Stories for 31 October 2005

The Argus Business

Club faces closure over licensing regulations

A music venue which helped propel the likes of Fatboy Slim and Coldplay to fame could be facing closure.   more...

Fresh bid for £200m sewage station

A utility firm has been warned it will have to fight for the land it needs for a £200 million waste water treatment plant.   more...

Fair Trade award listing

Campaigners aiming to achieve Fair Trade status for their town have been shortlisted for a national community award.   more...

The Argus News

Freerunners fear TV blow

The team hoping to win £50,000 in a live television contest for a new urban playground claims its bid has been sabotaged.   more...

Bonfire societies stage two dazzling firework displays

The streets were ablaze with light and colour as hundreds of revellers celebrated the 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes' failed attempts to blow up the Houses of Parliament.   more...

Double amputee tackles the New York marathon

A woman who lost both her legs to meningitis is preparing to leave the UK to take part in the New York Marathon.   more...

Jenkins to face court

Former deputy headteacher Sion Jenkins was today facing the start of his third trial for the alleged murder of his teenage foster daughter Billie-Jo.   more...

Support grows for detainee

House of Commons support for Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes is growing.   more...

Honouring a true Starr drag queen

A tribute night will be held to honour a popular drag artiste who performed all over the world.   more...

Five killed in car crash

Friends and relatives of five teenagers killed in one of the worst car crashes seen in Sussex have described their loss as a tragic waste of young lives.   more...

Celebrations as fans toast new home

It was party time at Withdean stadium as Albion fans toasted the historic decision to press ahead with a stadium at Falmer.   more...

Estates toast success of crime crackdown

A community organisation's crackdown on antisocial behaviour is leading to a nuisance neighbour being evicted every 16 weeks.   more...

Woodland protesters swamped by police

Protesters were confronted by police in riot gear as they staged a demonstration against hundreds of trees being cut down to make way for houses.   more...

Injured passenger kicked by bus thug

A woman with a dislocated knee was left crying and in pain when a drunken thug kicked her leg on a bus while other passengers looked away.   more...

Car owners fear loss of street parking spaces

Residents are concerned about a plan to reorganise parking, some fearing the shake-up will force them to park away from their own streets.   more...

Bus crashes into couple's lounge

A homeowner was woken with a start when a bus crashed into his living room.   more...

Strictly no early starts

Newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky will be enjoying the first of many lie-ins today after beginning work on a later show.   more...

College tunes in to a £1 million bonanza

A prestigious public school has been gifted £1 million for a new music suite.   more...

The Argus News Extra

Letter: Council tax is unfair but find the right alternative

Council tax is certainly unfair but supporters of the Is it Fair? campaign against the tax should think more carefully about the implications of what they are proposing.  more...

Letter: Wrong questions

Yesterday I received a leaflet from Brighton and Hove City Council's "specialist consultants" JMP Consulting, who have been tasked by the council to undertake a review of the Area H (Royal Sussex County Hospital) parking scheme.  more...

Letter: Stand united

Many thanks to Jean Calder and The Argus for her excellent article on the United Nations (October 23).  more...

Letter: Live export rears its ugly head again

In the still of the night as the country slept, a convoy of 21 overcrowded lorries carrying more than 9,000 severely distressed live sheep were exported from Dover for the beginning of their long and arduous journey to an unknown end somewhere on the Continent.  more...

Letter: Wear your poppy with pride

This year is the 84th anniversary of the Royal British Legion. During those years, the Poppy Appeal has helped fund the legion's work to deliver a caring service for the benefit of the ex-service community since 1921.  more...

Letter: Protecting choice

The Landsdowne Hotel has been in my family for more than 30 years.  more...

Letter: Breath of fresh air

It was nice to read that the Evans Halshaw Ford garage in Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, helped East Sussex Wildlife Rescue by repairing its animal ambulance (The Argus, October 20).  more...

Letter: Take it back

Following Walter Wolfgang's ejection from the Labour Party conference by the heavies, Tony Blair made an apology.  more...

Letter: Sex education

Mr and Mrs Emerson kindly took the trouble to write to complain that a proposed sex shop in Worthing would promote "the wrong kind of sex" (Letters, October 25).  more...

Letter: Cruel to ducks

As Brighton and Hove City Council watered hanging baskets through the water shortage, why can't it also let the duck pond in Queen's Park have water?  more...

Letter: Thank you

The other day, my son lost his wallet in Portslade village on his way to college.  more...

Letter: Show's not over

I am writing in response to your article on the protest held on October 13 against the park-and-ride proposals for Brighton.  more...

Letter: A strange way to rid us of weapons

As readers will remember, Walter Wolfgang was forcibly ejected from the recent Labour Party Conference in Brighton for saying "nonsense" in the context of the Government's defence policy.  more...

Letter: All I see is a big lack of commitment

It was with an ironic smile that I read the article in which the new principal of Northbrook College spoke of his commitment to education in the Adur district (The Argus, October 8).  more...

The Argus Sport

Dean on the goal trail again

Dean Hammond is targeting another scoring spree after celebrating Albion's thumbs-up for Falmer with his first goal for 13 games.   more...

Dean on the goal trail again

Dean Hammond is targeting another scoring spree after celebrating Albion's thumbs-up for Falmer with his first goal for 13 games.   more...

French ace stars on Albion's day of celebration

Sebastien Carole has revealed the Latin influences behind the dribbling skills which lit up Withdean's day of celebration.   more...

Match report: Albion 1 Ipswich 1

Albion chairman Dick Knight, adapting a well-worn football phrase, was "over Jupiter" when the green light was given for Falmer.   more...

Business as usual after special visit

Dick Knight made a special visit to the training ground on Friday after John Prescott gave Albion some news to shout about.   more...

Basketball: Nurse in a race against time to bolster the Bears

Nick Nurse is facing a race against time to make the signings he needs to save his team's season.   more...

The Argus The Guide

Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Corn Exchange, Brighton, Monday, October 31

Mothering both camp pop-crooner Rufus Wainwright and his equally talented sister Martha (both playing in Brighton next month) should be enough to get any woman a lifetime's achievement award for services to music.   more...

The Rivals, Theatre Royal, Brighton, October 31 - November 5

"If someone plays a concerto on one instrument, you get the tune, and that's lovely,' says Stephanie Cole. "But if the entire orchestra plays it, you get the whole spectrum of notes. I think that's the triumph of this production - we have all the notes."   more...

Fatboy Slim, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton

Fatboy Slim should be RIP. His populist party tunes, which were the soundtrack to so many top nights in the Nineties, seem as outdated as keying in your own mobile phone ringtone now we're in the Noughties.   more...

Nine Black Alps, Concorde 2, Brighton

On paper I wouldn't go to see this band in a million years. Melodic grunge-pop is their thing, apparently, but it's certainly not mine.   more...

Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Corn Exchange, Brighton

Spansih Harlem Orchestra were men of great volume, in terms of both sound and stage presence.   more...