Stories for 17 May 2005

The Argus Business

Tourists return to spend their £377m

New figures have emerged to suggest Brighton and Hove's tourist industry has fully recovered from the post-September 11 slump.   more...

Eateries feeling the bite as diners tighten up belts

The last eight months has seen a string of restaurant closures in Brighton and Hove.   more...

Starting up an importing business - Del Boy style

The story of how an obscure Italian liquor distilled in the mountains of Tuscany came to be the tipple of choice in Brighton and Hove is surprisingly simple.   more...

The Argus News

Wedding record

Glamour model Jordan and husband-to-be Peter Andre are believed to have signed a record £1.7 million contract with a magazine for their wedding photos.   more...

Appeal to teenage girls over stabbing

Police are trying to trace two teenage girls in connection with the killing of a McDonald's restaurant assistant.   more...

Stadium pressure put on Prescott

Albion fans have vowed to give John Prescott a noisy reception if he has not said yes to their new stadium by the time of the Labour conference in September.   more...

Scientist quizzed in Billie-Jo trial

Tiny specks of flesh belonging to murdered teenager Billie-Jo Jenkins were not discovered on her foster-father's clothes during original scientific examination, the Old Bailey heard.   more...

Sussex clue to pianist riddle

A mystery man who stunned carers by giving a virtuoso piano performance could be from Sussex.   more...

Relatives remember A23 victims on anniversary of crash

The mother of two people killed in the A23 horror crash said: "I can finally let go now and start rebuilding my life."   more...

£10m worth of child vouchers unclaimed

Parents are losing out on more than £10 million in unclaimed Government handouts, it emerged today.   more...

Dog in Beachy Head plunge drama

Ben the dog sparked a huge rescue operation when he plunged down 535ft cliffs - and survived without a scratch.   more...

Top architect to explain his plan

Top architect Frank Gehry will make a visit to Brighton and Hove this week to explain how he came up with his latest plans for an apartment and leisure centre complex on the seafront.   more...

Footballers lose home in arson attack

Dozens of footballers have been left with nowhere to change after a suspected arson attack on their clubhouse.   more...

Pong on ship halts cruise

Angry passengers who had their cruise cancelled when the ship's toilets failed have returned home a week early.   more...

Cannes premiere for movie

A film made by Sussex directors has been premiered at Cannes.   more...

£10,000 triumph for gay pier man

A gay man insulted by his boss has won almost £10,000 in compensation.   more...

Police in raid on 'crack house' flats

One woman was arrested as police closed down what they described as "crack houses" in Brighton.   more...

The Argus News Extra

Letter: Violence, chaos and lies: The election was a sham

I agree with Peter Poole (Letters, May 12). The election announcements were a shambles from start to finish.  more...

Letter: A brave face

The defeated Conservative candidate Mike Weatherley (below) puts a brave spin on the Tories' failure to win seats from Labour at the election, saying they "did well" and made "great advances".  more...

Letter: Greens done good

Isn't it a shame defeated General Election contender Mike Weatherley, the Tory candidate for Brighton Pavilion, should spoil what at first appeared to be a gracious and dignified letter (Letters, May 12) in praise of the re-elected Labour MP, David Lepper, by having a totally unnecessary swipe at the Green Party?  more...

Letter: The no 14 lives

I think D Clapinson misread the bus timetable (Letters, May 14).  more...

Letter: A numbers game

I enjoyed your report on the North-South play-off final (The Argus, May 16) but must take issue with one point.  more...

Letter: This dump stinks

I was one of the hundreds of residents who received a two-page letter from Onyx, with its crisp colour CAD illustrations and an aerial photograph of the proposed facility in Hollingdean, Brighton.  more...

Letter: Holy cake

Adrian Kwinter reports that images of Jesus have turned up in jam sponges, marble cake and cheese and onion crisps.  more...

Letter: Propaganda

I spotted the same cloud formation while sat on the beach on May 5.  more...

Letter: Did this nurse of nurses suffer ME?

The article about ME (The Argus, May 12) suggests Florence Nightingale (pictured) may have been a sufferer of this illness.  more...

Letter: Keep Volks

James Greed asks about the Eastbourne tramway (Letters, May 11).  more...

Letter: Littlegreen boys

Could you please print a few lines to advertise our school reunion for pupils of Littlegreen School, a special school for boys with learning difficulties in Compton, near Chichester?  more...

Letter: No mercy

I agree with Arnold Webster wholeheartedly (The Argus, May 14) about unruly yobs.  more...

Letter: Waterhall works

Steve Collins has it right. Not only is Waterhall the best site for a fabulous sports complex but it is perfect for a park-and-ride scheme, thereby avoiding the need to move the dogs' home and adjacent properties on the east side of the A23.  more...

The Argus Sport

Midfielder Jones needed to quit anyway

Nathan Jones today revealed he would have quit Albion, even if he had been offered a new deal.   more...

Cricket: Records tumble as Yardy enjoys himself

Mike Yardy says enjoying himself is key to his sensational start to the new season.   more...

Cricket: Dean refuses to get carried away

Ifield captain Graeme Dean is refusing to be drawn into title talk after his side's unbeaten start to the division one season.   more...

The Argus The Guide

The Battleship Potemkin, The British Engineerium Museum, Hove

This scene from Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 epic, The Battleship Potemkin, is still widely acclaimed as the single most celebrated sequence in cinema history.   more...

Ibrahim Ferrer, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton

ATCHOOOOOOO - is all it seems to take these days for pop stars to flounce off to their sick beds, cancelling concerts and entire tours at the drop of a snotty hankie.   more...

Opera Gala, Sussex Symphony Orchestra, St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton

The Sussex Symphony Orchestra Opera Gala has become something of a fixture during the Brighton Festival and, judging by the applause and standing ovation this year's concert received, a very welcome one.   more...

Doderskratt, Komedia, Brighton, May 17 - 21

The title of their latest piece may mean "the cackle at the end of the road" or, more ominous still, "death's laughter in the face of humanity". But the work of Sweden's Theatre Slava couldn't be more full of life.   more...

The True History...Of Julia Pastrana, Theatre Royal, Brighton, May 17 - 21

Companies such as Sound And Fury have long been experimenting with the dimmer switch and only last year the Festival introduced us to scratch-and-sniff theatre with a show in the Marine Colonnade toilets.   more...