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The Argus | Archive | 2003 | January

Stories for 16 January 2003

The Argus Albion

Hart stars in reserves' romp

Gary Hart made an encouraging return to action in a 4-1 romp for Albion's Reserves against Gillingham at Worthing yesterday. more...

Let's rebuild fortress Withdean

To escape relegation Albion must recapture the form at Withdean that made them practically unbeatable on their way to consecutive championships. more...

Albion lose Sidwell battle

Albion have lost their battle to keep hold of Albion loan star Steve Sidwell. more...

Stadium just two years away

Brighton and Hove Albion could be running out in a new stadium at Falmer in two years. more...

The Argus Business

Maternity pay to be revised

Maternity pay in the UK is the third lowest in the European Union, according to a study published today. more...

Healthy profits for High Street giants

The resurgence of High Street giants Marks & Spencer and Woolworths remained on track after both reported healthy festive trading figures. more...

Calls to close workers' rights loophole

The Government was today urged to close legal loopholes that could be denying up to nine million workers their employment rights. more...

Companies ready to take on more staff

Companies around Sussex are recruiting. That is the message from a number of key players in the county's economy as they prepare for the year ahead. more...

Train boss moving on

David Franks will be replaced as managing director of train operator South Central in March. more...

Rage at work on the rise

Employers were today urged to tackle the causes of "work rage", such as by offering counselling to stressed out staff. more...

Priory gets new partner

Rochelle Higgins, from Hove, has joined the Priory Partnership, a Brighton-based PR company, after returning from an eight-month trip taking in Asia, the Pacific Rim and Australasia. more...

Record number of people are employed

Unemployment has fallen by another 5,000 as the number of people in work continues to break records, new figures showed. more...

The Argus Leisure

Stage: Present Laughter, Theatre Royal, Brighton January 21-25

"Present Laughter is about not being a young one any more," says Rik Mayall, perhaps best known for his own role in hit TV comedy The Young Ones. more...

Music: Arthur Lee, Brighton Dome, January 20

I was a little nervous about interviewing Sixties rock legend Arthur Lee, frontman of Love. more...

Comedy: Dylan Moran, Gardner Arts Centre, Falmer, January 26

"My new show deals with inter-governmental crises in Corsica between 1986 and 1987," says Irish comic Dylan Moran. more...

Comedy: Milton Jones, Komedia, Brighton, January 17-19

Krater Comedy Club plays host to this unrivalled king of surreal wordplay, who belts out the non-stop sequiteurs at a cracking pace. more...

Amateur stage: Sweeney Todd, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, January 23-25

Brighton-based amateur dramatic opera company The Wandering Minstrels perform this classic Sondheim musical about the demon barber Of Fleet Street. more...

Stage: The Last Yankee, New Venture Theatre, Brighton, January 18-19

Marking Arthur Miller's renaissance as a writer in the Nineties, this story is about two men who visit their wives who are in hospital suffering from depression. more...

The Argus News

About Madeira Drive

I see Pauline Jordan will speak to councillors about accidents in Madeira Drive, Brighton. more...

Petition to save hospital

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition to save a hospital from closure. more...

Pier put in the picture

Artist Bonny Cummins has captured the collapsed West Pier on canvas. more...

Police hail crime drop

Crime in three towns has fallen and police say it is only the start. more...

MP's campaign for food additives warning

An MP is calling for clearer labelling of food additives and colourings that can affect children's behaviour. more...

Vandals in toxic alert

Vandals who keep targeting the same company have been warned they are extremely dangerous and irresponsible. more...

Project helps elderly in hard times

While many homeless people in Brighton and Hove are young men, a new project has been set up to help the older ones also struggling to survive. more...

Girl flees pick-up

Schoolchildren are being warned about the dangers of strangers after a girl was approached as she walked home from class. more...

Comment on how Sussex is run

Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames wants to hear views on a mini-parliament, which would cover Sussex and places as far away as Milton Keynes. more...

InMe in store

New rock trio, InMe, will be meeting fans in a Brighton music store. more...

Kids take up TV challenge

Children from two primary schools went head-to-head in a series of challenges as they battled to win a TV competition. more...

Woman caught smoking in plane toilet

A woman who lit a cigarette aboard a packed jet has been censured by an airline for her actions. more...

Undies up for auction

Anyone who fancies getting into Jordan's knickers or examining Fatboy Slim's smalls, can bid for their underwear at a celebrity auction. more...

Stadium just two years away

Brighton and Hove Albion could be running out in a new stadium at Falmer in two years. more...

Fight to save wood

Neighbours are battling plans to build a house in a protected woodland in Eastbourne saying it could open the floodgates to further development. more...

Garage plan vetoed

Controversial plans to redevelop a seafront petrol station in Worthing have been rejected. more...

Blunder blamed for asylum U-turn

A clerical error has been blamed for a Government U-turn on housing asylum seekers at a seafront hotel in Saltdean. more...

Bodyguards who stay out of line of fire

They are the men in black who are willing to take a bullet for their boss. more...

Arrest in hunt for university rapist

A man was arrested today in connection with the rape of a student at Sussex University. more...

Coach station shuts suddenly

Passengers will be left out in the cold following the sudden closure of Brighton's Pool Valley coach station. more...

Sale of the 19th Century

Brighton and Hove City Council is considering selling off a historic city centre building to help plug a £17.5 million hole in its budget. more...

Pile-up shuts A27

One person was injured and traffic chaos ensued after a five-vehicle pile-up on the A27 at Lancing today. more...

£1m fines threat for hospital jams

An MP has pleaded for Brighton and Hove Council to be given extra time to beat a possible £1 million bed-blocking fine. more...

40 jobs at new M&S store

Forty jobs will be created when retail chain Marks & Spencer opens a convenience food store at Brighton railway station. more...

Gotcha! The thief caught out on camera

This is the moment thief Sarah Back was caught stealing from an old people's home. more...

Woman was killed by hospital superbug

A woman who went into hospital for a routine operation died after contracting a superbug, an inquest heard. more...

We'll wither with no brave new buildings

Ray Amis states only 120 objections have been made to the development on the old Endeavour Motors site (Letters, January 9). more...

Some months ago, Brighton and Hove City Council's planning committee approved an application to build 124 flats, including 50 low-cost units, on the Endeavour Motors site in Preston Road, Brighton. more...

Selling up is short-sighted

Brighton and Hove City Council has to take drastic action to save cash as it faces a financial crisis. more...

Be serious

I read with great concern the report on the closure of the pedestrian subway on the A270 (The Argus, January 9) and the dangers faced by parents and children trying to cross this treacherous road. more...

Rail buffs buy land for £1

Railway enthusiasts who snapped up a piece of land eyed by Sainsbury's for £1, have entered into talks with the supermarket giant. more...

Fast football

A new community stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion could be completed within only two years. more...

Walk this way

Consider two subways primarily under the same road, the A27 or A271. more...

An acid test

A cheeky Londoner saw his opportunity to achieve his ambition of owning a sports car when acid bath murderer John Haigh went to prison. more...

Good work

I must express my deepest admiration for Brighton and Hove City Council's department of road congestion and pollution. more...

No black recruits for county police

No black or Asian officers were recruited by Sussex Police last year and the force is struggling to meet Government targets. more...

Large wedge

I work in London, as do many who live in Brighton and Hove. more...

Brothers in arms

I have been overwhelmed by the way readers of The Argus have written to me about Brighton's old Odd Fellows Hall. more...

The expensive season

Having survived the madness of Christmas, managing to keep my four kids content with all their demands of gifts, sweets and 20-odd-a-week trips to the supermarket, I am exhausted and wondering when would be the best time to start again for Christmas 2003. more...

You're going to die - can I use your car?

While the country was repulsed by John Haigh's "acid bath" murders, one cheeky chancer spotted an opportunity for gain. more...

Easter in January

I entered a supermarket on January 11 to find Easter eggs already on the shelves. more...

Pile-up shuts A27

One person was injured and traffic chaos ensued after a five-vehicle pile-up on the A27 at Lancing today. more...

Anger after ambulance crash

Campaigners fighting for a speed reduction on a road were told it was safe just hours before a smash involving a private ambulance. more...

Peer puts his art into saving home

A peer has warned he may have to sell a family heirloom to save his country pile. more...

Rail buffs buy land for £1

Railway enthusiasts who snapped up a piece of land eyed by Sainsbury's for £1, have entered into talks with the supermarket giant. more...

Danger alert to walkers as cliff crashes into sea

Walkers have been urged to be wary of rockfalls after hundreds of tonnes crashed 200ft to the base of Beachy Head. more...

Thousands sign petition to save hospital

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition to save a hospital from closure. more...

Heads' concern at schools merger plan

Concerned headteachers have called for a meeting with education bosses over the proposed merger of two East Sussex colleges. more...

Parents' anger at school move plan

Plans for a school on a new commuters' housing estate could lead to the closure of a popular local primary. more...

Four years for 'coward' road rage driver

A motorist who knocked out a man's teeth with a wheelbrace during a road rage attack has been jailed for four years and branded a coward. more...

New boss for South Central

A new managing director will run train operator South Central from March. more...

£1m fine for bed-blocking

West Sussex County Council is facing a fine of more than £1 milllion unless action is taken to cut bed blocking. more...

Town hall silver won't be sold

Civic leaders have pledged selling off a town hall and its treasures would be a "last resort" as they struggle to find the cash to safeguard its future. more...

Branson gives lift to birdman rally

Councillors have welcomed news Sir Richard Branson has saved the world-famous Bognor Birdman rally. more...

Girl flees pick-up

Schoolchildren are being warned about the dangers of strangers after a girl was approached as she walked home from class. more...

The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham

That former Brighton resident Ken Livingstone has been a popular politician because he is quick on his feet and a cheeky chappie. more...

Time for action

It seems strange councils and governments can neglect such a listed building as Brighton's West Pier yet those who own listed residences are expected to obey restoration laws to the letter. more...

Pier money could be better spent

I am against rebuilding the West Pier. If money is available, surely it could be put to better use in our local hospitals? more...

Almost a haiku

Shows her broken arse to the skies. more...

Do what you can to avert this disaster

As the UK and the US move towards war against Iraq, let me urge all readers to do whatever they can to stop this conflict . more...

Peer puts his art into saving home

A peer has warned he may have to sell a family heirloom to save his country pile. more...

Moral vacuum

The Government believes going to war against Iraq is a legal rather than moral issue. Here lies the gulf between the Government and the majority of the people. more...

Friendly fire

George W Bush is determined to let the world know Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction. more...

No excuse

I was impressed by Norman Baker's accurate and cogent arguments against a war with Iraq (January 11). more...

Foot in mouth

Norman Baker's assessment of the Iraq situation would be amusing were it not so offensive. more...

Panic station

I live in Morris Road, Lewes, which suffered in the recent flood shown in all the media. more...

Shoppers caught in bargain con

Bargain hunters were conned into buying thousands of pounds worth of cheap tat by a gang of predatory confidence tricksters, a court heard. more...

Face up to it

How sensible is Councillor Gill Mitchell in gathering councillors of all persuasions to fight any suggestion that the solution for Southern Water's Brighton and Hove waste water plan should actually involve Brighton and Hove. more...

Ad hoc shock

I had written a letter to say I had a wild primrose flowering in my garden and is it the first? more...

A heart-warming tale

Thank you for your beautiful story of the swans at Bexhill, a heart-warming item amid so much sad news (January 11). more...

Catfood for thought

Having read about Tin Tin, the cat who got his head wedged in an empty pet food can (January 8), I felt I had ask readers to get in the habit of removing the lid fully and squashing the can flat before discarding it. more...

Too many lost council homes

Three years ago, tenants in Tillstone Street succeeded in getting Brighton and Hove City Council to carry out major works rather than transfer flats to a housing association. more...

Sack the judges and bring back hanging

So, Chief Justice Woolf and Lord Irvine want no burglars to go to jail because the prisons are full. more...

The Argus Sentinel

The sinking of the Broadwater

At 3.15am on October 18, 1941, the destroyer HMS Broadwater was escorting a British convoy south west of Iceland. more...

A young sailor awaits the Allied shells

Few British warships could match the German commerce raider Graf Spee. more...

Litter response

Everybody has a part to play in keeping Worthing clean and tidy, according to a council boss. more...

Writer's visit

The writer and co-producer of a new film will be guest of honour at a gala night at Worthing's Dome cinema. more...

Arts protest

Demonstrators from Worthing will hold a silent protest outside Parliament in protest at the Government's controversial Licensing Bill. more...

Wizard chance

Auditions are being held for a Worthing production of The Wizard of Oz. more...

Taxi appeal

A taxi driver has lodged an appeal after the number of people he can carry in his cab was limited. more...

Organ concern

Conservation watchdogs have condemned new plans to remove an historic organ casing from a listed church which is being renovated. more...

Clubs together

Six nightclubs are likely to have their public entertainments licences renewed without opposition. more...

Presents theft

A homeless woman stole Christmas presents from a town centre store, Worthing magistrates heard. more...

Dance to skate

A group of young people from Sompting is putting on a breakdance show to raise money to help fund extra skateboarding facilities. more...

Fire recruits

Two new firefighters have joined Worthing fire station after receiving certificates to mark the completion of 11 weeks of expert training. more...

Flying starts

Mechanics and aircraft engineers of the future have been presented with their awards and diplomas. more...

Sizzling success

Young chefs created some stunning sausage recipes to win a national competition. more...

Focus on flowers

Littlehampton town councillors are meeting this week to discuss whether the town is green-fingered enough to enter a gardening competition. more...

Age of activity

Active over-50s are invited to an open day at a sports and leisure club. more...

Foreign topic

Issues affecting Portuguese people living in Littlehampton are to be the subject of a public meeting. more...

Flats proposal

Plans to build 15 two-bedroom flats in Rustington look set to get the go-ahead, despite objections from local people. more...

Bouncing joy

The first inter-secondary school basketball tournament for girls has been declared a success. more...

Boarding education is a natural explanation

Four information boards have been unveiled in Goring by the Mayor of Worthing, Councillor Eric Mardell. more...

Councillor slams ugly buildings

A leading councillor has said he is appalled at how much of historic Worthing had been lost to line the pockets of "get-quick-rich" developers. more...

Funfair proposed

A funfair may be held in Steyne Gardens, Worthing, to herald the end of a charity walk from Brighton's Palace Pier to Worthing Pier. more...

Girls to kick off

A girls' football league kicks off in Worthing next Wednesday. more...

At your leisure

Councillors will tomorrow consider a report on leisure operations in the borough. more...

Teenage attacker

A teenager who attacked shop staff told magistrates he had an alcohol problem. more...

Widow tragedy

A frail widow who suffered from deafness was hit by a reversing lorry, an inquest heard. more...

Frocks on show

Beautiful dresses will feature in Worthing Museum's latest exhibition. more...

Force for funds

The leader of an ex-servicemen's organisation joined forces with Falklands veteran Simon Weston to champion National Lottery funding for old soldiers, sailors and airmen. more...

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