Stories for 28 March 2003

The Argus Albion

Albion defend ticket ballot

Albion have defended the "no-win situation" of issuing tickets via postal ballot for the potential relegation decider at Grimsby on the last day of the season.   more...

Cullip tonic for Albion

Albion have been given another injury tonic in their battle to beat the drop.   more...

The Argus Business

A clearer view of pension minefield

If prospects for pensions are grim for companies and workers alike, do we really need grisly details of our own pension plan? Or is it better to remain in ignorance and hope?   more...

It's all kosher at latest bagel eaterie

Bagelman is back and on a mission to bring kosher food to the masses.   more...

Endowment mortgage fears overplayed for most people

More than 40 per cent of endowment mortgages look set to fall short of their target value - but for most people this is not a problem, according to new research.   more...

Iraq war sparks sales of maps

Public interest in the progress of the war in Iraq has sparked an unexpected run on sales of maps of the country, high street book chain Ottakar's has said.   more...

Leap in oil prices

Oil prices leapt by more than a dollar yesterday before falling back as fears of a protracted war in Iraq remained at the forefront of traders' minds.   more...

House prices are set to fall

House prices in Sussex looked set to fall by the end of the year but double-digit growth would continue in northern regions, it was predicted yesterday.   more...

High Street boom may be at an end

The High Street boom showed signs of easing during February as the growth rate of consumer spending slowed, figures showed yesterday.   more...

Economic growth stronger than expected

Chancellor Gordon Brown received a boost today after economic growth last year proved stronger than first thought.   more...

The Argus Leisure

Of Mice And Men, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, until March 29

Like many of the classic 20th Century novels, Of Mice And Men is all too often cast aside after school.   more...

Stage: Bad Blood, Theatre Royal, Brighton, March 31-April 5

The shelves in Gillian Taylforth's dressing room are stacked with natural remedies to help calm her nerves.   more...

Pop: Alison Moyet, Brighton Dome, March 31

Alison Moyet deserves the title of diva for the generosity in her presence and performance.   more...

Stage: Carmen, Brighton Centre, April 6

Carmen is probably everyone's favourite opera and even seems to work for people who don't like the musical genre.   more...

Art: Face/Off, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, until May 5

What have a beard, a pair of plaster boots and human DNA got in common?   more...

Comedy: The Semi-Skimmed Comedy Dairy, Komedia, Brighton, April 1

All good things must come to an end - at least that's what endless girlfriends have told me.   more...

Night clubbing, March 28 - April 4

This week finds super heroes in town alongside those lovely people from Hed Kandi and former Brighton based chart-toppers Phats and Small.   more...

On Stage, March 28 - April 4

Treading the boards in Sussex this week - daredevil clowns, Dirty Den, Andalusian donkeys and spoon-bending celebrity survivor Uri Geller.   more...

Gig guide, March 28 - April 4

This week Grammy award winner James Taylor arrives in town plus Beth Orton, Jackson Browne and The Faint.   more...

The Argus News

Court usher 'taken in' by defendant

An usher wept as she told an Old Bailey jury that she was taken in by the charms of a man who was on trial in her court.   more...

Hit-and-run ordeal of Dan, 5

"Boy, five, injured" read the headline. It doesn't begin to sum up the aftermath of pain and anguish five-year-old Dan Bishop and his family went through.   more...

West Pier arson probe

A huge blaze which engulfed the historic West Pier in Brighton today was probably the work of arsonists, say firefighters.   more...

West Pier rebuild 'will go ahead'

As flames engulfed the historic West Pier in Brighton, its owners insisted the planned restoration scheme would still go ahead.   more...

West Pier's troubled life and times

Built in 1866, the West Pier was a simple and functional structure built using dozens of cast iron threaded columns screwed into the seabed.   more...

Brave Harry inspires a charity

A campaign to raise cash for hospital equipment has been turned into a charity.   more...

Pair remanded over airport raid

Two men were remanded in custody today, charged in connection with a £1 million raid at Gatwick airport.   more...

Gulf captain's hour of honour

A sea captain from Sussex has described the honour of leading the start of the humanitarian aid programme in Iraq.   more...

Mystery of hillside peace message

Peace protesters inscribed a message on a hillside to look like a giant historic etching against war.   more...

Borrowers leave library £25,000 in lurch

Almost £25,000 in library fines was left unpaid at the end of last year in Brighton and Hove, figures out today revealed.   more...

Shop girl picked to be model

A shop assistant has been chosen by talent scouts from a top model agency.   more...

Curtain falls on the House of Moss

There isn't much Pat Moss doesn't know about theatrical costumery after a lifetime as a wardrobe mistress.   more...

Blair's adventurism will endanger us all

The only practical way of supporting our troops is to bring them back now.  more...

Fly the flag

Why do I feel I am the only person in Brighton and Hove who supports our brave troops in the Gulf?  more...

Question of conscience

Any road accident involving serious injury is a tragedy but one where the driver deliberately does not stop is a crime.   more...

Spoil for oil

By acting unilaterally without the sanction of either the Security Council or the General Assembly of the UN, Tony Blair and George W Bush have, at a stroke, cast Britain and the US in the role of "international outlaws", made their ministers liable to prosecution as war criminals and exposed UK and US citizens to terrorist reprisals.  more...

Moving on

Steiner Schools have always offered a form of education that has been defiantly outside the mainstream.   more...

Thrice wrong

A lot of people voted for Tony Blair in 1997 because he told us that education was his priority.  more...

Curtain fall

Theatrical costumier Pat Moss is bringing the curtain down on her firm in Shoreham after more than 20 years.   more...

Little and late

It is all very well Brighton and Hove City Council getting more money for education but it is too little too late.  more...

Battle lines

It was with his trademark sneer that Councillor Simon Battle (Letters, February 3) derided my calling into question Brighton and Hove City Council's sustainability credentials because, among other things, it intends to be party to building a huge carpark at Shoreham Airport.  more...

Free to move

These past days, I have read many impassioned arguments from all sides on the subject of Iraq.  more...

Barrel of laughs?

Church Road and Western Road in Brighton and Hove had nice wide pavements, until recently.  more...

West Pier arson probe

A huge blaze which engulfed the historic West Pier in Brighton today was probably the work of arsonists, say firefighters.   more...

West Pier rebuild 'will go ahead'

As flames engulfed the historic West Pier in Brighton, its owners insisted the planned restoration scheme would still go ahead.   more...

West Pier's troubled life and times

Built in 1866, the West Pier was a simple and functional structure built using dozens of cast iron threaded columns screwed into the seabed.   more...

Use your vote

It is no good people protesting about the war and disrupting the life of Brighton and Hove.  more...

Ex-PC jailed for wills swindle

A former policewoman named in a false will as the sole beneficiary of an East Sussex woman's estate has been jailed for three years.   more...

Train strike 'non-event'

Sussex rail bosses today claimed the train guards' 24-hour strike was a "non-event", with the expected upheaval failing to materialise.   more...

Albion ballot 'cynical', says MP

Brighton and Hove City Council railroaded through plans for the Falmer stadium, Lewes MP Norman Baker has told the public inquiry into the project.   more...

Albion business plan 'not yet watertight'

Brighton and Hove Albion will have to fine tune its financial plans before land can be released to build a new stadium, city councillors have been warned.   more...

Think Of It This Way, by John Parry

Just in case you had not noticed - what a wicked world we live in!   more...

Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw

Our reports of the anti-war demonstration in Brighton and Hove last Thursday have provoked a number of complaints.   more...

Accident trauma

I make a plea to the cowardly person, possibly driving a white van, who rammed my car in St Paul's Street on the night of Thursday, March 20.  more...

Let doctors park

Charging doctors and nurses to go to work shows a "real commitment" to the people who work in our vital public services and are often poorly paid.  more...

Save the cottage

Until 18 months ago there was a very attractive Edwardian gardener's cottage in the corner of Hove Recreation Ground.  more...

Buy heavy drapes

Please tell Dan Aherne ("Lights keep me up all night", The Argus, March 21) to buy a pair of total lightblock curtains or a blackout blind from any reputable soft furnishings outlet (and charge same plus fitting and fixings to the offending companies if he can't afford them).  more...

Club doormen get video headsets

It's called Robocam, it looks like a prop from a Hollywood movie but fiction could soon become reality at clubs in Brighton and Hove.   more...

Aircraft museum to shut

The D-Day aviation museum at Shoreham Airport has closed down after a long-running row over rent. It's collection will be auctioned off.   more...

Two weeks since teacher vanished

Police are studying footage from shop security cameras   more...

Police 'clown trousers' complaint

New police trousers are too baggy and make officers look like clowns - that's according to at least one Sussex bobby who has to wear them.   more...

Clown doctor in the house

Doctors sometimes have a reputation for being eccentric but there are not many with a false red nose, odd shoes and a guitar.   more...

Man cleared of rape

An Eastbourne man broke down in tears when a jury cleared him of rape allegations. However, he was jailed for wounding.   more...

Election will ring the changes

Only one prediction can safely be made about May's Brighton and Hove City Council elections. The new council will look radically different from the old one.   more...

The Argus Sport

Cullip tonic for Albion

Albion have been given another injury tonic in their battle to beat the drop.   more...

Albion defend ticket ballot

Albion have defended the "no-win situation" of issuing tickets via postal ballot for the potential relegation decider at Grimsby on the last day of the season.   more...

Boxing: Sharp Linford wants Oakey's belt

Neil Linford plans to rip the WBU light-heavyweight belt from Tony Oakey's grasp tomorrow night.   more...

Boxing: Alldis to become trainer

Michael Alldis wants to stay in boxing even if he is forced to retire.   more...

Boxing: Minter lacking the usual support

Ross Minter will have to prove himself without his normal vocal support when he takes on journeyman Keith Jones at Portsmouth tomorrow.   more...

Golf: Ed covers his expenses in Madeira Open

Ed Rush ought to frame his first ever cheque from the PGA European Tour, if finances permit.   more...

Soccer: Title frustration for Rooks

Jimmy Quinn insists Lewes could have won Ryman League division one south with the side he had last season.   more...

Soccer: United snap up Dons striker

Hastings have signed striker Ahmet Suleymanoglu from Wimbledon in a desperate bid to ease their Dr Martens Premier Division relegation crisis.   more...

Golf: West Hove face Seaford in opener

The Davies and Tate Trophy gets underway tomorrow when holders West Hove visit Seaford Head among 19 first round ties.   more...

Soccer: Crawley fail to get hot-shot

Crawley have failed in a deadline-day move for one of the Dr Martens League's most prolific marksman.   more...

Speedway: Eagles need Joonas magic

Which Joonas Kylmakorpi will turn up at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night? That is the burning question for Eastbourne Eagles fans.   more...

Speedway: Eagles launch Cup challenge

Eastbourne launch their challenge for the new British League Cup at Reading on Monday.   more...

Rugby round-up: Heath need a win

Haywards Heath are ready to do it the hard way if they are to claim a national league spot.   more...

Hockey: Lewes out to scupper Havant

Lewes are looking to scupper Havant's outside chance of promotion on Sunday.   more...

  
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