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The Argus | Archive | 2001 | November

Stories for 16 November 2001

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Opponents force pier rethink

Opposition to a seafront development has forced changes to be made to its design. more...

Comics in gay image debate

Comedians Sandi Toksvig and Graham Norton will take part in a public discussion on gays and lesbians in the media. more...

Slippery customer in drugs raid

A 12ft long python was seized by police who smashed their way into a suspected drugs den today. more...

The Queen to visit Sussex

The Queen will visit Sussex as part of her nationwide Golden Jubilee tour. more...

Overspend at health trust

Worthing Priority Care NHS Trust is facing a financial crisis after overspending its budget for the first half of the financial year by £253,000. more...

Driver, 90, and trail of damage

A driver aged 90 escaped with minor injuries after his automatic car left a trail of destruction in its wake. more...

Council pays for bad news

Brighton and Hove City Council has spent £40,000 to discover it is only half as good as it was two years ago. more...

Christian school is chosen for study

An Eastbourne school has been chosen as a national model of Christian education. more...

Cannabis probe continues

Police investigations were continuing today into a suspected cannabis nursery. more...

Widow's tribute to man in cliff tragedy

A widow today paid an emotional tribute to her husband whose body was found at the foot of cliffs. more...

Death crane system unsafe, court told

The crane grab that crushed a student to death was declared unsafe by a Government inspector, a court heard. more...

Boy was stabbed 23 times, jury told

A doctor described a knife attack on a teenage boy as "frenzied". more...

Opponents force pier rethink

Opposition to a seafront development has forced changes to be made to its design. more...

Resort becomes new place to be

When Eastbourne won this year's Group Leisure Industry Awards, Brighton was forced on the defensive as the South Coast's most happening resort. more...

Delays to library threaten collection

A collection of musical scores and recordings could be split up because of a delay in plans to build a library. more...

Rush-hour rail delay

Rush-hour commuters were disrupted after a buckled rail stopped services. more...

Hunting with dogs to resume next month

Hunting with dogs is to be allowed to resume across Sussex from December 17. more...

Return of the 'Elgin Marbles'

A sculptor whose father brought Greek food to Brighton is sending his own version of the Elgin Marbles back to Athens. more...

Volunteers accuse council of secrecy

Voluntary and community groups demanded more open decision-making last night following controversial cuts to their funding. more...

Cannabis probe continues

Police investigations were continuing today into a suspected cannabis nursery. more...

GPs miss out on cash hello

Health minister John Hutton has revealed Worthing missed out on a scheme to recruit new GPs by a tiny margin. more...

School saves £450,000 for sports hall

A Mid Sussex school has raised £450,000 for a sports hall after more than a decade of saving up. more...

Two-hour rescue of horse

Fire crews worked for two hours to rescue a horse which had become stuck in a ditch half a mile from the nearest road. more...

Three hurt in crash

One person had to be cut from the wreckage of a car after a traffic accident involving four vehicles. more...

Who will integrate city development

Only two months and a day after September 11, New York was hit by another air disaster. more...

Sign it off

Yet more money is being wasted on tarting up the "Welcome to Brighton and Hove" sign at the Patcham roundabout (The Argus, November 9). more...

Winning back the public

The findings of a survey make grim reading for members and officers of Brighton and Hove City Council. more...

It is good to see our MP, Des Turner, is making it clear to Southern Water that it must consult properly and should avoid a greenfield site for its replacement sewage works proposals for Portobello. more...

Joyriders wreck vandal fence

Car thieves rammed stolen vehicles into a £15,000 fence erected only weeks ago to keep joyriders and vandals out of a school. more...

The pier factor

Restoring the West Pier in Brighton is proving to be a more difficult task than even the most pessimistic preservationist could have imagined. more...

Here 'n' there

I am sure we are all grateful to David Gold (Letters, November 12) for his reassurance that the House of Commons is in London. more...

Bottling it up

Brighton-based actor Michael Leader has been in EastEnders right from the start as a milkman. more...

Hard-up?

Just a few short months ago, we were being assailed daily with pictures of tearful farmers mourning the loss of their culled animals and with reports that the countryside was facing annihilation. more...

It will, a cur

I am disappointed that hunting with dogs looks set to return on December 3 as a result of lifting the ban imposed earlier this year because of foot-and-mouth disease. more...

Rights stuff

On behalf of the Brighton and Hove Amnesty International group, I would like to thank local residents and visitors to the city for their contributions to our annual street collection. more...

Film director meets US belles

Film director Ken Russell worked his screen magic on a BBC documentary set in Brighton. more...

Images flood back

Some time ago, I asked for photographs and reminiscences of the floods of October last year. more...

EastEnders actor keeps afloat

Actor Michael Leader is celebrating after being given something to say in EastEnders for the first time in 16 years. more...

Shop stops selling booze

A Mid Sussex shop has stopped selling alcohol to help police curb under-age drinking. more...

Good luck

I am sure all Albion fans wish Lewes FC good luck in this weekend's FA Cup match with Stoke City. more...

Sussex Taliban fighter killed

A Muslim from Sussex has been killed fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. more...

Sarah's family relive last moments

Sarah Payne's family today relived the last moments of their daughter's life, for the second time. more...

Feature: An appetite for helping

David Wells reports on the biggest challenge facing the meals-on-wheels service - recruiting enough volunteers. more...

Think Of It This Way, by John Parry

I know it is the middle of November so why do I get the feeling it is really the first of April? more...

Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw

When do you plan your weekend's entertainment - at the last minute or well in advance? more...

Classes fall to under 30 pupils

Brighton and Hove has achieved Government targets by scrapping all infant school classes of 30 or more by the start of the current school year. more...

The whole truth

Colin Chapman, (Letters, November 12) in his defence of the war in Afghanistan, clearly demonstrated that truth is the first casualty of war. more...

Valuable lesson

The catch in insurance claims is that the cost of the insurance cover taken out swallows any compensation won, should the claim fail. more...

Save pets from new law

Under the Animal Health (Amendment) Bill, due for its second reading on Monday, the Government will be able to kill animals even if they have never been exposed to a disease and even if they have been vaccinated against it. more...

Girl foils kidnap

A teenager fought off a man who tried to force her into his car. more...

Students' anger as course is ditched

Students are furious after their course at a Brighton college was cancelled five weeks into term. more...

GPs miss out on cash hello

Health minister John Hutton has revealed Worthing missed out on a scheme to recruit new GPs by a tiny margin. more...

The Argus Sarah Payne Trial

Sarah's family relive last moments

Sarah Payne's family today relived the last moments of their daughter's life, for the second time. more...

Trial agony for Sarah's mum

Sara Payne suffered fresh agony when the trial of the man accused of murdering her daughter was dramatically halted. more...

The Argus Sports Week

Spotlight on Roundhill Tavern

This week we focus on the Roundhill Tavern Football Club. more...

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