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The Argus | Archive | 2003 | January

Stories for 20 January 2003

The Argus Albion

Walsall v Albion

Watch this space from 3pm on Saturday February 1 for live text updates plus half-time and final score reports from the Bescot Stadium. more...

Bobby back on top form

Albion boss Steve Coppell has welcomed the return to goalscoring form of Bobby Zamora. more...

January 18: Albion 1 Portsmouth 1

Immediately after a well-deserved stalemate for Albion against the table-toppers, boss Steve Coppell expressed disappointment that they did not hold on for a win. more...

The Argus Business

Pay gap grows between sexes

The gap between the pay of men and women widened to almost 19 per cent last year, reversing a 20-year trend, a new study revealed today. more...

Mice aim to buttonhole Levi's sales

Jeans retailer Levi Strauss is hoping mice can help it match the success of model Nick Kamen stripping in a launderette for its latest advertising campaign. more...

Billionaire wants a taste of Safeway

Billionaire retail entrepreneur Philip Green looks set to become the latest player to enter the bidding war for supermarket chain Safeway. more...

Water supremo bridges the gap

Stuart Derwent used to help design bridges, which might come in handy as he reaches out to communities opposed to the development of a wastewater treatment and sludge recycling works. more...

Staff take £38m

Small firms were today urged to step up security in shops, offices and factories after research showed staff fraud was costing £38 million a year. more...

Fear revamp will call time on pub

Residents fear multi-million pound plans to develop Brighton Marina will see their local pub knocked down. more...

Crozier will get it sorted

Football is a funny old game. That's what we're always told, anyway. more...

Specialist deli is listed by TV chef

A delicatessen is to feature in a top TV chef's food guidebook. more...

The Argus Health

Lemons are the multi-purpose citrus

Lemon trees were first grown in China and India about 4,000 years ago and found their way to Europe with a little help from merchants and Crusaders. more...

Tasty foods for detoxing

Since the detox season is in full swing and so much is being said about the subject, I thought it would be the right time to put things into perspective. more...

Act now for positive change

As an actress, Britt Forsberg knows the importance of confidence, breathing properly and being able to project your voice. more...

Weight watching with Judy Citron

In your day-to-day life, you are constantly making choices: What to wear, where to go (at least at weekends), what to do and, of course, what to buy. more...

The Argus Leisure

Jazz: Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra, Brighton Dome, January 23

Wynton Marsalis has for the past couple of decades been leading a crusade for his nation's music and heritage. more...

Exhibition: Unreal City, Brighton Media Centre Gallery, January 24-February 27

When Katie Greenwood first focused the lens on her grandfather's old camera, little did she know she would one day be holding her own exhibition. more...

The Argus News

Museum's ready for a magical return

The toy display at Hove Museum and Art Gallery is set to be a highlight when the venue opens next month after a £900,000 refurbishment. more...

Army store's dummy goes AWOL

A military dummy which has stood sentry outside an army surplus shop for 15 years has gone absent without leave - and left its partner in the lurch. more...

City centre drivers face congestion charge

Brighton and Hove should charge motorists driving into the city centre to combat increasing gridlock, regional transport chiefs have warned. more...

Hysteria 'threatens town's tourism'

A council leader has stepped in to try to calm the controversy sweeping through a seaside town over asylum seekers. more...

Child porn police release 14

Sussex Police have revealed that 14 innocent people who found themselves in the frame for internet child porn had been victims of credit card crime. more...

Terrorism swoop: Trio freed

Three men arrested at Gatwick Airport under the Prevention of Terrorism Act have been released without charge, more...

Success of fraud team

Crawley council's benefit fraud team has uncovered and stopped 115 cases of fraud in the last year. more...

West Pier takes new damage

Another section of Brighton's stricken West Pier crashed into the sea this afternoon during a battering from gale-force winds and raging seas. more...

Valentine's treat for pizza lovers

A Mid Sussex pizza company is offering to make a special delivery to anyone thinking about popping the question on Valentine's day. more...

Airlift for swing fall boy

A 14-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after falling off a home-made rope swing. more...

They flee bigots, but find them here too

We welcome being kept informed but take issue with the tone of the article about asylum seekers at the Grand Ocean Hotel, Saltdean (The Argus, January 11). more...

What limit?

The chief executive of the Grand Ocean Hotel, Saltdean, says 80 per cent of the rooms are sold for this year - but what about next year? more...

Return to a full display

After many months without its main museums, Brighton and Hove will soon be back at full strength. more...

Years ago, I was married to a Hungarian refugee who came over here in 1956 during the uprising in his country. We were married for 21 years, had three daughters and for two summers visited his country for a holiday. The first time we went by car, the second time by air. more...

Falconio suspect denies rape

The man accused of murdering Brighton University graduate Peter Falconio in Australia has pleaded not guilty to a double rape. more...

Time for family

For many years most men were the main or sole breadwinners, with women staying at home to look after the family. more...

Tighten up

A brave young policeman, Stephen Oake, has been murdered by a so-called asylum seeker, one of the many thousands arriving here without any apparent check for criminal record or health status. more...

Had a calling

Army surplus store boss Paul Bruton is putting out an SOS to retrieve the unusual squaddie mannequin which has stood guard outside his shop for years. more...

Glad to bleed

After my views were published (Letters, January 15), a correspondent of BBC Southern Counties radio attacked my attitude as that of a bleeding-heart liberal. more...

Unsustainable

From the pages of The Argus, it will have become obvious the residents of Saltdean are outraged at the move to house asylum seekers in their district. The present infrastructure simply cannot sustain any sizeable influx. more...

Changed idea

Oh, dear! I was toying with the idea of moving to Saltdean but I have really gone off the notion. more...

Ins and outs

Are landing here at noon. more...

A dead ringer

This little chap is as famous as any Hollywood supporting actor of the thirties and Forties. more...

PCs hurt in knife attack

Two police officers were injured by a suspected burglar wielding a knife last night. Both wore stab-proof vests but the knifeman aimed at their heads and faces. more...

West Pier takes new damage

Another section of Brighton's stricken West Pier crashed into the sea this afternoon during a battering from gale-force winds and raging seas. more...

Airlift for swing fall boy, 14

A 14-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after falling off a home-made rope swing. more...

Mystery of injured man

A man is being treated for head injuries after he was found semi-conscious in a playground at a beauty spot near Eastbourne. more...

Witness boost to murder probe

Police were today sifting through information after returning to the scene of an East Sussex businessman's murder. more...

Show gardens sewage storm

A hotel boss is threatening legal action against Worthing Borough Council over a leaking cesspit at a popular public chalkpit garden. more...

Filling station plan rejected

Proposals to revamp a seafront petrol station in Worthing have been rejected by councillors against the advice of their planning experts. more...

Fears for struggling teenager

Fears are growing for the safety of a teenage girl seen struggling with the driver of a car in West Susssex. more...

Sex beast is still a priest

Paedophile priest Michael Hill, jailed for sexually abusing boys, has not yet been stripped of his post, it was revealed today. more...

Mail crooks con couple

A couple found themselves at the centre of an international fraud probe after post thieves stole their bank details. more...

Voice of the Third Age: Lis Solkhon

Twelfth Night has come and gone and all my Christmas cards have been taken down. more...

Family Life, with Bini McCall

Well, we are still living in a dreadful muddle surrounded by bits of kitchen, pieces of wood and layers of dust, although things are moving slowly but surely along. more...

So insensitive

It was with some disbelief I read of the asylum seekers being housed in the Grand Ocean Hotel, Saltdean. more...

Harsh move

I feel it is completely wrong for the Government to try to house asylum seekers in the Grand Ocean Hotel, in Saltdean. more...

Teenager's first car wrecked

Joyriders crashed and set fire to a car a week after it was bought by a Mid Sussex teenager who had just passed his test. more...

Date set for by-elections

A by-election will take place next month following the resignation of Adur District councillor Tony Strudwick last November. more...

Great respect

I thank local residents and motorists in New Church Road, Hove, for their patience and understanding on the morning of Wednesday, January 15, before, during and after the funeral of our colleague PC Tok Ezobi. more...

Witness boost to murder probe

Police were today sifting through information after returning to the scene of a Sussex businessman's murder. more...

Border dispute

It is always a pleasure to see political debate taking place in The Argus, as occurred on January 7 in relation to whether or not to change the name of my parliamentary constituency to Hove and Portslade. more...