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The Argus | Archive | 2007 | November

Stories for 14 November 2007

Albion News

Albion make five changes

Albion have made five changes of personnel in their starting line-up for tonight's JPT tie at home to Cheltenham. more...

Argus Jobs

Credit Manager

Newsquest (Sussex) Ltd has a vacancy in the Finance Department for a Credit Manager, reporting directly to the Regional Finance Director. more...

Reporter (maternity cover)

Do you have the drive to deliver hard-hitting exclusives, the creativity to get the best from each story and the ability to produce copy efficiently, accurately and to deadline? more...

Comment And Analysis

Other shops will be badly hit by Post Office cuts

One of the attractions that persuaded me to buy my house in Hove was that there was a small parade of shops less than 50 yards away. more...

Cricket News

Sussex CCC face old foes in 2008 opener

Sussex will start their bid for a hat-trick of County Championships against fierce rivals Hampshire. more...

Food On Friday

Free bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau when you spend over £25 at Cafe Rouge

Beaujolais Nouveau corks will be popping in Caf� Rouge restaurants all over Brighton next week when the new season's wine arrives. more...

Letters To The Editor

Once again wind energy is in the news. The South East England Development Agency (Seeda) is planning to spend £10,000 on a survey to find suitable sites but Bob Graham is against it (Letters, November 9). more...

Political spin

Nancy Platts' letter (Letters, November 7) is an archetypal example of political spin in place of substance. She praises the Labour Government's policing initiatives which resulted in ten community support officers in Hanover, but skirts around real issues. more...

Gutsy reporting

I would like to thank The Argus for having the guts to print such an honest piece of journalism about the state of debt in Brighton (The Argus, November 12). more...

Parents’ duty

In response to the correspondents who ask why their young boys cannot be left alone to ride their motorbikes on the downs (Letters, November 3 and 8), speaking as a former West Yorkshire police officer who had to attend similar problems on the moors, let me answer the question. more...

Mindless few intent on spoiling silence

I completely agree with RW Shipley's comments concerning fireworks (Letters, November 12). I can remember when I was a child that fireworks never lasted after November 5, and we under no circumstances let any off on a Sunday. This year we had them on Sunday when the majority of the country were doing the honorable thing that is always done on Remembrance Sunday. more...

Enjoy feeling of FA Cup win

I would like to pass on my congratulations to Frank King, John Maggs and the Horsham team for a fantastic result on Saturday. more...

Gehry worries

I fully understand the legal and practical reasons why the Regency Society is no longer seeking a judicial review of the planning permission for the King Alfred development (The Argus, October 26). more...

Need to succeed

Given the latest air pollution figures for the city, you would have thought even the chairman of the environment committee would be able to see that there is virtually no area of the city where you are not in or near a zone where conditions breach EU levels (The Argus, November 9) It is not sufficient to say that work has been done to try to improve air quality. more...

Closure plans a blow to communities

The proposed closure of Elm Grove post office (The Argus, November 13) would be yet another blow to a local community that has seen so many of its shops and services disappear in recent years. The effect on residents, particularly older people, those with children and anybody without a bank account, will be disastrous. more...

Congestion charges are as unfair as the poll tax

I am a non-driver living near one of Britain's most polluted town centres and I have young children. The Green Party would probably expect someone like me to support Keith Taylor's proposals for congestion charging (The Argus, November 10). In fact, as someone who would advocate voting Green in Brighton, I am deeply disappointed by Councillor Taylor's article. more...

Local News

Family leads green revolution

An environmentally-friendly family are bidding to lead their community in a green revolution. more...

Southern Water fined £20 million for lies and overcharging customers

Southern Water has been fined �20.3 million for lying about its service and overcharging customers. more...

Boys injured in crash

Two boys, aged six and nine, suffered minor injuries after the car their mother was driving crashed. more...

Generation of extreme behaviour

Young teenagers are drinking more heavily, smoking more and taking more Class A drugs, a survey of Brighton and Hove pupils has revealed. more...

Football boss jailed for 14 years

A football club chairman involved in a plot to smuggle £120,000 of cocaine into Sussex has been jailed for 14 years. more...

Police investigate Sussex links to murderer

Detectives are believed to be investigating possible links between a convicted murderer and the Babes in the Wood killings. more...

Tributes paid to RAF engineer

Tributes have been paid to a highly decorated RAF engineer who died at the age of 98. more...

'Fat birds prove a cold winter is approaching', say experts

Unusual feeding patterns among birds at a Sussex wildlife centre shows we could be in for a cold winter, according to experts. more...

Imran Khan arrested at Pakistan protest

Former Sussex cricketer Imran Khan has been arrested at a protest in Pakistan. more...

Teenage hoodie rescues woman from rail track

A teenage hoodie risked his own life to save a woman who was just seconds from death after falling onto a busy railway line. more...

280 new jobs to be created at port site

Up to 280 new jobs are to be created after plans for a new steel processing plant were unveiled. more...

Supermarket parking spaces row

Supermarket bosses have defended their actions after scores of disabled shoppers complained that parking spaces reserved for them are always filled by able-bodied drivers. more...

Land for incinerator secured

Land for a controversial incinerator has been secured as an inquiry into the compulsory purchase of the site began. more...

Parcels for troops campaign a success

A campaign to secure free deliveries from relatives to loved ones serving in Iraq and Afghanistan has been successful. more...

Woman stole more than £17,000 from her elderly mother

A daughter who stole more than £17,000 from her elderly mother has escaped jail. more...

Southern Water fined £20.3 million

Southern Water has been hit with a massive £20.3 million fine for lying about its service and overcharging customers. more...

Hero hoodie saves woman from railway line

A teenage hoodie risked his own life to save a woman who was just seconds from death after falling onto a railway line. more...

Thieves make off with unusual haul - a home

Brazen thieves made off with more than the average haul when they got away with an entire HOUSE. more...

Family accused of mistreating cats, dogs, horses and a parrot

A mother and her two children mistreated 15 different animals including dogs, cats, horses and an Amazonian parrot, a court heard. more...

Rape victim pleads "Stop harassing my attacker's family"

A rape victim has pleaded for people to stop harassing her attacker's family. more...

Railway signal failures cause chaos

Railway signal failures have caused rush hour traffic chaos in Worthing today. more...

Music Reviews

New Young Pony Club, Concorde 2, Brighton, Mon 12

New Young Pony Club are in the unfortunate position of having been hyped out of their leggings and tees two years ago, robbing their performances of anticipation and mystery. more...

News

Fewer complaints about police

COMPLAINTS about Surrey Police dropped by 28% this year, making it the best performing force in England and Wales. more...

First steps to new homes

WORK is beginning to build 600 houses in the north east of Horley. more...

Crafts at Christmas bazaar

A CHRISTMAS bazaar will be held at Woodhatch Centre in Whitebeam Drive this Saturday from noon to 3pm. Father Christmas will be there alongside a craft stall, cake stall and raffle. more...

Social club with a disco

A CHARITY is inviting adults with learning disabilities to a social club at Dovers Home in Dovers Green Road, Woodhatch. more...

New waste campaign

REDUCE, reuse and recycle is the message of a new waste management campaign in Surrey. more...

Benefit fraudster fined

A REIGATE man who committed benefit fraud has been fined £200 and ordered to pay £200 costs. more...

News In Pictures

Marching through the mountains

A TERRITORIAL Army soldier from South Nutfield achieved a Certificate of Merit for a 55-kilometre march through the Welsh mountains. Officer Cadet Matt Bartlett, 21, joined Exercise Cambrian Patrol with more than 80 foreign and British teams from the regular and Territorial Army. He carried full kit and equipment weighing 60lb on a two-day mission, including training in reconnaissance, river crossings and shooting under attack. more...

Sport

Eagles promoter quits

Promoter Bob Brimson has quit the Eastbourne Eagles speedway team. more...

Hillians boss steps down

Gary Croydon has stepped down as boss of Burgess Hill. more...

Horsham confirm FA Cup date

Horsham have confirmed their second round FA Cup tie against Swansea will be screened live by Sky Television on Friday, November 30 at The Atspeed Stadium. Kick-off: 7.45pm. more...

Albion 4 Cheltenham 1

The door to the new Wembley is not quite wide open yet for Albion, but it is certainly ajar. more...

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