Stories for 4 September 2003

The Argus Albion

Pethick off as sparks fly in derby

Robbie Pethick was sent off for Albion's reserves last night, but it will not affect his prospects of a first team recall.   more...

Albion: Hands off Coppell

Albion have warned West Ham to keep their hands off boss Steve Coppell.   more...

The Argus Business

Freebie council chief's new rules

Brighton and Hove City Council plans to set new spending rules on corporate credit cards after its chief executive ran up a £5,000 wining-and-dining bill.   more...

Vanishing agent owes thousands

Residents have been left £30,000 out of pocket after the sudden disappearance of the estate agents who manage their homes.   more...

Staff are the apple of cider firm's eye

Cider manufacturer Merrydown has been recognised for its commitment to workers.   more...

Shop sales wilt in summer heat

Last month's record temperatures took their toll on the High Street, causing sales growth to wilt, retail figures showed yesterday.   more...

Women's business dreams suffer

Most women believe they have the same business opportunities as men but many are held back by lack of funding, a survey showed today.   more...

One in ten are self-employed

One in ten workers is now self-employed as a growing number of people try to improve their work/life balance, a report showed today.   more...

New start for business park

Demolition of the last industrial buildings has begun in Woodingdean Business Park in Brighton, a development that promises to create a number of jobs.   more...

Firm pays price over illegal sign

A company has been fined a total of £17,800 after it repeatedly refused to take down an illegal sign from its head office.   more...

The Argus Leisure

Design For Living, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until Sept 6

The Theatre Royal has opened its autumn season with a five-star production of a not well-known Noel Coward play.   more...

The Argus News

Jury told of crash pilot's maths error

A pilot who crashed into a house after running out of fuel would probably have reached the runway had he not blundered converting gallons to litres - but only just.   more...

Heritage homes open to snoops and sleuths

Fancy a snoop around the former home of the War Cabinet, or perhaps a peak at the on-screen abode of a TV sleuth?   more...

Double tragedy of couple

A heartbroken wife killed herself the day after her husband was found dead.   more...

Freebie council chief's new rules

Brighton and Hove City Council plans to set new spending rules on corporate credit cards after its chief executive ran up a £5,000 wining-and-dining bill.   more...

E-postcards put seafront on web

Photographs, illustrations and paintings by local people will represent Brighton and Hove on the web.   more...

Commuter rail misery looms

Rail passengers face ten months of disruption as engineering work starts this month on the Thameslink service between Brighton and Bedford.   more...

Flats tower plan toppled

Controversial plans for a landmark block of flats in Rottingdean have been rejected by councillors.   more...

Plea to tackle young drunks

Residents in Portslade say they want action to tackle the problem of antisocial drunken youths before it gets that bad.   more...

Refuge seeks funding from fish

A women's refuge is hoping a taste of cockney charm will help stave off a funding crisis.   more...

Beach drug culture endangers children

At weekends I work as a security officer in Brighton. Starting work at 6.30pm, I noticed a large group of males getting drunk and selling drugs openly in front of police cameras.  more...

Tributes to orchestra's ex-director

An influential musician who helped young people develop an interest in classical music has died.   more...

Tunnel vision

I am concerned by the state of the walkway between Dukes Mound and Brighton Marina.  more...

Video greed in High Street

Arrangements for renting videos have worked well for more than 20 years and benefit all concerned.   more...

Act breach

As an opponent of the Parkridge development at Brighton Marina, I have received a definitive answer from Brighton and Hove City Council that the Brighton Marina Act of 1968 is still in force.  more...

Fat chance

Every day, family doctors in Sussex see hundreds of obese people with health problems.   more...

Dixon's dead

I must agree with Ringmer Parish councillor Stuart Bean (Letters, August 29) about all of us being involved with the fight against crime.  more...

Don't have a cow, man

Bruno is an unusual beast. His mother is a Sussex farmyard cow and his father's a Tibetan yak.   more...

Stupid stunt

As a retired firefighter and driver of engines, I must condemn the yobs who threw a wheel brace at a fire engine racing to answer a call (The Argus, September 1).  more...

Pool danger

I wasn't surprised to read the report "Swimmer hit by diver" (The Argus, August 28) and was glad the boy was not seriously injured.  more...

A step backwards

It could only happen in Brighton and Hove - newly-laid asphalt melting on steps to the lower esplanade because the wrong type of asphalt was used (The Argus, August 28).  more...

Truly affordable

Parkridge wants to build 1,000 new homes at Brighton Marina. It should be allowed to do so, providing they are social homes for the thousands of people on the council house waiting list.  more...

Unlawful

I have followed the correspondence in The Argus about the Brighton and Hove City Council/ Albion saga.  more...

Sex pest grabs girl, 12

Police are hunting a sex pest who grabbed a 12-year-old East Sussex girl and chased her home.   more...

Talks on PO closure

A cross-party delegation will meet Post Office bosses for crisis talks about a threatened town centre branch in Eastbourne.   more...

Blaze puts stop to lessons

Children were told to take an extra day's holiday after a fire raged through a country house near their West Sussex school.   more...

Uproar over club's hours

A family which restored a semi-derelict seafront hotel to its Victorian splendour faces complaints over plans to extend the Sunday opening hours of a night club.   more...

Knife robbers take car

A man was robbed of his car at knifepoint after being flagged down on a dual carriageway.   more...

Go-ahead for £1m cycle path

The first stage of a planned £1 million cycle lane on Worthing seafront has been given the go-ahead.   more...

Sex pest grabs girl, 12

Police are hunting a sex pest who grabbed a 12-year-old Sussex girl and chased her home.   more...

Commuter rail misery looms

Rail passengers face ten months of disruption as engineering work starts this month on the Thameslink service between Brighton and Bedford.   more...

Club worker in drugs threat claim

A lapdancing club has agreed to pay damages to an ex-employee after a manager threatened to plant drugs on him if he refused to accept redundancy.   more...

MP urges runway decision

Debate on controversial plans to expand Gatwick is too important to be dominated by householders living near the airport, businesses have been warned.   more...

Bogus officials search house

Police today appealed for witnesses after two men and a woman conned their way into a man's home pretending to be from the "water board".   more...

Vanishing agent owes thousands

Residents have been left £30,000 out of pocket after the sudden disappearance of the estate agents who manage their homes.   more...

Film giants' threat to video rentals

Independent video shops are staging a rebellion against movie giants who want to stop them renting top films.   more...

The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham

Everyone who moans about the imperfect condition of Brighton and Hove should saunter about 30 miles west and take a look at what is happening there.   more...

Slim for free on the NHS

Overweight people who visit their doctor about an illness may soon be referred to a slimming club to help them shed the pounds.   more...

Britney bags a little bit of Brighton

Pop princess Britney Spears stopped off in Brighton for a spot of shopping on a day off - and apparently bought nothing more than a handful of badges.   more...

Hollywood star joins seafront set

Movie fans were craning to catch a glimpse of one of Hollywood's hottest properties on Brighton seafront yesterday.   more...

Albion fury

We are only five League games into the season and I am already getting cheesed off.  more...

No to bullying

The Albion fan who upset Guy Butters should apologise to Guy and his family.  more...

Moo's the daddy?

Newborn Bruno may be a bit confused as he grows up - his mother is a Sussex farmyard cow but his father is a Tibetan yak.   more...

Music legend's charity hand-out

Almost £25,000 raised by legendary pianist Russ Conway has been donated to two charities after sitting idle in an account since his death three years ago.   more...

The Argus Sentinel

Where Leo let loose his talent

Leo Sayer was once as famous as Robbie Williams is today.   more...

A name for cinema that has been dividing opinion for decades

Worthing has for many decades had a love-hate relationship with the Dome cinema.   more...

The Argus Sport

Albion: Hands off Coppell

Albion have warned West Ham to keep their hands off boss Steve Coppell.   more...

Pethick off as sparks fly in derby

Robbie Pethick was sent off for Albion's reserves last night, but it will not affect his prospects of a first team recall.   more...

Knight set for battle with old partner

Leon Knight and Sam Parkin were regular strike partners at Chelsea, but there will not be much friendly banter between them at Withdean on Saturday.   more...

Cricket: Contract talks on hold

Sussex are putting discussions about new contracts on hold until the end of the season.   more...

Cricket: Sharks off the bottom

Sussex can seldom have endured such a poor one-day season, but their supporters finally had something to savour at Hove.   more...

Cycling: Dennis is new Sussex 25 champ

Steve Dennis has added the Sussex 25-mile championship to his impressive honours list.   more...

Table tennis: Hard work pays off

Horsham took four precious points from as many gruelling matches at Harlow in the first session of the British League premier division.   more...

September 3: Sussex v Middlesex

Sussex can seldom have endured such a poor one-day season, but their supporters finally had something to savour at Hove.   more...

RMJ: Excitement is building

It is difficult not to start getting excited about the Championship now we are just three weeks away from the grand finale.   more...

  
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