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Stories for 13 April 2005

The Argus Business

Monorail's energy is in the team behind it

The team behind plans for a £10 million seafront monorail announced today it would run on the same amount of electricity needed for a simple phone call.   more...

Community projects told funding will continue

Directors from a £47 million project to revitalise deprived housing estates have reassured residents much of their work would continue after the money runs out.   more...

Anniversary salon takes to the road

Hairdressers Dean and Kevin Colburn wanted to come up with something a bit different to celebrate 25 years in business.   more...

The Argus News

Drugs link in crash which killed eight

A driver was speeding and swerving moments before he and seven others died in a crash on the A23, an inquest heard today.   more...

School's out but can be yours for £3.75m

A magnificent former country school once attended by the great and good of Sussex society is for sale at almost £4 million.   more...

Organiser of brutal cockfight is jailed

A 54-year-old man has been jailed for 90 days for organising a brutal and bloody cockfight.   more...

Cigs sale operation is a total success

Every shop targeted in a trading standards operation refused to sell cigarettes to an underage person.   more...

Curb on seabed dredging is urged

Concerns are growing among environmentalists about the dredging of seabeds on the south coast which could devastate eco-systems.   more...

Cathedral Mass to remember the Pope

A congregation gathered for a Solemn Requiem Mass to pay homage to Pope John Paul II at Arundel Cathedral on Monday night.   more...

Polar explorer struggling to beat record

Polar explorer Tom Avery is facing brutal conditions as he treks towards the North Pole.   more...

Greens' chief cleared in airport leak storm

Green councillor Keith Taylor has been cleared of giving confidential information about the expansion of Shoreham airport to the press.   more...

Home price rises spread

House prices across the county are rocketing because home buyers have been forced into the countryside by Brighton and Hove's overheated property market.   more...

Police concern at fall in special constables

The number of special constables serving with Sussex Police has more than halved in eight years.   more...

Dangerous toy guns are banned from market stalls

Traders selling ball bearing guns are being banned from a Bank Holiday market.   more...

Monorail's energy is all in team behind it

The team behind plans for a £10 million seafront monorail announced today it would run on the same amount of electricity needed for a simple phone call.   more...

Bonfire society to go ahead with pope effigy

A bonfire society has paid tribute to Pope John Paul II but is continuing with plans to torch a historical pontiff's effigy.   more...

Boy of 15 accused of £3 million school fire

A boy of 15 has appeared in court accused in connection with a £3 million arson attack at a secondary school.   more...

Lawyer in toughest cases dies at 64

The lawyer who defended paedophile Russell Bishop during the Babes in the Wood trial has died, aged 64.   more...

Lord takes helm in historic role to guard ports

Former Armed Forces chief Admiral Lord Boyce has been installed as the new Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.   more...

Trust criticised for the way it cut waiting lists

A hospital trust has been criticised for its handling of patients waiting for operations.   more...

Testing time for taxi drivers

Taxi drivers will be brushing up on their motoring skills when a tough new testing system is introduced.   more...

Education chief loses out on union post

The man in charge of children's education in Brighton and Hove will stay on in his post after he lost an election to head a teachers' union.   more...

The Argus News Extra

Letter: Brighton the best place to bring up children?

An article published on the Brighton and Hove City NHS website on July 27, 2004, confirmed my decision that Brighton was the right place to bring up my children.  more...

Letter: Quiet round here

with reference to the plan to build a waste transfer station in Hollingdean, I am extremely concerned as I live close to the site, on Round Hill.  more...

Letter: Little innocents

Along with other children, parents and teachers, we are not ready for a waste depot to be built so close to our schools.  more...

Letter: Not good enough

I thank Mr Collis, projects director at Onyx, for responding to my letter about the proposed transfer site at Hollingdean Lane.  more...

Letter: These urban foxes are friends to our city

Like all cities, Brighton and Hove has its fair share of vermin.  more...

Letter: Bad medicine

Secondary legislation on water fluoridation became law on April 1, defining the "public consultations" required of Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) prior to ordering water companies to fluoridate public water supplies and indemnifying them against civil and criminal liability for so doing.  more...

Letter: It's in the post

I sympathise with Jo Chipchase (The Argus Rant, April 9).  more...

Letter: Zap them away

What a great idea the TV-B-Gone device is (The Argus, April 12).  more...

Letter: We can find other uses for Churches

It is sad The Argus has recently had to highlight the financial problems facing the various religious bodies responsible for managing and maintaining our churches.  more...

Letter: Spiritual healing

Glancing through a copy of Pike's Blue Book for Brighton and Hove for the year 1936, I saw listed among the Church of England Churches was St Stephen's (Faith Healing Church).  more...

The Argus Sport

McGhee appeals for more quality

ALBION manager Mark McGhee today called on his players to rediscover their dead ball expertise.   more...

Yardy digs in for Sussex

CHRIS Adams believes Mike Yardy could one day become Sussex's equivalent to Darren Lehmann.   more...

Mayo set to return at Burnley

Kerry Mayo is back in contention for Albion's trip to Burnley on Saturday.   more...

Injured Butcher misses opener

Surrey are without new captain Mark Butcher for their opening Frizzell County Championship Division One match against Sussex at the Brit Oval.   more...

The Argus The Guide

Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, Theatre Royal, Brighton

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, taken from a novella by Oscar Wilde, is one amiable piece of nonsense given a sparkling outing by adapter Trevor Baxter, director Christopher Luscde and a talented ensemble cast.   more...

  
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