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Stories for 24 February 2004

The Argus Albion

The day Albion faced Madrid

When David Beckham and his team-mates stroll out for tonight's Champions League quarter-final, Simon Steele will afford himself a wry smile. more...

Jake set for star role

Albion manager Mark McGhee today backed teenager Jake Robinson to fill the boots of 21-goal Leon Knight. more...

The Argus Business

Virgin plans jobs boost

Virgin Atlantic plans to recruit hundreds of workers at Gatwick airport and pump £50 million into expanding its fleet. more...

£3m to sort out mail centre

Royal Mail chiefs are hoping a £3 million sorting machine will run as smoothly as the England rugby team. more...

Workers axed as firm's debts spiral

An electrical company has been forced to lay off staff because of spiralling debts - just six years after boasting of a £4.5 million turnover. more...

Racecourse canters to success

Once it was a track for low-grade handicaps where the handful of punters who bothered to show up missed the last stages of each race because of the fog. more...

Buoyant housing market boosts Wimpey profits surge

Housebuilder George Wimpey today said annual profits soared 32% to a new record following a year of continuing growth across its operations. more...

Pru profits tumble

Insurance giant Prudential reported a sharp fall in 2003 profits today after feeling the pressure from a gruelling year in the industry. more...

Whitbread upbeat over sales

Leisure giant Whitbread remained upbeat about its prospects today after reporting "encouraging" sales in its key markets. more...

BA plans new bonus scheme

British Airways is drawing up a bonus scheme for its 47,000-strong workforce after a previous incentive plan was scrapped as the company battled recession. more...

The Argus Health

Food to keep you young

"Ageing in itself is not a bad thing, it's everything that comes with it." more...

How safe is sushi?

Japanese sushi is becoming an increasingly popular alternative fish dish and there are now at least six Japanese restaurants and food bars in Brighton and Hove. more...

The Argus News

Strike hits bin rounds

Brighton and Hove's bin rounds were in chaos today after some 300 dustmen downed tools in support of a senior union rep who was marched off-site. more...

Cabbies bring city to a halt

More than 100 taxis paraded slowly along the seafront sounding their horns today in protest at plans to relax rules governing the trade. more...

Police unaware of killer's court case

Sussex Police are trying to find records of a charge against killer Graham Coutts five years before he murdered Jane Longhurst. more...

Heritage at stake, warn church axe opponents

A leading conservation group has condemned a report which recommends closing more than a dozen historic churches. more...

Uni lecturers join strike

Lecturers joined picket lines outside Sussex and Brighton universities today as part of a national strike against proposed pay reforms. more...

Battle over anti-war votes in Sussex

A battle has broken out between rival anti-war parties vying for seats in Europe. more...

Vanished refugees inquiry

The Government has ordered an investigation into revelations by The Argus that two asylum-seekers were told to make their own way to a detention centre. more...

Jilted husband jailed for car rage attack

A police worker who mowed down his wife and her lover in a jealous rage has been jailed for four years. more...

Workers axed as firm's debts spiral

An electrical company has been forced to lay off staff because of spiralling debts - just six years after boasting of a £4.5 million turnover. more...

Political rivals in war of words

A councillor has been accused of saying it would be easier not to employ disabled people. more...

This council does want to make A27 safer

There is much in the letter from Tim Fellows (19 February) with which I agree but I must make a few points. more...

What a surprise

Have I missed something? Our seafront is congested with cars? more...

While the concerns of residents in Upper Gloucester Road are understandable and Peter Bailey may not be in seventh heaven (Letters, February 17), the number 7 bus (which has been going for 17 years) has many uses. more...

Yellow peril

I usually have huge admiration for bus drivers in Brighton and Hove - until now. more...

Stop the stigma

I thought giving free fruit and veg to the poor (The Argus, February 16) was a wonderful idea until I came to the part about how it was to be given out. more...

Let's have a congestion charge too

As a resident who cares about the environment, I was disappointed to read that Brighton and Hove City Council will not be considering introducing a congestion charge in Brighton and Hove, despite the success of the scheme in London, which has reduced traffic in the city centre by 50,000 trips a day. more...

Frog march

Adjacent to Alfriston and just a stone's throw from the Long Man of Wilmington lies the tiny village of Litlington where you can find one of England's smallest churches, possessing just a handful of pews. more...

Bin Big Brother

What is happening to this country of ours? Is Big Brother taking over? more...

My right to peace

I object to the proposed change of use planning application for 72 High Street, Brighton, to a musical classroom for the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. more...

Vanished refugees inquiry

The Government has ordered an investigation into revelations by The Argus that two asylum-seekers were told to make their own way to a detention centre. more...

Council chief probe costs stay secret

A council is refusing to reveal the cost of a secret investigation into its chief executive. more...

Racecourse canters to success

Once it was a track for low-grade handicaps where the handful of punters who bothered to show up missed the last stages of each race because of the fog. more...

Undemocratic

It is sad to see criminal behaviour being resorted to in order to make the point about the new wheelie bins. more...

Out of proportion

So, Councillor Ken Bodfish accuses Councillor Avril Older of supporting vandals when she commented that two proposed statues in Connaught Road, Hove, will probably be vandalised (Letters, February 21). more...

Home from home

My father has had Alzheimers for the past six years. more...

Waterhall was an option for Albion

I think anthem writer Simon Cox (The Argus, February 21) has shot himself in the foot and doesn't agree with many Albion supporters. Shouldn't the last lines be? : more...

The Brits, as others see us

A new book by two Brighton language teachers gives foreign visitors a less-than-flattering introduction to life in Britain. more...

Hapless moggy down to four lives

Like his gormless namesake, Baldrick the cat has endured his fair share of misfortune. more...

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