function startTicker()
{
  // Reset tracker vars
  curLength = 0;
  itemNo = -1;
	
  if (document.getElementById)
  {
    runTicker();   	
  } // if
  else
  {  
    return true;
  } // else

} // function startTicker

// Ticker main run loop
function runTicker()
{
  var pauseTime;  
  // Get next news item
  if(curLength == 0)
  {
    itemNo++;
    itemNo = itemNo % itemCount;
    curItem = tickerItems[itemNo].replace(/"/g,'"');
    curItem = curItem.replace(/£/g,'£');
    document.getElementById("ticker").href = tickerLinks[itemNo];
  } // if
	
  // Display text
  document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML = curItem.substring(0,curLength);
  
  // set string length
  if(curLength != curItem.length)
  {
    curLength++;
    pauseTime = charTimeout;
  } // if
  else
  {
    curLength = 0;
    pauseTime = itemTimeout;
  } // else
	
  setTimeout("runTicker()", pauseTime);
} // function runTicker