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  • Mike's special touch

    Burgess Hill-based rail and road graphics firm HALO has recruited one of the industry's leading spcialists to its team. Mike Foster is one of a handful of people with 25 years experience printing large scale corporate identities on cars, trains and trucks

  • Warm welcome to workers

    British companies are to start offering their employees emotional rewards as well as financial ones as part of a bid to keep hold of staff. Over the next five years, organisations will become much more family friendly and flexible, will respect their

  • Workplace parking levy is 'tax on jobs'

    The Government's proposal for a workplace parking levy has been branded an extra tax on jobs by the Engineering Employers South. David Seall, EEF chief executive, said: "The proposals, as they currently stand, present a further threat to competitiveness

  • TV setback for Saucy

    Millions of television viewers are expected to watch a Hove restaurateur being rejected by a potential investor on Channel 4 this autumn. Tamra Shanly, owner of the Saucy restaurant on Church Road, was filmed for the Real Deal documentary series as she

  • Sell-off will raise £28m

    Pest control to office services firm Rentokil Initial is to sell two of its subsidiaries in a deal worth £28 million. The move is the latest in a raft of non-core disposals by the East Grinstead-based group, which is looking to raise £600 million from

  • Healthy outlook at Bob's business

    A holiday in America resulted in a new business opportunity for retired Brighton carpenter Bob Hunter. Forced to give up his job because of rheumatoid arthritis, Bob is a firm believer in the benefits of health food. While in Los Angeles, he wandered

  • Cycle ride woes

    Brighton has once again endured the misery of the hordes of cyclists descending on the town, disrupting local journeys and causing traffic jam misery. If this annual event is really justified, it should be shared among other seaside towns who could take

  • Cleaning up the image of estates

    Businesses in Littlehampton have started an initiative to improve their environments. CCTV cameras have already been installed on industrial estates in Thorgate Road and Harwood Road and are part of a range of initiatives planned for the area. Sussex

  • What is government to do?

    Andy Richards may not be alone in his condemnation of the Government temporarily sharing the burden of caring for illegal immigrants among local authorities until their status has been determined, but he's in the minority. All those who regularly criticise

  • Callous vandals hit disabled man's car

    A disabled pensioner has been left house-bound by vandals who have attacked his car for the third time. Ronald Mitten, 70, has arthritis and needs his car to get out and about, so he was devastated when he woke on Saturday to find every window in the

  • Council may deprive homeless of a meal

    Homeless people staying in bed and breakfast accommodation could be forced to do without their breakfasts as a cost-cutting measure. Worthing Council housing officers have been approached by some guest house owners in the town who are offering cheaper

  • Is it Dame Vera or Rosie Lee?

    She was one of the most famous people in Britain during the golden age of radio. But the silky-voiced Second World War forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn doesn't seem to have made it quite so big in the world of radiography. Dame Vera, who lives in Ditchling

  • Stop the bikers

    It is likely the police will do nothing about the young mother and her daughter who were nearly run down by a motorcyclist (Argus, June 22). They consistently fail to take any action against youths on motorcycles even when they are obviously stolen, nor

  • Unique designer hold-all still holding its own

    Imagine a design that would work equally well for holding a boiled egg, displaying flowers, measuring horse feed or giving a dog somewhere to sleep. Sussex trugs can be used for all of these things - and they can last for up to 50 years. An upsurge of

  • Sussex Police fear bad performance rating

    Sussex Police fear they will finish way down crime-performance tables because towns like Brighton and Hastings have wrongly been classified as "affluent" areas. Police watchdogs are furious and believe the public will be misled because the Sussex towns

  • Sussex Police fear bad performance rating

    Sussex Police fear they will finish way down crime-performance tables because towns like Brighton and Hastings have wrongly been classified as "affluent" areas. Police watchdogs are furious and believe the public will be misled because the Sussex towns

  • Moved to tears

    I recently saw the play Anne and Otto, performed by fourth form students at Brighton College. It was an extremely moving experience. The play was very well written and directed by Dr Anthony Seldon, headmaster of the college and the children excelled

  • Ex-Albion player in scrap at airport

    Two British Airways staff could be sacked after a brawl in front of passengers. Former Albion professional Keith James and an unnamed colleague were today facing the axe. Alarmed passengers scattered and looked on as the uniformed British Airways workers

  • Council in a stink over sewage plant land

    Councillors are kicking up a stink over the sale of cliff-top land needed for the expansion of a sewage treatment works. Tony Prince, Deputy Mayor of Telscombe Town Council, has angered Lib Dem councillors by urging the council to accept Southern Water's

  • Demolition job

    One of the biggest building firms in the South has gone into receivership with the loss of 150 jobs. Crawley-based James Longley and Co officially ceased to trade yesterday, after 137 years in the building industry. All 150 employees have been made redundant

  • Stop whingeing

    The claims by whingeing motorists such as Andrew Dandridge (Opinion, June 20) are false. It is especially ludicrous a resident of Station Road, Bishopstone, alleges no alternatives to cars. A few yards south there are trains every half-hour and a few

  • House rules but Sussex beaten

    Will House hit 55 and then claimed 3-46 but it was not enough to give Sussex XII a winning start to their Aon Trophy challenge. Hampshire, set a target of 193 in the 50-over clash at Middleton, got home by three wickets with just three deliveries to spare

  • Crippling cars

    I completely agree with Andrew Dandridge's comments (Opinion, June 20) on the crippling effect the Government's tax on fuel is having. The price of petrol seems to increase almost every week. By the end of the year, at the current rate of increase and

  • Leaders held but power on

    Chiddingly's lead in the first division has increased despite being held to a dull draw by The Boards in the East Sussex League. John Grievson hit 92 and Australian Evan Richardson an undefeated 56 as the home side made 203-7. The Boards were indebted

  • Beaten Pullin opts for rest

    Julie Pullin is set for an injury break after spurning another chance to end her Wimbledon hoodoo. The Hove left-hander is planning a few weeks off following her straight sets exit against Natasha Zvereva before trying to qualify for the US Open. Pullin

  • Lee: just watch me go now

    Martin Lee raised the Union Jack on the first day of Wimbledon. The Worthing star was the first British player to taste victory with a straight sets destruction of Costa Rican No 1 Juan Antonio Marin. Lee, fit-again after a five month break caused by

  • Website of the week

    Stretch the Prime Minister's ears, pull his nose or set him headbanging with this image manipulation site. PhonyBlair uses Avatar human imaging technology to recreate Tony Blair online. Different buttons on the site manipulate the model. Press the right

  • Feeling manipulated

    "A photo never lies" they say, but it simply isn't true. The latest digital image technology allows even a beginner to distort and twist images in a way photographers of years gone by could only dream about. You can take a scanned image or a digital photograph

  • Pirates abandon ship for the web

    Two Brighton brothers who risked prosecution running a pirate radio station have gone legal on the internet. Gavin and Garry Riff illegally broadcast Decibel FM across Brighton and Hove between 1990 and 1998. Now the station has been reinvented as DBFMradio.co.uk

  • A King-sized setback for CD

    Burger King withdrew a CD-Rom giveaway last week after it was revealed the disc contained the addresses of 2,000 pornographic websites. Outlets in Sussex were included in a promotion, which saw more than one million copies of the CD handed out with children's

  • Proving its Worth on big NHS website

    A Brighton firm is about to rebuild the UK's biggest Government website. Worth Media will recreate the Department of Health site over the next 18 months. The job will involve designing the site from scratch and placing thousands of documents on to the

  • Share plunge for bookseller

    Pioneering internet bookseller Amazon.com watched its value plunge by nearly a quarter on Friday. The fall in its share price meant it was worth half what it was in December last year. Amazon.com denied it would run out of money like failed web fashion

  • Net Solutions

    Q: I have been told that it is possible to get free internet access including free telephone calls. Can you tell me more about this please? A: Free and unmetered Internet access is fast becoming a reality with many companies now offering these services

  • Warm welcome to workers

    British companies are to start offering their employees emotional rewards as well as financial ones as part of a bid to keep hold of staff. Over the next five years, organisations will become much more family friendly and flexible, will respect their

  • Workplace parking levy is 'tax on jobs'

    The Government's proposal for a workplace parking levy has been branded an extra tax on jobs by the Engineering Employers South. David Seall, EEF chief executive, said: "The proposals, as they currently stand, present a further threat to competitiveness

  • 'Carpetbaggers' ready for defeat

    The man who led the bid to demutualise Standard Lifeconceded that defeat looked likely after a vote by shareholders of Europe's biggest mutual insurer. Australian Fred Woollard, who led the "carpetbagger" campaign to see the firm float on the stockmarket

  • TV setback for Saucy

    Millions of television viewers are expected to watch a Hove restaurateur being rejected by a potential investor on Channel 4 this autumn. Tamra Shanly, owner of the Saucy restaurant on Church Road, was filmed for the Real Deal documentary series as she

  • Sell-off will raise £28m

    Pest control to office services firm Rentokil Initial is to sell two of its subsidiaries in a deal worth £28 million. The move is the latest in a raft of non-core disposals by the East Grinstead-based group, which is looking to raise £600 million from

  • Healthy outlook at Bob's business

    A holiday in America resulted in a new business opportunity for retired Brighton carpenter Bob Hunter. Forced to give up his job because of rheumatoid arthritis, Bob is a firm believer in the benefits of health food. While in Los Angeles, he wandered

  • Mind's eye has vision of beauty

    Jason Reif has been taking photos with his mind. He has been using waves in his brain to operate a remote camera and create digital art. Jason is profoundly disabled. He has been testing the Cyberlink hardware as part of a project to harness the creative

  • Cycle ride woes

    Brighton has once again endured the misery of the hordes of cyclists descending on the town, disrupting local journeys and causing traffic jam misery. If this annual event is really justified, it should be shared among other seaside towns who could take

  • Thanks from Salvation Army

    The Salvation Army would like to thank everyone who contributed to the Buy a Brick Appeal to raise funds for the new Congress Hall and Community Centre. Donations and offers of help with fundraising can still be made by calling 01273 279177. -Sandie Foster

  • It's just the job for seaside town

    A new project by a leading Sussex company could bring up to 150 new jobs to a seaside town. Computing Devices, the biggest private sector employer in Hastings, is investing over £5 million in the new initiative. The company, which is part of the $10 billion

  • Cut those grass verges

    Can Adur District Council or West Sussex County Council tell us how high the grass verges have to grow before they consider them tall enough to cut? Driving through the country yesterday was almost dangerous because of the height of the weeds and grass

  • Lizzie Enfield - Signal Failure

    "You have crashed into the mountainside. There will be no survivors . . . " This from the automated, American voice of the laptop of the young man sitting next to me. He cursed under his breath and started frantically key tapping and mouse manoeuvring

  • Council may deprive homeless of a meal

    Homeless people staying in bed and breakfast accommodation could be forced to do without their breakfasts as a cost-cutting measure. Worthing Council housing officers have been approached by some guest house owners in the town who are offering cheaper

  • Shouldn't push her too hard

    I just hope Michael Ince was right when he decided, before his daughter Michaela was even born, that she was going to be a tennis champion (Argus, June 19). It reminds me of a mother who had such a high opinion of herself that she decided any child of

  • Heavy price

    In response to Councillor Theobald's recent points (Opinion, June 22), firstly, Gordon Brown may have inherited a healthy economy on paper but at the expense of a very poor and divided society after 18 years of Tory rule. Secondly, we have one of the

  • A new life for the children

    Children On The Edge was founded ten years ago by Body Shop owner Anita Roddick to help Romanian children living in appalling conditions in orphanages. Since then the charity has set up a home for children and adults with special needs in southern Albania

  • Sussex Police fear bad performance rating

    Sussex Police fear they will finish way down crime-performance tables because towns like Brighton and Hastings have wrongly been classified as "affluent" areas. Police watchdogs are furious and believe the public will be misled because the Sussex towns

  • Ex-Albion player in scrap at airport

    Two British Airways staff could be sacked after a brawl in front of passengers. Former Albion professional Keith James and an unnamed colleague were today facing the axe. Alarmed passengers scattered and looked on as the uniformed British Airways workers

  • Council in a stink over sewage plant land

    Councillors are kicking up a stink over the sale of cliff-top land needed for the expansion of a sewage treatment works. Tony Prince, Deputy Mayor of Telscombe Town Council, has angered Lib Dem councillors by urging the council to accept Southern Water's

  • Demolition job

    One of the biggest building firms in the South has gone into receivership with the loss of 150 jobs. Crawley-based James Longley and Co officially ceased to trade yesterday, after 137 years in the building industry. All 150 employees have been made redundant

  • Chemical world

    Your report on the woman who caught Guillain-Barre Syndrome from photocopier fumes (Argus, June 21) is disturbing but not wholly unsurprising. Some 60,000 different chemicals are in use in modern society, ranging from aerosols to organophosphate sheep

  • Leaders held but power on

    Chiddingly's lead in the first division has increased despite being held to a dull draw by The Boards in the East Sussex League. John Grievson hit 92 and Australian Evan Richardson an undefeated 56 as the home side made 203-7. The Boards were indebted

  • Public involvement is essential for King Alfred

    It is deplorable that the vitally important proposed re-development of the King Alfred site should be decided on party political lines. I understand the voting by councillors was extremely close about what is clearly a very contentious issue. This could

  • Roffey hopes are dented

    Lindfield's last pair dealt Roffey's title bid a major blow when they survived 13.3 overs to force a draw in cricket's Sussex Invitation League. The visitors, looking for full points to remain on the heels of leaders Findon, posted 204-4, then had Lindfield

  • Beaten Pullin opts for rest

    Julie Pullin is set for an injury break after spurning another chance to end her Wimbledon hoodoo. The Hove left-hander is planning a few weeks off following her straight sets exit against Natasha Zvereva before trying to qualify for the US Open. Pullin

  • Review: Fancy some world domination?

    Settlers III Gold Edition is an advanced strategy war game in which you pick one of three races to control on your quest to world domination. The game includes the full version of Settlers III plus the Settlers III mission CD and an expansion pack called

  • Sussex builds a Chicken Run

    Hollywood's special effects are normally home-grown but the technology behind the new film from Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations was created in Sussex. Computers built by Worthing-based Sight Systems were used in the shooting of every scene

  • A King-sized setback for CD

    Burger King withdrew a CD-Rom giveaway last week after it was revealed the disc contained the addresses of 2,000 pornographic websites. Outlets in Sussex were included in a promotion, which saw more than one million copies of the CD handed out with children's

  • Share plunge for bookseller

    Pioneering internet bookseller Amazon.com watched its value plunge by nearly a quarter on Friday. The fall in its share price meant it was worth half what it was in December last year. Amazon.com denied it would run out of money like failed web fashion

  • Ex-boss wins secrets case

    A warehouse manager sacked after he was accused of passing confidential information to a rival company has won £3,519 compensation. John Walker, 36, of Clarendon Road, Worthing, was dismissed for gross misconduct in December last year by PDQ, an office

  • Bill unveils big gamble

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has unveiled an ambitious effort to transform Microsoft's software products into internet-based personal services. The move is described by its officials as one of the biggest gambles the company has ever taken. The initiative

  • Webcam

    The Netherlands is the home of Big Brother, a television programme based on ten young people in a house under constant video surveillance. Alex, the Dutchman behind this site, has tried to recreate the show in his own home. Webcams record every time Alex

  • Hitting back of net

    English football fans across the world are practising penalty-taking courtesy of a Brighton new media firm. Mind's Eye created the penalty shoot-out game, Euro Shoot-Out, for on and offline bookmakers Ladbrokes. With its Roy of the Rovers graphics and

  • 'Carpetbaggers' ready for defeat

    The man who led the bid to demutualise Standard Lifeconceded that defeat looked likely after a vote by shareholders of Europe's biggest mutual insurer. Australian Fred Woollard, who led the "carpetbagger" campaign to see the firm float on the stockmarket

  • Mind's eye has vision of beauty

    Jason Reif has been taking photos with his mind. He has been using waves in his brain to operate a remote camera and create digital art. Jason is profoundly disabled. He has been testing the Cyberlink hardware as part of a project to harness the creative

  • Sussex manufacturer scoops two top awards

    A Sussex factory has won two awards for manufacturing excellence. BOC Edwards' Eastbourne site took the awards at MX2000, the UK's premier awards for manufacturing. Organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the awards ceremony and dinner was

  • Thanks from Salvation Army

    The Salvation Army would like to thank everyone who contributed to the Buy a Brick Appeal to raise funds for the new Congress Hall and Community Centre. Donations and offers of help with fundraising can still be made by calling 01273 279177. -Sandie Foster

  • Vince and Tony will clean up

    A long-term wish to run their own company has come true for Vince Baker and Tony Crawley. The two, who worked in retail management for many years, are now cleaning up in a new line of business and are looking to take on staff. Domestic Blitz was set up

  • It's just the job for seaside town

    A new project by a leading Sussex company could bring up to 150 new jobs to a seaside town. Computing Devices, the biggest private sector employer in Hastings, is investing over £5 million in the new initiative. The company, which is part of the $10 billion

  • Info on Marlborough House School needed

    An impressive plaque in All Saint's Church in Hove commemorates a number of pupils and a teacher from Marlborough House School who gave their lives in the First World War. The school was started by Miss Wolsey White in The Drive, Hove, at the end of the

  • Cut those grass verges

    Can Adur District Council or West Sussex County Council tell us how high the grass verges have to grow before they consider them tall enough to cut? Driving through the country yesterday was almost dangerous because of the height of the weeds and grass

  • Lizzie Enfield - Signal Failure

    "You have crashed into the mountainside. There will be no survivors . . . " This from the automated, American voice of the laptop of the young man sitting next to me. He cursed under his breath and started frantically key tapping and mouse manoeuvring

  • Village vows war on flower vandals

    Vandals are again hampering a village's attempt to win a prize in the South East in Bloom competition. Late-night revellers in Rottingdean have removed plants from their containers and thrown them into the High Street. They have also ripped the heads

  • Shouldn't push her too hard

    I just hope Michael Ince was right when he decided, before his daughter Michaela was even born, that she was going to be a tennis champion (Argus, June 19). It reminds me of a mother who had such a high opinion of herself that she decided any child of

  • Teenagers are told to behave - or else

    Police are cracking down on anti-social behaviour by sending warnings to youths telling them to curb their antics or face prosecution. The letters have gone out to eight teenagers, aged between 16 and 18, in the Whitehawk area of Brighton, outlining why

  • Heavy price

    In response to Councillor Theobald's recent points (Opinion, June 22), firstly, Gordon Brown may have inherited a healthy economy on paper but at the expense of a very poor and divided society after 18 years of Tory rule. Secondly, we have one of the

  • A new life for the children

    Children On The Edge was founded ten years ago by Body Shop owner Anita Roddick to help Romanian children living in appalling conditions in orphanages. Since then the charity has set up a home for children and adults with special needs in southern Albania

  • Stabbed cabbie was just 1cm from dying

    A taxi driver is lucky to be alive after robbers stabbed him in the neck, missing a vital artery by just a centimetre. Father-of-two George Attaalla was shaking and close to tears as he told how a night shift ended with him covered in blood. Mr Attaalla

  • Dangerous

    While I am certain most people would join me in condemning the violence of football thugs, the possibility of people not convicted of any offence being made subject to an order restricting their ability to travel is an exceeding dangerous one. We may

  • Chemical world

    Your report on the woman who caught Guillain-Barre Syndrome from photocopier fumes (Argus, June 21) is disturbing but not wholly unsurprising. Some 60,000 different chemicals are in use in modern society, ranging from aerosols to organophosphate sheep

  • Demise of firm will spread concern

    The collapse of the Crawley-based building firm James Longley is sad news for the whole of Sussex. It is particularly heartbreaking for the 150 people employed by the firm who will lose their jobs and for those who are owed thousands of pounds. But it

  • Public involvement is essential for King Alfred

    It is deplorable that the vitally important proposed re-development of the King Alfred site should be decided on party political lines. I understand the voting by councillors was extremely close about what is clearly a very contentious issue. This could

  • Roffey hopes are dented

    Lindfield's last pair dealt Roffey's title bid a major blow when they survived 13.3 overs to force a draw in cricket's Sussex Invitation League. The visitors, looking for full points to remain on the heels of leaders Findon, posted 204-4, then had Lindfield

  • Review: Digital snaps are a snip

    When scanner and digital imaging experts Mustek brought out the entry-level GSmart 350 digital camera, they failed to mention how user-friendly it was. This super little camera finally makes proper digital imaging easy and affordable. The unit is extremely

  • Review: Virtually as good as a PlayStation

    If you own a collection of PlayStation games, you might be puzzled why they don't run on an ordinary computer. Well now they very nearly do thanks to a clever piece of software from Connectix called Virtual Game Station. Virtual Game Station runs on PC

  • Review: Fancy some world domination?

    Settlers III Gold Edition is an advanced strategy war game in which you pick one of three races to control on your quest to world domination. The game includes the full version of Settlers III plus the Settlers III mission CD and an expansion pack called

  • Net what doctor ordered

    A website prescribed a potentially fatal dose of viagra to a man claiming to suffer from a heart complaint, according to Health Which? Direct Response Marketing sent the drug to a researcher posing as a 45-year-old man suffering from impotence. Health

  • Sussex builds a Chicken Run

    Hollywood's special effects are normally home-grown but the technology behind the new film from Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations was created in Sussex. Computers built by Worthing-based Sight Systems were used in the shooting of every scene

  • I didn't die, says hostel fire girl

    A Sussex girl named as one of the dead in the Australian hostel blaze has phoned home to say she is alive and well. Television, radio and newspapers across the world have been forced to broadcast and publish embarrassed corrections today saying Nicola

  • Review: Safety-first software

    Complete Health And Safety Manager is designed to safeguard workplaces and protect the statutory and legal rights of both employees and management. The software is very easy to understand. Detailed advice is provided on essential areas of legislation.

  • Review: Some animal magic

    The ever-popular pig Babe and his friends set out to feed the hungry animals of Metropolis. Children are invited to join in the fun by finding a truck and raising funds to buy food. Each step means a new activity and new opportunity to learn. Babe and

  • Bill unveils big gamble

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has unveiled an ambitious effort to transform Microsoft's software products into internet-based personal services. The move is described by its officials as one of the biggest gambles the company has ever taken. The initiative

  • Webcam

    The Netherlands is the home of Big Brother, a television programme based on ten young people in a house under constant video surveillance. Alex, the Dutchman behind this site, has tried to recreate the show in his own home. Webcams record every time Alex

  • Hitting back of net

    English football fans across the world are practising penalty-taking courtesy of a Brighton new media firm. Mind's Eye created the penalty shoot-out game, Euro Shoot-Out, for on and offline bookmakers Ladbrokes. With its Roy of the Rovers graphics and

  • Mike's special touch

    Burgess Hill-based rail and road graphics firm HALO has recruited one of the industry's leading spcialists to its team. Mike Foster is one of a handful of people with 25 years experience printing large scale corporate identities on cars, trains and trucks

  • Sussex manufacturer scoops two top awards

    A Sussex factory has won two awards for manufacturing excellence. BOC Edwards' Eastbourne site took the awards at MX2000, the UK's premier awards for manufacturing. Organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the awards ceremony and dinner was

  • Cleaning up the image of estates

    Businesses in Littlehampton have started an initiative to improve their environments. CCTV cameras have already been installed on industrial estates in Thorgate Road and Harwood Road and are part of a range of initiatives planned for the area. Sussex

  • Vince and Tony will clean up

    A long-term wish to run their own company has come true for Vince Baker and Tony Crawley. The two, who worked in retail management for many years, are now cleaning up in a new line of business and are looking to take on staff. Domestic Blitz was set up

  • What is government to do?

    Andy Richards may not be alone in his condemnation of the Government temporarily sharing the burden of caring for illegal immigrants among local authorities until their status has been determined, but he's in the minority. All those who regularly criticise

  • Info on Marlborough House School needed

    An impressive plaque in All Saint's Church in Hove commemorates a number of pupils and a teacher from Marlborough House School who gave their lives in the First World War. The school was started by Miss Wolsey White in The Drive, Hove, at the end of the

  • Callous vandals hit disabled man's car

    A disabled pensioner has been left house-bound by vandals who have attacked his car for the third time. Ronald Mitten, 70, has arthritis and needs his car to get out and about, so he was devastated when he woke on Saturday to find every window in the

  • Village vows war on flower vandals

    Vandals are again hampering a village's attempt to win a prize in the South East in Bloom competition. Late-night revellers in Rottingdean have removed plants from their containers and thrown them into the High Street. They have also ripped the heads

  • Is it Dame Vera or Rosie Lee?

    She was one of the most famous people in Britain during the golden age of radio. But the silky-voiced Second World War forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn doesn't seem to have made it quite so big in the world of radiography. Dame Vera, who lives in Ditchling

  • Teenagers are told to behave - or else

    Police are cracking down on anti-social behaviour by sending warnings to youths telling them to curb their antics or face prosecution. The letters have gone out to eight teenagers, aged between 16 and 18, in the Whitehawk area of Brighton, outlining why

  • Stabbed cabbie was just 1cm from dying

    A taxi driver is lucky to be alive after robbers stabbed him in the neck, missing a vital artery by just a centimetre. Father-of-two George Attaalla was shaking and close to tears as he told how a night shift ended with him covered in blood. Mr Attaalla

  • Stop the bikers

    It is likely the police will do nothing about the young mother and her daughter who were nearly run down by a motorcyclist (Argus, June 22). They consistently fail to take any action against youths on motorcycles even when they are obviously stolen, nor

  • Unique designer hold-all still holding its own

    Imagine a design that would work equally well for holding a boiled egg, displaying flowers, measuring horse feed or giving a dog somewhere to sleep. Sussex trugs can be used for all of these things - and they can last for up to 50 years. An upsurge of

  • Sussex Police fear bad performance rating

    Sussex Police fear they will finish way down crime-performance tables because towns like Brighton and Hastings have wrongly been classified as "affluent" areas. Police watchdogs are furious and believe the public will be misled because the Sussex towns

  • Dangerous

    While I am certain most people would join me in condemning the violence of football thugs, the possibility of people not convicted of any offence being made subject to an order restricting their ability to travel is an exceeding dangerous one. We may

  • Moved to tears

    I recently saw the play Anne and Otto, performed by fourth form students at Brighton College. It was an extremely moving experience. The play was very well written and directed by Dr Anthony Seldon, headmaster of the college and the children excelled

  • Music and dancing starts town festival

    A seaside town's first festival was under way today after a colourful start. Hundreds turned out for the grand opening of Newhaven Festival Week, which runs until Sunday. The event, organised by Special Events Newhaven, promises to provide fun for residents

  • Stop whingeing

    The claims by whingeing motorists such as Andrew Dandridge (Opinion, June 20) are false. It is especially ludicrous a resident of Station Road, Bishopstone, alleges no alternatives to cars. A few yards south there are trains every half-hour and a few

  • House rules but Sussex beaten

    Will House hit 55 and then claimed 3-46 but it was not enough to give Sussex XII a winning start to their Aon Trophy challenge. Hampshire, set a target of 193 in the 50-over clash at Middleton, got home by three wickets with just three deliveries to spare

  • Demise of firm will spread concern

    The collapse of the Crawley-based building firm James Longley is sad news for the whole of Sussex. It is particularly heartbreaking for the 150 people employed by the firm who will lose their jobs and for those who are owed thousands of pounds. But it

  • Crippling cars

    I completely agree with Andrew Dandridge's comments (Opinion, June 20) on the crippling effect the Government's tax on fuel is having. The price of petrol seems to increase almost every week. By the end of the year, at the current rate of increase and

  • Lee: just watch me go now

    Martin Lee raised the Union Jack on the first day of Wimbledon. The Worthing star was the first British player to taste victory with a straight sets destruction of Costa Rican No 1 Juan Antonio Marin. Lee, fit-again after a five month break caused by

  • Review: Digital snaps are a snip

    When scanner and digital imaging experts Mustek brought out the entry-level GSmart 350 digital camera, they failed to mention how user-friendly it was. This super little camera finally makes proper digital imaging easy and affordable. The unit is extremely

  • Website of the week

    Stretch the Prime Minister's ears, pull his nose or set him headbanging with this image manipulation site. PhonyBlair uses Avatar human imaging technology to recreate Tony Blair online. Different buttons on the site manipulate the model. Press the right

  • Feeling manipulated

    "A photo never lies" they say, but it simply isn't true. The latest digital image technology allows even a beginner to distort and twist images in a way photographers of years gone by could only dream about. You can take a scanned image or a digital photograph

  • Review: Virtually as good as a PlayStation

    If you own a collection of PlayStation games, you might be puzzled why they don't run on an ordinary computer. Well now they very nearly do thanks to a clever piece of software from Connectix called Virtual Game Station. Virtual Game Station runs on PC

  • Net what doctor ordered

    A website prescribed a potentially fatal dose of viagra to a man claiming to suffer from a heart complaint, according to Health Which? Direct Response Marketing sent the drug to a researcher posing as a 45-year-old man suffering from impotence. Health

  • Pirates abandon ship for the web

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