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The Argus | Archive | 2001 | July

Stories for 23 July 2001

The Argus Health

What to do in the summer holidays

The excitement of anticipating the summer holidays can only be matched, and all too often exceeded, by excruciating boredom once they arrive. more...

Anger can make you ill

An interesting phenomenon in the cause of disease has caught my attention recently. more...

Cure your pain with magnets

A growing number of people with near constant aches and pains are turning to a new type of alternative therapy to help them. more...

The challenge of the sweet potato

My other half informs me there is nothing remotely interesting to be said about the sweet potato. We'll see about that, shall we? more...

The Argus News

Policeman in pants honoured again

A policeman who caught a vandal while wearing just his underpants has been honoured for another act of bravery. more...

Minister's college visit

Education minister Margaret Hodge today visited Brighton on her first visit to a university since taking office in June. more...

Pepper spray ends fighting

Police have used pepper spray for the first time in Brighton after fighting erupted in the city centre. more...

Trainee driving instructor is killed

A trainee driving instructor has been killed in a three-car crash. more...

Birdmen take the plunge

It was the one day of the year they ignored the warning signs that people caught jumping off Bognor pier would be prosecuted. more...

Six go mad for a Mini

Here's the challenge: Six people living in an enclosure on Brighton beach for six days and sleeping in a minibus. more...

Mini Me: The contestants

These are the six people sharing sleeping space in a minibus for the Mini Me contest, plus the numbers you can call to throw them out. more...

Mini Me: The contest begins

The six Mini Me contestants met today for the first time at the minibus which will be their home for six days. more...

Pets ban for woman who cooked cat

A woman who cooked her pet cat in a microwave oven after she was bitten by one of its fleas escaped jail today. more...

Rail wrangle continues

Rail operator Connex will continue running trains in Sussex for the next few weeks as successor Govia's early takeover is held up by red tape. more...

Student saves bus from disaster

A coach passenger saved the lives of 35 students by grabbing the steering wheel after their driver collapsed and died. more...

Slaughterman denies murder

A slaughterman today denied killing a colleague at a foot-and-mouth animal disposal site. more...

Sky was the limit at kite festival

Colourful kites of all shapes and sizes filled the sky at the annual Brighton Kite Festival. more...

Meals on wheels blaze drama

A West Sussex meals on wheels driver had to jump out of the driver's seat when his van burst into flames. more...

Carnival boost for farmers

A rural-themed Storrington carnival helped raise hundreds of pounds for crisis hit-farmers. more...

Sense of sympathy lacks perspective

Over recent weeks, there has been an abnormal amount of correspondence defending the misbehaving seagull. more...

Added costs

Brighton and Hove City Council is taking the p*** with its new traffic policy. more...

Decide to park-and-ride

Most people in Brighton and Hove think park-and-ride is a good idea. more...

Quick route

Thanks to the new parking scheme, my bus journey into work the other day took just over ten minutes, not the usual 20-plus minutes. more...

A silver lining

Sussex firm DWEC was quick to get back in business after the floods in Uckfield last autumn. more...

Having been a Hove resident for some seven years and having to tolerate on-road day and night parking, can I compliment Brighton and Hove City Council on the reaction to the daytime parkers who use our streets to commute to the city. more...

Bognor birdies

Bognor has not been a resort to hit the headlines much, ever since the deathbed lament of King George V more than 60 years ago. more...

Shared blame

I recently drove through Shoreham, Worthing and Littlehampton. I not only realised I was in different towns but also I could easily have been in a different country - one in which the level of street cleanliness was high on its list of priorities. more...

Hover craft

I loved Ross Milne's analogy that because London Underground can manage to run evenly-spaced trains we should be able to run Brighton and Hove's frequent buses the same way (Opinion 19 July). more...

Wimpish lot

It's not just Councillor Bodfish but also the whole of Brighton and Hove City Council that seems to have forgotten who elected the councillors in the first place. more...

Undemocracy

Contrary to what Simon Fanshawe suggests (Letters, July 17), it is not personal abuse to state a mayoral system will give rise to corruption. more...

Early closing

I read with interest the travel article on Sweden ("Nobel and fair", Weekend, July 14). more...

Store staff in gun raid

Gun-toting robbers terrified shop workers when they raided an East Sussex convenience store. more...

Body found by rail tracks

The body of an elderly man was discovered near an East Sussex railway line early today. more...

Residents' victory in parking shake-up

Neighbours have overturned a plan to include their streets in Worthing's controlled parking zone. more...

Blaze leaves family homeless

An investigation was under way today after a fire left a Mid Sussex family and their elderly neighbour homeless. more...

Pets ban for woman who cooked cat

A woman who cooked her pet cat in a microwave oven after she was bitten by one of its fleas escaped jail today. more...

Voice Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon

What a silly billy I am! There was I labouring under the illusion that the National Health Service was free at the point of delivery for everyone. more...

Bishop softens attitude to women

The new Bishop of Chichester is launching an historic break with tradition. more...

Drinkers flee pub blaze

A pub had to be evacuated after a fire in the bedroom above the bar. more...

Show isn't cancelled

False signs have been put up announcing a horse show has been called off. more...

The Argus doesn't half publish some obscure letters. The latest is from MRT of Hove (July 10). more...

I've been to both Icelands

In answer to Wendy Rumsey (Letters, July 19), as I like shopping in Iceland a lot, I thought I would try the new store in Brighton. more...

Finish what you started

"First impressions are lasting impressions" - a hackneyed phrase but one not without truth. more...

No one asked us about city status

I feel sad for Dominic Higgins and Nicola Cunningham, who are innocent victims of living in a city (Argus, July 18). more...

The great park-and-ride debate

Park and ride could take thousands of people into the heart of Brighton and Hove every day. more...

Vandals blow up dog bin

A firework stuffed in a dog bin exploded and scattered debris for 20 metres. more...

Face of man in machete raid

This police photofit picture shows one of three raiders who held up a fast food restaurant. more...

Pecked while saving a seagull

A trapped seagull repaid its rescuer by pecking and injuring his hands. more...

Kids benefit from joint venture

A major health centre for children should be open by the autumn. more...

The Argus Sport

Stamina test suits Cullip

Albion favourite Danny Cullip believes his side's gruelling pre-season can help them go the distance when the real business starts. more...

Lehmann up and running

Albion beat Aldershot 3-2 in a game that was the just sort of test Albion needed as their long awaited return to the Second Division draws ever closer. more...

Steele on goal trail again

Lee Steele's goal-getting form continued on Saturday when he grabbed a brace in an Albion XI's 5-1 victory over Hailsham at the Beaconsfield. more...

Sharks bitten by rookie as they crash to defeat

Sussex Sharks suffered at the hands of a rookie as they crashed to a seven-wicket Norwich Union League Division Two defeat. more...

Rashid spins the county to the top

Sussex went top of division two of the county championship with a fifth win in six games as they beat Durham by 133 runs at Chester-le-Street. more...

Sussex Cricket League: Captain Fantastic shines for Hastings

Skipper Jason Finch and Amir Saeed starred with the bat as they helped Hastings go 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League. more...

Sussex Cricket League: Saints stay top despite Roffey stalemate

St James continue to lead Division One despite being held to a draw at Roffey. more...

Speedway: Hurry out for season

Paul Hurry will be out of action for the rest of the season after crashing at Arlington Stadium on Saturday night. more...

Athletics: Worthing on high after tense victory

Unbeaten Worthing and District Harriers virtually assured themselves of a place in the British League qualifier when they won their fifth Southern Men's League match of the season. more...

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