Stories for 31 January 2006

The Argus Business

Did you meet tax deadline?

Self-employed taxpayers who missed today's deadline for paying HM Revenue & Customs will have to fork out almost half a billion pounds in fines.   more...

Pink cars put dealer in a purple patch

A specialist car dealership passed a milestone yesterday when it sold its 200th Nissan Figaro.   more...

Agency welcomes push for more online local services

A government campaign to encourage more people to use council services online has been welcomed by a Brighton-based web development and online marketing agency.   more...

Pubs and clubs face trade crisis

Pubs and clubs could be squeezed out of business as the impact of extending licensing hours starts to bite.   more...

The Argus News

New demands in King Alfred plans

The developer behind a £290 million plan for a high-rise seafront housing development must spend thousands on a new planning application.   more...

Stadium's start stalled

The High Court appeal against the Falmer stadium plan is likely to delay the start of building work on the £50 million scheme, Albion bosses have revealed.   more...

Trees at centre of row get the chop

A householder accused of having a hedge that is too large has chopped some of it down after being threatened with new legislation.   more...

Fearing death in homeland

An Iranian asylum seeker who fears he faces death if he is sent home has had his second asylum application turned down.   more...

Surprise in store as Clary traces his roots

Comedian Julian Clary came across more than a few surprises when he researched his family history for a TV programme.   more...

Improved safety at death crossing

Work is under way to improve safety on a road on which a woman lost her life and others have been injured.   more...

Bus drivers threaten work-to-rule

Thousands of bus passengers face long delays and disruption if drivers push ahead with plans to work to rule.   more...

Knives seized from hospital patients

Three lethal knives were confiscated from patients admitted to a busy accident and emergency department.   more...

Family of shot man in appeal

The family of a man shot dead by Sussex Police eight years ago has launched a final bid for the right to pursue claims of improper conduct by officers in the aftermath of the tragedy.   more...

Wrong injection is given to baby

A doctor's surgery is contacting parents after it was revealed scores of babies may have wrongly been given two vaccinations in a single injection.   more...

Man, 33, in ditch drowning horror

A man relieving himself slipped into a water-filled ditch and drowned.   more...

Schools heading for a cash crisis

Sussex schools are heading towards a cash crisis after running up debts of almost £1.5 million last year.   more...

'Fake' violin will go to tune of £70,000

For more than 40 years musician Alan John played with world-famous orchestras and musical legends on a violin he bought for £900.   more...

Preston admits to woman trouble

Ordinary Boy Preston has admitted he has not seen much of his girlfriend since leaving the Big Brother house.   more...

Race murder family in vigil for justice

A family held a vigil outside Brighton police station yesterday, seven years after the racial murder of a 42-year-old father of two.   more...

The Argus News Extra

Letter: Don't repeat the error of building tower blocks

Hove planners must hate the citizens of Hove to plan two tower blocks with 21-25 storeys of flats.  more...

Letter: Thanks for the NHS

At a time when most mention of the health service is in the form of complaint, I would like to comment on the treatment my recently-deceased father received in Brighton for over past eight years and in Kent for some 20 years prior to that.  more...

Letter: Cuts are health risk

The Government has told NHS Trusts it has a zero tolerance of debt and that it will not bail them out if they are in the red.  more...

Letter: Underage drinking

As a Councillor in a ward that has a long history of underage drinking, I agree with your article (The Argus, January 26) that young people feel there is little else to do.  more...

Letter: Drawing a blank

I usually use the Park & Ride facility at Withdean when I venture into Brighton. But when we came to an evening performance of Holiday On Ice show last week I parked in the Russell Square multi-storey car park.  more...

Letter: Midlands express

I refer to the interesting article by James Lancaster in The Argus (Business, January 24) concerning Virgin Trains and Mr Gibb.  more...

Letter: Shoreham receives a bad press

I feel very strongly that the success of Shoreham-by-Sea has very little to do with the so-called "Brighton effect" (Letters, January 24).  more...

Letter: Make the Tye beautiful again

A meeting of all stakeholders to resolve the problems on the Tye would be a positive move.  more...

Letter: Put safety first

As a cyclist, like Kim Meadows (Letters, January 28), I too have experienced some of the selfish and dangerous behaviour of our city's motorists.  more...

Letter: Gay street lamps

I have no objections to a "Gay Village", but please, "rainbow-coloured street lamps"?  more...

Letter: Raising a glass

How true Lee Mitchells' words are in your article in The Guide (The Argus, January 20) about the Hammerpot Brewery.  more...

Letter: Animal welfare

Does anybody know if the horses directly under the flyover at Shoreham, by the concrete pillars, stay out all day and all night? I worry for them.  more...

Letter: Perfect solution

There seem to be quite a number of planning issues at present regarding incinerators, a football stadium and sewage works.  more...

Letter: The Sussex dialect

I'm researching a book about the Sussex dialect and would very much like to talk to any of your readers aged 70 or above who remember how it was spoken in parts of Sussex before the last war.  more...

Letter: Double standards?

It is good to see Lewes Football Club doing well, that they will probably get promotion, and are to get a grant to upgrade their ground to the necessary standard.  more...

Letter: MP helps to solve a taxing problem

I would like to publicly thank Celia Barlow and Robert Massey for the wonderful help they gave me with my income tax problems.  more...

Letter: How about a day for our country?

With Gordon Brown's surprising announcement to suddenly celebrate being British, I think we here in Sussex and all the other areas of England should celebrate our counties.  more...

Letter: Let's build a new deomocracy

The people of this country of England have become so downcast and guilt-ridden about past events in our history, events which made the English nation what it is today, that we always seem to be apologising for our existence.  more...

The Argus Sport

Seagulls miss out on Dublin

Albion manager Mark McGhee has lost out to his close friend Gordon Strachan in a bid to sign Dion Dublin.   more...

Hammond keen to find the net again

Dean Hammond is hoping Burnley's visit to Withdean tonight is the signal for another goalscoring burst to ease Albion's relegation fears.   more...

Football: Crawley swoop for Lincoln frontman

Crawley have signed striker Omari Coleman from Lincoln City in a bid to help their relegation battle.   more...

Hockey: Test ace can help Brighton with late charge for glory

Greg Nicol could be the man to turn Brighton and Hove's promotion dream into reality.   more...

Basketball: Bears sweat on decision

Genesis Brighton Bears could have to wait a fortnight to find out whether their Rodmania night victory will be allowed to stand.   more...

The Argus The Guide

The Hanover Band/Sussex Chorus, St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton

Mozart has more than 600 works to his credit including 41 symphonies, 22 operas, 27 piano concertos and countless sonatas, serenades, divertimenti and choral works as well as concertos for almost every instrument in the orchestra.   more...