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The Argus | Archive | 2002 | November

Stories for 1 November 2002

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Albion v Bradford: Team News

Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to stick with the team hammered at Selhurst Park last Satuday. more...

Albion v Bradford: Team News

Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to stick with the team hammered at Selhurst Park last Satuday. more...

Bradford boss adds spice to Withdean clash

Albion's clash against Bradford City will have an extra edge for most of the Seagulls line-up now that Nicky Law is the Bantam's manager. more...

Coppell keeps faith in players

Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to give the players pummelled by arch rivals Crystal Palace a massive vote of confidence by keeping faith with them. more...

The Argus Business

Dangers of £66bn savings shortfall

Many consumers will be amazed to hear Britain has a savings crisis, when they have been urged for 18 months to keep spending to stave off economic recession. more...

Business plea over taxes

Sussex businesses are lobbying the Government to stop it taxing profits which have not yet been made. more...

City is low-paid capital of South

Pay rises among Sussex workers failed to keep pace with national average increases over the past year, despite the soaring cost of living. more...

Change at top for firm

Telecoms testing firm Spirent, based in Crawley, has appointed John Weston as non-executive chairman. more...

A home match for the Albion

More than 20 community-minded businesses attended the launch of a networking group hosted by Brighton and Hove Albion at Withdean Stadium. more...

The Argus Leisure

Pop: Alicia Keys, Brighton Centre, November 5

It's not enough that Alicia Keys rocked the music world with a fantastic debut album or walked away with five awards at this year's Grammys. more...

Comedy: Dr Phil Hammond, Gardner Arts Centre, Falmer, November 7

As a qualified doctor and stand-up comedian Phil Hammond works both sides of the fence. more...

Stage: Glastonbury, The Level, Brighton, November 6-10

Zoe Lewis' play looks at society's obsession with youth and fame and how festivalgoers pin their hopes of happiness on a weekend of drugs, sex and music. more...

Night clubbing, from November 1

Take your pick this week from Wild Fruit's high-glamour jet set party or US vibes from DJ E Smoove. more...

Gigs this week, from November 1

Legends of heads-down rock and ska-reggae come to Sussex this week, along with Brixton's quirkiest party people. more...

Classical: The Dream of Gerontius, St Peter's Church, Brighton, November 2

Elgar's magnificent oratorio on man's journey from life to death is given an outing by Sussex Symphony Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus. more...

On stage this week, from November 1

Drama with Edward Woodward, a classic musical with Su Pollard and comedy ancient and modern with Roy Hudd and Mark Thomas. more...

Art: Chloe Flynn, Mojoe, Church Street, Brighton, November 2-23

The screening of Chloe Flynn's new digital film, State Of The Nation, is part of the Hospital festival developed by Lighthouse Media Centre. more...

Jazz this week, from November 1

Here are the top Five jazz and blues events in Sussex this week. more...

Art: Digital Beach, Sussex Arts Club, Brighton, until November 30

Using a fusion of photography, graphic design and painting, Nikki Attree has recreated an alternative beach inside the Sussex Arts Club. more...

Art: Feelers, Fabrica, Brighton, November 9-December 15

Treat your senses to the luxury of this exhibition, which alternates to startle your eyes, nose and ears. more...

The Argus News

Call for nationwide child safety scheme

Politicians across the UK have backed a Sussex MP in calling for a pioneering child kidnap alert system to be rolled out across the country. more...

Threat to rail extension

Plans to extend a steam railway are under threat after it emerged that land it is due to be built on could be turned into a superstore car park. more...

Rock shop hold-up

A robber armed with a silver handgun threatened to shoot a shop assistant in the Brighton Rock Shop by the West Pier. more...

Family's Hallowe'en firework shock

A family of four escaped serious injury when youths threw a powerful firework through an open window. more...

Earnings fail to keep pace

Pay rises among Sussex workers failed to keep pace with national average increases over the last year, despite the soaring cost of living. more...

Patient violence will be on record

Doctors and nurses will be able to learn whether a patient has a history of violence because a note will be made on their records. more...

Drivers gear up for veteran car run

A car which was once a milk float will be among the unique vehicles taking part in Sunday's London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. more...

Clashes at peace demo

Police made 15 arrests as between 300 and 500 anti-war campaigners brought chaos to the centre of Brighton. more...

30 years of Radio Southlands

When patients first listened to their hospital radio station, few would have realised that going off-air meant a 200-yard dash to the off switch. more...

Celebrity launch for Walk Of Fame

Stars of stage and screen and people who have contributed to Brighton and Hove's unique character will be honoured at a ceremony. more...

Cruelty pair's appeal fails

Evil Simon and Michelle McWilliam, who subjected a four-year-old to systematic cruelty which led to his death, today lost a bid to cut their jail sentences. more...

Call to close child murder loophole

Urgent changes are needed to ensure parents suspected of killing their child don't get away with murder, childcare and legal experts said today. more...

Plea for parking action

Calls have been made to extend a restricted parking zone in Worthing to create easier access for care staff. more...

Net campaign wins award

An internet-based environmental campaign by Brighton and Hove City Council has won another award for flair and innovation. more...

Super talent of teenage biker

A teenager who's mad about motorcycles has beaten experienced riders to one of the top slots in a Supercross event. more...

Meningitis student lucky to live

A teenage student is lucky to be alive after being sent home from a walk-in medical centre despite showing the early signs of meningitis. more...

Happy 100th for Edith

Edith Tookey welcomed the mayor and mayoress of Brighton and Hove to a celebration of her 100th birthday. more...

Give the kids more than club culture

So, Brighton and Hove has another national title - "UK capital for drug deaths" (October 31). Well, it's a lot more accurate than Capital of Culture. more...

Vain aim

What do certain deluded persons in this traffic-down-and-out-yob-filth-and-drug-ridden so-called city class as culture? more...

Battle to keep the peace

After weeks of careful planning, hundreds of people took to the streets of Brighton last night to protest against war in Iraq. more...

Now our elders and betters have discovered it takes more than a few people on stilts and a samba band to make a Capital of Culture, maybe they will bring their heads out of the clouds and start to address the problems of restoring what little culture we still have, for instance renovating the crumbling Embassy Court and doing something - anything - about the West Pier. more...

River death 'may be murder'

The mother of a Sussex woman found drowned in Australia has been told she may have been murdered. more...

Unhealthy abuse

Violent patients cause trouble for family doctors all over Brighton and Hove. Some GPs have been physically attacked. more...

Too grasping

What a relief Brighton and Hove is not in the running for Capital of Culture. We are a capital of culture but not the type I like very much. more...

Wash and go

When the model of a washerwoman disappeared from her village, most people in Rottingdean thought it was a prank. more...

Humble pie

So, the ugly stepsister will not go to the Capital of Culture ball after all. more...

Real concern

Brighton and Hove is a great and raffish place to be but it is not a great city. The money and energy spent on seeking Capital of Culture status has been misplaced. more...

No monkeys

I did not support the Capital of Culture bid, although I had thought Brighton and Hove would be shortlisted. more...

Glitzy fiasco

Thank goodness Brighton and Hove has lost its bid for European City of Culture. more...

Inquiry into race murder hunt

A disciplinary inquiry has been launched into the way Sussex Police handled a suspected racist murder investigation. more...

Upgraded downs

Chris Baker's article on tourism and the South Downs National Park (The Argus, October 25) made the assumption many people misguidedly make, that National Park status will automatically increase visitor numbers. more...

Inquiry into race murder hunt

A disciplinary inquiry has been launched into the way Sussex Police handled a suspected racist murder investigation. more...

Cruelty pair's appeal fails

Evil Simon and Michelle McWilliam, who subjected a four-year-old to systematic cruelty which led to his death, today lost a bid to cut their jail sentences. more...

Call to close child murder loophole

Urgent changes are needed to ensure parents suspected of killing their child don't get away with murder, childcare and legal experts said today. more...

River death 'may be murder'

The mother of a Sussex woman found drowned in Australia has been told she may have been murdered. more...

Bumper bill to axe jobs

Worthing Borough Council's money-saving staff shake-up could cost taxpayers nearly £350,000, we can reveal today. more...

Councillors' pay freeze

Worthing Borough Council plans to freeze allowances paid to its councillors until November next year. more...

Threat to rail extension

Plans to extend a steam railway are under threat after it emerged that land it is due to be built on could be turned into a superstore car park. more...

Rubbish scheme to save binmen

Worthing residents may be ordered to put their rubbish outside the front of their homes to stop binmen getting injured. more...

The scruffiest man in art

In the hallowed realms of the art world, Sussex-based Turner Prize nominee Keith Tyson is something of a rarity. more...

Think Of It This Way, by John Parry

That annual aberration known as the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize is with us again. more...

Feedback, with Rebecca Stephens

Many readers have phoned or written to say how much they have enjoyed our series of Eye in the Sky supplements. more...

I only called for parity

If the scaffolders (Letters, October 29) had read my comments (Letters, October 24) without getting angry about them, they would have perceived I was not running down the building trade. more...

The cost of a life?

I hope all those who criticised and condemned the fire service so recently are ashamed of themselves after the death of firefighter Bob Miller at a Leicester factory fire. more...

Querying the figures

If it takes an annual salary of £20,000 to get a single-parent family off State benefits (Letters, October 29), they have been well overpaid. more...

Used stamps wanted

I collect used stamps for charity and can now accept any quantity of used postage stamps. Please help. Need I say more? more...

The Joker stole our washerwoman

A washerwoman has disappeared from her village home because she is fed up with people ogling as she washes her bloomers in public. more...

Specs found

I have tried several times to report a find to the police but have been unable to make contact with the relevant department. more...

Crazy creations of infamous inventor

An ageing ginger tom worried about next door's cat stealing his dinner is credited with an invention which could save the world from nuclear war. more...

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