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Domestic & General create 110 city jobs Greg Hadfield @BrightonIndy Domestic & General, one of the city’s leading employers, has announced it is creating 110 new jobs at its contact centre in Queen Square, Brighton. The company is hoping to fill all the vacancies by the end of January 2015. Successful applicants for the full-time positions will support Domestic & General through its busiest time of year, while benefiting from long-term career development opportunities within the growing business. There is also good news for those looking for part-time employment - with more vacancies becoming available in the New Year. The intake will take the total number of employees at the firm’s Brighton office to about 900, confirming its position as one of the biggest private-sector employers in the city.

Owen Evans, recruitment manager at Domestic & General, said: “We are gearing up to prepare the company for the busiest time of year. We feel the job vacancies are not just positive news for us as a business, but for Brighton as a city.” The announcement comes in the wake of Brighton and Hove being identified among the top 10% of UK locations when it comes to creating new jobs. Last month, the Office for

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National Statistics business register and employment survey ranked Brighton and Hove 38th out of 380 local authority areas for employment growth. Employment increased by 8.1% between 2010 and 2013, rising from 116,865 to 126,329. The improvement was higher in the private sector, at 10.5%. Insurance firms such as Domestic & General have been cited among those helping to drive growth. The company provides warranty services for UK and international clients as well as comprehensive product protection for more than 15 million customers with many of the country’s leading appliance brands. Contact centre representatives play a key role within the business delivering quality service for customers. From registering customers’ appliances to organising replacement products, Domestic >> Continued on page 3

War hero's medal found on beach after 76 years

A remarkable story about a brave soldier: How Ben Eggleston found his father's First World War medal -76 years after it was lost on Brighton beach. See page 11.

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From a City of Protest – to a City of Pride Geoffrey Theobald @BHConservatives

In just six months, as residents of Brighton, Hove and Portslade, we will be heading to the polls to elect a new government and a new city council. I would like to set out here - and in the 13 election pledges we publish today - exactly what a Conservative-run council will mean, if you put your trust in us next May. After four years of the hitand-miss "Green experiment", we believe the vast majority of residents and businesses want the return of common sense to their council. We will deliver this for them. The city has been allowed to become run down and the basics, such as clean streets and attractive parks, and open spaces, so crucial to attracting the visitors that the local economy relies upon, have been neglected. We promise to return to a beautiful city - where the rubbish is collected on time, the streets are swept, and our public gardens, parks and flowerbeds are blooming again. We will work with our staff at CityClean to give them a real stake in the service they deliver, like at John Lewis. The City of Protest will be transformed into a City of Pride. We will put an end to rip-off parking charges, which have done so much damage to the city’s reputation both with visitors and in the business community. Crucially, your council tax will

not go up with a Conservative council. We will concentrate on delivery of front-line services. Emphasis will be on early intervention and prevention, to reduce reliance on high-cost council services. A Conservative council will give residents and, in particular, our younger residents the opportunities they need to enable them to prosper. We will work with a range of schoolproviders to deliver excellent schools near to where you live, with a relentless focus on raising aspirations and standards for pupils from more deprived areas and tackling areas where we lag behind the rest of the country, such as in mathematics. We will support the development of more apprenticeships, in line with the great progress the government is making in this area and we will work with employers to make sure that more highlyskilled and better-paid jobs are available for local young people, who often miss out at the hands of the many graduates who choose to remain in our city. We will help and encourage young people to get their foot on the housing ladder. A Conservative council will give the community and voluntary sector the freedom and resources to flourish and deliver the services that we know they can often do better and more cost-effectively than the council. They will be the primary beneficiary of our rigorous programme of market-testing of council services that is long overdue. Under a Conservative council, our city will be a great place to do business and create jobs and

we will ensure that the culture of the council becomes "businessfriendly" to reflect this. Because of the success of their long-term economic plan, the government has delivered significant investment over the last few years, such as £420 million to rebuild the Royal Sussex County Hospital and funding through the new Greater Brighton City Deal to kickstart projects such as Preston Barracks, Circus Street, and New England House. We will work to do everything we can to ensure that national investment in our local economy continues, particularly the seafront - the jewel in the city’s crown, which is so desperately in need of regeneration. We will continue to lobby for investment in crucial infrastructure such as a second Brighton-to-London rail line and improvements to the A27. This city has everything going for it; we are close to our buoyant capital city and have a thriving cultural scene. Above all, we are by the sea. Some 9,400 new jobs have been created in the city since 2010 and unemployment is at an all-time low. But we could and should be doing even better and under a Conservative administration we will achieve our potential. Our offer to you is credible, affordable, and achievable. If elected, Conservative councillors will be hard-working, committed and will work tirelessly for all residents across Brighton, Hove and Portslade.

The 13 Conservative pledges The return of a beautiful Brighton, Hove and Portslade A reliable refuse and recycling service An end to rip-off parking charges A great place to do business and create jobs Your council tax will not go up with a Conservative council Public services of which we can be proud Excellent schools near to where you live New homes for local people World-class seafront, cherished and well looked after A planning system that works Support for the elderly and those unable to look after themselves A flourishing voluntary sector 21st-century swimming pool and leisure facilities for the King Alfred – including, if possible, a 50m pool

Geoffrey Theobald is leader of the Conservative Group on Brighton and Hove City Council.

110 new jobs in Brighton and Hove > Continued from page 1 & General says it is dedicated to providing its customers with a worry-free service. Mr Evans said: “These are permanent positions, offering great long-term opportunities in the areas of sales and customer service. While we are looking for applications from people who can demonstrate some level of experience in customer service or sales, we do offer full training and provide every opportunity for people to succeed.” All new starters will receive

an initial seven days of intensive training - with an additional three months of on-the-job training and coaching, equipping them with the customer service, sales and telephone-based communication skills. Mr Evans

added: “There is often a perception that contact centres are only suitable for temporary jobs. At Domestic & General, however, we pride ourselves on developing people so they have

the opportunity to build a real career for themselves.” In 2013, the company completed a 4,704-square-foot extension to its office, which now encompasses the whole of Queen Square House, overlooking Churchill Square. A further redesign is currently under way to accommodate the new recruits and to help facilitate future plans for the business.

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We can re-design roads and reduce speeds, but all of us need to look out for each other and traffic-calming measures. We have also re-designed some of our most dangerous roads, junctions and crossings - including Seven Dials, Old National Road Safety Week, Shoreham Road, Lewes Road, and organised by the charity Brake, is East Street, to make them more an opportunity to reflect on people-friendly and safer. the impact of road crashes Similar safety Streets should on the lives of hundreds of improvement work is be a place where thousands of families across underway on the Vogue the country. Gyratory and Edward everyone looks out for This year’s theme is Street too. each other - especially the "Look Out For Each Other", Making physical changes with campaigners trying most vulnerable” helps make streets safer, to challenge the sometimes but it’s up to people antagonistic atmosphere in 2010 - with local hospital travelling around the city to look between people in cars, buses, surgeons commenting on the out for each other. on bikes, and on foot competing decrease in severity of injuries. This National Road Safety with each other for space, speed, This is the result of our Week, we’re supporting calls for and priority. policies to make our streets safer. people to look longer and taking Brake points out that, Research has shown that for it slow at junctions and bends, regardless of how we choose to every 1mph reduction in average and giving others plenty of room travel on any given day, we are speeds, crash rates fall by 5%. - especially as the nights close in. really just people trying to get So we have slowed traffic Only by putting safety first and about our business. on many of our residential being considerate to one another It also argues that streets and shopping streets through will the numbers of people hurt should be a place where everyone introducing 20mph speed limits on our streets continue to fall. Jason Kitcat @jasonkitcat

looks out for each other especially the most vulnerable. Safety on Brighton and Hove roads has been improving in recent years. Last year saw 200 fewer people injured or killed in collisions on our streets than

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Jean Calder wrote last week (November 7, page 8) about her concerns about child sexual exploitation. She reflected on the lessons learned from the recent report about what has happened in Rotherham and linked this to her experiences working in social work in the 1980s and 1990s. At the end of her feature, she set a challenge that those in the city who are now responsible for ensuring children are safe should encourage anyone with information about sexual abuse or sexual exploitation to come forward and that nothing should get in the way of our determination to tackle these issues. Collectively, we are the chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council, the executive director of children’s services for the city, the police commander for the city, and the chair of Brighton and Hove Local Safeguarding Children’s Board. We are responsible for services and partnerships that work to ensure all children and young people in this city grow up healthy, happy and safe. We work with a range of other partners, including health colleagues, those working in probation, community safety, and the community and voluntary sector to seek to achieve this. All agencies are committed to supporting and challenging each other to do the very best they can for children and thus to work together even more effectively. Our ambition is to ensure that no child in this fantastic city has to experience what children in Rotherham have experienced. In the city today and in the past, however, there are children being sexually abused and sexually exploited. There are children in every town and city in the country who are suffering from this abuse. We should never pretend that this is not happening or that somehow it will just go away. Our social workers, teachers, police officers, youth workers, nurses, and doctors have to tackle cases where children are suffering such abuse all too frequently. Those of us who are parents are constantly forced to reflect on the cases we work with in the context of how we would feel if it were our children who were suffering the abuse. We are determined to listen to what children and young people say,

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Child sexual exploitation: Learning the lessons in Brighton and H Jean Calder @jeancalder101

Alexis Jay’s recent report on sexual exploitation in Rotherham gave a "conservative estimate" of 1,400 children - mostly girls, some as young as 11 - who were threatened, tortured, raped and trafficked over a 16-year period, while police and a

council, described as “misogynistic” in culture, failed to protect them or charge perpetrators. This was the latest in a series of scandals revealing that police and social services employees in areas across the country and over several decades did not just turn a blind eye to abuse, but also blamed young victims and, in some cases, actively colluded with perpetrators. Powerful and high-profile offenders like Jimmy Savile and Cyril Smith

MP escaped justice, their victims silenced by agencies that should have assisted them. So far, the focus of investigation has been Wales, parts of London, the Midlands and the north of England, where the abuse of many children appears to have been organised and particularly blatant. We should, however, not assume that casual misogyny, victim-blaming, collusion, and cover-ups have not happened here in the south.

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contemptuous curl of his lip: “Well, you can see from the look of her she’s no innocent”. He had never met her or her family. Neither had the psychiatrist who, ignoring the sadism of the abuser, told a case conference “the real pathology here is the mother’s”. Around the same time, I met a young girl who alleged longterm sadistic abuse by a local professional. In common with many abuse victims, she had mental health problems. The police in that case failed to investigate, though she had supplied detailed information to corroborate her allegations. A simple search of the alleged perpetrator’s home could have supported her claims, but it did not take place. Instead, the police delayed for weeks, then wrote to the man saying they would be visiting to discuss her complaint. I remember pleading with the police not to forewarn him, but they did. I was never sure whether a search took place. What is certain is that, if the evidence she described existed, he had weeks to remove it. I spoke to her psychiatrist (neither of those referred to above) expressing frustration about professional failure to support young people who disclosed abuse. He said he thought the age of consent should be reduced to 11. In the 1990s, I learned of a boy in his early teens who was in care, but regularly visiting and possibly living with a known paedophile, apparently with the knowledge of social services. I had never met the boy, but passed the information to the police - only to be told that they had no plans to intervene because “at least we know where he is”. The truth is that from the 1980s up until the present, in defiance of the law, many professionals have treated 13 or 14 and even puberty as the We should not assume de facto age of that casual misogyny, consent. Though victim-blaming, collusion, and the new women’s movement of the cover-ups have not happened 1970s and 1980s raised awareness here in the south” of domestic and sexual violence, and had been sent back to live including child sexual abuse - and with their tormentors. Several had many principled professionals effective ways of been abused while in care in foster developed supporting young victims - there placements. I attended court with a young remained huge resistance to this client who gave evidence against work, politically and in the media. her stepfather, a sadistic bully who It was challenging, it was costly, for 10 years had sexually abused and the number of victims and and tortured her, along with her perpetrators involved potentially siblings, her mother, and pets. overwhelming. It was far easier (and, in the short I was proud of her courage and composure as she gave evidence term, cheaper) to treat teenagers as and deeply grateful to the police if they were either liars or capable officers who had prepared the case of consent - and to support them in apparent lifestyle choices, even when against her abuser. After the visibly-sickened enmeshed in abusive “relationships” jury decided the man’s guilt, a with older violent men. It was gentler police inspector who happened on the liberal palate to provide to be in court, remarked with a contraceptive advice, end unwanted We may consider “our” politicians and officials to have been more enlightened than elsewhere. In almost all of the known affected areas, however, councils and police services were run by people who considered themselves progressive, priding themselves on their commitment to liberty, diversity, and community cohesion. These principles became theoretical justifications for abject failure to protect young people from sexual predators. I trained as a social worker in Sussex in the mid-1980s. As part of my course, I worked on placement at a local mental health facility and set up a small group for women. I wanted to invite a profoundlydepressed and withdrawn middleaged patient who was said to have had an incestuous “relationship” with her father. The consultant psychiatrist in charge refused permission for me to approach her, describing her as a “disgusting little woman”. That woman had endured sexual abuse by her father from early childhood through into adulthood. Ironically, once the group began, it emerged that, unknown to their doctors, at least two of the participants had been abused in childhood. One had experienced four decades of mental illness and treatment, but had never had the opportunity to disclose safely the fact that she had been raped for years by her wealthy and by then long-dead father. After I qualified, I worked in a social services-run project for vulnerable 16- to 20-year-old girls and young women in Hove (later closed in an early round of budget cuts). Most had been sexually abused. Many had not been believed when they first disclosed

Decades on and many scandals pregnancies, “support” immature mothers to keep babies they were later, the government has committed ill-equipped to care for, or to provide itself to a public investigation of advice about “safe sex” to abused child sexual exploitation. It would boys, than to take on powerful be a tragedy if that long-overdue perpetrators and the professional inquiry were to focus only on establishment, challenging years of those cities with already-identified problems. abuse. The government’s inquiry Around the late 1980s, I first learned that teenage girls were provides an opportunity for any UK arriving at Gatwick Airport, being victim of current or historic abuse to taken into care in West Sussex, and report (or re-report) their experience then going “missing”, probably – and, it is hoped, achieve justice, trafficked into prostitution. Despite or at least some degree of closure. the best efforts of a few individual It would be a tragedy police officers, there if that long-overdue was little if any real investigation and inquiry were to focus only no political concern. There were also on those cities with alreadypersistent rumours identified problems” of child prostitution in Brighton, especially around the seafront, but It also offers current or former I am not aware these were properly public servants, such as police and investigated. Among local police and social workers, as well as elected social workers, there was talk of representatives, a chance to report serial abuse by politicians, such as abuse and inadequate practice in Cyril Smith (then very much alive) - the institutions with which they albeit elsewhere in the country - and have worked - information which of cover-ups at the highest level. But may, in some cases, have troubled people who asked questions (and I and haunted them. Here in Sussex, we should was one) were threatened with legal challenge Katy Bourne, the Police action.

Police forces have tried to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation

and Crime Commissioner, Giles York, the Chief Constable, as well as local authority chief executives, MPs and councillors, to do two things: ■ Firstly, to actively encourage people with information about current or historic abuse to come forward - whether they be survivors, professionals or others

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to review if our services are helping or failing children, to ensure that our staff are skilled and supported appropriately and that when we become aware of sexual abuse or exploitation that we protect and support the children while also pursuing those responsible. Our investigations can sometimes be hampered when children do not perceive themselves as victims. Some will see their abusers as boyfriends, girlfriends, or guardians. In such cases, we need to understand exactly what is happening, we may need to remove the children to somewhere safe, and we need to develop a relationship of trust with the children. The work is tough, but it is our duty and our responsibility to do what is right. In her article, Jean referred to "child prostitution". We would like to reject this terminology, which suggests that it is a form of prostitution where children make a choice to sell sex. Children do not make these choices; they are groomed and/or abused. It is the adults who determine the abuse. In the past, some professionals who should have protected children have taken the view that they were somehow responsible for the abuse they suffered. This is not our view. In the 21st century, we should do everything we can to ensure children can enjoy their childhood and that they can be supported to become happy adults who, in turn, will be responsible for nurturing the next generation of children, many of whom will be alive in the 22nd century. To protect children, we have staff who try to identify those who we believe might be

vulnerable, perhaps because they are missing from their homes. We need to be vigilant when children refer to new boyfriends or who have gifts or money that they receive from such boyfriends. We need to keep an eye out for children whose behaviour changes for no apparent reason, or whose schoolwork dramatically deteriorates. We need to question what is going on when children’s behaviour and language becomes more sexualised, and we should be alert for children who are afraid. If you have such concerns, you can contact dedicated teams who are there to protect our children. As Jean says at the end of her article, we should never let our children and young people down. We agree. If you believe that there is an emergency, then you must contact the police immediately. If you are worried that something is not quite right, then please contact our new Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub. This new team - which we set up in September includes staff from different professions who work together to share intelligence, assess needs, coordinate support and intervene if appropriate They can be contacted on 01273 290400 or at MASH@ brighton-hove.gcsx.gov.uk. For more information about the city’s arrangements for safeguarding, visit: www. brightonandhovelscb.org.uk

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Parking victory for shopkeepers Lego by the sea Shopkeepers in a residential road in Brighton have won a battle to get limited free parking outside their stores. A sharp decrease in revenue was reported by businesses in Matlock Road after the introduction of a controlled parking zone. Restrictions meant shoppers could not park for free - however briefly - outside the post office, I Love Thai café and restaurant, and several other businesses. But Neil Waugh, the owner of I Love Thai, took the matter to a full city council meeting and triggered a rethink. Shoppers

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are now allowed one hour of free parking. Campaign supporters included Sima Turpin, of Matlock Road Post Office, and Conservative councillors Ann and Ken Norman. Mr Waugh said: “Now we

need people to know there is no charge if they want to stop off here for coffee, or to eat or collect their Thai meals, to post their parcels, buy their organic foods and groceries, or fill their prescriptions.”

An Independent View The inexorable and selfreplicating pressure for controlled parking zones - with associated parking meters, in residential or semi-residential areas - means law-abiding shoppers are deterred from popping in to local shops or using other small businesses. Why spend £1 to spend less than an hour buying goods or services that might cost less than, say, £10? In some supermarkets, you can park for half an hour for free - even if you do not spend a single penny there. There are interesting consequences of the spread of residential permit-holder areas. Firstly, hundreds of parking spaces remain empty for most of the day - even though they are only minutes away from

the seafront or the trafficcongested, NCP-extorted heart of the city. Secondly, many parking spaces - with associated meters - have been created on stretches of road that previously were marked with double-yellow lines, presumably because they were deemed too dangerous for (free) parking. A citywide review of parking should be a priority for the new council next May. Before then, councillors might care to review parking near every parade of local shops - with the aim of providing free parking for at least an hour for shoppers. With Small Business Saturday on December 6, there could not be a better time.

Photographer Andrew Whyte has embarked on a road trip with a difference, taking two Lego figures across the United Kingdom for his latest series of images. To mark the launch of the new Shell V-Power LEGO® Collection, Andrew has visited Brighton Pier, Edinburgh Castle, and the Angel of the North - capturing them through the eyes of his miniature travelling companions. For more images, visit: www.longexposures.co.uk/legography

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Bookish Supper Society expands to the Pelican on Portland café The highly-successful Bookish Supper Society has added a second venue for its popular live events. Pelican on Portland is the home of a regular new "Bookish" event, which meets on the first

Thursday of every month. Mel and Alan Pike, who own the café, said: “We love Bookish, and we thought it would be great to have a regular meet-up here in the evening to discuss a new book and have an author read to us. "We have included a fabulous mixed charcuterie board with some great local cheeses, relishes and dips, and a glass of wine in the ticket. West Hove lacks something like Bookish and we’re delighted that they have come to us.” Jo Whitely, a resident of Portland Road, said: “I love Bookish and now I can just Julia Crouch, author of The Long Fall, is the guest walk around the corner. It’s great - friendly, chatty, on Thursday, December 4

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and inclusive. I’ve met some wonderful people at the café and this is the icing on the cake.” Laura Lockington, the founder of Bookish Supper Society and Brighton & Hove Independent columnist, said: “I was delighted to have been asked to come to West Hove; it makes perfect sense. A true café society feeling is buzzing there - plus the chocolate and Guinness cake are to die for." The next event is on Thursday, December 4, an evening with Julia Crouch, the best-selling author, and her new book, The Long Fall. Tickets are available from Tabl. com or from Pelican on Portland, 211 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA www.pelicanonportland.co.uk Excerpts from the recentlypublished book

1896 | Saturday, November 14 The Emancipation Run from London to Brighton celebrated the passing into law of the Locomotives on the Highway Act, which raised the speed limit for ‘"light locomotives" from 4 mph to 14 mph and abolished the requirement for these vehicles to be preceded by a man on foot.

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Nigella Christmas: Food Family, Friends, Festivities Oh Nigella! The queen of festivity won’t let you down. The porcelain skin, the pouty lips, the knowing smile, and the luscious raven locks of the velvet exterior hides the iron will and foolproof recipes. She makes a very good point that we have feasted and celebrated with food at this time of the year no matter what religion or tribe that we belong to. From Ancient Babylon to Druids, the solstice has been a time for gluttony, greed, and generosity. Her portions are spot on too: none of that teeny-tiny portion-control here, this is all based on very healthy appetites indeed. There’s a wonderful chapter on catering for the hungry hordes with some brilliant ideas for manageable mass

catering in your own kitchen without too much stress. And the cocktails are definitely worth experimenting with. I loved the Poinsettia - a heady mixture of Prosecco, Grand Marnier, and cranberry juice served in a frosted champagne flute. Delicious. If somewhat more-ish. Oh, what the hell, it’s Christmas after all! The easy-to-follow Christmas Day meal is a cinch, too. Goose or turkey, both are described accurately and with minimum fuss. There’s also a marvellous idea for a vegetarian Christmas feast. Her home-baked present suggestions are far easier than they seem, with no faffing around with sugar thermometers or lots of ingredients that you simply haven’t got in the cupboard. Stylish. Delicious. And very do-able.

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Lost and found: The story of Sgt Eggleston's WW1 medal Greg Hadfield @BrightonIndy To the five-year-old boy playing on the beach, his father - who had died only a few months earlier was, in every sense of the word, a true hero. As he ran up and down to the sea, little Ben Eggleston had with him his most cherished possession: one of his late father's medals from the First World War. He took it with him everywhere he went. Imagine the horror when, at the end of the day, Ben realised he had somehow lost the medal among the countless pebbles of Brighton beach. He was heartbroken. That was in 1938. For more than 70 years, the medal awarded to Sgt Stephen Eggleston (1888-1938) remained lost. Until now. In a remarkable twist of fate, Ben - 82 on Wednesday - has been re-united with the 1914 Star medal - more commonly known as the Mons Star - awarded to Croydon-born Sgt Eggleston when was still a private in the 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, which is believed to have been the first British infantry unit to fire on the Germans in the Battle of Mons in August 1914. Ben, a retired engineer living in Norfolk, never forgot the lost medal; he subsequently travelled throughout England and the battlefields of France and Belgium researching his father’s military history. He also visited numerous archives, antique fairs, and medal collections. More recently, he spent many hundreds of hours on the internet in an attempt to locate the lost medal. Every visit to Brighton by him, his wife, son and daughter, seven grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild has involved - at the very least - a cursory search on the beach, in case the sea had

washed it up. The whole family became resigned to the fact that the medal would never be seen again - even though Ben could not stop himself going on the internet almost every day to enter his

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years and had now decided to sell it. The seller had bought it himself from another collector, whose name was long forgotten, and there was no record of what had happened to the medal in the intervening 40 years before he had acquired it. This didn’t matter to my father as the important thing was that the Star had not been lost." Ben was, of course, overjoyed. He told Brighton & Hove Independent: "After all these years of wondering what had happened to the medal, we just sat there in amazement looking at the screen hardly daring to believe that what we were seeing could really be true." The family arranged to travel to Lincolnshire to collect the medal, rather than trust the Royal Mail. Ben added: "After all these years of searching, it seems incredibly poignant and significant that the medal should turn up now, on the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, so close to Remembrance Day and at my age in life. I am delighted that it is now back with our family as it serves as an emblem of my father’s heroism, and of the many hundreds of thousands of men who lost their lives or were injured in this terrible conflict." The Mons Star will now join both Sgt Eggleston’s Meritorious Service Medal and his Military Medal, which he was awarded for bravery during the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1 1916, when his battalion was tasked with taking a farmhouse at Fricourt.

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A group of aspiring writers has put together an anthology of short stories and poems based on the First World War. The eBook - entitled A War In Words 1914 1918: A charity anthology - will be sold on Amazon for 99p. It is the group's first attempt at having anything published and all proceeds will be donated to the Help For Heroes charity.The group, started by Adrian Norton and Roger Deller, meets fortnightly at The Ferry Inn, Shoreham.

Drivers will be able to park for free in five car parks in Brighton and Hove on Small Business Saturday and the three Sundays before Christmas. The car parks are: London Road, Regency Square, Trafalgar Street and High Street in Brighton, and Norton Road in Hove. The dates when parking will be free are Saturday, December 6, and Sundays December 7, 14 and 21.

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A Week in the City Theatre

Storms over the city

Hippodrome rally Protesters and political candidates gathered at the Save Our Brighton Hippodrome rally on Saturday to challenge plans to develop the historic theatre venue. Jeremy Gale, the Liberal Democrat council candidate for Central Hove (pictured), said: “We want to see this magical venue brought back to life for generations to come.” Other supporters included contenders for Brighton Pavilion constituency next May: Caroline Lucas (Green); Purna Sen (Labour); Clarence Mitchell (Conservative); and Chris Bowers (Liberal Democrat).

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City toilets entered in this year’s Loo of the Year competition have all been awarded either gold or platinum awards, giving Brighton and Hove City Council its best results yet. The council entered 39 public toilets into the national award scheme including five new entries at the King Alfred, West Pier Arches, Vale Park, Black Rock, and Park Road in Rottingdean. And yes, the press release was headlined "Flushed with success". Of course.

The Tour of Britain, the country's biggest bicycle race, added more than £1 million to the city’s economy when it came to Brighton in September. Figures released by SweetSpot, the organisers, showed net visitor expenditure in the city economy was £1.29 million; net visitor expenditure for the stage overall was £3 million. Those who attended on the day spent an average of nearly £52 - while for those staying for two days the figure increased to more than £75.

A leading Brighton GP beleives a scheme to stop street-drinkers buying super-strength beers and ciders has been “one of the most significant public health measures in recent times”. Dr Tim Worthley, lead GP at Brighton Homeless Healthcare clinic in Morley Street, praised the city council’s Sensible on Strength campaign, which asked local shops not to stock beers and ciders containing more than 6% alcohol. More than 100 retailers have signed up.

There will be no bus strikes tomorrow (Saturday) or on Wednesday (November 19). Proposed industrial action by members of Unite the Union was suspended after last-ditch talks yesterday. The talks between Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company and union representatives resulted in an improved offer to 919 drivers and engineers. A ballot of union members will be held over the next few days. The result is expected on Thursday (November 20). Martin Harris, managing

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director of the bus company, said: "We have had challenging but constructive negotiations with Unite over the last two days and I am delighted that we are able to advise customers that services will operate as normal this weekend and next week. I am optimistic that this dispute will soon be settled." Janet Henney, for Unite, said: "The additional discussions have been very difficult but also very productive. We believe we have now reached an offer which our members will be interested in and have therefore postponed the planned industrial action to allow our members to vote on it.”

Step Back in Time, of 36 Queen's Road, Brighton - which provides the old images for our Past and Present feature (the view above is of Preston Drove, near the junction with Harrington Villas) - has teamed up with Brighton and Hove Stuff, in Western Road, and the Sussex Postcard Club to hold an auction of postcards, books, photographs, and maps. The auction - which includes all things Brighton and Hove - opens at 6.30pm onTuesday, November 25, at St Leonard’s Church Hall, Glebe Villas, Hove BN3 4ED.

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I’ve just read an FT "silver economy" beauty feature, next to a fashion commentary geared to the needs of older consumers. The Japanese head of Shiseido makes the point that, as a senior, he doesn’t want to be marketed to as a 60-year-old; he wants to be pitched to as someone discerning, with the capability to choose something really good. I couldn’t agree more with this confident approach. The chances are that you will be shopping for all age-groups when you hit the beauty counters this Christmas. I’m particularly liking how Twiggy, Helen Mirren, and Charlotte Rampling look every bit as stunning today as they did decades back. Beauty doesn’t always have to equate with youthfulness - and brand marketers have just about shaken off the last remnants of condescension. When the Liberty beauty floor got revamped a few years back, I swooned over REN’s chinoiserie

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Lord Lucan: Even 40 years on, theories continue to multiply Graham Chainey

The details of that night in November 1974 are well known: the bludgeoned nanny in the basement kitchen; the bloodied countess running to the Belgravia pub; then the midnight appearance at Grants Hill House, Uckfield, East Sussex, banging on Mrs Maxwell-Scott’s door; then the borrowed Ford Corsair abandoned in Norman Road, Newhaven, 15 miles away, with a length of taped lead pipe in its boot. At which point, one of the enduring enigmas of British criminal investigation opened up, with the 7th Earl of Lucan having vanished into air. Police with dogs combed the Downs, frogmen scoured the Ouse, the shoreline was tramped, more than 1,000 boats were checked between Brighton and Eastbourne, and a futuristic autogyro - like that used by

James Bond - was employed with infrared camera to survey the Seven Sisters cliffs and the gorse west of Newhaven. They found a man’s body hanged from a tree - but tests revealed it had been there for three years – and plenty of dead birds and rats. But no sign of Lucan. Etonian, ex-Guards officer, gambler, a father of three, 6 ft 2 ins tall, with blue eyes, no earlobes, a moustache, and a knowledge of German, Portuguese and Yiddish, Lucan had separated from his wife and had run up considerable debts at the Clermont Club in Mayfair. According to someone who played backgammon with him the day before the murder, the last straw was when a kitten he had bought for the wife and children came back through his letterbox with its throat slit. (One tabloid last week marked the 40th anniversary with a frontpage banner headline: “Lucan Driven to Kill by Cat Slaughter” - evidence, if nothing else, that the mystery continues to sell

newspapers, books, magazines.) Lucan has subsequently been sighted all over the world. A book by former police officer Duncan MacLaughlin, “Dead Lucky” (2003), first got me interested, with its claim that Lucan headed for Portugal, where he used to spend holidays, and from there to Portuguese-speaking Mozambique, where he was allegedly sighted in 1975, and finally from there to the former Portuguese colony of Goa, where he assumed the identity of one Jungly Barry, complete with hippy hair (to cover the lobeless The Ford Corsair was abandoned in Norman Road, Newhaven ears, presumably) and big beard. a taxi from Uckfield gets the impression certain U n fo r t u n a t e ly, to a private airfield people knew exactly where Lucan a Brighton in Kent, with the car was, and enjoyed the spectacle engineer, Andy dumped in Newhaven of Inspector Knacker with his Burrows, who had by someone else. (But a autogyro. spent time in Jungly letter from Lucan to How reliable even was Lady Barry’s commune, Michael Stoop, the Lucan’s testimony? Now 75, soon punctured this car’s owner, gave estranged from her children, theory by revealing its whereabouts as and living in seclusion in a Barry had had Norman Road mews cottage, she gives the Lord Lucan would be 80 next month a Lancashire – “keys in glove impression on her website of a accent and “talked about his compartment”.) disturbed mind and embattled life up North”. Red herrings and poker embitterment. Now, a new book by Laura faces certainly distinguish this Meanwhile, Lucan himself, Thompson, “A Different Class story, with the establishment declared officially dead in 1999, of Murder”, claims Lucan - including Lucan’s mother, could still be alive somewhere. hired a hitman to kill his wife, John Aspinall of the Clermont, He would be 80 next month. then repented and rushed to financier Sir James Goldsmith, the scene, too late. (But why and fellow gambler Stoop - Graham Chainey is a freelance then the lead pipe in the boot?) apparently closing ranks to writer living in Brighton and She reveals he may have taken protect one of their own. One Hove.

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It seems to be a fairly universal truth in parenting that a lot of what we do with and for our children is based on our own likes, preferences, and ideals. Fair enough, you may say. But what about when that’s in direct contrast to the preferences and wishes of the emerging personality before us? Sometimes it’s wholly appropriate: brushing his teeth may not figure in my son’s top five things to do of a morning or an evening, but Daddy-O and I are pretty clear that it’s going to happen

every day regardless - and for at least 30 seconds come to that (A* parenting right there). In other cases, it’s less clearcut. Take our days playing at home or heading to the park. Tibbons will be happily engrossed in one (admittedly repetitive) activity or another and, whatever it may be, I find myself regularly offering alternatives. Be it “How about the slides?”, an offer of the swings (which he hasn’t really enjoyed since he was about 14 months) or even “Shall we play shops instead?” Let’s be honest, these alternative offers are not to expand my son’s horizons or because I think it’s what he really wants (swings being a case in point), but because I fancy a change.

How about our recent trip to the zoo? We told ourselves we’d decided on it because Tibbons loves animals and we thought it would be right up his street, especially given his growing interest in giraffes. Yet, when we asked him if he wanted to go, he told us he’d rather “meet a cow”. So did we go to a farm instead? Erm, no, no we didn’t. We decided that sometimes parents know best. And, in our defence, Tibbons loved it. Almost as much as we did.

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Brighton & Hove Independent has teamed up with New Priory Vets, Vets 2 Home, and Dogs Trust Shoreham to help find homes for some of Brighton and Hove’s unwanted dogs. Each week the newspaper will feature a different dog currently awaiting a new home. This week is Rover...

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Susan Gregersen Hospice Vet, Vets2Home For the most successful treatment of sensitive animals - and their families - it is important that treatment can take place in the safest and most comfortable surroundings possible and on their own terms. Now Kono, the Native American Indian Dog, part dog - part wolf, was definitely a more than average challenging patient. The Saturday afternoon that his “mum”, Donna, called me because he had suddenly become very lame on one of his hind legs, I realised that I probably should have looked up the specific traits of this breed before coming out on a home visit. Kono was standing in all his handsomeness, in safe distance on the other side of the pool – also safe for me, I thought, when I realized this dog looked far more wolf than dog. I hoped it was true that the main trait of a wolf is not severe aggression, as some people may think, but rather avoidance and shyness.

I spent the next 45 minutes trying to get nearer my reluctant patient in order to find out how I could best help him. After over 7000 home visit, we know it is important to always tailor treatment to the individual patient as all have very different personalities but here a clinical examination was simply out of the question. After one hour of building trust, and without looking directly at him, Kono let me sit next to him and I even managed to sneak in a quick injection of pain relief to get him feeling better very soon. The follow up treatment was handed to the owner to give. Luckily Kono responded very well for the first two weeks and the owners were very pleased. Perhaps this was merely the beginning of osteoarthritis – a very common disease in large dogs – and apparently also wolves. But the triumph was short lived- suddenly after two weeks on treatment - Kono became even lamer than before and was now in more pain than ever. It was decision time. Should we try to find a diagnosis with all the stress and

upheaval of getting Kono X-rayed at a clinic or should he have even stronger pain relief and stay at home in peace? At this time, Kono was only 8 years old and as a hybrid wolf-dog breed should have a much longer life expectancy. Find out what finally happens to Kono, the wolf dog, in two weeks... Susan Gregersen DVM, MBA, MRCVS is a mobile emergency and hospice vet; she is also founder of Vets2Home, helping families say goodbye to their pet in the comfort of home 24/7 and offering home visits for emergencies out-of-hours. More info on www.vets2home.co.uk or follow Vets2Home on Facebook.

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Most of the traditions of Christmas that we know and love today are creations of the Victorian era. Queen Victoria’s marriage to the German-born Prince Albert brought colourful traditions from the continent and made them instantly-fashionable in Britain. The German custom of decorating Christmas trees with candles, sweets, fruits, homemade decorations and small gifts took off in a big way. Of course, the tradition of cutting evergreen boughs as winter decoration is an ancient one - but the British embraced the tradition with gusto. It was not just the decorations that were changing. Now a staple of British Christmas tradition, turkeys are believed to have first been brought to England in 1526 by Yorkshireman William Strickland; he acquired six birds from American Indian traders on his travels and sold them for tuppence each to the wealthy residents of Bristol. For years, it remained an indulgence of the rich. And it was not until the late 19th century that it really found favour as a Christmas delicacy, made fashionable by King Edward VII. Its perfect size for a middle-class family gathering - and the introduction of ovens - meant turkey became the dominant dish by the beginning of the 20th century. Up to this point, the main staple of a Christmas feast was often roast beef, sometimes goose or even rabbit, depending on what the family could afford. Turkey was not the only "modern" addition to our Christmas table. Mince pies were once quite a different affair. In 1662, the "Minst Pyes" that Samuel Pepys mentions in his famous diary as part of a frugal Christmas dinner - of "a mess of brave plum porridge and a roasted pullet" - would have been a meat-based pie with spices and dried fruits. The earliest known recipe dates from Tudor times and was found in the state papers of Edward Conway, Charles I's secretary of state. It calls for lamb and veal, as well as brown sugar, citrus zest, ground spices, and dates to be wrapped in a traditional pastry crust. Now for the humble roast potato. Spuds originated in the Andes Mountains of South America, home to the largest number of varieties anywhere on the planet - with Peru alone producing more than 3,000 types. The potato arrived in England in the late 15th century by way of Spain and quickly became a staple of the poor. It came into itsr own during the industrial revolution, providing a hardy, energy-filled crop to feed Britain’s rapidly-growing population. Once again, though it was the Victorians who made them an important part of the Christmas meal - although traditionally in mash form to begin with. The perfect roast potato is a personal thing. There are so many methods for enticing perfection from this simple ingredient. A simple roast in olive oil, or the more decadent goose fat or dripping; some even toss them in flour or semolina to create that perfect crisp, golden coating. One thing is for sure, though: everyone thinks their family’s way is the best.

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Please contact us to make your booking The Master Mariner 24 The Waterfront, Brighton Marina All booking phone 01273 818563 or email info@mastermarinerpub.co.uk

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Christmas food: Take your pick from some of best venues for food and drink this year Claire Beveridge @placesieatbtn

Christmas is the time of year for bringing people together, whether that’s work colleagues, family or friends. And what better activity to undertake in order to create some glorious memories than enjoying food around a table, with lashings of alcohol. Granted, this can also produce some awful memories, so maybe lay off the second bottle at your work's Christmas function this year. With good memories in mind, we’ve compiled a guide to Christmas food in Brighton and Hove - all tailored for different occasions and to suit a range of needs.

64 Degrees

53 Meeting House Lane, Brighton, BN1 1HB www.64degrees.co.uk @chef64degrees 01273 770115 Impress this Christmas at one of Brighton and Hove’s most innovative and interesting restaurants, 64 Degrees. Tucked away in the fashionable North Laine area, this cosy, cool restaurant has been lauded by critics and recently awarded Bib Gourmand status in the Michelin Guide. Head chef and owner Michael Bremner invites parties of one to six to enjoy memorable sharing plates of festive food over the holiday season. Also available for exclusive hire for parties of up to 23. Good for: impressing, modern cuisine, foodies, small groups, fashionable.

Hove Place

35-37 First Avenue, Hove, BN3 2FH www.hoveplace.co.uk @HovePlace 01273 738266 Hove Place reward any who enter this semi-underground hideaway with fantastic customer service, great gastro-pub food, and a decent selection of wines, beers and spirits. Hosting both a sit-down festive menu, as well as a buffet option, Hove Place invites you to try traditional fare at a competitive price. Think free-range turkey ballontine and rare-breed rib-eye beef with all the trimmings, or walnut and roasted squash wellington and pan-fried wild sea bass, finished with chocolate and malt tart or traditional bread and butter pudding with brandy butter ice cream. Hove Place is one of the best pubs west of Brighton at the moment, making it the ideal destination for a Hove-based Christmas meal. £20 for two courses; £24 for three courses. Good for: affordable, large groups, families, traditional food. >> Continued on page 20

2 Courses £17.95 3 Courses £21.95 Bespoke Buffets & Drinks only Parties also available Including a menu option of Rotisserie cooked Turkey!

HO HO HO! Have a Crafty Christmas with your friends, family or work colleagues! see menus at www.craftychooks.co.uk Second Avenue, Hove 01273 722846

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Sidewinder

65 Upper St James’s Street, Brighton, BN2 1PJ www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/sidewinder @sidewinderbtn 01273 679927 A Drink In Brighton venue, Sidewinder in Kemptown has slowly been reinventing itself as one of the best pubs in the city, thanks to manager Hannah Waddington and a sterling kitchen team. Moving away from their usual Mexican menu to introduce festive flavours, Sidewinder offer both a buffet-style "party" menu alongside a sit-down offering. Starters include salmon gravlax and chicken liver parfait, with mains of roast turkey breast, roast beef, and goat's cheese wellington. Incredibly affordable with a lively, party-like atmosphere, Sidewinder is your perfect boozy Christmas night out. £18.95 for two courses; £22.95 for three courses. Good for: work parties, alcohol, groups of friends, lively atmosphere, pub food.

The Ginger Pig

3 Hove Street, Hove, BN3 2TR www.thegingerpigpub.com @gingerpigdish 01273 736123 The Ginger Pig’s focus on high-quality plates of food alongside excellent service makes for a special and memorable evening out. This year's December set-menu once again combines cleverly-orchestrated flavours without verging too far from traditional food. Highlights include crispy ham hock and honey-roasted bacon with split peas, apple and mustard, and roast breast of pheasant with bone marrow bread pudding, liver faggot, shallot puree and onion. The Ginger Pig in Hove never fails to impress, especially at Christmas time. £30 for three courses; £45 for three courses and 2 cocktails. Good for: work parties, impressing, friends, foodies, Hove, drinks.

New Club

133-134 Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2HH www.thenewclubbrighton.com @newclubbrighton 01273 730320 One of the most popular breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and cocktail places in the city, New Club have done nothing but impress since their introduction to Brighton last year. So why not give this LA-meets-NYC hangout a try for something different this Christmas? Serving an achingly-hip menu that includes buttermilk fried turkey crown strips, peppered pumpkin soup with black truffle oil, rib-eye steak with burnt brandy and wholegrain mustard jus, and a host of festive sides, including tempura brussel sprouts and marrow mash. New Club is doing a festive menu like nowhere else. Give it a try for something different this Yule. £28 for three courses. Good for: work parties, friends, foodies, cocktails, fashionable.

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Jeremy’s Restaurant

Borde Hill, Borde Hill Gardens, Haywards Heath, W.Sussex, RH16 1XP www.jeremysrestaurant.co.uk @jeremysrest 01444 441102 Situated in the heart of Borde Hill Garden, which provides the perfect wintery Sussex backdrop to your Christmas event, Jeremy’s Restaurant welcomes you to indulge in their festive menu throughout December. This includes corn-fed chicken and foie gras terrine, slow-roast shoulder of suckling pig, loin, and confit of venison, and clementine parfait. With a focus on locally-sourced and high-quality produce, Jeremy’s is highly regarded as one of the best restaurant in Sussex and won’t disappoint this Christmas time. From £32 per person. Good for: Impressing, fine-dining, modern cuisine, Sussex, groups.

Sussex Yeoman

7 Guildford Road, Brighton, BN1 3LU www.thenewclubbrighton.com @thesussexyeoman 01273 327985

Gastrotheque

Recently voted the "Best Sunday Lunch" at the Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Awards, the Sussex Yeoman is, without a doubt, serving one of the best festive menus out of all Brighton pubs. Starters include spiced cream of shallot soup and wild Sussex game terrine, with mains ranging from traditional, freerange local turkey to pan-fried dover sole and wild venison wellington. Sussex Yeoman also ensures all dietary requirements are catered for and have included vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options on their menu. If their Sunday roast reputation is anything to go by, I predict Sussex Yeoman to be one of the best festive meals in town. £23 for two courses; £28 for three courses.

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Good for: work parties, groups, friends, family, alcohol, special occasions.

Good for: groups, work parties, friends, alcohol, lively atmosphere, pub food

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The team behind Likkle Bickle will be flexing their cooking skills and bringing you a December menu at Grand Central under the alter-ego Gastrotheque. A step away from the Caribbean flavours we all know and love, the menu concentrates on festive offerings such as free-range roast turkey with all the trimmings and Sussex beef brisket with dauphinoise potato, baby carrots and wild mushrooms. Owners Nephi and Jessie certainly know their way around the kitchen and I wouldn’t be surprised if we see more from their Gastrotheque brand in the New Year. £20 for two courses; £25 for three courses. >> Continued on page 23

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Curry Leaf Café 60 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AE www.curryleafcafe.com @curryleafcaff 01273 207070

Transport yourself to southern India with the December menu from newcomers Curry Leaf Café. An excellent choice for groups with varying dietary requirements, dishes include kodagu pork curry, kharai paneer, baked sea bream, and pea and parsnip tikki. Head chef Kanthi Thamma is keen to express his countries festive flavours in these dishes, so why not step away from the turkey this Christmas and try something new? Dishes are individually priced. Good for: work parties, groups, impressing, something different.

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Nestled in the beautiful grounds of Borde Hill, just under two miles from Haywards Heath station, Jeremy’s is an award-winning restaurant serving creative, modern menus including a daily menu, and à la carte.

Cocktail Shack

34 Regency Square, Brighton, BN1 2FJ www.cocktailshackbrighton.co.uk @cocktailshack 01273 321196 OK, not a food establishment - but how could we not mention Brighton and Hove’s best new cocktail bar? Drinks are made by experienced barman Ali Bell, one third of the exciting and innovative The Set pop-up collective. Part of Cocktail Shack’s charm is the cool decor, impressive view, and relaxed, unpretentious atmosphere. Not to mention the quality of drinks on offer. Make this venue your pre- or post-food drinks place. You won’t regret it. Pre-booking for large groups is advised. Good for: small groups, friends, impressing, alcohol, something different.

With a light and airy interior and expanse of outside terracing overlooking the restaurant’s Victorian walled garden, the setting ensures a relaxed and picturesque dining experience for friends, family and colleagues this Christmas. Jeremy’s Pre-Christmas Menu Starters Oxtail soup white truffle, savoury flapjack Pine cured Loch Duart salmon, beetroot, horseradish, citrus Salt baked celeriac, Brighton blue, Granny Smiths, caramelised walnuts Corn-fed chicken, foie gras terrine, pear chutney, sour dough Dorset crab, Atlantic prawns, pearl barley, celery and seaweed butter Main Bronze turkey, chestnut and cranberry stuffing, bacon, sprouts, bread sauce Slow roast shoulder of suckling pig, apple, red cabbage, turnips, Calvados Vegetable Pithiviers , spinach, Isle of Avalon cheese, hazelnut vinaigrette Lemon sole, herb crust crumb, trompettes, Jerusalem artichokes, pickled shellfish Loin and confit of venison, smoked potatoes, roasted parsnips, kale, sloes Pudding Clementine parfait, pomegranate Martini, sherbet, pink peppercorn meringue Dark chocolate, cherry jelly, buttermilk and popcorn Conference Pear, mead, star anise and rosehip, puff pastry Christmas pudding with brandy sauce Selection of artisan cheeses £40 per person Friday and Saturday lunch and dinner £32 per person mid-week, lunch and dinner Group bookings available

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24 The Waterfront, Brighton Marina, BN2 5WD www.mastermarinerpub.co.uk @MasterMariner_ 01273 818563 The Master Mariner, located on the inner lagoon of Brighton Marina, is offering shared or exclusive Christmas Party nights running throughout December.

The package includes: ■ 3-course Christmas dinner ■ Decadent Christmas decor and live music at weekends ■ After-dinner DJ or karaoke by arrangement ■ Held in our private function room ■ Comprehensive drinks packages available ■ Exclusive room hire with canapes, buffet option and bespoke menu also available

For more information or to book, please call us on 01444 441 102 Jeremy’s Restaurant, Borde Hill, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1XP www.jeremysrestaurant.co.uk | Twitter @jeremysrest | Facebook Jeremys Restaurant

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Brain Gym

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Last week’s solutions:

CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Safety-net; 8 One; 9 Play the host; 11 Balance; 12 Avail; 13 Inured; 15 Asides; 17 Error; 18 Pontoon; 20 Emerald isle; 22 Bar; 23 These days. Down: 2 All; 3 Titan; 4 Nieces; 5 Trojans; 6 Lots and lots; 7 Deadly sin; 10 All quarters; 11 Bride-to-be; 14 Earnest; 16 Opiate; 19 Nudge; 21 Lay. QUICK - Across: 1 Boomerang; 8 Ewe; 9 Observation; 11 Extreme; 12 Poser; 13 Foiled; 15 Keep on; 17 Caper; 18 Explore; 20 Annihilated; 22 Arc; 23 Stratagem. Down: 2 Orb; 3 Eerie; 4 Awaken; 5 Glimpse; 6 Lend support; 7 Deference; 10 Sets in place; 11 Effectual; 14 Errands; 16 Tether; 19 Pilot; 21 Eye.

Choose either quick or cryptic clues.

Cryptic Clues: Across 7. It’s a chore

Codeword Each number in the grid represents a different letter of the alphabet and every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter(s) to the right of the main grid to start you off.

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Last week’s solutions: armer, earmark, karma, make, maker, mare, mark, marker, market, mart, mate, mater, meat, ream, rearm, remark, tame, tamer, team, term, tram, warm, warmer, watermark.

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Last week’s solutions: Nonet, Olive, Nival, Evade, Telex.

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Entertainment This week’s must-see Cinecity - 12th Brighton Film Festival 2014 Various venues November 20 - December 7 Cinecity, The Brighton Film Festival presents the very best in world cinema with a global mix of premieres and previews, treasures from the archive,

artist’s cinema, a showcase of film made in the city and a programme of talks and education events. At the heart of Cinecity 2014 is a film set installation for an imagined screen version of Berg. Ann Quin’s debut novel. Celebrating the 50th anniversaty

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