the computer attempts to remove all

  • Fewer computers in Salop, bugs in Belize

    Have you any idea how lucky you are to live in Sussex? I have just been to Shropshire for a few days, where I had a bad attack of technological culture shock. Before I get a pile of mail complaining I have slagged off Shropshire, I should add there are

  • Dog fans get a race every eight minutes

    Millions of viewers will get access to non-stop international dog racing thanks to a Sussex company. East Grinstead-based KeyMS has established the technology behind GoBarkingMad, a service broadcasting races from 65 greyhound tracks on the web and a

  • Council leader snubs Albion dream

    Brighton and Hove City Council leader Ken Bodfish says Falmer is "not on" as the site of a permanent Albion stadium. Instead he says the future of Waterhall Valley, not earmarked in the Local Plan for any development, should be reconsidered. Albion originally

  • Back seat passenger can improve safety

    Car users are being given stress-testing devices in a bid to reduce road accidents. East Sussex County Council is issuing biodots, small stress-sensitive patches worn on the wrist, as part of a road safety campaign launched by lead cabinet member Councillor

  • Tycoon arrested in shooting probe

    Millionaire businessman Nicholas Hoogstraten has been arrested in connection with the death of a slum landlord. The 58-year-old property tycoon was held at his Courtlands Hotel in The Drive, Hove, yesterday by officers from the Metropolitan Police serious

  • Windmill gets its sails back

    A historic windmill's sails have finally been re-hung after months of bad weather. The 180-year-old windmill, known as Jill, in Clayton, near Hassocks, had been without two of her 360kg sweeps since they were taken down for painting last September. Torrential

  • Water and power firms may be sold

    Two of the biggest companies in Sussex could be up for sale. Gordon Laidlaw, spokesman for Scottish Power, the parent company of Worthing-based Southern Water, said: "It is true to say we are looking at ways of releasing capital by refinancing or selling

  • Health authority could plunge into red

    A health authority is at risk of going £3 million over budget at the end of the next financial year. East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority is hopeful it will be able to make savings without affecting patient services but the board is being asked

  • Call centre jobs boom continues

    The traditional image of counter clerks and telephonists in the British workplace is being wiped out by a boom in call centres. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the number of call centre jobs leapt 220 per cent between

  • Stress-relief therapy comes to your office desk

    STRESS, the scourge of modern working life, is being banished from the office by two Sussex women. Experienced massage therapists Kim Cook and Chris Peates have set up a company called Works Wonders which visits businesses in the area to bring calm where

  • Reward for trio with an eye on the future

    Three Sussex companies have recieved Government awards to help them develop new products. No 7 Contact Lens Laboratory, based in Hastings, has been given a Smart Award worth £75,500 by the Department of Trade and Industry for its development of a contact

  • Sussex companies ask: What recession?

    Claims that Sussex is heading for a recession have been disputed. A leading business information group said economic growth in the county was grinding to a halt and it would be in recession by the end of the year. But Sussex Enterprise, which represents

  • Think small

    The future for human inhabitation must be small-scale, decentralised, democratic communities based around locally-produced goods and organic foods - a far cry from the overbearing metropolis envisaged by Voice Of The Argus (July 14). This would be as

  • Kick out councillors

    Over the past few weeks, there has been a common theme running through the letters page: The incompetent Brighton and Hove City Council. From disrupted rubbish collections through idiotic road schemes and over-inflated expenses to unnecessary parking

  • Richard et al

    I should like to thank Richard Halfpenny (Letters, July 13) for agreeing to drop his pejorative use of the term "Labour women" for the less contentious "et al". I just hope Al doesn't complain now. -Sue Hodson, Lulham Close, Telscombe Cliffs

  • Stadium: Do the right thing

    Over and above all the hoo-ha surrounding the community stadium/ Seagulls issue is the question: How keen were the two councils to be seen to be associated with the club in good times? Answer: They were like flies on the proverbial because of the political

  • Signal Failure, by Lizzie Enfield

    After last week's experience, am not convinced by current TV ads, telling us that everything is back to normal - at least not the normal they are trying to convince us is normal. That normal is one where an amazingly empty train glides effortlessly through

  • Maude wasn't disloyal, says Hague

    Tory Francis Maude has received support from William Hague over claims he was "disloyal". The shadow foreign secretary, who represents Horsham, is fighting claims he undermined Mr Hague in the run-up to the election. In a video diary, Mr Hague's aide

  • Gangsters' boiling water torture

    Thugs pulled two men's trousers down and poured boiling water over them in the most brutal case of torture Brighton police say they have seen. The two victims were also pistol-whipped and a woman who walked in on the scene, in a city centre house, was

  • OAP's fear after bus punch

    An elderly woman says she is frightened to leave her home after she was punched in the face on a bus. June Decarteret, 68, says she was travelling on the 5A into Brighton city centre when a young woman punched her in the face. Mrs Decarteret said: "I

  • Surgery for slash victim

    A man had to have surgery after he was slashed across the stomach. It happened on the corner of Essex Road and Buckingham Road, Hastings, at 8.30pm on Friday. Police believe the victim may have been slashed with a large kitchen knife or a machete. They

  • Blaze in prison cell

    Inmates at Lewes Prison had to be moved after fire broke out in a cell. The blaze started at 8.40pm yesterday. Prisoners near the fire had to be moved to another part of the wing while firefighters tackled the flames. Fire crews from Lewes, Hove and Brighton

  • Gone missing

    I received my Argus with the front-page puff "Win a £1,000 shopping spree with The Argus woman inside" (July 9). I have carefully checked my edition but the promised woman was not delivered with it. Perhaps she fell out when the paper-boy was doing his

  • Save money

    To put the proposed stadium on the outskirts of Brighton and Hove is surely in no one's interest. If it is to be a community stadium, it should be in the heart of the community, where sports men and women of all ages can spend an hour or two training

  • Trivia-fixated

    On opening my Argus each day, I earnestly hope to see none of Michael Fisher's trivia. But no, there it was again, ridiculing Councillor Brian Oxley ("Free at last", Letters, July 11). Coun Oxley is a very dedicated, hard-working man who listens to the

  • Tennis: Lee reaches new heights

    British number three Martin Lee believes his total commitment to his career has earned him a place in the world's top 100. The 23-year-old, from East Preston, reached his first ATP Tour final at the Miller Lite Hall of Fame event. Despite a 6-1 6-4 defeat

  • Free speech

    I could not believe the Tourist Information Centre at Hove Town Hall had closed. The reason given to me was Hove has amalgamated with Brighton to become a city. I used to obtain much information about places to visit and book tickets for National Express

  • Mid Sussex: Shock for Balcombe

    Leaders Balcombe suffered their first defeat of the season in the Mid Sussex League against a side which had not previously won. Ashdown Forest claimed victory with seven balls to spare of an exciting contest but Balcombe remain top of the table by three

  • Peace be

    David Allen is wrong about parking attendants ("Robot wars", Letters, Argus 11). Commission will not be paid. If this was so, I would be the first person in line for a job. Taking into account the cheeky people who think they have a licence to park anywhere

  • Backlash after parking blitz

    The backlash against Brighton and Hove's new parking blitz started just 24 hours after it was introduced. Traders, motorists, non car-owners and even one traffic warden have criticised the scheme as the first victims of the clampdown paid their £30 fines

  • Hardware: The writing's on the wall when it's time to get up

    I just found the ultimate gadget! The Projection Barometer from Oregon Scientific has so much nerd appeal it hurts. Visually cooler than a cool thing, this slick piece of technology frippery really can multi-task. Apart from its function as a highly-accurate

  • Net Solutions with Andrew Hardy

    Q: I have tried to uninstall a programme and it prompted me to ask if I was sure I wanted to remove a file called vbrun32.dll. Should I say "yes" when this happens? What is a .dll? A: When you uninstall a programme, the computer attempts to remove all

  • Office cleared in gas alert

    An office in Lancing was evacuated after workers reporting smelling deadly ammonia gas. Four fire engines, police and a senior environmental health officer were called to the Lloyds TSB offices in Downview House, Marlborough Road, at about 11am yesterday

  • Checking your stocks at a virtual warehouse heading

    A virtual warehouse has been created by a Brighton company. Supply chain management company Waer Systems has set up a system for checking stock via the internet. The system also displays usage rates, impending shortages, deliveries and quality. By submitting

  • Eighties pop stars in court battle

    Singer David Van Day is heading for a reunion with the founder member of Eighties band Bucks Fizz - in court. David, who lives in Hove, is being taken to court by Bobby G, who wants to stop him using the Eurovision-winning group's name to promote his

  • War games in new TV series

    Virtual warfare campaigns are being waged by a Sussex company. Brighton-based production company The Bridge is making a TV series of competitive computer gaming programmes, for men's channel, Bravo. The Mercenaries is a new take on the TV game show, merging

  • Council leader snubs Albion dream

    Brighton and Hove City Council leader Ken Bodfish says Falmer is "not on" as the site of a permanent Albion stadium. Instead he says the future of Waterhall Valley, not earmarked in the Local Plan for any development, should be reconsidered. Albion originally

  • Tycoon arrested in shooting probe

    Millionaire businessman Nicholas Hoogstraten has been arrested in connection with the death of a slum landlord. The 58-year-old property tycoon was held at his Courtlands Hotel in The Drive, Hove, yesterday by officers from the Metropolitan Police serious

  • Replica gun scare at school

    A pupil was suspended from a West Sussex school for carrying a replica gun. Senior staff at St Philip Howard Roman Catholic High School in Barnham, near Bognor, confiscated the plastic replica, which was capable of firing pellets, and the pupil was excluded

  • Don't panic over policy shortfalls

    The best piece of news in the financial markets for many months has just emerged. Owner-occupiers are refusing to join the hysteria about endowment mortgages. The Financial Services Authority says of the 11 million endowment policies currently supporting

  • Man bitten and stabbed

    A man was stabbed in the head and bitten in the face in an unprovoked attack, police said today. The victim, in his early 30s, was visiting a friend in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, yesterday when the attacker called at the flat. Police said he was agitated

  • Water and power firms may be sold

    Two of the biggest companies in Sussex could be up for sale. Gordon Laidlaw, spokesman for Scottish Power, the parent company of Worthing-based Southern Water, said: "It is true to say we are looking at ways of releasing capital by refinancing or selling

  • Reward for trio with an eye on the future

    Three Sussex companies have recieved Government awards to help them develop new products. No 7 Contact Lens Laboratory, based in Hastings, has been given a Smart Award worth £75,500 by the Department of Trade and Industry for its development of a contact

  • Kick out councillors

    Over the past few weeks, there has been a common theme running through the letters page: The incompetent Brighton and Hove City Council. From disrupted rubbish collections through idiotic road schemes and over-inflated expenses to unnecessary parking

  • My gift of life to a stranger

    A man may have saved the life of someone he has never met by giving his bone marrow. Stephen Ashley, 35, does not even know the name of the leukaemia sufferer who he has donated bone marrow to. All he has been told about the recipient is that it is a

  • Signal Failure, by Lizzie Enfield

    After last week's experience, am not convinced by current TV ads, telling us that everything is back to normal - at least not the normal they are trying to convince us is normal. That normal is one where an amazingly empty train glides effortlessly through

  • Maude wasn't disloyal, says Hague

    Tory Francis Maude has received support from William Hague over claims he was "disloyal". The shadow foreign secretary, who represents Horsham, is fighting claims he undermined Mr Hague in the run-up to the election. In a video diary, Mr Hague's aide

  • OAP's fear after bus punch

    An elderly woman says she is frightened to leave her home after she was punched in the face on a bus. June Decarteret, 68, says she was travelling on the 5A into Brighton city centre when a young woman punched her in the face. Mrs Decarteret said: "I

  • Blaze in prison cell

    Inmates at Lewes Prison had to be moved after fire broke out in a cell. The blaze started at 8.40pm yesterday. Prisoners near the fire had to be moved to another part of the wing while firefighters tackled the flames. Fire crews from Lewes, Hove and Brighton

  • My 15 minutes

    The recent series of letters from Gordon Dean on supporting players in films has been truly fascinating. Small-part players (butlers, chauffeurs, etc) are the backbone of some great films, their names remaining largely anonymous to the viewing public,

  • Gone missing

    I received my Argus with the front-page puff "Win a £1,000 shopping spree with The Argus woman inside" (July 9). I have carefully checked my edition but the promised woman was not delivered with it. Perhaps she fell out when the paper-boy was doing his

  • Save money

    To put the proposed stadium on the outskirts of Brighton and Hove is surely in no one's interest. If it is to be a community stadium, it should be in the heart of the community, where sports men and women of all ages can spend an hour or two training

  • Trivia-fixated

    On opening my Argus each day, I earnestly hope to see none of Michael Fisher's trivia. But no, there it was again, ridiculing Councillor Brian Oxley ("Free at last", Letters, July 11). Coun Oxley is a very dedicated, hard-working man who listens to the

  • Tennis: Lee reaches new heights

    British number three Martin Lee believes his total commitment to his career has earned him a place in the world's top 100. The 23-year-old, from East Preston, reached his first ATP Tour final at the Miller Lite Hall of Fame event. Despite a 6-1 6-4 defeat

  • Shoddy start

    We are now beginning to see that the "cultural development" of the West Pier starts with booze and burgers in shoddy buildings. Why should Lottery or any other money be used to subsidise this and what does it portend for development on the pier itself

  • Mid Sussex: Shock for Balcombe

    Leaders Balcombe suffered their first defeat of the season in the Mid Sussex League against a side which had not previously won. Ashdown Forest claimed victory with seven balls to spare of an exciting contest but Balcombe remain top of the table by three

  • East Sussex & Cuckmere: Top duo to rescue

    Martin Menezes and Victor Walcott were in splendid form as Crowhurst Park extended their lead at the top of the East Sussex League. With Ringmer losing and Chiddingly only drawing, victory for Crowhurst Park over DPB was an important result. On a lifeless

  • Monty stars in light show

    Richard Montgomerie made his first hundred in one-day league cricket as Sussex shone under the Hove floodlights last night. Man of the match Montgomerie made 108 and shared in a county record first wicket stand of 176 with Murray Goodwin as Sussex eased

  • Backlash after parking blitz

    The backlash against Brighton and Hove's new parking blitz started just 24 hours after it was introduced. Traders, motorists, non car-owners and even one traffic warden have criticised the scheme as the first victims of the clampdown paid their £30 fines

  • The art of the sole

    It's a familiar sight - a single shoe abandoned at the side of the road. But is it art? The best most passers-by can do is pick it up and place it in a prominent position in the hope its owner might return. But artist Jill Gilmore went further, collecting

  • Review: Web pages for beginners

    Anyone who knows anything about the internet knows how tricky it can be to develop good web pages without spending a lot of time learning complicated software packages. Focus Multimedia have re-released Serif's Web Studio, a package making basic web page

  • Graduation day

    Hundreds of students at the University of Sussex donned gowns and mortar boards for their graduation ceremonies today. A record 1,700 graduates turned up to collect their degree certificates during the event at the Brighton Centre. Two ceremonies were

  • Checking your stocks at a virtual warehouse heading

    A virtual warehouse has been created by a Brighton company. Supply chain management company Waer Systems has set up a system for checking stock via the internet. The system also displays usage rates, impending shortages, deliveries and quality. By submitting

  • Eighties pop stars in court battle

    Singer David Van Day is heading for a reunion with the founder member of Eighties band Bucks Fizz - in court. David, who lives in Hove, is being taken to court by Bobby G, who wants to stop him using the Eurovision-winning group's name to promote his

  • War games in new TV series

    Virtual warfare campaigns are being waged by a Sussex company. Brighton-based production company The Bridge is making a TV series of competitive computer gaming programmes, for men's channel, Bravo. The Mercenaries is a new take on the TV game show, merging

  • Man found with broken skull

    A man who was found lying in the street with a fractured skull is fighting for life today. Police do not yet know whether the man was attacked or fell and hit his head but they are treating the case as suspicious and an inquiry has been launched. Detective

  • Don't panic over policy shortfalls

    The best piece of news in the financial markets for many months has just emerged. Owner-occupiers are refusing to join the hysteria about endowment mortgages. The Financial Services Authority says of the 11 million endowment policies currently supporting

  • Man bitten and stabbed

    A man was stabbed in the head and bitten in the face in an unprovoked attack, police said today. The victim, in his early 30s, was visiting a friend in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, yesterday when the attacker called at the flat. Police said he was agitated

  • Parker's progress with Tim Parker

    I guess many of us feel sad as every High Street in the country begins to have the same look. The larger companies elbow out our individual shopkeepers and small businesses have almost disappeared from our cities. Now the same is happening in the countryside

  • Arson fears in factory fire

    A blaze in an old furniture factory may have been started deliberately, firefighters said today. Six fire crews fought the fire at the disused Jaycee Furniture factory in Woodingdean yesterday afternoon. Assistant Divisional Officer Pat Scott said an

  • My gift of life to a stranger

    A man may have saved the life of someone he has never met by giving his bone marrow. Stephen Ashley, 35, does not even know the name of the leukaemia sufferer who he has donated bone marrow to. All he has been told about the recipient is that it is a

  • Degree for tragic crash victim

    A student who died in a car crash last summer will be awarded a posthumous degree today. James Briffit had just finished a year in America as part of his four-year course in American studies when he was killed in a road accident in California. He was

  • Teenager visitor raped in park

    A German teenager was grabbed and brutally raped in a Brighton park last night. Police believe a stranger may have followed the 18-year-old student or lain in wait. The scene was sealed off today as police carried out house-to-house inquiries. The young

  • My 15 minutes

    The recent series of letters from Gordon Dean on supporting players in films has been truly fascinating. Small-part players (butlers, chauffeurs, etc) are the backbone of some great films, their names remaining largely anonymous to the viewing public,

  • Machete raiders take cash

    Masked raiders, one armed with a machete, threatened staff at a fast-food restaurant and grabbed cash from the safe. One teenage assistant tried to fight them off but he was knocked to the ground. The robbery at Uncle Sams in Carden Avenue, Patcham, Brighton

  • Shoddy start

    We are now beginning to see that the "cultural development" of the West Pier starts with booze and burgers in shoddy buildings. Why should Lottery or any other money be used to subsidise this and what does it portend for development on the pier itself

  • Keep politics out of sport

    Ken Bodfish, the new leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, is wrong. For more than three years, the council and the club have tried to get Brighton and Hove Albion established in a permanent home at Falmer. Just when the club is ready to produce a

  • Listening post

    Like so many with weak arguments, those opposed to the elected mayor with cabinet are simply resorting to personal abuse. They accuse those in favour of wanting to be corrupt or power-crazy and interested only in the money. Oddly enough, those of us in

  • Invitation League: Burgess Hill now in lead

    Burgess Hill are the new leaders of the Sussex Invitation League but only after sneaking a nail-biting victory over bottom side East Preston. Hill skipper Paul Edwards was full of praise for the strugglers after his outfit recovered from 82-6 to reach

  • Authorities run scared of children

    Are Brighton children completely out of control? I have the misfortune to live by Blakers Park, which is systematically vandalised by a large group of teenagers that turns up regularly every day, sometimes as many as 30-strong. Tennis nets have been damaged

  • East Sussex & Cuckmere: Top duo to rescue

    Martin Menezes and Victor Walcott were in splendid form as Crowhurst Park extended their lead at the top of the East Sussex League. With Ringmer losing and Chiddingly only drawing, victory for Crowhurst Park over DPB was an important result. On a lifeless

  • Monty stars in light show

    Richard Montgomerie made his first hundred in one-day league cricket as Sussex shone under the Hove floodlights last night. Man of the match Montgomerie made 108 and shared in a county record first wicket stand of 176 with Murray Goodwin as Sussex eased

  • Seagulls look to the new boys

    Three of Albion's four summer signings are on stand-by to make their debuts in the club's opening pre-season friendly against Worthing at Woodside Road tonight. Dirk Lehmann, a German striker signed from Hibernian, experienced defender Simon Morgan, who

  • Parents will fight schools merger

    Parents have overwhelmingly opposed the merger of two schools in Brighton. The parents of children at Balfour Junior and Infant schools voted to fight the proposed merger, which would create a single primary school, at a meeting last night. Brighton and

  • The art of the sole

    It's a familiar sight - a single shoe abandoned at the side of the road. But is it art? The best most passers-by can do is pick it up and place it in a prominent position in the hope its owner might return. But artist Jill Gilmore went further, collecting

  • Swear word art banned from view

    An artist is angry after a council ordered one of her works to be removed from a public gallery because it feared the piece would offend visitors. Karen Laycock accused Lewes District Council of insulting viewers' intelligence by censoring her work, which

  • Drum-shaped speaker captures that lower dance beat

    A new speaker system developed in Sussex is enhancing the listening experience for music lovers. Design and manufacturing company Blueroom, which has bases in Brighton and Worthing, has launched a minipod bass station for home music systems. Marketing

  • Review: Ghostly tales of Scooby

    Warner Brothers' cartoon favourite Scooby-Doo appears in a Wild West ghost town and a mediaeval castle in two games for PC aimed at the younger player. In Scooby-Doo Showdown in Ghost Town, the intrepid gang of crime-solvers is confronted with the mystery

  • Review: Web pages for beginners

    Anyone who knows anything about the internet knows how tricky it can be to develop good web pages without spending a lot of time learning complicated software packages. Focus Multimedia have re-released Serif's Web Studio, a package making basic web page

  • Review: Super tanks and realistic weapons in sand war

    Fans of the epic science fiction saga Dune will love this PC game, Emperor: Battle for Dune, from Westwood. The setting is a war for control of the planet, Arrakis, also known as Dune. You must choose one of three houses in a battle for the planet's precious

  • Graduation day

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