Stories for 7 April 2005

The Argus Business

Properties sit vacant despite continuing housing crisis

Brighton and Hove may be in the throes of a housing crisis but there are more than 1,800 homes lying empty in the city.   more...

Seafront tower is rejected

Plans for a seafront tower up to 12 storeys high have been thrown out.   more...

The Argus News

Trouble-hit jet has to turn back to airport

An airliner has broken down again after taking off from Gatwick.   more...

Peregrines pick plush perch

A pair of falcons have laid a clutch of eggs after making their home on the top of one Sussex's most exclusive venues.   more...

Residents are delighted by their first glimpses of renovated city landmark

The public has been given its first glimpse of a revamped seafront eyesore.   more...

Walkers in clash over path round mansion

Ramblers are fighting to save a public footpath running through a £20 million estate.   more...

Council 'misled' in boat wrangle

Council bosses say they were misled into giving permission to a couple to convert a former Nato minesweeper into a floating home.   more...

A priest who had time for everyone dies from brain tumour

Canon Derek Moody, one of the best known Anglican priests in Brighton and Hove, died on Tuesday from a brain tumour.   more...

Busy hospital to have beds in a car park

Extra beds are to be made available in the car park of a crisis-hit hospital facing unprecedented pressure on space.   more...

Pensioner sent £47,000 electricity bill

Pensioner Pamela Fowler was incredulous when an electricity bill for more than £47,000 landed on her doormat.   more...

MPs urge hospital discharge solution

The Government has piled pressure on to East Sussex social services to ease the bed-blocking crisis gripping the county's hospitals.   more...

Sacked MP's farewell as new man is chosen

Sacked Conservative MP Howard Flight last night drew a line under his row with party leader Michael Howard and vowed to help him win the election.   more...

Mother finds needle in son's medicine

A Hospital has apologised after a mother found a needle floating in her week-old son's medicine.   more...

Billie-Jo murder retrial delayed

Sion Jenkins arrived with his new wife at the Old Bailey yesterday before learning his retrial for the murder of his foster daughter, Billie-Jo, had been postponed for two weeks.   more...

Organisation reassures drivers over speed cameras

The organisation which operates the county's speed cameras today reassured drivers that one which led to hundreds of tickets being issued in error is working perfectly.   more...

Carers banned from crossing road for OAP

Home helpers have been banned from walking 30 yards across the road to buy milk for a bed-ridden pensioner - because it is not their job.   more...

Seafront tower is rejected

Plans for a seafront tower up to 12 storeys high have been crushed.   more...

The Argus News Extra

Letter: Our freedoms include choosing not to vote

"It's marvellous to live in a free and democratic country where you can do or say anything you want." Unless, of course, you choose not to vote, in which case you should be punished.  more...

Letter: Human faces

As with many people, I sometimes come close to madness with frustration in my dealings with Brighton and Hove City Council.  more...

Letter: Well done, Jean

As a weekender in Brighton, I am always delighted to read your paper. It is a most interesting, well written and diverse local paper - possibly the best in the UK.  more...

Letter: No targets for us

The assertion by Jane Bentley that "exclusion panels are driven by targets to keep the number of exclusions low" (The Argus, March 30) is simply not true.  more...

Letter: Japan is more attractive than their wedding

After last week's tantrum on the ski slopes at Klosters, when he said he hated the highly respected Nicholas Witchell, Prince Charles has lost a great deal of sympathy, respect and honour from the British public.  more...

Letter: Support teenagers

As Secretary of the Clarendon and Ellen Residents' Association, I attend Clarendon Local Action Team meetings and, with the police, YMCA, residents, council officers and two councillors, try to identify local needs and solutions to improve quality of life for all - including our teenagers.  more...

Letter: I just want a book

When I visit Hove Library I have to cross the congested and increasingly busy Church Road at what seems its narrowest point.  more...

Letter: Care on the road

Every day, we see pictures of road traffic accidents in The Argus.  more...

Letter: He was a success for the Tory party

Keith Jago (Letters, March 24) is suffering from a distortion of memory.  more...

The Argus Sport

Stand up and be counted

Albion manager Mark McGhee today asked his players to stand up and be counted in the fight for Championship survival.   more...

Spot of bother

If Albion pay the ultimate penalty in the Championship, a cruel irony will be at the heart of their downfall.   more...

Cricket: Decision time on overseas signing

Sussex will make a decision tomorrow about whether to bring in Johan van der Wath as their second overseas player.   more...

Basketball: Exciting times ahead

Nick Nurse today heralded a high-profile British League overhaul as great news for basketball and Brighton Bears.   more...

Football: Ringmer shock Bognor

John Crumplin guided County League minnows Ringmer to a Sussex Senior Cup Final against mighty Conference outfit Crawley.   more...

Athletics: Marathon men will run from Paris to London

The finish line of the Paris Marathon will be just the start of the road for three runners from Hastings on Sunday.   more...

The Argus The Guide

Love with Arthur Lee, Concorde 2, Brighton

Arthur Lee warmly hugged original Love guitarist John Echols and then told the crowd to ìlove one anotherî.   more...

Treasure Island, Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex, Friday April 8 - 9

The reputation of children's theatre company Wee Stories is such that they were invited, this year, to export their maverick version of Treasure Island to Barbados. Luckily for Brighton audiences, however, their UK tour was already confirmed.   more...