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Stories for 28 March 2002

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Collapse leaves league in crisis

The future of ITV Digital and Britain's lower league football clubs were today hanging in the balance after the broadcaster was put into administration. more...

Cost of moving 'down 4%'

The cost of moving house has fallen by four per cent since last year despite property prices rising by more than 16%, research revealed today. more...

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Security blitz at airport

Transport Secretary Stephen Byers today announced a security crackdown at Gatwick airport. more...

Town's first midnight pub

A Worthing pub has won an appeal to stay open until midnight despite a huge campaign by residents. more...

Crash duo's visit to pub

Two men were killed after the BMW they were travelling in spun off the road at high speed, an inquest was told. more...

Anger of tax blunder victim

A woman is demanding Brighton and Hove City Council pays up after it stopped collecting her council tax by mistake. more...

Report calls for A&E shake-up

A hospital has been told to shake up its accident and emergency department after patients waited more than 30 hours for a bed. more...

Wake-up call for dozing drivers

Sussex assistant chief constable Nigel Yeo has launched a campaign to cut the number of road accidents caused by tiredness. more...

The cocaine commuter

Police have smashed a drugs operation in which a dealer commuted from London seven days a week to supply Sussex addicts. more...

We'll run library, say campaigners

Campaigners have vowed to save Eastbourne's Old Town library, which shuts today - by taking it over themselves. more...

The 70-year hitch

A couple who met as teenagers are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. more...

Culture bid deadline nears

Brighton and Hove has been given 12-1 odds of becoming European Capital of Culture as the deadline for bids approaches. more...

Man hurt in fight

A man was taken to hospital after his ear was damaged in a fight in Balcombe. more...

We'll run library, say campaigners

Campaigners have vowed to save Eastbourne's Old Town library, which shuts today - by taking it over themselves. more...

Sarah police in hunt for girl, 13

Top Sussex detectives who worked on the Sarah Payne case have been drafted in to help in the hunt for a missing schoolgirl. more...

Wine shop burgled

Thieves stole cigarettes when they broke into an off-licence in Hurstpierpoint. more...

Meet EastEnder at night spot

Hollyoaks star Joanna Taylor has been replaced by an ex-EastEnder after she pulled out of a night club appearance in Eastbourne. more...

Fire hose vandals soak flats

Residents in high-rise flats were forced to construct makeshift dams after vandals let off a fire hose. more...

Swimming pool fence row ends

A row over access to a swimming pool has ended after talks with a national store chain. more...

Man in tow truck stand-off

A man stood in front of a tow truck as parking wardens moved in to seize his car. more...

Ex-priest on sex assault charges

A former Catholic chaplain of Gatwick Airport appeared in court today, charged with a string of sex attacks dating back more then 40 years. more...

Cosmopolitan? We deserve much more

I challenge, on the following grounds, the local perception that Brighton and Hove is a cosmopolitan city in which to live. more...

Is this the world's biggest bun?

This is a Sussex baker's bid to smash the record for the world's largest ever hot cross bun. more...

Two great letters, from Christopher Henry (March 22) and Pete Gillman (March 12), both highlight the enormous problems thrown up by the economic success of Brighton and Hove, particularly in relation to housing and development. more...

A fee is not parking mad

Brighton and Hove City Council has done a good job in enforcing parking regulations since it took over from the police last year. more...

Balanced life

A research project investigating employment, equality and the impact of de-unionisation is being carried out in Brighton and Hove, focusing on the gendered aspects of combining work and care responsibilities, vulnerability to discrimination and the effectiveness of mechanisms to address workers' concerns in the new, more flexible economy. more...

Schools in double arson probe

Firefighters racing to one blazing school did a double-take as they saw flames leaping from a second. more...

Cuts go deep

East and West Sussex suffered during the floods last winter more than almost any other area of England. more...

Site sear

In a week when news headlines such as "Ticket mayhem", "Albion's proposals delayed" and "Support for stadium" kept the topical Falmer arguments well stoked, a line from the back page of The Argus (March 21) appears to prolong the controversy. more...

Dairying do

Milkman Rod White proved how public- spirited he was by giving a policeman a lift on his float to catch a suspected burglar. more...

Not the Worthing I know

I have just read the description of Worthing in The Argus's Sussex visitors' guide. more...

Clampdown on fare cheats

Train operator Thameslink is recruiting 60 plain-clothes ticket inspectors to crack down on fare dodgers. more...

Country style

The following is distilled from a whole evening's conversation overheard in a village pub. more...

Twin piques

On Saturday, March 23, I was parking at a local shop to buy The Argus and a CD when a traffic wardens' car screeched to a halt behind me in Hythe Road. more...

Reckless idea

It is extremely reckless of James Brooks (Letters, March 25) to suggest gay men should frequent Dukes Mound in the absence of male-only commercial venues. more...

Traders face parking fee

Traders who need to work in controlled parking areas while they carry out essential services will be charged £3 a day if proposed charges are imposed. more...

What's the fuss about?

As a resident of Chanctonbury Road, Brighton, I cannot see what the fuss is about ("£1m gym faces axe", The Argus, March 25). more...

Meet the ancestors

Extreme heat, dangerous wild animals and a diet of raw meat - this striking picture shows Sussex as early man knew it. more...

Town's first midnight pub

A Worthing pub has won an appeal to stay open until midnight despite a huge campaign by residents. more...

Report calls for A&E shake-up

A hospital has been told to shake up its accident and emergency department after patients waited more than 30 hours for a bed. more...

Sarah police in hunt for girl, 13

Top Sussex detectives who worked on the Sarah Payne case have been drafted in to help in the hunt for a missing schoolgirl. more...

How Worthing will mark jubilee

Worthing is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee in style - and here's the line-up of events. more...

Clampdown on fare cheats

Train operator Thameslink is recruiting 60 plain-clothes ticket inspectors to crack down on fare dodgers. more...

Millionaire's widow wants police apology

Two women cleared of gunning down a millionaire on his Mid Sussex doorstep are demanding an apology from the police. more...

Fire wrecks family home

Fire investigators were at work today after a blaze tore through the roof of a Mid Sussex family's home. more...

Dead woman is named

A 93-year-old woman who was found dead in her gas-filled home in Scaynes Hill died of natural causes. more...

Fears for OAPs in grant cut

Carers fear Burgess Hill pensioners will suffer because of cuts in council grants to voluntary organisations. more...

Inquest told of last phone call

A financial consultant phoned his wife on his mobile phone to tell her he was "fine" after a crash - but died a few hours later. more...

Seafront takes a tropical turn

Tropical palm trees are rising up over Worthing's skyline as it fights to combat its dowdy image after years of decline. more...

Schools in double arson probe

Firefighters racing to one blazing East Sussex school did a double-take as they saw flames leaping from a second. more...

Graves fixed after vandals' rampage

Staff spent a day repairing the havoc wreaked by vandals who rampaged through a Worthing cemetery. more...

Ferry boosts port jobs

Newhaven port has been boosted by plans to run an extra cross-Channel ferry to Dieppe from next month. more...

Hamsters in fire rescue

Forty hamsters had to be rescued when flames tore through the ground floor of a house after a suspected arson attack in Eastbourne. more...

Ferry boosts port jobs

Newhaven port has been boosted by plans to run an extra cross-Channel ferry to Dieppe from next month. more...

The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham

Michael Heseltine made a million quickly and sketched his career on an envelope as a young man. The final step? Becoming prime minister. more...

Millionaire's widow wants police apology

Two women cleared of gunning down a millionaire on his doorstep are demanding an apology from Sussex Police. more...

Award for milk float crimebuster

Milkman Rod White has been handed an award after he gave a policeman a lift on his float to catch a suspected burglar. more...

Friends' tribute to stab victim

Friends and relatives filled a chapel at a special mass in honour of Brighton stabbing victim Danny Collard. more...

Nothing changes

The report regarding the changes in city policing (March 25) brought to mind the popular saying "What goes around comes around". more...

Tax bill will influence my vote

I echo Vicki Stubbs' objections to the 11.4 per cent increase in council tax (Letters, March 25). more...

Culture bid deadline nears

Brighton and Hove has been given 12-1 odds of becoming European Capital of Culture as the deadline for bids approaches. more...

Pier man's protest could ground Birdmen

The owner of Bognor Pier owner has threatened to ground the town's famous Birdmen in a row over a free music festival. more...

College cuts classes

Pupils at one of the biggest schools in West Sussex are to be put on a four-day week because of the teacher recruitment crisis. more...

Special constables may be paid

Sussex Police has lost 164 special constables - around 35 per cent of its total strength - since Labour came to power. more...

Disaster funding is slashed

Funding to prepare Sussex for emergencies such as terrorism and flooding has been slashed by ten per cent. more...

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