Stories for 27 February 2002

The Argus Business

Granada and Carlton end merger talks

ITV broadcasters Granada and Carlton Communications have terminated talks to merge, it was announced today.   more...

Outcry over late post plan

Leaders of a million businessmen and women who work from home have attacked plans to deliver post later in the day and end second deliveries.   more...

The Argus News

Where few dare venture

Although our police force is nowhere near the standard it used to be, it is one of the few things we really need.  more...

Car tax dodgers

If traffic wardens wish to catch a few more tax-dodgers, they should walk around Sutherland Road, Craven Road and The Queensway, Brighton.  more...

Man jailed for frenzied stabbing

A drug abuser who stabbed a man repeatedly in the head during a frenzied attack has been jailed for six years.   more...

Mother's fears for missing teenager

A mother whose daughter has been missing for a week fears she is being held against her will.   more...

Worker loses sex claim tribunal

A woman who said she was forced to resign from her job because of a leering colleague lost her claim for sexual discrimination.   more...

Villagers buy their shop

Villagers plan to save their only shop by buying it themselves.   more...

Sick student's charity head-shave

A Worthing woman who shaved her hair off before it fell out during chemotherapy has raised thousands of pounds for charity.   more...

Retiring bobby slams merger plan

Hove will lose more of its identity when its police merge with Brighton, according to a community beat bobby.   more...

Success of the homeless curlers

Curling fever is not confined to Scotland, home of last week's Winter Olympics gold medal winners.   more...

Bus rules under fire

A disabled woman has criticised rules introduced under the Disability Discrimination Act.   more...

Boy, 8, dies of meningitis

A mother has told how she cradled her eight-year-old son in her arms as he died from meningitis.   more...

Stand-off as migrants seized

Illegal immigrants dangled children over the side of a ferry and threatened to throw them into the water.   more...

Baby murder trial adjourned

The trial of an East Sussex man accused of murdering his two-year-old stepson has been put on hold.   more...

New homes 'put school under pressure'

A flood of new homes has been blamed for increasing demand at an over-subscribed school.   more...

No sign of rough sea victim

The search for a woman washed out into the Channel off an East Sussex beach was called off this morning.   more...

Map moves stately home to Sussex

Red-faced rail bosses today withdrew a map of tourist attractions which put Derbyshire on the Sussex coast.   more...

Crash victim was set for judo glory

A teenage boy killed in a car crash was destined for a glittering judo career.   more...

Sacked worker's harassment claim

A sacked Eastbourne office worker with learning difficulties who was dismissed after pushing three colleagues wants his job back.   more...

Inquiry continues into arts centre

An investigation into the troubles of the Old Market in Hove is to continue for some time.   more...

Protest over West Pier plan

More than 100 people today demonstrated against plans to develop the shoreline at Brighton's West Pier.   more...

Albion fans in awayday trouble

Football supporters abused staff and caused damage costing hundreds of pounds before last night's South Coast derby against Bournemouth.   more...

Anger at council tax news

Brighton and Hove's council tax figures have been published in the civic newspaper before they have been agreed.   more...

Sick student's charity head-shave

A woman who shaved her hair off before it fell out during chemotherapy has raised thousands of pounds for charity.   more...

Bid to put nail in marital coffin

Pensioner Brian Behan is taking his campaign against marriage to a wedding fair - dressed as an undertaker.   more...

Fun run on the radio

The Mayor of Worthing will hold a charity fun run which will be broadcast live on radio.   more...

Worker loses sex claim tribunal

A Worthing woman who said she was forced to resign from her job because of a leering colleague lost her claim for sexual discrimination.   more...

Zookeeper for a day

Schoolgirl Michaela Carr spent a day as a zookeeper after winning a prize in a competition run by The Argus.   more...

Mother's fears for missing teenager

A mother whose daughter has been missing for a week fears she is being held against her will.   more...

Dome fiasco lost us a golden opportunity

If Brighton and Hove City Council wants to apply to become Capital of Culture, it should think a bit harder about how it treats its artists.  more...

Big drop in police complaints

The number of complaints against Sussex Police has fallen dramatically - but the overall figure may never be known.   more...

Divine justice

As a person who had a ticket for the grand re-opening of the expensively re-ordered Dome concert hall, I find it ironic that at a time when Brighton and Hove City Council decides to remove all grants from the Philharmnic Society, the opening event with the city's symphony orchestra had to be cancelled.  more...

It's not over for the pier

Many people thought the historic West Pier in Brighton had been saved when the National Lottery promised one of its largest grants of almost £14 million.   more...

List lengthens

It is beyond belief the fire services were brought in to check the fire safety mechanisms only hours before the fanfare opening of the Brighton Dome last Sunday.  more...

Police action

Community copper Barry Jeffcoat has a message for his bosses now that he's retiring after 28 years service.   more...

Crash victim was set for judo glory

A teenage boy killed in a car crash was destined for a glittering judo career.   more...

Unforgivable

What a fiasco. On Sunday, less than 24 hours before the concert celebrating the Dome's re-opening was due to start it was cancelled because of the venue's inability to gain a public safety certificate.  more...

Flat price

Two penthouses in North Street Brighton, are likely to break all records in the city when they are sold.   more...

Local lustre

Des Lynam's roots are humbler than Martha Buckley realises (February 21).  more...

Tough love

Many actors have become famous policemen but John Thaw was renowned as hard-man Regan in the Seventies' tough police drama The Sweeney and, from 1987, as the intellectual Inspector Morse.  more...

No sympathy

The Argus report (February 23) about the Sussex Police reaction to an internal instance of alleged racial abuse typifies one of the reasons why the reputation of the police is so low in public esteem.  more...

From the depths

The viola, larger and deeper-toned than the violin but lacking the cello's sonority, used to be something of a Cinderella instrument until Lionel Tertis released its magic.  more...

£700,000 for a two-bed flat

Property price records look likely to be broken when two exclusive luxury penthouses go on sale.   more...

Farewell to Desmond

How sad I was to read of the death of Desmond Plunkett (February 21).  more...

Goons star Spike is dead

Author and comedian Spike Milligan has died aged 83 at his Sussex home, his agent announced today.   more...

Travellers bill tops £4,000

Security guards hired to keep track of travellers in Worthing have cost council tax payers almost £4,500 in five days.   more...

Man freed by blaze detectives

Detectives investigating a fire which badly damaged a waste company HQ have released a 20-year-old man who was held for questioning.   more...

Shooting case officer to challenge suspension

A police officer is challenging a decision to suspend him from duty while he faces disciplinary charges in connection with a fatal shooting.   more...

Tax bills up 8.9 per cent

Taxpayers in the Horsham district are likely to face a hike of 8.9 per cent in their bills after a council meeting today.   more...

MP puts case for better health care

Health minister John Hutton will today be asked to approve a package of measures to improve long-term care for the elderly in Crawley.   more...

Stand-off as migrants seized

Illegal immigrants dangled children over the side of a ferry and threatened to throw them into the water.   more...

Baby murder trial adjourned

The trial of an East Sussex man accused of murdering his two-year-old stepson has been put on hold.   more...

Big drop in police complaints

The number of complaints against Sussex Police has fallen dramatically - but the overall figure may never be known.   more...

Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

I'm not much of a cook but I do like reading recipes, particularly the ones that include lavish amounts of double cream and dark chocolate.   more...

I commute too, says rail chief

Passengers on the Brighton line will get a glimpse of the trains that will take rail travel into a new era next month.   more...

Falmer memories

In answer to the points put to me (Letters, February 23), I am old enough to remember Falmer before the University of Sussex was built.  more...

Father jailed after high-speed chase

A father-of-three sparked a high-speed car chase when police tried to pull him over.   more...

Buy into Brighton?

Does Dick Knight entertain the idea of fans buying into Brighton and Hove Albion?  more...

Have your say on station

Commuters and residents are being urged to attend a public meeting to call for the redevelopment of a train station.   more...

Falmer myths

Bill Smythe (Letters, February 22) accused Green Party city councillors of slinging mud at the corporate Falmer bandwagon in the hope that some will stick and went on to perpetrate many of the myths that have been spun to justify the choice of Falmer for the new football stadium.  more...

30 millionth in the Rich List

I see Bill Archer is listed 119th on the rich list and that Sir Paul McCartney came in at 39th (February 25).  more...

Meet the female Nasty Nigel

Despite reducing aspiring actors to tears on national television, Kate Marlow insists she is not the next Nasty Nigel.   more...

I'm sick of children dominating my life

Mrs N J Harris (Letters, February 22) feels parents with children are treated as second-class citizens at supermarkets.  more...

Equal rights

I find a lot of parents with children use Asda's disabled bays for parking, as do people who are neither disabled nor with children.  more...

Pick-up plot

I can assure Steve (Letters, February 25) there is no plot by Brighton and Hove City Council to stop taxis picking up from the streets.  more...

Surface noise

Brighton and Hove City Council has achieved a massive deficit which will doubtless be passed on to the electorate.  more...

Theft effect

The antisocial scum who vandalised my son's car on his last two visits to Brighton and Hove should know the distress they have caused.  more...

Breakdown

I urge the three Brighton and Hove Labour MPs to do one of two things. Either tell Stephen Byers to resign or call on the Prime Minister to sack him.  more...

Parking polarity

Vallance Gardens is the centrepiece of the central Hove Zone N parking scheme.  more...

Gravestone size

How tall was the gravestone that killed a child? Probably four or five feet high.  more...

Opportunism?

Why on earth should Brighton and Hove have a statue to the New York firefighters (February 25)?  more...

Calling all dogs

Dear Brecon, Fido, Chester, Buttons and other interested parties, please call me on 01273 679306 regarding fireworks - not afternoons, though.  more...

Racism row

I have crossed political swords with Councillor Pat Beresford in the Adur District Council chamber several times but on one issue we both agreed: Our community should be free of racial prejudice.  more...

The Argus Sport

Brooker's bolt from the blue

Paul Brooker kept Albion on course for promotion last night with a bolt from the blue with his wrong foot.   more...

Adams targets World Cup spot

Sussex cricket captain Chris Adams has set his sights on forcing his way into England's World Cup plans.   more...

Hart of the matter, by Ian Hart

Albion's very own leather-clad answer to Pam Ayres, John Baine, famously once recited: "Archer, Archer, can't wait for your departure."   more...

Non-league: Sub Knee grabs brace

Substitute Mark Knee scored two goals in two minutes to give Worthing their first win in 13 games with a 3-2 victory at Uxbridge Ryman Division One.   more...

Rugby: Bionic Rob earns England call

Rob Lawrence's has been called up to the English Schools under-18s squad after recovering from knee surgery that threatened his rugby career.   more...

Youth in action: Brave Emma in at the deep end

Emma James, a swimmer with the potential to be national standard, made a successful comeback in the Sussex Champion-ships at Crawley.   more...

Athletics: Charlotte triumphs

Charlotte Browning has won the girls' under-15s' title at the National Cross Country Championships at Ashton Court, Bristol.   more...

  
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