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Stories for 20 December 2001

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Scores on Saturday

Has anyone noticed the Albion clearly have a dislike of midweek football? more...

Were you there?

Did you attend an outdoor pursuit centre near Forest Row, Sussex, in September 1983? more...

Donor kicks his way to fitness

A man who had a kidney removed not only regained full fitness in 11 months but achieve the highest grade in kick boxing. more...

Cancer campaigners quiz the chief

Campaigners against proposals to transfer breast cancer care will question a senior health chief on how he will make his decision. more...

Danger scooters: Firm in court

Thirteen children and teenagers were hurt playing on imported microscooters, a court heard. more...

Where to worship this Christmas

Christmas services are traditionally among the most popular of the year. Here we round up some of those in Sussex. more...

Pavement discs will guide tourists

People who want to know the best tourist routes through Brighton can simply watch the birdie. more...

Game's just so sick

A board game in which players cash in by kidnapping children went on sale days after Roy Whiting was jailed for murdering Sarah Payne. more...

Stroke victim vows he'll run again

Stormin' Norman Paul has fought back after a stroke which left him paralysed, vowing he will be jogging within two years. more...

Jobs axe at engineering firm

Jobs at Sussex engineering company Ricardo are to be axed - days after the announcement of a multi-million pound order. more...

Anger over sewage leak

A pensioner has been battling for almost a year to have drains mended that are leaking raw sewage outside his home. more...

Health authority chief named

The chairman of the new Surrey and Sussex Health Authority will be Terese Hawksworth. more...

New home for jazz club

An award-winning jazz club has found a new home after being forced out of its regular venue. more...

OAP's hotel bill bust-up

The chairwoman of a pensioners' organisation has written to trading standards officers in a row over her conference hotel bill. more...

Harbourside prom plan

A waterside promenade could be part of plans to revitalise a historic harbour at Shoreham. more...

Boxing Day walk? Take the bus

People will be able to catch a bus to a beauty spot on Boxing Day to walk off their Christmas dinners. more...

Goodwill vanishes, overtaken by haste

Picture the scene - Saturday afternoon at about 2pm in Tesco, Holmbush. more...

Giving hope

Why is it that animal rights supporters, vegans and vegetarians should be criticised for their part in trying to end the misery bestowed upon animals by man? more...

No points for sick game

People playing a new board game can gain points for kidnapping a girl who is pictured bound and gagged. more...

Driving up tax

I want to come to the aid of the parking attendants so maligned in The Argus letters columns by car drivers who selfishly believe it is their inherent right to park wherever they please. more...

Frozen out

Some addicts and pushers in Brighton and Hove cross the road when they see Jake the labrador coming. more...

Fathers' love

Adolescent Jason Feldman claims to be an expert on sexual liberation, then makes the naively sexist assertion that single mothers are better parents than men (Letters, December 12). more...

Fighting fit

Businessman Toby Mishon showed real fraternal love earlier this year when he donated a kidney to help save the life of his brother Glenn. more...

See the light

The problem with evangelical clergymen is they usually generate more heat than light and display a startling disregard of the facts. more...

Cross my palm

I know the rules and regulations of this country are daily becoming more and more ludicrous, stupid, inane and preposterous but I do believe I have met the most crass regulation of all. more...

Singer lingers

There has been much speculation as to who will make the Christmas number-one spot in the record stakes. more...

Square deal proposed for headstones

The bereaved could soon be ordering cube-shaped gravestones to remember their loved ones. more...

Danger of festive fun

While driving home from work on Tuesday, I was looking at all the lights outside people's homes. more...

Business balks at Brighton prices

Brighton and Hove has become a less attractive place to run a business because of rising house prices and the cost of living. more...

Crash scene fireman finds mother dead

A firefighter called to deal with a serious car accident found his mother dead in the wreckage. more...

Better place to be?

Brighton and Hove should hang its head in shame. On a tinsel and carol trip with Worthing Coaches, we were taken to Horsham. more...

Police to fight shooting claims

The Police Federation is threatening legal action over plans to discipline three officers involved in the James Ashley affair. more...

Appeal in hunt for knife attacker

This is the face of a man police want to identify in connection with a knife attack on a woman outside her home. more...

Rail line riddle of doctor's death

A coroner has recorded an open verdict on a retired GP who was hit by a train and killed. more...

Family home wrecked by fire

A family of seven faces an uncertain Christmas after a blaze gutted their home in Worthing. more...

Crooks target church treasures

Mid Sussex vicars are turning their churches into fortresses this Christmas after a string of burglaries. more...

Menzies jobs safe for now

An aviation services company is cutting jobs across the UK but staff at Gatwick are safe for the time being. more...

The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham

Millions of people will make their annual visit to church this month as they pack the pews for carol concerts and Christmas services. more...

Parking problem

Good luck to Dave Sutton and Paul Moorman (Letters, December 1 and 11) on parking tickets. more...

No more publicity

I feel very sorry for the parents of Sarah Payne. Roy Whiting should be dragged through every street in the land and every paedophile should either be locked up for life or shot. more...

Warning over cash machine frauds

Christmas shoppers have been warned to be on their guard when using cash dispensers. more...

Pocket soap

I read paedophile Roy Whiting was advised by his QC to put two bars of soap in his pockets to counteract the stench of his clothes during the Sarah Payne court case. more...

Rail travellers may vote with their feet

It is good to read that commuters are going to get a reduction in the cost of their South Central Rail season tickets as compensation for bad service (The Argus, Dec 15). more...

Dog with a nose for narcotics

Jake the labrador has become the scourge of city druggies as he patrols the streets to sniff out narcotics on passers-by. more...

Bus lines

The drivers of Brighton and Hove buses have had a pretty rough ride recently. more...

Freeze up

I was surprised by The Argus's front-page story about Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company "freezing" its prices (December 18). more...

I wonder how many Labour Party supporters are aware that Tony Blair, along with foreign secretary Jack Straw and defence secretary Geoff Hoon, is backing BAe Systems' plans to sell a £28 million military air traffic control system to Tanzania? more...

Mystery of man's lorry death

A 28-year-old Frenchman was run over and killed by a refuse truck, an inquest heard. more...

Huge jams after crash

A four-vehicle crash sparked traffic chaos on a busy East Sussex road. more...

Court closes last case

An ancient tradition was revived to mark the last sitting of Arundel Magistrates' Court. more...

Jordan's coming home

Topless model Jordan has given up the bright lights of London and returned to her Brighton roots. more...

Legal tender

Since the wisdom of informed Government opinion has decided that many policemen are swinging the lead and abusing overtime, would the Government please suggest at which stage in our shifts supervisors should direct "Arrest no more villains". more...

Square deal proposed for headstones

The bereaved could soon be ordering cube-shaped gravestones to remember their loved ones. more...

What a waste

It astounds me that Sussex Police have the audacity to expect large tax increases to fund their mismanaged force (The Argus, December 18). more...

MPs own up to outside interests

Sussex MPs declared foreign trips, visits to sporting events and even a gift of two Parker Pens in the latest Register of Members' Interests. more...

Clamp down

I have been living in the Brighton and Hove area for only two years or so but I have been astonished by the number of alleged illegal immigrants I have come across. more...

All join in

As a resident of Lewes District, I wish to express my support for a stadium at Village Way, Falmer. more...

New face in charge of waste

When city council chief executive David Panter lined up his top team, he mostly kept the same people in their posts. more...

Prize booby

Lately, I have been trying to win a prize in the competitions that have appeared in The Express newspaper for a little extra for Christmas. more...

Let's make waves

It is surely time for all of Brighton and Hove to have a serious debate about the future of the West Pier. more...

Cars will be crushed

An inspection by Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency officers and police found 126 cars without tax discs in Whitehawk, Brighton. more...

Gimme shelter

Some six months ago, a bus stop in Station Road, Portslade, was moved approximately 20 yards north of where it had been for more than 30 years. more...

Heartbreak for winning yachtsman

A sailor saw triumph turn to disaster when he was stranded in fierce seas and forced to abandon his treasured racing yacht. more...

Lack of commitment

I was upset to read the Albion had to pay Brighton and Hove City Council £1,000 as compensation for disruption to the park-and-ride scheme and wonder how committed the council really is towards the club. more...

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