Stories for 19 March 2004

The Argus Albion

March 19: McGhee switches focus to midfield

Albion manager Mark McGhee today said he may look to sign a midfielder rather than a striker before next week's transfer deadline.   more...

The Argus Business

Fresh image is key to future success

A digital imaging company is eyeing up the lucrative telecoms market after launching a ground-breaking piece of technology.  more...

Housing policy helps cut city homeless figures

Housing projects have helped cut the number of homeless people in Brighton and Hove by 16 per cent.  more...

MPs battle to win GM debate

Millionaire MP Gregory Barker may not be a typical eco-rebel but he now has a leading role in challenging the Government over genetically modified (GM) crops.  more...

Protest pays off for city cabbies

Taxi drivers have won their campaign to prevent an unlimited number of cabs on city streets.  more...

Aga lifts target after landmark year

Kitchen equipment group Aga Foodservice today set a new target of selling 15,000 cookers a year by 2006.  more...

Design deal

Flourishing graphic design agency Talking Design, based in Worthing, has taken over Littlehampton-based Headwest.  more...

Cracking idea

Dozens of sick children can look forward to Easter after a group of small firms donated chocolate eggs.  more...

Rents edge up

Office rents in Brighton and Hove are reaching record levels, mainly because of high demand.  more...

The Argus News

Families' fury at nurse-killer's sentence

The devastated mother of a young woman killed in a car crash has vowed she will be waiting for the driver when he is released from jail.   more...

Sunday night of pleasure ended in tragedy

It was a Sunday evening in October when three young women clambered into a red Mini called Benny.   more...

Travers: We have suffered as well

Graham Travers knows from bitter personal experience how dangerous drivers can shatter lives.   more...

Housing policy helps cut city homeless figures

Housing projects have helped cut the number of homeless people in Brighton and Hove by 16 per cent.   more...

Beggars can make up to £70 each day

Beggars make up to £70 a day on the streets of Brighton and Hove and most spend it on heroin, it has been claimed.   more...

Protest pays off for city cabbies

Taxi drivers have won their campaign to prevent an unlimited number of cabs on city streets.   more...

Funeral held for Brit skydiver

The funeral of newsreader Carol Barnes' daughter Clare, killed in a parachute accident, was held in Australia today.   more...

Van clue to body in barrel killing

Detectives believe they are close to solving the murder of a Jamaican man who was stabbed to death and pushed over a 450ft cliff in a barrel at Beachy Head.   more...

MPs battle to win GM debate

Millionaire MP Gregory Barker may not be a typical eco-rebel but he now has a leading role in challenging the Government over genetically modified (GM) crops.   more...

Refused bus pass for not being Catholic

Schoolboy Harry Mishon has been told he cannot have a bus pass to go to his Roman Catholic school because he is not a Catholic.   more...

Tories did nothing for women or gays

In your article on the "New generation of Tories" (The Argus, March 15), David Gold, the Conservative candidate for Brighton Pavilion, says "the suggestion the average age of the Tory Party is over 65 was true five years ago but I don't think that's the case now".  more...

You don't care

My wife and I visited Brighton on Sunday, March 7.  more...

Strange priorities

I am writing to advise of two separate instances I have encountered at the bottom of St James's Street over the past couple of weekends.  more...

Sign too sexy for drinkers

A saucy bar name which raised concern among police has been ditched after the venue remained almost empty every night.   more...

Drink is a drug

Jean Calder (The Argus, March 13) is right to highlight the huge anomaly between people's attitudes to drug dependency and abuse and widespread tolerance of alcohol abuse.  more...

Let's clean up

When are we going to wake up and do something about graffiti and litter around Brighton and Hove?  more...

Don't miss megabus opportunity

Last week I caught the megabus four times and had a very enjoyable journey each time.  more...

No easy answer

In response to Selma Montford's views on traffic in Western Road (Letters, March 17), there are no simple solutions and the impact of buses serving outlying parts of the city has to be sensitively and safely catered for in this central area through which many currently pass - but without reducing the viability or safety of our community.  more...

All about money

The controlled parking zone in Brighton and Hove continues to expand.  more...

MOT scam mechanic fined

A mechanic has been fined for an MOT scam which could have left dangerous cars on the streets.   more...

Helping hand

I read with interest your article on Brighton and Hove setting up a hotline to enable disabled people to report issues with regard to their taxi services (The Argus, March 8).  more...

Celeb hairdresser's new reality TV show

Sharp suits, sharp tongues and sharp scissors are required for a place in the latest reality TV show.   more...

Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw

David Pritchard, from Southwick, complains that two of his favourite pages in Weekend - gardening and walks - have only appeared in black and white since the launch of the new Argus.   more...

Don't be put off

I read with horror the letters from Julian Henley and Chuck Odom (March 16), who describe receiving abusive and threatening letters after having letters published on these pages.  more...

Double standards

Your article asking "Should you be allowed to take the kids on holiday during the school term" (The Argus, March 15) coincidentally appeared on the same day that my children were off school for teacher training.  more...

Good luck

If Bentley Wildfowl museum was to close, it would be a terrible shame.  more...

Control your dogs

I am writing to complain about the dog-walkers in Manor Park, Broadwater, Worthing, who have no control over their dogs whatsoever.  more...

My first painting sold for £200 in hours

Victoria Boarer has only been a serious artist since January but her first painting was bought just hours after it went on sale.   more...

Labour should quit nannying us

Warren Morgan (Letters, March 9) uses statistics to support his defence of the Government's reliance on speed cameras to penalise motorists and raise stealth taxes to fund the Chancellor's out-of-control spending habit.  more...

The Argus Sport

Hockey: Grinstead shake-up

East Grinstead player-coach Kwan Browne is pondering changes ahead of this weekend's double-header in National League division two.   more...

McGhee switches focus to midfield

Albion manager Mark McGhee today said he may look to sign a midfielder rather than a striker before next week's transfer deadline.   more...

Dr Martens: Hillians boss defiant

Gary Croydon insists he has no regrets about taking Burgess Hill out of the County League.   more...

Racing: Magical Festival for the Moores

Not even the defeat of Adopted Hero and Zimbabwe in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday could bring Gary Moore off cloud nine.   more...

Dr Martens: Harkin blow for Reds

Mo Harkin will miss the rest of Crawley's title run-in after X-rays showed he fractured a leg during Tuesday night's 6-1 win against Hednesford.   more...

Non-League: In Brief

Lewes have lost defender Joe Vines for up to a month.   more...

Speedway: Eagles want flying start

Eastbourne Eagles fans might need reminding they are supposed to be supporting the riders wearing the red and blue helmets at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night.   more...

Table Tennius: Wesl;ey's still top man

Wesley Bush-Harris has retained the Brighton Championship.   more...

Cycling: Rudkin moves up a gear

Nick Rudkin, fifth last year, stepped up a gear to win the 16-mile Hardrider's time trial which heralded the start of the East Sussex CA season.   more...

Golf: Hastings to go under hammer

Hastings GC is up for auction at Brighton's Grand Hotel on April 7.   more...

Rugby: Heath skipper set to return

Alex Meredith insists he is fit and ready to go as Haywards Heath face arguably their biggest game of the season.   more...

  
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