Four investment groups have announced plans to launch an online supermarket selling a range of financial services products. The four companies, Gartmore, Jupiter, M&G and Threadneedle, will sell products from their own range of services and also plan
Weak home shopping clothing sales led to profits being slashed at Great Universal Stores (GUS), owner of Kays catalogue and Argos. Home shopping profits plunged by £85 million as the company felt the impact of strong competition in the market place. It
Shoreham design house, Oliver & Graimes, is behind the promotion of the first ever national soccer tournament, in aid of the NSPCC. They have designed and sponsored a website, for the Millennium Youth Cup, and on-line registration system. Since its
I support Tom Kerr, Letters, June 3. He said it makes sense to build the new football stadium on the Brighton station site. Yes - because the stadium would then be central to the town and easy to reach for everyone living locally. If we are to have a
There has been much talk about Dunkirk recently. We cannot honour sufficiently those British and Allied Servicemen who took part in the evacuation and the civilian owners of the little boats who also risked their lives. No one seems to have recalled,
The Argus (April 1), gave a whole page over to the lifestyle of travellers. One of them, Carol, was quoted as saying that travellers "prefer to take on tasks which benefit the environment". However, as this photograph shows, actions speak louder than
A deputy mayor who has been paying for a service he never used plans to deduct the cash from future bills and is urging his constituents to do the same. Tony Prince, of Telscombe Town Council, has written to Southern Water saying unless he is reimbursed
It is a scene more reminiscent of the winter of discontent than the streets of thriving towns with ambitions of city status. But a summer of discontent has arrived on the streets of Brighton and Hove which has seen the towns transformed into an enormous
Delia Ives (Letters, June 7) describes the frightening inevitability of increasing car use as a result of the narrowness of the motorist's outlook. The way motorists justify using a car is baffling. And isn't it strange how the size of the average car
Nurse Orla Murphy is the latest victim of soaring property prices in Brighton. Orla, 26, is being forced to give up her job at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and move back in with her mum in Cornwall because she cannot afford to buy a flat in the town
The Brighton Festival is over for the year 2000. It was a great success and brought prestige and visitors to the town. Congratulations to all who were involved. As always, the artists' open houses were very popular and there were favourable comments in
It is a scene more reminiscent of the winter of discontent than the streets of thriving towns with ambitions of city status. But a summer of discontent has arrived on the streets of Brighton and Hove which has seen the towns transformed into an enormous
Argus readers can say on how the NHS needs to change at our website www.healthspectrum.co.uk Thanks to a link up between the Newsquest (Sussex) Ltd, publisher of the Argus, and the Department of Health, people using our specialist health website can send
Thank you to the Argus for publicising the young talent time show held at the Brighton Marina last weekend. I was overwhelmed by youngsters eager to show their talents. Almost 40 children took part in the show over the two days and their efforts were
When you dial 999 you expect the emergency services to drop everything and arrive within minutes. The trouble is, they may not get there because some people call them with requests that range from the bizarre to the unbelievable. Firefighters in Sussex
As Stagecoach Buses have driver shortages in East Sussex and seem to have problems keeping time on the 712 Brighton to Eastbourne route, could they not hand their share of the 712 service to Metrobus? This would free drivers to fill the shortages elsewhere
Children, some just five, watched in horror as a man's legs were smashed by a train. They were standing on a platform at Southwick station as the victim was hit by a Victoria to Bournemouth service last night. The 52-year-old man from Worthing was trying
Hospital staff are under siege as attacks on doctors and nurses rise. Workers in the caring profession face a barrage of verbal and physical abuse from patients and their families on a daily basis. A year ago the Argus revealed knives up to 11in long
So, Philip Smith is concerned by pigeons' droppings. What he fails to realise is human beings are far more of a health hazard. If you walk down the street, you can often see how disgusting humans can be. Coughing and sneezing also causes things like pneumonia
Eagles must win at basement club Belle Vue tonight and then beat leaders King's Lynn by nine points at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night. It's a tall order for the Sussex squad but a challenge which they have to rise to if their championship credentials
Matt Summerfield displayed wisdom beyond his 20 years by declaring he won't turn pro for at least two years. The Sussex Colts Championship title winner works in the shop at Cottesmore for 20 hours during the week and that's as far Matt will get to pro
Sussex's batsmen missed the boat at Horsham yesterday as Richard Johnson bowled into a position of strength after two days of the Championship match. Apart from Toby Peirce, who fell to Angus Fraser in the third over, all their principal performers made
Sussex skipper Chris Adams believes new cap Robin Martin-Jenkins could one day play for England. The 24-year-old all-rounder, who made his debut for the county four years ago, was capped during the tea interval at Horsham yesterday where Sussex are playing
Nine views of Paris are available on this series of webcams courtesy of French television station TF1. Shots of the Eiffel Tour and the Seine bring memories of those school exchange trips flooding back. A camera inside the station's news studio makes
Now you can stare at the planet from the angle of the moon, sun or any orbiting satellite thanks to this website. Close-ups of the major cities of the world are also available. Although these images draw on a fixed database, real-time images of clouds
Third-generation phones do not look like phones at all. There is no black box and no keypad. They fit neatly behind the ear and clip gently to the ear lobe. If you want to make a call, all you have to do is say so. The devices are voice-activated. Most
The book is about to become a thing of the past, according to internet experts. Microsoft vice-president of technology and development Dick Brass has said 90 per cent of everything you read will be delivered in electronic form by 2020. But 20 years ago
A Sussex website has beaten off competition from Amazon.co.uk to become the UK's number one e-commerce site. Crawley-based StreetsOnline.co.uk is the first website to knock Amazon from the top spot anywhere in the world, according to internet monitoring
The worldwide web has been extended into outer space with the launch of the first satellite web addresses. Nasa is working with Surrey Satellite Technology (SST) to show internet protocols can be used to communicate in space. The first satellite to join
Sussex sailors can now get free detailed weather reports for any section of the South Coast thanks to a new internet service. Users of the Sail That Dream website will soon be able to e-mail vessels at sea. The forecasting service has been created by
Ever had one of those days when your living room seems too small no matter how many ways you re-arrange the furniture? If it happens again, just remember the power to change is at your fingertips. All you have to do is log on to www.thisisbrighton.co.uk
Free computer courses for the unemployed are to be launched across Sussex as part of a £25 million Government scheme. Courses at Crawley College and Hastings College will offer free basic IT training to anyone who receives work benefits and has no recent
Jump Ahead Baby 2000 plus Baby Ball is billed as "the perfect starter kit to introduce baby to the computer". The idea of a programme that launches your nine-month-old on to the family PC seems excessive. Isn't this the ideal accessory for the expectant
I am not really a fan of flight simulators but Gunship could be the game to convert me. The graphics are stunning and reflect the care that has been taken to make this, arguably, the best helicopter simulator to date. The software installed without a
Organic Indian cotton farms in Gujarat may be a world away from Sussex's silicon beach. But a Lewes new media firm is helping farmers on the sub-continent sell online. The Gossypium website lets users create, customise and order clothes made from organically
Four investment groups have announced plans to launch an online supermarket selling a range of financial services products. The four companies, Gartmore, Jupiter, M&G and Threadneedle, will sell products from their own range of services and also plan
Weak home shopping clothing sales led to profits being slashed at Great Universal Stores (GUS), owner of Kays catalogue and Argos. Home shopping profits plunged by £85 million as the company felt the impact of strong competition in the market place. It
Shoreham design house, Oliver & Graimes, is behind the promotion of the first ever national soccer tournament, in aid of the NSPCC. They have designed and sponsored a website, for the Millennium Youth Cup, and on-line registration system. Since its
Ailing plate-maker to the Queen Royal Doulton. today said it is to sell its Royal Crown Derby subsidiary to a management buy-out team. The company, which makes fine china and tableware for the Queen and Prince of Wales, is disposing of the business for
I was interested to read Sally Hall's fascinating article about John Martyn prior to his sell-out gig at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on June 1. I wonder whether she or anyone knows what has happened to his enormously talented ex-wife, Beverly Martyn, who
The Argus (April 1), gave a whole page over to the lifestyle of travellers. One of them, Carol, was quoted as saying that travellers "prefer to take on tasks which benefit the environment". However, as this photograph shows, actions speak louder than
The most potent weapon in a woman's sexual armoury is man's imagination. His inexhaustible ability to fantasize about her is something women instinctively learn to harness at an early age. Glossy magazines are filled with pictures of, for the most part
It is a scene more reminiscent of the winter of discontent than the streets of thriving towns with ambitions of city status. But a summer of discontent has arrived on the streets of Brighton and Hove which has seen the towns transformed into an enormous
Delia Ives (Letters, June 7) describes the frightening inevitability of increasing car use as a result of the narrowness of the motorist's outlook. The way motorists justify using a car is baffling. And isn't it strange how the size of the average car
The Brighton Festival is over for the year 2000. It was a great success and brought prestige and visitors to the town. Congratulations to all who were involved. As always, the artists' open houses were very popular and there were favourable comments in
It is a scene more reminiscent of the winter of discontent than the streets of thriving towns with ambitions of city status. But a summer of discontent has arrived on the streets of Brighton and Hove which has seen the towns transformed into an enormous
I enjoyed the nudist demo. What a hoot! If those guys want to go about starkers in this climate, good luck to them. They deserve every chill, cold, flu, ague and shivering fit nature can inflict. But where were the Godivas? Why only blokes? What a sexist
Argus readers can say on how the NHS needs to change at our website www.healthspectrum.co.uk Thanks to a link up between the Newsquest (Sussex) Ltd, publisher of the Argus, and the Department of Health, people using our specialist health website can send
Thank you to the Argus for publicising the young talent time show held at the Brighton Marina last weekend. I was overwhelmed by youngsters eager to show their talents. Almost 40 children took part in the show over the two days and their efforts were
House and Greenfield hit centuries as Sussex Second XI gained a first-innings lead in championship match against Hampshire. Sussex, replying to Hampshire's 328, made 459 and the hosts are facing a battle to save the game as they go into the final day
When you dial 999 you expect the emergency services to drop everything and arrive within minutes. The trouble is, they may not get there because some people call them with requests that range from the bizarre to the unbelievable. Firefighters in Sussex
As Stagecoach Buses have driver shortages in East Sussex and seem to have problems keeping time on the 712 Brighton to Eastbourne route, could they not hand their share of the 712 service to Metrobus? This would free drivers to fill the shortages elsewhere
So, Philip Smith is concerned by pigeons' droppings. What he fails to realise is human beings are far more of a health hazard. If you walk down the street, you can often see how disgusting humans can be. Coughing and sneezing also causes things like pneumonia
I am Brighton born and bred and have witnessed the Scientologists trying to recruit young, impressionable people to join their organisation. I have never been approached as, at 60, I don't fall into their age catchment group. Anyway, as a lifelong Salvationist
Sussex's batsmen missed the boat at Horsham yesterday as Richard Johnson bowled into a position of strength after two days of the Championship match. Apart from Toby Peirce, who fell to Angus Fraser in the third over, all their principal performers made
Now you can stare at the planet from the angle of the moon, sun or any orbiting satellite thanks to this website. Close-ups of the major cities of the world are also available. Although these images draw on a fixed database, real-time images of clouds
Third-generation phones do not look like phones at all. There is no black box and no keypad. They fit neatly behind the ear and clip gently to the ear lobe. If you want to make a call, all you have to do is say so. The devices are voice-activated. Most
The book is about to become a thing of the past, according to internet experts. Microsoft vice-president of technology and development Dick Brass has said 90 per cent of everything you read will be delivered in electronic form by 2020. But 20 years ago
Dads are notoriously difficult to buy gifts for. So this Father's Day will no doubt see many of us in desperation. But cyber-help is at hand. The following sites are packed with present ideas to blow your dad's socks off (probably the pair you bought
The news that BMW will create hundreds of jobs in Sussex with a new Rolls Royce factory came as no surprise. Drew Tyrrell and his team of web designers have been working for the famous-name firm for years. The former University of Brighton lecturer is
A Sussex website has beaten off competition from Amazon.co.uk to become the UK's number one e-commerce site. Crawley-based StreetsOnline.co.uk is the first website to knock Amazon from the top spot anywhere in the world, according to internet monitoring
A distraught mum is calling for a woodland rope swing to be torn down after her son almost died following a fall. Schoolboy Ben Newman, 13, ruptured his stomach and one of his kidneys when he fell 20 feet from the swing in Rookery Woods, Bishopstone,
The worldwide web has been extended into outer space with the launch of the first satellite web addresses. Nasa is working with Surrey Satellite Technology (SST) to show internet protocols can be used to communicate in space. The first satellite to join
Sussex sailors can now get free detailed weather reports for any section of the South Coast thanks to a new internet service. Users of the Sail That Dream website will soon be able to e-mail vessels at sea. The forecasting service has been created by
A Horsham new media firm was swamped after its fifteen minutes of fame on the BBC2 house-hunting show All the Right Moves. 360 Images' website was flooded with enquiries last week after viewers watched Quentin Wilson use a new internet camera designed
Ever had one of those days when your living room seems too small no matter how many ways you re-arrange the furniture? If it happens again, just remember the power to change is at your fingertips. All you have to do is log on to www.thisisbrighton.co.uk
Free computer courses for the unemployed are to be launched across Sussex as part of a £25 million Government scheme. Courses at Crawley College and Hastings College will offer free basic IT training to anyone who receives work benefits and has no recent
Jump Ahead Baby 2000 plus Baby Ball is billed as "the perfect starter kit to introduce baby to the computer". The idea of a programme that launches your nine-month-old on to the family PC seems excessive. Isn't this the ideal accessory for the expectant
I am not really a fan of flight simulators but Gunship could be the game to convert me. The graphics are stunning and reflect the care that has been taken to make this, arguably, the best helicopter simulator to date. The software installed without a
Organic Indian cotton farms in Gujarat may be a world away from Sussex's silicon beach. But a Lewes new media firm is helping farmers on the sub-continent sell online. The Gossypium website lets users create, customise and order clothes made from organically
I support Tom Kerr, Letters, June 3. He said it makes sense to build the new football stadium on the Brighton station site. Yes - because the stadium would then be central to the town and easy to reach for everyone living locally. If we are to have a
I am trying to locate the Stewart family who I originally knew from Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. I last visited them 25 years ago at their address in Banningsvale, Saltdean. -Mrs Carole Whitman, Rothschild Road, Linslade
There has been much talk about Dunkirk recently. We cannot honour sufficiently those British and Allied Servicemen who took part in the evacuation and the civilian owners of the little boats who also risked their lives. No one seems to have recalled,
A deputy mayor who has been paying for a service he never used plans to deduct the cash from future bills and is urging his constituents to do the same. Tony Prince, of Telscombe Town Council, has written to Southern Water saying unless he is reimbursed
Nurse Orla Murphy is the latest victim of soaring property prices in Brighton. Orla, 26, is being forced to give up her job at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and move back in with her mum in Cornwall because she cannot afford to buy a flat in the town
Children, some just five, watched in horror as a man's legs were smashed by a train. They were standing on a platform at Southwick station as the victim was hit by a Victoria to Bournemouth service last night. The 52-year-old man from Worthing was trying
Hospital staff are under siege as attacks on doctors and nurses rise. Workers in the caring profession face a barrage of verbal and physical abuse from patients and their families on a daily basis. A year ago the Argus revealed knives up to 11in long
Eagles must win at basement club Belle Vue tonight and then beat leaders King's Lynn by nine points at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night. It's a tall order for the Sussex squad but a challenge which they have to rise to if their championship credentials
Matt Summerfield displayed wisdom beyond his 20 years by declaring he won't turn pro for at least two years. The Sussex Colts Championship title winner works in the shop at Cottesmore for 20 hours during the week and that's as far Matt will get to pro
It is all too easy to criticise Connex for failing to live up to increasingly higher expectations when the fault lies elsewhere. We have a very old railway system which has suffered years of patching and make-do instead of serious and significant investment
Arundel trainer John Dunlop has suffered two major Epsom Derby disappointments since he won Europe's Premier Classic in 1994 with Erhaab. Three years ago Silver Patriarch was beaten by the narrowest of margins by Benny The Dip and last year Lucido, who
The Ofsted report on East Brighton College has been covered in the Argus as well as national newspapers. Yet whilst media discussion continues, as an elected representative, I have neither seen the report nor had notice of a presentation on its findings
Sussex skipper Chris Adams believes new cap Robin Martin-Jenkins could one day play for England. The 24-year-old all-rounder, who made his debut for the county four years ago, was capped during the tea interval at Horsham yesterday where Sussex are playing
When you analyse the teams taking part in Euro 2000 you realise England have a difficult job. If they make it to the semi-finals they will have done extremely well. Everybody is talking about England and Germany going through from Group A, but I think
Ever lost granny on a family day out? Now she can stay in touch at all times with her very own walkie-talkie. Cobra's ultra-compact microTALK two-way radios are ideal for camping, cycling and skiing and could save a fortune on mobile calls! With a talk
Nine views of Paris are available on this series of webcams courtesy of French television station TF1. Shots of the Eiffel Tour and the Seine bring memories of those school exchange trips flooding back. A camera inside the station's news studio makes
A Los Angeles-based firm has designed a series of wearable machines so small and well-designed they have to be modelled. Charmed Technology is taking its range of wearable computers on a tour of the globe's IT shows. Its Brave New Unwired World fashion
A former head- teacher of a prep school in East Sussex has admitted groping young children in his charge. Robin Peverett, 66, of Battle was given a 15-month suspended sentence by Judge David Griffiths after pleading guilty to nine counts of indecent assault
A British businessman has turned down a $7 million offer to buy an internet domain name. The offer was made for e-buy.com and its trademarks. Peter Littke, managing director of software firm Naxt, said he held on to the name as he was planning to use
Brighton firms have swept the board with nominations for Europe's premier interactive media awards. Web design firm Victoria Real and pub entertainment outfit Webzone have scooped five nominations between them. Victoria Real's websites for Iceland and
Police are stepping up the search for an 11-year-old girl who is believed to have run off with her 17-year-old boyfriend. Detectives at Crawley hunting for Leanne Harris are growing increasingly concerned about her disappearance. Leanne, who is 5ft 3in
When a strange professor arrives at Kirrin Island, a new adventure begins for the Famous Five. Shipwrecks, caves and castle ruins form the backdrop for an exciting digital mystery. The Famous Five books have sold more than 60 million copies, so a CD title
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is now so simple anyone can use it to create working drawings of engineering projects. Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition is a fast and efficient technical drawing tool which contains more than 4,000 intelligent shapes
A Forest Row cycle shop which pioneered online marketing five years ago is preparing to relaunch its site. Future Cycles started marketing its specialist recumbant trikes and range of upright bikes when commercial sites were still sneered at. Ian Crowder
Ailing plate-maker to the Queen Royal Doulton. today said it is to sell its Royal Crown Derby subsidiary to a management buy-out team. The company, which makes fine china and tableware for the Queen and Prince of Wales, is disposing of the business for
I am trying to locate the Stewart family who I originally knew from Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. I last visited them 25 years ago at their address in Banningsvale, Saltdean. -Mrs Carole Whitman, Rothschild Road, Linslade
I was interested to read Sally Hall's fascinating article about John Martyn prior to his sell-out gig at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on June 1. I wonder whether she or anyone knows what has happened to his enormously talented ex-wife, Beverly Martyn, who
The most potent weapon in a woman's sexual armoury is man's imagination. His inexhaustible ability to fantasize about her is something women instinctively learn to harness at an early age. Glossy magazines are filled with pictures of, for the most part
I enjoyed the nudist demo. What a hoot! If those guys want to go about starkers in this climate, good luck to them. They deserve every chill, cold, flu, ague and shivering fit nature can inflict. But where were the Godivas? Why only blokes? What a sexist
House and Greenfield hit centuries as Sussex Second XI gained a first-innings lead in championship match against Hampshire. Sussex, replying to Hampshire's 328, made 459 and the hosts are facing a battle to save the game as they go into the final day
I am Brighton born and bred and have witnessed the Scientologists trying to recruit young, impressionable people to join their organisation. I have never been approached as, at 60, I don't fall into their age catchment group. Anyway, as a lifelong Salvationist
It is all too easy to criticise Connex for failing to live up to increasingly higher expectations when the fault lies elsewhere. We have a very old railway system which has suffered years of patching and make-do instead of serious and significant investment
Arundel trainer John Dunlop has suffered two major Epsom Derby disappointments since he won Europe's Premier Classic in 1994 with Erhaab. Three years ago Silver Patriarch was beaten by the narrowest of margins by Benny The Dip and last year Lucido, who
The Ofsted report on East Brighton College has been covered in the Argus as well as national newspapers. Yet whilst media discussion continues, as an elected representative, I have neither seen the report nor had notice of a presentation on its findings
When you analyse the teams taking part in Euro 2000 you realise England have a difficult job. If they make it to the semi-finals they will have done extremely well. Everybody is talking about England and Germany going through from Group A, but I think
Ever lost granny on a family day out? Now she can stay in touch at all times with her very own walkie-talkie. Cobra's ultra-compact microTALK two-way radios are ideal for camping, cycling and skiing and could save a fortune on mobile calls! With a talk
Dads are notoriously difficult to buy gifts for. So this Father's Day will no doubt see many of us in desperation. But cyber-help is at hand. The following sites are packed with present ideas to blow your dad's socks off (probably the pair you bought
The news that BMW will create hundreds of jobs in Sussex with a new Rolls Royce factory came as no surprise. Drew Tyrrell and his team of web designers have been working for the famous-name firm for years. The former University of Brighton lecturer is
A Los Angeles-based firm has designed a series of wearable machines so small and well-designed they have to be modelled. Charmed Technology is taking its range of wearable computers on a tour of the globe's IT shows. Its Brave New Unwired World fashion
A distraught mum is calling for a woodland rope swing to be torn down after her son almost died following a fall. Schoolboy Ben Newman, 13, ruptured his stomach and one of his kidneys when he fell 20 feet from the swing in Rookery Woods, Bishopstone,
A former head- teacher of a prep school in East Sussex has admitted groping young children in his charge. Robin Peverett, 66, of Battle was given a 15-month suspended sentence by Judge David Griffiths after pleading guilty to nine counts of indecent assault
A Horsham new media firm was swamped after its fifteen minutes of fame on the BBC2 house-hunting show All the Right Moves. 360 Images' website was flooded with enquiries last week after viewers watched Quentin Wilson use a new internet camera designed
A British businessman has turned down a $7 million offer to buy an internet domain name. The offer was made for e-buy.com and its trademarks. Peter Littke, managing director of software firm Naxt, said he held on to the name as he was planning to use
Brighton firms have swept the board with nominations for Europe's premier interactive media awards. Web design firm Victoria Real and pub entertainment outfit Webzone have scooped five nominations between them. Victoria Real's websites for Iceland and
Police are stepping up the search for an 11-year-old girl who is believed to have run off with her 17-year-old boyfriend. Detectives at Crawley hunting for Leanne Harris are growing increasingly concerned about her disappearance. Leanne, who is 5ft 3in
When a strange professor arrives at Kirrin Island, a new adventure begins for the Famous Five. Shipwrecks, caves and castle ruins form the backdrop for an exciting digital mystery. The Famous Five books have sold more than 60 million copies, so a CD title
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is now so simple anyone can use it to create working drawings of engineering projects. Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition is a fast and efficient technical drawing tool which contains more than 4,000 intelligent shapes
A Forest Row cycle shop which pioneered online marketing five years ago is preparing to relaunch its site. Future Cycles started marketing its specialist recumbant trikes and range of upright bikes when commercial sites were still sneered at. Ian Crowder
