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Southern is to close Falmer station hours before Brighton and Hove Albion matches Bex Bastable

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Southern Rail will close Falmer station just hours before the next two Albion matches for safety reasons. This is despite the fact RMT suspended its five-day strike yesterday (Thursday), to resume talks with rail operator Govia Thameslink (GTR). On Tuesday, the station closest to the AMEX stadium closed at 5pm - hours before Brighton and Hove Albion’s league cup match against Colchester. The rail company is to do the same tonight

(Friday), ahead of the club’s first home Championship game against Nottingham Forest, and again next Tuesday for the match against Rotherham United. GTR said it would be operating its temporary timetable from today (Friday), and because of the reduced number of services, it cannot provide the usual number of trains on Brighton and Hove Albion match days. A GTR spokesperson said: “We have been liaising with the British Transport Police and have jointly agreed that given the numbers of fans expected to attend the game, we cannot guarantee the

safety of passengers and staff if we were to allow fans to travel by train to the game. “We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause.” Martin Perry, director of Brighton and Hove Albion, said the strike could result in a £300,000 loss for the club, in tickets sales and providing extra park-and-ride sites for supporters. He said the situation was ‘totally unacceptable’ and left 12,000 supporters who travel to matches by train worried about how they will get to and from Albion’s ground for upcoming games. PAGES 12 AND 13

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Football club ‘disappointed’ to be named and shamed Bex Bastable

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The government has ‘named and shamed’ Brighton and Hove Albion in its list of 198 companies in the UK failing to pay the minimum wage. But the football club has furiously denied the claims, and said it is ‘disappointed’ it had made the list. The government released the figures yesterday (Thursday), and said the club owed £2,861.64 to one worker - which has now been paid. The club said the case was a result of ‘over generous’ payments of expenses to someone on work experience twoyearsago,andtheclubdid not believe it had breached employment regulations. As a result of the case, the club has now suspended its work experience programme, and has been ‘forced to close the door’ on graduates

seeking placements. A spokesperson for Brighton and Hove Albion said, “As a business we feel our reputation as a responsible employer has been very unfairly tarnished. We are one of the few clubs who pays its staff the over and above the national living wage. “Unfortunately, in light of this, we are now more risk averse in terms of offering work experience opportunities. This means we are unable to give as many valuable on-the-job work experience opportunities to those looking to further their career or break into this highly competitive industry.” “It is a shame because a number of people who’ve spent time with us, on work experience placements, have gone on to win successful job roles across the football and sports industry, at the highest level - here in the

here today.” Mr Collier said: “There’s always some issues on launch day so we were tolerant of the delays and this makes up for trouble.” He said the flight lasted around 15 minutes, with only a minute at the top of the tower, so he was keen to return for a second flight. But when he went to the ticket office on Saturday, Mr Collier claims he was told that refunds would not be offered. Mr Collier said he was told that the tweet, which he said has now been deleted, was sent out by a junior member of staff without authorisation.

Brighton and Hove Albion’s home at the AMEX stadium

Premier League and EFL and others abroad.” It said the case was down to a minor administrative error, and it had no opportunity to

Mr Collier said: “I wanted to like the i360, but the poor customer service has robbed me of something I would have tried again.” A British Airways i360 spokesperson said: “Rebookings or refunds were offered as an alternative to a flight for those people who did not want to wait during opening day teething problems. “On the first day of opening we were delighted by the massive enthusiasm from the public to come and see the attraction and we’d like to thank everyone for their support and patience on the day.”

Bacteria alert closes two pools Two city paddling pools are out of action after bacteria was found in the water, Brighton and Hove City Council has said. The local authority issued the notice this week, which said the paddling pool at Saunders Park on Lewes Road and the play fountains atTheLevelweretemporarily closed until further notice. A council spokesperson said: “Testing has shown high levels of bacteria which

the chlorine in the water hasn’t overcome. It’s the kind of bacteria that could come from bird droppings or dogs. “It happens from time to time and we don’t think the two incidents are linked. It’s more likely to be a coincidence. “All outdoor water features are subject to this occasionally. It’s an innate issue with outdoor water facilities. “Paddling pools are tested

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Burger chain to move into city A New York-style burger bar is set to open its second UK restaurant in North Street, Brighton. Smashburger announced it would open its second restaurant at 5354 North Street in October this year. It opened its first in Milton Keynes in May. Brighton Smashburger will be set over two floors, with seats for 100 people. The North Street site was home to Mucho Burrito, but the Mexican restaurant closed its doors earlier this year, with plans to relocate.

New date for i360 firework launch

i360 criticised for ‘doing a 180’ on launch day rebooking offer A Brighton businessman has criticised the British Airways i360 after what he describes as a U-turn on offering rebookings after teething troubles on the attraction’s first day. Ben Collier, who runs his own app business in Brighton, said his ‘flight’ was due to set off at 2.40pm last Thursday, but it was more than an hour late. He said there was ‘no adequate seating for the elderly or those with children and no refreshments’. Mr Collier said that i360 then sent out a tweet, which said: “We’re offering refunds and rebookings to visitors

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monthly and we’re not planning to increase that. However affected pools and features are thoroughly cleaned, the water changed and then re-tested. “It can take several days to make absolutely sure a facility is safe.” The paddling pools on King’s Road (on the seafront next to the West Pier) and Hove Lagoon (on the seafront next to Shoreham Harbour) remain open to the public.

appeal the result of HMRC’s decision. The club added it had been named as the Best Football Club to Work For

at the Football Business Awards, and has expanded its employee benefits to include a hot breakfast and lunch for staff, and a bonus scheme.

The rescheduled lighting and fireworks show to celebrate the opening of the British Airways i360 will now take place on Saturday. The launch was set to take place last Thursday – the day the attraction opened to the public – but it was called off due to high seas. The rescheduled show will start at 10pm for 15 minutes.

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Crime-fighting pair awarded for courage Bex Bastable

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Police dog Sparky and his handler Sergeant Gareth Jackson have been given the highest award from Sussex Police - a Chief Constable’s Commendation after catching a ‘violent’ criminal. Sgt Jackson and Sparky were the first on the scene to a suspected burglary in Shanklin Road, Brighton, on November 29. Police suspected the man had a gun. The suspect ignored Sgt Jackson’s request for him to stay where he was, and instead jumped out of the window of the flat. The man tried to run from the area towards the busy Lewes Road and the Vogue Gyratory, and Sparky was sent to chase him. The suspect got cornered between some parked cars and Sparky barked until Sgt Jackson tried to arrest him. The suspect tried to punch

Sparky and Sgt Gareth Jackson

the dog handler and kicked the dog, before running off again, pursued by Sparky. The chase continued and Sparky caught him by biting his leg. The suspect kicked Sparky in the head. Undeterred, Sparky held on unharmed - and Sgt Jackson was able to arrest the man. Sergeant Gareth Jackson said: “The arrest of this offender would not have been possible without the actions of my police dog,

and it demonstrates the real contribution that police dogs can make in apprehending criminals.” The offender, William Piper, 23, of Wilmot Road, Shoreham, pleaded guilty to attempted robbery, possession of an offensive weapon (a knife), and possession of class A and B drugs, at Lewes Crown Court on December 23. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison on January 29 this year. Chief Superintendent Chris Moon said: “This was a very violent situation, exacerbated by the concern the suspect had a gun. Sergeant Jackson acted selflessly and courageously with the knowledge that, if the man escaped, he could pose a significant danger to the public. “His actions and those of Sparky, who was being kicked in the head at the time, should be commended. Thankfully they are both ok.”

By-election Labour holds East Brighton

Labour’s Lloyd Russell-Moyle (centre) beat five other candidates to win the East Brighton council seat last week - with 57 per cent of the vote. He joins fellow Labour colleagues Cllr Gill Mitchell and Cllr Warren Morgan in representing the ward on the council. The byelection took place after Cllr Maggie Barradell stood down. Cllr Russell-Moyle said: “I’d like to thank the people of East Brighton, the ward where I live, for putting their trust in me.”

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Whitehawk council homes get the go ahead Planning permission was granted for 29 new council flats in east Brighton last week. The development, next to the Wellsbourne Health Centre in Whitehawk Road, is part of the council’s New Homes for Neighbourhoods programme. The local authority aims to build at least 500 new council homes on councilowned land, to provide highquality and much-needed

The new development planned for Ellen Street and Conway Street

Could this be the ‘catalyst’ to regenerate Hove eyesore Bex Bastable

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Developers have submitted the final plans for the rundown ‘eyesore’ to the southwest of Hove station, and said they hope it will be the first step in transforming the area. Apartments, offices, retail space, and a new and improved streetscape is part of the £80 million plan by Matsim Properties for the site between Conway Street and Ellen Street - currently home to warehouses including Furniture Village. Designs drawn up by LCE Architect’s feature towers ranging from four to 17 storeys, with plans for roof terraces, providing gardens and communal outdoor spaces. Simon Lambor, of Matsim Properties, said: “We hope that this can be the first phase and catalyst in the wider regeneration of the Hove Station Quarter that can provide desperately needed homes and employment space for the city. “We continue to consult with the local authority and the Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum on this.”

The designs, drawn up by LCE architects, include 188 apartments, 21,500 square foot of employment space, 2,500 of street-level retail space, and an underground car park. Since the initial drafts following consultation with residents and the council, there are now more one-bed homes in the plans. Mr Lambor said: “We are also committed to the provision of affordable housing and the improvement of the public realm in the area.” Developers want to make the industrial street-scape more welcoming, adding pedestrianised areas with ‘a pleasant village-type feel’. Mr Lambor said: “We are still on schedule for the time periods previously stated which were construction starting in summer of next year with a build period of just over two years.” If approved, it would be the first step in improving the area around Hove station, with the neighbouring bus depot also earmarked for development. The application for the Ellen Street site is set to go before the council’s planning committee in October.

affordable housing in the city, in response to the rising number of families on the housing register. There are around 23,000 households on the Homemove register wanting to rent a council or housing association home in Brighton and Hove. Cllr Julie Cattell, planning committee chair, said: “It’s a pleasure to approve this application, part of a new generation of council housing

many will welcome. These offer a really good standard of accommodation and it’s great to see the council setting an example in making better use of its precious land.” Accommodation will be provided in two blocks, with the west block standing at threestoreyshigh,containing three one-bed units and eight two-beds. The east block would be a mix of three and four storeys, with 18 homes.

There would be six onebeds, five two-beds, and seven three-beds. All flats will have balconies, and there will be 12 parking spaces and 30 cycle racks for residents. Construction is expected to start in the autumn and is set to take around 18 months to complete. The council has said at least 20 per cent of the construction workforce would be local.

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Dine in the dark and raise cash for guide dog charity Stuart Fry

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A hotel is to help raise money for the Brighton and Hove branch of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, by offering a three-course meal with a twist - all diners will be blindfolded. The unusual experience is to be held at 7pm on Tuesday October 15, one week after the annual Guide Dogs Week, at Jurys Inn, Brighton. This year marks the 85th anniversary of Guide Dogs, a charity that strives to ensure that blind or partially sighted people can enjoy the same freedoms as the rest of society. Graham Oulton, branch organiser for Brighton and Hove Guide Dogs, said: “The menu has been designed to allow people to experience some different textures and tastes and some tricky food too, all eaten blindfolded thus making it a new and challenging experience.

Dine in the Dark event and (inset) Guide Dogs

“Taking part is fun whilst allowing you to indulge in an evening of new experiences. Find out how much mess you can make, just trying to eat dinner. The evening is about awareness and

hopefully people may go on to take a look at how they view the charity and the work it does; appreciate some of the challenges faced by blind or partially sighted people; perhaps volunteer, which we

need, or sponsor one of our amazing dogs.” Tickets are £25, and optional bibs are also on offer. For tickets, email: brightonandhoveguidedogsb ranch@gmail.com

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Restaurant shuts after rates row Bex Bastable

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A restaurant which closed abruptly is being pursued for more than £200,000 in unpaid business rates, Brighton and Hove City Council has said. Staff said they arrived at Jimmy’s World Kitchen at Brighton Marina to find the buffet restaurant had closed unexpectedly on Sunday July 31. A note on the company’s website said it was closed for urgent maintenance. But Brighton and Hove City Council said in a statement that it has called in specialist investigators to help recover more than £200,000 in unpaid business rates from

the restaurant. Enforcement officers from the council attended the premises last week and removed goods in connection with business rate arrears dating back to when Jimmy’s started trading in 2014, the council said. The council’s lead member for finance, Councillor Les Hamilton, said: “We have a legal duty to collect business rates. These help pay for essential local services. This is a very complex case.’’ He added that the council had made efforts ‘to reach a reasonable accommodation regarding payment’ with the proprietors. He added: “We have appointed insolvency specialists Smith Williamson

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to pursue this. Smith Williamson are also working with a range of other parties who have been affected by the trading activities at the Jimmy’s premises, and have the specialist expertise needed. It is regrettable that enforcement action has had to be taken, however, we have a legal duty to take robust action as a last resort when all other attempts to collect the unpaid taxes, including court proceedings, fail to get the necessary result.” Brighton and Hove City Council said in a statement that it is now trying to track down the owners of the restaurant, and urged anyone with information to email enforcement@brightonhove.gov.uk

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Players from Brighton and Hove Albion visited American Express at its John Street office to celebrate the fifth birthday of the American Express Community Stadium. Seagulls stars Sam Baldock, Lewis Dunk and Bruno Saltor joined American Express staff for the celebration. Dunk said: “I was lucky enough to play at our first ever league match at the Amex, where the atmosphere was incredible. There’s been some memorable moments over the past five years and we can’t wait to kick-off another great season on Friday.”

Huge clean-up job after Brighton Pride Council staff cleared more than 187 tonnes of rubbish after Brighton Pride this weekend – 40 tonnes more than last year. That would fill around 19 dust carts, the council said. Over the Pride weekend, Cityclean staff were out in force working around the

clock to keep the city clean. Councillor Gill Mitchell, chair of the environment committee, said: “This year’s Pride attracted around 300,000 visitors to Brighton and Hove – the most the city has ever seen. “Our refuse and street cleaning teams were well

prepared, providing more bins and ensuring enough staff were available to cope with the clean-up. Our street cleaners did a tremendous job working thought the night to ensure that to ensure that this morning the city is clean again for residents and visitors.”

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Finish line in sight for pub crowdfunded by residents Stuart Fry

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The team behind the Bison Arms is staging a five-day, beer-themed, escapade to Bristol by bicycle, to celebrate their successful campaign to raise funds for a new craft beer pub, in The Lanes. The ride will hopefully coincide with the final lease agreement for the old Mariner pub being agreed, after the team beat Burger King to take over the East Street building. Nick Vardy and Jack Cregan, co-owners of Bison Beer, and Simon Duddington of the Bottom’s Rest pub, secured £150,000, the support of copious Brighton residents and the backing of many Sussex-based businesses - to open up a new pub, The Bison Arms. The team are now inviting others to join them on the ‘Bison2Bristol’ trek, from Monday, August 29. The gang will camp near a

microbrewery for each stop, and once within the maritime city, they will be able to enjoy the penultimate day of this year’s Bristol Beer Week. Good Chemistry Brewers, of Bristol, has also collaborated with Bison to create a special one-off brew called ‘Ryed With Us’. Tickets are priced at £150, which includes four eveningmeals, supplied by Brighton’s 64 Degrees restaurant, accompanied with quality beer. Mr Cregan said: “Bison2Bristol is all about connecting our two likeminded cities and celebrating the excellent breweries in between, which we’ll be tasting en route and looking to serve on the bar.” Solicitors have now been instructed to finalise a lease agreement - and if all goes well, The Bison Arms will be open for business by next year. Caroline Lucas MP, has been particularly enthusiastic about this

The Bison Arms team with Caroline Lucas outside the old Mariner pub in East Street

project, and said: “Their passion and drive meant that I had no doubt they would be able to get things up and running - I’m delighted that’s proved to be the case. I’m looking forward to my first

visit when The Bison Arms is open for business.” Mr Cregan said: “We’ve already done a lot of legwork with the architects and designers regarding the build of The Bison Arms, so the

next steps are bringing that together. “We anticipate opening spring/summer 2017, subject to the outgoing leaseholder completing the required works.”

Three Peak challenge in 24 hours for homeless trust A local woman is to tackle one of Britain’s biggest mountaineering challenges, and will raise funds for Brighton Housing Trust (BHT) at the same time. She will climb the three peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in 24 hours this weekend, to help

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people who sleep rough. Julie-Anne Darsley, who works for local digital agency Propellernet, said: “I am taking this on to help support the amazing work done by Brighton Housing Trust who run housing and support projects to transform the lives of vulnerable people.

“It will be an endurance test, but no harder than the struggles that homeless men and women face every day”. Money raised will go to BHT’s First Base Day Centre which offers a range of support services to people who are sleeping rough or insecurely housed.

Ben Nevis at 4,409ft, is the highest mountain in Scotland, Snowdon is 3,560ft, the highest mountain in Wales, and Scafell Pike is 3,209ft, the highest mountain in England. Simon Hughes, manager of First Base Day Centre, said: “This challenge is no easy

one, good luck Julie-Anne. “All money raised will be used to help people that use our essential services to overcome the challenges they face, as they move away from homelessness.” To donate, visit: www. justgiving.com/fundraising/ Julie-anne-Darsley

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New sports area at East Brighton Plans for a multi-use games area and a 3G grass pitch at a community centre in East Brighton, have been approved. The new sports area at The Manor will be built on existing tarmac tennis courts, and will include floodlights, fencing, equipment storage and other associated works. Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown, said: “This is great news for local residents in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven. Due to the hard work and voluntary personal commitment of the Manor Road Gym’s trustees over the last 11 years, this state-of-theart sporting facility in East Brighton is finally going to become a reality. “I look forward to seeing these facilities up and running very soon.” The Manor is run by volunteers, and runs sports and community activities for residents. Visit: www. themanorbrighton.com

Satisfaction at Sussex Student satisfaction has risen at the University of Sussex, according to the results of the 2016 National Student Survey (NSS). A record 2,340 final-year Sussex students took part in the government’s annual poll this spring. A total of 89 per cent of Sussex students who graduated this summer said they were happy overall with their university experience, up from 87 per cent last year and 85 per cent in 2014.

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Rail union RMT suspended its five-day strike to resume talks with Govia Thameslink (GTR) yesterday (Thursday), in the long-running dispute over conductor roles. Three days into the strike, and after a war of words in the press, the two parties finally decided to get back around the table in the hope of coming to an agreement. But how have we got to this point? The RMT - which has been locked in dispute with the rail operator for months - has concerns over GTR’s plans to introduce driver-only operated trains, claiming it is unsafe. It would see trains run without conductors, and the doors operated by drivers. GTR on the other hand, says the move is safe, and is determined to bring the changes by the end of the month. Last week, urgent talks between the two parties to try and avert this week’s strike broke down. Charles Horton, chief executive officer at GTR, released details of Southern’s offer to the union, and called their offer ‘comprehensive and incredibly fair’, with no compulsory redundancies, no reduction in salary, and no compulsory location moves, and urged the RMT to ‘come back to the table to talk, have constructive and productive discussions on the way forward and shake hands on a deal’. The RMT wanted to secure a deal similar to the one made between the union and Scotrail, guaranteeing a conductor on every train. But RMT general secretary Mick Cash accused the government of wrecking talks last week, which could have led to the union calling off strike action altogether. He said the union was ‘within an inch of making progress towards a deal’ that mirrored the offer of Scotrail when the plug was suddenly pulled and blamed the government for it. He accused the government of ‘weaponising the Southern dispute for political purposes’. This saw RMT members march on the Department for Transport in London on Wednesday, and Mr Cash said: “I have been involved in countless negotiations and have never witnessed a farce like this.” On that same day, the RMT demanded talks with GTR ‘without pre-conditions’ something the rail operator

Trouble at the turnstyles as rail staff walked out with (right) Charles Horton.

agreed to. Yesterday, the two parties resumed talks with mediation service Acas, although GTR warned that its emergency strike timetable would remain in place yesterday (Thursday), and hoped its revised timetable would be in place by today (Friday). In a letter to MPs, rail

minister Paul Maynard said: “I do not believe that GTR should simply cave in to pressure from the RMT. “They are clearly trying to resist logical and necessary changes that will bring benefits for passengers.” But the RMT’s Mr Cash said: “The government need to lift the blockade on the peace

talks and allow us to get back to normal industrial relations and serious and meaningful talks with the company. If it’s good enough for Scotland it should be good enough for the rest of the UK as well.” The negotiations were taking place as the Brighton & Hove Independent went to press.

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Rail strike will cost football club £300k Football fans fell victim to the chaos on the rails this week, when Southern announced Falmer station was set to close hours before an Albion match on Tuesday. This came after Brighton and Hove Albion’s director Martin Perry wrote an open letter to the city’s three MPs, claiming the strike could cost the club £300,000. He said: “On an average match, up to 12,000 supporters travel to and from the Amex by train. Supporters are worried about whether they will be able to get to the Amex, and worse whether they will be able to get home, are not buying tickets; this also has an impact on our catering, merchandising and programme sales. “We have calculated that the

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Commuters started the week set for five days of turmoil as RMT began it’s five-day strike; the longest-running consecutive rail strike since 1968. The strike was in fact suspended on Thursday, as the union and rail company resumed talks in an attempt to resolve their long-running dispute. But on Monday, those who did brave the trains were welcomed to Brighton station by RMT members on the picket line. Malcolm Chisholm, a train conductor and RMT rep, said: “We have offered a very reasonable position. We offered a deal along the same lines of what has happened in Scotland. What they have in Scotland has worked very well and we are more than

happy to stand down, as soon Southern Rail start acting more reasonably.” Mr Chisholm was referring to the deal between unions and Scotrail, where the train operator agreed to put a conductor on every service. Mr Chisholm’s main opposition to drivers being responsible for door operation is safety concerns. He said: “It’s got a lot of fault to it. It’s just ridiculous. “Themainplatformisalways the most dangerous part and this is a recipe for disaster. It’s also a massive issue for disabled and elderly users who may need assistance. “Those travelling to or from DOO platforms need to inform the station that they need

assistance at least 24 hours before travelling. Otherwise, they must accept that there will be a serious lengthening to their journey.” Brighton Station was hectic on the first day of the strikes as masses of people stood staring up at the departure boards, to be greeted with news of cancellations and delays. Jackie Dane was looking concerned and confused as she waited for friends from the United States. Ms Dane, said: “I’m waiting for people coming from the States and their train has been delayed. “I have no idea where they are. I am really frustrated by these strikes. Somebody has got to give somewhere, there

has got to be something that can be done. “This is serious, people are losing their jobs, people are missing hospital appointments. Something has to be done. “I think at first people had some sympathy for the situation but not anymore. This has been going on for too long.” Gordon Spriggs, a passenger caught anxiously looking up at the departure boards and his watch, said: “In the 21st Century, it should be possible to sort out issues like this withouthittingthepassengers. Why should we suffer? “I thought when the trains were privatised they were supposed to be regulated but where are they and what are they doing? I suspect this is going to go on for a while.”

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It’s taken five months for the council to clear a bath full of rubbish from a grass verge in Woodingdean - and the local authority only acted when contacted by the Brighton & Hove Independent. Frustrated resident Kate Goldstone first approached Brighton and Hove City Council about the unsightly health hazard in March, but it was finally cleared on Monday, after the council was approached for comment by this newspaper. Kate Goldstone, who lives in Woodingdean, sent the council a photograph of the rubbish asking what can be done. She said: “This bath was dumped on the verge outside a house in Crescent Drive North a year or so ago. “It has filled up with even more dangerous, smelly rubbish since I took the

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photo, including bits of metal and dog poop bags full of poo. “There’s a school just around the corner and loads of little kids walk past the rubbish every day. I’ve even seen them poking around in it. Gross.” Ms Goldstone said at first she was hopeful the issue would be quickly resolved, but after 43 Twitter messages, nothing happened. After four months the

council told Ms Goldstone that ‘the bath is on the grass verge not the pavement, so is not strictly speaking in our jurisdiction and we do not want to set a precedent by removing it’. She said: “I am, as you can imagine, pretty disgusted. All that time and effort I spent, and all the resources the council spent not getting to grips with the problem, and it’s still there, stinking, dangerous and making the area look horrible.” After removing the rubbish on Monday, the council explained that when fly tipping occurs it tries to trace the person who has dumped it so they can arrange to pay for it to be removed. A council spokesperson said: “However, in this case, as we have been unable to trace the person who dumped the bath, and residents have expressed health and safety concerns, we have now removed it.”

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Community groups will reap the rewards of the £5,000 raised from 86 tonnes of recycled clothes and shoes. The council scheme which began in March, sees unwanted clothing dropped off at one of 65 textile banks across the city, where the items are sold or recycled. Cllr Gill Mitchell, said: “We hope that many more residents will be encouraged to make full use of this service, raising valuable funds for community groups across the city.”

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ore than six weeks have passed since the EU referendum and as MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and part of Theresa May’s new government, I would like to say to local residents that Brexit means Brexit, but it is important that Brighton stays open for business. The campaign was fought, the vote was held, turnout was high and the public gave their verdict in a free and fair referendum. The Prime Minister has been clear that there must be no attempts to remain inside the EU, no attempts to re-join it through the back door, and no second referendum. The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the government to make sure that this happens. The Prime Minister and the government will provide strong leadership as Britain begins negotiations to leave the European Union and forge a new role for ourselves in the world. So in the aftermath of the referendum I have been contacted by many businesses and local residents who are asking “what happens now?” Concerns have been raised about tourism, the city’s many language schools, our two universities, jobs in financial services as well as from those working in our hotels and restaurants. What I can say is that at every step of these negotiations the government will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people. The Prime Minister is in charge of the process of our leaving the European

Union,supported by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union when it comes to negotiations, and the Secretary of State for International Trade when it comes to forging a new global role for ourselves in the world. There are clear principles from which the government is starting the process. As we conduct our negotiations, it must be a priority to regain more control of the numbers of people who come here from Europe, but also to allow British companies to trade with the single market in goods and services. While the ability to trade with EU member states is vital to our prosperity, there is clearly no mandate for a deal that involves accepting the free movement of people from Europe. I have also been contacted about EU nationals living here in Brighton Kemptown. The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living here and the only circumstances in which that wouldn’t be possible is if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected in return. Nobody should believe that the negotiation process will be brief or straightforward. It is going to require significant expertise and a consistent approach. However, I am sure that with Theresa May as our Prime Minister, there is no one better to provide the strong leadership that Britain needs for this serious and complex task. I will be working together with other MPs to make sure that we have the very best deal for our country and indeed for the people of Brighton Kemptown.

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ince May 2016, it has been my great joy and privilege to chair the economic development and culture committee on Brighton and Hove City Council. It is in spite of what some of my colleagues might tell you, in defence of their own committees, the best job on the council. I have met some of the most hard working, knowledgeable and committed people I have ever met in my life. People who run and look after our museums, libraries and art galleries, people who take care of our sport and leisure activities, people from the world of the theatre, commerce, business and tourism who look after our seafront, who organise and oversee our outdoor events, people who make our city what it is. I was born and bred in Portslade and have spent my entire life enjoying what Brighton has to offer. I have spent so many fantastic nights at the Theatre Royal, the Dome, the Brighton Centre and many of the smaller venues around Brighton. I have seen the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, The Jam, Rod Stewart and Bob Marley. At the

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theatre I have seen productions as diverse as Hamlet, Carmen, Spamalot and Around the Horn, way back in the early seventies my first trip to the theatre was a production of Godspell starring a very young David Essex, I have listened to a speech by Nelson Mandela when he visited the Labour Party conference in the year 2000, all a short bus ride from my front door. I’m sure many of

you will have similar precious memories of your own. When it comes to sporting activities Brighton again punches above its weight. The Brighton marathon is now the second biggest in England after London, this year we see the triathlon coming for the first time, we have a major football team playing in one of the best new stadiums in the country, a first class cricket team, the oldest velodrome in the country, which has just been restored and upgraded and last year we hosted some matches in the Rugby World Cup. Every year in the month of May we host the Brighton Festival, England’s largest annual arts festival, this year featuring the marvellous Dr Blighty projections on the Royal Pavilion. Just last weekend we hosted another fantastic Pride, bringing £18 million into the city’s economy. On the seafront, the pier, soon to be the Palace Pier again, is one of our oldest attractions and the British Airways i360 our newest. Why is all this so important to Brighton Hove and Portslade? Not only does it help attract some 12 million visitors each year adding approximately £860 million to our economy but it is also fantastic news

for locals. The Pavilion and the museums can augment and enrich the work done in the classroom. The new Museum Lab really can inspire our children and young people, proving museums really can change people’s lives. Our libraries through the new libraries extra are now open longer at a time when other authorities are cutting back and closing their libraries. This really can have an impact on the health and wellbeing of the people of Brighton, Hove and Portslade.We have been able to offer free swimming at council-owned pools for all our young people and the junior fitness challenge at all our sport centres. South East Dance is doing marvellous work locally, working with people with drug and alcohol problems and Dance To Health uses dance to counteract falls in older people, providing opportunities for young people and alleviating feelings of isolation amongst older people. If you live on your own, you may not see anyone for days, the idea you can go dancing even one day a week can make a difference to your whole life. The Labour administration will continue to support all these activities and more. All of which boost our economy and enrich our lives.

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was relieved to hear the government delay its final decision on the Hinkley Point C new nuclear power plant. Nuclear power is a dirty, expensive relic from a bygone era. Construction costs are estimated by EDF energy at £18.5 billion, while the National Audit Office (NAO) estimates that the taxpayer could face up to £30bn in costs from top up payments. Costs for the whole project will be far higher, particularly when ‘disposal’ of radioactive waste is factored in. It seems it is one rule for councils to ‘tighten their belts’ but quite another for nuclear power or Trident. It is no surprise that EDF chief financial officer Thomas Piquemal resigned earlier this year expressing significant concerns over financial viability. Astonishingly Hinkley will mean higher energy bills, as the government has agreed payments to guarantee EDF more than double the current market price for the electricity it generates. Another board member to resign recently was Gerard Magnin. In his resignation letter, Magnin said he had expected EDF’s strategy to move towards renewables instead of nuclear power. While Hinkley is not expected to start producing power until 2027, renewables can be brought online in a few months. According to that NAO report, the costs of wind and solar continue to fall. At a fraction of the cost to people and planet, renewables have the potential to provide more than 100 per cent of the energy needs for the entire South West. Nuclear isn’t a clean energy as many of its backers claim. Mining uranium

results in waste rock which is toxic for hundreds of thousands of years. Pollution from radioactive toxic waste hangs around for millenia. Waste is also created as a by-product of generating nuclear power itself. The Irish Sea is the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world with millions of litres of nuclear waste discharged into it daily from Sellafield. The fact that massive subsidies continue to be needed for the nuclear energy industry after over 60 years is testament to the rip off that is nuclear power. All this while the government continues to cut subsidies for renewables, particularly solar, arguing the industry must stand on its own two feet. 20,000 jobs have been shed in the fledgling industry as a result. What is environmentally reprehensible is also economically illiterate. In Brighton and Hove, we have a considerable number of small and medium-sized energy, engineering and construction firms that would all benefit from a government investment programme in renewable energy. A major boost to our local economy and thousands of new jobs, it would simultaneously help us to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change. This week scientists warned us we will miss global climate change targets so we have no choice but to abandon dated energy that threatens to make us the first species on the planet to consciously make itself extinct. The pressure continues to ensure the Conservative government abandon the white elephant that is Hinkley and provide energy for the 21st century by 21st century means.

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On This Day 1814 | Friday, August 12 Long before obscure magicians descended on the town, artists welcomed strangers into their open houses as the unofficial ‘Brighton Festival’ took place on The Level. Each invitation instructed the bearer to: ‘Bring a plate, knife, fork, drinking mug, be cleanly apparelled, not rise from the table during dinner, and be in their places for “¼ before Two o’clock”.’ The event celebrated

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Oh joy. A new edition of a well loved YA book (Young Adult, we no longer call them teenagers. Apparently). You name it, this has got it. Lesbians? Check. Cool kids vs nerdy types? Check. Brighton landmarks? Check. Wit, jokes, insight, social observations? Check. What else would you expect from Ms B, the queen of Brighton writers? And - this wins for the cover alone. Drop dead gorgeous. A bit like Sugar in the book. She’s loud, she’s rude, she’s queen of the Ravers at Ravendene Comp. She’s wild and rowdy and she makes Kim, the ‘good girl’ fall under her spell. I did have a flashback while reading this to my own schooldays, and there is always a ‘Sugar’ in the class. The girl who dares just a bit more than the rest, and the one that girls fall hopelessly in love with. Burchill handles this with style and verve and I highly recommend it as either a present for your 12-year-old goddaughter or as an aide memoir to your own days back at school. And who remembers the TV series? It was wonderful to see so many Brighton locations on the box. This book, quite rightly, has become a bit of a cult classic and it’s easy to see why. If you need a sugar fix, this is the very thing for you. Julie Burchill will be appearing at The Bookish Supper Salon on September 14 . Tickets from Tabl. com

Hostel’s celebration day at Old Steine A youth hostel charity is to hold a celebration day to connect with the community. YHA, which has a hostel at Old Steine, Brighton, is inviting the local community to discover what’s on their doorstep as part of its annual YHA Day celebration on Saturday, September 3. The event is from midday to 7.30pm, and there will be a pop-up charity shop with a catwalk, selling off unclaimed lost property and raising money for YHA’s bursary fund, which funds

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the exile of Napoleon to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 20km off the Tuscan coast. More than 7,000 Brightonians feasted, with their own cutlery, on roast beef and plum pudding. After the food the diners danced, played ‘blind man’s buff’, and performed an early form of the conga all the way to Castle Square, before belting out God Save the King. The modern-day Brighton Festival owes nothing to the French Emperor.

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stays for young people from disadvantaged families. Items for sale at previous popups have included designer sunglasses, clothes, tablets and even laptops. There will also be candy floss, face paint artists and cakes for sale. Peter Cant, deputy manager of YHA Brighton, said: “As YHA is a charity, volunteers are very important to helping us operate sustainably, so if anyone would like to volunteer with us then we’d love to speak to them.” Visit: www.yha.org.uk

August is here once again and as a busy Collaborative Family Lawyer and Mediator I am looking forward to some time away with my partner relaxing. The time leading up to summer holidays and directly after are always super hectic. Unlike some professions where things quieten down after summer most family lawyers and mediators are often more busy than at other times of the year. This may surprise people but the reasons are two fold. Firstly because many couples whose relationships are in trouble will try and use their summer holiday as a way of testing whether they want to carry on with the relationship. Secondly because separated couples with children will often request mediation to try and work through some of the practicalities of parenting over the summer.

Most of us even if we love our job look forward to a break from work. The annual summer holiday whether it be taken here or abroad, is supposed to be our chance to recharge; to spend quality time together and perhaps as a way of getting a relationship back on track. But as many of my clients tell me when they start proceedings unfortunately time away often doesn’t end up being stressfree quite the opposite. Some couples whose relationships were struggling anyway find that they argue even more on holiday. Take in to account the high expectations and it can be hard to accept that rather than the holiday mending things it actually highlights it is probably time to end things. Many clients tell me maybe they knew it was over anyway. They knew this

deep down but hoped a bit of sun, nice food and away from home, they would relax and things would be ok. Holidays can make or break a relationship. Why is this? It is partly because couples change how they interact with each other. Instead of being together for a limited period during each day maybe for 4 to 5 hours they are together 24/7. Consequently there is nowhere to hide and differences become more obvious. Of course it’s not all bad, some relationships can bloom again on holiday and a new sense of intimacy can return. But ultimately being away from the routine of work and family commitments will make couples look at why they are together and question if this is something they both still want.

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Tom Bewick

Lead councillor for children’s services

Grammar schools are not the answer

t has taken less than a month for the Tories to revert back to type. After the ruthlessly efficient coronation of Theresa May as prime minister, the new Conservative leader gave her first speech on the steps of Downing Street that any future Labour leader might be proud of. May talked about the struggling classes working around the clock. The ones that have seen their real wages fall by more than 10 per cent since the financial crash, according to the respected Resolution Foundation. Many of these people, of course, rejected the ‘we know what’s good for you’ political class in Westminster, in the historic Brexit vote. The answer, May proclaimed, was a government ‘on your side’. Without any apparent shame, the PM lifted a line straight from Labour’s playbook, adding: “for the many, not just a privileged few.” It was a Labour prime minister that legislated in 1998 to ban any further academic selection at 11 through the creation of new grammar schools. And even Tory ideological zealots like Michael Gove, when he was education secretary, agreed. So why has Theresa May caved in

so soon to the Tory right? How on earth can such a divisive policy last introduced in the 1950s provide any real answers to the gross inequalities or social polarisation of today? Once again, it is England’s schools that are being turned into a giant social experiment, to address the ideological chasm that exists within the Tory party. Just when we thought the city had seen the back of so-called forced academisation, with its direct attack on local accountability of education, the ‘nasty party’– to repeat one of May’s famous phrases – is back with a vengeance. Just as turning every school into an academy is no answer to raising educational standards, the birth of a new wave of grammar schools will not heal society’s bitter divisions. Let’s consider the evidence for a moment. Some counties, like Kent, already operate an extensive number of selective secondary schools. And with selective grammars, of course, a third-rate system of secondary moderns must co-exist alongside them. The result is educational apartheid. Whereas comprehensive schools, on average, enrol around 17 per cent of children from poorer family backgrounds, the corresponding figure for grammar schools is 2.7 per cent.

In other words, grammar schools are only ever as good at entrenching existing inequalities in society. By design, grammar education makes failures out of children. If Theresa May really wants to carry through a Labour programme following her speech in Downing Street, she could do no worse than direct her government to do four things immediately. Firstly, she should reverse the cuts to early years education that has forced the closure of five children’s centres in Brighton and Hove. Investing in early years education and childcare is scientifically proven to provide all children, regardless of social background, with a head start later on in life. Secondly, ministers should abandon the austerity programme that is cutting in-work benefits to families getting by on subsistence wages. Again, social mobility is ultimately about growing up in surroundings that are as rich in cultural capital as they are in material wealth. Thirdly, social mobility will only increase again when the government takes responsibility for tackling the crony capitalism that exists in the top echelons of the professions. From high court judges to the boards of top companies, the privately

educated account for over 60 per cent of all the available job roles. This is staggering when fewer than seven per cent of children go to such fee paying schools. That means the already privileged are buying privilege and so the cycle perpetuates itself. Parliament could legislate tomorrow to levy VAT on the fees of private schools, and this money could be ring-fenced for a new Sure Start-style programme for our most deprived kids. Similarly, just as all-women shortlists have helped address the gender balance in elected positions, now might be the time to make public companies and organisation publish equality audits’ as they are required to in Scandinavia. CEO pay could be capped at 100 times the pay of the lowest paid worker in their industry. What Britain needs most is a revolution in the availability of, including access to, more quality, well paid jobs. That’s what working class communities that recently voted to leave the EU in large numbers now demand of their government. No amount of tinkering with educational structures will help deliver the fairer society that has become such an illusive dream in recent years.

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The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra’s “Brighton Connections” summer season of chamber music at Brighton Unitarian Church concludes this Sunday 14 August with music by Mozart, Dvořák, Haydn and local composer John Hawkins.

Hawkins, a Lewes-based composer who previously worked in publishing and now writes music which has been performed worldwide. As a book designer, one of the titles he was involved with was The Human Face of God by poet and William Blake scholar Kathleen Raine, whose passion for Blake was infectious and has inspired several of John’s compositions. In Blake’s prophetic mythology Fuzon, rebellious son of Urizen, represents the embodiment of fire. Read more about John Hawkins at:

Members of the orchestra will perform Mozart’s dance-like String Divertimento, two of Dvořák’s delightful Zypressen www.johnhawkinsmusic.co.uk (Liebeslieder), initially written as a song cycle and later transcribed for string quartet, and Haydn’s very first String Quartet. The local connection is Fuzon, a string quartet by John

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Graham Chainey

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Walter Sickert’s two seafront scenes

here’s quite a lot of red in the earlier picture. The sky’s red, there’s the brick-red wall of the promenade, above which the seafront buildings seem to huddle like an extra row of spectators, and two of the figures on stage are red-suited, even their faces red. The nearest one, indeed, is so red that, halfhidden as he is by a pillar, I didn’t at first register his presence. Walter Sickert’s “Brighton Pierrots”, painted during the First World War, is an unsettling work. Brighton historian Clifford Musgrave sees it merely as “a work glowing with the brilliant colours of the costumes, the light of fairy lanterns and of the purple night sky”, but art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon recently offered a more nuanced view. He glosses wartime Brighton as an anomalous place, with no young men around, gunfire audible from across the Channel, and desperate attempts “to Keep Merry and Carry On”. That lurid evening sky “looks like a conflagration, some faraway fire that refuses to be put out”. On a stage set up on the beach east of the Palace Pier are (probably) Jack Sheppard’s popular troupe The Highwaymen, but

Walter Sickert, Brighton Pierrots

there’s something dislocated about their act. The pianist, in her pink pierrot costume, seems disconnected from her instrument, and turns darkly towards us.

The jollity is not just forced: it is almost a kind of macabre dance, emblematic of what is happening across Europe. No wonder the audience – suppressed to a few hats, bandaged heads and vacant deckchairs beyond the stage – and the King’s Road fronts, huddle from it. Sickert, unable to visit his beloved Dieppe, was staying with his patron the art collector Walter Taylor at 4 Bedford Square, and watched the pierrots every night for five weeks, during August and September 1915. He made sketches, and completed two versions of the painting (one now in the Ashmolean, Oxford, the other in the Tate) on his return to London. The first of Sickert’s many visits to Brighton was in 1913, when (probably at Taylor’s instigation) his Camden Town Group exhibited at the Art Gallery. In a letter, he wrote: “I was sitting today in the beautiful Great Gallery by the Pavilion in Brighton, dominated by the magnificent portrait of the magnificent George IV.” He called the gallery “the example of proper picture-hanging. Pictures considered as a permanent factor in the architecture of a room, and not as items in a lending library.” He liked to visit the Aquarium, with its

“theatrical light and shade of the tanks”, and bathe before breakfast at Brill’s baths. In 1926 he and his third wife Thérèse Lessore spent part of their honeymoon in a furnished flat at 7 Old Steine. From 1926 to 1931 he kept a studio in Sussex Square; according to Musgrave, he used to come down “in a taxi-cab which he left outside the house, with the meter ticking up enormous sums of money for an hour or two until he was ready to return to London”. In 1927 he came to Brighton to convalesce following a serious illness. Sickert’s other local scene, my favourite, is his 1930 painting “The Front at Hove” (also in the Tate), with its tag from Ovid’s Amores: “Turpe senex miles turpe senilis amor” (“An old soldier’s a wretched thing; so is senile love”). With the curving façade of Adelaide Crescent behind them, two figures sit on a seafront bench. One, resembling Thérèse Lessore, in a red hat, legs crossed, glances coyly, while the other, resembling an aged Sickert (he was 70 now), perches sideways, facing her. A third figure, seated between them but on the other side of the bench, with his back to us – a younger man in a shiny hat, nonchalent, oblivious – adds pathos.

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Most diverse digital festival to date PHOTOGRAPH: RAJVI VAYA

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Virtual reality, dance, and women in tech are emerging as strong themes at this year’s Brighton Digital Festival. Themonth-longcelebration of digital, arts and technology, takes place throughout September, with 90 events already confirmed. In its sixth year, the festival is going from strength to strength, and is cementing its title as the UK’s largest celebration of digital culture. The festival will once again bring together the city’s arts and digital communities througharangeofexhibitions, performances, conferences, meet-ups, workshops and outdoor events taking place across Brighton and Hove. High profile conferences include Dots and Brighton SEO. SheSays Brighton will hold a networking conference to help empower women in the digital and creative industries, featuring five highly influential speakers giving talks on topics such as gaming, technology and how

In The Eyes Of Animals, a virtual reality experience by vrLAB

to become a role model in the workplace. Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the most highly anticipated themes that is widely covered in this year’s festival. vrLAB is a four-day public event at The Old Market featuring more than 15 VR experiences, demos and talks using the latest HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and GearVR headsets. It will

include ‘Through The Eyes Of Animals’ as one of its virtual reality experiences. This year will also feature a range of new digital performances, including Dance Artist in Residence, a new collaboration between South East Dance and social intelligence company Brandwatch. Anyone on the streets of Brightoncanalsointeractwith

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Hello Lamp Post throughout September - an interactive SMS platform inviting people to start conversations with everyday objects, such as lampposts, parking meters and even stuffed animals. Laurence Hill, Brighton Digital Festival manager, said: “This year’s programme is our most diverse to date, which makes sense if you consider that digital now underpins

most of our lives. Virtual Reality is one of 2016’s hottest trends and one of the festival’s biggest strands this year. It’s the perfect opportunity for people to trial and experiment with some of the world’s finest VR tech. The festival’s ongoing commitment to the development of new audiences that have yet to engage with the festival and its ideas, has led us to

commission a range of artists to bring work to the city, and curate excellent education events. This runs alongside our continuing support of event organisers and festivalgoers in the local community, who are the life force that makes this festival work.” Brighton Digital Festival takes place from September 1 to 30. Visit: www. brightondigitalfestival.co.uk

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Brighton Pride 2016 was a sparkling, spectacular success Raising awareness and cash for LGBT causes in the most fabulous fashion Bex Bastable

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It was an electric atmosphere at this year’s Brighton Pride, with 300,000 people pouring onto the streets to watch the vibrant parade through the city on Saturday. With rainbow flags, sequins and feathers, Brighton and Hove celebrated in style. This year’s theme was Uniting Nations, and a special tribute to the victims of the Orlando attack was in the spirit of that theme. There was also a performance of YMCA by emergency services along the route, which included the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne. Charities, union groups, businesses, political parties, and of course LGBT organisations joined the parade from Hove Lawns to Preston Park, where the Pride Festival took place, with performances by Carly Rae Jepsen, Sister Sledge, Fleur East and Alesha Dixon. Around 50,000 people joined the festivities at Preston Park, which also featured a cabaret tent, family area, marketplace and Trans area, and a women’s performance tent. A minute’s silence was held on the main stage for the Orlando victims, and Paul Kemp, director of Brighton Pride said: “It is only by building bridges and standing shoulder to shoulder with groups around the world that we can tackle homophobic and discrimination in all its forms by promoting respect and equality for all.” There were also events at Victoria Gardens and St

Pride is now a citywide event, and this year was certainly the biggest CHRIS JEPSON Brighton Pride

James’ Street throughout the weekend to celebrate diversity and equality in Brighton and Hove. Chris Jepson, Pride spokesperson, said: “In addition to the amazing Pride Parade with its mix of overthe-top flamboyant display as well as a serious campaigning message and the fantastic Pride Festival in Preston Park, this year Pride also produced two new sites on Victoria Gardens and Old Steine as well as the Pride Village Party in Kemptown. “But it’s not all about the glittering main stage acts at the festival, there were also areas of entertainment for all members of the LGBT community and allies in the Family Diversity Area, the Trans Tent, the Urban World Tent and of the course the Legends Cabaret Tent with its brilliant mix of top class performers. “Pride is now a citywide event and this year was certainly the biggest Pride event the city has seen. The whole city really gets behind

the festivities and planning with key partners like the Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex Police, Fire Service and NHS goes on throughout the year to help deliver a safe and successful event. “As the UK’s biggest Pride Festival we are passionate about raising awareness of LGBT hate crimes across the globe and our main purpose is the raise money for the Rainbow Fund who facilitate so many great charity and community projects across the city.” Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp, Brighton and Hove divisional commander said: “This is one of the biggest policing operations we manage, and it could not happen without the support and hard work from all those involved and the thousands of people who travel from far and wide to attend it and help make it an amazing and fun event. “I was delighted to be able to march in the Parade again this year, which has to be one of the most enjoyable opportunities I have each year as the city’s policing commander. “I am also hugely proud of the officers who have been policing Pride this year, many of whom worked very long and busy shifts in the hot weather but remained positive and professional throughout.” City councillors and local MPs joined revellers at Pride this weekend, including Peter Kyle, MP for Hove, who said: “Well done to the organisers of Pride for making this year’s the biggest and best yet. It was an incredible carnival of colour, sound, fun and politics.”

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Feathers and sparkles was a strong theme at Pride PHOTOGRAPH: EDDIE MITCHELL

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‘Refugees welcome’ at the Uniting Nations parade PHOTOGRAPH: EDDIE MITCHELL

The city was filled with colour as Pride celebrations kicked off

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The tribute to the victims of the Orlando attack at Pride

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How to survive A-Level results day, and make the most of clearing vacancies Hannah Morrish

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Thousands of Brighton and Hove students will receive their A-level results on Thursday, August 18. When the big day rolls around there are a few things that students need to do. Make sure you start the day with a decent breakfast, you can’t make important decisions or celebrate on an empty stomach. If you make your university offer, congratulations you can start your celebrations! If you miss your university offer – don’t panic. Clearing vacancies are already live on the UCAS website and are kept updated as universities receive all the A-level results. If you’re in Clearing do your research and talk through all of your options

with the people that know you best, including friends, family and teachers. You’ll need to ring up the universities that you’re interested in so make sure youhaveallyourdetailswith you when you do (including your UCAS clearing number which you’ll get from Track and your grades). When you speak to them ask lots of relevant questions about the course

rather than later as popular course spaces can fill up fast. Make sure you get a verbal offer before putting your Clearing choice into UCAS Track. Remember there are lots of choices available to you apart from university. You could opt to go into work, apprenticeships, internships or take a year out. You never know, you might find university isn’t the route for you or you want to take a year out to decide the best path. Take a look at our website, The Student Room, which is a Brighton-based education website, with a community forum for students, with advice of revision, making the right educational choices, finances, and starting university. There’s lots of tips on how to cope with results day. For advice and support visit: thestudentroom.co.uk

and it’s a great idea to ask about their accommodation availability. Don’t feel under pressure to accept the first course that’s offered to you, you can shop around in Clearing. Remember you can only add a Clearing choice from 3pm. You can receive multiple offers before choosing the one that’s right for you, so you will want to get your place confirmed sooner

Facts and figures n 64,340 students were accepted into university through Clearing in 2015 n 532,265 students started a university course in 2015 n You can enter your Clearing choices into Track from 3pm on results day n Clearing remains open until September 30 n 479 courses already available in Clearing at University of Brighton and Sussex

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JustbeforetheBritishAirways i360 opened its doors last Thursday, nine community champions and their families were invited for a preview flight. The chosen champions were nominated through Sussex Newspapers including the Brighton & Hove Independent. Lisa Bundock from Moulsecoomb was chosen as the Community Champion for Brighton & Hove Independent, and she enjoyed the views from the i360 with her husband Mike and five sons George, Jack, Joshua, Jamie and Jonathon. Mike nominated Lisa because of her tireless work in looking after the family, as Mike and four of their children have autism. He said: “She is up early every day and late to bed, often woken during the night. She never complains and has nothing but love for the boys.” After the flight, Mike said:

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The Bundock family enjoyed a ride on the British Airways i360

“We loved it, and it was really special that we all got to do it as a family.” Five young people were also chosen to join the flight

from Brighton’s Trust for Developing Communities. It chose Jordan Back, Kayleigh Rose, Lauryn Carr, Leah Brown and Tom Maher for

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Community groups and good causes across Sussex are to raise a glass to a well-known brewer after being awarded a grant to aid their work. A total of 28 groups from East and West Sussex will share in a record breaking £27,000 from the Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest. The Badger beers’ maker has long been a supporter of community organisations in its operating area, which stretches much of Dorset and both East and West Sussex. This year’s process began in March following a launch at the Black Rabbit pub in Arundel, attended by dignitaries from across the region. Following rigorous judging from a panel consisting of Mark Woodhouse, chairman of the company, Gary Shipton, editor in chief of Sussex Newspapers, Blaise

Tapp, the community editor at Sussex Newspapers, Adrian Barrott from Sussex Community Foundation and John Scudder, the landlord of the Plough Inn at Ifield near Crawley. This year there were an impressive 140 entries from Sussex, including many from this newspaper’s circulation area, which the judges whittled down to a shortlist, and they visited some in order to establish a better understanding of the applicant. The judges were looking for local projects to which they felt the community chest could make a real difference. Applicants asked for anything between £300 and £3,000topayforthingssuchas day trips, cricket equipment, sensory aids, new chairs, personal radios and general running costs. The result was the biggest ever combined pay out to Sussex organisations from the community chest. Mr Woodhouse said: “Without a doubt the good causes of Sussex gave us

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Best dressed ladies: Kayleigh Griffiths (2nd), Charlotte Pook (1st) and Kate West (3rd)

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It was a photo finish at the Frosts Ladies Day best dressed lady competition at Brighton Racecourse last Thursday, where the paddock was thronging with stylish racegoers vying to make it into the winners’ enclosure. The lady first past the post was Charlotte Pook from Seaford, who won a clutch of prizes donated by Brighton businesses. Charlotte received apieceofjewelleryfromJames Ross Jewellers worth £1,000; a £250 shopping experience at Ted Baker Brighton; a

Heart of the Ocean Couples Spa Package worth £2,500 at Brighton’s Grand Hotel and a luxury hamper worth £220 from Electric Brighton hair salon. Second place went to Kayleigh Griffiths from Southend who won a package for two worth £260 at The Float Spa in Hove, and in third place was Kate West from Bexhill who received two VIP tickets to Party At The Races event at Brighton Racecourse on October 1. Frosts Ladies Day was the second day of the threeday Festival of Racing which began with John Smith’s

Raceday and ended with the Checkatrade Festival Finale. The Festival Finale saw stilt walkers welcome racegoers to the seven-race event, which drew in the crowds on Friday. Sarah Garvey, 26, from Yorkshire said: “I went to university in Brighton, and always wanted to come to the races. It’s been a really good day, and we’ve even had a couple of wins!” Sam Windridge, who joined Brighton Racecourse in May this year as executive director, said: “What an incredible introduction to Brighton this has been for me! The atmosphere at the Racecourse

over the three days was amazing with so many people taking the opportunity to get dressed up and really enjoy themselves. And with the opening of the i360 followed by Pride in the same week, I don’t think any other city in the country could have been having so much fun as Brighton.” The next racing event at the racecourse is the Family Fun Raceday on Sunday, August 21, followed by six more afternoon fixtures before the season ends on October 13. For more information, and for tickets, visit: www. brighton-racecourse.co.uk

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Bluebird won an impressive total of 14 stars across 12 awards including two-star awards for its Assam Single Estate Black Tea and its Lapsang Souchong Black Tea. Krisi Smith, co-founder of Bluebird Tea Co., said: “It’s great to have won 12 stars, we are all really chuffed. They [Great Taste Awards] are like the best in the country who are rating your products, so it’s great.” Krisi went on to suggest what makes Bluebird’s tea so successful, she said: “All of our tea is hand-blended, that is our main thing. “We painstakingly test each product and we are always open to new ideas. We

have some whacky flavours available.” Julien Plumart Ltd, a French-owned patisserie and café that specialises in macarons, also won two twostar awards for its Pistachio Macaron and their Black Forest Macaron. Julien Plumart, owner of the patisserie, said: “I was ecstatic. We entered four products and I was really happy to get two-stars for two of them. “It’s hard to get it right, the hardest part is to repeat perfection every time you make them. I think our choice of ingredients is key. We always use Varlrhona chocolate, which is a quality chocolate that not many

others use in their products. “We entered the Pistachio Macaron last year also but we didn’t win an award, but we improved the texture considerably and this year it got two-stars. We are always on the quest for improvement.” Motherfudgers, a vegan fudge producer in Brighton, was handed a gold star for its Crème Brûlée Fudge. Owner Anne Key said: “As in the past, for our Salted Caramel, Vintage Vanilla and Crystal Ginger Zinger fudges, the judges really loved the traditional home-made taste and recognised the skill it takes to get just the right level of ‘fudginess’. Winning these Great Taste Awards is huge as it means that our effort and skill has been recognised and that our product deserves to stand shoulder to shoulder with other high quality foods on the shelf. I know that where there is a choice when I am shopping, I will choose the product with the ‘Great Taste’ sticker on it every time, so I hope the discerning fudge-lovers out there will do the same!” Other star producers were Brighton ice-cream company Gelato Fusto and Gran Stead’s Ginger - a drinks producer from Mile Oak.

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Sussex-based harp duo 94 Strings are set to perform their debut concert at Angel House, Hove, this month. They aim to explore all kinds of music, from Bach to the Beach Boys, on Thursday, August 25 (6.30pm). Alexandra King and Fiona Hosford have decades of experience between them, having played for weddings, concerts, and many other events. “They met in 2014, bonding over a mutual appreciation of exciting harp repertoire, cats, and gin,” said a spokesperson for the group. “Fiona began her studies on the harp aged just six.

Since then she has performed all over the UK and abroad, enjoying a successful and varied musical career as one of the South East’s most highly recommended harpists. “Her sense of humour and natural musicality ensures that her playing is always a joy to hear. Previous engagements include performances for Wimbledon and Tour de France, at the V&A Museum in London, and for various A-List celebrity events. “Alexandra started piano lessons aged seven, picking up the harp aged 16. “Her skills on the piano helped her to progress quickly, joining the Brighton Youth Orchestra just one year later, before continuing to achieve her

BMus(hons) degree in Music Performance. “As well as for numerous high profile events, Alexandra has performed on live television and radio. She has a passion for all kinds of music, from classical and jazz to more modern and electronic styles. “94 Strings have a varied repertoire, including classics such as Faure’s Berceuse from the Dolly Suite and Bach’s Sicilienne, through to more modern songs like Massive Attack’s Teardrop and Bill Withers’ Ain’t No Sunshine. Whatever your taste in music, 94 Strings play music everyone will love.” Tickets cost £12 (£1.50 booking fee if purchased online). Visit www.wegottickets.com/ event/363691.

The end of an ambitious printing tour Exhibition

Huge works of art that were printed using a 90-yearold steamroller are being exhibited at Phoenix Brighton gallery until August 21. The exhibition is the final stage of the Big Steam Print, an exciting community art project organised by Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft. The project saw participants produce

their biggest ever prints using a 12.5-tonne vintage steamroller as a giant printing press. From March to June 2016 the museum took the steamroller on an ambitious printing tour from its base at Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre to the Acton depot of London Transport Museum; to the coast as part of the 50th-anniversaryedition of Brighton Festival; and to the 700-year-old

Village Fair in Ditchling. Anthony Burrill, Jonny Hannah and Angie Lewin were some of the artists who travelled from far and wide to take part in the Big Steam Print. They joined artists, students and community groups who spent months preparing designs using lino, wood and letterpress. For more information on the exhibition, visit www. phoenixbrighton.org.

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George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House is coming to the Brighton Open Air Theatre this summer, courtesy of Droll And Folly Theatre (DAFT). The show is at the venue from Tuesday to Sunday, August 16-21 (7pm). There are 2pm matinees on August 20 and 21. On an estate in the Sussex countryside stands the house of the title. Heartbreak House is a ship-shaped home to disappointment, a privileged zone where rules are suspended, lovers are switched, hierarchies reversed, and – strangest of all – people find themselves telling the truth. This ‘Ship of Fools’ is guided by ancient mariner

Captain Shotover, who longs, with the power of his mind, to blow the whole social order sky high. Director Nicholas Quirke said: “George Bernard Shaw wrote this allegorical comedy in reaction to his feelings about British culture and society as we entered the First World War and he has populated this play with a setting and characters that represent all aspects of Britain and British society. “Politicians, corporate bosses and the ruling elite to artists, pioneers and middle classes all find themselves, through inertia and lack of interest, sleepwalking into chaos in Europe. “As a result, Shaw’s experiment in European drama feels remarkably prescient as Britain stands once more on the edge of Europe, looking into the most uncertain of futures.

“The ship shaped Heartbreak House itself is poised surreally in the Sussex countryside, symbolic of England and is home to privilege and disappointment and in this century old comic masterpiece, the themes still address our contemporary concerns from gender politics, terrorism to class divides.” Under the direction of Nicholas the company has since staged another four productions, including three Shakespeare In A Day performances, and a sell-out run of The Tempest at 88 London Road. Heartbreak House reunites many of the actors who have made those shows such resounding hits. Tickets cost £14/£12 (plus booking fee) from www. ticketsource.co.uk/venue/ EGMDHJ.

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Griff Rhys Jones: Work In Progress is at the Brighton Komedia on Tuesday, August 23 (8pm, doors 7.30pm). The comedian is airing some thoughts – stories, anecdotes, reminiscences and half-remembered events from a long career with his much-missed comedy partner Mel Smith.

It’s a ramble through a relationship. Comedy fans are invited to join Griff on this work in progress complete with previously unseen footage. Unreserved cabaret seating. Viewers must be over 16. Tickets cost £12. Call the box office on 0845 293 8480 or visit www. komedia.co.uk/brighton.

Brighton Little Theatre presents Frankenstein by Nick Dear, adapted from the novel by Mary Shelley. The show is at the Clarence Square venue from Tuesday to Saturday, August 16-20 (7.45pm). This adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic horror story, which was published in 1818, is told through the eyes of the creature. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless creation, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Tickets cost £9 from 0844 888 0432 or brightonlittletheatre. ticketline.co.uk. The show is also at Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) from August 25-28 (7pm/2pm). Visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/ brightonopenairtheatre.

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The Listings TODAY COMEDY KRATER COMEDY CLUB: Until August 14, 7pm/8pm/10.30pm, £5-£36.50 Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians. Acts over the weekend include; Dave Fulton, Stefano Paolini, Ian Coppinger, MC Stephen Grant and Phil Lucas. CONCERT THE BRIGHTHELM CENTRE: 1pm-5.30pm, August 12. A day of live music raising funds for The Brighthelm Centre. Organised by For The Record TV, Brighton Unsigned, Street Diner and Jax Mitrovic of Anything Organised. Live music in the garden with lots of food. At 5.45pm the doors of the auditorium open for a full programme of entertainment until 11.30pm. Acts confirmed for the garden stage: Matt Murphy, Dr Jam & Mr Alex, Christelle, Tagore Chayne and Jack

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GIGS FEAR FACTORY – BLOODSTOCK WARM-UP: £17.50, 7pm, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. The American industrial metal band head to Brighton for their Bloodstock festival warm-up show. PURPLE SANE: Bowie x Prince, £5£10, 11pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. All proceeds will be donated to charity. STAGE MARILYN REBORN: £10, 9pm, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. Marilyn is back from the dead! This hour long cabaret is brought you by the UK’s top Marilyn Monroe impersonator. All the classic songs, extreme glamour and more than a few little surprises.

SATURDAY OTHER BRIGHTON DOME BACKSTAGE TOUR: 10.55am, £6.50, The Dome, Church Street, 01273 709709. Pre-booking essential. Meet in the cafe bar. 20 percent discount for members. FAMILY FRIENDLY APP TOURS: 10.15am, £7.50, Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650. This family friendly interactive tour lets you see what happens backstage when a show is on, explore hidden parts of the building not open to the public, meet characters from the past and staff from the present and experience what it’s like to perform on stage in front of packed audience. SOULFUL SINGING: 11am-1pm, £6 on the door, The Dome, Church Street, 01273 709709. Group singing teacher Mahasukha leads an uplifting harmony workshop with sacred song and lots of enthusiasm. No experience necessary, just the will to sing. No need to book – just drop in. THEATRE TOUR: 11.30am, £7.50,

Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650. See behind the scenes of this theatrical treasure. This beautiful grade II listed theatre holds over 200 years of secrets and intriguing tales.

SUNDAY CONCERTS BRYAN ADAMS: £45-£50, 7pm, Brighton Centre, 0844 8471515. Get Up (UMe) tour. The multi-platinum recording artist releases his 13th studio album on October 30. See page 45.

TUESDAY GIGS JULIAN MARLEY: 7.30pm, £18, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. Support from Dagger Sound. Join Grammy nominated reggae superstar Julian Ju Ju Marley for his first ever UK tour. OTHER FOOTBALL: Free fun football days for girls. Albion in the Community

(AITC), Brighton & Hove Albion’s official charity, is running two free football sessions as part of its new Girls’ Football programme. August 2, Hassocks Sports Centre, Dale Avenue, Hassocks. August 16, the Community Pitch at the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, Lancing. Sessions for girls aged 6-13 of all abilities (beginners welcome). Up to 50 places available. Places are free courtesy of American Express, whose employees will be supporting AITC coaches on the day. Kick-off from 9.45am-3pm. Prebooking essential at development@ albioninthecommunity.org.uk or call 01273 878277.

STAGE FRANKENSTEIN: 7.45pm, £9 (including fees), Brighton Little Theatre, 9 Clarence Gardens, 0844 888 0432, brightonlittletheatre.ticketline. co.uk. Running until August 20. Frankenstein by Nick Dear, adapted from the novel by Mary Shelley. Also at Brighton Open Air Theatre from August 25.

WEDNESDAY GIGS FINLEY QUAYE: £14, 8.30pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. Plus Karl Bray. Scottish musician Finley Quaye won the 1997 Mobo Award for best reggae act and the 1998 BRIT Award for Best Male Solo Artist. He is currently touring a semi-acoustic show throughout Europe with live band dates planned for the UK in October.

THURSDAY GIGS FAB BEATLES – REVOLVER: £16, 7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Performing the 50th anniversary of the classic Revolver album. STAGE WHAT I GO TO SCHOOL FOR – THE BUSTED MUSICAL: £16.25, 7.30pm, until Aug 20 (Sat mat 2.30pm), Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650. By James Bourne and Elliot Davis.

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FRIDAY GIGS JUST MUTINY PRESENTS ANARCHY: £10, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. A place for industry professionals to get creative, with a newbie slot for the chance to get seen. This variety show contains neo-burlesque, comedy, variety and magic, as well as the weird and wonderful.

CINEMA BRIGHTON CINEWORLD, BRIGHTON MARINA (0871 200 2000): Visit www.cineworld.co.uk/cinemas/brighton for the most up-to-date film times.

Frankenstein is at Brighton Little Theatre. Picture by Miles Davies

DUKE OF YORK’S (0871 902 5728): Valley of Love (15): Fri 1.30pm, 6.30pm; Sat 1pm, 6.30pm; Sun 1.30pm; Mon 1pm, 6.30pm; Tue 2.15pm, 6.45pm; Wed 1.15pm, 6.30pm; Thu 1.15pm. Wiener-Dog (15): Fri 4pm, 9pm; Sat 8pm, 10pm; Sun 4pm, 6.30pm; Mon 3.35pm, 8.30pm; Tues

4.30pm, 9pm; Wed 10.30am, 3.45pm, 9pm; Thu 3.45pm, 6.30pm. Sid and Nancy (18) Fri 11.15pm; Thu 10.30am. Long Way North (PG): Sat 10.30am. The Moon and the Sledgehammer (U): Sat 3.30pm. Barry Lyndon (12A): Sun 8.40pm; Tues 10.30am. Hopster Showtime Outdoor Fun (U): Mon 11am. ODEON (0333 006 7777): Suicide Squad (15): Fri-Sat 11.30am, 12.15pm, 2.20pm, 3.20pm, 5.10pm, 6.10pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10.10pm; Sun-Mon, Wed-Thu 11.30am, 12.15pm, 2.20pm, 3.20pm, 5.10pm, 6.10pm, 8pm, 9pm; Tues 12.15pm, 2.20pm, 3.20pm, 5.10pm, 6.10pm, 8pm, 9pm. Finding Dory (U): Fri, Sat, Mon, Wed, Thu 10.20am, 11.15am, 1pm, 2pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 6pm, 7.40pm; Sun & Tue 11.15am, 1pm, 2pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 6pm, 7.40pm. Pete’s Dragon (PG): 10.15am, 12.45pm, 3.15pm, 5.45pm. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (15): Fri-Thu 1.20pm, 3.50pm, 6.20pm, 8.45pm. Visit www.odeon. co.uk/cinemas/brighton/71 for the most up-to-date film times.

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Multi-platinum recording artist Bryan Adams is set to release his 13th studio album, Get Up (UMe), on October 30 and is taking his latest tour to The Brighton Centre. Get Up is a collection of carefully crafted rock songs produced by Jeff Lynne,

whose credits include The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Randy Newman, as well as being the co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys. Bryan said: “There is a carefree feeling about this album and in many ways it is the album I wish I’d been able to make 25 years ago.” Tickets cost £45-£60. Visit brightoncentre.co.uk.

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7. It’s stupid to begin in an easy job (5) 8. Where certain chessmen are bred? (7) 9. Hothead joins American company - he’s married, of course (7) 10. The tree is not so young (5) 12. There will be no repetition - because no You have 10 mins to find as many words as possible profit was using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the made? (5,5) hub letter and at least 3 others. Letters may be used only once. You cannot use plurals, foreign words or 15. He will knock proper nouns. There is at least one 9-letter word to lots down for be found. people to pick up (10) 18. Engaged couple’s expectation after breakdown? (5) 19. Naval sword wounded girl (7) 21. There could be no sense in How you rate: unity (7) 6 words, average; 9 words, good; 12 words, very good; 15 or more, 22. It produces a excellent. fine sort (5)

WORDWHEEL

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CLOCKWORD

1 2

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Connected Rare flower Unpleasant Tended Required Gaped

7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

System Ridiculous Camera stand Danger Mean Holy

1. Transmits (10) 2. Bisect (5)

8. Ingredient (7)

3. Burn slightly (4)

9. Contrary (7)

4. Discover (6) 5. Fortifications (8)

10. Deserves (5)

6. Region (7)

12. Shelter (10)

11. Father Christmas

15. Singer (10)

(5,5) 13. Inmate (8)

18. Healthy (5)

16. Go to bed (6)

21. Sailor (7)

17. Pungent (5) 20. Fruit (4)

22. Goodbye (5)

THE CLUES: 13878 gives an African country; 96484 gives an African country; 56723 gives a South American country.

20 21

24 25

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS SUDOKU:

Quick:

CODEWORD: 1=A, 2=M, 3=L, 4=V, 5=K, 6=Y, 7=Z, 8=P, 9=S, 10=E, 11=O, 12=B, 13=R, 14=G, 15=D, 16=Q, 17=C, 18=H, 19=F, 20=T, 21=N, 22=I, 23=W, 24=J, 25=U, 26=X. WORD WHEEL: PALMISTRY.

Across: 7 Fillet; 8 Head-on; 10 Bewitch; 11 Force; 12 Arum; 13 Ether; 17 Facts; 18 Shoe; 22 Might; 23 Notable; 24 Things; 25 Hearts. Down: 1 Off-beat; 2 Blown up; 3 Berth; 4 Set free; 5 Adorn; 6 Andes; 9 Whetstone; 14 Cartage; 15 The bare; 16 Release; 19 Smith; 20 Again; 21 Utter.

11 7

20 19

15 9

4 3 8 1 7 6 5 3 8 1 2 8 4 2 7 1 5 6 7 6 5 2 4 5

CLOCKWORD: 1 Jacket, 2 Assist, 3 Nudist, 4 Expert, 5 Honest, 6 Object, 7 Robust, 8 Report, 9 Outlet, 10 Claret, 11 Kismet, 12 Silent.

CELEBRITY: Jane Horrocks.

SPLIT DECISION Cross out one of the two letters in each divided square to reveal a completed crossword grid.

NINER: ADSORBENT

M A B D F

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B Y

R O

M H

N E

S H

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic:

Across: 7 Circle; 8 Ground; 10 Lacking; 11 Above; 12 Idea; 13 Donor; 17 Cloak; 18 Mesh; 22 Felon; 23 Uranium; 24 Evenly; 25 Scampi. Down: 1 Acclaim; 2 Proceed; 3 Plain; 4 Creator; 5 Tutor; 6 Adder; 9 Ignoramus; 14 Blankly; 15 Mediums; 16 Chamois; 19 After; 20 Alter; 21 Larch.

14. Ask (7)

19. Local (7)

Each number from 1 to 9 represents a different letter. Solve the clues and insert the letters in the appropriate squares to discover a word which uses all nine letters.

7. Freshwater fish (5)

NINER 1

Down

SUDOKU

No number may be used more than once in any one block.

8 7

Across

Fill in the white squares with the numbers 1 to 9. Each horizontal block of squares must add up to the number in the shaded square to its left, and each vertical block must add up to the number in the shaded square above it.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Quick Clues:

KAKURO

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter D in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a US singer.

1. Out of which love shines? (5,5) 2. Flower or kitchenware given to youth leader (5) 3. Wager article is letter in Greek (4) 4. The captain’s game? (6) 5. A number is too old for the scope insurance risks (8) 6. The chief road to progress (7) 11. Telephone teacher - he’s needed in the circus (4-6) 13. Lied over wicked person (8) 14. Looked angry when milk producer got in sleigh (7) 16. The tidiest street on the French Riviera? (6) 17. The manuscript about beer is not for the fair sex (5) 20. Thanks ship for news agency (4)

L I T I T

2 9 6 7 4 5 8 3 1

1 5 8 9 3 2 4 7 6

3 4 7 1 6 8 5 9 2

4 6 5 2 1 7 9 8 3

9 8 2 4 5 3 1 6 7

7 1 3 8 9 6 2 5 4

6 3 9 5 2 4 7 1 8

5 7 4 3 8 1 6 2 9

8 2 1 6 7 9 3 4 5

SPLIT DECISION:

KAKURO: 7 9 2 4 7 1 2 5 8 1 1 7 4 4 5 5 9 3 5 1 2 7 8 3 1 8

SUDOKU:

B 7 4 1 8 3 7 2 9 8 5 4 6 4 1 9 5 9 2 4 6 6 3 9

9 6 8 6 3 2 9 5 3

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Friday, August 12, 2016

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Friday, August 12, 2016

Opinion

Food and Drink

By Tom Flint

The food was so good I had to double-check it was vegan Rootcandi

Brighton Bakery

Putting a name to a cake

A beautiful mushroom risotto

By Philippa Kelly

brightonbakery@yahoo.co.uk

100% VEGAN

105 Western Rd, Brighton BN1 2AA www.rootcandi.co.uk/ 01273 965904 ust a couple of weeks ago I found myself out of my comfort zone eating a purely vegetarian meal at Planet India’s new restaurant in Hove. Fresh off the back of that experience I have taken things up, or down, depending on your point of view, a notch by paying vegan plant-based restaurant Rootcandi a visit. Rootcandi was devised by Steve Billam, the man behind the hugely popular Iydea café, and classically-trained, awardwinning chef Reuben Waller. Rootcandi started a year ago as a pop-up dining experiment that received rave reviews (including a glowing one by my fantastic predecessor Suzanne). In March this year they designed a new menu and took over the Western Road branch transforming Rootcandi into a full time restaurant. I am no expert but I hear that “plantbased” is the new word used to describe vegan food. This sounds like a clever PR stunt on the part of the vegan community. Whether this is the case or not, and I am not saying that it is, the concept of a purely plant-based or vegan restaurant is a brave one – even in Brighton. I was invited to try the new restaurant and popped by on a pleasant Tuesday evening. They have transformed the site into a tidy and bright restaurant space that feels smart without being overly formal – smart casual if you will. The menu is split into four mini geographical-focussed tapas sets with the concept being that diners share the six dishes from one of the menus. If this is not up your street you can pick and choose, although I think that would be missing the point. As I am dining alone I decide to pick a few dishes from the “Stanmer” menu – that’s modern European to you and I. The other options are the pan-Asian “Queens”, Indian-inspired “Brunswick” and the South American-themed “Preston” – no prizes for guessing where they got the names from.

Bakery Bulletin

A deliciously indulgent dessert

I’ve been on a bit of a martini mission of late and so I order their lychee and blackcurrant version (£7.30) to enjoy as an aperitif. Obviously I was not expecting a classic offering with those flavours and it wasn’t. It was, however, a very enjoyable fruity cocktail with the tart blackcurrant nicely balancing out the sweet lychee. My tapas set arrives and the team have clearly given some thought as to how they want to present the dishes. Rather than cram loads of little dishes onto the table resulting in inevitable noise and mess, a spinning stand is used with each dish occupying its own branch – very clever. The full Stanmer set would cost £22 per person based on two sharing, representing the most expensive option on the menu compared to £16 for the Brunswick. I start with the “King Oyster Scallop” featuring roasted king oyster mushrooms in a pea and asparagus puree (£6.90). It is an excellent adaptation of a classic starter with the mushrooms looking the part if tasting somewhat different to their fishy counterpart. The dish is fantastic and I start to realise that this is going to a really interesting experience. Next up the tomato tarte tatin with pesto (£7.90). This inventive and sprightly take on the classic French dish is bursting with freshness and flavour and I happily chomp through it. The only sticking point being the lack of a flaky crisp base which I

can overlook. A braised salsify puree with red wine jus and caramelised red onion (£5.90) strikes me more as an accompaniment rather than a stand-alone dish. It is a good bowl of what I can best describe as a fancy mash but not a stand out dish – a term I save for the last two dishes. First up the last of my savoury choices, smoked cauliflower and wild mushroom risotto (£7.90). We all know that the secret to a good risotto is a ton of cheese and butter so a vegan risotto just does not compute. Well think again. This delicious bowl of earthy mushroom and rich truffle goodness could have been served in any fine dining restaurant in the city I would have been pleased with it. Topping the evening off was a dessert that was so good I had to double check that I was in a vegan/plant-based restaurant. The chocolate ganache tart (£6.90) served with salted caramel and vanilla ice cream was a rich and indulgent treat that took me completely by surprise. My only previous experience of vegan chocolate came courtesy of an old work colleague. He would force bone dry and flavourless “chocolate” cookies on me whilst claiming they were better than the standard ones. They weren’t, but this dessert was. If my visit to Planet India opened my eyes to vegetarian food and helped me to accept that it could be enjoyable, Rootcandi has shown me that it can also be refined and delicious. I was very impressed with the quality of the dishes and the chefs are clearly an inventive and creative bunch. Having only tried the one tapas set I would be interested in seeing how the others stand up, but based on my experience I have no reason to doubt the quality. The restaurant was lively and busy even on a Tuesday evening and so it appears that I am not the only one who has been impressed with their food. Well worth a visit, even if you are a carnivore like me.

Tom Flint writes a food blog Food Booze and Reviews at: www. foodboozeandreviews.com

adeira cake is from Madeira. And that concludes this week’s educative exploration into edible entities. Now just hold on a minute, because we did a bad thing there - we lied. Madeira cake is - spoiler alert - not from Madeira. While you take a moment to digest that, we’ll add that French fries are from Belgium. My, what a day this has turned out to be. Madeira cake is possibly the most boring cake in existence. Fairy cakes are up there, but at least they come in cases. The English invented Madeira cake. Fairy cakes are the Americans’ fault. Or at least one of them. The Madeira Islands are a Portuguese archipelago. Nobody except Solzhenitsyn can pronounce that. The capital is Funchal. That might come in handy in a quiz, or if you feel like being an awkward conversationalist. I wouldn’t recommend it - I’m not invited out much. Madeira is famous for its own traditional cake called bolo de mel which means “honey cake”. That’s right, sweet cheeks, honey cake. It’s a dark and spicy cake and sounds far more interesting than a Madeira sponge, albeit not exactly good for the dwindling bee population. Madeiran national dishes are all similarly anti-life: espetada is large chunks of beef in garlic, salt and bay leaves; feijoada is a stew of beans, beef and pork; and carne de vinha d’alhos means meat with wine and garlic. The blandness of Madeira cake has suddenly become appealing. So why is it called Madeira cake if it’s not from Madeira? That’s a very good question, thank you for asking. Well, traditionally the cake was served with Madeira wine. That’s right, Madeira cake is so boring that it’s named after its accompaniment. It’s actually flavoured with lemon, but not enough to be called a lemon cake. It’s sad really. It’s like calling French fries “burger potatoes”. For Madeira cake, the halcyon days before food colouring and salted caramel are over. If we were to rename the cake based on its current demographic of consumers, we might call it a Sunny Delight cake, a Cocktail Sausages cake, or an Afternoon Meds cake. Solzhenitsyn once wrote, “Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words”. Madeira cake’s name is the only thing it has going for it, and without it there would have been no Bakery Bulletin this week. You win some, you lose some.

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BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) REGULATIONS 1990 The following applications involving or affecting the setting of Listed Buildings or affecting the character of a Conservation Area were registered during week ending 05/08/2016: BH2016/02693 5 Kings Gardens Hove Full Planning – Conversion of ancillary store rooms into 1no self-contained studio flat (C3) at lower ground floor including installation of roof lantern. BH2016/02783 12 Tower Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of first floor rear extension with front and rear roof terraces at first floor level and alterations to fenestration. BH2016/02733 & BH2016/02734 Penthouse Flat 4 Kings Gardens Hove Listed Building Consent & Householder Planning Consent – Creation of balconies to replace conservatory and west facing dormer, removal of existing west facing dormers and creation of single new replacement dormer. Revised fenestration including installation of north facing glazed enclosure to replace balcony. Roof alterations including enlargement to the existing flat roof extensions, installation of roof lantern and associated alterations. Repositioning of existing internal doors, internal partitions and other internal alterations to layout of flat. BH2016/02817 Flat 4 36 First Avenue Hove Householder Planning Consent – Installation of flue to front elevation. BH2016/02151 & BH2016/02152 23A Palmeira Square Hove Listed Building Consent & Householder Planning Consent – Internal Alterations to layout of flat. Replacement of Window with french doors and fanlight, creation of new window and alterations to existing door and window. Enlarging of external patio area. BH2016/02706 20 Upper Market Street Hove Full Planning – Conversion of storage (B8) to 1no self-contained bed-sit (C3) at basement level including replacement of existing shopfront with bay window, creation of a lightwell and installation of railings. BH2016/02808 Flat 11 29 Palmeira Square Hove Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing single glazed crittall window with double glazed timber sash window to rear. BH2016/02552 & BH2016/02553 Flat 3 16 Montpelier Crescent Brighton Full Planning & Listed Building Consent – Replacement of existing single glazed timber windows and door with double glazed timber windows and doors. BH2016/02661 33 Clifton Hill Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from retail (A1) with storage at basement and maisonette above to 1no three bedroom house (C3) including replacement of basement window at rear. BH2016/02669 42 Ventnor Villas Hove Full Planning – Removal of rear fire escape. BH2016/00945 38 Upper St James Street Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from retail (A1) to caf /restaurant (A3) (Retrospective). BH2016/02723 Kiosk adjoining 302 Madeira Drive Brighton Full Planning – Creation of additional floor to existing kiosk with associated alterations. BH2016/02764 6 Trafalgar Court Brighton Full Planning – Change of Use from residential dwelling (C3) to four bedroom small house in multiple occupation. BH2016/02505 74 East Street Brighton Advertisement – Display of externally-illuminated painted sign, internally-illuminated high level sign and non-illuminated awning. (Part Retrospective) BH2016/02506 74 East Street Brighton Full Planning – Installation of retractable awning to South side elevation. (Part Retrospective) BH2016/02645 10 Pembroke Avenue Hove Householder Planning Consent – Removal of existing conservatory. Replacement of pitched roof on existing rear extension with flat roof and rooflight. Installation of rear bay window and balcony with glass balustrade at first floor level and rear juliet balcony at second floor level with revised fenestration and associated alterations. BH2016/02630 Flat 4 54 Portland Road Hove Householder Planning Consent – Installation of rooflights to front and rear elevations. BH2016/02745 171 Waldegrave Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of single storey rear and side extension with associated works. BH2016/02704 Lower Ground Floor Flat 167 Ditchling Rise Brighton Full Planning – Erection of single storey rear extension at lower ground floor level. BH2016/02710 23 Park Road Rottingdean Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of timber windows to front of property with UPVC windows. BH2016/02638 2A Regency Mews Brighton Full Planning – Conversion of existing offices/workshop (B1) to 1no three bedroom dwelling (C3) with associated alterations. BH2016/02633 63 Walsingham Road Hove Householder Planning Consent – Erection of a single storey rear infill extension. BH2016/01673 79-81 Ditchling Road Brighton Full Planning – Creation of external seating area and associated alterations. (Retrospective) BH2016/02803 146 Woodland Drive Hove Householder Planning Consent – Erection of a single storey rear extension with openable rooflight. BH2016/02732 32 Guildford Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Installation of rooflights to front elevation. BH2016/02736 86A Centurion Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing timber single glazed windows to rear elevation with timber double glazed sash windows. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 BH2016/02663 1-3 Ellen Street Hove I give notice that Matsim Properties Limited is applying to Brighton & Hove City Council for planning permission for: Demolition of existing commercial units (B8) and erection of buildings ranging from four storeys to seventeen storeys in height comprising a mixed use development of no.188 residential apartments (C3), 1,988 sqm of offices (B1) and 226sqm of retail (A1) with car parking at basement level. You can view the application on the Council website www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/planning applications. Any representations should be made in writing to the Planning and Building Control Applications Manager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of this notice, quoting the application number. Please note that all representations received will be open for public inspection and late representations may not be considered. Planning and Building Control Applications Manager 12 August 2016

PUBLIC NOTICES BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 BRIGHTON & HOVE VARIOUS CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2015 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.*X 201X (REF: TRO-19-2016) NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (‘the Council’) proposes to make the above named Order under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended which if they come into force will change the existing parking restrictions in Arundel Place, Arundel Road, Eastern Place and Eastern Road, in Brighton. This is to enable traffic signals to be installed at the junction of Eastern Road and Arundel Road. It will mean that some parking provision will be lost so it is proposed to extend parking where possible in Arundel Place, Eastern Place and Eastern Road. A copy of this Notice, the proposed Order, plans showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the council’s reasons for proposing to make the Order may be seen online at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/tro-proposals. The documents can also be viewed using the public computers at Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove (Monday to Friday 10am-4.30pm). All objections and other representations relating to the proposed Order must be made in writing and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made and should be sent to the Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture, Brighton & Hove City Council, 2nd Floor, Parking Infrastructure, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2LS quoting the TRO reference number shown above or by e-mail to parking. consultation@brighton-hove.gov.uk or online (see details above) no later than 2 September 2016. Please ensure you include your full name and address. Dated: 12 August 2016. Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture, Brighton & Hove City Council c/o Parking Infrastructure, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS. www.brightonhove.gov.uk/ tro-proposals

BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 BRIGHTON & HOVE OUTER AREAS (WAITING, LOADING AND PARKING) AND CYCLE LANES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2013 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.11 2016 (REF: TRO-13-2016) NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”) has on 10th August 2016 made the above named Order under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended which when it comes into operation on 15th August 2016 will make permanent the double yellow lines that have been implemented in Manor Place. A copy of this Notice, the Order as made, plans showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Order may be seen online at www.brighton-hove. gov.uk/tro-finalised. These documents together with a copy of the existing Order to be amended may also be examined at the Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove, (Monday to Friday 10am-5.00pm). Any person who wishes to question the validity of the Order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirements of the Act or of any instrument made under it have not been complied with may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order was made, apply to the High Court for that purpose. Dated: 12th August 2016 Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture, Brighton & Hove City Council, c/o Parking Infrastructure, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS. www.brightonhove.gov.uk/ tro-proposals

PUBLIC NOTICES BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 BRIGHTON & HOVE VARIOUS CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2015 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.10 2016 (REF: TRO-9A-2016) THE BRIGHTON & HOVE (OFF-STREET PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2008 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.1 2016 (REF: TRO-9B-2016) NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”) has on 10th August 2016 made the above named Orders under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended which when they come into operation on 15th August 2016 will introduce:• No loading restriction in Haddington Close in the turning area • New No Stopping on School Keep Clears restriction in Haddington Close • New shared permit or pay and display bays (2 hours maximum stay) in Haddington Street. • Altering the location and the time restriction on the existing disabled bays to become 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday (3 hour maximum stay) the number of bays will also be slightly increased. • Removal of references to the Haddington Street Car Park from the Off-Street Parking Places Order. A copy of this Notice, the Orders as made, plans showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Orders may be seen online at www.brighton-hove. gov.uk/tro-finalised. These documents together with a copy of the existing Order to be amended may also be examined at the Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove, (Monday to Friday 10am-5.00pm). Any person who wishes to question the validity of any or all of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirements of the Act or of any instrument made under it have not been complied with may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order was made, apply to the High Court for that purpose. Dated: 12 August 2016. Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture, Brighton & Hove City Council, c/o Parking Infrastructure, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS.

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The Fiat 500X joins the crossover fray, offering a neat and stylish extension of the 500 franchise, writes Jonathan Crouch of caranddriving. com. With a choice of front or allwheel drive, some modern diesel and petrol engines and some aggressive pricing, this one’s going to be extremely popular. The front-wheel drive models will doubtless prove more popular with British buyers who are about as likelytotakethe500Xoff-roading astheyaretosenditroundthe Nurburgring. You’ll need to pay attention to the badging. A 500X Cross Plus has allwheel drive but a 500X Cross merely looks as if it does. This being Fiat, we get a range of excellent engines right from the get-go. The petrolenginescomprisea109bhp 1.6-litre E-torQ and the more sophisticated 138bhp 1.4-litre Turbo MultiAir2 unit. Go diesel and you’re looking at the

smooth 118bhp 1.6-litre MultiJet II for front-wheel drive applications and the 138bhp 2.0-litreMultiJetIIifyouwant four-wheeldrive,thelatterbeing mated to a nine(!)-speed automatic transmission. The manual ‘boxes get six speeds, unlessyou’relookingattheen-

try-level1.6-litreE-torQtransmission,whichmakesdowith five ratios. Fiat has also developed 168bhp 1.4-litre and 184bhp 2.4petrolpowerplantsforthis car,bothwiththeautoandallwheel drive. The 1.6-litre diesel that

will attract most footfall here in the UK is respectably brisk, getting to 62mph in 10.5 seconds, while delivering a 320Nm slug of torque. The all-wheel drive models aren’t designed to handle quite the same terrain as the Jeep (which gets additional

underbody strengthening), but there are tight approach and departure angles and reasonable 179mm of ground clearance. That compares to 162mm you get on front-wheel drive models. The 4x4 500X modelsarealsoequippedwithspe-

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CHAMPIONSHIP

LEAGUE TABLE: P Norwich 1 QPR 1 Ipswich 1 Nott Frst 1 Bristol 1 H’field 1 Fulham 1 Reading 1 Sheff Wed 1 R’ham 1 Wolves 1 B’ham 1 Brighton 1 Cardiff 1 Derby 1 Burton 1 Brentford 1 Wigan 1 Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 1 Preston 1 Barnsley 1 Blackburn 1 Leeds 1

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NEXT MATCH: 2016/17 PERFORMANCE

LAST MATCH PRIDE PARK, 06-08-16 RESULT: DERBY 0 BRIGHTON 0

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Murphy at the double as Albion ease past Colchester PICTURE BY ANGELA BRINKHURST

EFL Cup 1st round

Brighton 4, Colchester 0 By Steve Bailey steve.bailey@jpress.co.uk

A double from Jamie Murphy helped Albion ease past Colchester in the EFL Cup on Tuesday evening. League Two Colchester held their own for more than an hour but Albion then scored three times in ten minutes through Sam Baldock, Murphy and Elvis Manu, before Murphy added a late fourth. The Seagulls will now travel to Oxford in the next round. With no trains to Falmer owing to the Southern Rail strike, just 6,895 fans were in attendance – exactly 300 more than the lowest-ever crowd at the Amex when Albion hosted Cheltenham in the League Cup two years ago. Albion made 11 changes from the side that started the opening day 0-0 draw at Derby on Saturday, with new signing Oliver Norwood, Rob Hunt, Sam Adekugbe and Ben White all making their debuts. Colchester, who were relegated into League Two last season, made seven changes themselves from their opening game, which meant former Brighton duo Doug Loft and Brennan Dickenson made their debuts. Albion made a bright start, without testing Colchester keeper Dillon Barnes in the early exchanges. The visiting stopper was called into action shortly after the half-hour mark,

Sam Baldock fires home Albion’s first goal against Colchester on Tuesday evening

though, when he had to push Adekugbe’s mishit cross over the bar. The Seagulls then finished the first half strongly. Danny Holla’s cheeky chip dropped just wide on 38 minutes, before Norwood sent a curling effort just past the post after a strong run by Murphy. Manu just failed to get on the end of Adekugbe’s dangerous low cross at the start of the second period, before Murphy’s cross was blocked by Barnes two minutes later and Baldock

blazed the rebound over. Loft smashed a free kick horribly high and wide from 20 yards for Colchester on 57 minutes during a spell of possession for the visitors. Brighton went ahead six minutes later when Kazenga LuaLua superbly brought down a Rohan Ince crossfield ball and then passed inside to Baldock, who beautifully curled a shot past Barnes from the edge of the penalty area. As the visitors tired, the Seagulls doubled their

advantage on 71 minutes when Murphy lifted the ball over Barnes from close range after LuaLua superbly picked him out following a sudden burst forward. Manu then slid home Brighton’s third from Baldock’s cross just three minutes later, before Murphy added the fourth four minutes from time when he sent a low left-footed shot into the bottom corner after a driving run forward. Albion boss Chris Hughton said: “I really enjoyed that

Heartbreak for Amy and Team GB in Rio Rugby

Former Hove Rugby Club player Amy Wilson Hardy and Team GB missed out on a medal in the women’s rugby sevens event at the Olympics on Monday evening. After a disappointing 25-7 loss in the semi-finals to New Zealand, Great Britain then suffered a 33-10 defeat in the bronze medal match to Canada and finished fourth. GB won all three of their group matches against Brazil (29-3), Japan (40-0) and Canada (22-0), before beating Fiji 26-7 in the quarter-finals on Sunday evening. Wilson Hardy touched down twice in the win against Japan, before scoring

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a stunning solo try after running from deep inside her own half against Canada in the group game. In the semi-final against New Zealand, Wilson Hardy was one of two Great Britain players sinbinned late in the first half as New Zealand proved too strong. Australia beat New Zealand 24-17 to win the gold medal. Wilson Hardy, 24, began her rugby career at Worthing, before spending a year with Hove. She now plays for Bristol and is also a fulltime member of the England Sevens squad. n Brighton athlete Charlie Grice takes part in the men’s 1,500m race in Rio on Tuesday.

from start to finish. With our ball retention in the first half, I felt we managed the game really well but the only thing we didn’t have was the final ball. “They’re a big side at the back and we probably played too many balls into areas that, with their height and strength, was going to favour them. I thought we just needed to be a bit better in the final third and it needed a goal. As soon as the first one went in, I was confident we could get more.”

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Brighton & Hove climbed a place to fourth from bottom in the Sussex League Premier Division with a 101-run win at home to East Grinstead on Saturday. After winning the toss, Brighton batted first and were all out for 211 in 57.1 overs. Simon Hetherton topscored with 85 from 96 balls, which included six fours and four sixes. Guy Williamson struck a quickfire 45 before Brighton lost their last five wickets for just ten runs. Bradley Hatchett led the way with 5-78 from 22 overs for the visitors. East Grinstead were quickly in trouble in their reply at 39-6 and, despite 42 from Ian Sturmer, were all out for 110 in 40.3 overs. Chris Grammer led the way withtheballandtook3-8from five overs, Hetherton picked up 3-25 and Christopher Atherton claimed 2-48. Brighton travel to Preston Nomads in the league on Saturday, with a midday start. n Brighton & Hove’s 2nd XI went down by 171 runs away to East Grinstead in Sussex 2nd XI League Division 1. Benjamin Davies struck 109 and Archie Turner made 107 as East Grinstead declared on 274-6. Brighton were then all out for 103 as Fergus Guppy topscored with 42. n Hove-based Palmers lost by 46 runs away to Ashdown Forest in MidSussex League Division 1. Ashdown were all out for 143 but Palmers were then dismissed for 97 as David Vernon claimed 8-22.

Brighton to host family fun raceday Horce racing

Amy Wilson Hardy just missed out on a medal in Rio

A family fun raceday takes place at Brighton Racecourse on Sunday, August 21. Entry for under-18s is free and entertainment on the day will include a mascot race, bouncy castles, tea cup rides, kids shows and face painting. Gates open at midday and the first of seven races is at 2.20pm. Advanced ticket offers can be bought until 3pm on the day before each raceday. To buy tickets, visit www. brighton-racecourse.co.uk

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Next up at the Amex...

Sport

Albion v Nottingham Forest in the Championship tonight, kick-off 7.45pm Tickets available at www.seagulls.co.uk or by calling 0844 327 1901

Hughton hopes to cap an excellent first week PICTURE BY ANGELA BRINKHURST

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Seagulls boss Chris Hughton is hoping to cap an excellent first week of the season with victory at home to Nottingham Forest tonight. Albion followed up a 0-0 draw at Derby in the Championship on Saturday with a 4-0 win at home to League Two Colchester in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, despite making 11 changes. The results suggest there has been no hangover after missing out on promotion last season and Hughton said: “I was as delighted on Tuesday as I was on Saturday because I thought the level of performance on Saturday was very good, particularly away from home against a top team like Derby. “I was equally as pleased midweek. We did change things around and we all know with that comes an element of risk, with players perhaps not being in the rhythm that some are but I was really delighted by the

Jamie Murphy, who scored twice, in action during Albion’s 4-0 win against Colchester in the EFL Cup on Tuesday

performance. From the first minute, the level was very good. “It’s been a good week and it will be nice to cap it off with another win. “You always want to start well, like we did last season. To do well in this division you have to have a good level of performance, which we did

last season. But we managed that and still missed out.” Tonight’s game marks the fifth anniversary of the Amex opening and Hughton said: “It’s all about recognising how far this club has come. “I’m very aware of the club’s history, where the club has been and where the club has had to play their matches

Brighton favourites for Friday night win over Forest PICTURE BY ANGELA BRINKHURST

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Albion are favourites to collect their first home Championship win of the season this evening. Brighton have been placed at 5/6 by BetVictor to overcome Nottingham Forest at the Amex in a league encounter. Following a hard-fought draw at Derby on the opening day, Chris Hughton saw his side ease to a 4-0 EFL Cup first-round home win over League Two Colchester United three days later. Having not conceded a goal to date this season, BetVictor

Albion celebrate a goal against Colchester on Tuesday

are offering odds of 7/4 for Albion to run out winners without conceding. Hughton’s side are currently priced at 12/1 to

take the Championship title this term, while they are 7/2 to be promoted. Current title favourites Newcastle United are 9/4, despite losing at Fulham on the opening day. Fellow relegated side Norwich City have been installed at 4/1, with Derby and Brighton both 12/1. Sheffield Wednesday are also placed at that price, while the final team to be relegated from last year’s Premier League, Aston Villa, are outsiders at 14/1. For all your sporting odds, check out www.BetVictor. com

for many years – from the Withdean to the magnificent stadium we’ve now got. “The club has come a long way and we’d like to do the club proud on the day.” Midfielder Dale Stephens is back in the Albion squad but defender Connor Goldson will again miss out.

Hawks seal first win of the new season PICTURE BY DAVID HUNT

Football

Ahmed Abdulla’s early spotkick helped Whitehawk Football Club collect their first win of the season on Wednesday. Abdulla’s fourth-minute penalty proved to be the difference as Hawks sealed their first three points with a 1-0 home success over Dartford. In a fiery affair, Hawks had a man advantage for all of the second half following Keaton Wood’s sending-off on 44 minutes. Despite possessing the extra man, Pablo Asensio’s side could only hold on for a 1-0 victory. In total, ten cards were shown in what was a feisty contest which failed to flow. For Whitehawk the only thing that will have mattered was the three points, which they secured. Hawks’ season got off to a poor start as they lost 3-1 at Weston-Super-Mare in the season opener on Saturday. For Asesnio’s newlyassembled squad it was looking good as Whitehawk took a one-goal lead into the interval. A probing cross left Jason Pope with no option but to fire past his own goalkeeper and it was 1-0 at the break.

Hawks captain Sergio Torres

Weston came out flying in the second half and were back on terms soon after the restart. Jake Mawford struck to set-up a sensational second period. Weston were then ahead for the first time just two minutes later following an own-goal. Marvin Hamilton fired past his own keeper as Weston took a 2-1 lead. A bad day for Asensio’s side was then rounded off 24 minutes from time. Shawn McClousky slotted a third for his side as they secured an emphatic opening day turnaround success. Whitehawk welcome newly-promoted Maidenhead United in the league on Saturday, before a trip to Ebbsfleet United three days later. LEWIS MASON

Unpredictable Forest could provide tough test Brighton & Hove Albion

After securing a point in a tight game on the opening day of the season at Derby last weekend, Brighton will be looking to pick up their first win of the new Championship campaign against Nottingham Forest tonight. Having fielded a completely different starting 11 in the 4-0 win over Colchester in the EFL Cup in midweek, Hughton will be able to put out a completely fresh first team as they look to pick up three points in their first league game of the season at

the Amex. Albion will also be boosted by the return of Dale Stephens, who has served his three-match ban and could start alongside Beram Kayal in midfield. The Seagulls go up against a Forest side whose fortunes are hard to predict this season. Their new boss, Phillipe Montanier, has never managed in England before, and with a potential takeover of the club possibly happening before the end of the transfer window, they could see more investment in the squad to challenge for promotion. The Frenchman’s tenure at the City Ground got

offtoawinningstartwitha4-3 victory over Championship new boys Burton Albion on Saturday. Britt Assombolonga nabbed a brace on the opening day, and the former Peterborough striker will be looking to prove a point after missing almost all of last season with a knee injury. The 23-year old will be hoping he can do just that, having scored 15 goals in 29 appearances for Forest before picking up his injury in February 2015, and could well pose Brighton’s backline serious trouble. BRADLEY STRATTON @BradStrat

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Johnny Cantor Straight from the commentary box

An interesting start on and off the pitch

PICTURE BY PAUL HAZLEWOOD (BHAFC)

nd they’re off. Before the heatwave comes and the kids have had a chance to hit the beach the new football season is underway. With the Premier League set to resume this weekend there was a fair amount of national interest in the Championship and the rest of the Football League. Despite the early start to the new campaign things have got off to an interesting start, both on and off the pitch. The Fans’ Forum broadcast live on BBC Sussex 48 hours before the action began was well attended once again and a whole host of questions were asked – from new signings and missed targets to swear boxes and chicken pies! Thanks to all those who attended and posed questions on the night and on email.

Communication between club and fans is essential and the club should be commended for the way they have dealt with the supporters during the train strike. Things on the pitch have started smoothly. If I’m honest, the Seagulls have started off much like they did last season looking solid in defence, potent in wide areas and just needing something extra up front. Hopefully that will come as Mr Murray gets into his stride back in the blue and white stripes. The convincing 4-0 win over Colchester in the EFL Cup showed that promising youngsters are coming through the system, with Ben White in particular caching the eye. The rest of August looks as busy as humanly possible with games every three or four days but the squad look capable

of coping. The early fixtures showed how tough it will be, even for heavyweights Newcastle and Aston Villa. So, what can we expect? Maybe not the 21 game unbeaten run of last year at the outset but another challenge looks likely. The manager will be hoping for more luck with injuries but when those longterm absentees return the fans should be looking at the top of the table when they open the morning paper. A win at home to Forest tonight and they’ll be seeing their side at the summit of the Championship and they will be hoping they will still be there come next May when the sun returns. n Follow all the action, home or away, on BBC Sussex Sport or Twitter: @BBCSussexSport or @johnnycburger To read more by Johnny Cantor, visit www.johnnycantor.com

Whittingham the latest to pen new deal at Sussex

Wright frustrated as Sussex record another draw Cricket

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Sussex captain Luke Wright was left frustrated by his side’s draw at Essex in County Championship Division 2 as the hosts batted for the whole of the final day. At lunch on the last day, Essex were seven wickets downandonly154runsahead of Sussex. However, 124 from Graham Napier and 109 from Ryan ten Doeschate ensured the leaders comfortably held on for the draw. Essex were all out for 358 in their first innings as Chris Jordan claimed 4-99 and Jofra Archer took 3-84. Jordan then top-scored with 131, his maiden firstclass century, Ed Joyce hit 92 and Archer struck 73 as Sussex replied with 448. Essex began the final day on 163-4, before they finished on 470-8. Jordan finished the

By Bruce Talbot www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk

Stuart Whittingham believes Sussex have the basis of a potent bowling attack for the future after becoming the latest young prospect to commit to the club. A few days after Jofra Archer signed a contract tying him to the county until the end of 2017, Whittingham agreed a two-year deal that expires at the end of 2018. George Garton signed a similar contract earlier this year. In a tough season for Sussex, the emergence of this trio of talented young fast bowlers have given their supporters hope for a brighter future and, for a while at least, enables them to plan without having to worry that bigger counties might cherry-pick their blossoming talent. Derby-born Whittingham started the season in the secondXIbutsomeimpressive performances secured a County Championship callup and he is Sussex’s second highest wicket-taker behind Steve Magoffin on 18. He admits his rapid progress has been a surprise. He said: “My season couldn’t have gone any better in terms of the progress I’ve made. To be where I am now compared to the start of the

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match with seven wickets after collecting 3-88 in Essex’s second innings. The draw was Sussex’s ninth in ten games this season and leaves them sixth in the table, 41 points behind leaders Essex with a game in hand. Speaking at the close of play, Sussex captain Luke Wright said: “It’s frustrating because I felt the wicket might break up a bit more, but to be fair it got better, slower and flatter, which made it harder for the seamers. “But we’re still unbeaten and pretty much two games behind everyone else, and we put ourselves in a good position to win here. I wouldn’t have taken this result before the game, we wanted to win. If we’d have won we’d have been right up there.” PICTURE BY PHIL WESTLAKE

Stuart Whittingham puts pen to paper on a new contract at Sussex

season is brilliant. I didn’t expect it, I thought I might play a couple of games but after taking a lot of wickets in the second team I gained a lot of confidence and I’ve taken that into the first-team matches I’ve played.

“We’ve got a good group of young bowlers. George Garton started the season in the team and that has been an incentive for me, because it showed the coaches weren’t afraid to pick young players. “Then Jofra Archer did

well in white-ball cricket and got his chance in the Championship last week which is great to see. There’s a good group of young fast bowlers coming through and that can only be good for the long-term future of the club.”

Chris Jordan starred with bat and ball for Sussex at Essex

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Together The People wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to happen without the continued help, support, advice and valuable contributions from countless individuals and organisations around the city of Brighton as well as the whole of the UK. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank as many of them as possible. Russell, Tina, Ian, Pam, Helen, Sophie, Sam and everyone at Concorde2. Nat & Derry at Resident Music. Jacob Engelberg, Chris Peters, Barney Wakefield at Duke Of Yorks and Dukes at Komedia. Tony Marks, Guy Lloyd, Rachel Regan, David Alsybury, Alex Baker and Katie Davey at Juice 107.2. Chris Lowe, Claire Hunt, Kiaya-Sioux Pequin, Josh Jones, Melanie Howard at One Inch Badge. Jonny Cravenwood & Thom Milner-Smith at Ground Up Media. All our traders on-site serving up delicious food all weekend. Mark Ansell & Ian Dunn at Brighton & Hove Independent. Suzi Ireland, Mel Thornton, Nicky Williams and Ollie Denton at BIMM. Rob Dove & Jonny Edmund-Jones at Yessir for our amazing visuals and website. Nikou Nazaripour for designing this wonderful newspaper. Daniel Gibson for his invaluable volunteer work. Carole Richmond and Becky Gilruth at Brighton & Hove Buses. Allison Wightman at Child Friendly Brighton. Darren Calder, Alexa Povey, Jake Lancaster, Lawrie, Ian Perry and Rax on our distribution team. Alan Thomas at ShinDig! Juliette Buss, Helen Wade, Chloe, Deborah Bullen and everyone at Photoworks. Lucy Castle at Jubilee Library. Arts Council England. Sarah Ryman at A Field Somewhere. Kate Price & Frankie Davison at Stereo Sanctity. Steve Guest at Guesty PR. Gareth Evans at Carousel. Steve Manster-Knight at Studio 45. Stuart Huggett, Jeff Hemmings, Gary Rose, Iestyn George, Fiona Sturges, Gavin Newsham, James Kendall, Jennifer Reiter for their fantastic contributions to the newspaper. Jules DeLattre, James Masters, Geoff Meal, Clare Utting, Natasha Bent, Alice Hogg, Oliver Ward, Greg Lowe, Ed Thompson, Tom Taffee, James Wright, Mark Bennett, Steve Nikolls and everyone at United Talent Agency. Charlie Myatt, Angus Baskerville, Matthew Cooper, Lola Mitchell, Anne Arhio-Connor, Anne-Marie McCormack, Hayley Leaver, Sophie Roberts, Faye Woodbridge, Lucy Graubart and everyone at 13 Artists. Paul Wilson, Hayley Myers, Summer Marshall, Jake Leighton Pope, Beck Nicols, Mark Ngui,

Andy Cook, Claudio Lillo, Ryan Fitzjohn and Cameron Kaiser at CAA. Steve Backman, Andy Duggan, Ben Winchester, Matt PC, Pete Elliott and Eileen Mulligan at Primary Talent. Russell Warby, Nick Cave, David Bradley, David Levy and Steve Hogan at William Morris Endeavor. Rob Challice, Adele Slater, Jason Edwards, Doug Smith, Paul Buck, Matt Hanner, Olly Hodgson, Sol Parker & Suzie at Coda. Steve Zapp, Olivia Sime, Amber McKenzie, Phyllis Belezos, Michelle Cain, Lucy Dickins, Chris Payne and James Simmons at ITB. Ian Huffam, Martin Horne, Steve Strange, Josh Javor, Clare Macleod, Jamie Wade and Jack Cox at XRay Touring. Mike Deane at Earth Agency. Joe & Rick at Blow Up Live. Ed at Spider Touring. Dave Farrow, Laura Farrow, Jodie Cook, Zac Peters at DMF Concerts. Alex Bruford, Clemence, Cecile, Will, Colin & Georgia at ATC.

EDITORS James Mckeown and Andy Rossiter

Andy Smith at Kendall Calling. Michael Baskerville at Dice. Ian Taylor at Brighton & Hove Council. Chris Goodstone at Barclays. Everyone at SEE Tickets. Ollie Catchpole at Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion. Jacko Hooper at Folklore Sessions. Anne Marie Chebib at Select Security. Ian Baird at Baird Event Services. Jon Crawley and John Castrillion at C3 Productions. Christina Shannon. Tim Benson. Rosy Patience Carrick at Poets vs Mcâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Ro Cemm. Matt Hendon. Josh Dean. Dan Monsell. Tom Baker. Mike Diver.

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Alex would like to thank God. James would like to thank Lisa, Mum, Dad, Frances, Emma, James Mckeown The Second, Laura, Chubbs, Rob, Tom O, Bennett, Apple, Pickles, Ollie and Midway 1948 FC. Joe would like to personally thank Mum, Dad, Laura, Alice and Chris Hughton. Very Special thanks goes to Andy Rossiter. To anyone I may have missed, my apologies, I owe you a drink. Thank you, James & the whole team here at Together The People.

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HELLO READER, Welcome Back! Here we are; year two of Brighton’s newest festival Together The People, and we have to say we are very pleased and very excited to be here again! After the rip roaring success of 2015 - 2016’s festival is shaping up to be very very special indeed as we all welcome a true musical and artistic legend to our city – Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys who will perform their Classic Album ‘Pet Sounds’ in full alongside a selection of hits from The Beach Boys catalogue. And to make it even more special, this is the ONLY FESTIVAL IN THE UK where you will be able to see this show. Amazing. If that’s not enough Brian will be joined on-stage by Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine and guitar legend Blondie Chaplin (The Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, The Byrds, The Band and Jeff Beck). Co-Headlining the festival this year will be 90’s alternative rock heroes Suede who, fresh off the release of their new album ‘Night Thoughts’ will be performing all the hits from their back catalogue including Beautiful Ones, Animal Nitrate, She’s In Fashion, Trash and many many more. Aside from our two phenomenal headliners this year, there is a broad range of other music, activities & entertainment across the festival site for all the family including kids entertainment from Aliens Love Underpants and Lazytown (Live) as well as interactive arts & crafts courtesy of Studio 45. Photoworks will be running several different photography workshops onsite and hosting a photography exhibition that we co-commissioned featuring four University of Brighton students photographing the life and style of our city. TTP15 received amazing feedback on its broad range of food vendors and we’ve very pleased to announce they are all coming back this year! There will be plenty of independent Brighton based traders bringing their street food from around the world right to our doorsteps. We couldn’t try them all last year, but we urge you to give it your best shot! We’ve tried really hard to listen to all your feedback and suggestions from last year and we’re pleased to Together The People

say we’ve made a few changes onsite for 2016. You can now come/go from the site with a full re-admission policy in place, putting the kids to bed won’t be an issue. The site is also much bigger this year, enabling us to separate out the music stages avoiding any clashes. Please feel free to bring kids snacks and folding camping chairs to pop yourself down on whilst watching your favourite acts. All food vendors will offer a kids option this year and there is a dedicated Family Area where the kids can run around and the bigger kids (adults) can sit down and enjoy some food and sunshine (hopefully). In addition to this Family Area there are loads more family activities included within the ticket price this year, making TTP16 even more exciting for all the family! Now onto the newspaper; we put this little bit of light reading together to help you pass the time in whichever pub or train you might be frequenting, whilst hopefully providing you with a humorous and intriguing insight into what will be happening on a little patch of grass in Central Brighton, on the first weekend of September this year. Within these pages you will find some fantastic editorial pieces courtesy of several talented writers, journalists and fans who have dedicated their time and efforts to write a short piece on each of their favourite musical talents performing at the festival. Alongside this, there are also some informative pieces about our event partners and their valuable work within the city of Brighton. Without whom we wouldn’t be able to even dream of delivering this fantastic event. Anyway, please read on and we hope you find something within our festival programming that interests you and encourages you to attend and experience Together The People 2016. James Mckeown Director – Together The People

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BRIAN WILSON Words: JAMES KENDALL

I met Craig when I returned home from university to my small town. He’d taken over from my job at the local independent record shop so, obviously, we bonded over music. I even split up with my pretty girlfriend because I enjoyed sitting in his box room talking about record sleeves more than I enjoyed spending time with her. In hindsight this was madness but, quite apart from a lasting friendship, it left me with a deep love of Brian Wilson. I’d grown up with cassettes of The Beach Boys in the car stereo as a child. I vaguely remember tuning out after the fun-times party vibe of ‘Barbara Ann’, or flipping the tape to go back to the surfing, cars and school stuff – some of the best pop music made in the 1960s. But that wasn’t the stuff Craig was obsessed with. He was making his own copy of the, at that point unavailable, ‘Smile’ based on “Brian Wilson’s state of mind at the time he was recording it.” Brian’s state of mind was fragile on a good day. Craig was creating ‘Smile’ from a variety of bootlegs and reams of A4 printed out from the early internet. It makes sense that the earliest music websites would be devoted to Brian Wilson and the lost ‘Smile’ album, so clouded as they were in myth and legend. The legend had all started with Brian coming off the road, leaving the Boys to tour the hits while he went deep into the studio, even pushing past what his hero Phil Spector had achieved. ‘Pet Sounds’ was less a wall of sound and more a pop music orchestra, with texture and depth. The lyrics went just as far, with lyricist Tony Asher seemingly being able to unlock Brian’s inner feelings on tracks like ‘I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times’. The Beach Boys weren’t impressed – pantomime villain Mike Love feeling strongly enough to re-write ‘Hang On To Your Ego’ as ‘I Know There’s An Answer’. “Don’t fuck with the formula,” he told Brian. Equally Capitol Records were so lacking in enthusiasm for the album that they released a Best Of at the same time, and an album recognised as one of the best of all time took 20 years to go platinum

in the Beach Boys’ homeland. Without support Brian’s decline was swift, and the follow up to ‘Pet Sound’, ‘Smile’, was not completed. When he emerged from the decades of darkness, Brian Wilson returned to tour his magnum opus, ‘Pet Sounds’, a joyous experience for the band and audiences. And then something incredible happened. He kept touring, and he came to the UK to play ‘Smile’ for the first time ever since the sessions that drove him to the edge. Craig had flown in from Germany for the first ever performance of the album he’d spend months putting together and saw revered ‘Smile’ lyricist Van Dykes Park receive a standing ovation for taking his seat in the auditorium. That’s the level of love there was in the room.

PET SOUNDS’ WAS LESS A WALL OF SOUND AND MORE A POP MUSIC ORCHESTRA, WITH TEXTURE AND DEPTH.

I was there a few days later and as the band launched into ‘Surfer Girl’ I burst in to tears - not from the simple beauty of the song, but from the love projected at the stage, willing Brian on through what we all knew was a one of the most difficult things he’d ever attempt. At the end of the performance I clapped and carried on clapping until he reappeared for the encore, then clapped all the way through until I was sure he’d left the building. I clapped for 40 minutes without stopping. It was the only way to make sure he knew the love I had for him, a love developed from my friendship with Craig. 5

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TTP spoke to founding Suede member, bassist Mat Osman about the band and Brighton!

SUEDE Words: JENNIFER REITER

I’M NOT SURE WE’RE GOING TO APPEAL TO SOMEONE IN THE MID-WEST OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT.

So said Brett Anderson, lead singer, showman and provocateur of Suede in 1993 to a fanzine dedicated to the band. The band were on a brief tour of the U.S., doing quite well on the cosmopolitan coasts but not so well as they tried to make inroads into that great big country. What Brett didn’t know then was that there were lonely, isolated kids hungry for a slice of doomed glamour; confused, awkward adolescents who ignored prevailing conservative expectations of gender and sexuality; bedroom romantics who longed to find other glittering young things. I know because I was one of them. Like Brett and the boys in those days, I bought my clothes from charity shops (thrift stores). I looked to the UK, and specifically Suede’s stomping ground of London, for my musical inspiration, my style, my impossible fantasies of international jet-set romance. I may have been dizzy in my daydreams of Suede’s distinctly British allure, but better than any other British band of the 1990s, they documented life as they saw it. The places they painted weren’t those considered aspirational but when you come from a similar class, you just want something different, whatever it is, as long as it’s far away from where you come from. How lives change as the years go by, as the decades tick over. Suede went on an indefinite hiatus in 2003. Around this time I started visiting the UK, moving here permanently in 2009. In 2010 it was announced that Suede would

reform for a charity gig. That monumental show snowballed into more performances and then the 2013 album ‘Bloodsports’ that is so remarkable, to call it a comeback is to nearly do it a disservice. But it’s 2016. ‘Night Thoughts’ has established itself as the most complex, enthralling album of this era of Suede. Those of us who have been lucky enough to see their ‘Night Thoughts’ shows have witnessed an all-encompassing art form unlikely to be repeated. How has this band managed to capture my mood, my fears, my dreams all these years later? And now I find myself taking the train down to Brighton to see the band of my lifetime again. Brighton, the city that, to me, feels like the most independent and alternative in all of Britain. A town full of outsiders. Why not put your faith in the moment and join this midwesterner down the front to shake, shake, shake to Suede?

Hey Mat, we’re really excited to have you play in Brighton in September! What can we expect from your live show? Glitter cannons, reams of costume changes and dragon holograms; well, not really. It'll just be the best of our songs from the last twentyfive years played loud... Your new album Night Thoughts is available as a feature film, was directed by Roger Sargent, which is showing at TTP16. How did this come about and what was your role in the making of the film? It came about because we'd made the record to have all of the tracks running together, so it could be listened to in one go rather than as a collection of separate tracks. Once we'd finished it (and were really proud of it) the idea of cutting it up into tracks again just for videos seemed a bit pointless so we decided to do a visual accompaniment for the whole album. We spoke to a few directors but Roger, who'd we'd worked with before on other stuff just seemed to 'get it'. He wrote us a whole treatment that felt perfect - it touched on lots of the themes of the record: loss, family, fear, youth, paranoia - without slavishly following the lyrics. Once he started filming we weren't too involved - it was important that it was his view of what the album meant, not ours. You have a really great part of your website where you update fans on your favourite music, books and events of each month - what is your favourite of each this year and why should our readers check them out? Oh god too many to mention. The Daughter record is a real slow-burner that gets better every time you hear it and if you can bear twenty-minute long Belgian jazz tracks then Melanie Di Biaso's Blackened Cities is amazing. As for books Carl Neville's Resolution Way is the kind of thing William Gibson would have written if he'd grown up in Deptford and spent his twenties at illegal raves. Both Brett & you grew up near Brighton & in a recent interview with Juice 107.2 you mentioned seeing a few bands in Brighton. Which was your favourite of these? I have a soft spot for the Bunnymen's Ocean Rain tour where the stage was draped in rigging (and dry ice) but The Jam's final ever gig, at the Brighton Centre, is hard to beat. Keeping on the Brighton theme, what is your favourite Suede-related memory of Brighton? Way back in the mid-eighties there was a club in Brighton called The Sunshine Playroom at the Escape that Brett and I used to go to. Having Brighton Beach as your spot for a postclub fag was a beautiful thing. 7

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NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS Words: JEFF HEMMINGS I Need Never Get Old sings the former Denver missionary, echoing the famous words of Daltrey and co on the 1965 classic My Generation. A highlight off the debut album of last year, Rateliff’s music harks back to that period in time, the golden era of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding; swinging soul and steaming r’n’b, albeit delivered by this bear of a contemporarily tattooed and bearded man, and his big band of Night Sweats. But, he’s far from being just a music revivalist. Before he formed The Night Sweats, Rateliff was being lauded as a maker of passionately personal folk-acoustica, that above all featured his deeply

THE HORRORS Words: GARY ROSE Photo: NIC SHONFELD

expressive, and world-weary tenor. Indeed, five years ago, he appeared on Later… with Jools Holland, accompanied by just an acoustic guitar and a backing singer, performing one of his many americana based numbers. Standing still, but delivering the song in alternatively hushed tones and mighty growls, Rateliff looked and sounded hugely impressive even then. But despite critical plaudits, and the fact he could hold an audience in quiet rapture, it wasn’t going anywhere quick enough and his 2013 album Falling Faster Than You Can Run nearly didn’t see the light of day… Taking stock, he tried his hand at writing in the

manner of what he felt was his true love, a loose fusion of The Band, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding and Southern Stax style soul, and immediately came up with results, good enough to land him a deal with the iconic Stax label. Almost over night, and after many years of plying his trade as essentially a singer songwriter, his career took off in the most unexpected fashion. And nowadays, instead of standing there as solid as the veritable rock, Rateliff has his dancing shoes on, re-kindling his love of hip-shaking music, and in the process discovering there’s a hell of a lot of people who love it too.

I’ll never forget the time I passed The Horrors on the footpath at Butlin’s, Minehead. All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, December 2009, it was: they came at me like a murder of crows on stilts, garnished with a wardrobe designed by Noel Fielding (and, of course, the lads did have a cameo in series three of The Mighty Boosh). All acute angles and black shadows, they were; cloaked in a crepuscular cloud of hairspray. “Now that’s what a band should look like,” I thought. This was around the time of their second LP, Primary Colours. Their debut, Strange House, had got them on the cover of NME, but its Birthday Party meets Joe Meek sound had polarised opinion. Now, they’d expanded their sonic palette into a wall of My Bloody Valentine-style reverb and tremolo, softened the vocals in a Psychedelic Furs direction, and won a lot more fans in the process — not to mention the Mercury Prize. The metamorphosis continued with 2011’s Skying. Now people were comparing them with Simple Minds and John Hughes movie soundtracks. And suddenly Simple Minds were cool again. About time too. More recently, singer Farris Badwan has been involved in the side project Cat’s Eyes, with soprano Rachel Zeffira, while Tom Furse (or

Cowan, if you prefer) has been working with Innerspace Orchestra. But it’s all gone suspiciously quiet in the House of Horrors of late. Rumours of a new album have been floating around for some time. What fresh fiendishness is hiding up their black leather sleeves? “I’m recording the Horrors album next month,” Farris told the Independent in June. Aha, a clue at last! Well... we’ll just about be into autumn by the time the band converge on Preston Park for Together the People. Hopefully that means they’ll have some new material for us by then. And hopefully it’ll be dark by the time they hit the stage — they prefer to come out at night.

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PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT Words: STUART HUGGETT Photo: MARK MCNULTY For fans of Joy Division and New Order, the bad blood between Peter Hook and his former bandmates has been a source of pain since Hook announced the collapse of his working partnership with Bernard Sumner in 2007. Lord knows how difficult the subsequent war of words and court cases has been for both sides, particularly Hook, always a greatly sentimental man beneath his leather trousered, bassmonster exterior. Hook has long taken a curatorial role in the affairs of Joy Division and New Order: from rescuing master tapes from skips following the demise of Factory Records, to auctioning and recycling sections of their demolished Haçienda club, and ultimately buying the former Factory HQ on Princess Street, Manchester and bringing it back to life as music venue FAC251. Active since 2010, Peter Hook & The Light continue the musician’s care of his legacy, performing the music of Joy Division and New Order live, often in full album shows. To date, ‘Unknown Pleasures’, ‘Closer’, ‘Movement’, ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’, ‘Lowlife’ and ‘Brotherhood’ have all received The Light touch. With Hook leading The Light on vocals, guitar and, of course, his unmistakable, highly influential basslines, the rest of the band includes his son Jack Bates on additional bass guitar, drummer Paul Kehoe, keyboardist Andy Poole and, more recently, guitarist David Potts. Students of Hook’s extra-curricular projects will note that the addition of Potts reunites him with his creative partner in 90s chart act Monaco and, briefly, its forerunner Revenge. Monaco’s well-loved hit ‘What Do You Want From Me?’ has occasionally appeared in The Light’s sets too. For their appearance at Together The People 2016, Peter Hook & The Light will be playing a Joy Division and New Order Greatest Hits show, a selection likely to run from ‘Transmission’, ‘Atmosphere’ and ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ to ‘Temptation’, ‘Blue Monday’, ‘True Faith’ and beyond. With a thaw in the frosty relationship between Hook and the reactivated New Order as far away as ever, this is your only way to hear these pioneering post-punk, indie and electro classics live with their original melodic undertow intact, thanks to the bassist that reinvented alternative rock.

GAZ COOMBES Words: GAVIN NEWSHAM It’s 1994 and a new magazine, Loaded, has just been launched, aimed, famously, at men who should know better. From ladies to football, music to crisps, it caters for everything that the modern young man holds dear and from the moment it hits the newsstands, it’s clear that here is a publishing sensation unlike any other in recent memory. Now, it’s at this point where I’d like to say that I was a key member, a vital and integral part of Loaded’s success, the genius and driving force behind this remarkable phenomenon. Well, that’s what I’d like to say but I actually worked for 90 Minutes, a less phenomenal football magazine based next door whose office the all-conquering Loaded annexed within weeks of its launch. But it was very early on in Loaded’s life that I first heard the lung-bursting debut single from Supergrass, a trio of whipper-snappers out of Oxford. Heavy on guitars, with a nod to the

JUST LISTEN TO HIS LATEST SOLO OFFERING, MATADOR, AND YOU’LL FIND A SONGWRITER AT THE VERY PEAK OF HIS POWERS. Buzzcocks and done and dusted in a little over two minutes, Caught By The Fuzz stood out from the rest of the Britpop scene like Liam Gallagher in Waterstone’s. So I played it to the Loaded editor, James Brown, and, within seconds, he was onboard. There and then, we arranged an interview with their lead singer, Gaz Coombes, the band’s first in a national magazine I believe, and before we knew it we were chatting on the phone as Gaz told me some joke or other about tobacconists and tobogganists. From that day on, though, James would

always refer to me as the man who ‘discovered’ Supergrass. It was nonsense, obviously. After all, I no more discovered Supergrass than I did the Mary Rose or the Higgs Boson particle. But in the years to come I watched from the sidelines as Supergrass – my Supergrass – went on to bigger, better and much bolder things. I used to see Gaz on the train to and from London too, back in the good old days when the trains actually worked. A fellow Brighton resident, he was always very visible, boasting a mammoth mane of hair and the kind of supersized sideburns that would shame Noddy Holder. Of course, I never introduced myself, largely for fear of him headbutting me for claiming all the credit for the success of Supergrass, but the thought was there. And what success. From one of the finest, most precocious debut albums of all-time, I Should Coco, to the peerless In It For The Money and on, right through to their last LP, Diamond Hoo Ha, here was a band with a natural knack for precise, pinpoint pop and who churned out hit singles like I like churn out excuses not to go out for an evening. They were just as spellbinding live and I saw them many times, most notably supporting Ride at the Royal Albert Hall, just months into the band’s fledgling career. Twenty years or so on and Ride are back but Supergrass are no more. But Gaz Coombes is. And here’s the thing. He’s more inspired than ever. Just listen to his latest solo offering, Matador, and you’ll find a songwriter at the very peak of his powers, older, wiser and with an embarrassment of tunes still in his locker, he’s matured from the freewheeling frontman of Alright to an artist who can turn his hand to something as delicate and undeniably beautiful as The Girl Who Fell To Earth. It’s a wonderful thing to behold. And the best bit? He owes it all to me. Apparently… 11

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Get creative and design your own pair of tang-tastic underpants

MUSIC FOR AARDVARKS Featuring musical activities that include singing, dancing, musical story-telling and instrumental jam sessions, Music For Aardvarks will be great fun for all the family. Starting in 1997 in New York City it has since expanded to Brighton to great success.

CHILD FRIENDLY WORLD KIDS TIPIS Our partners Child Friendly Brighton are bringing their tipis to #TTP16! There is a breastfeeding tipi, a well stocked changing tipi so that balancing over a festival portaloo is a thing of the past and a toy tipi with a great selection of toys, games and books for when little legs have had enough and they want to crawl, snooze out of the sun or just play. These tipis are also easily recognisable for any lost children to come to so that we can help them find their family.

Can you spot the 5 differences in the pictures?

LOOPY LOU Loopy Lou’s passion to entertain children is present throughout her shows, from the silly, funny characters that show up to the funny faces that she pulls, your child will love Loopy Lou

POPPY’S PARTIES Have you ever wanted to be a wizard? Or maybe a beautiful princess? Then Poppy’s Parties will help you fulfil those dreams with their mini workshops and storytelling.

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Can you guide me through the maze?

ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS Psst, did you know Aliens Love Underpants? The only problem for the aliens is that space has no pants. Aliens Love Underpants started out as a best-selling children’s book and due to popular demand has been transferred to the stage with critical acclaim from critics – so put on your best pants and prepare yourself for some hilarious action! Accompanied by stunning effects, original music and madcap action, this show is perfect for families and children ages 3+

PREPARE TO LAUGH YOUR PANTS OFF (we have warned you)

LAZY TOWN Join Sportacus, Robbie Rotten, Stephanie and Ziggy in this brandnew stage show that has Robbie Rotten at his absolute rottenest, and Sportacus at his athletic, super-active best. Lazytown helps kids understand the importance of keeping fit and healthy while being entertaining and motivational, featuring songs from the TV show ‘No One’s Lazy in Lazytown’, ‘Bing Bang’ and ‘Never Say Never’, you and your family will be singing and dancing along in no time!

BING, BING, BANG GET READY FOR NON-STOP ACTION AND SUPER HERO FUN. LET’S GO. . .

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HIATUS KAIYOTE

SONGHOY BLUES Words: FIONA STURGES

Words: IESTYN GEORGE

What the world needs now is not love, love love. It’s songs about being confronted by a giant Australian lizard and reflections on nursing an infant crow back to full health. Hiatus Kaiyote vocalist Naomi Saalfield, better known as Nai Palm, was brought up by artist parents and orphaned before she hit her teens. She has many stories to tell, many songs to sing. When bass player Paul Bender saw her play in their native Melbourne, he asked her if she fancied writing some songs with him. They were joined by Perrin Moss and Simon Mavin. Soon after, Hiatus Kaiyote officially became a thing. The band’s debut album, ‘Tawk Tomahawk’, was release on Melbourne’s Equinox Recordings in 2012. Not picked up by the mainstream music press, it found its way into the ears of influential figures like Prince, Questlove from The Roots and Erykah Badu. They were not shy to spread the good word and before long the band had become darlings of the future soul fraternity, with Gilles Peterson named them Breakthrough Artist of 2013. Having signed with Sony offshoot Flying Buddha the peerless Q-Tip added his mellifluous voice to a remix of the ‘Tawk Tomahawk’ track ‘Nakamarra’. The song was nominated for a Grammy award for Best R&B Performance and the plaudits continued unabated.

THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE THAT REALLY MAKE HIATUS KAIYOTE STAND OUT. THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCES HAVE THE INTENSITY OF A METAL SHOW.

‘Choose Your Weapon’, the band’s second album, was released in 2015. Mojo described their sound as : “A musical universe unlike any other,” while Clash Music praised it for being “vibrant and uninhibited.” Again they were nominated for a Grammy – this time for the track ‘Breathing Underwater’ The track encapsulates the spirit of Hiatus Kaiyote to a t. It changes course with the choreographed elegance of a shoal of mackerel. The vocals are urgent, counter harmonies fly around, synths buzz and polyrhythmic drums skit and skat away. It’s totally chaotic and utterly immaculate at the same time. There’s something else that really make Hiatus Kaiyote stand out. Their live performances have the intensity of a metal show. The last time they played in Brighton (well, Hove actually…) there was practically a moshpit at the front of the stage. Label this band as cooler-than-thou jazz hippies at your peril. Co-founder and bass player Paul Bender explained the charm of the band, as well as anyone could, in the Spotify track by track commentary for ‘Choose Your Weapon’: “This is where we’re going to go, into this magic cloud. There are bits that are going to be actually funny, there are going to be some heavy grooves. It kinda sums up everybody’s flavour and there’s a lot of playfulness about the way we put it together.” So that’s what Hiatus Kaiyote bring to the party. Who needs to make sense of things, when you can celebrate imagination and be an advocate for the possibility of anything?

The rise of the desert-blues four-piece Songhoy Blues has been one of music’s more extraordinary success stories, one involving political upheaval and trauma but also passion and defiance. Songhoy Blues are frontman Aliou Touré, guitarist Garba Touré, bassist Oumar Touré (they have the same surname but are unrelated) and drummer Nathanael Dembélé. They first met in 2012 in the Malian capital of Bamako, where all but Dembélé had arrived after a gruelling 15-hour bus journey. They had been forced to flee their homes in Gao and Timbuktu in the north of Mali after Islamic State jihadists took control of the area and imposed sharia law. Timbuktu’s public library was burned to the ground, live venues were shut down, and music was outlawed, punishable by public flogging. In Bamako they formed a band as an act of defiance against the jihadi militants, but also to boost the morale of fellow refugees by preserving their musical traditions, and began playing together in local bars and restaurants. Their music drew strongly on the Songhoy tradition but they soon found they had Tuareg and Bambara fans too, all of them united in their desire to sing, dance and revel in Mali’s cultural heritage. Word soon reached Marc-Antoine Moreau, the manager of Amadou & Miriam, who put them in touch Damon Albarn who was scouting for artists to include on the new Africa Express compilation, Maison Des Jeunes. Moreau also introduced the band to Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs who went on to produce their debut LP Music In Exile.

THEY FORMED A BAND AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE. A series of love letters to their homeland, the album blends luminous, looping Songhoy folk with raucous American blues-rock (Hendrix, Santana and John Lee Hooker were the band’s adolescent touchstones). As captivating as the music itself is the message that Songhoy Blues bring with them, encapsulated in their best-known song “Soubour”. Translating as “patience”, it exhorts displaced people the world over to have faith and courage and refers to a Malian proverb: “Do what you need to do and desire will come by itself.”

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NATTY M. WARD

Hailing from San Francisco and raised in North London, Natty draws influences from legends from the 1960s and 70s to create this beautiful blend of soul and reggae. His latest album ‘Release The Fear’ takes us on a journey of love, redemption, self-identity and unity through a genre of music that he describes as ‘future-roots’. One thing that sets this album apart from the rest is that it was recorded entirely live, producing a distinctive sound that truly is impressive. Natty has had a busy couple of months of relentless touring of festivals and shows around the UK, Natty is sure to put on a lyrically driven reggae fuelled show at Together The People – be prepared!

TURIN BRAKES Formed in 1999 by childhood friends, Turin Brakes have always found a way to stay relevant since their creation. The start of 2016 saw the release of their studio album ‘Lost Property’ to great acclaim from critics, the album hailed two singles ‘Keep Me Around’ and ‘Save You’, which received extensive play on BBC Radio 2. Expect them to play some of their older material as well, including songs from their Mercury Music Prize nominated debut album The Optimist – think Painkiller and Underdog. The crowd will be big, the sun will be shining and the sing-a-longs will be loud so make sure you get there early.

Having spent the last decade-and-a-half based in the perennially damp Portland, Oregon, the singer-songwriter and producer has learned how to shine through the soggy gloom by simply embracing its inevitability. With his new album More Rain, we see M. Ward picking up the tempo and volume from previous releases. Imagined initially four years ago as a DIY doo-wop album, it soon branched out in different directions, a move he credits largely to his collaborators of which includes R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Neko Case & K.D. Lang. The result is a collection of upbeat, sonically ambitious yet canonically familiar songs that both propel Ward’s reach and satisfy longtime fans. M. Ward has released a string of acclaimed solo albums over the past several years, along with five LPs with Zooey Deschanel as She & Him and a 2009 collaborative album with My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst under the moniker Monsters of Folk. 17

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WHAT’S NEW FOR 2016?! We were delighted by the good feedback we received for #TTP15, but there is always room for improvement, so here are some of the new things for #TTP16!

RE-ADMISSION POLICY After the good behaviour from you all last year we are delighted to say that we can offer re-entry at the festival this year! So you can go home to drop the kids off with babysitters, feed your cat and find some Pokemon on the way home before coming back to see the likes of Brian Wilson or Suede in Preston Park! The small print: If you would like to leave the event site and return you must obtain a readmission wristband from the main entrance. Re-entry is entirely at the event organisers’ discretion and may be withdrawn at any time. You will be subject to the same conditions of entry when returning, which may include searches.

KIDS’ FOOD This year all of our food traders will also be offering a children’s menu so everyone will be able to sample these fantastic local and independent traders tasty delights! You are allowed to bring baby and small children’s food and soft drinks onsite as well.

PHOTOWORKS PHOTOGRAPHY TENT We’re delighted to have teamed up with Photoworks for #TTP16 for ‘Our City, How Do We Look?’, a co-commissioned exhibition which you can read more about on page 21. They will also be on-site offering free interactive photographic activities for the young and old, including a workshop on making a camera obscura from Pringles Tubes!

CONCORDE 2 BAR WITH TRU THOUGHTS!

CHILD FRIENDLY WORLD TIPIS Need a place to feed or change your child or just looking for a place for them to chill out or play in the shade? Then look no further than Child Friendly Brighton’s tipis! They’re fully equipped for all your child’s needs and are also a useful meeting point or area to instruct lost children to head to.

DOGS AND FOLD UP CHAIRS That’s right, both also allowed this year! So if your pooch is a huge fan of Hiatus Kaiyote, they are welcome as long as they’re kept on a lead.

When it came to working out who would run the bar at #TTP16, it made complete sense to get the team behind TTP partner and multi-award winning music venue and nightclub Concorde 2 involved. They will be serving you some tasty refreshments while Lakuta and Tru Thoughts DJs play a mix up of styles from bass, soul, funk, breaks, hip hop, tropical, reggae and their catalogue of over 150 albums!!! 19

FOR BRIGHTON. BY BRIGHTON At TTP, we’re proud to run our festival using as many local suppliers as possible. That means local food, local traders, local security, even the festival power comes from clean energy suppliers Firefly based in Lewes. We have also teamed up with some of the finest businesses in town to help produce an event that Brighton can be proud of.

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ONE INCH BADGE

Brighton’s award winning record shop, recently expanded, right in the heart of the vibrant North Laine area. With thousands of new records and CDs, local gig tickets and the occasional intimate instore. So, if you’re looking to check out a wealth of new releases, plug gaps in your collection, seek advice about what else you might like to be listening to, or need to get out to local gigs go and give them a visit!

Concorde 2 is Brighton’s Multi-award Winning Live Music Venue & Nightclub. Nationally recognised as one of the UK’s leading live music venues and nightclubs, Concorde2 has played host to a continuously diverse cross section of events for many years. Described as ’The Perfect Venue’ by Dave Grohl whilst on-stage in 2008, the venue strives to provide a high quality, intimate surrounding whilst delivering an energetic and unforgettable environment for the audience.

One Inch Badge is a concert promotions, record label and venue management company based in Brighton, UK. Concerts promoted by One Inch Badge since it’s inception in 2007 include shows for such seminal artists as Wu-tang Clan, 2manydjs, Rodriguez, Of Monsters and Men, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Haim, The Maccabees, The Kooks, Levellers, Asking Alexandria, Jungle, Flume, James Vincent McMorrow, The Tallest Man on Earth, MF DOOM, Everything Everything, Pierce the Veil, Twin Atlantic, and many, many more.

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BRIGHTON & HOVE BUSES

BRIGHTON & HOVE INDEPENDENT

Brighton is home to two Picturehouse cinemas that pride themselves on showcasing the best in film from across the cinematic spectrum. The Duke of York’s at Preston Circus is the UK’s oldest continually-operating, purpose built cinema and has enjoyed a rich history that spans over a century. Duke’s at Komedia was founded in 2012, a two-screen cinema in the heart of Brighton’s renowned laines. Brighton’s Picturehouse cinemas cater to a wide range of tastes and whether it’s the best in art cinema, the vanguard of foreign film, or the latest blockbusters, you’re sure to find something that suits your cinematic inclinations.

“The Wheels On the Bus Go Round and Round” – it’s not much of a tune but I bet you have it in your head now. Perhaps it’ll stay with you all day. And so the power of music is proved once again. Here at Brighton & Hove Buses we really appreciate our location in a city which has a thriving live music scene. It is Route 5 that will get you to Preston Park for Together The People, hopefully providing good vibrations on the way (sorry, couldn’t resist). And if you choose to make a night of it the N5 will get you home. Brighton & Hove Bus is proud to run more night bus routes than any other bus operator outside London. If you want to find out which bus will get you home after a night out visit www.buses.co.uk or ring 01273 886 200.

Launched in 2011 because the city lacked a quality newspaper that properly served the community and supported local business. Brighton & Hove Independent is a free weekly newspaper available at more than 140 pick-up points in a wide variety of locations every Friday. With content including local news, business, entertainment, and sport, Brighton & Hove Independent is a well-designed and easy-to-read publication appealing to a vast range of individuals throughout the city and surrounding areas.

BIMM

JUICE 107.2

As well as hosting all the artists on the BIMM stage at TTP16, BIMM also staff it with their students stage managing and providing technical assistance. So their students are literally gaining experience in the field! BIMM opened in 2001 in Brighton and has now expanded to 6 cities across Europe. Their alumni include the likes of George Ezra, James Bay, The Kooks & Fickle Friends.

Brighton’s Juice 107.2: Radio made in Brighton! Tune in online, on 107.2 fm or on DAB Digital for the latest music for our city, plus news and sport, including the latest from Brighton & Hove Albion alongside national and international stories.

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CHILD FRIENDLY BRIGHTON Child Friendly Brighton and Hove provides comprehensive and up-to-date listings for a wide range of child friendly things to do, places to visit, places to eat and drink, activities, places to stay and fun days out in Brighton and Hove. If you need some fresh ideas on what to do with your children today in Brighton and Hove, then this is the site for you.

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WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON? PHOTOWORKS PHOTOGRAPHY TENT IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MUSIC AT TTP16, THERE IS PLENTY ELSE TO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED!

We’re delighted to be teaming up with Photoworks to co-commission an exhibition of new photography by four University of Brighton students called ‘Our City, How Do We Look?’ The work will focus on Brighton and Hove, fashion and representation, reflecting the theme of BPB16 and the community and Brighton themes of TTP. The exhibition will be shown at the Photoworks Photography Tent at TTP16 and at Brighton Photo Biennial in October. Additionally, the Photoworks team will be running free workshops for the young and old at #TTP16, including making a DIY camera obscura and cyanotype imagery. This project has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

RESIDENT MUSIC SHOP & SIGNING TENT Our favourite record store will not only be selling CDs and vinyl from the performers at TTP, but will also be hosting signing sessions. Last year the likes of Public Service Broadcasting, Ghostpoet and Lucy Rose chatted to fans and signed records, so keep an eye on what they’re up to via Twitter @ResidentMusic.

THE INCREDIBLE MOVING PICTUREHOUSE PictureHouse Cinemas are bringing their Incredible Moving PictureHouse to TTP16, curated by the teams at Duke of York’s and Dukes at Komedia. Expect a mix of family friendly films, music documentaries and sessions, short films and much more!

LOCAL FOOD! All the food at TTP16 is supplied by local traders, including many who fed us tasty treats last year. All caterers will be offering a kids menu and there is a huge variety of food on offer! You’ll find the likes of Small Batch Coffee, Dead Good Burrito and Fil Fil, whose shops you can pop into in Brighton, to some of the best street food from Cosmic Caravan, Garden Grove, Spanish Homemade and ThaiAngel. This writer’s favourite is the brilliant Beelzebab, who make amazing vegan only kebabs and hotdogs, and can also be found in the kitchen of The Hope & Ruin pub.

INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCES There is loads of stuff to get involved with at TTP16 that is free to ticket holders. Music For Aardvarks run a groovy kids’ music class that includes storytelling, singing, dancing and instrumental jam sessions! There is also party games from Poppy’s Parties, magic from Loopy Lou, face-painting, a hula-hooping workshop, Bubble-ologists Bubble Inc and much more.

ART! The S45 Crew will be painting a themed TTP16 mural and there are interactive workshops, live art demonstrations on spraypainting, screenprinting, yarn bombing, psychedelic art, block printing and much more!

MORE MUSIC!

One thing that we pride ourselves on is the fact that we take just as much time picking the big artists as we do picking artists for the smaller stages. This year at Together The People we have three smaller stages; the Second Stage, Soapbox and BIMM. Here are a few of our highlights from each stage:

SECOND STAGE

MAX JURY

Born in the rural town of Des Moines, Max Jury took comfort in his Dad’s record collection, which featured to likes of The Beatles, Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello, through this experience he picked up guitar and started to play piano and the rest is history. After touring with Lana Del Rey, Max Jury entered the studio to record his self-titled debut that draw influences from soul, country and gospel, overall this creates an effortless listening experience that will stick with you for a long time.

SOAPBOX

FICKLE FRIENDS

Fickle Friends is one of those bands that no matter what the current mood that you are in the infectious 80s production will have you tapping your foot in no time. It’s been two years since Fickle Friends released their debut track ‘Swim’ onto the internet, during that time they have been relentlessly touring and playing festivals across the UK. The Brighton five-piece band have recently released Cry Baby, once again an excellent summer track that will most likely cement their status on the indie-pop scene.

SAGE FRANCIS & B. DOLAN

The Soapbox stage not only features live debates and spoken word but it features some truly thought provoking artists.

DANIEL WAKEFORD Daniel Wakeford’s story is not only extraordinary but it is one that is inspirational. After appearing on BAFTA-nominated TV show The Undateables, Daniel Wakeford, who has autism, with the help of Carousel has taken his first steps in becoming a solo artist with substance. The Songs of Gigs features standout song ‘The Black of Lonely’, which details how we should find beauty even in the darkest of moments.

BIMM STAGE For a second-year running BIMM will be taking over one of our stages to highlight some of the phenomenal talent that Brighton has to offer.

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Both being represented in the UK under Scroobius Pip’s Speech Development record label, Sage Francis & B. Dolan have the unique ability to paint vivid landscapes with their lyricism, all of which tackle some of the poignant issues in the world. Sage Francis started his own record label in 1996 after his constant efforts of getting discovered took longer than anticipated and through this Strange Famous records were born. The collaboration between record labels Strange Speech / Famous Development will feature the duo trading stories, poems and songs on an extremely imitate stage.

WILD FRONT

THE ISLAND CLUB

Combining catchy hooks and funky grooves Wild Front have been making serious steps to establish themselves in the music scene. After showcasing their first single ‘Physics’ on the selftitled EP they have been playing shows all across the South Coast. This summer has seen them play multiple festivals up and down the country.

Their latest release Let Go has all the makings of a pop classic; smooth licks, melodic guitar and a tasty synth to seal the deal. If you are a fan of The 1975 then The Island Club should be right up your street.