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THROUGH THE ROOF MONEY FIGHT CLUB Exclusive: Property prices have taken off, with the average home costing more than £300,000 in the city

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Sick of the way banks, and other companies operate? It is time to fight back - and we show you how

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THE ETHICAL CRITIC Claire Beveridge ponders her not-so-secret life as our highly-regarded food critic

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EIGHT-PAGE SPECIAL REPORT: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COUNCIL BUDGET PAGES 17 - 24

THE COST OF POLITICS Exclusive: Millionaire businessman’s donation to Labour Millionaire Martin Webb - who sold C-Side, the leisure company, for £15 million - is the latest donor to a local political party. A special investigation by Brighton & Hove Independent has identified a total of 157 donations to the four main city parties. Donations to Conservative › For full details of who gave how Party

£230,196

£168,474 £61,274

£22,945

Donations to Labour Party

Donations to Liberal Democrats

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Donations to Green Party

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If the elected representatives of the people of Brighton and Hove choose to increase council tax by more than 2%, the government requires the city council to spend an estimated £230,000 on a citywide referendum, pencilled in for May 22 - the same day as the European Union elections. Not only does the government require the expense, it also lays down the precise wording of the question. › See our special report, pages 17-24

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Revealed: How political parties raise – and spend - £500,000 in battle for power Special investigation by Greg Hadfield @BrightonIndy

An exclusive study by Brighton & Hove Independent has revealed that political parties in the city have attracted at least £500,000 in donations. The study has also discovered that the most recent donor is millionaire Martin Webb - the former business partner of Simon Kirby, the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown - who has given £2,000 to the local Labour Party. The donation, in July last year, is known to be the second from Mr Webb, who made his fortune from the sale - for £15 million, in 2001 - of C-Side, the retail and leisure company he founded with Mr Kirby; his first donation was £1,500 in April 2001.

supper club that has an address in Iver, Buckinghamshire, and raises money at expensive dinners in aid of local Conservative Party associations across the country. By comparison, the Labour Party in the city has been given nearly £170,000 - most of it from trade unions, which account for 48 out of its 77 donations. The GMB has been responsible for 27 donations, totalling £70,061 - the biggest and most recent of which was £15,050. The second-biggest was £14,395 in March 2007 and March 2011 Other union donors comprise: Unite - £10,737, six donations in 2008, 2009 and 2010; UNISON - £10,299,50, five donations in 2007 and 2010; TSSA - £6,500, two donations in 2010; Amicus - £6,000, three donations in 2002 and 2004; RMT - £2,000, one donation in April 2010; MSF - £1,375, two donations in March 2003; Communications Workers Union - one donation of

Findings, based on official data reported to the Electoral Commission since 2001, show that the Conservative Party has been the biggest beneficiary of political donations locally - with more than £230,000 being given to help its candidates seek power. They come as all the main parties prepare to step up fundraising and campaigning in advance of the general election and city council elections, to be held on the same day in May next year. Labour, for example, is investing more than £100,000 a year on four paid organisers in the city. Much of the money given to the Brighton and Hove Conservatives came from two little-known organisations: the Hove-based Winston Churchill Dining Club, which has given £39,000 in three donations, and United and Cecil Club, which has given £37,000 in 11 donations. The latter is a

Party

Pre-2009

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

Conservative Party

£119,193

£61,654

£27,812

£3,600

£7,937

£10,000

£230,196

Labour Party

£77,953

£26,244

£28,600

£20,300

£10,640

£4,737

£168,474

Green Party

£3,674

£0

£23,600

£34,000

£0

£61,274

Liberal Democrats

£3,927

£3,894

£8,320

£6,804

£0

£22,945

Total

£204,747

£91,792

£88,332

£64,704

£18,577

£14737

£482,889

Martin Webb: Profile of a Labour donor

Martin Webb, 49, is a serial entrepreneur who made his fortune selling C-Side, the leisure company he co-founded in 1993. Over the following eight years, C-Side grew from one site to 28 leisure venues - mainly bars and nightclubs - before it was sold for £15 million in 2001. Subsequently, he travelled the world, learning to sail and speak French. When he returned, he founded People’s

Pubs - with the Robin Hood in Brighton becoming the country’s first pub giving all profits to local charities that benefit the community. More recently, he has run three other pubs, through his company Pub and Kitchen Ltd: The Stoneham, in Portland Road, Hove; The Connaught, in Hove Street, Hove; and The Dyke Tavern, in Dyke Road, Brighton. Mr Webb, however, is

probably most famous as presenter of Risking It All, the Channel 4 series - made by Brighton-based production company Ricochet - about people who quit their jobs to set up their own businesses. He is author of Risking It All: Have You Got What It Takes, published by Random House in 2005, and Make Your First Million: Ditch the 9-5 and Start the Business of Your Dreams, published by Capstone in 2009.

£1,250 in 2005; and Fire Brigades Union - one donation of £1,250 in March 2010. The Co-operative Party has made 16 donations, totalling £26,012; the most recent were four donations totalling £6,534 in 2009. Three donations came from Ben Gowlett Trustees, believed to be the result of a legacy by a party member in Hove: £5,480 in March 2010; £2,250 in March 2011; and £5,000 in 2012. The Labour Group on Brighton and Hove City Council has given £8,000 in two donations: £3,000 in October 2011 and £5,000 in October 2012. The Green Party has attracted more than £61,000, including £10,000 from the production company of Marcus Brigstocke, the comedian and actor. The donation from Corduroy Productions - which is the local party’s joint biggest - was made in

March 2010, in the run-up to the general election. In January 2010, the Green Party also received £10,000 from Political Animal Lobby in January 2010, an animal welfare group founded in the early 1990s by Brian Davies, who also the British-born founder in 1969 of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, one of the world’s biggest animal welfare organisations. The Liberal Democrats have raised the least locally: less than £23,000 in 14 donations - most of them from individuals, the most generous of whom has been Lawrence Eke, who has given £11,420. Mr Eke is a director of The Intensive School of English and Business Communication, which gave the party £2,089 in September 2009. For full details, visit: www.electoralcommission.org.

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The increase in property prices in 2013 pushes average home above £300,000 The average house price in Brighton and Hove broke through the £300,000 mark for the first time in the fourth quarter of last year. With 1,066 homes changing hands, it broke the quarterly record of £299,834 set in the third quarter of 2012. Significantly, the average price of a flat or apartment also broke a new quarterly record, at £224,900; the previous record of £218,462 was set in the tihrd quarter of 2012. The rise in house prices also resulted - as forecast by Brighton & Hove Independent last month - in a new record number of property millionaires. The total number of people buying homes worth more

than £1 million rose to 38 last year, compared with 35 in 2012, according to official Land Registry data. Given the debate about council tax bills, it is remarkable that only five of the 38 £1m-plus properties is in the highest Band H for council tax. Most are in Band G - although six are in Band F, and one is in Band E. The average price of a detached home in the fourth quarter of last year was £484,156 - slightly down on £491,425 in the third quarter. For a semi-detached it was £367,241; for a terrace home, it was £348,071. The total number of sales last year was 4,031, compared with 4,362 in 2012.

Overall analysis

1 Lewes Crescent was the most expensive home sold in Brighton and Hove in 2013 for £2.5 million

The 10 most expensive homes in 2013

Average sale price of Brighton and Hove properties throughout 2013

1 Lewes Crescent, Brighton, BN2 1FH (Terrace) 14 Princes Square, Hove, BN3 4GE (Detached) 21A Lloyd Road, Hove, BN3 6NL (Detached) 1 Chesham Place, Brighton, BN2 1FB (Terrace) 24 Hill Brow, Hove, BN3 6QF (Detached) 7 Roedean Way, Brighton, BN2 5RJ (Detached) 42 Dyke Road Avenue, Brighton, BN1 5LE (Detached) 11 Royal Crescent, Brighton, BN2 1AL (Terrace) 41 The Cliff, Brighton, BN2 5RF (Detached) 100 The Drive, Hove , BN3 6GP (Detached)

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Comment Phil Graves of Graves Jenkins

Record prices, record increases, and a record number of millionpound-plus properties. All of these statistics will make the headlines and give the impression that property investment is back in fashion. But, as always, the devil is in the detail. Brighton and Hove sales have experienced an incredible increase on average values in only four years - in particular,

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the four years when the economy has widely been struggling: about £252,000 in the last quarter of 2009, to an unprecedented £306,000 for the last quarter of 2013. But the real challenge is to find out why? Supply and demand is a real factor. Every residential agent I speak with is complaining about “stock” levels. Unfortunately, this has a tendency for keen agents to begin to over-value to gain instructions in the first place and for market circumstances to work. In other words, keep the instruction long enough and property inflation will catch

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up to your original valuation; perhaps a slight reduction by the vendor may also assist. Home-owners beware and do your research. Housing numbers are down - against a backdrop of the city being such a popular place to live. Strict planning policies and restricted land supply create a difficult market environment for development to happen. Therefore, prices are going to increase accordingly. Perhaps we should adopt a high-rise building policy, shadowing other successful cities? Understandably, there are more completions in the third and fourth quarters as a result

of the activity created during the spring and summer months. Although the interesting statistic is that the last quarter of 2013 had a lower completion rate than each of the last four year quarters (year-on-year) and a further indication of less activity. Those homes on the market were sure to catch a premium price. More “buy-to-let”? For sure as healthy rental returns and capital value increases are there to see. Add the slight improvement of financial aid from lenders and increase in mortgage approvals - although still 25% down from its peak - then prices should continue to

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rise during 2014 - and by no less than 5% in general terms, assuming interest rates do not jump and the economy does not dip severely again. Consequently, average house prices could be around £320,000 or more this time next year. So, is property investment back in fashion? It probably never went away.

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£300,468

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£279,897

£345,107

£327,000

£209,008

£422,346

March

£286,417

£332,259

£355,411

£215,804

£425,688

April

£299,016

£351,189

£338,715

£214,249

£493,840

May

£295,608

£334,670

£368,046

£211,191

£451,306

June

£291,756

£352,012

£332,914

£215,547

£450,551

July

£282,171

£321,294

£326,473

£216,901

£459,599

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£305,025

£332,462

£358,848

£206,318

£501,544

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£397,233

£342,197

£249,293

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£351,344

£351,267

£220,140

£467,659

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£396,763

£349,284

£225,798

£539,706

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£340,317

£338,414

£227,182

£421,717

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Emmaus Brighton seeks to trigger ‘an uprising of kindness’ in our city Naomi Pitkeathly

Bits of furniture huddle together in windswept Jubilee Square. Emmaus Brighton have “brought the inside, out” - to focus on the unresolved injustice of homelessness. Unresolved, in spite of an extraordinary event 60 years ago, in Paris. Jo, one of the volunteers handing out leaflets on Saturday, says: “I’m pleased so many people say they know about Emmaus.” But do they? What was this anniversary all about? Paris, 1954. Bitterly cold, and thousands were homeless and dying. On radio, L’Abbé Pierre challenged the public. His speech began: “My friends, come help... a woman froze to death tonight”. The resulting donations - named an “uprising of kindness” - were overwhelming. A smart hotel, offering a few rooms, became a warehouse; a disused railway station was opened to sort out a flood of donated bedding; no-one slept outside in Paris that night, the press announced. Millions

of French francs poured in. “All mankind must be of one will: the will to make this situation impossible,” L’Abbé Pierre had demanded. This man was someone you wish you had learned about at school. Born Henri Groues, always radical, he acted against poverty. He bought a dilapidated house, fixed the roof, and opened it as a homeless shelter. It was the first Emmaus centre; his speech created the movement. Emmaus Brighton is one of 336 groups worldwide, in 37 countries. Their solidarity defines them. Brighton and Hove’s anniversary event was achieved in just one month. “It shows how the community pulls together,” said Joel Lewis, the manager. L’Abbé Pierre understood this: “Everyone can help those who are homeless.” In an Emmaus community, members - previously homeless - become helpers. “Serve first those who suffer most” is a guiding principle. Their title - “Companions” - comes from “compagnons”, meaning “people who break bread together”; it recognises the importance of sharing meals. It also explains the

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Dot by Araminta Hall There is a lot hanging on a name, isn’t there? I think I may well have had a different kind of life if I’d been called Cosima or, let’s say, Angelica. But hey ho! Dot. I do have an aunt called Dorothy, who we get away with calling Dotsie. But I doubt that she’d tolerate Dot. It is a tiny little blip of a name. As Hall says in her beautiful book: “A dot is the smallest, most insignificant thing there is. And it’s a fullstop, so an ending. I mean, who on earth would call their child Dot?” This is set in the sleepy Welsh village of Druith, where Dot lives in the most glorious falling-down once-grand house. The house comes complete with turrets, towers and

tunnels. And a hotch-potch of marmite-brown furniture that nobody is allowed to sit on. The games of hide-and-seek are simply marvellous; Dot plays with her friend from the village and they barely notice the locked doors and the secrets that the house holds. One day Dot is hiding under her mother’s bed and she finds a photograph of a man. This discovery leads to Dot, with one tiny action - as tiny as her name - to change the lives of all around her forever. I adored this book with the tale of Dot, the girl with the small name and the big imagination. I also fell rather in love with the house in Druith that has a personality of its own. The house and the village seemed all too real and I had to remind myself that this was, after all, a work of stunning fiction.

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The not-so-secret life of an ethical food journalist Claire Beveridge @placesieatbtn

Googling your own name is something I recommend everyone does once in a while. Firstly, to check where you are in Google’s bizarre and unfathomable world of algorithms; secondly, because keeping an eye on your online presence is essential. Nobody, particularly a prospective employer, wants the first thing they find on you to be a photograph of you drunk or worse. When Googling “Claire Beveridge”, the very first listing you see, right at the top, is a link to my LinkedIn profile, detailing my freelance work along with a photograph. The second is my personal website, also detailing my freelance work, along with a photograph. So, why does this matter? Because if someone wanted to find out who I am, they could do so. If they wanted to know what I looked like, who I write for, where I have dined, which part of town I live

in, what my hobbies are - cooking and running, since you ask - the information is there for the taking. The reason I am explaining all this is to support my thoughts on whether a reviewer should remain anonymous - and whether this is truly ethical or not. Throughout the three or so years that I have been running my restaurant-review website, Places I Eat Brighton, I have undertaken 78 reviews completely anonymously, compared with the three where I was invited to undertake a review. Were these 78 anonymous reviews unethical? Is it wrong to walk into somewhere, eat and then possibly have an appalling time, write a negative review to be seen by thousands of locals? Am I to blame for the closure of restaurants, pubs and cafes? I don’t believe so. My reviews, both positive and negative, are there to give the people of Brighton and Hove a chance to read an honest portrayal of what it is like to dine across the city. Surely if every Tom, Dick and

Harry Ramsden knew who I was, this would not lead to a fair review. My opinion is that preferential or special treatment would occur in restaurants should I choose to inform them that a review will be posted online to be seen by thousands of people. Therefore, treatment such as this would lead to a biased review. Which I believe is even more unethical. Restaurants, however, if they chose to do so, could easily find out who I am. Restaurants could wait with baited breath, red carpet at the ready, to see if that skinny girl from Hove with the rubbish fringe and size 8 DM’s will come thundering through the door. Whether I Tweet, Facebook, Foursquare, MySpace or Bebo about where I am thinking of eating next or where I am visiting that weekend, reservation email clutched in my hand, it does not make the blind bit of difference. What are the chances of a restaurateur taking the time out to think “@placesieatbtn is coming in tonight. Quick, best find out who that is.” Oh, there she is, Claire Beveridge, she has

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booked in under her real name at 8pm” and allow for that to dictate their entire evening. What are the chances? Slim to none, I would say. Further to this, the vast majority of all restaurants I have reviewed have been wildly thrilled with the review; a handful have been disappointed but agreed to act on feedback given; and one, which will remain nameless, asked for the review to be removed entirely. The reviews I write for Brighton & Hove Independent are distinctively positive. Why? Because I choose places that I think deserve to be showcased to the city as some of our premier dining hotspots. Yes, they know who I am and this is because I want to give a good review, to get the restaurant, bar, cafe, streetfood trader off on the right foot in the competitive and often savage

world of food and drink. Does this make me a hypocrite? One review is undertaken anonymously with a view to give the citizens of Brighton and Hove an insight into the bad and the good, whereas the second is sourced, researched, organised and planned to showcase the best of the city. Whichever way you look at it, I feel I am doing people a favour. Go here, it is fantastic; do not go here, it is rubbish. Now, time for me to loosen the belt notch once more before dining out this weekend. Anonymously this time, I must add. So, if you are a restaurateur, you had better get on to Google!

For Claire Beveridge’s review of Tina CanTina, see page 32.

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Pedestrianisation is to be welcomed I am a newcomer to Brighton and have no allegiance to any particular political party. As many other people, I judge local councillors on their achievements and on how much they respect their constituents’ views. I know that I am not alone in my disappointment to see how little our “Green“ council has done to improve “green” issues such as the reduction of cars traffic and carbon emissions or encouraging people to cycle and walk. The recent call by Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown, to pedestrianise the lower part of St James’s Street is very welcome step to reduce traffic pollution, improve health and attract more trade in the area.

UK and international studies have shown that pedestrians spend more in town centre than people arriving by cars. Examples of continental cities with huge pedestrianised areas - such as Nice, Montpellier and Warsaw prove how much this benefit the local business. People like to shop, wine and dine in a traffic-free, safe and more relaxed atmosphere. They linger longer and spend more. This is even more vital in a seaside resort where people come to escape their own town pollution, noise and stress. They come to Brighton not just for fun of clubs and shopping, but also for the health benefit of clean, healing sea air! Our beautiful nature - the sea, uninterrupted horizon, beach

The BBC is biased – in favour of Israel Graham Chainey is correct when he says that the BBC’s coverage of events in Palestine/Israel is one-sided (page 10, January 31). But Mr Chainey needs to do his homework. In contrast to his unsubstantiated allegations of pro-Palestine bias at the BBC, evidence-based academic research shows how systematically pro-Israel the BBC is. In repeated studies, the Glasgow Media Group has demonstrated that the BBC regularly favours the Israeli position and features only pro-Israel commentators in its bulletins. The BBC generally presents

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the conflict as a contest between two equivalent sides, without explaining the vastly superior military and economic power of Israel, or the fact that Palestine has been under Israeli military occupation for nearly 50 years. Israeli public relations is wellfunded and works tirelessly to keep the BBC “on side”. It is only through very determined challenges that the BBC has been forced on many occasions to admit to biased reporting in favour of Israel. This is a matter of public record. Read before you rant, Mr Chainey. Barry Stierer Freshfield Road, Brighton

Bashing the Beeb is poor journalism I couldn’t but chortle at Graham Chainey’s lopsided tirade against the Beeb. You see, like Marx said of Hegel, I want to stand him on his head. Listening to recent coverage of say fracking or the so-called recovery, I am appalled at how much the editorial of Radio 4 toes the government line. I’d presumed it was because in Chris Patten they have a Tory chair, and the general fear of the threats made by Grant Shapps about licence fees. I suspect the Tories of longing for a Fox News over here - a totally uncompromising rightwing mouthpiece - and doing

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everything they can to ease the path. But picking only examples to suit your case, Mr Chainey, does not mean you give balance across your coverage. Or perhaps you just do not notice how frequently the BBC sings your tune. And, incidentally, I am not the only one to think Mandela described, I seem to recall, by Thatcher as a terrorist - a more historically-significant figure than the milk-snatcher herself. Bashing the Beeb may be easy copy. But it is poor journalism and cheap propaganda. Howard Pilott

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1 and 2 About 3,000 people attended the 13th Seedy Sunday at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange. Speakers included Bob Flowerdew, of BBC Radio Fourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gardenersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Question Time (Photographs: Stephen Young). 3 South East Dance will give children in the Tarner area of Brighton a taste of what is to come in Circus Street. It is building relationships with local community organisations, including Carlton Hill Primary School, running taster dance sessions for children and their families. 4 Celebrating 50 years of UK No1 hit singles, the Magic of Motown is coming to Theatre Royal Brighton with its Baby Love Tour on Saturday, February 22. 5 Winners of the Sussex Food and Drink Awards were announced at an awards ceremony at the American Express Community Stadium.

6 Purna Sen, Labour Party parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion, welcomed Emily Thornberry, shadow attorney general.

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A Week in the City Football

Albion transfers As the transfer window closes, the Albion have permanently parted company with four players and have welcomed the same number to the Amex. Some will be sad to see Liam Bridcutt, Ashley Barnes, George Barker and Adam El-Abd leave. Albion, however, signed Spanish forward David Rodriguez, midfielder Dale Stephens from Charlton Athletic, and Jeffrey Monakana from Preston; Jon Obika has also joined on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. Obesity

Flooding

Crime

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Patcham sandbags

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New statistics from Public Health England show that 49.2% of adults in Brighton and Hove are overweight or obese, the lowest proportion in the southeast. The figure is significantly lower than the averages for England (63.8%) and the southeast (63.1%). The city has the fifth-lowest rate of 152 local authorities, behind Kensington and Chelsea (45.9%), Tower Hamlets (47.2%), Richmond upon Thames (47.6%), and Hackney (48.7%).

Sandbags have been given to people in Patcham as more rain is forecast with rising groundwater threatening the area with floods. Tom Scanlon, director of public health, said: “The groundwater level in the area has risen due to recent heavy rainfall.” The council organised two public meetings to give people more information as warnings from the Environment Agency suggests the water level may rise further.

Two dogs were seized by police after attacking another dog in the centre of Brighton. The two Staffordshire Bull Terriers were not on a lead when they attacked the other pet in North Street. A homeless 39-year-old man was spoken to at the scene and was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and assaulting a police officer.

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Dylan Davies, 46, took over as head of the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) last month. He said: “There’s a lot of passion flowing round this community and a lot of pride, too.” He is keen to build on the academic progress already made at the school and wants his school to be at the heart of its community.

Cameras are to be used to enforce the change in the speed limit in Old Shoreham Road, Hove. The speed limit on the affected section of Old Shoreham Road was changed to 30mph in December 2011. The Sussex Safer Roads Partnership said: “A new mobile speed enforcement site is to be established in Old Shoreham Road, near the cemetery.” The cameras go live in the week starting Monday, February 10.

A tanning addict who used a sunbed nearly every day for three years has been left scarred after a tumour grew on her face; surgeons cut a chunk out of her cheek, leaving her needing 29 stitches. Anna Taylor, 33, who spent more than 900 hours under the lights has given up the dangerous habit in favour of fake tan lotion and keeping out of the sun to avoid wrinkles.

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Pub quiz A teenager from Hove has organised a pub quiz to raise money for volunteer work in Africa. Poppy Harperfield, 14, a student at Blatchington Mill School has relied on adult help for the quiz at The Foragers pub in Stirling Place, Hove. She and her friend Nat De La Roza wanted as many people as possible to take part in the quiz to help fund the trip to Ghana.

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Council

Football

Porpoise discovered

Candidate stand

Amex role

A dead porpoise has been found on a Bexhill beach following recent heavy winds and stormy conditions, the second in a week. Previously, local dog-walkers had discovered a decomposing baby porpoise in the same spot. A spokesman for Sussex Wildlife Trust said it was impossible to know if the two deaths were linked, but Bexhill Coastguard reported the deaths were likely to be caused by the bad weather.

Stuart Bower, a former police officer, claims a council breached the human rights of a councillor who was disciplined over her comments in support of golliwogs. He has submitted legal papers to the council calling for a judicial review into the authority’s disciplinary action taken against Councillor Dawn Barnett last November. Mr Bower had has also announced he is to stand against Cllr Barnett as a UKIP candidate next year.

World Cup football is heading to the Amex – with England taking on Montenegro. Albion’s home stadium will stage the Women’s World Cup qualifier on Saturday, April 5 (1pm). It will be new coach Mark Sampson’s first home match in charge. The contest, on the same day as the Seagulls go to Barnsley in the Championship, will be shown live on BBC1.

Appeal

Missing man Police believe a man who has been reported missing in York may be in Brighton. Edward Machin, 39, has not been seen for more than a week and police are growing concerned for his safety. They believe he may have travelled to Brighton where he has friends. Officers are appealing for any information on his whereabouts. Anyone with any information is asked to phone North Yorkshire Police on 01904 618691.

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Crime

Johansson protest

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Alarm scam

A group of masked lookalikes have protested Ecostream in Western Road. It was part of an ongoing protest about Ecostream’s factory in Israel. Scarlett Johansson recently quit her role as Oxfam ambassador following a row over her conflicting sponsorship work for Sodastream, Ecostream’s parent company, which operates factories in occupied areas of Palestine.

A car crashed into a house in Portslade following a reported police chase. The Audi TT left the road in Valley Road hitting the wall of the house. A search for three men who ran from the vehicle is under way. A fourth man was trapped in the car and, after being released by emergency services, was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft.

Police and trading standards officers are warning people about cold-callers offering cheap burglar alarms. Sussex Police said: “During January, police have received reports from concerned local residents about phone cold callers offering alarm or security services. We have received no reports of anyone actually paying any money yet but any such approaches should be reported.”

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Academies excel The two academy schools in Brighton and Hove have come top in “value added” league tables released by the Department for Education. Pupils improved more at the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy than any other school, according to the study; the second-best school for adding value was the Portslade Aldridge Community Academy.

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In this old photograph of Brading Road, which runs from Elm Grove to Hartington Road, the children are wearing typical Edwardian dress. So it is about 1910. The area was developed in the early 1900s and never had more than six or seven small shops. Offices took up several properties from the 1920s to the 1950s. Today, cars have replaced children in the road. (Old photograph courtesy of Step Back in Time, 36 Queen’s Road, Brighton.)

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Let the real debate begin It probably will not come to a referendum. Labour and Conservative councillors will probably see to that at the budgetsetting council meeting on February 27. But if it does, the ballot paper on the left – approved by the Electoral Commission - is the question you will have to answer on May 22. Councillors will not vote explicitly in favour of - or against holding a referendum. An increase of above 2% would trigger a referendum costing £230,000; sending out new council tax bills after the referendum would cost an estimated £41,000. City council elections in 2011 cost the council £223,855 - less than normal because of the AV referendum.

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No tax rises without trust – and honesty about the high price of city bureaucrats Jean Calder @jeancalder101

Simon Jenkins recently speculated in The Guardian that the Greens’ proposal to hold a referendum on the budget might “strike a blow for democracy”. He suggested the Greens might lead resistance to coalition attacks on local government. I fear not. Much as I like the idea of a brave radical council turning to its people in the fight to defend services, I do not think this council can deliver. Labour councils throughout the country bottled it under Thatcher’s onslaught in the late 1980s. And so will the Greens. To do otherwise would require imagination, courage, discipline, and competence - and an extraordinary capacity to build alliances. And I do not see much of that around. The more I look at the proposal for a referendum, the more it seems to reveal wishful thinking on the part of some good-hearted souls and pure cynicism on the part of others. The bulk of the council’s proposed cuts are to adult services and will put elderly people and those with disabilities at particular risk. Therefore, I am deeply

suspicious that Jason Kitcat has linked recent proposals for a referendum specifically to the need to defend elderly services. When the people of Brighton vote “No” - as they surely will - will he, like Pontius Pilate, wash his hands and pretend the consequences are our responsibility? I am sure there are principled Green councillors who genuinely believe they can go to the voters and seek their support. The difficulty is that the process of getting alongside the people

they are. The council has not trusted the people, so the people will not now trust the council. In order to vote for the tax rise, I would need to be sure councillors would spend the funds on maintaining key services. That is the only basis on which anyone should raise taxes for people struggling to make ends meet. But how can anyone be sure of councillors whose proposed budget puts frail elders in the frame for cuts, after three years of under-funding and mismanaging services, The council has not trusted core while at the same the people, so the people will time failing to check a growing not now trust the council” and expensive bureaucracy. There was a time when local should have started on day one of the administration. Instead, council duties were clear: to the Green council, which started provide and manage housing with so much promise, has been for people on low income; run maintain libraries, officer-led and as bureaucratic schools; museums and art and elitist as any other council. parks, Lacking a whip, it has also been galleries; collect refuse; oversee planning and licensing decisions; divided against itself. Rather than attending and safeguard children and adults. Council to ordinary people, the vulnerable administration has listened to its officers did the work while relatively-privileged supporters elected councillors provided and taken guidance from highly- strategic direction and scrutiny paid council officers, many of and oversaw grants to the whom have a vested interest in voluntary sector. keeping things pretty much as Over the years, as a result of

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the Tories’ disastrous drive to privatisation of council services and Labour’s obsession with raising the status and salaries of public-sector managers, there are now too few workers on the ground providing the basic services we need - and far too many overpaid bureaucrats appointed to commission, liaise, develop, consult, scrutinise, coordinate, publicise and report upon services which, in many cases, have been cut to the bone. Elected councillors may be better resourced than they once were, but their power has greatly diminished and, with it, the influence of those who elected them. Over the past two decades, competitive tendering and successive governments’ focus on inter-agency and community “involvement” has provided a rich seam for the city’s paid bureaucrats. Now, it seems that for every external agency and function, the council needs teams of officers who do not serve the public, but instead develop “three-year strategies” and development plans, convene forums and meetings, liaising with interest groups and external agencies. They may claim to “coordinate”, but they, in fact, do little more than comment on, and

sometimes fund, other agencies’ services. Statutory agencies tolerate them; a few “community representatives” thrive on them; charities have no choice, for their grants depend upon them. Turkeys do not vote for Christmas - especially in a climate of potential cuts. Senior bureaucrats who have built substantial fiefdoms will fight tooth and nail to keep their staff. Their inflated salaries and status rely upon it. And these bureaucrats are in the privileged position of influencing budgets in a way that low-paid service deliverers never can – except, indirectly, through their unions. By which time cuts are usually already on the table. Care staff and cleaners do not tend to socialise with elected councillors, use their first names, exchange banter on Twitter or pleasantries at meetings or festival events. As a consequence, when cuts are in the air, it will be service-deliverers not bureaucrats whose jobs are most at risk. So, I would be happy to pay more tax to maintain services, provided the council comes clean about what its bureaucrats do - and what they cost - and commits to an honest debate about whether the city actually needs or can afford them.

A referendum means the avoidance of democratic responsibility Neil Schofield @SZeitblom

As debate rages over the Green administration’s council tax proposals, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that this is the endgame of Green politics in Brighton and Hove. After three turbulent years in office, the issue has once again opened up the fault-lines in Green politics. As the Green administration and Caroline Lucas MP unite around a council tax rise of 4.75% - and the referendum it would trigger - the question of whether the Greens are a party of protest or a credible party of local government looms large. The Green council tax proposals revolve around two words: “austerity” and “democracy”. The

Green Party claims to offer the city the democratic choice to vote against austerity and protect vulnerable users of adult social care. But as a stand against austerity, the council tax rise does not make sense. Whitehall’s cuts amount to £24m this year. The council tax increase will raise £2.75m. And the council tax increase will fall hardest on those on low incomes - just above the council tax benefit level - who have taken the brunt of years of falling pay and soaring living costs in one of the most expensive cities in Britain. Against this, the Greens’ claim that a 4.75% rise is “affordable” - a mere £6 per month - looks seriously out of touch. Our city is less prosperous than it can look. People are choosing between heating and eating and not just in the poorest parts of the city. There is a powerful feeling that the Greens are drawn

from, and primarily speak for, the better-off. Greens appear unable to grasp that a council tax referendum has little to do with democracy. Democracy is about far more than voting; it is about process and responsibility, too. They have not understood that the reason why the coalition put referendums into the Localism Act was not to boost local democracy, but to undermine it, by taking decisions about finances out of the hands of elected politicians. Like the decision to place the management of the Cityclean dispute in the hands of officers, a referendum really means the avoidance of democratic responsibility. Moreover, by seeking local solutions to Whitehall cuts, the Greens appear to endorse Eric Pickles’s agenda. The crisis in local government funding can be resolved only in Westminster; local referendums let Whitehall

off the hook. It is oppositionism at its most self-destructive. Last week, the council passed a motion of no confidence in the Green administration. It was a curious occasion, with Tories voting with Labour to defeat the Greens - but both Greens and Tories making common cause to attack Labour, through personal attacks on Warren Morgan, the Labour leader. At one level those attacks, however distasteful, were a compliment, implying the smallest party on the council now sets the political agenda. Here was the Green Party, for all its talk of “doing politics differently”, effectively backing Eric Pickles’s localism agenda. At its heart, the Greens’ problem is simple. After nearly three years in office it is more - not less - difficult to tell what they stand for. There is no cohesive vision, no discipline,

no collective responsibility; a tyranny of structurelessness that has seen them lurch from crisis to crisis. And now, the most damning thing is not what divides them, but what unites them. Running through their record in office - from the Cityclean dispute through the Seven Dials Elm Tree debacle to the current council tax debate - is their failure to take political responsibility, regardless of faction. They are a party that can (intermittently) talk a good talk about austerity and what they call neo-liberalism; they are comfortable with the language of protest and opposition. But faced with the pressures and disciplines of office - especially at a time of unprecedented austerity - all they offer is the gesture politics of the privileged.

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Kindergarten politics belong in play school – not the council chamber Mike Holland @RealMikeHolland

Are we seriously going to have a debate about whether people want to pay more council tax or not? Are we serious or just plain stupid? Can we really be suggesting that we pay £230,000 to hold a referendum asking people if they would like to pay an extra 4.75% council tax for what will still be a much-reduced service. Please, dear council, do not be so silly. You are supposed to be representing us and acting like grown-ups. I am sure that the average bunch of 12-year-olds could have come up with a better plan than this. I would put it on a par when, in times gone by, our parents would ask us if we wanted a ruddy good hiding. The answer was unlikely to be: “Oh,

to make it as uncomfortable for the motorist as they possibly can. These motorists, by the way, are the same people they are asking: “Would you like to pay 4.75% more council tax?” In their warped view, this is apparently a rational question. I think, if they want to spend money on a referendum the question, should be: “Do we want rid of these wretched idiots The referendum question who nobody seems to admit to having should be: Do we want rid of voted in?” these wretched idiots” That would be worth spending no tomorrow. And they are doing £230,000 on, because we could all they can now to drive their save that money times over in the madcap aims through before we next 15 months. For a start, we would be able chuck them out. They intend to roll that 20mph to take a rational look at what is limit all the way out to our border happening on our seafront and and fill up our roads with as many take a balanced, staged approach cycle lanes as possible. They will with regard to repairs. We would not be suggesting not shift on parking charges and will do everything in their power giving Marks Barfield £36 yes, please”! Nor is it likely to be so when asked if people wish to pay an extra 4.75% council tax. It is not even that the current administration has a good record of managing the purse-strings. Indeed, far from it. It seems as if they are spending like there is no tomorrow. But there you have it: the Greens do realise that there is

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million to build a white elephant. They call this a loan - which is, of course, nonsense, because it can never possibly pay its way, let alone pay us back. We are supposed to borrow the money and lend it on again to Marks Barking. So whichever way they dress it up, we will remain liable. If we are having a referendum on this, how about including the questions: “What sort of qualification should you have to become a councillor? Should you have been in proper business life for a minimum of 10 years or been in one of the public services

such as the police, education or the NHS for a similar amount of time? The big question, however, is: “Should we opt for an elected mayor?” Someone who would have some real clout and knock some of the old guard in the two more sensible parties into shape. All in all, I think a referendum of this type would be very worthwhile and value for money. We certainly cannot go on like this. It really is kindergarten stuff that is best left to be acted out in play school.

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Where does all our money go? An Independent View The real debate begins now. Not about whether to freeze council tax - or to increase it by 2%, or even by 4.75%. Certainly, not about the fairness or otherwise of the government forcing our council, our representatives, elected by us, to spend our money on an undemocratic mechanism imposed by those in central government determined to stifle - not enhance or promote - local decision-making. No. The debate that begins now is about the sort of city we want to live in after the next general election and city council elections. If we do not wake up to the debate now, then it will be too late to have it when we wake up in 453 days’ time on May 8 2015.

For consistency alone, you have to respect the Conservative Party - a party that sticks to its low-tax, small-government principles through thick and thin. Through good times and bad. If low tax is your absolute and top priority, then the Conservative Party is the party for you. Consider this, though: the sooner this principle applies to poor working people hit the hardest by council tax bills, the better. The sooner income tax thresholds are increased so that modest-earners pay none and the rich pay more, the better. We may all be in it together, but it is strange how the rich will work harder only if you pay them more, while the poor apparently will not work at

all unless you pay them less. The biggest questions facing us - and them concerns the future of the Green Party and the Labour Party. If the Labour Party is not a tax-and-spend party on the side of poor working-class families - and poorly-paid council workers, whose jobs may be at risk - then what is it? It is, however, a lot more. As it must prove over the coming months. The poor on the estates around Brighton and Hove, Labour apparatchiks argue, are now so impoverished that even a very modest increase in monthly tax bills would be too much to bear. But they need public services now - as never

before. If (low-paid) jobs disappear as a result of “budget savings”, it is they and theirs who will also suffer the most. And that brings us to the Green Party. “A fresh start for a fair city” was the title of their manifesto in those far-off optimistic days of May 2011 - when the party committed itself to resisting the cuts to the greatest extent possible. Again, you have to respect the Green Party. You can criticise their naivety and their political immaturity; you cannot criticise their passion - even though you have to question their priorities. So let the real debate begin. And let us keep it going until we have a new government and a new council in 2015.

Band

Number (%) households

1991 property value

Current bill

Proposed monthly increase (2%)

Proposed monthly increase (4.75%)

Not available

Up to £40,000

£837.38

£1.19

£2.83

26,667 (21.3%)

Up to £40,000

£1,004.85

£1.43

£3.40

28,227 (22.5%)

£40,001-£52,000

£1,172.33

£1.67

£3.96

33,276 (26.5%)

£52,001 - £68,000

£1,339.80

£1.91

£4.53

19,150 (15.3%)

£68,001-£88,000

£1,507.28

£2.15

£5.09

10,852 (8.7%)

£88,001-£120,000

£1,842.23

£2.62

£6.23

4,417 (3.5%)

£120,001-£160,000

£2,177.18

£3.10

£7.36

2,646 (2.1%)

£160,001-£320,000

£2,512.13

£3.58

£8.49

175 (0.1%)

More than £320,000

£3,014.56

£4.29

£10.19

Brighton and Hove City Council 2014

Labour and Co-operative Party: 14 councillors

Conservative Party: 18 councillors

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Green Party: 21 councillors

Year 1998 - 99 1999 - 00 2000 - 01 2001 - 02 2002 - 03 2003 - 04 2004 - 05 2005 - 06 2006 - 07 2007 - 08 2008 - 09 2009 - 10 2010 - 11 2011 - 12 2012 - 13 2013 - 14 2014 - 15

Council tax increase 9.8% 7.2% 12.5% 6.0% 10.9% 14.5 % 7.7% 4.8 % 4.9 % 4.8 % 3.9% 3.5% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2% 4.75%?

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And what do we want to cut? Adult social care: £111.6 (14%)

Planning and economic development: £10.6 (1%) Leisure, parks and open spaces: £10.4 (1%)

Highways and traffic management: £32.9m (4%)

Education: £189.9m (25%)

Libraries, museums, and tourism: £23.1m (3%)

Public safety: £7.9 (1%)

Housing: £160m (8%)

Children’s social care: £50.3m (6%)

Capital investment: £45.2 (6%)

Housing Benefit: £160m (21%)

Refuse and recycling: £24.1 (3%)

■ 2013 -2014 Total £774.3 million*

* The 2013-14 budget includes a new allocation of £18.2 million following the transfer of Public Health to the council

Where the money comes from Dedicated schools grant: £135.6m

Services

Government grants: £135.6m

Business rates retained by council: £42.2m

Council tax: £102.7m

Housing benefit grant: £160m

Use of reserves: £9.1m Investment income: £0.5m Housing rents: £50.5m Fees, charges and rent: £119.9m

Central services: £27.9m (4%)

Cost

Education

£189.9m

Housing benefit

£160m

Adult social care

£111.6m

■ Housing benefit grant

£160m

Housing

£62.2m

■ Dedicated schools grant

£135.6m

£50.3m

■ Government grants

£135.6m

Children social care

■ Fees, charges and rent

£119.9m

Capital investment

£45.2m

■ Council tax

£102.7m

■ Housing rents

£50.5m

Highways and traffic management

£45.2m

■ Business rates retained by council

£42.2m

Central services

£32.9m

■ Use of reserves

£9.1m

Refuse and recycling

£27.9m

■ Investment income

£0.5m

Libraries museums and tourism

£23.1m

Public health

£18.2m

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Do we accept a caring society will cost more? Or give up and say we cannot afford to care? Jason Kitcat @jasonkitcat Whether or not we use social services now, it is a major comfort knowing that this safety net is there, should we ever need it. We should be proud to live in a caring society - one that has chosen to look after those who need it most. To me, this is one of the cornerstones of our modernday civilisation. Major national groups - such as Age UK, Scope, and the Local Government Association - agree: funding for social care is in crisis. Here, in Brighton and Hove, the Office for National Statistics predicts a 20% increase in over85s by 2021 - by which time, Ed Balls and George Osborne will have cut all government funding for council services. Councils are key to social care, both as providers and funders. Yet Labour and Conservatives in Westminster are both committed to ending council funding from government by 2020.

So while our ageing population creates more demand for social care services, there is less and less money each year to keep providing what our most vulnerable need today - let alone meet the needs of those that will need care in the coming years. While most in government are aware of the problem, virtually no new money has been offered to help meet this demand. Instead, we are being asked to share shrinking funds with an already-hard-pressed NHS. We’re saving tens of millions of pounds a year in every reasonable way we can. We have the lowest costs for senior management in a decade, and in the past few years have brought in more than £21 million of external funding for projects in the city. We are sharing and joining up services with neighbouring councils, the police, NHS and others. Given the further £100m our budget will shrink by in the next four years, however, we are at a crunch point. Our changing population, inflation and government cuts

continue inexorably, an evertightening pressure on the city’s public services. And, since 2011, council tax has risen just under 2%, while inflation has risen 9.6%. There is only so much that can be taken from councils before there are few or no meaningful services left for those who depend on them. We have reached a point where the city faces a significant choice: either we do not want to pay to care for our most vulnerable citizens or we speak out for those who are rarely heard - the elderly, the frail, the disabled, the vulnerable. Do we accept that a caring society will cost more? Or do we give up and say that we cannot afford to care? Our proposal is for a 4.75% council tax increase to protect social-care services from the worst of the cuts now and in the future. Specifically, the money would restore funding to home care, residential community care, day services, learning disabilities employment support,

Jason Kitcat is the Green Party leader of Brighton and Hove City Council

and the subsidy for the Able and Willing service. The Tories would like to add to their government’s cuts to services by imposing a counciltax freeze. And our proposal would cost the majority of households 61p (or less) a week more than Labour’s position; Labour supports a 2% rise council-tax rise. If Labour and Tories had not imposed a tax freeze in 2012, we would have millions of pounds more in our budget today, meaning we probably would not need to pursue the 4.75% increase this year.

I know that times are tough, that wages are not keeping up with household costs, and that council tax is a deeply-imperfect system. As a city, however, we must make the best of the situation we find ourselves in. Now is the right time to have this debate and trust the people to decide through a legally-binding vote. Our proposal is a clear, practical and principled approach to protecting essential social care services. With this major step we should trust our city - and let the people decide.

Still plenty of scope to make the required savings and maintain, or even improve, our services Geoffrey Theobald @BHConservatives It is quite clear to me, when I am out and about in the city talking to residents, that there is absolutely no appetite for a council tax rise of any kind – let alone one more than double the rate of inflation. After mortgage or rent payments, council tax is the biggest monthly bill that most people have; as councillors, I believe we have a duty to keep it as low as possible. Council tax levels nationally and in Brighton and Hove - more than doubled under the previous Labour government. And the Labour administration that ran the council for much of that time regularly imposed double-digit increases. The current Conservative-led government has recognised just how damaging this has been to hard-pressed residents and has offered councils extra money to enable them to freeze council tax for each of the last four years – totalling well over £10 million

here in Brighton and Hove. It is simply perverse of the Green administration - backed last year by the Labour Group - to continue turning it down. As a result of the government’s extra funding, council tax has fallen 10% in real terms nationally since 2010. Yet here in Brighton and Hove, residents are missing out, thanks to the two left-wing parties. There is still plenty of scope to make the required savings and maintain, or even improve, services. The council’s independent auditors continue to say that most of our services are expensive compared with those of other similar councils. The Green administration - dutifully followed by the Labour group refuse, for ideological reasons, to carry out proper markettesting of the council’s services with a view to alternative, more efficient, models of delivery. Instead, they prefer to take the easy option by going cap in hand to the council taxpayer. Councillor Kitcat is quite right to highlight the growing problem

of funding social care services, particularly for the elderly. The population demographics indicate a rapidly-growing demand for care and support services and this cannot be ignored. His attempts, however, to brand his plans as a “social care referendum” may be clever marketing, but they are misleading. Council officers stated in a recent committee report that adult social care services that are currently delivered by inhouse council staff generally do not deliver value for money compared with those delivered by the independent and voluntary sector. Yet the Green administration, with backing from the Labour Group, is choosing to ignore its own officers’ advice. Neighbouring West Sussex County Council is putting an extra £6.25 million into its adult social care budget for next year to cope with the increased demand for its services; yet they are still managing to freeze council tax. With the political will, it can be done. And it should not be

Geoffrey Theobald is leader of the Conservative Group on the city council

forgotten that it is often retired people, on fixed incomes, who are hardest hit by council tax increases such as those proposed by the Greens and Labour. The Greens’ council-tax referendum announcement - and the Labour Group’s subsequent ill-thought-through motion of no confidence in Cllr Kitcat - are all about political posturing ahead of next year’s elections, as these two parties desperately try to outbid each other for the leftwing vote in the city. That is certainly no way to run

a city. And it is the vast majority of hard-working residents who are getting caught in the crossfire of their personal battle. I continue to urge the Labour Group to support us in voting down the Greens’ costly plans by delivering what would be a very welcome council-tax freeze for residents. Ed Miliband likes to talk up the so-called “cost-of-living crisis”. So it would be hypocritical in the extreme for Labour to spurn this golden opportunity to actually do something about it.

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Unlike the Greens, we will not make city residents pay for the Conservative cuts Warren Morgan @warrenmorgan Is the Green budget proposal to hold a referendum on an aboveinflation council-tax increase a bold move to protect services, an astute political tactic aimed at standing up to the Tory government and putting clear Green water between itself and Labour, or is the Green council stepping back from its responsibilities in a last-ditch attempt to keep its councillors together? Nobody wants to pay more in council tax, but in good economic times people do not mind paying a little more if they know it goes to providing better schools, roads, refuse collection, care services, street-cleaning, and so on. Despite what we are told by politicians in Westminster, though, economic times are still not good. Most cannot see their personal financial situation improving; one in three Brighton

and Hove residents is struggling with debt, some are using food banks to feed their families, others are teetering on the brink of being homeless. Despite the protection offered to some by council-tax benefits, far too many people who are in work but on low incomes simply could not afford another £6 a month. Jason Kitcat and Caroline Lucas might be able to afford that, but local people struggling with rising energy bills and rents cannot. For many, that is the difference between heating and eating. The referendum would cost at least £250,000 to run, a sum of money that would save the council’s Able and Willing social enterprise from being cut, as the Greens propose. We agree that the council’s funding situation is critical. At the same time as costs of social care services are going up and some NHS services are being transferred to councils to run, the government is cutting tens of millions of pounds from council funding: £23 million less this

year; £25 million less next year. A grant to “freeze” council tax gives only around a million pounds back. More than half of council funding comes from central government; less than a third comes from council tax. Freezing council tax, of course, means more cuts, as inflation is still increasing costs by more than 2% a year. That is why many Conservative councils, including Kent, and our Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner, have rejected the “freeze” and are putting up council tax by as much as the government will allow. The Greens have known these cuts were coming since the day they were elected. Unlike many Labour-led councils, they have not undertaken value-for-money savings, management restructuring, better procurement, and a proper service review that could have offset the need for many cuts. They have instead carried on the salami-slicing approach, which has inevitably meant

Warren Morgan is leader of the Labour Group on the city council

worse cuts and tough decisions they simply will not face up to. They have protected spending in their own favoured areas - for example, cutting jobs in park-cleaning while refusing to cut back on their tree-planting programme. That is why Labour wants a sensible and reasonable increase of 2% to deliver well-run local services that residents can rely on and afford. Residents no longer trust the Greens to run the city, to deliver basic services such as refuse and recycling efficiently, and to take the difficult decisions needed to balance the city’s budget. We believe residents, not

politics, should be put first. We don’t support the Green gesture politics of holding a costly and futile referendum on a 4.75% increase, and we do not support the Tory “freeze” con-trick that says you can pay less, but get more, in the run-up to local and national elections. Unlike the Greens, we will not make residents pay for Tory cuts. We believe the only effective way to challenge those cuts is to vote out the Conservative/LibDem coalition in 450 days’ time and elect three Labour MPs and a Labour government that will do the right thing for local people and local services in Brighton and Hove.

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Business IEP Financial partners with Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival A new partnership has been announced between IEP Financial, a leading firm of independent financial advisers, and Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival. IEP Financial, based in Church Road, Hove, will become a corporate sponsor of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival until 2015. Ian Poysden, IEP Financial’s managing director, said: “I am delighted on both a professional and personal level to be able to support such a fantastic organisation. “As well as a wonderful yearround programme of events and an internationally renowned arts festival, Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival have a brilliant Creative Learning department, which supports both adults and children in the local community.” Andrew Comben, chief executive of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival, said: “As

the biggest multi-arts venue in the South East but also an arts charity we rely partly on the support of the business community to help us thrive. With the help of IEP Financial and our other corporate sponsors, we can continue to provide a rich and diverse cultural offering to our audience.”

Chairman steps down from enterprise partnership serving Brighton and Hove Frank le Duc @BHcitynews The founding chairman of the local enterprise partnership (LEP) that serves Brighton and Hove has resigned after three years in the job. John Peel, 71, helped to set up the Coast to Capital LEP, which is also known as C2C. It serves West

John Peel helped set up C2C

Sussex, the “Gatwick Diamond”, Croydon, and Lewes as well as Brighton and Hove. C2C is now advertising for an experienced business leader to take over from Mr Peel. It said: “This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced business leader to play a key role in influencing economic development and business growth in our region.” Mr Peel said: “These past three years have been challenging and some of the most satisfying of my career. “To have been the first chairman of Coast to Capital has been an enormous privilege. “Much has been achieved and I feel I can resign on a high note, with Coast to Capital having established a reputation as one of the leading LEPs in the country with a strong plans for the future.”

Ron Crank, the C2C chief executive, said: “On behalf of the Coast to Capital board, our team and partners, I wish to thank John for his insightful leadership and support during his tenure as chairman of our board. He was instrumental in the establishment of the LEP and he will be a very hard act to follow.” Mr Peel spent 18 years as managing director of the radiotherapy equipment manufacturer Varian Medical Systems, retiring in 2005. The business grew more than twentyfold during his tenure and went from loss-making to profitable. He has also been involved with a number of public sector and voluntary organisations in senior roles, including Central Sussex College and the Sussex Community Foundation.

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Consultant Vascular Surgeon Mr Karim El Sakka talks about varicose veins. What are varicose veins? “Various veins are when veins, usually in your legs, become visibly swollen and lumpy beneath the skin. They are a common problem which affect up to one third of people. Although they are rarely serious they may look unsightly and can cause discomfort.” How do they happen? “Your veins have valves within them that ensure that blood only flows in one direction, that is, back to the heart. Sometimes these valves get damaged and blood leaks through and collects, which causes the lumpy swellings in the veins.” Are they dangerous? “Although you can get symptoms such as swollen ankles, aching legs and restless leg syndrome, varicose veins are usually

more of a cosmetic problem than a health issue.” Can they be treated? “Yes indeed, there are a number of effective procedures to close or remove the affected veins. Latest treatments using lasers and ultrasound are minimally invasive and can often be carried out in less than an hour. Recovery is very quick and patients are back on their feet in no time.” Are there alternatives to surgery? “Varicose veins can’t repair themselves unfortunately, but you might find that wearing compression stockings and putting your feet up helps to alleviate some of the discomfort. Maintaining a healthy weight and keeping active are thought to make it less likely for varicose veins to occur in the first place.” For further information please visit www.spiremontefiore.com or call 01273 828120

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Ride the Wave off How does immigration to a great start actually affect Business ‘The third year of Ride the Wave a series of free business support workshops is well underway in the city and proving very popular’, says Brighton Chamber director Sarah Springford, ‘and over 350 businesses booking places so far’. Funded by the Council and created by Brighton Chamber there are workshops throughout February and March. The series kicked off on January 28 with a workshop for social enterprises on managing their money. Led by Danni Cracker, the session attracted over 30 attendees. Will Cottrell, chairman of Brighton Energy Coop provided an interesting case study. On January 29 was the first of four workshops for pre start and

start-up businesses ‘Start at the beginning’ led by Wes Game of the Let’s do Business Group. On February 4 the first workshop for creative industries took place at the new Wired Sussex The FuseBox venue. Over 60 people attended the session led by Julia Chanteray of The Joy of Business. There are still plenty more workshops to come, from support with greening your business to more events for start-ups and social enterprises. For full line up of events visit: www.businessinbrighton.org.uk/ ridethewave. Join in on twitter #ridethewave @brightonchamber

Julia Chanteray led a session of The Joy of Business

in Brighton and Hove? Ambrose Harcourt @mrlurve

The Prime Minister, David Cameron addressing the Federation of Small Businesses said that ‘he was relieved to see that so far, there seems to be a reasonable level of migration from Bulgaria and Romania, rather than an opening of the floodgates that some commentators had predicted’. So, how have we found it in Brighton and Hove and how does it affect business in the city? Brighton and Hove as a city is very proud of its cosmopolitan image, a city that is vibrant and very diverse and this also extends to business in the city. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, on his many visits to Sussex - and Brighton and Hove in particular - has talked about additional support for small businesses to get funding, so what is it like for an immigrant businessman or

Brighton and Hove as a city is very proud of its cosmopolitan image

woman to get more funding for their business. Is it any different or just the same? The real question we have to answer is why we focus so much on immigration rather than the structure of our UK economy, the creation of good jobs and how we might increase the power of employees working in cleaning, care, hospitality and other low paid sectors. I really wonder how the city would function without immigrants in these areas. Also, many businesses in

Brighton and Hove are owned by immigrants; employing hundreds and thousands of people not only in the city but also around the country. I would say that for us in Brighton and Hove as a local community, immigration has had a massive positive impact in terms of increasing skill levels and diversity. Ambrose Harcourt is managing director of Ambrose Harcourt Public Relations and a presenter on local radio station Juice 107.2

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February 7-13 FRIDAY Thriller Direct form London’s West End, where it’s in its record breaking 5th year, Thriller Live is a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer. 5pm & 8pm Fri, Sat 3pm & 7.45pm, £17-£28.50 Theatre Royal - New Road, BN1 1SD

Empirical This evening of exhilarating live music shows exactly why Empirical is being hailed as one of today’s most exciting young jazz bands. 8pm, £12/£10 Brighton Dome - Church Street, BN1 1EE

Rubylux Live Rubylux are one of the most exciting exports from Brighton in recent years, and here they return with a massive hometown show. 7.30pm, £10 Concorde 2 - Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN

The Kemptown Carnival Launch Party 2014 Come and join us for a wonderful night of mayhem and wonder and help raise the much needed funds for the Kemp Town Carnival 2014. 11pm, £6 Concorde 2 - Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN

SATURDAY Tom Banks - Canopy Comedy Club 4 Kids Back and better than ever! Cracking comedy entertainment for everyone over the age of six. “The perfect way to entertain the whole family” Three Weeks 2pm, £8.50/£6.50 Komedia - 44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN

Liz Aggiss After 60 years, Liz Aggiss finally gives herself permission to do what she damn well pleases. 8pm, £12/£10 Brighton Dome, Church Street, BN1 1EE

Sub Focus After headlining our arena at Shakedown festival, Sub Focus & MC ID are back once more with their eclectic selection of bass heavy anthems. 11pm, £12.50 Concorde 2 - Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN

The Studio 9 Orchestra Based in Brighton, the Studio 9 Orchestra is a 20-piece ensemble, specialising in 20th Century Jazz, Funk and Latin compositions. 8pm, £tbc The Old Market - Upper Market Street, Hove BN3 1AS

SUNDAY Art Deco Fair Fete / Fair. 1920’s - 1970’s stalls and furniture. 10am, £3 Hove Centre - Norton Road, Hove BN3 4AH

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Pre-concert interview and concert. Interview: 1.45pm £3 and concert 2.45pm, £10 - £33 Brighton Dome - Church Street, BN1 1EE

Gaz Brookfield Gaz Brookfield is a solo acoustic musician based in Bristol. Doors 7.30pm, £5 Latest Music Bar - 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF

The Deep Dark Woods Live music concert. 7pm, £8 The Haunt - Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ

Thriller Live, a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer, comes to the Theatre Royal

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TUESDAY Derren Brown Direct from the West End, the acknowledged master of psychological illusion returns to the stage with his latest show, Derren Brown: Infamous. 7:30pm, £36-£38.50 Theatre Royal - New Road, BN1 1SD

The Murderettes Will our hero get justice? Your ideas create a comic dark murder mystery performed by The Murderettes, who’ve been setting the London improv scene alight. 7.30pm, £9/£5 Komedia - 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton BN1 1UN

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WEDNESDAY Magnet Speed Dating 28-45 Years Are you hopeful (not desperate) for romance? Then come along and experience 20 fast-moving new encounters. See website for details of the different nights. 8pm, £20 Komedia - 44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN

Young Fathers Live music concert. 7:30pm, £8 The Green Door Store - Trafalgar Arches, Lower goods Yard, Brighton BN1 4FQ

Pinter Double Bill Emporium and Lost In Space present a unique double-bill of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter’s extraordinary ‘memory’ plays. 8pm, £11.40 Emporium Theatre - 88 London Road, BN1 4JF

THURSDAY Subversive Design Gallery Tour Join curators Stella Beddoe and Martin Pel for a tour of the exhibition. 2pm, free with admission ticket Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Royal Pavilion Gardens, BN1 1EE

Catalyst Club Blending traditions of a French Salon with debating societies. 8pm, £5 Latest Music Bar - 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF

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6.00 Breakfast. 10.00 Saturday 6.00 Breakfast. 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live. 11.30 Food & Drink. Kitchen Live. 11.30Focus. Food &12.45 Drink. (R) 12.00 Football (R) 12.00 Football Focus. Saturday Sportsday. 1.00 12.45 BBC Saturday Sportsday. 1.00 BBC News; Regional News; Weather. News; Regional News; 1.15 Bargain Hunt. (R)Weather. 2.00 1.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) 2.00 Live Six Nations Rugby Union. Live SixvNations Rugby Union. Ireland Wales (Kick-off 2.30pm). Ireland v Wales (Kick-off 2.30pm). 4.30 Live Six Nations Rugby Union. 4.30 Live vSix Nations(Kick-off Rugby Union. Scotland England Scotland 5.00pm).v England (Kick-off 5.00pm). 6.55 BBC News; Regional News; 6.55 BBC News; Regional News; Weather. Weather. 7.10 The Voice UK. Emma Willis 7.10 The Emma and Voice MarvinUK. Humes areWillis and Marvinfor Humes backstage the are backstage the of blind penultimateforweek penultimate week of blind auditions, with Kylie auditions, with Kylie Tom Minogue, Will.i.am, Minogue, Tom Jones andWill.i.am, Ricky Wilson Jones Ricky Wilson lookingand to bolster their looking teams. to bolster their teams. 8.35 The National Lottery: Who 8.35 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins. Nick Knowles Dares Wins. Nick Knowles hosts the game show in hosts in whichthe twogame pairsshow of strangers which pairs of strangers list as two much as they know list as much as they know about given subjects. about given Including thesubjects. Lotto and Including thedraws, Lotto and Thunderball with Thunderball draws, with Gaby Roslin. Gaby Roslin. 9.25 Casualty. The medics 9.25 Casualty. medics examine aThe teenager hurt in a examine a teenager hurt –in a mountain-bike accident mountain-bike accident only to come across old– only to come across old injuries that suggest he injuries suggest he might bethat a victim of abuse. might be a victim of abuse. Jamie decides to leave for Jamie decides to leave for Australia. Australia. 10.15 BBC News; Weather. 10.15 BBC News; Weather. 10.30 Match of the Day. 10.30 Match of the Day. Gary Lineker presents Gary Lineker highlights of presents the latest highlights of the latest Premier League matches, Premier matches, includingLeague Liverpool v Arsenal including v Arsenal at Anfield Liverpool and Swansea City v at Anfield Cardiff Cityand at Swansea the LibertyCity v Cardiff CityNational at the Liberty Stadium; Lottery Stadium; Update. National Lottery Update. 12.00 The Football League Show. 12.00 The Football League Show. 1.20 Weatherview. 1.25 BBC News. 1.20 Weatherview. 1.25 BBC News.

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.30 Film: 6.00 Is BBC Two.8.00 6.30Live Film: AnnieThis Oakley. (1935) Annie (1935) 8.00 Live WinterOakley. Olympics. Coverage of the Winter of the openingOlympics. day of theCoverage Games from opening day of the Games from Russia. 11.00 See Hear. 11.30 Russia. 11.00Railway See Hear. 11.30 (R) Great British Journeys. Great Railway Journeys. 12.00British The Great British Bake Off:(R) 12.00 The Great British The Winner’s Story. (R) Bake 1.00 Off: Film: The Story. 2.30 (R) 1.00 EasyWinner’s Virtue. (2008) LiveFilm: Easy Virtue. (2008)Further 2.30 Live Winter Olympics. coverage Winter Olympics. coverage of the opening dayFurther of the Games in of the opening day Score. of the Games in Russia. 4.30 Final 5.10 Live Russia. 4.30 Final Score. 5.10 Live Winter Olympics. Winter Olympics. 7.00 Winter Olympics: Today at 7.00 Winter Olympics: Today at the Games. Clare Balding the Games.highlights Clare Balding introduces from introduces from the openinghighlights day in Russia, the opening day in Russia, where the first five gold where firstdecided five gold medalsthe were in medals decided venues were in Sochi and in venues in Sochi and Krasnaya Polyana. Krasnaya Polyana. 8.00 Torvill & Dean: The Perfect 8.00 Torvill & Dean: Thetelling Perfect Day. Documentary the Day. tellingduo the storyDocumentary behind ice-dancing story behind ice-dancing duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Jayne and Christopher Dean’sTorvill gold medal-winning Dean’s gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 performance at the Winter Olympics in 1984 Sarajevo. Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. 9.00 Dad’s Army. Mainwaring 9.00 Dad’s Army. Mainwaring decides the platoon needs a decides the aplatoon needs a mascot for big parade and mascot plumps for for aa big ram,parade but and plumps a ram, but catchingfor a suitable candidate catching candidate for the joba suitable proves easier said for the job proves easier said than done. (R) than done. (R) 9.30 Hanif Kureishi: Writers Are 9.30 Hanif Kureishi: Writers Are Trouble – A Culture Show Trouble A Culture Special.–Author andShow Special. Author andKureishi screenwriter Hanif screenwriter Kureishi chats to AlanHanif Yentob chats to Alan Yentob about his new book, his about his new his latest film and book, placing latest film andarchive placingin his personal his in the personal vaults of archive the British the vaults of the British Library. Library. 10.30 Film: My Beautiful 10.30 Film: My Beautiful Laundrette. (1985) Comedy Laundrette. (1985) Comedy drama, starring Daniel Daydrama, Lewis. starring Daniel DayLewis. 12.05 Film: The Mother. (2003) 12.05 Film: 1.50 This Is The BBCMother. Two. (2003) 1.50 This Is BBC Two.

6.00 CITV: Pat & Stan. 6.10 Pat & 6.00 Pat & 6.10(R) Pat6.25 & Stan.CITV: (R) 6.20 PatStan. & Stan. Stan. (R) 6.20 Pat &Dino Stan.Dan. (R) (R) 6.25 Dino Dan. (R) 6.40 Dino (R) 6.40 (R) 6.50 Dan. Canimals. (R) Dino 7.00 Dan. Canimals. 6.50 Canimals. (R) 7.00 Canimals. (R) 7.05 Canimals. (R) 7.10 Om (R) Canimals. (R) Sooty. 7.10 Om Nom7.05 Stories. (R) 7.15 (R) Nom (R) 7.15 (R) 7.30 Stories. Scrambled! 9.25 Sooty. ITV News. 7.30 Scrambled! 9.25 ITV News. 9.30 Dinner Date. (R) 10.25 9.30 Dinner (R)(R) 10.25 Murder, SheDate. Wrote. 11.25 ITV Murder, She Wrote. (R) 11.25 ITV News; Weather. 11.30 News; Weather. Catchphrase. (R)11.30 12.15 The Catchphrase. (R) 12.15 Crocodile Hunter Diaries.The (R) 1.15 Crocodile Diaries. (R) 1.15 MidsomerHunter Murders. (R) 3.15 Midsomer Murders. You’ve Been Framed!(R) (R)3.15 4.15 You’ve Been Framed! (R) Regional Programme ; 4.15 Regional Programme ; Weather. Weather.4.25 ITV News; Weather.4.25 ITVWars: News; Weather. 4.40 Film: Star Episode III – 4.40 Film:ofStar Wars:(2005) Episode III – Revenge the Sith. Revenge of the Sith. (2005) 7.10 Splash! Dan Osborne, Anna 7.10 Splash! Dan Austin Osborne, Anna Williamson, Healey Williamson, Healey and RichardAustin Whitehead and Richard perform twoWhitehead dives each in perform twosemi-final. dives each in the second the second Vernon Kaysemi-final. and Gabby Vernon Kay and Gabby Logan present. Logan present. 8.40 Take Me Out. A disco8.40 Take Me bachelor, Out. A discodancing a dancing bachelor, a and a stockbroker, a nanny stockbroker, a nanny student try to impressand a a student impress a panel oftry 30to single women panel of 30 single women and win a date to the Isle of and win a date to the Isle of Fernandos. Fernandos. 9.55 The Jonathan Ross Show. 9.55 The RossbyShow. The Jonathan host is joined 24 star The host is joined by 24 star Kiefer Sutherland, actress Kiefer Sutherland, actress Emily Mortimer, actor Chris Emily Mortimer, actor Chris O’Dowd and comedian Kevin O’Dowd comedian Kevin Bridges.and Nine-time Grammy Bridges. Nine-time Grammy winner John Legend winner John provides the Legend music. provides the music. 10.55 ITV News; Weather. 10.55 ITV News; Weather. 11.10 Film: 2 Fast 2 Furious. 11.10 Film: 2 Furious. (2003)2 AFast disgraced cop is (2003) disgraced cop is given aAchance to redeem given a chance to undercover redeem himself by going himself goingtrafficker undercover to bringby a drug to to bring Thriller a drug trafficker to justice. sequel, with justice. Thriller sequel, with Paul Walker. Paul Walker. 1.05 Jackpot247. 3.00 Ladette to 1.05 Lady:Jackpot247. Australia. (R)3.00 3.45Ladette ITV to Lady: Australia. (R) 3.45 ITV Nightscreen. Nightscreen.

6.10 The Hoobs. (R) 6.35 The 6.10 The(R) Hoobs. (R) 6.35 TheSport. Hoobs. 7.00 Trans World Hoobs. (R)Morning 7.00 Trans 8.00 The Line.World 9.00 Sport. 8.00 The Morning Line. 9.00(R) Everybody Loves Raymond. Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 9.30 Frasier. (R) 10.00 The Big 9.30 BangFrasier. Theory.(R) (R)10.00 10.30The TheBig Big Bang Bang Theory. Theory. (R) (R) 10.30 11.00 The HowBig I Met Bang Theory. (R) 11.00 How Your Mother. 11.25 How I MetI Met Your Your Mother. I Met Your 11.25 How Mother. 12.00 The Simpsons. (R) Mother. 12.00 The Simpsons. (R) 12.30 Undercover Boss USA. (R) 12.30 Undercover Boss 4.00 USA.Come (R) 1.30 Channel 4 Racing. 1.30 Racing. 4.00 Come Dine Channel with Me.4(R) 4.25 Come Dine Dine with(R) Me.5.00 (R) 4.25 with Me. ComeCome Dine Dine with with Me. (R) 5.00 Come Dine with Me. (R) 5.35 Come Dine with Me. Me. (R) (R) 5.35 Come Dine with Me. (R) 6.05 Come Dine with Me. (R) 6.05 Come Dine with Me. (R) 6.35 Channel 4 News. 6.35 Channel 4 News. 7.00 Bigfoot Files. Mark Evans 7.00 Bigfoot Files. Mark travels to Russia to Evans travels to Russia to of Zana, investigate the story investigate the story a “wild woman” saidof toZana, have abeen “wildfound woman” to have in thesaid 1870s and been found in the 1870s and thought to be a hominid or thought to be a hominid or Neanderthal. Last in the Neanderthal. series. (R) Last in the series. (R) 8.00 Walking Through History. 8.00 Walking Through History. New series. Tony Robinson New series. Robinson embarks onTony a towpath embarks on of a towpath exploration industrial exploration industrial engineeringofalong the engineering along the Leeds and Liverpool Leeds and Liverpool Canal, tracing the Canal, the story oftracing its chaotic story of its chaotic construction. construction. 9.00 Hostages. Ellen struggles to 9.00 Hostages. Ellen struggles make an agonising choice to make an agonising between saving herchoice husband between saving husband or protecting herher children, or protecting her children, and is forced to perform and is forcedsurgery to perform emergency in her emergency own home. surgery in her own home. 10.00 Film: Source Code. (2011) 10.00 Film: Code. (2011) Sci-fi Source thriller, starring Jake Sci-fi thriller, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal. 11.40 Film: Jackie Brown. (1997) 11.40 Film: CrimeJackie drama,Brown. starring(1997) Pam Crime Grier. drama, starring Pam Grier. 2.25 Southland. (R) 3.10 2.25 Southland. (R) Deal 3.10or No Hollyoaks. (R) 5.20 Hollyoaks. Deal. (R) (R) 5.20 Deal or No Deal. (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Film: An 6.00 Milkshake! 10.00Animated Film: An American Tail. (1986) American Animated adventure,Tail. with(1986) the voice of Phillip adventure, withFilm: the voice of Phillip Glasser. 11.35 Thunderpants. Glasser. 11.35 Film: Thunderpants. (2002) Family comedy, starring (2002) Family1.15 comedy, Bruce Cook. Film:starring Bruce Cook. 1.15 Film:Fantasy Phenomenon. (1996) Phenomenon. Fantasy 3.40 drama, starring(1996) John Travolta. drama, starring John 3.40 Diagnosis Murder. (R)Travolta. 4.40 Film: Diagnosis (R) in 4.40 Film: Columbo: Murder. An Exercise Fatality. Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality. (1974) Crime drama, starring Peter (1974) drama, starring Peter Falk andCrime Robert Conrad. Falk and Robert Conrad. 6.40 NCIS. The team tries to find 6.40 NCIS. Thewas team tries to find out who responsible for out who wasa responsible for sabotaging robotic vehicle sabotaging robotic that causedathe deathvehicle of a that the death of a Navycaused lieutenant and almost Navy killedlieutenant Abby. (R) and almost killed Abby. (R) 7.30 NCIS. The discovery of a 7.30 NCIS. The discovery of a dead marine intelligence dead intelligence officermarine in a motel room sets officer in aoffmotel setsher the team on a room hunt for the on a hunt forthat her killerteam in anoffinvestigation killer in antoinvestigation that may lead a terrorist cell. may (R) lead to a terrorist cell. (R) 8.30 5 News Weekend. 8.30 5 News Weekend. 8.35 The NCIS Movie: Enemies. 8.35 The NCIS Movie: Enemies. Feature-length episode. Ziva Feature-length episode. confronts her past whenZiva the confronts her past when team is ordered to protectthe team is ordered to protect her father, Mossad director her father,atMossad director Eli David, a gathering of Eli David, at a gathering of former heads of NCIS. (R) former heads of NCIS. (R) 10.15 Film: Willed to Kill. (2012) 10.15 Film: Willed to Kill. (2012) Premiere. A detective must Premiere. detective must face up to Aher own troubled face up to her own troubled childhood when a serial killer childhood a serial killer develops awhen twisted obsession develops a twistedwith obsession with her. Thriller, Sarah with Thriller, with Sarah Janeher. Morris and Michael Jane Riley.Morris and Michael Riley. 12.05 SuperCasino. Live interactive interactive 12.05 SuperCasino. LiveBritain gaming. 3.10 Gibraltar: in gaming. Gibraltar: Britain the Sun. 3.10 (R) 4.00 Wildlife SOS.in(R) the Sun. (R) 4.00 Wildlife SOS. 4.25 Make It Big. (R) 4.50 The (R) 4.25 It Big. (R)(R) 4.50 TheAngels FunkyMake Valley Show. 5.00 Funky Valley Show.Hana’s (R) 5.00 Angels of Jarm. (R) 5.10 Helpline. of 5.10ofHana’s (R)Jarm. 5.20(R) Angels Jarm. Helpline. (R) 5.25 (R) Angels Jarm.(R) (R)5.40 5.25 The5.20 Funky ValleyofShow. The Funky Valley(R) Show. (R) 5.40 Hana’s Helpline. Hana’s Helpline. (R)

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Derek Jacobi Jacobi Derek Cadfael, Cadfael, 9pm 9pm Dramatised Dramatised from the novel from the novel of the late Ellis of the late Ellis Peters, the 90 Peters, the 90 minute film begins with minute film begins with pilgrims being brought to pilgrims being brought to Shrewsbury Abbey after Shrewsbury Abbey after they are suspected of being they are suspected of being behind the discovery of a behind the discovery of a rotting corpse of an old rotting corpse of an old man in a sack. Imprisoning man in a sack. Imprisoning them all within the Abbey them all within the Abbey walls, Cadfael renders the walls, Cadfael renders the corpse down to its bones to corpse down to its bones to discover the cause of discover the cause of murder. Among the murder. Among the resentful pilgrims are a resentful pilgrims are a couple of young thieves couple of young thieves Melangell (Vanity Fair’s Melangell (Vanity Fair’s Natasha Little) and her Natasha Little) and her brother Walter (Lee brother Walter (Lee Ingleby). Ingleby).

6.00 Breakfast. 7.25 Match of the 6.00 Breakfast. 7.25 MatchMarr of the Day. (R) 9.00 The Andrew Day. (R)10.00 9.00 The The Big Andrew Marr Show. Questions. Show. 10.00 The Big Questions. 11.00 Sunday Politics. 12.15 11.00 Sunday MOTD2 Extra. Politics. 1.00 BBC12.15 News; MOTD2 Extra. 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) Weather. 1.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.45 The Indian Doctor. (R) 2.30 1.45 The Indian Doctor. (R) 2.30 Live Six Nations Rugby Union. 5.00 Live SixofNations Union. 5.00 Songs Praise.Rugby 5.35 BBC News; Songs of Praise. 5.35 BBC News; Regional News; Weather. Regional News; Weather. 6.00 Fake or Fortune? Philip 6.00 Fake Fortune? Mouldorand BendorPhilip Mould and Bendor Grosvenor identify two Grosvenor works fromidentify public two works fromthat public collections could be by collections thatportrait could artist be by 18th-century 18th-century portrait artist Thomas Gainsborough. Last Thomas Gainsborough. Last in the series. in the series. 7.00 Countryfile. A trip to the 7.00 Countryfile. trip tothe the Lake District,Awhere Lake District, where show’s opening titlesthe were show’s titles were filmed. opening Matt Baker visits the filmed. Matt Baker visits the beach the horses race across beach the horses race across and Helen Skelton recreates and Helen Skelton scene. recreates the rock-climbing the rock-climbing Including Weatherscene. for the Including Weather for the Week Ahead. Week Ahead. 8.00 Call the Midwife. Jenny has 8.00 Call the Midwife. Jenny has an eventful few days, starting an eventful fewwho days, with a patient as starting well as with a patient as well as having herselfwho to worry having herself to worry to about, is also struggling about, is also to cope with herstruggling agoraphobic cope with her agoraphobic mother. mother. 9.00 The Musketeers. Aramis’s 9.00 The Musketeers. Aramis’s loyalty to the Musketeer loyalty to the Musketeer regiment is tested when he regiment tested when he agrees toishelp an old friend agrees helptruth an old friend uncovertothe behind a uncover themission. truth behind a disastrous disastrous mission. 10.00 BBC News; Regional News; 10.00 BBC News; Regional News; Weather. Weather. 10.25 Match of the Day 2. 10.25 Match of the Day 2. of Including highlights Including Tottenhamhighlights Hotspur vof Tottenham Everton. Hotspur v Everton. 11.25 Film: Brooklyn’s Finest. 11.25 Film: Finest. (2009)Brooklyn’s Crime thriller, starring (2009) RichardCrime Gere.thriller, starring Richard Gere. 1.30 Weatherview. 1.35 BBC News. 1.30 Weatherview. 1.35 BBC News.

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Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff. 11.10 The Hotel Inspector. (R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime. 12.15 Ultimate Emergency Bikers. (R) 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.15 NCIS. (R) 3.15 Film: Murder 101. (2006) Mystery, starring Dick Van Dyke. 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 The Dog Rescuers. (R) 7.30 Police 5; 5 News Update. 8.00 Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun; 5 News at 9. 9.00 200 Nips & Tucks and I Want More! 10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. 11.00 Body of Proof. (R) 11.55 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (R) 12.50 SuperCasino. 3.05 Snowtrapped. (R) 3.55 House Doctor. (R) 4.45 Divine Designs. (R) 5.10 Nick’s Quest. (R)

the Hammer. (R) 11.00 Bargain Hunt. (R) 11.30 Live Winter Olympics. Curling and snowboarding on day five of the Games in Russia. 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.45 Doctors. 2.15 WPC 56. 3.00 Perfection. (R) 3.45 Escape to the Country. 4.30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. 5.15 Pointless. (R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30 Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 The One Show; BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 Waterloo Road. 9.00 Outnumbered. 9.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys. (R) 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News; Weather.; National Lottery Update. 10.35 Match of the Day. 12.05 Weatherview. 12.10 BBC News.

the Hammer. 11.00 Bargain Hunt. 12.00 Live Winter Olympics. Curling and short track speed skating on day six in Russia. 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.45 Doctors. 2.15 WPC 56. 3.00 Perfection. (R) 3.45 Escape to the Country. 4.30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. 5.15 Pointless. (R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30 Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 The One Show. 7.30 EastEnders; BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 Pound Shop Wars. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News; Weather. 10.35 Question Time. 11.35 This Week. 12.20 Skiing Weatherview. 12.25 BBC News.

the Hammer. (R) 11.00 Bargain Hunt. (R) 12.00 Live Winter Olympics. 1.00 BBC News; Weather. 1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.45 Doctors. 2.15 WPC 56. 3.00 Perfection. (R) 3.45 Escape to the Country. (R) 4.30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. 5.15 Pointless. (R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30 Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 The One Show. 7.30 A Question of Sport; (R) BBC News; Regional News. 8.00 EastEnders. 8.30 Room 101. 9.00 New Tricks. (R) 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News; Weather.; National Lottery Update. 10.35 The Graham Norton Show. 11.25 Pound Shop Wars. (R) 11.55 EastEnders. 1.50 Weatherview. 1.55 BBC News.

This Is BBC Two. 6.45 Live Daily Politics. 1.00 Live Winter 6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.45 Live BBC2 12.00 BBC2 6.00 Winter Olympics. Coverage from Olympics. Further coverage of day six BBC2 Winter Olympics. Coverage on day

Russia on day five of the Games. 11.30 Daily Politics. 1.00 Live Winter Olympics. Further coverage of day five in Russia. 4.00 Live Winter Olympics. Continued coverage of the fifth day of the Games in Russia. 7.00 Winter Olympics:Today at the Games. Clare Balding introduces highlights from day five in Russia. 8.00 The Restaurant Man. 9.00 Line of Duty. 10.00 Inside No 9. 10.30 Newsnight; Weather. 11.20 Top Gear. (R) 12.20 Sign Zone: See Hear. (R) 12.50 Dolphins – Spy in the Pod. (R) 1.50 Children’s Emergency Rescue. (R) 2.50 This Is BBC Two. 3.00 BBC Learning Zone. 5.00 Live Winter Olympics. Coverage of the opening events on the sixth day in Russia.

in Russia. 4.00 Live Winter Olympics. Concluding coverage on day six in Russia. 7.30 Winter Olympics: Today at the Games. Clare Balding introduces highlights from day six in Russia. 8.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. 9.00 Bible Hunters. 10.00 Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe. 10.30 Newsnight; Weather. 11.20 Inside the Animal Mind. (R) 12.20 The Review Show. 1.05 Sign Zone: Immigration Undercover: The Student Visa Scandal – Panorama. (R) 1.35 Inspire: The Olympic Journey. Monthly magazine series presented by Gabby Logan. (R) 2.05 Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve. (R) 3.05 This Is BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone.

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning. 12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather. 1.55 ITV News London; Weather. 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show. 3.59 ITV London Weather. 4.00 Britain’s Best Bakery. 5.00 The Chase. 6.00 ITV News London;Weather. 6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30 Coronation Street. 8.00 Midsomer Murders. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather. 10.30 ITV News London; Weather. 10.35 The Jonathan Ross Show. (R) 11.40 Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands. (R) 12.05 Jackpot247. 3.00 Film: Columbo: Murder in Malibu. (1990) Crime drama, starring Peter Falk. 4.35 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R)

ITV

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning. 12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather. 1.55 ITV News London; Weather. 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show. 3.59 ITV London Weather. 4.00 Britain’s Best Bakery. 5.00 The Chase. 6.00 ITV News London;Weather. 6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30 Can We Trust the Police?: Tonight. 8.00 Emmerdale. 8.30 Birds of a Feather. 9.00 Benidorm. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather. 10.30 ITV News London; Weather. 10.35 The Cube. (R) 11.35 The Great Train Robbery. (R) 12.30 Jackpot247. 3.00 Can We Trust the Police?: Tonight. (R) 3.25 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R)

Channel 4

6.25 Countdown. (R) 7.10 Will & Grace. (R) 7.35 Will & Grace. (R) 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 9.00 Frasier. (R) 9.30 Frasier. (R) 10.00 Undercover Boss Canada. 11.00 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses. (R) 12.00 Channel 4 News Midday Summary. 12.05 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (R) 12.35 Come Dine with Me Down Under. (R) 1.05 Come Dine with Me Down Under. (R) 1.35 Come Dine with Me Down Under. (R) 2.05 Come Dine with Me Down Under. (R) 2.35 Come Dine with Me Down Under. (R) 3.10 Countdown. 4.00 Deal or No Deal: Love HQ. 5.00 Come Dine with Me. 5.30 Coach Trip. 6.00 The Simpsons. (R) 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00 Channel 4 News. 8.00 The Restoration Man. 9.00 24 Hours in A&E. 10.00 First Dates. 11.00 Troy. 12.00 Random Acts. 12.05 Film: I Love You Phillip Morris. (2009) Fact-based romantic comedy drama, with Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. 1.50 Film: Keeping Mum. (2005) Comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson. 3.35 How to Cope with Death. (R) 3.40 Location, Location, Location. (R) 4.35 Supernanny US. (R) 5.15 River Cottage Bites. (R) 5.30 Deal or No Deal: Love HQ. (R) Milkshake! 9.15 The Channel 5 6.00 Wright Stuff. 11.10 The Hotel

Inspector. (R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime. 12.15 Snowtrapped. (R) 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.15 NCIS. (R) 3.15 Film: Dangerous Attraction. (2012) Thriller, starring Amanda Righetti. 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 Trauma Doctors; (R) 5 News Update. 8.00 Ultimate Emergency Bikers; 5 News at 9. 9.00 NCIS. An NCIS armoury employee is found murdered. 10.00 Suspects. New series. Crime drama, starring Fay Ripley. 11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. 12.00 The Big Game. 12.55 SuperCasino. 3.05 Brain Hospital: Saving Lives. (R) 3.55 House Doctor. (R) 4.45 Divine Designs. (R) 5.10 Nick’s Quest. (R) 5.35 Wildlife SOS. (R)

ITV

6.25 Countdown. (R) 7.10 Will & Grace. (R) 7.35 Will & Grace. (R) 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 9.00 Frasier. (R) 9.30 Frasier. (R) 10.00 Undercover Boss Canada. 11.00 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses. (R) 12.00 Channel 4 News Midday Summary. 12.05 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (R) 12.35 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 1.05 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 1.35 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 2.05 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 2.35 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 3.10 Countdown. 4.00 Deal or No Deal: Love HQ. 5.00 Come Dine with Me. 5.30 Coach Trip. 6.00 The Simpsons. (R) 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00 Channel 4 News. 8.00 Supersize vs Superskinny. 9.00 Big Ballet. 10.00 Bodyshockers: My Tattoo Hell. 11.05 Getting Rich in the Recession: Scrappers. (R) 12.05 24 Hours in A&E. (R) 1.00 Random Acts. 1.05 First Dates. (R) 2.00 Payday. (R) 2.55 Benefits Britain: The Bedroom Tax – Channel 4 Dispatches. (R) 3.25 Food Unwrapped. (R) 3.50 Location, Location, Location. (R) 4.50 Supernanny US. (R) 5.30 Deal or No Deal: Love HQ. (R) Milkshake! 9.15 The Channel 5 6.00 Wright Stuff. 11.10 The Hotel

Inspector. (R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime. 12.15 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. (R) 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.15 NCIS. (R) 3.15 Film: Like Mother, Like Daughter. (2007) Premiere. Thriller, starring Michelle Stafford. 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 Titanic: The True Story. Scientific exploration of the 1912 maritime tragedy; (R) 5 News Update. 8.00 The Kidnapping of Shergar; 5 News at 9. 9.00 The Hotel Inspector. A struggling hotel in Blackpool. 10.00 Brain Hospital: Saving Lives. A woman has an operation to deal with her severe epilepsy. 11.00 CSI: NY. (R) 12.00 SuperCasino. 3.05 World’s Scariest Stunts: Caught On Camera. (R) 3.55 House Doctor. (R) 4.45 Divine Designs. (R) 5.10 Wildlife SOS. (R)

seven of the Games in Russia. 12.00 Daily Politics. 1.00 Live Winter Olympics. 3.40 Live Winter Olympics. Skeleton, curling and figure skating coverage on day seven in Russia. 7.10 Winter Olympics: Today at the Games. 8.00 Mastermind. 8.30 An Island Parish. 9.00 Mock the Week Looks Back at Health. (R) 9.30 QI. (R) 10.00 Alan Davies Apres-Ski. 10.30 Newsnight. 11.00 Weather. 11.05 Film: Before Sunrise. (1995) Romantic drama, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. 12.40 Sign Zone: Question Time. (R) 1.40 Inspire:The Olympic Journey. A Winter Olympics special. (R) 2.10 Steve McQueen: Are You Sitting Uncomfortably? – A Culture Show Special. (R) 3.10 This Is BBC Two. 5.00 Live Winter Olympics. Coverage of the opening events on day eight in Russia.

ITV

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning. 12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather. 1.55 ITV News London; Weather. 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show. 3.59 ITV London Weather. 4.00 Britain’s Best Bakery. 5.00 The Chase. 6.00 ITV News London; Weather. 6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30 Coronation Street. 8.00 Student Nurses: Bedpans and Bandages. 8.30 Coronation Street. 9.00 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: Ian Botham. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather. 10.30 ITV News London; Weather. 10.35 The Americans. (R) 11.35 Benidorm. (R) 12.25 Jackpot247. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA. 4.25 ITV Nightscreen.

Channel 4

6.25 Countdown. (R) 7.10 Will & Grace. (R) 7.35 Will & Grace. (R) 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 9.00 Frasier. (R) 9.30 Frasier. (R) 10.00 Undercover Boss Canada. 11.00 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses. (R) 12.00 Channel 4 News Midday Summary. 12.05 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (R) 12.35 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 1.05 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 1.35 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 2.05 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 2.35 Come Dine with Me: Ireland. (R) 3.10 Countdown. 4.00 Deal or No Deal: Love HQ. 5.00 Come Dine with Me. 5.30 Coach Trip. 6.00 The Simpsons. (R) 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00 Channel 4 News. 8.00 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast. 9.00 Peter Kay: Live & Back on Nights! Part Two. 10.00 The Last Leg. 10.50 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 11.20 Film: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) 12.55 The Simpsons. (R) 1.15 Random Acts. 1.20 According to Jim. 1.45 Happy Endings. 2.05 Franklin & Bash. 2.50 Boss. 3.45 Stonehouse Reunion. (R) 3.50 Location, Location, Location. (R) 4.50 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard. (R) 5.15 Deal or No Deal: Love HQ. (R)

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff. 11.10 The Hotel Inspector. (R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime. 12.15 Police Interceptors. (R) 1.15 Home and Away. 1.45 Neighbours. 2.15 NCIS. (R) 3.15 Film: Taking a Chance on Love. (2009) Romantic drama, starring Genie Francis. 5.00 5 News at 5. 5.30 Neighbours. (R) 6.00 Home and Away. (R) 6.30 NewsTalk Live. 7.00 World’s Toughest Prison; (R) 5 News Update. 8.00 Ice Road Truckers; 5 News at 9. 9.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 10.00 World’s Scariest Animal Attacks. (R) 11.00 Street Crime UK: Caught on Camera. (R) 12.00 SuperCasino. 3.05 Ultimate Emergency Bikers. (R) 3.55 House Doctor. (R) 4.45 Great Scientists. (R) 5.10 Wildlife SOS. (R)

32 Brighton & Hove Independent Friday, February 7 2014

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