Stories for 26 May 2005

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Record field in bike challenge

A record number of cross-country cyclists braved sunshine and showers to raise thousands of pounds for The Argus Appeal,   more...

The Argus Business

High Street slump poses a threat to city's small traders

Turbulent times lie ahead for shopkeepers, with sales reaching their lowest levels for more than ten years.   more...

Salon is looking to scoop award for youth training

A Sussex hairdresser could be in line for a cash boost as an employer who provides the best practical training for young people.   more...

Company vetting scheme success

A scheme set up to help consumers in East Sussex choose traders who have been vetted is one of the fastest growing of its kind in Britain.   more...

A love of words leads to an unusual venture

A woman has turned her love of anagrams into a business.   more...

The Argus News

Family and friends pay tribute to artist who died suddenly

Hundreds of relatives and friends filled a church to pay a final tribute to an artist who died suddenly this month.   more...

Passionate opponent of Falmer stadium dies

Tom Carr, the man who led the campaign against the Albion's plans to build a stadium at Falmer, has died aged 73.   more...

Chicks to fly the nest

Two peregrine falcon chicks born on top of one of the most sought-after apartment blocks in Sussex are set to fly the nest.   more...

Motorists protest over parking plan

Motorists are submitting a 180-signature petition against plans to put double-yellow lines in front of their driveways.   more...

Contractor fined after burns death

A road contractor was ordered to pay £97,000 after a worker died from serious burns while cleaning a tanker.   more...

Disability petitioners stuck in lift

Campaigners became trapped in a disability lift on their way to deliver a petition against proposed funding cuts to a disabled group.   more...

Former Tory MP attacks party leadership for his dismissal

Former Conservative MP Howard Flight has launched a ferocious attack on his own party leadership for dumping him before the General Election.   more...

Relaxed rule on parking is 'not enough'

A parking action group has said plans to give drivers an extra three minutes' grace before they are issued a ticket do not go far enough.   more...

Student sparkles after jewellery is returned

A student has been reunited with jewellery stolen from her final-year project thanks to The Argus and her eagle-eyed neighbours.   more...

Ball bearing gun sparks police hunt in village

A man carrying a plastic ball bearing gun sparked an armed police hunt for more than two hours in a quiet village.   more...

Nursing Home places aim to ease beds crisis

A hospital trust is to fund 30 nursing home places to ease its long-running bed-blocking crisis.   more...

BB gun sparks police hunt in village

A man carrying a plastic ball bearing (BB) gun sparked an armed police hunt for more than two hours in a quiet village.   more...

Council faces £4.5m bill for PFI gamble

Education leaders have left taxpayers millions of pounds out of pocket by gambling over the future of a failed secondary school.   more...

Lib Dem MPs urged not to back stadium

Lewes MP Norman Baker has asked all his Liberal Democrat colleagues not to support Brighton and Hove Albion's stadium plans.   more...

Chaos on the roads

Motorists are being warned to expect Bank Holiday traffic chaos on the roads.   more...

Chance to swan about in peace

A feathered father-of-five has shown who is top of the pecking order by seeing off an invasion of Canadian geese.   more...

Brothers jailed for bungled raid

Two brothers have been jailed for their part in a bungled post office robbery.   more...

Tributes paid to car crash man

Tributes have been paid to a man who died when his car plunged over 100ft cliffs after failing to stop for police.   more...

Pilot fined over near-miss with Red Arrows

A pilot has been fined £3,000 for straying into the airspace of a Red Arrows display team during a public air show - almost causing a mid-air collision.   more...

The Argus News Extra

Letter: Rats not Withdean's only vermin

I am writing to inform your readers of the danger to children and animals caused by the mindless actions of some yobs.  more...

Letter: Gehry's folly, whatever its merits, isn't for Hove

When is Hove going to have a proper, informed discussion about the proposals for the King Alfred site?  more...

Letter: Double Dutch

Where did Mr Gehry learn doublespeak? He said the buildings he designed for the King Alfred site are "able to fit in with what's around" and "are in a decent scale to not stick out like a sore thumb".  more...

Letter: No answer

Celia Barlow said she was against tall buildings on the seafront and would "campaign to stop large blocks of flats on the Caffyns site".  more...

Letter: Emperor monkey

If the revised "tin can towers" design, now in glorious Technicolor, is supposed to be an improvement, I think Mr Gehry is simply having a laugh.  more...

Letter: Beastly beauty

Poor Celia Barlow. What a beautydeprived life she must have led to believe Frank Gehry's latest design for the King Alfred site is "the most beautiful thing I have ever seen".  more...

Letter: Very funny

Celia Barlow calls the plans for the King Alfred "the most beautiful thing I have ever seen".  more...

Letter: More than just a case of blue and white

In reference to the article (The Argus, May 13) about Joyce Rose, a blue badge driver who received numerous parking tickets, some clarification is needed.  more...

Letter: No Samaritans

My wife and I had to take our 15-year-old son, who has special needs, to Guy's Hospital for an orthopaedic appointment recently.  more...

Letter: Drought? Really?

It makes me angry to read scare stories issued by water companies, especially Southern Water.  more...

Letter: The wrong end

At the Palmeira Gardens end of Church Road, traffic flows freely on the one-way system.  more...

Letter: What do you think about nature on TV?

I am currently researching audience responses to wildlife programmes and would like to know what readers of The Argus think of the different types of wildlife documentary on television at the moment?  more...

Letter: Factfinding trip more than a jolly

What a shame The Argus (May 20) chose to concentrate on some negative comments about Sussex Police's fact-finding mission to San Francisco, and not its importance.  more...

The Argus Sport

McGhee cool on Celtic link

Albion manager Mark McGhee today played down reports linking him with a return to Celtic as Gordon Strachan's righthand man.   more...

Sussex quicks to rescue

It is not very often Mushtaq Ahmed goes through a full day without taking a wicket.   more...

Super Eagles thwart Crump

Eastbourne Eagles have set their sights on a top-two finish after surviving a supershow from world champion Jason Crump last night.   more...

Nurse scouts USA talent

Nick Nurse today revealed how his eight-week working tour of some of America's less prestigious venues can help Brighton Bears strike deals for new players.   more...

The Argus The Guide

The President Versus David Hicks, Corn Exchange, Brighton, Sunday

A sign fixed to the entrance of America's military camp in Guantanamo Bay reads: "Honor bound to defend freedom".   more...

The Last Press Baron, Corn Exchange, Brighton

Conrad Black may have had top billing on the ticket stubs but this was definitely the George Galloway show.   more...

Brighton Youth Orchestra, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton

If Tony Blair and his ministers wanted to see respect from youngsters in action, they should have gone to this concert.   more...

Taking Flight by Gravity and Levity, Corn Exchange, Brighton

Taking Flight was an aerial dance display which threw in the air the way to approach our relationship with the ground, the air above it and where we fit into the in-between.   more...

Chemical Brothers, Brighton Centre, Brighton

Our favourite superstar DJs took the Brighton Centre by storm, delivering a blistering set which went from one emotional extreme to the next.   more...

Audioporn, The Famous Spiegeltent, Brighton, Thursday May 26

Anxious that nothing should detract from the visceral power of their live shows - performances which have already led one critic to describe them as "the best band I've ever seen" - frontman Adrien Munden would "prefer it if you didn't mention that I used to be an actor".   more...

I, Banquo, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 26 and 27

With I, Caliban he conjured Prospero's slave for a new take on The Tempest. With I, Peaseblossom he retold A Midsummer Night's Dream through the visions of Shakespeare's most neglected fairy.   more...

  
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