Stories for 25 March 2004

The Argus Albion

March 25: Reserves throw it away

Albion Reserves threw away a 2-0 lead as they crashed 4-2 at Northampton Town in their latest Pontin's Holidays League clash yesterday afternoon.   more...

March 25: Knights turns up heat on Owls' boss

Leon Knight turned the heat up on Chris Turner again today by claiming he has only himself to blame for the mess Sheffield Wednesday find themselves in.   more...

March 25: McGhee's on to a winner

Tim Cahill today revealed Albion are "on to a winner" with Paul Reid.   more...

The Argus Business

Sussex police to be sky marshals

Armed Sussex Police officers will board planes at Gatwick as sky marshals to combat terrorism.  more...

Estate agents back call to curb industry

Estate agents have supported calls for tougher regulation after a watchdog highlighted limited price competition and dissatisfaction from people buying and selling homes.  more...

Conference centre demolition delayed

The demolition of the Brighton Centre will be delayed for 12 months while a substitute venue is built.  more...

Market towns blighted by blandness

With their picture postcard cottages and cobbled streets, Sussex's market towns are held to be the epitome of rural Englishness.  more...

Morrison's deal gives Waitrose more space

Supermarket group Waitrose is to increase its selling space by 20% after unveiling a deal today to buy 19 stores from Morrisons.  more...

Phone giant unveils free calls deal

Telecoms group Carphone Warehouse turned up the heat on rival BT today by unveiling a free calls offer to users of its fixed-line service.  more...

Ottakar's maintains profits growth

Book retailer Ottakar's kept up its record of 20% annual profits growth today after benefiting from its acquisition of the Hammicks chain.  more...

Business champion dies, 98

Alfred Heald, a chartered accountant who spent 22 years as secretary of the Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce, has died aged 98.  more...

The Argus News

Sussex police to be sky marshals

Armed Sussex Police officers will board planes at Gatwick as sky marshals to combat terrorism.   more...

Chipshop man in police assault claim

A fish and chip restaurant owner has accused police of violently arresting him when he was innocent of any crime.   more...

Conference centre demolition delayed

The demolition of the Brighton Centre will be delayed for 12 months while a substitute venue is built.   more...

Sword attack vigilantes jailed

Two vigilantes who started a street fight in which a man was fatally wounded with a samurai sword have been jailed.   more...

City library is saved

Hove library has been saved. City councillors say the building donated by Andrew Carnegie almost a century ago should stay as it is.   more...

Appeal body quashes bulk of parking fines

Two-thirds of the drivers who took their appeals against parking tickets in Brighton and Hove to the highest level have won their fight.   more...

Market towns blighted by blandness

With their picture postcard cottages and cobbled streets, Sussex's market towns are held to be the epitome of rural Englishness.   more...

Gumbusters move in to clean city streets

The pavements are sealed off with warning signs, the air filled with mist from the specialist equipment being used by men in heavy overalls.   more...

We would bve careful with taxpayers' money

Boy, oh boy, are the feathers ruffled at Brighton Labour Party HQ.  more...

Bramble patch dispute costs couple £110k

A couple have been left with a £110,000 legal bill after losing a court wrangle over a small patch of scrubland worth £1,000.   more...

Low cost Labour

David Gold's letter (March 19) is the usual rather overheated blend of Tory soundbites, spin and personal attacks instead of a debate about the facts.  more...

Unfit for office

Oft time Tory candidate David Gold's letter (March 19) is clear proof that he is not fit for office.  more...

Forget Dre, Euro MP is in da house

She's more at home with the ballot box than the beat box but a 43-year-old Euro MP is bidding to become rap's latest star.   more...

Badge blues

Teri Knight having to physically prove that she is disabled to one of the city's parking attendants I find astonishing (The Argus, March 23).  more...

Fine abusers

With all the correspondence concerning parking, I am surprised that no-one has written about the emotive subject of blue badges and disabled parking.  more...

Is a blue badge for life?

I read with interest the article about Ms Teri Knight (The Argus, March 23) who was questioned over the validity of her disability badge.  more...

Golden days of the Shrimps

Your article (The Argus, March 23) on "Pom-Pom" Whiting's First World War medals reminds me of stories of his skill.  more...

First class buses

We all need reliable public transport and this has failed in many areas with one exception - the bus service in Brighton and Hove. This leads me to why buses may run late and why sometimes drivers look dismayed.  more...

Skydive partner tells of tragedy

The boyfriend of tragic skydiver Clare Barnes has spoken for the first time of their final moments together.   more...

No sympathy

I find it very difficult to have sympathy for the families of the three girls that were given a lift by Graham Travers on that fateful Sunday evening in October.  more...

Chipshop man in police assault claim

A fish and chip restaurant owner has accused police of violently arresting him when he was innocent of any crime.   more...

Landlady resigns after anti-pub campaign

The battle lines were drawn - on one side the pub landlady and her faithful regulars, on the other the neighbours who claimed the noisy tavern was ruining their lives.   more...

Students in line for £3.8m centre

A £3.8 million centre for students with special needs has been planned.   more...

I saved historic church after rave

The custodian of an empty church has revealed it may have had a secret underground passage to a nearby pub and boasted Queen Victoria's aunt among its congregation.   more...

Who decides?

The front page and four more pages of The Argus last Friday were about a young man who had been given a five-year prison sentence for killing two young women and seriously injuring a third.  more...

Cheaper dating

Seventy pounds to join Kids No Object (The Argus, March 18)? Not likely.  more...

Spend sensibly

I refer to your article on a dating agency called Kids No Object.  more...

Too expensive

I'm a single mum and read your article on that dating agency with amazement.  more...

For sale - John Lennon's toilet seat

Imagine perching your posterior where a rock 'n' roll legend sat and pondered some of the most popular songs in music history.   more...

Check women too

As a single father trying to bring up a nine-year-old boy I have difficulty finding a new partner and decided to take a look at Kids No Object.  more...

Radio fame is music to band's ears

An unsigned band from Brighton will battle for fame in a nationwide radio voting contest.   more...

Friendship force

As a member of the Friendship Force of Sussex I've had some wonderful experiences making friends around the world.  more...

Ulrika is fit to be mum of the year

So, Lynn Daly thinks the fact that Ulrika Jonsson has had three children and each has a different father, as well as having other boyfriends in the past, makes her a bad mother, does she?  more...

The Argus Sport

McGhee's on to a winner

Tim Cahill today revealed Albion are "on to a winner" with Paul Reid.   more...

Reserves throw it away

Albion Reserves threw away a 2-0 lead as they crashed 4-2 at Northampton Town in their latest Pontin's Holidays League clash yesterday afternoon.   more...

Knights turns up heat on Owls' boss

Leon Knight turned the heat up on Chris Turner again today by claiming he has only himself to blame for the mess Sheffield Wednesday find themselves in.   more...

Basketball: Bears can wrap up title

Kendrick Warren is convinced his former club can help Brighton Bears clinch the British League title this weekend.   more...

  
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