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  • Food exhibition suits all tastes

    The focus was on fast food at an exhibition by the multi-billion pound hospitality industry held in Brighton. The annual Cafe 2000 exhibition is the largest trade event of its kind in the country, attracting more than 6,000 visitors during its three-day

  • Cost of red tape goes on rising

    The cost of implementing new legislation has more than doubled in the last year for small businesses in the South-East, according to a new survey. The survey of business advisers by the Institute of Chartered Accountants revealed regulation was considered

  • At cutting edge, thanks to grants

    Three Sussex firms have received Government grants to develop pioneering projects. The Small Business Service grants are awarded to small companies and individuals to improve use of technology and introduce new products. SEOS Displays of Burgess Hill

  • New laws to help chase late-payers

    Changes to late payment legislation to aid debt recovery for small businesses will be introduced tomorrow. Research by the Credit Services' Association has shown 85 per cent of small business are unaware of the benefits from the new rules. The changes

  • There's a rat in my loo

    George True had the fright of his life when he answered a late night call of nature - and discovered a rat trying to climb out of his toilet. The 10in rodent appeared to have climbed up through the pipes to Mr True's third-floor flat in Hove. Mr True's

  • Veterans call for memorial clean-up

    Veterans who wanted signs put on a war memorial urging foreigners to respect the dead have been told their plan could be offensive. They want signs in French, Spanish, Italian and German telling tourists that Brighton War Memorial, at the Old Steine,

  • The heat is on for ice cream men

    A Sussex man is going to the High Court in a test case which campaigners say could drive ice cream vendors all over Britain off the road. Brighton and Hove Council wants ice-cream van owner Sean Kempin to buy street trader licences for his fleet of seven

  • Signal Failure, by Lizzie Enfield

    It's been a bad, hellish week on Britain's railways. After last week's episode, with the rain and the dark and the dog, and getting stranded and having to walk down the track, in the rain and the dark with the dog, in order to get back to Brighton, four

  • New bishop named

    A man who has ministered over some of the most turbulent times in Europe is to become the new Bishop of Chichester. The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend John Hind, currently Bishop of Europe, who is expected to take up the post

  • Tales from the gale

    Stories from yesterday's county-wide battering were still emerging today. One couple were making breakfast when winds gusting up to 80 miles an hour blew their boat over on to their car. John MacKinnon, 38 and his partner Debbie, 37, were on board their

  • Picking up the pieces

    The big clean-up started today after the worst storms in more than a decade. Hundreds of homes were still without power and flooding was still affecting several towns and villages. Emergency services said this morning: "The worst is over - for the time

  • Food thoughts

    I am glad the argument about organic food versus conventional produce is now being aired in the press and on radio. The issue has been ignored for 50 years. The public has had the wool pulled over its eyes for years on this topic as it had until recently

  • It's a mistake

    Oh no! Not another privatisaton of a highly-sensitive sector? Why is our country so backward in thinking privatisation - in this latest case, of custody centres - will sort things out? All it actually achieves is the transfer of costs to another company

  • True horror tale

    George True got the shock of his life when he peered down the loo at his flat in Hove. For there, nestling in the bowl, was a rat that could have administered a nasty nip to a tender part of his anatomy. It's the stuff of urban myths, but when it happens

  • Ferry unhappy

    I am, or rather was, a frequent visitor to Dieppe. For many years we had an efficient ferry service running four ferries a day which could put out in most weathers and rarely let anyone down. This route was also favoured by lorry drivers as it offered

  • Dowdall's a big hit with title-chasers

    Teenager Tom Dowdall is making a huge impression for title-chasing Haywards Heath. The 18-year-old former Sherborne College wing scored twice as Heath beat Sevenoaks 27-3 to remain neck-and-neck with Canterbury at the top of London Two South. The win

  • Bulldog spirit

    British Bulldog is the last remaining firm in Brighton and Hove that sends ice-cream vans to estates and roads outside parks. But if Brighton and Hove Council has its way, the cheerful sound of ice-cream chimes will soon be heard no more. The council

  • Too many beggars, says report

    Begging is at an unacceptable level in Brighton and Hove, according to a new report on rough sleeping. In the report, due to be discussed by councillors tomorrow, housing head Gary Thurston says there is also far too much street drinking, drug taking

  • Hockey: We'll bounce back says Lewes boss

    Lewes manager Peter Boyse has vowed his side will bounce back from a dreadful start to the season. Following Sunday's 4-3 defeat away to rock bottom Stourport, Lewes have lost three of their opening four games in National League division one. Boyse cannot

  • Don't neglect the memorial

    With Remembrance Day fast approaching, the state of Brighton's war memorial at the Old Steine is a disgrace. The memorial itself looks neglected, the area around it is often covered with litter and intruders are able to walk around the site at will because

  • Albion squad on virus alert

    Albion boss Micky Adams has put his high-flying squad on virus alert. The Seagulls' hectic schedule has taken its toll, so he gave the players a rare Monday off from training. Bobby Zamora, Paul Rogers, Matthew Wicks and Paul Brooker have all been victims

  • High winds wash up a whale

    A whale has been washed up at Shoreham Beach for the first time in living memory. The 20-tonne, 15ft minke whale was found lying dead on the shingle near the coastguard look-out off Old Fort Road yesterday. The whale was washed up overnight and swept

  • The Sky At Fright

    Astronomer Patrick Moore was in the shower when Selsey was struck by its second tornado in less than three years. The 77-year-old Sky At Night presenter said he was "utterly stunned" by the whirlwind which ripped through West Sands Caravan Park in Selsey

  • Review: 'Ultimate solution'

    Database solutions can be produced in an instant with File Maker Pro 5. This software is billed as the ultimate solution to workgroup working. File maker allows users to create sophisticated reports and forms over a network or even on the web. It allows

  • Review: Software bears up excellently

    It is hard to define what makes Disney products so good but its Winnie the Pooh Learning Software meets all the criteria. Designed for children from ages one and a half to six years of age, the three Winnie the Pooh titles are visually stimulating and

  • Whatching as that storey unfolds

    Among the most popular TV hits of the last few years have been home improvement show Changing Rooms and the voyeuristic docusoap Big Brother. Now a Brighton entrepreneur has come up with a project combining elements of both. Richard Furlong plans to transform

  • Trouble-hit college 'on target'

    A trouble-hit college is on target to come out of special measures by its target date of July 2002, says Brighton and Hove's education chief. But it could take five years for East Brighton College of Media Arts to achieve its original objectives. Education

  • Death crash driver to stand trial

    A truck driver was today committed for trial in connection with a road crash which killed four Sussex backpackers on holiday in Australia. The father and sister of Peter Standing, who died in the crash, were at Tully Magistrates Court in Australia to

  • Caravan woman's twister ordeal

    A woman lifted into the air by a tornado while inside her caravan said today: "I can't believe I am still alive." As Sussex residents remained on red alert for another storm battering, Dorothy Allwright was back at home nursing cracked ribs and a sprained

  • Byte: Web binds a lost family

    A man has been united with relatives he never knew he had thanks to the internet. Marketing manager John Wood, from East Grinstead, had been looking for information about his father's parents. He said: "My grandfather died before I was born and I only

  • Byte: Site for the ambitious

    Freeserve has launched a careers channel as part of its women's website, iCircle.com. It has been devised to motivate and help women achieve success on their own terms, whether by starting a business, switching jobs or simply getting through the day.

  • Website of the Week

    If you work in a town or city centre and can be bothered, you can spend your lunch hours browsing pleasantly round contemporary art galleries. But if you work on an industrial estate it is easier to visit britart.com, where you can view hundreds of works

  • Food exhibition suits all tastes

    The focus was on fast food at an exhibition by the multi-billion pound hospitality industry held in Brighton. The annual Cafe 2000 exhibition is the largest trade event of its kind in the country, attracting more than 6,000 visitors during its three-day

  • Cost of red tape goes on rising

    The cost of implementing new legislation has more than doubled in the last year for small businesses in the South-East, according to a new survey. The survey of business advisers by the Institute of Chartered Accountants revealed regulation was considered

  • Money can't buy you employee love

    New research by NOP for Investors In People has shattered the assumption that money is paramount in job satisfaction in all businesses. One in five employees of businesses which have achieved the nationally recognised Investors in People award saw training

  • New laws to help chase late-payers

    Changes to late payment legislation to aid debt recovery for small businesses will be introduced tomorrow. Research by the Credit Services' Association has shown 85 per cent of small business are unaware of the benefits from the new rules. The changes

  • BAA make merry with duty free

    Airports operator BAA said it had shaken off the hangover caused by the abolition of duty free, with a 5 per cent jump in profits. The group, which has emerged from an "extremely challenging" 15-month period since duty free within the European Union was

  • Free parking scheme to end

    A scheme which allows free town centre parking is expected to be scrapped in two years. Arun Council is this week expected to agree to continue funding the scheme for Littlehampton until April 2002 but will then call for it to be dropped. It is hoped

  • Hospital tightens security

    A hospital has been forced to tighten security because thieves and vandals are preying on people visiting hospital patients. The Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath will provide a 24-hour security service for friends and relatives visiting the hospital

  • There's a rat in my loo

    George True had the fright of his life when he answered a late night call of nature - and discovered a rat trying to climb out of his toilet. The 10in rodent appeared to have climbed up through the pipes to Mr True's third-floor flat in Hove. Mr True's

  • Veterans call for memorial clean-up

    Veterans who wanted signs put on a war memorial urging foreigners to respect the dead have been told their plan could be offensive. They want signs in French, Spanish, Italian and German telling tourists that Brighton War Memorial, at the Old Steine,

  • Time to bring back trams, says campaign

    Brighton could return to its past to help solve town centre traffic problems if campaigners have their way. The Campaign for a Better Brighton and Hove wants the council to introduce electric trams based on the system which opened in Croydon earlier this

  • The heat is on for ice cream men

    A Sussex man is going to the High Court in a test case which campaigners say could drive ice cream vendors all over Britain off the road. Brighton and Hove Council wants ice-cream van owner Sean Kempin to buy street trader licences for his fleet of seven

  • Signal Failure, by Lizzie Enfield

    It's been a bad, hellish week on Britain's railways. After last week's episode, with the rain and the dark and the dog, and getting stranded and having to walk down the track, in the rain and the dark with the dog, in order to get back to Brighton, four

  • New bishop named

    A man who has ministered over some of the most turbulent times in Europe is to become the new Bishop of Chichester. The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend John Hind, currently Bishop of Europe, who is expected to take up the post

  • Tales from the gale

    Stories from yesterday's county-wide battering were still emerging today. One couple were making breakfast when winds gusting up to 80 miles an hour blew their boat over on to their car. John MacKinnon, 38 and his partner Debbie, 37, were on board their

  • Food thoughts

    I am glad the argument about organic food versus conventional produce is now being aired in the press and on radio. The issue has been ignored for 50 years. The public has had the wool pulled over its eyes for years on this topic as it had until recently

  • Dowdall's a big hit with title-chasers

    Teenager Tom Dowdall is making a huge impression for title-chasing Haywards Heath. The 18-year-old former Sherborne College wing scored twice as Heath beat Sevenoaks 27-3 to remain neck-and-neck with Canterbury at the top of London Two South. The win

  • Bulldog spirit

    British Bulldog is the last remaining firm in Brighton and Hove that sends ice-cream vans to estates and roads outside parks. But if Brighton and Hove Council has its way, the cheerful sound of ice-cream chimes will soon be heard no more. The council

  • Hockey: Daniels magic keeps Brighton out in front

    Brighton made it five wins out of five in the Kent and Sussex Regional League after edging out Folkestone 2-1. Richard Love and Paul Daniels scored either side of half time for Brighton, who dominated until the final 15 minutes when the visitors pulled

  • Not farmer's fault

    A recent Argus report on the flooding in Bevendean suggested health problems had been exacerbated because a local farmer put slurry on his land some weeks earlier. As the farmer in question is one of our tenants, we know this is not the case. He has been

  • Axe looms for caf chain staff

    At least 25 Sussex jobs face the axe after brewing giant Whitbread announced a shake-up of its high street cafe chains. Whitbread's interim results show it will have invested more than £3.3 million and created more than 100 jobs in Sussex by the end of

  • High winds wash up a whale

    A whale has been washed up at Shoreham Beach for the first time in living memory. The 20-tonne, 15ft minke whale was found lying dead on the shingle near the coastguard look-out off Old Fort Road yesterday. The whale was washed up overnight and swept

  • Review: The figures of fun

    Make sure your child has every opportunity with Dorling Kindersly's Test for Success, Maths for Sats software. It is ideal for general maths practise throughout Key Stage 2, as well as for children about to sit their national tests. The only possible

  • Review: Worth running away from this

    Two new athletics-based games have been released for those wanting to relive "the best ever Olympic games". One of them, Dreamcast's Virtual Athlete 2K, consists of seven popular athletic events, 100m dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 110m hurdles

  • Review: CD writer's so slick

    HP makeS some very fine CD writers and the 9600se is probably the best to date. Fast, reliable and seriously cool, this slick bit of kit could be the most efficient back-up solution around. This new generation of highspeed drives can write 650MB of data

  • Take action to protect system

    The new millennium has presented a long list of frighteners for the computer business. It opened with the biggest scare, the Y2K millennium bug, when experts predicted potential disasters on a global scale as the century changed. And yet nothing happened

  • Ban fireworks sales, says MP

    Crawley MP Laura Moffatt is calling for the sale of fireworks over the counter to be banned. She believes they should be available only for organised functions and to people who have been trained to use them. She said: "I'm not trying to be a killjoy.

  • Trouble-hit college 'on target'

    A trouble-hit college is on target to come out of special measures by its target date of July 2002, says Brighton and Hove's education chief. But it could take five years for East Brighton College of Media Arts to achieve its original objectives. Education

  • Get connected to the realtime UK

    The cost of implementing new legislation has more than doubled in the last year for small businesses in the South-East, according to a new survey. The survey of business advisers by the Institute of Chartered Accountants revealed regulation was considered

  • Cowboys ride in on tail of storm

    People in Bognor whose homes were blitzed by a tornado have been warned to beware of cowboy builders. A hotline has been set up for residents worried about the person they are employing to make their home safe or carry out urgent repairs. West Sussex

  • Death crash driver to stand trial

    A truck driver was today committed for trial in connection with a road crash which killed four Sussex backpackers on holiday in Australia. The father and sister of Peter Standing, who died in the crash, were at Tully Magistrates Court in Australia to

  • Cowboys ride in on tail of storm

    Cowboy builders were on the prowl today trying to cash in on the Sussex storms. East Sussex trading standards warned they would try to charge "over the odds for shoddy work." A spokesman said: "People wanting to repair damage to their properties must

  • Caravan woman's twister ordeal

    A woman lifted into the air by a tornado while inside her caravan said today: "I can't believe I am still alive." As Sussex residents remained on red alert for another storm battering, Dorothy Allwright was back at home nursing cracked ribs and a sprained

  • Byte: £2.5 million cost of the net

    Large firms are each losing up to £2.5 million a year due to workers using office computers to surf the net for their own purposes. According to a recent report, nine out of ten workers have unlimited access to the internet and e-mail systems, which are

  • Byte: Site for the ambitious

    Freeserve has launched a careers channel as part of its women's website, iCircle.com. It has been devised to motivate and help women achieve success on their own terms, whether by starting a business, switching jobs or simply getting through the day.

  • Website of the Week

    If you work in a town or city centre and can be bothered, you can spend your lunch hours browsing pleasantly round contemporary art galleries. But if you work on an industrial estate it is easier to visit britart.com, where you can view hundreds of works

  • Net solutions

    With Andrew Hardy Owner of DoubleClick-IT Q: As a beginner in computing, I tend to make a lot of mistakes. This has resulted in having to reformat my machine and reinstall Windows and all my applications on a number of occasions. This is very time-consuming

  • Money can't buy you employee love

    New research by NOP for Investors In People has shattered the assumption that money is paramount in job satisfaction in all businesses. One in five employees of businesses which have achieved the nationally recognised Investors in People award saw training

  • BAA make merry with duty free

    Airports operator BAA said it had shaken off the hangover caused by the abolition of duty free, with a 5 per cent jump in profits. The group, which has emerged from an "extremely challenging" 15-month period since duty free within the European Union was

  • Time to bring back trams, says campaign

    Brighton could return to its past to help solve town centre traffic problems if campaigners have their way. The Campaign for a Better Brighton and Hove wants the council to introduce electric trams based on the system which opened in Croydon earlier this

  • Doing its best

    Micheal Panting claims Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company offers no customer care or commitment, but is he aware that since 1997 Brighton and Hove has won eight awards for providing and maintaining an excellent public service? It may not be perfect

  • Pay up now

    West Sussex County Council sympathises fully with the catering staff who lost their jobs as a result of a change in the school meals contract. We very much hope Castleview will now do the decent thing and pay up. All along, our legal advice was that it

  • Must do better

    Ken Chambers is right when he says the sloth and inefficiency of the nationalised railways has not been improved on by the profit-driven greed and lack of safety of the privatised system (Opinion, October 25). After Hatfield and Paddington, even Railtrack

  • Not everyone believes in consultation hogwash

    We act as though we are a nation of disempowered citizens. We are like puppets - those in control pull the strings and we dance to the tune. We are conned time and again and constantly complain there is nothing we can do about it. But not everyone gives

  • Hockey: Daniels magic keeps Brighton out in front

    Brighton made it five wins out of five in the Kent and Sussex Regional League after edging out Folkestone 2-1. Richard Love and Paul Daniels scored either side of half time for Brighton, who dominated until the final 15 minutes when the visitors pulled

  • Maggs keeps the mobile turned on

    Don't blame Horsham boss John Maggs if he does not stray far from his mobile phone today. The Horsham boss will be anxiously awaiting news of weather, traffic congestion and the whereabouts of his players as they head for their delayed FA Cup clash at

  • Axe looms for caf chain staff

    At least 25 Sussex jobs face the axe after brewing giant Whitbread announced a shake-up of its high street cafe chains. Whitbread's interim results show it will have invested more than £3.3 million and created more than 100 jobs in Sussex by the end of

  • Review: The figures of fun

    Make sure your child has every opportunity with Dorling Kindersly's Test for Success, Maths for Sats software. It is ideal for general maths practise throughout Key Stage 2, as well as for children about to sit their national tests. The only possible

  • Review: Worth running away from this

    Two new athletics-based games have been released for those wanting to relive "the best ever Olympic games". One of them, Dreamcast's Virtual Athlete 2K, consists of seven popular athletic events, 100m dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 110m hurdles

  • Review: CD writer's so slick

    HP makeS some very fine CD writers and the 9600se is probably the best to date. Fast, reliable and seriously cool, this slick bit of kit could be the most efficient back-up solution around. This new generation of highspeed drives can write 650MB of data

  • Take action to protect system

    The new millennium has presented a long list of frighteners for the computer business. It opened with the biggest scare, the Y2K millennium bug, when experts predicted potential disasters on a global scale as the century changed. And yet nothing happened

  • Novel way of surfing

    A former journalist has set up a company to market the works of new authors via the internet. Rhiannon Hill came up with the idea of posting unpublished works on the web after writing a book of her own. She said: "I wrote the book as a bit of fun but

  • Get connected to the realtime UK

    The cost of implementing new legislation has more than doubled in the last year for small businesses in the South-East, according to a new survey. The survey of business advisers by the Institute of Chartered Accountants revealed regulation was considered

  • Train fares to rise

    Rail fares from Sussex to London will rise next year, but the increases will be below the rate of inflation. The Shadow Strategic Rail Authority will limit price rises to one per cent below inflation for the third year running. It means that from January

  • Byte: £2.5 million cost of the net

    Large firms are each losing up to £2.5 million a year due to workers using office computers to surf the net for their own purposes. According to a recent report, nine out of ten workers have unlimited access to the internet and e-mail systems, which are

  • Byte: Champion of the over-50s

    Britain's 17 million people aged 50 and older have a new champion in the shape of website Fifthmoon.com. The site is intended as a forum for older people to air their concerns and views and share information about pertinent issues. It also includes news

  • Net solutions

    With Andrew Hardy Owner of DoubleClick-IT Q: As a beginner in computing, I tend to make a lot of mistakes. This has resulted in having to reformat my machine and reinstall Windows and all my applications on a number of occasions. This is very time-consuming

  • At cutting edge, thanks to grants

    Three Sussex firms have received Government grants to develop pioneering projects. The Small Business Service grants are awarded to small companies and individuals to improve use of technology and introduce new products. SEOS Displays of Burgess Hill

  • Fowl smelling farm may face legal battle

    A council may take legal action against the owners of one of the country's biggest chicken processors following complaints from residents. Wealden District Council has been inundated with complaints about a foul smell coming from Woodside Farm, in Polegate

  • Campaign to save homeopathy launched

    A campaign has been launched to prevent cuts to NHS homeopathic treatments in West Sussex. The Mid Sussex Homeopathic Group hopes to stop West Sussex Health Authority from withdrawing funding for treatment. The health authority is currently evaluating

  • Storms shut seed bank

    Storm damage has forced the closure of the £87 million Millennium Seed Bank exhibition only a few months after it opened. Organisers hope to have the centre at Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, open later this week. Strong winds blew in large windows at the

  • Picking up the pieces

    The big clean-up started today after the worst storms in more than a decade. Hundreds of homes were still without power and flooding was still affecting several towns and villages. Emergency services said this morning: "The worst is over - for the time

  • Doing its best

    Micheal Panting claims Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company offers no customer care or commitment, but is he aware that since 1997 Brighton and Hove has won eight awards for providing and maintaining an excellent public service? It may not be perfect

  • It's a mistake

    Oh no! Not another privatisaton of a highly-sensitive sector? Why is our country so backward in thinking privatisation - in this latest case, of custody centres - will sort things out? All it actually achieves is the transfer of costs to another company

  • Pay up now

    West Sussex County Council sympathises fully with the catering staff who lost their jobs as a result of a change in the school meals contract. We very much hope Castleview will now do the decent thing and pay up. All along, our legal advice was that it

  • True horror tale

    George True got the shock of his life when he peered down the loo at his flat in Hove. For there, nestling in the bowl, was a rat that could have administered a nasty nip to a tender part of his anatomy. It's the stuff of urban myths, but when it happens

  • Ferry unhappy

    I am, or rather was, a frequent visitor to Dieppe. For many years we had an efficient ferry service running four ferries a day which could put out in most weathers and rarely let anyone down. This route was also favoured by lorry drivers as it offered

  • Too many beggars, says report

    Begging is at an unacceptable level in Brighton and Hove, according to a new report on rough sleeping. In the report, due to be discussed by councillors tomorrow, housing head Gary Thurston says there is also far too much street drinking, drug taking

  • Must do better

    Ken Chambers is right when he says the sloth and inefficiency of the nationalised railways has not been improved on by the profit-driven greed and lack of safety of the privatised system (Opinion, October 25). After Hatfield and Paddington, even Railtrack

  • Hockey: We'll bounce back says Lewes boss

    Lewes manager Peter Boyse has vowed his side will bounce back from a dreadful start to the season. Following Sunday's 4-3 defeat away to rock bottom Stourport, Lewes have lost three of their opening four games in National League division one. Boyse cannot

  • Don't neglect the memorial

    With Remembrance Day fast approaching, the state of Brighton's war memorial at the Old Steine is a disgrace. The memorial itself looks neglected, the area around it is often covered with litter and intruders are able to walk around the site at will because

  • Not everyone believes in consultation hogwash

    We act as though we are a nation of disempowered citizens. We are like puppets - those in control pull the strings and we dance to the tune. We are conned time and again and constantly complain there is nothing we can do about it. But not everyone gives

  • Maggs keeps the mobile turned on

    Don't blame Horsham boss John Maggs if he does not stray far from his mobile phone today. The Horsham boss will be anxiously awaiting news of weather, traffic congestion and the whereabouts of his players as they head for their delayed FA Cup clash at

  • Albion squad on virus alert

    Albion boss Micky Adams has put his high-flying squad on virus alert. The Seagulls' hectic schedule has taken its toll, so he gave the players a rare Monday off from training. Bobby Zamora, Paul Rogers, Matthew Wicks and Paul Brooker have all been victims

  • The Sky At Fright

    Astronomer Patrick Moore was in the shower when Selsey was struck by its second tornado in less than three years. The 77-year-old Sky At Night presenter said he was "utterly stunned" by the whirlwind which ripped through West Sands Caravan Park in Selsey

  • Review: 'Ultimate solution'

    Database solutions can be produced in an instant with File Maker Pro 5. This software is billed as the ultimate solution to workgroup working. File maker allows users to create sophisticated reports and forms over a network or even on the web. It allows

  • Review: Software bears up excellently

    It is hard to define what makes Disney products so good but its Winnie the Pooh Learning Software meets all the criteria. Designed for children from ages one and a half to six years of age, the three Winnie the Pooh titles are visually stimulating and

  • Novel way of surfing

    A former journalist has set up a company to market the works of new authors via the internet. Rhiannon Hill came up with the idea of posting unpublished works on the web after writing a book of her own. She said: "I wrote the book as a bit of fun but

  • Attack victim left bleeding

    A man was left bleeding in the street after being kicked and punched around the head. Police are appealing for witnesses to the attack, which happened around 10.30pm on Saturday. The 28-year-old victim was walking home along Elms Avenue, Eastbourne, when

  • Whatching as that storey unfolds

    Among the most popular TV hits of the last few years have been home improvement show Changing Rooms and the voyeuristic docusoap Big Brother. Now a Brighton entrepreneur has come up with a project combining elements of both. Richard Furlong plans to transform

  • Super season for Seacat

    The future looks bright for Sussex's cross-Channel ferry service after a successful season of crossings. The Superseacat 1 vessel carried more passengers and cars from Newhaven to Dieppe between April and October than in the same period last year. There

  • Train fares to rise

    Rail fares from Sussex to London will rise next year, but the increases will be below the rate of inflation. The Shadow Strategic Rail Authority will limit price rises to one per cent below inflation for the third year running. It means that from January

  • Byte: Web binds a lost family

    A man has been united with relatives he never knew he had thanks to the internet. Marketing manager John Wood, from East Grinstead, had been looking for information about his father's parents. He said: "My grandfather died before I was born and I only

  • Byte: Champion of the over-50s

    Britain's 17 million people aged 50 and older have a new champion in the shape of website Fifthmoon.com. The site is intended as a forum for older people to air their concerns and views and share information about pertinent issues. It also includes news