Stories for 21 January 2004

The Argus Albion

January 20: 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...

January 21: McGhee hopeful for injured duo

Albion manager Mark McGhee today revealed the "huge mental strain' long-term injury victims Simon Rodger and Dean Blackwell are suffering.   more...

The Argus Business

Skyscraper plan is ditched

Plans for a 16-storey skyscraper set to tower over Brighton and Hove have been scrapped.  more...

Park-and-ride plans spark protests

Environmental campaigners have slammed proposals for new park-and-ride sites that will have to be on downland.  more...

Tesco plans major store expansion

Supermarket giant Tesco is planning a massive expansion at one of its flagship Sussex stores.  more...

Small firm goes global

A small Hove-based firm has secured global distribution and marketing rights on a product set to change the way computers look forever.  more...

Tycoons on telly

A TV programme which follows the exploits of Brighton's aspiring business stars has started.  more...

Festival launches sponsor appeal

The organisers of the Brighton Festival are trying to encourage more local businesses to sponsor the arts extravaganza.  more...

Hospital workers' begging letters over parking

Hospital workers are writing begging letters to home owners asking if they can use their driveways to park.  more...

Market set to move

A long-established city centre market will move by the end of the year.  more...

The Argus News

Dad died in fall from ladder

A devoted father died after plunging from a ladder during a routine maintenance job.   more...

Appeal to give Chloe, 3, life-saving op

Support is being rallied to send a young girl to America for life saving cancer treatment.   more...

Picture bid to identify cliffs body

Detectives were today creating an image of the face of a man whose bound body was found at the foot of cliffs.   more...

My big thin Greek wedding

Mother-of-three Jane Eldred is fighting the fat ahead of her sister's big Greek wedding.   more...

People power topples tower

Plans for a 16-storey tower block in Brighton and Hove have been scrapped.   more...

Jane's ex tells of 'special relationship'

Teacher Jane Longhurst never indulged in kinky sex or even talked about it, a former lover told a court today.   more...

Jane defendant tells of two key days

It sounded like an average Saturday afternoon for a young couple in Brighton.   more...

Girls' deaths help raise awareness

It was no surprise that Emma Harris and Alexandra Yates became best friends.   more...

Council seeks cash back over island exiles

Government ministers are refusing to help a cash-strapped council recoup £500,000 it has spent on displaced islanders.   more...

Britain mustn't get stuck in the 1980s

I respect the principled stance Stuart Bower took as a policeman who disagreed with Margaret Thatcher's handling of the miners' strike (Letters, January 16).  more...

Blame game

"I blame the Government" is always an easy thing to say. It is clear that Stuart Bower felt he had been badly let down by the Labour Party and needed to walk away but how can he believe Labour are no more than the Tories in disguise?  more...

Rotunda café to be restored

A park café is to be restored to its former glory.   more...

Going Green

Stuart Bower offers a personal story of the betrayal many traditional Labour voters feel at the right-wing-leaning government of Tony Blair and suggests voters will turn to the Lib Dems in desperation.  more...

Fancy a lift?

Councillor Sue John is now armed with a consultant's report on Hove Library (The Argus, January 17).  more...

Reality check

Christopher Hawtree says local people have folded his "Save Hove Library" posters to read "Save Hove" (Letters, January 19).  more...

Resign now, Ivor

As an ex-soldier I am shocked at the attitude of the Ministry of Defence about the shortages of equipment for British soldiers in Iraq.  more...

I'm no menace

In response to Alan Nunn (Letters, January 17), I am a young atheist but I'm far from being "a menace to society" and "lost and confused".  more...

Public service?

So, South Central cannot even transport a few thousand cyclists to the capital for the annual London to Brighton cycle ride!  more...

Gehry's work is fabulous

The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, designed by architect Frank Gehry, is absolutely fabulous - even more impressive and awe-inspiring than his work in Bilbao.  more...

Picture bid to identify cliffs body

Detectives were today creating an image of the face of a man whose bound body was found at the foot of cliffs.   more...

Hospital workers' begging letters over parking

Hospital workers are writing begging letters to homeowners asking if they can use their driveways to park.   more...

Dad died in fall from ladder

A devoted father died after plunging from a ladder during a routine maintenance job.   more...

Council seeks cash back over island exiles

Government ministers are refusing to help a cash-strapped council recoup £500,000 it has spent on displaced islanders.   more...

On town hall transfer

The problem of Hove Library refuses to go away.  more...

Taxing problem

Give smokers a break. Do people not realise that the tax on our cigarettes is used to prop up the NHS?  more...

Tesco set for major expansion

Supermarket giant Tesco is planning a massive expansion at one of its flagship Sussex stores.   more...

Car hits pedestrian in police chase

A stolen car hit an elderly pedestrian during a ten-minute police chase.   more...

The rabbit who thinks he's a cat

Stanley the Dutch rabbit is having an identity crisis. He has long ears and hops around just like his bunny friends. But he thinks he's a cat.   more...

The Argus Sport

McGhee hopeful for injured duo

Albion manager Mark McGhee today revealed the "huge mental strain' long-term injury victims Simon Rodger and Dean Blackwell are suffering.   more...

Albion Comment: Ian Hart

What's that saying about about bad decisions evening themselves out over the course of a season?   more...

Basketball: Bears' Euro dream is over

Nick Nurse saw his Euro dreams come to an end, then declared: "My players could not have given anymore."   more...

Basketball: Sopot 88 Bears 76

They made plans to take care of Goran Jagodnik, they plotted to keep playmaker Andrzej Pluta under wraps.   more...

Ryman (South): Worthing 2 Lewes 1

Worthing manager Alan Pook believes last night's Sussex Senior Cup win against Lewes was down to the number of local players in his team.   more...

Dr Martens: Crawley: 1 Welling 0

An 88th minute goal by substitute Charlie MacDonald earned Crawley a narrow victory over Welling at Broadfield Stadium and a place in the Dr Martens League Cup quarter-final after.   more...

Sussex Senior Cup: T Bridges 2 E Grinstead 2

A last minute equaliser from skipper Dave Gellatly earned East Grinstead a home replay after a pulsating third round tie at Three Bridges.   more...

Youth Golf: Sussex ace hopes to emulate US star

A Sussex champion has been inspired to follow in the footsteps of teenage sensation Michelle Wie.   more...

Youth Athletics: Browning wins for country

Charlotte Browning made a winning debut for England under-18s as she helped her country win an indoor international against Holland and Belgium in Ghent.   more...

Youth Football: Business man helps African kids

A Sussex businessmen has helped a group of African children set up their own football team.   more...

  
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