Stories for 20 January 2004

The Argus Albion

McGhee won't use final loan

Albion manager Mark McGhee will resist the temptation to use up his last loan signing to solve a headache on the left side of midfield.   more...

The Argus Business

Council chiefs' expenses justified, says watchdog

A watchdog says council directors and senior officials were justified in spending £51,000 on their corporate credit cards in a year.  more...

Skyscraper site set to be ditched

A site earmarked as a possible location for building skyscrapers is likely to be dropped from the list.  more...

Power bills set to rise

Electricity prices for domestic users could rise by three per cent under a new EU-wide emissions trading scheme aimed at curbing global warming.  more...

1.3m recruited online

One in ten people has found a new job via the internet despite concerns over a lack of human response and technical problems, according to a new report.  more...

Scale of Christmas debt rise

About 18.3 million people collectively owe £109.37 billion after seeing their debts rise by eight per cent over Christmas, new research shows.  more...

Bin trials face first setback

A controversial communal bin trial has been postponed in five streets.  more...

Strong start for housing market

The housing market started 2004 on a strong note with average prices rising by more than £2,000 in a week, figures showed yesterday.  more...

Make case for 'offshoring', says union leader

A union leader was today challenging companies to make the business case for switching work to overseas countries, including India.  more...

The Argus News

Eubank promotes healthy eating and burgers

When the NHS wanted a celebrity to promote its new healthy eating and good parenting magazine, Chris Eubank seemed an obvious choice.   more...

Jordan of the jungle

Jordan has been confirmed as one of ten personalities taking part in the new series of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!   more...

Royal pardon sought for cannabis cafe owner

A cannabis campaigner cleared of supplying the drug in a landmark ruling is to seek a royal pardon for a jailed Worthing cafe owner.   more...

Widow's anguish over claim for fortune

Wealthy widow Kim Dawes was broken-hearted when her lover ran off with one of her teenage daughter's best friends.   more...

Birdmen's search for a sponsor

This year's annual Birdman contest in Bognor could be grounded before it begins.   more...

Trial told of Jane's last moments

Jane Longhurst stared into her killer's eyes as he strangled her, a court heard.   more...

Jane trial jurors' visit to storehouse

Jurors in the Jane Longhurst murder trial were taken to see the metal box allegedly used to hide her body.   more...

Farewell to pub landlord

A horse-drawn hearse bearing the coffin of a former landlord made a special stop outside the Worthing pub he once ran.   more...

OAPs' lunch club meat cleaver terror

A maniac brandishing a meat cleaver burst into a Sussex church hall and threatened pensioners at their Sunday lunch.   more...

Man named as Piltdown hoaxer

It has been one of the most intriguing and enduring scientific hoaxes in history, but academics believe they now know who was behind the Piltdown Man scam.   more...

Evil child-killers will never be reformed

After reading the two totally different opinions on whether life should mean life (The Argus, January 17), I suggest Roy Pennington contacts the parents of Holly Wells, Jessica Chapman and Sarah Payne to try to understand the terrible grief all of them have undergone following the loss of their children because of monsters like Ian Huntley and Roy Whiting.  more...

Get a move on

I agree with JS Peters (Letters, January 5) that our city should join the 21st Century and not dwell in the past.  more...

Burglar is jailed

A burglar who woke a sleeping man as he wandered around his home has been jailed for two years.   more...

Court wrangle over fire escape

A crumbling fire escape is at the centre of a dispute between flat-owners and a council.   more...

Goodbye Mr Rottingdean

More than 350 people packed a village church to pay their respects to a man who set up the only parish council within Brighton and Hove after a successful career in merchant banking.   more...

A total loss

Regarding Brighton and Hove City Council's budgetary crisis, I find myself dumbfounded.  more...

Can you dig it?

At last, trench sharing will be seen in Brighton and Hove as part of the Traffic Management Bill now before Parliament (The Argus, January 16).  more...

End of the line

Brighton and Hove City Council has no long-term policy (The Argus, January 14) on public transport.  more...

No parking

For the past few weeks, I have been taking an elderly friend to the Royal Sussex County Hospital to visit her husband, who has had a stroke.  more...

Off the rails

I read with despair the article (The Argus, January 16) that South Central Rail was unwilling to cater for cyclists returning home from this year's London-Brighton bike ride.  more...

Ice to see you

How nice it was to have the temporary Get Your Skates On ice rink at the Brighton Centre open to the public for nine days.  more...

Round the U-bend

Having read the article in The Argus (January 16) about loo awards, I did not know whether to laugh or cry.  more...

OAPs' lunch club meat cleaver terror

A maniac brandishing a meat cleaver burst into an East Sussex church hall and threatened pensioners at their Sunday lunch.   more...

Cliffs body still unidentified

Mystery continues to surround the identity of a man who appears to have been stabbed and bound before being thrown off cliffs.   more...

Diners flee restaurant blaze

A newly-opened Oriental restaurant in Eastbourne was evacuated last night after a fire broke out near the kitchen.   more...

Talks bid over bus strikes

Talks were being held today in a bid to resolve a pay dispute which could lead to further bus strikes.   more...

Royal pardon sought for cannabis cafe owner

A cannabis campaigner cleared of supplying the drug in a landmark ruling is to seek a royal pardon for a jailed Worthing cafe owner.   more...

Man spared jail over Gatwick knife scare

A man who sparked a terrorism scare by arming himself with a knife at Gatwick for a meeting with his estranged wife has escaped a jail sentence.   more...

Park legally, for safety's sake

Why do people keep complaining about traffic wardens?  more...

Behind closed doors

I suspect that by operating a behind-closed-doors policy, the decision has more or less been made about the closure of Hove Library.  more...

Mourning my pet

Do any readers know of a poem regarding the loss of a loved pet?  more...

Thanks for charity cash

I am writing to thank all the people of Sussex who supported Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood (CLIC), the leading children's cancer charity, last year.  more...

Man spared jail over Gatwick knife scare

A man who sparked a terrorism scare by arming himself with a knife at Gatwick for a meeting with his estranged wife has escaped a jail sentence.   more...

Trolleybus film

We are making a video/DVD about trams and trolleybuses in the Hastings/Bexhill area and would like to hear from any reader who has previously unseen footage of trams or trolleybuses and would like to include it in the video.  more...

Ex-JP spared jail over child porn

A former magistrate who downloaded hundreds of child porn pictures from the internet has been spared a jail sentence.   more...

Watchdog clears council chiefs' credit card bills

A watchdog committee says council directors and senior officials were justified in spending £51,000 on their corporate credit cards in a year.   more...

First setback for bins trial

A controversial communal bin trial has been postponed in five streets.   more...

The Argus Sport

Hockey: Beere's clear Chi can beat the drop

Chichester skipper Sam Beere remains confident his side can beat the drop despite a 5-3 defeat at Oxted in a South Premier division one bottom-of-the-table clash.   more...

McGhee won't use final loan

Albion manager Mark McGhee will resist the temptation to use up his last loan signing to solve a headache on the left side of midfield.   more...

Basketball: Snowstorm hits Bears' plans for Euro clash

Brighton Bears' European basketball campaign was close to being blown into turmoil by a Polish snowstorm here today.   more...

Basketball: Key role in Poland for Bears' Alleyne

Andrew Alleyne was today handed a key defensive mission as Brighton Bears aim to prove that revenge is a dish best served ice-cold.   more...

Football: Worthing hope for good cup coverage

Worthing's Sussex Senior Cup clash with Lewes tonight is guaranteed good coverage.   more...

Rugby: Heath hang on for precious victory

Jon Salisbury helped Haywards Heath hang on for a precious National League win, then admitted: "That wasn't pretty."   more...

Rugby: Worthing win comes at a price

Worthing bounced back to winning form in London One but at a potentially high price.   more...

Rugby round-up

Eastbourne threw the ball wide and enjoyed the result of the day in the first round of the Greene King IPA Sussex Trophy.   more...

Football round-up

Gerald Manville has been praised by his Oakwood manager for putting loyalty before money.   more...

Hockey: Southwick battling a downward trend

Southwick are trying to buck the trend. The winners of the Sussex Open League have traditionally struggled after stepping up to Kent/Sussex division one.   more...

Gary Henderson

On January 6, 2004, we reported that Gary Henderson, of Brighton Rugby Club, had refused to give his name to a match referee.   more...

  
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