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The Argus | Archive | 2007 | January

Stories for 19 January 2007

Albion News

Joe the latest on the sick list

Albion are sweating on the health of Joe O'Cearuill in their search for a winning tonic at Chesterfield tomorrow. more...

Dean stays cool

If Dean Wilkins is feeling under pressure he certainly isn't showing it. more...

Revell starts on road to recovery

Alex Revell was back at Albion's training ground yesterday as he begins his rehabilitation from an ankle ligament injury. more...

McFarland is buying his way out of trouble

Chesterfield have been busy bolstering their squad during the January transfer window to try to ensure they are not dragged into the relegation dogfight. more...

Albion preview: McFarland is buying his way out of trouble

Chesterfield have been busy bolstering their squad during the January transfer window to try to ensure they are not dragged into the relegation dogfight. more...

Albion line up Bakayogo

Albion are signing former trialist Zoumana Bakayogo on loan from League One relegation rivals Millwall for the rest of the season. more...

Business News

House price rises lowest in country

House prices in East and West Sussex are rising at among the lowest levels in the country. more...

Cafe culture features in new tourism guide

Tourism officials have launched a town's revamped holiday guide. more...

Virtual map of the city

An online map of a city centre has been launched. more...

Clubbing

Ratpack Old Skool Showcase, Concorde 2, Brighton, Sat, Jan 20

Everson Allen and Lipmaster Mark have worked together for 15 years, having started off raving in the early Nineties with the likes of Carl Cox, Fabio, Grooverider and Top Buzz. more...

A Life Lost, The Hope, Brighton, Sat, Jan 20

This is a new late-bar night, which takes place on the third Saturday of the month. more...

Cavalcade of Pop, Po Na Na, Brighton, Sunday, January 21

Boogaloo Stu's infamous night has some typically glitzy cabaret acts lined up for 2007, alongside DJs Dolly Deluxe and DJ Frump, who spin shamelessly commercial pop tunes. more...

Damian Lazarus, Audio, Brighton, Sat Jan 20

According to DJ Magazine, "Damian Lazarus plays the best underground records in the world". more...

DJ Krush, Ocean Rooms, Brighton, Saturday, Jan 20

Japan's most revered producer/mixmaster and one of the greatest legends in the world of hip-hop and breaks returns to the UK for a limited number of shows. more...

Letters To The Editor

Wonderful tasks are electrifying

The recent article and picture, captioned "Let there be light", with Jonathan Hare, a scientist from the University of Sussex, showing pupils the marvels of electricity as part of the Brighton Science Festival (The Argus, January 5), is absolutely spot on. more...

I don’t want to spy for the council

Brighton and Hove City Council's recent invitation, as part of its council tax "review", for citizens to snitch on friends and neighbours is despicable. more...

I don’t want to spy for the council

Brighton and Hove City Council's recent invitation, as part of its council tax "review", for citizens to snitch on friends and neighbours is despicable. more...

We have the zeal

HOW refreshing to see Jean Calder, an experienced councillor from years gone by, wondering where our campaigning councillors are nowadays. more...

We have the zeal

HOW refreshing to see Jean Calder, an experienced councillor from years gone by, wondering where our campaigning councillors are nowadays. more...

We have the zeal

How refreshing to see Jean Calder, an experienced councillor from years gone by, wondering where our campaigning councillors are nowadays. more...

Be independent

Jean Calder says independents are far more likely to be active campaigners so she will be glad to know Brighton and Hove Independents was set up last year by just such a group of active campaigners, all of whom are independent of political parties. more...

Which street?

In response to Jean Calder, Living Streets (the Pedestrians Association) will certainly speak up for urban walkers who are inconvenienced, even endangered, in the way she describes. more...

Not my view

Jean Calder's question, "Who will shout for the ordinary man?" more...

Sample question

I went to the doctor recently and was asked to "bring a sample". more...

Let the club be

It is shocking that Brighton Magistrates' Court could overturn the decision of democratically elected local councillors to reject a licence application from Rocco Mana to open an adult club in East Street on the old ABC Cinema site (known more recently as The Toad). more...

MAD plays Hercules in Newhaven

Last Monday, I enjoyed an evening of quality local entertainment at Meeching Hall, Newhaven, watching Hercules - The Panto. more...

From Adur to Ouse, let’s have a Greater Brighton

Lord Redcliffe-Maud's vision for the future of local government, as Adam Trimingham discussed (The Argus, January 3), was a radical plan in which each major conurbation would have had its own one-tier council not only for the urban area but also for a rural hinterland which was naturally orientated towards the town or city. more...

Local News

Man fights for life as storms cause chaos across Sussex

A man is fighting for life after he was hit by tiles from a building as storms battered Sussex. more...

Row over Max Miller statue

A row has broken out over the placing of a statue of legendary comic entertainer Max Miller. more...

Stored fireworks deadly as bombs

Fireworks are being kept across Brighton and Hove in storage containers which can "go off like bombs", it has been claimed. more...

Tributes paid to church adviser

Tributes have been paid to a senior adviser for the Church of England in Sussex who died in a road crash. more...

Pay more for parking a 4x4

Owners of gas-guzzling cars face paying up to 50 per cent more than other motorists to park outside their homes. more...

Livingstone agrees that landfill plan is rubbish

Plans to export more than two million tonnes of waste from London to West Sussex have been slated by the man in charge of rubbish in the capital. more...

Young people should stay off railway lines

Vandals are regularly putting lives at risk by placing objects on railway lines. more...

Town caught in grip of TB

New cases of a killer lung disease are being discovered in Crawley every fortnight. more...

Missing man and baby found

A man who went missing with his 14-month-old son has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after they were both found. more...

Town caught in grip of TB

New cases of a killer lung disease are being discovered in Crawley every fortnight. more...

Town caught in grip of TB

New cases of a killer lung disease are being discovered in Crawley every fortnight. more...

House price rises lowest in country

HOUSE prices in East and West Sussex are rising at among the lowest levels in the country. more...

Missing man and baby found

A man who went missing with his 14-month-old son has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after they were both found. more...

Woman charged with stabbing man at parking meter

A 35-year-old woman has been charged with stabbing a man as he bought a ticket from a parking meter. more...

Man injured in storm still in critical condition

A man remains in a critical condition after being injured by tiles which fell from a building as storms battered Sussex. more...

Hotel that 'made Fawlty Towers seem like Ritz'

Described on its website as a luxurious hacienda-style hotel just few miles from the airport the Europa Gatwick sounds the perfect place for air travellers. more...

Beauty queen rival lays in BB's Danielle

A beauty queen rival of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Danielle Lloyd has condemned her behaviour on the show. more...

Beauty queen rival lays in BB's Danielle

A beauty queen rival of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Danielle Lloyd has condemned her behaviour on the show. more...

Beauty queen rival lays in BB's Danielle

A beauty queen rival of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Danielle Lloyd has condemned her behaviour on the show. more...

Sussex customers take on banks

Complaints about "rip-off" bank overdraft charges have hit record levels, figures show. In the first of a two-part series Rachel Fitch meets the customers who have got their money refunded and explains how you can claim back your charges. more...

Sussex customers take on banks

Mailbox

Highway robbery

If your train arrives at its destination before 10am, the fare from Brighton to Victoria is £35 return. more...

'Tis the season for disruption

Now the season for roadworks in the Brighton area is in full swing, I wonder if the Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company could arrange a coach trip, with refreshments available on account of the length of journey, to view all roadworks in the area bounded by Rottingdean, Falmer and Portslade? more...

Rising cost of travel

I live in Hove, work in the West End in London, and my season ticket costs £3,240 a year, which accounts for nearly ten per cent of my salary. more...

Disgrace

Fatboy Slim's New Year's Day Beach Party was a disgrace. The audience had no shelter. more...

Public transport is too dear

Two weeks ago, my partner, our five-year-old son, his friend and I attended a theatre matinee in Brighton, three miles from my house, excluding the half-mile walk to the bus stop. more...

Music Previews

Eugene Hutz And The Kolpakov Trio, Komedia, Brighton, Tues, Jan 23

Described as the Ukranian Iggy Pop but looking for all the world like Borat at a fancy dress party with a Seventies porn star theme, Eugene Hutz is the man responsible for bringing the sounds of the Baltic - and really big moustaches - to the mainstream. more...

Hot Club de Paris, Pressure Point, Brighton, Tues,Jan 23

They've got a name which evokes images of Jacques Brel in a steam room, have a tendency to eradicate word breaks in their song titles and are set to be ones to watch in 2007. more...

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, Komedia, Brighton, Weds, Jan 24

If angels and devils could put their differences aside and work together on making the world a better place, their on-the-job soundtrack would probably not sound unlike Ballad of the Broken Seas. more...

My Device, Pressure Point, Brighton, Thurs, Jan 25

Appearing just in time to save your weekend, My Device are a fervent, fiery Brighton power-trio, pumping out thick beats with slick tunes. They released the single I was Brave Today and debut album Nervous System through Shifty Disco Records, which celebrates their tenth birthday tonight. more...

McQueen, Engine Rooms, Brighton, Mon, Jan 22

Continuing the trend for adopting famous surnames, McQueen at least have the good sense to namecheck the cooler king. Unlike McFly and Keane, this feisty female foursome have adopted the tao of Steve with the catchy riffs and anthemic choruses that fuel their filthy punk rock. more...

Mumm-Ra, The Gloucester, Brighton, Thurs, Jan 25

When six school friends abandoned their usual pastime of crazy golf and began strumming guitars instead, Mumm-Ra was born, the name a homage to the bandaged baddie in Thundercats. more...

News

Selfish and ignorant – the drivers who never listen

A HARD core of selfish and ignorant motorists will never take any notice of drink-driving campaigns, says a senior policeman. more...

Wind rips off roof

RESIDENTS were evacuated from a block of flats in Longbridge Road, Horley, when a gust of wind blew the roof off. Firefighters and police were called to the block in the Gardens Estate and several roads were closed. more...

Sport

Hall hat-trick

JAMES Hall, who scored on his debut, hit a hat-trick in his second appearance when Redhill won 5-1 at Oakwood on Tuesday. more...

We want Claridge to play for us again

Worthing captain Jamie Lawrence today pleaded with Steve Claridge: "Play on for us." more...

Richardson vows to find the target for his new club

New striker Marcus Richardson is aiming to shoot Crawley to Conference safety. more...

Football: Key players return for Lewes

Lewes will be boosted by the return of five players for tomorrow's visit of Thurrock. more...

Grinstead confident of retaining their crown

Matt Jones believes East Grinstead's experience will stand them in good stead as they bid to retain their national indoor championships title in Birmingham on Sunday. more...

Grinstead confident of retaining their crown

Matt Jones believes East Grinstead's experience will stand them in good stead as they bid to retain their national indoor championships title in Birmingham on Sunday. more...

Golf: Worthing bask in the glory of junior success

Worthing's junior golfers will not have too long to celebrate their outstanding achievements in the Home Nations Championship. more...

Racing: Fontwell syndicate celebrate a winner

Fontwell Park has followed the lead of Goodwood in setting up its own ownership syndicate. more...

Storm Pictures - Jan

Windswept beach

Picture: Mike Wedge more...

Breaking storm

Waves crash over the Brighton's seafront defences Picture: Mike Wedge more...

Brighton Marina

Waves crash over the marina defences and spray the boats. Picture: Mike Wedge more...

Seaford seafront

Picture: Bill Carter more...

West pier 2

Picture: George Khalil more...

Brighton seafront 5

Picture: George Khalil more...

Mrs Holter's lucky escape

Mrs Wendy Holter was in the car when the tree came down but was not hurt. Picture: Miss Jane Holter of Eastbourne more...

Mrs Holter's lucky escape

Mrs Wendy Holter was in the car when the tree came down but was not hurt. Picture: Miss Jane Holter of Eastbourne more...

Breezy afternoon

Outside southway school. Burgess Hill. more...

Sussex Scene

O’Cearuill latest Seagull to have flu virus

Albion are sweating on the wellbeing of Joe O'Cearuill in their search for a winning tonic at Chesterfield tomorrow. more...

Sussex Today

Ex-rival hits out at TV’s Danielle

A former beauty crown rival of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Danielle Lloyd has condemned her behaviour on the show. more...

Bum drugs stash

Detectives got a Kinder surprise when they found a stash of drugs inside a children's toy. more...

Street stabbing

A man was stabbed in the street as he put money into a parking meter yesterday. more...

Old clothes turned into new rugs

Children were taught a green lesson when they were shown how to recycle their old clothes. more...

Hoodies rob pensioner at knifepoint

A pensioner was robbed at knifepoint by three hoodies as he walked home from the pub. more...

Church advisor killed in crash

Tributes have been paid to a senior advisor for the Church of England in Sussex who died in a road crash. more...

Meat plant cuts

Seventy people have been made redundant at a meat processing plant. more...

Victim of storm

A man is critical at Eastbourne Hospital after being hit by tiles that came off a building as 80mph winds battered Sussex. more...

Call neighbourhood police direct

Sussex Police have launched a new scheme to help people stay in touch with their local officers. more...

Theatre Previews

Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me, Komedia, Brighton, Sun, Jan 21

Bleeding kids eh! Never happy, you get 'em a Nintendo DS and they want the world. Spare a thought then for Monica's dad as he attempts to make her dream come true and hoist down the moon so she can play with it. more...

FunnyHaHa, Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton, Mon, Jan 22

It's a tenuous connection to be sure when the promoters of this new chortlesome night claim to be bringing back Brighton's original comedy night. more...

Detest (This Thousand Years I Shall Not Weep), Nightingale Theatre, Brighton, Jan 25-27

Regarded as "the hard man of Australian theatre", Angus Cerini draws on a collection of true stories from his time working in a juvenile boys' prison. more...

The Belated Happy Birthday Mr Bowie Show, Komedia, Brighton, Thurs, Jan 25

A mere 17 days after the former Spiders From Mars frontman celebrated his 60th birthday, a bunch of Bowie superfans will be spreading a whole load of Ziggy Stardust across the city with a cavalcade of Thin White Dukerelated silliness. more...

Mark Watson, Komedia, Brighton, Thurs, Jan 19

When this affable comic was mugged last year, he found himself getting increasingly angry with everything around him. more...

Dinner, New Venture Theatre, Brighton, Jan 20- 27

The knives are out in this scathing black comedy which was nominated for an Olivier Award when it was first produced in 2003. more...

The Caretaker, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Jan 23-27

The playwright Terence Rattigan once informed Harold Pinter that he knew exactly what The Caretaker was about: "God, the Holy Ghost and mankind." more...

Theatre Reviews

The Belated Happy Birthday Mr Bowie Show, Komedia, Brighton, Thursday, Jan 25

Weekend Events

George Melly, The Old Market, Hove, Thursday, Jan 25

Following two weeks at Ronnie Scott's, the octogenarian jazz singer returns to Brighton to provide an evening of the full George Melly experience. more...

Burns' Night Celebrations, Various venues, January 20, 25 & 27

The 18th-Century poet has long been a favoured Scottish icon, not least because the Burns' suppers celebrating his life and work are always an excuse for a drink and a knees-up. more...

Burns' Night Celebrations, Various venues, January 20, 25 & 27

The 18th-Century poet has long been a favoured Scottish icon, not least because the Burns' suppers celebrating his life and work are always an excuse for a drink and a knees-up. more...