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  • Budget Preview: Few surprises on the tax horizon

    When the Chancellor ends his speech tomorrow we will all know how much more - or less - we will be paying to run the country. One man with his finger on the pulse of the local business economy is Matt Coward director of tax at the Brighton office of chartered

  • Budget Wish List: Company eyes tax credit system

    Ricardo is a leading engineering technology provider undertaking research, design and development services to the world's automotive manufacturers. The business employs more than 1,400 and has subsidiaries in the US, Germany and Eastern Europe. Andrew

  • Budget Wish List: Workers should share in profits

    Victoria Real's success in the field of digital media was recognised with a place in this year's Virgin Atlantic Sunday Times Fast Track league of top-growing companies. The business was founded in 1990 and delivers digital solutions on the internet,

  • Budget Wish List: Confidence needed to stay afloat

    Worthing-based Saywell is a family business and a world leader in the manufacture and supply of aircraft spares. It has a purpose-built UK depot and offices in Canada and the United States. The company has grown rapidly through acquisitions during the

  • Planting business is growing concern

    Life in retirement proved too quiet for former company boss Brian Day. He has now found a new challenge by launching an interior plant company. Mr Day, who has already set up and run a successful construction company, is well versed in the supply and

  • Jobs boost at airport

    A currency exchange bureau is doubling its size at an airport, bringing in another 40 jobs. TTT Foreign Exchange has been awarded a contract to increase its bureau de change business at Gatwick from five to ten outlets at the airport's two terminals.

  • OAP's fury at stone-flinging yobs

    A pensioner is calling for action to stop yobs smashing his windows with stones hurled from a railway track. For the past five years, Granville Hyett, of Amherst Crescent, Hove, has been persecuted by youths hurling stones, rocks and boulders at his home

  • The Contractor, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, April 20

    There was a time when David Storey's contribution to English literature was reckoned near equal to that of DH Lawrence. As the son of a miner, deeply concerned with working-class values as well as issues of masculinity, the pedigree seemed absolutely

  • Hello Zo, got a new sofa?

    Nine months after buying a sofa made from the back of a Daimler car, Zoe Ball wants to swap it - for a couch made from the front end. Zoe, who is married to DJ Norman Cook, alias Fatboy Slim, is a big fan of the quirky scrap metal designs of Brighton-based

  • Junkies shoot up in court building

    Drug users are sticking two fingers up at justice by taking heroin right under the nose of the law. An investigation by The Argus reveals addicts are injecting themselves as magistrates sit in judgment just feet away. Needles are discarded in the public

  • Bag it

    We often read of elderly ladies having their handbags snatched. When are they going to learn to keep bags and purses out of sight and in a safe place? A small bag worn around the waist, as used by cyclists and walkers, would be so much safer and could

  • Precious metal

    Thirties and Forties' supporting actor Gladys George was really Gladys Clare and seemed destined to play brassy blondes with hearts of gold. Born in Hatton, Maine, in 1900, her parents were the English thespians Sir Arthur and Lady Clare. Gladys was married

  • Tragic failure

    K A Martin (Letters, April 11) charged Ariel Sharon with every crime known to man, yet there was no mention of the suicide bombers killing Israeli citizens, nor any understanding of Israel having to go after them so long as Yasser Arafat daily incites

  • Not alone

    There was a story in the news some years ago about a woman who was attacked on a train. She said the trauma of her attack was almost surpassed by the fact that not one person who was in earshot of her cries for help attempted to assist her. She said she

  • Culture grub

    William Fraser (Letters, April 8) pointed out that "fruitarians are generally those who have evolved through vegetarianism and veganism to a stage where they not only practise harmlessness to all animal life but also abstain from vegetable produce which

  • Basketball: Nurse hopes to keep stars

    Nick Nurse believes his Brighton Bears can seek their fortune overseas after taking the club to the BBL final four. But he admits he would love to see them all back next season to renew their bid for silverware. Most of Nurse's squad are flying back to

  • Boost for Albion

    There's more good news for Brighton and Hove Albion today following the confirmation of their status as Division Two champions at the weekend. It looks as if one of the two sites at Falmer the club would like for a community stadium, Village Way North

  • Council halves deficit

    Council chiefs have halved the deficit on collecting rubbish and removing waste from streets. When Brighton and Hove City Council took over the waste contract six months ago from the private firm Sita it estimated the move would trigger a £1.52 million

  • Tough times at Body Shop

    The Body Shop was one of the success stories in business during the Eighties and Nineties following its humble beginnings in Brighton. Founder Anita Roddick managed to combine business acumen with a green outlook which appealed to millions of customers

  • Tories are the true party of the people

    The Conservative Party has always expressed the core values of freedom and liberty. The big difference between the Tories and Labour is that the Conservatives believe the individual knows best how to run his or her life. I object to a Labour government

  • Bobby's ready for England

    Albion ace Bobby Zamora is ready to rule Britannia for England against Portugal tonight. Zamora is poised to make his international debut for the under-21s at Stoke's sold-out Britannia Stadium. Boss David Platt has indicated he will definitely play a

  • Review: Title's fit to fight for your attention

    Knockout Kings 2001 for the PlayStation 2 was a decent boxing game, but lacked the fancy footwork needed to recreate the excitement of a title fight. But Electronic Arts' 2002 version proves long, hard days in the development gym can pay dividends when

  • Hardware: Be dazzled by a data downloader

    Downloading data from a media card has never been easier. The Dazzle Universal 6 in 1 digital media card reader allows you to download data from almost any kind of media card in a fraction of the time taken by standard combinations of device/cable/computer

  • Emale with Stefan Hull

    I'm resisting the temptation to quote Queen's Eighties hit Flash. Because the web site animation tool of the same name is neither a "miracle" nor "king of the impossible". It's definitely not the "saviour of the universe". But since its release in the

  • Teaching children to be good citizens

    An interactive media agency is going to help schoolchildren become good citizens. Worth Media from Brighton, which specialises in education and health, has won the contract to design 21st Century Citizen, an online resource for citizenship at key stages

  • Talking computers put firmly on map

    The University of Brighton has launched a new web site dedicated to computer systems that can speak and understand human language. UK Euromap is a non-profit-making site devoted to the development and marketing of Human Language Technologies (HLT) - programmes

  • Campaigners demand action at station

    Campaigners are calling for developers to remove a supermarket and car park from plans for land next to Brighton station. The New England Consortium has included them in its planning application as well as proposing hotels, a language school headquarters

  • Firm reaches for the stars

    A Seaford-based company has helped to capture Sussex's scientific spirit using the latest digital technology. To celebrate Science Year, multimedia company Video Image Productions (VIP) was commissioned to film the recent Reach for the Stars science day

  • Tycoon's trial delayed

    The trial of millionaire property tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten was delayed today while a new jury was sworn in. Van Hoogstraten, 57, denies murdering retired Brighton landlord Mohammed Sabir Raja, on July 2, 1999. Mr Raja was shot on the doorstep of his

  • My girl should have got 10 years

    A mother whose daughter was jailed for neglecting her child who died at the hands of her violent boyfriend has disowned her. Brenda Kingshott said Emma Back should be kept behind bars for much longer than her three-and-a-half-year sentence. Back, 22,

  • Budget Wish List: Sweeten tourism's pot

    John Haslem owns what must be one of the most well-known small retail outlets in the country, the Rock Shop at the end of Brighton Pier. Including two other stores in the area, his business, selling seaside confectionery and seashell mementos, is heavily

  • Jobs boost at airport

    A currency exchange bureau is doubling its size at an airport, bringing in another 40 jobs. TTT Foreign Exchange has been awarded a contract to increase its bureau de change business at Gatwick from five to ten outlets at the airport's two terminals.

  • Centre to boost industry

    Manufacturers in Sussex are to benefit from a £15 million government-backed project to improve the help available to industry. Alan Johnson, Employment Relations Minister, said a centre for excellence offering hands-on advice and support to manufacturers

  • The Contractor, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, April 20

    There was a time when David Storey's contribution to English literature was reckoned near equal to that of DH Lawrence. As the son of a miner, deeply concerned with working-class values as well as issues of masculinity, the pedigree seemed absolutely

  • Hello Zo, got a new sofa?

    Nine months after buying a sofa made from the back of a Daimler car, Zoe Ball wants to swap it - for a couch made from the front end. Zoe, who is married to DJ Norman Cook, alias Fatboy Slim, is a big fan of the quirky scrap metal designs of Brighton-based

  • Lifetime of debt is on the cards

    Our parents and grandparents would never have dreamt of missing a mortgage payment and using the cash to splash out on a holiday. Such behaviour would have been seen as downright irresponsible. But new research suggests younger people are increasingly

  • Junkies shoot up in court building

    Drug users are sticking two fingers up at justice by taking heroin right under the nose of the law. An investigation by The Argus reveals addicts are injecting themselves as magistrates sit in judgment just feet away. Needles are discarded in the public

  • Bag it

    We often read of elderly ladies having their handbags snatched. When are they going to learn to keep bags and purses out of sight and in a safe place? A small bag worn around the waist, as used by cyclists and walkers, would be so much safer and could

  • Tough line cuts town centre violence

    A crackdown by police has cut town centre assaults by half. There was a 49.4 per cent drop in all types of reported assaults in Crawley in the 12 months to the end of March. This included a 61.5 per cent decrease in the category for one of the most serious

  • Great shame

    It is a great shame Parent Helpline has to stop operating because of lack of volunteer listeners and financial support. I was a listener for some years and know how much dedication was put into running the helpline. Helen, Margaret, Sheila, Liz, Janet

  • Clear spot

    On Thursday evening, I was fortunate to visit East Dean Village Hall to see the East Dean Players present Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn. I and the near-capacity audience thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The acting was superb and the stage setting excellent

  • Boost for Albion

    There's more good news for Brighton and Hove Albion today following the confirmation of their status as Division Two champions at the weekend. It looks as if one of the two sites at Falmer the club would like for a community stadium, Village Way North

  • Council halves deficit

    Council chiefs have halved the deficit on collecting rubbish and removing waste from streets. When Brighton and Hove City Council took over the waste contract six months ago from the private firm Sita it estimated the move would trigger a £1.52 million

  • Simplicity

    City status did not "put house prices up" in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, April 4). This crude analysis ignores the fact that property prices have gone up hugely in the whole outer London region. Inverness and Wolverhampton, who won city status at the

  • Tough times at Body Shop

    The Body Shop was one of the success stories in business during the Eighties and Nineties following its humble beginnings in Brighton. Founder Anita Roddick managed to combine business acumen with a green outlook which appealed to millions of customers

  • Flashy flora

    It was a great pity Sue Murray of the Worthing Hospitality Association (Letters, April 11) spoilt her praise of the palms along Worthing seafront by venturing into party politics. The association should surely be strictly politically neutral, not appear

  • Hockey: Lewes can bounce back

    Departing manager Peter Boyse believes Lewes have a bright future despite their relegation from division one of the National League. Boyse, who took over as manager six years ago when Lewes got into the National League, announced he was stepping down

  • Tories are the true party of the people

    The Conservative Party has always expressed the core values of freedom and liberty. The big difference between the Tories and Labour is that the Conservatives believe the individual knows best how to run his or her life. I object to a Labour government

  • Paul Daniels, Komedia, Brighton, April 12

    My friends were somewhat derisive when I told them I was going to see Paul Daniels. Given that he's an easy figure to dislike, this isn't an entirely ridiculous response. Like all magicians, he can't help but come across as at least part con-artist. There's

  • Inflation edges higher

    UK inflation edged slightly higher in March according to latest figures. The annual rate of inflation excluding mortgage repayments rose to 2.3% in March, up from 2.2% in February, the Office for National Statistics said. Inflation including mortgage

  • Ntl set for rescue deal

    Cable giant Ntl has struck a deal with its main creditors in one of the biggest rescues in British corporate history. The beleaguered cable company - the biggest in the UK - will be taken over by its creditors if the deal is officially sanctioned. The

  • Review: CD has not mastered the art of presentation

    Four hundred years of artistic masterpieces on a single CD-Rom sounds like it would provide plenty of reference material for any art historian. Coupled with an attractive design on the case, Discover the Great Works of Art, from the GSP reference library

  • Review: Title's fit to fight for your attention

    Knockout Kings 2001 for the PlayStation 2 was a decent boxing game, but lacked the fancy footwork needed to recreate the excitement of a title fight. But Electronic Arts' 2002 version proves long, hard days in the development gym can pay dividends when

  • Teaching children to be good citizens

    An interactive media agency is going to help schoolchildren become good citizens. Worth Media from Brighton, which specialises in education and health, has won the contract to design 21st Century Citizen, an online resource for citizenship at key stages

  • Campaigners demand action at station

    Campaigners are calling for developers to remove a supermarket and car park from plans for land next to Brighton station. The New England Consortium has included them in its planning application as well as proposing hotels, a language school headquarters

  • Firm reaches for the stars

    A Seaford-based company has helped to capture Sussex's scientific spirit using the latest digital technology. To celebrate Science Year, multimedia company Video Image Productions (VIP) was commissioned to film the recent Reach for the Stars science day

  • Husband branded a control freak

    A husband whose wife mysteriously fell off 500ft cliffs after a romantic picnic was branded a "dishonest, manipulative, control freak" with a motive for killing her. Coroner Alan Craze said everyone was united in regarding Paul Ramsden's actions in the

  • Man survives Beachy Head fall

    A man survived after tumbling 80ft down cliffs on to a chalk ledge, suffering broken ankles. Emergency services launched a rescue operation after a passer-by heard the injured man's cries for help from the ledge at 200ft-high Cow Gap, near Eastbourne,

  • £6m pledge for art deco pavilion

    A Grade I-listed art deco building is to be transformed into a major contemporary arts centre at a cost of more than £6 million. The De La Warr Pavilion on Bexhill seafront will have its exterior and surrounding landscape restored. There are plans for

  • My girl should have got 10 years

    A mother whose daughter was jailed for neglecting her child who died at the hands of her violent boyfriend has disowned her. Brenda Kingshott said Emma Back should be kept behind bars for much longer than her three-and-a-half-year sentence. Back, 22,

  • Parker's Progress with Tim Parker

    It's ridiculous but I've grown fond of my old Mondeo. Perhaps it is because it survived the Lewes floods. My Mondeo had a brush with a camper van and I took it to the garage. Soon after, the man from the garage called, saying "I'm sorry Mr Parker, your

  • £6m pledge for art deco pavilion

    A Grade I-listed art deco building is to be transformed into a major contemporary arts centre at a cost of more than £6 million. The De La Warr Pavilion on Bexhill seafront will have its exterior and surrounding landscape restored. There are plans for

  • Budget Wish List: Sweeten tourism's pot

    John Haslem owns what must be one of the most well-known small retail outlets in the country, the Rock Shop at the end of Brighton Pier. Including two other stores in the area, his business, selling seaside confectionery and seashell mementos, is heavily

  • Centre to boost industry

    Manufacturers in Sussex are to benefit from a £15 million government-backed project to improve the help available to industry. Alan Johnson, Employment Relations Minister, said a centre for excellence offering hands-on advice and support to manufacturers

  • Six firms get Royal seal of approval

    Six Sussex companies have been recognised with Queen's Awards for Enterprise. Five firms in West Sussex and one in East Sussex have won the prestigious awards in the Queen's golden jubilee year. Burgess Hill-based SEOS Displays, which is a world leader

  • Walk of Fame: Day Two

    This is your second chance to vote for your favourite celebrities to take part in Brighton's Walk of Fame. 022 Susan Stranks. Bubbly former presenter of children's TV programme Magpie in the Seventies. Famous for reporting from unusual locations all over

  • Vote for a real star

    Forget Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne - the great and the good of Brighton and Hove are to be immortalised in our own Walk of Fame. It will be styled on the Hollywood's tourist attraction, where the stars of stage and screen have plaques bearing their

  • World of thanks

    World Cancer Research Fund thanks readers for their generosity in its recent house-to-house collections in Hastings district, which helped raise £718.81 to support vital work the fund carries out in research and public education. If you would like to

  • Rox is on at racecourse

    Bognor's Rox music festival is back under starter's orders after naming Fontwell Park racecourse as its new venue. Organisers of the event had to scrap plans to stage the event on Bognor seafront after complaints it had become too big. But yesterday Rox

  • Lifetime of debt is on the cards

    Our parents and grandparents would never have dreamt of missing a mortgage payment and using the cash to splash out on a holiday. Such behaviour would have been seen as downright irresponsible. But new research suggests younger people are increasingly

  • High cost of living

    How is any young working person to afford raising a family or buying a first home in Brighton and Hove? I have left my family and friends behind - not an easy thing to do but it was the only way I could get an affordable flat. I feel let down and angry

  • Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield

    The disadvantage of working from home is that people only seem to respond to your phone calls when you've popped round to the corner shop. Or when you've decided that it all seems quiet and gone for a swim, or just picked Rugrats up from school and nursery

  • Great shame

    It is a great shame Parent Helpline has to stop operating because of lack of volunteer listeners and financial support. I was a listener for some years and know how much dedication was put into running the helpline. Helen, Margaret, Sheila, Liz, Janet

  • Clear spot

    On Thursday evening, I was fortunate to visit East Dean Village Hall to see the East Dean Players present Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn. I and the near-capacity audience thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The acting was superb and the stage setting excellent

  • Drive for comfort

    Zoe Ball bought a sofa last year made from the back of a Daimler car. Now she may be part-exchanging it for a couch made from the front end. She liked the original but is even keener on the updated version made by Brighton-based metal designers. It was

  • Simplicity

    City status did not "put house prices up" in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, April 4). This crude analysis ignores the fact that property prices have gone up hugely in the whole outer London region. Inverness and Wolverhampton, who won city status at the

  • Flashy flora

    It was a great pity Sue Murray of the Worthing Hospitality Association (Letters, April 11) spoilt her praise of the palms along Worthing seafront by venturing into party politics. The association should surely be strictly politically neutral, not appear

  • Hockey: Lewes can bounce back

    Departing manager Peter Boyse believes Lewes have a bright future despite their relegation from division one of the National League. Boyse, who took over as manager six years ago when Lewes got into the National League, announced he was stepping down

  • Tennis: Davenport back to defend title

    Lindsay Davenport will defend her Britannic Asset Management International Championships title at Eastbourne this year. The 1999 Wimbledon winner will be joined by Jelena Dokic and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario who have also confirmed their entry for the Sanex

  • Cricket: Timely boost for Sussex

    Robin Martin-Jenkins has given Sussex a boost four days before the start of the new cricket season. The county's all-rounder has bowled competively for the first time since injuring his Achilles on the pre-season tour of Grenada nearly three weeks ago

  • Kuipers unlucky to miss out

    Albion boss Peter Taylor has labelled Michel Kuipers unlucky after a snub from his fellow pros. The big Dutch No. 1 was overlooked for the Second Division PFA team of the season. Bobby Zamora and skipper Danny Cullip were both selected, but Peterborough's

  • Paul Daniels, Komedia, Brighton, April 12

    My friends were somewhat derisive when I told them I was going to see Paul Daniels. Given that he's an easy figure to dislike, this isn't an entirely ridiculous response. Like all magicians, he can't help but come across as at least part con-artist. There's

  • Inflation edges higher

    UK inflation edged slightly higher in March according to latest figures. The annual rate of inflation excluding mortgage repayments rose to 2.3% in March, up from 2.2% in February, the Office for National Statistics said. Inflation including mortgage

  • Ntl set for rescue deal

    Cable giant Ntl has struck a deal with its main creditors in one of the biggest rescues in British corporate history. The beleaguered cable company - the biggest in the UK - will be taken over by its creditors if the deal is officially sanctioned. The

  • Ex-councillor dies

    A former councillor and toy shop owner who campaigned for the protection of the countryside has died aged 75. Norman Machan, a chartered accountant, who lived in Roedean and Rottingdean and had stints on Brighton Borough Council in the early Eighties

  • Review: Introducing fun way of promotion

    Have you seen those neat and swanky multimedia business cards flashed about by blue-chip technology companies? Well, now you too can offer your prospective clients a multimedia presentation instead of a card by sourcing E-Promo's Multimedia Business Card

  • Review: CD has not mastered the art of presentation

    Four hundred years of artistic masterpieces on a single CD-Rom sounds like it would provide plenty of reference material for any art historian. Coupled with an attractive design on the case, Discover the Great Works of Art, from the GSP reference library

  • Office workers behaving badly

    Does your company have an email policy that will stand up to close scrutiny? More importantly, do you or your bosses have any idea what colleagues are using email for and what the consequences of misuse could be? My question was prompted by a recent "

  • Take a walk on Brighton's weird and wild side

    A new web site is helping people take a walk on Brighton's wild side. The Brighton Walks site has details of a range of tours by Glenda Clarke, who has more than 20 years' experience as a qualified and registered tour guide. One of the most popular tours

  • Husband branded a control freak

    A husband whose wife mysteriously fell off 500ft cliffs after a romantic picnic was branded a "dishonest, manipulative, control freak" with a motive for killing her. Coroner Alan Craze said everyone was united in regarding Paul Ramsden's actions in the

  • People are the weak links in IT security

    A new survey shows many employees are jeopardising important company information by adopting a slapdash attitude to computer security. The survey, which was undertaken by the organisers of the forthcoming Infosecurity Europe 2002 exhibition and the recently

  • Jobs axe at Body Shop

    The Body Shop is axing 55 jobs in Sussex including 17 staff from The Body Shop Tour and five from the Trading Post. Other redundancies are among visual merchandising, finance and home selling and internet staff. Ten more people have been found alternative

  • Delight as Mickey and Donald return

    A family whose ornaments were stolen from their garden has had them returned by a stranger. Paul Burgess, his wife, Deborah, and children Laura, 12, and Daniel, seven, were devastated when thieves snatched Disney figures from their home in Valley Road

  • Parker's Progress with Tim Parker

    It's ridiculous but I've grown fond of my old Mondeo. Perhaps it is because it survived the Lewes floods. My Mondeo had a brush with a camper van and I took it to the garage. Soon after, the man from the garage called, saying "I'm sorry Mr Parker, your

  • £6m pledge for art deco pavilion

    A Grade I-listed art deco building is to be transformed into a major contemporary arts centre at a cost of more than £6 million. The De La Warr Pavilion on Bexhill seafront will have its exterior and surrounding landscape restored. There are plans for

  • Budget Preview: Few surprises on the tax horizon

    When the Chancellor ends his speech tomorrow we will all know how much more - or less - we will be paying to run the country. One man with his finger on the pulse of the local business economy is Matt Coward director of tax at the Brighton office of chartered

  • Budget Wish List: Company eyes tax credit system

    Ricardo is a leading engineering technology provider undertaking research, design and development services to the world's automotive manufacturers. The business employs more than 1,400 and has subsidiaries in the US, Germany and Eastern Europe. Andrew

  • Budget Wish List: Workers should share in profits

    Victoria Real's success in the field of digital media was recognised with a place in this year's Virgin Atlantic Sunday Times Fast Track league of top-growing companies. The business was founded in 1990 and delivers digital solutions on the internet,

  • Budget Wish List: Confidence needed to stay afloat

    Worthing-based Saywell is a family business and a world leader in the manufacture and supply of aircraft spares. It has a purpose-built UK depot and offices in Canada and the United States. The company has grown rapidly through acquisitions during the

  • Planting business is growing concern

    Life in retirement proved too quiet for former company boss Brian Day. He has now found a new challenge by launching an interior plant company. Mr Day, who has already set up and run a successful construction company, is well versed in the supply and

  • Six firms get Royal seal of approval

    Six Sussex companies have been recognised with Queen's Awards for Enterprise. Five firms in West Sussex and one in East Sussex have won the prestigious awards in the Queen's golden jubilee year. Burgess Hill-based SEOS Displays, which is a world leader

  • Walk of Fame: Day Two

    This is your second chance to vote for your favourite celebrities to take part in Brighton's Walk of Fame. 022 Susan Stranks. Bubbly former presenter of children's TV programme Magpie in the Seventies. Famous for reporting from unusual locations all over

  • Vote for a real star

    Forget Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne - the great and the good of Brighton and Hove are to be immortalised in our own Walk of Fame. It will be styled on the Hollywood's tourist attraction, where the stars of stage and screen have plaques bearing their

  • OAP's fury at stone-flinging yobs

    A pensioner is calling for action to stop yobs smashing his windows with stones hurled from a railway track. For the past five years, Granville Hyett, of Amherst Crescent, Hove, has been persecuted by youths hurling stones, rocks and boulders at his home

  • World of thanks

    World Cancer Research Fund thanks readers for their generosity in its recent house-to-house collections in Hastings district, which helped raise £718.81 to support vital work the fund carries out in research and public education. If you would like to

  • Rox is on at racecourse

    Bognor's Rox music festival is back under starter's orders after naming Fontwell Park racecourse as its new venue. Organisers of the event had to scrap plans to stage the event on Bognor seafront after complaints it had become too big. But yesterday Rox

  • High cost of living

    How is any young working person to afford raising a family or buying a first home in Brighton and Hove? I have left my family and friends behind - not an easy thing to do but it was the only way I could get an affordable flat. I feel let down and angry

  • Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield

    The disadvantage of working from home is that people only seem to respond to your phone calls when you've popped round to the corner shop. Or when you've decided that it all seems quiet and gone for a swim, or just picked Rugrats up from school and nursery

  • Extra cash for children's safety

    A Council has agreed to pump an extra £36,000 into boosting safety at ponds and boating lakes after a toddler drowned. Arun District Council's cabinet agreed to the extra funding for improving safety at all its lakes following the death of two-year-old

  • Precious metal

    Thirties and Forties' supporting actor Gladys George was really Gladys Clare and seemed destined to play brassy blondes with hearts of gold. Born in Hatton, Maine, in 1900, her parents were the English thespians Sir Arthur and Lady Clare. Gladys was married

  • Tragic failure

    K A Martin (Letters, April 11) charged Ariel Sharon with every crime known to man, yet there was no mention of the suicide bombers killing Israeli citizens, nor any understanding of Israel having to go after them so long as Yasser Arafat daily incites

  • Not alone

    There was a story in the news some years ago about a woman who was attacked on a train. She said the trauma of her attack was almost surpassed by the fact that not one person who was in earshot of her cries for help attempted to assist her. She said she

  • Drive for comfort

    Zoe Ball bought a sofa last year made from the back of a Daimler car. Now she may be part-exchanging it for a couch made from the front end. She liked the original but is even keener on the updated version made by Brighton-based metal designers. It was

  • Culture grub

    William Fraser (Letters, April 8) pointed out that "fruitarians are generally those who have evolved through vegetarianism and veganism to a stage where they not only practise harmlessness to all animal life but also abstain from vegetable produce which

  • Basketball: Nurse hopes to keep stars

    Nick Nurse believes his Brighton Bears can seek their fortune overseas after taking the club to the BBL final four. But he admits he would love to see them all back next season to renew their bid for silverware. Most of Nurse's squad are flying back to

  • Sussex's timely boost

    Robin Martin-Jenkins has given Sussex a boost four days before the start of the new cricket season. The county's all-rounder has bowled competively for the first time since injuring his Achilles on the pre-season tour of Grenada nearly three weeks ago

  • Tennis: Davenport back to defend title

    Lindsay Davenport will defend her Britannic Asset Management International Championships title at Eastbourne this year. The 1999 Wimbledon winner will be joined by Jelena Dokic and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario who have also confirmed their entry for the Sanex

  • Cricket: Timely boost for Sussex

    Robin Martin-Jenkins has given Sussex a boost four days before the start of the new cricket season. The county's all-rounder has bowled competively for the first time since injuring his Achilles on the pre-season tour of Grenada nearly three weeks ago

  • Kuipers unlucky to miss out

    Albion boss Peter Taylor has labelled Michel Kuipers unlucky after a snub from his fellow pros. The big Dutch No. 1 was overlooked for the Second Division PFA team of the season. Bobby Zamora and skipper Danny Cullip were both selected, but Peterborough's

  • Bobby's ready for England

    Albion ace Bobby Zamora is ready to rule Britannia for England against Portugal tonight. Zamora is poised to make his international debut for the under-21s at Stoke's sold-out Britannia Stadium. Boss David Platt has indicated he will definitely play a

  • Ex-councillor dies

    A former councillor and toy shop owner who campaigned for the protection of the countryside has died aged 75. Norman Machan, a chartered accountant, who lived in Roedean and Rottingdean and had stints on Brighton Borough Council in the early Eighties

  • Review: Introducing fun way of promotion

    Have you seen those neat and swanky multimedia business cards flashed about by blue-chip technology companies? Well, now you too can offer your prospective clients a multimedia presentation instead of a card by sourcing E-Promo's Multimedia Business Card

  • Hardware: Be dazzled by a data downloader

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