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Stories for 20 November 2006

Business News

Shopkeeper angry at refusal to clear bags

An angry shopkeeper says the council's refusal to take away piles of rubbish has left his street looking like a "dump". more...

Distribution centre boosts employment

More than 20 new jobs have been created with the opening of a distribution centre. more...

First step for Big Lemon

An entrepreneur hoping to launch a bus company with just three vehicles has passed his driving test. more...

Justice For Omar

Comment: Hypocrisy prolongs jail agony

Omar Deghayes, a Libyan-born refugee to Britain, is imprisoned in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. He has been convicted of no crime, but has been held for four years without being brought to trial. more...

Letters To The Editor

Who is right?

I was intrigued to read Mr Jacobs' letter headed "Jowell is behaving recklessly" (November 14) concerning the extension of drinking hours. more...

Let us decide

Worthing Borough Council's proposal to locate the town's new swimming pool inland at the redeveloped Teville Gate site is still under review and by no means certain to succeed. more...

Thanks so much

I would like to say a big thank you to Mr Michael Eckstein and his team at the Sussex Eye Hospital. more...

Pond restoration

Rottingdean Parish Council wishes to publicly express its thanks to Tesco for a £1,000 donation towards the much-needed restoration of the village pond. more...

Feeling peckish

In reply to Phyllis Smith (Letter, November 11), we have also had a woodpecker in our garden. more...

Brown has done so much to help our pensioners

Rv Hilliard (Letters, November 6) says Gordon Brown should be blamed by pensioners for making their financial situation worse. more...

Listen to the views of pupils

I noted with horror your article "Boom could bust our city" (The Argus, November 8) highlighting the strain placed on Brighton and Hove's infrastructure by the construction of new homes. more...

Archaic practices

JD Dibley is of course correct in saying lord lieutenants have no official role in the local political sphere (Letters, November 14), although I'm sure they are easily able to talk to our politicians. more...

Special privileges

I write in response to Brighton and Hove City Councillor Craig Turton's article (The Argus, October 31). more...

A touching tribute from young pupils

Over the past weekend, there have been remembrance services for those who served in defence of our country in many parts of the world. These events were invariably arranged by and for adults. more...

Children’s home closure is a shocking mistake

I was shocked to read the article "This time home shuts for keeps" more...

Local News

Trophy renamed in memory of stalwart Vic

A squash trophy will be renamed in memory of a health club's longestserving member after he died of cancer earlier this month. more...

Fetish club ‘to be home for old folk’

A fetish club will be closed down and demolished if a planning application to build an old people's home on the site is approved. more...

Students demand better value for their money

Undergraduates are to draw up charters detailing what they expect from universities in return for their fees. more...

A tree is for life, not just for Christmas

Pablo the dog, above, resists the urge to answer a very expensive call of nature. more...

Music hall legend Max Miller is honoured

A comedian who inspired generations of comics has been honoured with a memorial plaque. more...

Friends’ 18 hours on the Tube in record bid

Spending a whole day on the Tube would be most commuters' nightmare. more...

Friends’ 18 hours on the Tube in record bid

SPENDING a whole day on the Tube would be most commuters' nightmare. more...

Queen gives thanks to Crawley

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have thanked Crawley for staging a warm welcome throughout their visit. more...

Barometer ban averted

Barometers have received an 11th hour reprieve. more...

Victim tried to help her rail attacker

A 15-year-old girl who was pushed on to railway tracks was trying to help her attacker, police said. more...

Midwives' baby boom led to a 'six-hour' emergency

A leaked hospital memo telling midwives to try to send mothers home as early as six hours after giving birth at Royal Sussex County Hospital led to protests from experts, patients and politicians. more...

Car park gets ‘award’ for its ugly graffiti

A GRAFFITI-STREWN car park has been likened to a painting by American artist Jackson Pollock and named one of the worst in Britain. more...

Car park gets ‘award’ for its ugly graffiti

A Graffiti-Strewn car park has been likened to a painting by American artist Jackson Pollock and named one of the worst in Britain. more...

How green are your MP’s credentials?

Sussex MPs have revealed the changes they are making to their daily lives to help save the planet. more...

Caring for abandoned animals in a war zone

Two volunteers spent a fortnight in war-torn Beirut rescuing pets abandoned by fleeing families. more...

Arrest after war memorial vandalism

Police hunting racist vandals who defaced a war memorial with Nazi swastikas and SS symbols have arrested a 21-year-old man, they said today. more...

Mayor moved by 63p to clear up Nazi graffiti

A mayor has told how he was moved by a 63p donation to help clean a swastika off a war memorial. more...

Card clone gang could net £2.5m

Police have estimated up to £2.5 million has been stolen by a criminal gang targeting petrol station customers. more...

Ale stays on sale – for a few days

The ale at the centre of a row which sparked fury among regulars at a Sussex pub has won a week-long reprieve. more...

Parents demand asbestos answers

Angry parents have called for officials to meet them to discuss their fears about asbestos, which is being stripped from a building next to their children's school. more...

Lost Touch

Search fulfilled

Lynda Jackson emails from Hartlepool: "Just a few words of thanks as when I sent an email to your paper, asking if you could possibly trace my two cousins I really didn't think you would pay much attention to it. more...

Nott Forest Dexter

Jean Deaxter Miehe writes from Ontario in Canada: "Like many others, I am striving to compile my family tree but since several of my forebears come from St Helena in the South Atlantic there have been some difficulties. more...

Across the ocean

John Walton emails from St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean: "I would like to trace a dear freind who I have not heard from since 1965. more...

Mailbox

Politicians have sold out

It was with a heavy heart that I learnt the planning committee of Brighton and Hove City Council had allowed the ghastly Gehry skyscrapers to move to the development stage. more...

Celebrate youth

With regards to Fatboy Slim's New Year's Day event, instead of another mass "youf" more...

Authorities have to set example

As far as I am aware, there is no legislative requirement for private dwellings to be fitted with fire detectors or alarms but many of us have one or both as a matter of common sense. more...

Taxpayers are footing the bill

I hear that another £1 billion pounds of taxpayers' money is going to be spent - or wasted - by the Government's insistence on subsidising private companies' profits. more...

Music Previews

The Bees, Concorde 2, Brighton, Mon, Nov 20

Back in 2002 The Bees swore they would never leave The Shed, the fabled assembly-kit construction in their singer's parents' garden where they made their Mercury Prize-nominated debut album, Sunshine Hit Me. more...

John Foxx, Duke of York's, Brighton, Sat, Nov 25

It is almost 30 years since John Foxx's Ultravox! released their debut single in January 1977. more...

Music Reviews

Elaine Paige, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton

Reality TV star Connie Fisher is being hailed in some quarters as the new Elaine Paige for her role as Maria in the new London production of The Sound of Music. more...

Luke Haines, Pressure point, Brighton

Luke Haines interweaved "art baiting", murder and paedophilia before a curious audience. more...

Sport

Robinson takes third but is then disqualified

Andrew Robinson fears red tape may have damaged his chances of qualifying for the European Cross Country Championships. more...

Sussex Scene

Adam fearing automatic suspension

Albion hard man Adam El-Abd is seething over a booking which has put him on the brink of a ban. more...

Sussex Today

Club's ban on Crawley revellers

A nightclub has sparked anger after banning an entire town. more...

‘Bin rules leaving street like dump’

An angry shopkeeper says the city council's refusal to take away piles of rubbish has left a street looking like a "dump". more...

‘Bin rules leaving street like dump’

An angry shopkeeper says the city council's refusal to take away piles of rubbish has left a street looking like a "dump". more...

Tribute to Max

A comedian who inspired generations of comics has been honoured with a memorial plaque. more...

Student needs

Undergraduates are to draw up charters detailing what they expect from universities in return for their fees. more...

Family’s shock over MRSA bug

The family of a pensioner who died of MRSA only found out she had the superbug after reading her death certificate. more...

Racy DJ

Fatboy Slim joined nearly 3,000 runners on the Brooks Brighton and Hove City 10k road race yesterday - and beat his personal best. The Hove DJ was delighted with his time of 50min, 10sec across Brighton and Hove seafront. He said: "I took 54 minutes three years ago so I'm really happy, although I wanted to break 50 minutes." The race was won by Jason Ward from from Cheshire in 30 minutes, the fastest time this century more...

Racy DJ

Fatboy Slim joined nearly 3,000 runners on the Brooks Brighton and Hove City 10k road race yesterday - and beat his personal best. more...

One of worst car parks in Britain

A graffiti strewn car park has been likened to a painting by American artist Jackson Pollock and named one of the worst in Britain. more...

Fetish club may be demolished

A FETISH club will be closed down and demolished if a planning application to build an old people's home on the site is approved. more...

Fetish club may be demolished

A fetish club will be closed down and demolished if a planning application to build an old people's home on the site is approved. more...

‘Scandal’ of poorest children

More than half the children in the county's most deprived area are blighted by destitution - their parents too poor even to clothe them properly. more...

Christmas crackers

Pablo the dog keeps a close eye on these Christmas tree sculptures worth around £1,400. The sculptures have been created by artist Johnny Woodford and can be seen at the Zimmer Stewart gallery in Arundel more...

Christmas crackers

Pablo the dog keeps a close eye on these Christmas tree sculptures worth around £1,400. more...

Christmas crackers

Pablo the dog keeps a close eye on these Christmas tree sculptures worth around £1,400. more...

MPs turn brighter shade of green

Travel guide company Rough Guides asked the UK's 646 MPs what steps they had taken to combat global warming. more...

The Medic

Big brother tactics

I am appalled by this new idea that everybody's medical records will be put on a central computer, run by the government. more...

Big brother tactics

I am appalled by this new idea that everybody's medical records will be put on a central computer, run by the government. I don't want the Prime Minister or the police to be able to look up my gynaecological details! So could you tell me if there are any Brighton general practices where patients' intimate confidences aren't held on computers? more...

Uptight

I am 20 and just embarking on my first real sexual relationship. Unfortunately, I can't relax - which means I am finding it pretty painful because I am so tight. Do you think this is due to a sexual assault which I suffered in my early teens? more...

Uptight

The clash?

I take various herbal and natural remedies, including ginkgo biloba. Could they clash with each other - or with prescribed drugs? more...

Deep throat

I met a really cool guy at a party in Shoreham last week. I didn't actually have intercourse with him - but we did give each other oral sex. Now I have a sore throat and I'm terribly worried. more...

Deep throat

I met a really cool guy at a party in Shoreham last week. I didn't actually have intercourse with him - but we did give each other oral sex. Now I have a sore throat and I'm terribly worried. Can a blow job give you VD, as I have heard? more...

Feeling blue

I looked in my partner's bedside drawer and, to my astonishment, I found he has a stash of little blue Viagra tablets there. I presume he has been using them to enable him to make love to me. more...

Black mark

I have been going to a tanning parlour for 20 years. Last month, my boyfriend noticed a black mark on my back and now he says it's getting bigger. He's really worried about it but I'm inclined to pay no attention to it, especially as I can't really see it. Is that OK ? more...

When life’s a pain

I saw a survey on television which said that paracetamol was the best painkiller for women. more...

Theatre Previews

Blood Brothers, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until Sat Nov 25

Deserted by her husband and desperate for money, a Liverpool woman pregnant with twins makes a secret pact with her employer which will have devastating consequences. Linda Nolan stars as the unfortunate mother in this production of the award-winning musical phenomenon based on Willy Russell's tragic play. more...

Blood Brothers, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until Sat Nov 25

Deserted by her husband and desperate for money, a Liverpool woman pregnant with twins makes a secret pact with her employer which will have devastating consequences. ,/p>Linda Nolan stars as the unfortunate mother in this production of the award-winning musical phenomenon based on Willy Russell's tragic play. more...

Blood Brothers, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until Sat Nov 25

Deserted by her husband and desperate for money, a Liverpool woman pregnant with twins makes a secret pact with her employer which will have devastating consequences. more...

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Adam fearing automatic suspension

Albion hard man Adam El-Abd more...

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Stories for 20 November 2006

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Justice For Omar

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