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The Argus | Archive | 2007 | March

Stories for 28 March 2007

Albion News

Oatway has fourth operation

Albion are hoping a fourth ankle operation will end 15 months of frustration for Charlie Oatway. more...

Business News

Business conference nobody ducks out of

Business leaders can get top tips on customer service by chucking ducks at a motivational speaker. more...

Park and ride site may be bank’s HQ

A derelict farm site once earmarked for a park and ride scheme could be redeveloped as a high street bank's regional headquarters. more...

Cricket News

Sussex success is under threat

Sussex chairman David Green today warned the county will struggle to maintain its place at the top of English cricket unless they are able to develop the County Ground. more...

Letters To The Editor

Express reply

K Jameson's allegation that the Brighton and Hove Bus Company is collecting "yet more money from motorists" is a new one on me (Letters, March 23). more...

Abolition event

On Sunday, March 25, I attended a choral event on Brighton seafront to mark the abolition of slavery bicentenary. more...

Rather than being "cheap", as Mr Kelly states (Letters, March 24), Labour gives out cards each Mother's Day reminding women of just what the Labour Government has done to help women with children. more...

Queen of Lewes

I applaud your newspaper for publishing a positive story about the work of Regen and young people in Peacehaven, East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs (The Argus, March 22). more...

A disgrace to Coward's name

Noel Coward would have turned in his grave if he had watched Hay Fever at the Theatre Royal Brighton last week. more...

Seagulls are making our lives a misery

I write regarding the article "Are seagulls making your life a misery?" more...

RNLI quiz night

Almost 80 people gathered at St Marys's Hall in Felpham for a quiz night in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on Saturday, March 17. more...

A powerhouse

I thought Richard W Symonds' description of Crawley (Letters, March 22) sounded somewhat grim. more...

Terrible timing

Thank you so much for enlightening our aged, confused population of Brighton and Hove that the clocks, according to your bold print headline (The Argus, March 24) went back at the weekend. more...

Going elsewhere

My family and I intended to stay in Brighton for the Easter weekend. more...

I want to buy a flying saucer

After the UFO stories which have been in the paper over the past week or two (The Argus, March 23), assuming Brighton and Hove has been visited by aliens from outer space, may I use the medium of the Argus Letters page to introduce myself and let it be known that I am in the market for a flying saucer? more...

Our council tax system needs to be reformed

After waiting three years for its recommendations, the Lyons inquiry offered few crumbs of comfort to those seeking a fairer system of taxation for local services. more...

Graffiti art is good for the soul

I feel compelled to respond to the comments regarding "soulless graffiti" made by John W Tatum (Letters, March 20), in which the art which adorns the otherwise bland, grey concrete walls of our so-called openminded and culture-rich city was described as "overbearingly ugly, crude and garish". more...

Local News

Jack tackles rugby - at the age of 72

Most pensioners enjoy spending their later years playing bingo, gardening and putting the finishing touches to their latest jigsaw puzzle. more...

Landfill tax rises spark fears over jobs

Town halls are facing widespread redundancies or up to £10 million of cuts to cover an unexpected rise in landfill tax. more...

Town hall forced to reveal pay of top earners

It is the information they didn't want you - or their colleagues - to know. more...

Top entrepreneur quits job selling seaside town

A champion of Worthing has resigned as leader of a leading pressure group formed to rally the town's fortunes. more...

Householders sending less rubbish to dumps

A Sussex council has said its residents have increased their recycling rate by nearly six per cent year-on-year. more...

Residents evacuated as car smashes into gas pipe

A group of pensioners had to be evacuated from their retirement homes after a car crashed into a house and burst a gas pipe. more...

Toy boy and sugar mummy get their own TV show

A husband and wife with a 32-year age gap will appear on a TV show next week. more...

Council to spend £1 million finding out how to save money

A council has been given the green light to spend £1.15 million on outside consultants. more...

Dental reforms 'damage health finances'

The Government's reforms of NHS dental surgery have "blown a black hole" in Sussex health bosses' finances, the Tories claimed today. more...

NHS spends thousands on luxury interview rooms

The cash-strapped NHS is spending thousands of pounds to hold job interviews with junior doctors in luxury surroundings. more...

Newborn fox cub returned to its mother

A three-day old fox cub has been reunited with its mother by wildlife volunteers. more...

Heart patients spared long trips by new service

Two hundred patients have avoided a 20-mile journey for hospital treatment because of a new service set up nearer to home. more...

Airport delays predicted to continue

Air passengers are being warned by airport operator BAA to expect peak time delays at Gatwick Airport for the rest of the year. more...

Cop these great deals

Car boot sales, charity shops and eBay are just some of places you would expect beady-eyed bargain hunters to hang out. more...

Campaigner calls for Billie-Jo's inquest to be reopened

A campaigner has urged the Attorney General to re-examine the death of a murdered schoolgirl. more...

Old grenade sparks bomb scare

A metal detector enthusiast sparked a bomb scare after he stumbled upon a hand grenade. more...

Close of play at County Ground?

Sussex County Cricket Club is facing up to leaving its spiritual home in Hove after 167 years as plans to redevelop the ground were recommended for refusal. more...

Teens jailed after city centre fight

Four teenagers were jailed following a fight which appeared on the internet in CCTV footage. more...

Health bosses say they are ready for smoking ban

A health trust insists it is ready to cope with demand when the smoking ban comes into force this summer. more...

Harveys row firm may make U-turn

The pub company which caused an uproar when it banished Harveys Best Bitter from a pub may be preparing the ground for a dramatic U-turn. more...

Prisoners help to save the planet

Lags are lugging rubbish from a sports centre to help boost recycling figures. more...

Seagulls - we were robbed

Cash-strapped Brighton and Hove Albion was counting the cost today after the club's merchandise shop was broken into. more...

Brigade's job offer fails to fire up villagers

An under-threat rural fire station looks increasingly likely to close after a recruitment drive for part-time firefighters attracted just four applicants. more...

TV celebrity joins campaign to keep statues

Television celebrity Loyd Grossman has urged a developer not to remove four bronze busts said to be worth more than �2.5million. more...

Hunt for man who failed to turn up at court

A major hunt has been launched to track down a man who failed to turn up at court to face drugs charges. more...

Prison visits 'put children off crime'

Troubled children are being given an unvarnished insight into the realities of life behind bars in a series of visits to a prison designed to steer them clear of crime. more...

PM defends record on seaside resorts

Prime Minister Tony Blair today defended the Government's record on looking after the country's seaside resorts. more...

Traders angry at new parking rules

Traders are furious at new rules which mean they must pay to park in a town centre. more...

Health trust's debt wiped out

A struggling health trust which runs two major Sussex hospitals has had its debts written off by the Government. more...

Mailbox

Blue badge belligerence

Have you noticed how much envy and animosity is continually directed towards blue badge disabled parking holders, especially in the light of new parking regulations? more...

Adieu FIP Radio

Since March 1, the Gallic sounds of FIP Radio have disappeared from the Brighton airwaves and no one seems to know why. more...

Wind measurement required

There are many factors which affect the commercial viability of wind projects. more...

Young people are great

Some of us were collecting in the mall at Churchill Square in Brighton recently for NCH Action for Children. more...

Music Features

Interview with Brett Anderson

You'd probably want to be Caligula, wouldn't you," announces Brett Anderson through a mouthful of almonds. more...

Music Previews

Malcolm Middleton, Audio, Brighton, Wed, Mar 28

The member of Arab Strap commonly credited with "most things musical", the solo work of Malcolm Middleton sounds far more like the former lo-fi duo from Falkirk than that of its frontman, Aidan Moffat. more...

Music Reviews

BPO, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton

Ending this season's concerts by the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) was a central performance by Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro, who has now made his home in Brighton and Hove. more...

News

Probe into power cuts

An electricity company is investigating a number of power cuts in Reigate. more...

Airport recruitment drive

GATWICK Airport is recruiting extra security staff to try to cut the time travellers spend queuing for their flights. more...

Spiral

Wordspiral solution for Wednesday, March 28

CLUES 1. Knowledge test 2. Keen enjoyment 3. Very small 4. Tug 5. Slay 6. Weaving apparatus 7. Bill of fare 8. Second-hand 9. Info 10. Opera song 11. Among 12. Let fa 14. Insect 15. Camel's protuberance 16. Stopper Key word clue: Country more...

Stage Features

Interview with Tim Crouch

It's been an unusual year for Tim Crouch. Last May the Brighton-based playwright was performing his latest show, An Oak Tree, at the city's 200-seat Pavilion Theatre. Last month he was going for a pint with the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, in New York, and discussing making a film with A-list American chatshow host Kelly Ripa. more...

Interview with Alister O'Loughlin and Miranda Henderson

Three years ago this month I found the unmarked door at the back of the Grand Central pub and climbed the narrow stairs to the 50-seat Nightingale Theatre for the first time. more...

Sussex Scene

Albion hope ankle surgery will work

Albion are hoping a fourth ankle operation will end 15 months of frustration for Charlie Oatway. more...

Sussex Today

Fire alarm spooks guests at Grand

Guests in bathrobes were forced on to Brighton seafront after a fire alarm went off at the Grand Hotel. more...

Exotic parrots baffle residents

A pair of exotic birds are flying free in a suburban area and have baffled residents with their presence. more...

Proposed merger put on hold

Plans to merge two nurseries have been shelved after opposition from parents, governors and councillors. more...

Off licence raid

Two men robbed an off-licence in a latenight raid. more...

Bye bye Hove

Sussex County Cricket Club is facing leaving its home in Hove after 167 years after plans to redevelop the County Ground were recommended for refusal. more...

Singer hopes to pocket £1,000,000

Singer Michael Ball is taking part in a celebrity version of the TV gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to raise money for a hospital cancer appeal. more...

HomeBuy ‘no use’

Schemes to help young workers get a foot on the property ladder are of little use to the poorest families, MPs have said. more...

Mobiles clampdown

More than 300 people were fined in three weeks for driving in Sussex while on their mobile phone. more...

Town Hall still quiet

Town hall chiefs at the centre of a £500,000 financial scandal have refused to reveal the details of the payoffs given to two sacked directors. more...