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Stories for 13 May 2004

The Argus Albion

May 13: McGhee hopes for better luck

If the law of averages has anything to do with it then Mark McGhee is surely about to guide Albion past Swindon to the play-off final at Cardiff.   more...

May 13: Coppell tips Albion for Cardiff

Steve Coppell today backed Albion to come through the play-off battle between his two former clubs.   more...

The Argus Business

Jobs promised in spy planes bid

Thales, the French defence company, will create a new British-based company to manufacture unmanned spy planes for the Royal Air Force.  more...

Punctuation bestseller boosts group's profits

Sales of Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots And Leaves helped boost sales at Ottakar's book shop.  more...

Unemployment reaches record low

The Prime Minister led praise of the UK's jobs record after new figures showed unemployment had reached a new low and more people were in work than for decades.  more...

Housing boom set to turn

Booming growth in house prices is set for a sharp slowdown during the next two years, the Bank of England has forecast.  more...

£100m airport bridge to roll into place

Space shuttle technology will be used to roll a £100 million bridge into position at Gatwick airport this weekend.  more...

Gas operations lifts BOC profits

Industrial gases group BOC today said a strong performance from its global gases operations had helped it post an 18.5% rise in half yearly operating profits to £273.8 million.  more...

Jobs boost at supermarket giant

Supermarket chain Asda said today it would create 4,300 jobs in the UK by the end of this year.  more...

Bright outlook for lastminute.com

Online retailer lastminute.com said today it was confident of another year of improvement after making "significant progress" in the second quarter.  more...

The Argus Leisure

Theatre: Probably Wanstead E11

Sussex Arts Club, Ship Street, Brighton, Until Saturday May 15 plus May 20-22   more...

Music: Eddi Reader

Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton, Thursday May 13   more...

The Argus News

Sussex hospital crash drama

A woman's car roared through the grounds of a hospital, leaving a 200-metre trail of destruction before crashing into an 11,000-volt power plant.   more...

Public schools urged to seek state partners

Education secretary Charles Clarke has paid tribute to Brighton College head Anthony Seldon but rejected his ideas to overhaul schools' funding.   more...

£100m airport bridge to roll into place

Space shuttle technology will be used to roll a £100 million bridge into position at Gatwick airport this weekend.   more...

Nurse refused maternity leave

A nurse wants to take legal action against a hospital which has refused to give her maternity pay despite her eight years' service.   more...

Mum vows to continue MMR fight

A mother who believes her sons were harmed by the controversial MMR vaccine has accused a drug company of trying to bully her into dropping a legal action.   more...

Whitehawk boy, 9, shot in eye

A boy of nine may lose his sight in one eye after being shot by a ball-bearing (BB) gun sold to a child at a car boot sale.   more...

Spider-Man blames police for gridlock

A father who dressed as Spider-Man during a crane-top protest accused police of trying to turn the public against him by closing roads.   more...

Letter: Why replace this beauty with a block of flats?

National Heritage are investing in retaining the splendor of the Victorian rose garden in the southernmost corner of Preston Park.  more...

Letter: Pure lunacy

I note with dismay that "despite the objections of neighbours" Brighton and Hove City Council has approved plans for the building of 50 flats on land occupied by the houses known as Preston Place, situated at the junction of Preston Park Avenue and Stanford Avenue, Brighton.  more...

Letter: Keep it down

I am absolutely incensed by the comments made in The Argus regarding noise issues associated with the Brighton Festival.  more...

Albion fans in Prescott mask campaign

The Argus is teaming up with Albion supporters to urge the Deputy Prime Minister to approve plans for a new stadium by filling a football ground with John Prescotts.   more...

Letter: What's the fuss?

I refer to your article (The Argus, May 10) about the Brighton Festival Club being silenced.  more...

What's Swindon got?

A town called Swindon is all that stands between Brighton and Hove Albion and the glory of the play-off final with the chance of promotion to Division One.   more...

Letter: Railway racket

The construction of Hove station's new depot keeps residents awake all night (The Argus, May 6).  more...

Letter: Loyal fan

I was interested to read about the so-called supporter "Marathon match fan" Bill Arnold (The Argus, May 5).  more...

Letter: Buses enriched me

Having recently purchased a superb book, The Streets Of Brighton, featuring Brighton's buses of yesteryear, I realise how privileged I was, as a young boy living off Coombe Road in the early 1950s, to be surrounded by all those glorious red and cream buses!  more...

Letter: It's the way he tells 'em

I was stunned by Frankie Taggart's review of Tina C's performance at the Spiegeltent (The Argus, May 10).  more...

The curse of Patching Village

Villagers believe a wealthy landowner has put a curse on them in a row over a footpath.   more...

Letter: We're well read

In response to your article "Worrying drop in demand" (The Argus, April 29), happily, libraries are bucking the trend in Brighton and Hove.  more...

£100m airport bridge to roll into place

Space shuttle technology will be used to roll a £100 million bridge into position at Gatwick airport this weekend.   more...

Trench death inquiry

A post-mortem examination is due to be held on a man who was crushed to death when the trench he was in collapsed.   more...

Letter: Order of the bath

Chris Horlock was right about the Corporation Slipper Baths (Letters, May 5).  more...

Letter: Amnesty thanks

Brighton and Hove Amnesty International group would like to thank all of those who made our Brighton Festival event at the Open House pub on May 7 possible.  more...

Letter: Late baptism

Chris Payne is quite right to say St Paul was not baptised until well after his second birthday (The Argus, May 6).  more...

I hate shed so I bought company

Mark Alterman hated his garden shed so much he took a leaf out of Victor Kiam's book and bought the company.   more...

The Argus Sport

Coppell tips Albion for Cardiff

Steve Coppell today backed Albion to come through the play-off battle between his two former clubs.   more...

McGhee hopes for better luck

If the law of averages has anything to do with it then Mark McGhee is surely about to guide Albion past Swindon to the play-off final at Cardiff.   more...

Cricket: Goodwin may have Sussex future

Murray Goodwin has been cleared to extend his Sussex career after the counties threw out proposals to reduce the number of overseas players.   more...

Cricket: Sussex hand out harsh lesson

Matt Prior's unbeaten double hundred and a debut century by Luke Wright pulled Sussex around after Loughborough UCCE were threatening to embarrass them at Hove.   more...

Speedway: Eagles lose bonus in thriller

Eastbourne Eagles failed to grab their first Elite League bonus point of the season in a dramatic finish at Peterborough last night.   more...

Basketball: Sussex hopeful has sights on US

Andy Smith is convinced he can resurrect his college basketball career after seeing the American dream turn sour.   more...

  
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