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An exclusive look inside the city's smartest new restaurant, promising fine seafood and fantastic sea views

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WIN TICKETS FOR BRIGHTON'S DRIVE-IN CINEMA PAGE 28 Councillors will decide Brighton and Hove City Council's budget on February 26. What the parties are saying as they prepare for...

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EXCLUSIVE: Inside The Salt Room the city’s smartest new restaurant With only days to the official opening of The Salt Room, owner RAZAK HELALAT speaks to Greg Hadfield about his ambitions for the modern fish and seafood restaurant on Brighton seafront. Tell us about your background? Coming from a Persian background, eating and food has always been an integral part of daily life. When I was at university in London, I had a job with Corney and Barrow in my early 20s, and then - when I moved back to Brighton - I had a job at Brown’s. Initially, I worked on the floor in the restaurant and then became a manager. I later joined The Ginger Pig, when it first opened in 2007, where again I started working on the floor and later became a supervisor. I always had thoughts of opening up my own place but it was while I was working at The Ginger Pig - and after meeting my now wife - that I decided to actually go for it. I did a course at Plumpton College and started to look at suppliers for different produce and then started to look for potential sites to open my first restaurant. This whole process took about three years before the doors to The Coal Shed were eventually opened in September 2011. Tell us a bit about The Salt Room, and the history of the site As I had looked round so many different sites before finding 8 Boyces Street, where we decided to open The Coal Shed, I had continued to keep my ears close to the ground on other potential sites for good restaurants over the past few years. Having lived in Brighton most of my life and having lived in a flat on the seafront as a child, I have always felt that the key to Brighton's charm is its seafront and the spectacular view of the piers. On my daily commute into Brighton to The Coal Shed, I would go past Bar 106 and always felt that it would make an ideal place for a

really good fish restaurant given its amazing location and great terrace. It was after enquiring about the Hilton's use of Bar 106 (as it had been shut for several years) that their general manager at the time invited me to put forward a business plan and proposition for The Salt Room. After several meetings and discussions, they agreed to give us the lease and so the hard work began What can we expect on the menu? The menu will offer a wide selection of sustainably-sourced seafood dishes, including impeccablyfresh cuttlefish, oysters, lobster, sea bass, and our signature whole market fish to share cooked over charcoal. The legendary Coal Shed classic - 35 day dry aged Scottish steaks from the North Highlands cooked on the Josper grill - will also be making an appearance. You’ve already made a success of The Coal Shed. Will you be doing anything differently at The Salt Room? It's all about great produce, well

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ELECTIONS 2015

There are 21 wards in Brighton and Hove, electing 54 councillors

Ward profile: Hanover and Elm Grove

A23

Withdean North Portslade

Patcham Hangleton and Knoll

A27

Lewes Road

Hollingdean and Stanmer

Sitting councillors

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean Hove Park South Portslade

Councillor Emma Daniel (Labour) Councillor Bill Randall (Green) Councillor Liz Wakefield (Green)

Preston Park

St. Peter’s and North Laine

Westbourne

Central Hove

Woodingdean

Hanover and Elm Grove

Goldsmid

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Brunswick and Adelaide

East Brighton Regency

Queen’s Park

Rottingdean Coastal

Declared candidates for two seats David Gibson (Green) Dick Page (Green) - @dicpagebrighton Hollie Wharam-Moscrop (Green) - @HollieWharam Councillor Emma Daniel (Labour) - @huxley06 Ivor Fried (Labour) - @IvorFried Chris Taylor (Labour)

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Muesli Mountain. It is a cliché in every local newspaper article about politics in Hanover and Elm Grove. Stereotypically, it is the denselypopulated domain of healthy-eating, Guardian-reading, tree-defending, nofracking, caring professsional couples, with 2.4 bicycles. The victory of Emma Daniel in a by-election in July 2013 overturning a Green majority of more than 900 - galvanised Labour activists into believing they really could turn the Green tide in the city. Ms Daniel new to party politics, but with a good heart and an established third-sector record - helped engender a long-lost sense of momentum among Labour grassroots. Several factors were on her side: a refuse workers' dispute that split the Greens; a concentrated campaign by Labour's small army of "super-activists" from across the city;and - crucially, perhaps - a vote during the university holidays. More than one in four residents are students aged 18 or older. Can the momentum be maintained on May 7? Well, a refuse workers' dispute is beginning to boil again and Sussex University term does not start until May 11. It is certainly possible the Greens can regain lost ground. But if Labour win all three seats, they would be heading for majority control. The Green Party has organised a meet-the-candidates meeting at The Hanover public house in Queen’s Park Road at 7pm on Monday (February 16).

Factfile Households: 6,501 Density (people per hectare): 156 ■■ Women: 50% (8,013) ■■ Men: 50% (7,993) ■■ Average age: 32 ■■ Higher managerial occupations: 9.5% (1,287) ■■ Unemployed: 8.6% (797) ■■ White: 89.7% (14,355) ■■ Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: 1.5% (247) ■■ Asian/Asian British: 3.5% (564) ■■ Number who cannot speak English ■■ ■■

Hanover and Elm Grove

By-election on Thursday, July 11 2013, after the resignation of Councillor Matt Follett Candidates

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Emma Daniel (Labour)

1,396

(40%)

David Stuart Gibson (Green)

1,358

(39%)

Robert John Knight (Conservative)

275

(8%)

Patricia Ann Mountain (UKIP)

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(7%)

172

(5%)

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2011 election results

Phil Clarke (Trade Union and Socialists Against Cuts) Lev Eakins (Liberal Democrats)

2011 election results Candidates

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Bill Randall (Green - elected)

2,681

(19%)

Matt Follett (Green - elected)

2,800

(18%)

Liz Wakefield (Green - elected)

2,576

(17%)

Leo Barraclough (Labour)

1,622

(11%)

Tracey Hill (Labour)

1,611

(11%)

David Speirs (Labour)

1,606

(11%)

Rosemary Faulkner (Conservative)

499

(3%)

Roger McCabe (Conservative)

441

(3%)

Karen Miles (Conservative)

434

(3%)

Elliot Jonathan James Eke (Liberal Democrats)

189

(1%)

Raymond John Parker (Liberal Democrats)

151

(1%)

Jon Redford (Trade Union and Socialists Against Cuts)

156

(1%)

Belkasim Hassan Gahran (Liberal Democrats)

140

(1%)

well: 95 ■■ Dependent children in household (% of all households): 25.4% ■■ Christians: 30% ■■ No religion: 55% ■■ Number of same-sex civil partnerships: 124 ■■ Divorced: 7% ■■ Living as co-habiting couple: 17.6% ■■ Married: 20.1% ■■ One family - all aged 65 and over: 2.2% ■■ Lone parent - with dependent children: 8%

■■ No adults in employment, with dependent children: 4% ■■ Long-term unemployed: 1.2% ■■ Activities limited a lot by poor health: 5% ■■ No cars or vans in household: 41% ■■ No qualifications: 11.4% ■■ Full-time students aged 18 and over: 25.8% ■■ One person in household with longterm health problem/disability - with dependent children: 3.8%

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FotoDocument, the Brighton-based not-for-profit arts education organisation, is inviting residents of Brighton and Hove to submit photographs illustrating one of the 10 "One Planet Living" principles for sustainability - and reflecting the people, landscape, and character of the city. Deadline for submissions is 5pm on Sunday, May 31. Entries will be judged by a panel of industry professionals: Nina Emett (director, FotoDocument) and Celia Davies (director, Photoworks), with photographers Simon Roberts, Melanie Friend, and Murray Ballard. For more information, visit: www.fotodocument.or

Some of the city's earliest petrol pumps could be added to a list of historic landmarks. The council is seeking feedback on a draft list of heritage assets proposed for "local listing" - including two defunct 1950s petrol pumps at Bath Street, near Seven Dials. The former garage is now a private house. Bill Randall, lead councillor for heritage (pictured) said: “Local listing is very important to raise the profile of these assets so everyone is aware of what is in a locality if change is proposed."

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VIP invitations have been sent to leading figures in Brighton and Hove, offering the chance to meet Mike Gilson, who takes over as editor of The Argus on February 23. A chance to meet Mr Gilson - at the Grand Hotel on March 30 - costs only £30 (+ VAT), including a glass of wine and a two-course lunch, at an event that marks the 135th anniversary of the newspaper which has gone more than three months without an editor. The invitations came as it was reported Newsquest, which owns The Argus, is charging students £120 to write articles - without pay.

Lewes Road has won an award for the most improved journey to work. A development scheme converted the existing 4.5km long dual carriageway between Vogue Gyratory and Falmer into a single carriageway, with a dedicated bus lane and a widened cycle lane. The council added pedestrian and cycle crossing facilities along the route. Monitoring showed a 14% increase in cyclists using the route; general traffic on Lewes Road reduced by 13%.

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A Hove school has won a share of £2 billion funding to improve one of its buildings. The government money was awarded to Hove Park School and Sixth Form, one of 277 schools to bid successfully for capital funding as part of the Priority School Building Programme. The average award is expected to be about £7 million.

Professor dies Sir David Watson, who was important in securing university status for Brighton Polytechnic, has died at 65. Sir David was vicechancellor from 1990 to 2005. The university’s board of governors have supported a proposal to name a new building and library in his memory.

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Adult learning classes: Fun way to get a second chance Nick Fenn is the vice-principal who is in charge of adult learning, at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy. Here he answers questions students ask. What is adult learning? For some, adult learning is an opportunity to get a qualification and improve career prospects; for others, it is the opportunity to develop a new hobby or interest and make new friends. Adults love the friendly yet purposeful atmosphere, often surprising themselves by how well they achieve with a little help and support - especially if they have had negative previous experiences at school.

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known about for at least the last four years. There is a severe limit to what we can achieve as an opposition group, amending the Green administration’s proposals. I believe, however, that the amendments we will be putting forward at Budget Council later this month point to the direction we would take this council should we be running it after May 7. Our mission is to deliver the best quality services for your money, which means engaging with the city’s excellent not-for-profit sector to deliver better services

such as youth services, children’s centres, and day centres for adults. We do not agree with the Labour and Green assumptions that services provided directly by council officers are always the best, or indeed the best value. We will be arguing that the proposals put forward by officers to drag the Cityclean service into the 21st century are vital if residents are to get the refuse, recycling and streetcleaning service they deserve. It really makes no sense for the Greens to have ignored officers’ advice and shelved these plans in their budget

Labour: Our positive policies Warren Morgan @warrenmorgan

This is the year the crisis in local government funding hits home. Local authorities up and down the country have made huge savings to cope with tens of millions in cuts by the Conservative-led government. Now, services will be hit - and some smaller councils may go bankrupt entirely. With annual cuts of more than £23 million, totalling about £100 million by the time the planned cuts end, Brighton and Hove City Council is facing a decimation of the services it provides to residents. The situation is not sustainable. With councils taking on growing costs in public health and social care, and government funding to councils being cut, a new solution to local government finance is needed. The Green Party proposals to increase council tax by 6% won’t stop

“No” in May. They and the Greens say “let the public decide”; if you don’t elect councillors to set a budget, what are councillors for? It’s time to take some responsibility for tough decisions, and it’s time for some leadership. The city council has to approve a “substitute” or “threshold” budget in May, based on a 1.99% increase in council tax, even if the 6% referendum budget It’s time to take some were approved. It is the responsibility for least-worst option on the table, and the one tough decisions; it’s time for Labour will back. It some leadership” isn’t ideal, but we have a range of positive Pickles’s bureaucrats, guaranteeing policy proposals and ideas to deal with the challenges we undoubtedly privatisation and deeper cuts. The Conservative Party’s “council- face, many of which we have already tax freeze” would mean even more announced. Sharing services, using cuts this year and in the future. If the third sector, better procurement, they can’t get a freeze, they’ve hinted and growing our income are all at backing a referendum on a 6% things we can do more of. Whether it is Militant-style illegal increase, which would cost almost a million pounds if the result was a budget gestures, or council-tax the cuts - but they would, if approved in a referendum, push many more city residents into poverty. That they have chosen children’s services for cuts to blackmail people into backing their 6% increase is appalling. Some Greens have said they won’t even vote for 6%. Voting down their own budget just to win votes for Caroline Lucas would only bring in Eric

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means councils like ours have few choices for raising new income. We do have some discretion over fees and charges, but you can only get so much out of charging more for weddings, funerals, and pest control. Other charges, like for parking, are strictly regulated, so that any surplus must be spent on transportrelated matters. Ours is spent mainly on the £10 million-a-year cost of concessionary bus passes for pensioners and those with disabilities. So we have few powers to raise totally new sources of income. Bold projects like the i360 will help the city by earning £1.1 million a year from the

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commercial loan provided to the developers, or Circus Street with the additional New Homes Bonus and business rates they attract. These are good, but not enough: We’ve already taken £70 million out of our budget in efficiencies over the last three years, and more than £100 million more to be cut regardless of who wins the next election. Since we took office as an administration, compound inflation has run at about 10%. In that time, council tax has risen just 1.96% in total and parking charges about 5%. So, in real terms, our income has fallen well behind inflation, let alone the huge scale of government cuts we face.

We have a moral duty to protect services for our most vulnerable residents, our elderly neighbours, and our children. That’s why we are proposing a 5.9% council tax referendum to ask your support for putting a bit more in the budget to help protect those essential services. If the just-announced 15.8% referendum is good enough for a Labour Police and Crime Commissioner in Bedfordshire, we think 5.9% is a clear and fair ask to protect our most vulnerable through the toughest of times. Jason Kitcat is Green leader of Brighton and Hove City Council. For more information, visit: brightonhovegreens.org

proposals. And, after May, we would is a top-heavy and cumbersome Green groups this year are well in go still further and look to turn management structure at the excess of inflation and really cannot be justified, particularly at a time Cityclean into a John-Lewis-style council. Finally, we must make use of when other household bills such mutual organisation. We will be seeking to reverse the funding on offer from the as gas, electricity, and petrol are the proposed cuts to public toilets, Government - £1.2 million - to deliver actually falling. My colleagues and I have which we believe are spoken to a considerable madness in a tourist Services provided number of residents over the city. Public toilets are directly by council last four years or so and the also vital in giving some vast majority do not want of our older residents officers are not always the best, their council tax to increase, the confidence to get nor indeed the best value” especially when the council out and about in the cannot even get the basics city. Similarly, for a Green administration to be putting a council-tax freeze to residents. such as rubbish collection - right. forward proposals to stop all tree- To continue to turn this amount of planting is frankly baffling, in the money down, as the Greens have Geoffrey Theobald is leader same way as their dismal recycling done with the backing of Labour of the Conservative Group. record. We shall be looking to for the last two years, is simply For more information, visit: reverse this. We will also be looking perverse. The council tax increases brightonandhoveconservatives. to streamline what we believe being proposed by the Labour and com

freezes, both of the other parties have their focus on the elections rather than on what is best for the city. Their attacks on Labour, rather than each other, suggest they know who is most likely to win in May. The Greens have put off changes to council services, rather than work with the voluntary sector and local communities as Labour-run councils have done elsewhere.The Tories want to “market test” services to see which are profitable and can be hived off to the private sector. We need a Labour government, one that has pledged to save children’s centres, create a National Health and Care Service to take pressure off councils, and will fund councils based on need, not politics, over four years, not one. Labour has set out over 40 positive policies for the city which you can read on our website. Warren Morgan is leader of the Labour and Co-operative Group. For more information, visit: brightonhovelabour.com

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24.3%. That’s the rise in council tax needed to plug the funding gap for 2015-16. Whatever the outcome, cuts will have to be found, writes Jeremy Gale for the Liberal Democrats. The 5.9% rise advocated by the Greens would raise just 0.8% of the council’s budget. We don’t know if the proposed budget is workable and if money is being spent effectively or even allocated in the best way for our city’s residents. Just taking slices of money away from each council service doesn’t work. The council needs to draw up a budget, starting again from zero, justifying the allocation of funds to every area of council spending. Lib Dems propose this exercise for 2016-17 and for 2015-16, council tax should be frozen. We will be proposing creative ways the council can generate income apart from raising the council tax.

Spending has to be prudent - but we have now reached crunch time, writes Leigh Farrow for UKIP. I have been in contact with council officers and been told the council has general reserves of £39 million. It is recommended that £9 million has to be held in reserve, but that leaves £30 million that I believe can help protect frontline services. The council has land and buildings worth, at March 31 2014, £1.171 billion. It's a huge amount, even though there are restrictions on what you can do with any money raised from their sale. Furthermore, there is another £43 million in investment returns. We are in such a financial crisis that I believe the council should use all the resources it has access to. We have reached crunch time - and we do not want to lose our youth services, our community services, or our children's centres.

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Boats, planes, trains, and more at Modelworld 2015 Modelworld, the hugely-popular model exhibition, returns to the Brighton Centre on Friday, February 20. In addition to the usual collection of boats, planes and trains of all shapes and sizes, this year's threeday event will also feature Daleks, Lego models, a boating pool, dolls' houses, circuses, and fairground displays - as well as a range of trucks and tanks. In addition, Neil Gough, the

Sussex steam engineer, will bring Gigantic, his faithfully-restored traction engine, in tribute to the people who died in the First World War. Throughout the exhibition, the engine will do what it was built for: hauling the huge Howitzer Field Gun and the crew's living van through the streets of the city every day. Another steam attraction will be the biggest-ever display of five of the fifth-full-size railway

locomotives that are usually hidden away at the strictly-private Ingfield Light Railway, near Horsham, a line that is managed by Chris Knibbs, manager of the Bluebell Railway, in the grounds of Ingfield Manor School. Chris English, Modelworld's joint exhibition manager, said: “The 2015 show is set to be one of the best modelling exhibitions in the city to date and we really want to prove to families that there is

something for everyone no matter their age. "We are obviously delighted that we have been going strong for 37 years and, most importantly, that the modelling industry is still alive and gaining popularity every year. We look forward to welcoming both new and old faces to the exhibition and I hope all of

our visitors enjoy the vast array of exhibits that we have on display.” Modelworld runs from Friday, February 20, to Sunday, February22. Tickets are available on the door or via www.brightoncentre.co.uk. Prices are: adults, £9.50; children, £5.50; seniors, £7.50; families (two adults, two children), £26.

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Pregnancy: the pre-parenting bootcamp to whip new recruits into shape, giving you a taste of what's to come so it's not such a shock when you get there. Except it still will be. Take the sleepless nights. All that running up and down to the bathroom is just nature's way of preparing you for responding to a waking baby. Mother nature clearly has a sense of humour, depleting your sleep reserves at the time you need them most. Then, there are the amazing highs: like feeling your baby move for the first time, or witnessing their on-screen debut at your first scan. There's nothing sweeter than the happiness your child will bring. Like telling you they love you for the first time. Right back at ya, Tibbons! But, of course, there are also the lows: from having a scratch you just can't itch, to facing your third night with no sleep. You’re being gently prepared for some

of the more challenging emotions parenting brings your way, like guilt and frustration, when you can’t make it all better. The sense pregnancy conveys that your body is not quite your own is also paving the way for what’s to come, preparing you for those moments when your toddler will approach and interact with you as their very own ragdoll. And it wouldn't be true parenting preparation, if it didn't have frequent moments of feeling absolutely clueless. You know the sort of thing..."It's the first Sunday after the full moon, so can I eat brie or not?" It's easy to see how this morphs into "Is it okay to let my precious little one wee in her daddy's shoes, if it makes her giggle with pure delight?" One suggestion, though: no need for mums to be singled out for this intense 40-week experience. Let's share the load with the dads; 20 weeks apiece sounds good to me.

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A celebration of the nature and human life of old Sussex Graham Chainey

One sweltering day in August, 1899, a middle-aged man lies on the top of Kingston Hill, near Lewes. The wind is fierce, the view hazed. For two or three hours, he lies motionless, gazing in rapture at the silvery thistle down, as it leaps up in its thousands to fill the sky. Using binoculars, he can make out higher and higher layers of it drifting upwards. He recalls how, as a boy, he once galloped on the Argentine pampas through a valley filled like a lake with thistle down, how his horse shied in terror as it plunged into this drifting phantasmagoric stuff. The opening pages of WH Hudson’s Nature in Downland (1900) are at once arresting and typical of his highly-personal take on nature. This is no dull inventory of flora and fauna. While his eye for detail is prodigious - down to the tiniest insect or plant, the tiniest nuance of colour, sound or mood - there is always a human interaction between observer and observed. It is a book all lovers

of Sussex and the Downs should read. The springy turf, so delightful to walk on, Hudson notes, “is composed of small grasses and clovers mixed with a great variety of creeping herbs, some exceedingly small. In a space of one square foot of ground, 20 or more species of plants may be counted, and on turning up a piece of turf the innumerable interwoven roots have the appearence of coconut matting.” He notices how, after he has lain on it, his clothing carries its aroma; when he wakes next morning, the air in his bedroom is “charged with it”. He studies the behaviour of flies. “One big yellow fly like a honeybee comes directly at you with a loud hostile hum or buzz, hovers for a few moments, dashes away in a straight line, turns off at a tangent, and, rushing back again, proceeds with extraordinary velocity to describe curves and circles, parallel lines, angles, and

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other geometric figures, in the air; and finally drops down within a few inches of you, to remain motionless." He grabs moles, dandles adders, converses with shepherds, chats on Goring beach with a man feeding his horses with seaweed - “they ate it greedily, as if it had been the most fragrant new-mown hay” he admires the long-horned red Sussex oxen ploughing at Stanmer, he listens to a hundred invisible skylarks. He is robust in opinion. He detests bird-trappers and shooters, keepers of caged owls.

He stalks out of a church (it is at Singleton) containing a monument to a huntsman. He ridicules a man from Ringmer who has never heard of Gilbert White, one from the Isle of Wight who has never heard of Tennyson. He wants gibbets brought back “to suspend our universally abhorred scorchers by the neck until they were dead, dead, dead, and food for crows and pies” (I am not sure who these “scorchers” were). Brighton he calls “Islingtonby-the-Sea”, over-populous, full of “ragamuffins”, with “trumpetblasts” of fried-fish smells. As for Chichester, Hudson devotes a chapter to excoriating its stink

of “old forgotten cesspools”, its excessive pubs and inebriety, the miserable sights and sounds of its cattle market, its depressive atmosphere - always getting there “the malady commonly known as ‘the chichesters’, from which many persons who visit this town are said to suffer” - and even the colour of its mud. “Before departing never to return, I stepped aside from the road, and very carefully wiped the ash-coloured mud from my boots on the wet grass, for I wished not to take any of it away.” Graham Chainey is a freelance writer living in Brighton and Hove

Valentine’s Day Confusion As a Collaborative Family Lawyer and Mediator working with separating couples one of the key messages I try and get across to my clients is that divorce is a process not a one off event.The journey will of course be painful at times but with patience and as much mutual respect as you can muster you will get through it.And the good news is that even if they aren’t in love anymore many couples I work with in time can be friends. Many will move on to happier times as individuals. But every February when the shops and restaurants around Brighton become a haze of pink and red hearts and flowers in the name of love I am sensitive to the fact that for some couples Valentine’s Day is an unsubtle reminder that their relationship isn’t what they hoped it would be. Valentine’s Day for couples going through separation also presents its own unique set of challenges. When a couple seeks advice about the legal separation process, even if the split is mutual, quite often one partner is driving the process more than the other. Sometimes one desperately wants out of the relationship and the other wants to try new ways of trying to save things. So the lead up to Valentine’s Day often means hurt, and confusion. And there are couples who, though not on the

brink of divorce feel an emotional distance that has them wishing there was far less fuss around February 14th. One party might love to plan a romantic dinner but doesn’t know if their partner would feel too pressured. Sometimes it can be tempting to use Valentine’s Day as a desperate attempt to win your partner back – even though you both know it is over. We’re separated. Should I even email or text my partner around this time, is a conundrum I often hear. In my mediation work I spend time helping both partners understand what mediation involves. Explaining as much what it isn’t as what it is. Both parties need to understand that mediation is not a process whereby I am helping the couple get back together (even if deep down that is what one party wants). The spirit of mediation is to be mutually respectful, keeping in mind you were happy once and that with support via this fair and open process practical issues can be agreed. In time if a couple can get help in managing the end of their relationship in a way that is transparent and respectful then in time they can move on and one day cherish the romantic times they once shared.

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Artist Anon - which makes and sells urban apparel from the newly-refurbished West Pier arches on Brighton seafront - is fighting back against the idea that we should all wear America or Japan on our clothing. It aspires to a unique take on the "SoCal" (Southern Californian) and vintage look - "with a twist of Brighton madness". It was 2012 when Mars Miller founded Artist Anon, originally an online enterprise selling and making t-shirts from the spare bedroom in his house. He said: "We progressed on to sell our wears at all the fantastic local festivals and events in and around Brighton. Bringing us to where we are now, being privileged enough to have graduated to our own fantastic shop on Brighton’s seafront."

A lot of stock is still made on the premises, allowing customers to choose from the t-shirt range and have them made up in pretty much any colour or size. Children can also design their own t-shirts, drawing a sketch on a table in the shop and including their own name.

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City saving 2 million litres of water a day With Southern Water nearing the end of its five-year programme to provide customers with water meters, Brighton and Hove households are each saving, on average, 50 litres of water a day. With 42,000 meters installed across the city since the pioneering water-saving programme began in 2010, that means that Brighton and Hove is saving a whopping 2.1 million litres of water per day - nearly enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every day. The metering programme is a central part of Southern Water's long-term plans to continue to secure reliable drinking water supplies across the often drought-affected South East region, in addition to reducing leakage and investing in schemes such as underground reservoirs, water re-use and desalination. Metering is the most cost-effective option for customers, particularly as the technologically advanced meters being installed provide an automatic leak-detection facility.

Metering is also the most environmentally friendly solution as the water savings mean that less water is extracted from rivers and less water is treated. That means using fewer chemicals and consequently reducing the number of road tanker deliveries, making an environmental impact on less fuel and pollution. The metering programme is accompanied by an information campaign to advise customers how, by adopting some simple water-efficient tips such as turn off the tap when brushing your teeth or only use a dishwasher with a full load, they can reduce their water consumption and have a positive impact on bills. The reduction in demand for water has led to 62 per cent of metered households across Southern Water’s region saving on average, £162 a year. Energy bills are also affected because heating water makes up around 30 per cent of the average household’s energy bill.

For a minority of customers, water bills have increased but Southern Water has introduced the Changeover Tariff which phases in the price rise over a three-year period, giving customers time to manage their water use. The company has also introduced a Support Tariff to help customers who have genuine difficulty in paying. This is conditional on agreeing to a free Home Saver Check carried out by a Green Doctor who fits free water efficiency devices such as tap aerators and low consumption shower heads. The company is presently trialling a Customer Portal which extends services to customers allowing them, for example, to view their usage history so that they can have more control over their accounts, and in the near future will introduce a Social Tariff, offering discounts of up to 90 per cent, to make sure that the most vulnerable customers receive bills they can afford.

One of my clients under-priced on a piece of work the other day. Her customer emailed her to thank her for the job and suggested that he pay her £600 instead of the £400 she had quoted. It would be lovely if we all had customers who were this honest and thoughtful. But most of us don’t have this luxury and we have to guess at our pricing. This is particularly true for creative businesses: the web designers, coders, architects, copywriters, and photographers of Brighton and Hove. Setting the right price is one of the things that I work on a lot with clients. Over the past 14 years of helping hundreds of businesses in the city, I’ve probably seen two where their pricing has been too high. That’s right, just two. Pretty much everyone else’s prices have been too low.

And that means that they’ve not been making enough money. Which is where I start to thump my fist on the table and insist that businesses charge better prices, because I see far too many companies where the owner is not making enough money to live a decent life - or is kept awake at night worrying about cashflow. I’ll be running a workshop on pricing for creative businesses on Thursday (February 19), as part of the Brighton Chamber’s Ride the Wave programme. If you run a creative business and you want to find out how to set your prices at the right level - so you don’t scare clients, but you do get paid for the beautiful work you’re doing - then do come along. I’ll be taking you through how much you need to charge, how you can introduce this with clients, and how to negotiate a deal. If you’d like to come along, you can book a place at www. businessinbrighton.co.uk.

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Freedom Leisure offers a heart felt pledge to its new members Freedom Leisure - which operates Withdean Sports Complex, King Alfred Leisure Centre, Prince Regent Swimming Complex, St Luke's Swimming Pool, Moulescoomb Community Leisure Centre and Stanley Deason Leisure Centre in partnership with Brighton and Hove City Council - has pledged to donate £10 to the British Heart Foundation for every joining fee taken out during February in support of the charity's National Heart Month. "The British Heart Foundation is our official charity and we thought what better way to support its heart month than by pledging a donation for each new member who joins us during National Heart Month," says Chris Lovelock, Freedom Leisure Area Manager. "People join a leisure centre to improve their health and wellbeing so we think it's appropriate to support other people's health by donating to the British Heart Foundation in this way. I also hope our pledge

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Revealed: What people like you think about what the council does, spends, and charges Greg Hadfield @BrightonIndy

As part of its consultations before drafting the current budget proposals, Brighton and Hove City Council undertook a survey of a random sample of 3,000 households. The results - based on a total of 502 responses - are regarded to be representative of what citizens think, give or take 4%. Which is pretty much as accurate as it gets with surveys like this. Details were reported last night (Thursday) to the council's powerful policy and resources committee at its final meeting before the all-important budgetsetting council on Thursday, February 26. They make for fascinating reading. Our four-page report – and the illustrations it contains - summarises the findings of the report prepared for councillors. Residents were first invited to rate - as high, medium or low

- the priority they would give to different service areas for themselves and their family, then to do the same for the city as a whole. Compared with last year’s results, the proportions rating services as high priorities are lower - and the proportions rating services as low priorities are higher. Which suggests, according to council officers: "The scale of the budget challenge may be better understood this year". The top five priority areas with the biggest proportion rating high priority for the city - were: education (74% high); public health (73% high); refuse collection, disposal and recycling (62% high); children’s social care (60% high); and public safety (57% high). With the exception of public health, which was not asked about in last year’s survey, all service areas have lower priority ratings this year: education was rated the highest priority for the city by 74% of respondents, with just 3% rating it a low priority; for respondents and their families, education

received a lower rating (50% high), but was nonetheless the fourth highest ranked service; public health had the highest priority rating for respondents and their families (65% high) and was rated even higher for the city as a whole (73% high), - although 1% below the top priority of education; refuse collection, disposal and recycling received high and very similar priority ratings, regardless of whether respondents were rating it for themselves or the city (63% and 62%, respectively); children’s social care had a high-priority rating, especially when rated for the city - with 60% rating it high - although only 30% rated it high for themselves and their families (it ranked 6th out of the 13 service areas asked about); public safety, like refuse collection, disposal and recycling, was rated very similarly for respondents themselves (55% high) and the city (57% high). The bottom five priority areas with the biggest proportion rating low priority for the city - were: central Services (33% low); Council Tax Reduction Scheme (31% low);

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highways and traffic Management (24% low); adult services (21% low); and planning and economic development (19% low). As in previous years, central services was the lowest-rated area with just 11% rating it a high priority for the city - and only 9% rating it high for themselves. A third of respondents rated it a low priority for the city. So where would citizens cut, increase, or maintain funding? Respondents generally did not want funding reduced, with

most opting to either maintain or increase spending for all areas. Notably, 42% would reduce funding for the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (for the 16,000 poorest households), 41% would reduce funding for central services, and 39% would reduce it for highways and traffic management. The only service area where at least a third wanted funding increased was public health, with 34% saying they would increase >> Continued on page 24

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> Continued from page 23 funding and just 7% saying they would reduce it. A comparatively large proportion, 31%, would increase funding for refuse collection, disposal and recycling. Some 29% said they would increase funding

for education and for children’s social care. With the exception of three areas - housing, Council Tax Reduction Scheme, and highways and traffic management - more than half of respondents thought funding should be maintained at the current level. Service areas

with the highest proportions of respondents thinking funding should be maintained were leisure, parks and open spaces (67%), education (64%), and libraries, museums and tourism (64%). Respondents were asked if they felt council tax should ever rise to reduce pressure

on the council’s finances: 13% of the sample felt that council tax should rise, a notably larger proportion than the 6% saying it should in response to last year’s survey. Some 39%, however, thought that it should never rise, while 48% felt an increase in council tax could be justified in certain

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As in previous years, there was significant support for easing pressure on the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances through more fines for antisocial behaviour - such as littering, dog-fouling and noise, with 89% of the sample saying they would support raising money by way of such fines; only 2% said this should never

happen. The majority (61%) also favoured charging residents and non-residents different rates for attractions. This year there was more of an appetite to increase charges for attractions, with 42% in favour. Last year, respondents were divided about increasing admission charges for

attractions, with similar proportions in favour (26%) as opposed (27%). Some 49% of respondents were opposed to increasing revenue through raising parking charges, a slightly lower proportion than last year (55%). Respondents were asked - in the financial context - what they

would stop doing, or do less of. Comments clustered around reducing or cutting services, staff and benefits. Stopping traffic, cycling and parking initiatives was a close second with 44% suggesting making fewer changes to transport infrastructure. Looking in more detail at what respondents

felt could be stopped showed alterations to roads (including bus lanes) was the most frequently-mentioned single issue, with 21% of responses referring to them. A further 13% referred specifically to spend on cycling lanes that they >> Continued on page 26

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> Continued from page 25 that they would stop to help close the budget gap. Reducing benefits, particularly Housing Benefit, was mentioned by 10%, and, in some cases, sentiments around this suggestion were expressed

strongly. So what would respondents start doing, -or do more of? Some 19% of respondents felt that the council should focus its efforts on delivering (only) essential services and prioritising vulnerable residents

Respondents had different views about what those essential services were and who the most vulnerable residents are, but there was general consensus that social care and children’s services, including education, should be prioritised. Finally, respondents were asked

More than 250 people attended Brighton & Hove Independent's Have Your Say meeting on Tuesday at the Brighthelm Centre. This that,le on what they would change or do Clockwise fromsuggests top left: Frank Ducbalance, chaired respondents would Geoffrey favour differently. the panel of Jason Kitcat (Green), cutbacks rather than paying more Reducing or cutting services, Theobald (Conservative), and Warren Morgan (Labour Co-operative); Sue Beatty toand maintain the status quo. gave a staff, and/or benefits was the top trade union Polanski spoke Theperspective; biggestSallysingle issue suggestion for change, mentioned the third sector; mothers babies would and change by 23%; 13% felt increasing up or forrespondents arguedmentioned for children's Councillor Leigh bycentres; 7% - was improving introducing charges should be part Farrow represented UKIP; the view from the efficiency within the council. of the funding-gap solution stage; Councillor Christina Summers is an independent.

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Public Notices BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 BRIGHTON & HOVE VARIOUS CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2008 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.* 20** (REF: TRO-5-2015) NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”) proposes to make the Orders named above under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended which if they come into force will introduce the following:Clyde Road – Removing the existing disabled parking bay (outside No.1) and introducing a pedal cycle parking place. Stanley Road – Introducing pedal cycle parking bay place south side at the junction with Clyde Road. A copy of this Notice, the proposed Order, plans showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be seen online at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/troproposals. These documents together with a copy of the existing Order to be amended may also be examined at the Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove, (Monday to Friday 8.45am-5.00pm). All objections and other representations relating to the proposed Order must be made in writing and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made and should be sent to the Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council, 2nd Floor Parking Infrastructure, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2LS quoting the TRO reference number shown above or by e-mail to parking.consultation@brightonhove.gov.uk or online (see details above) no later than 6th March 2015. For legal reasons, only correspondence including a full name and address will be considered. Dated: 13th February 2015. Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council, c/o Parking Infrastructure, 2nd Floor, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS.

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NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”) proposes to make the Orders named below under the relevant Sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended which if they come into force will introduce the following speed limits in the roads or parts of roads mentioned below; 20mph Speed limits Brighton & Hove (Phase 3, Area 1) (20mph Speed Limit) Order 20** (TRO-4a2015) Kings Esplanade (part), Medina Terrace, Sussex Road and St Aubyns South Brighton & Hove (Phase 3, Area 2) (20mph Speed Limit) Order 20** (TRO-4b-2015) Anvil Close, Applesham Way, Avery Close, Badger Close, Beech Close, Beechers Road, Benfield Close, Benfield Crescent, Benfield Way, Blackthorn Close, Brackenbury Close, Brasslands Drive, Broomfield Drive, Burlington Gardens, Bush Cottage Close, Bush Farm Drive, Chalky Road, Chrisdory Road, Clover Way, College Close, Cornford Close, Crest Way, Croft Drive, Deacons Drive, Dean Close, Dean Gardens, Downsview Road, Drove Crescent, Drove Road, Drovers Close, Easthill Drive, Easthill Way, Edgehill Way, Elder Close, Fairfield Gardens, Fairfield Crescent, Farm Close, Flint Close, Foredown Close, Foredown Drive, Foredown Road, Forge Close, Foxhunters Road, Gorse Close, Graham Avenue, Graham Close, Graham Crescent, Hamilton Close, Hangleton Lane Portslade (part), Harebell Drive, Hawthorn Way, Hayes Close, Hazel Close, Heathfield Crescent, Heathfield Drive, Helena Close, Henge Way, High Close, High Street, Highlands Road, Hillbank Close, Hillcroft, Hillside, Juniper Close, Langridge Drive, Locks Crescent, Locks Hill, Lodge Close, Lucerne Close, Manor Road, Maplehurst Road, Meadow Close, Melrose Avenue, Mile Oak Gardens, Mile Oak Road, Mill Close, Mill Lane, Millcross Road, Monarchs View, New Barn Close, New England Rise, Newtimber Drive, North Close, North Lane, North Road, Nursery Close, Oakdene Avenue, Oakdene Close, Oakdene Crescent, Oakdene Gardens, Oakdene Rise, Oakdene Way, Overdown Rise, Park Close, Ridge Close, Romany Close, Rowan Close, Sefton Road, Sharpthorne Crescent, Sheepbell Close, Sheppard Way, Sidehill Drive, South Street, Southdown Road, Stanley Avenue, Stanley Avenue South, Stonery Close, Stonery Road, Sycamore Close, Teg Close, The Crossway, The Parks, The Rise, Thornbush Crescent, Thornhill Rise, Thornhill Way, Tophill Close, Truleigh Drive, Valerie Close, Valley Road, Village Close, Warrior Close, Westway Close, Westway Gardens, Wickhurst Close, Wickhurst Rise, Wickhurst Road, Windlesham Close, Winfield Close. 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Brighton & Hove (Phase 3, Area 4) (20mph Speed Limit) Order 20** (TRO-4d-2015) Goldstone Crescent (part), Hove Park Road (part), Hove Park Way (part), The Droveway (part), Orchard Road, Orchard Gardens, Park View Road, Woodland Drive (part). Brighton & Hove (Phase 3, Area 5) (20mph Speed Limit) Order 20** (TRO-4e-2015) Ainsworth Avenue, Ainsworth Close, Bazehill Road, Beacon Hill, Chailey Avenue, Challoners Close, Cliff Approach, Cliff Road, Court Farm Road, Court Ord Road, Cranleigh Avenue, Dean Court Road, Dower Close, Eley Crescent, Eley Drive, Elvin Crescent, Founthill Road, Gorham Avenue, Gorham Close, Grand Crescent, Greenways (part), Henley Road, High Street, Knole Road, Lenham Road East, Lenham Road West, Little Crescent, Longhill Close, Longhill Road, Lustrells Road, Marina Way, Marine Drive, Martyns Close, Meadow Close, Nevill Road (part) New Barn Road, Newlands Road, Northfield Rise, Northgate Close, Ovingdean Close, Ovingdean Road, Park Crescent, Park Road, Romney Road, Rowan Way, Royles Close, St Aubyns Mead, Steyning Road, The Cliff, The Green, The Park, The Rotyngs, The Twitten, The Vale (part) Vicarage Lane, Wanderdown Close, Wanderdown Drive, Wanderdown Road, Wanderdown Way, Welesmere Road, West Street, Westmeston Avenue, Whipping Post Lane, Whiteway Lane, Wilkinson Close, Wilson Avenue, Woodland Walk. Brighton & Hove (Phase 3, Area 6) (20mph Speed Limit) Order 20** (TRO-4f-2015) Arundel Drive East, Arundel Drive West, Chichester Drive East, Chichester Drive West, Chiltington Close, Chiltington Way, Effingham Close, Glyndebourne Avenue, Linchmere Avenue (part), Lustrells Vale, Saltdean Park Road, Saltdean Vale (part), School Lane. NOTE: There are a number of roads within these orders which are already subject to a 20mph speed limit but for ease of future reference they have been included in these orders.

BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 Brighton & Hove Various Controlled Parking Zones Consolidation Order 2008 Amendment Order No.X 201X (Ref TRO-2a-2015) Brighton & Hove Outer Areas (Waiting, Loading and Parking) and Cycle Lanes Consolidation Order 2013 Amendment No.* 201* (ref. TRO-2b-2015) NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”) proposes to make the above named Orders under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, which if they come into force will introduce the following: Area J roads – Aberdeen Road, Beaconsfield Road, Brewer Street, Caledonian Road, Edinburgh Road, Inverness Road, Lewes Road (No’s 1-92) Newport Street, Park Crescent, Park Crescent Place, Park Crescent Road, Park Crescent Terrace, Rose Hill, St Martins Street, St Mary Magdalene Street, St Pauls Street, Trinity Street, Upper Lewes Road – amend descriptions of various parking places and loading restrictions in the traffic order to reflect correct on-site measurements and locations. The Outer Areas order will also be amended to introduce no waiting at any time (double yellow lines) in parts of Craven Road to ensure access is maintained to the footway and also in Pankhurst Avenue to ensure visibility and prevent obstruction to the entrance to the new development by the Brighton General Hospital. A copy of this Notice, the proposed Orders, plans showing the length of road affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for proposing to make the Orders, may be seen online at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/troproposals. These documents together with a copy of the existing Order to be amended may also be examined at the Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove, (Monday to Friday 8.45am-5.00pm). All objections and other representations relating to the proposed Orders must be made in writing and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made and should be sent to the Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council, Parking Infrastructure, 2nd Floor, Kings House, Hove, BN3 2LS quoting the TRO reference number or by e-mail to parking.consultation@ brighton-hove.gov.uk or online (see details above) no later than 6 March 2015. For legal reasons, only correspondence including a full name and address will be considered. Dated: 13 February 2015. Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing Brighton & Hove City Council, c/o Parking Infrastructure, 2nd Floor, Kings House, Grand Avenue, HOVE BN3 2LS.

A copy of this Notice, the proposed Orders, plans showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for proposing to make the Orders, may be seen online at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/tro-proposals. These documents together with a copy of the existing Order to be amended may also be examined at the Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove, (Monday to Friday 8.45am-5.00pm). All objections and other representations relating to any or all of the proposed Orders must be made in writing and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made and should be sent to the Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council, Parking Infrastructure, 2nd Floor, Kings House, Hove, BN3 2LS quoting the TRO reference number(s) shown above or by e-mail to parking. consultation@brighton-hove.gov.uk or online (see details above) no later than 6th March 2015. Dated: 13th February 2015. Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council, Parking Infrastructure, 2nd Floor, Kings House, Hove, BN3 2LS.

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■ Superb Four Bedroomed Period Residence ■ Fabulous Views Across Brighton & Preston Park ■ Lovely Decorative Order & Open Plan Living ■ 50ft Rear Garden & Off Street Parking ■ Sought After Location Close To Good Local Schools For more information, contact: 01273 771111 | www.phillipsandstill.co.uk 112 Western Road, Brighton BN1 2AB

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This property boasts a large kitchen, which opens to a conservatory with access to the rear garden, complete with summer house and cabin. Offering views over fields and farmland from two of the bedrooms, and views of the sea from bedroom one. The property also comes with a double bedroom annexe ideal for renting out.

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www.hamptons.co.uk This penthouse apartment is finished to an exceptionally high standard with an audio system and bespoke wooden flooring throughout. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Ideal for commuters. Offered with one years allocated parking at full asking price.

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BUCKINGHAM PLACE, HOVE

£205,000 £215,000

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£250,000

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COMPTON ROAD £275,000 Leasehold A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THIS FANTASTIC FIRST FLOOR CONVERTED FLAT in this exceptional location close to Preston Park Station and popular local schools. The flat benefits from many features and is considered to be in excellent decorative order throughout. Energy Rating D67 Call Fiveways office 01273 566777

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Should you spend money on a property you are about to sell? The basic rule of thumb here can be summed up in two well-worn sayings: “less is more” and “price doesn’t equal value.” In other words, while little things like a good spring clean, touching up the paintwork and tidying the garden can definitely be beneficial, any major outlay is likely to be uneconomic, since you almost certainly won’t recoup the full cost when you sell. Try thinking of it in car terms. Just because you have spent £1,000 on a new gearbox does not make your car worth £1,000 more than before. On the other hand, a good going-over with some T-Cut and a chamois leather can work wonders. Just ask any car salesman! OK, so cars are a depreciating asset, whereas houses generally are not. Nevertheless, the same rule applies. To take an extreme example, let’s look at the roof. As with cars and their gearboxes, people expect houses to have a

reasonably sound roof. So, if it’s just a question of a couple of loose or missing slates letting in a bit of water, and a satisfactory repair can be effected at minimal cost, then it’s definitely worth doing. On the other hand, if the roof is in such a poor state that it really needs completely replacing - forget it. A house with a brand new roof costing, say, £15,000 is not going to sell for £15,000 more than the one next door! So, my advice in this instance would simply be to leave the roof, and adjust your asking price accordingly. Needless to say, of course, as with any rule, there can be exceptions – and those will depend on other factors, like the type of property, its location, and the state of the market. So, for example, if you have a two-bed house in an area where there is a glut of them on the market, but a serious shortage of 3-beds – then it might just be worthwhile having that expensive loft conversion done!

My view is that is it usually better to spend your money on what you are moving to rather than on what you are moving from. A critical factor is also the time it will take, not to mention the hassle. If you decide to fully redecorate or fit a new kitchen or bathroom, or rewire the property, just think of all the ancillary issues you have to deal with; not just the money. Our view is price accordingly and let the buyer take the strain! They also then get the property style they want rather than have to live with yours…wonderful though it may be! Before you launch into a refurb of your existing place, call a sensible agent around for some sensible advice!

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French Apartments, Brighton £425,000

Top floor studio flat in this purpose built development. Studio flat with separate sleeping area, Modern Kitchen and bathroom. Situated in this popular and convenient location just off Hove Seafront, easily accessible to local shops in Church Road. Would make an ideal first time purchase or as a rental investment having been let out for £675.00pcm.

Very well presented Ground Floor flat forming part of the Historic former French Convalescent home dating from 1896. Living room opening to patio area in turn well maintained communal gardens, 2 double bedrooms, EN-Suite to the master bedroom, Separate shower room, no chain, Kitchen with built in appliances and allocated parking space.

Eaton Place, Kemp Town OIEO £575,000

Atlingworth House, Marine Parade, Brighton £65,000

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Opponent's position

I think that today's game against Cardiff is what you call a hard-earned point. "It's a difficult place to come. They're very direct in the way that they play, they play off the big man upfront. "There arent many in this division who do it better than what he did. "On the balance of play, I think it is fair to say that we had better possession, we just needed to make more of the opportunities when we got into the final third. "We needed to convert possession into more of what we would consider as good goalscoring opportunities, we didn't have to many of those, although we threatened."

11TH League goals DUNK 5 TEIXEIRA 4 BALDOCK 2 DARYL MURPHY (Ipswich Town) 19 League form guide D-L-L-L-D-D-W-W-L-W-L-L-D Last 3 league fixtures Cardiff 0-0 D Nottm Forest 2-3 L Blackpool L 1-0 Next 2 league fixtures Sheff Wednesday 14/02/15 A Birmingham 21/02/15 H

Albion league stats 2014 -15 Dale Stephens made a return to first-team action against Cardiff after months on the sidelines

Richard Morris @BHIndyAlbion This Saturday Albion will look to beat Sheffield Wednesday on the Owls’ home turf for the first time in the club’s history as the need for points intensifies. The Seagulls sit just one place above the dreaded drop zone and are only ahead of Millwall on goal difference after a lacklustre 0-0 draw against Cardiff City on Tuesday night. A first clean sheet since the club’s 1-0 away win at Charlton Athletic was one of few positives the Albion will take from the stalemate with the Welsh side who were booed off by their supporters.

The return of Dale Stephens to first-team action after months on the sidelines was the only other real plus point of a game which summed up much of why the Albion have struggled this season. Brighton boasted 60% of possession against the Bluebirds but managed only a solitary shot on target. So far this season, the Albion have the Championship’s sixth highest average possession (53.7%) and the division’s fourth highest average number of shots per game (15.4). However, the Seagulls drop to 12th best in terms of efforts on target per game (4.3) and a lowly 18th for goals scored (32). Coincidentally, that total of 32 goals is actually nine more than Saturday’s opposition.

Albion team news Likely line-up Stockdale, Bruno, Dunk, Greer, Bennett, Ince, Kayal, Lua Lua, Teixeira, Calderon, Best. Likely substitutes Walton, Halford, Holla, Forster-Caskey, Stephens, O’Grady, Mackail-Smith.

Sheffield Wednesday have the Championship’s lowest goal tally (23) but sit a comfortable tenth in the table, due largely to a strong defence marshalled by in-form goalkeeper Kieran Westwood who was one of a string of custodians linked to the Albion in the summer. Wednesday are winless in five Championship games but have made efforts to improve their squad in recent weeks, with Manchester United attacking prospect Will Keane arriving on loan. Chris Hughton’s options are improving, with Kazenga Lua Lua now competing for a starting place at a time when pace and attacking intent is vital to the club’s chances.

Pass completion

71%

Average Possession

49%

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80%

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54%

15.3

13.6

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Albion

12.5

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Norwich

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Brighton to score in both halves: 4/1

Sheff Wed

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Brighton

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Past guests on the show include dozens of former players from various periods of the Albion's history including Peter Ward, Gary Chivers, Guy Butters and Gary Hart, plus chairmen Dick Knight and Tony Bloom, and board members Derek Chapman, Martin Perry and Paul Barber. MPs, journalists and

campaigners have all made appearances on the show and this Saturday three fans will be joining Ady in Studio One, semiregular go-to pundit Andy Bass, Marcus Hancocks and Piers Benjamin. Al is away this week. Tune into Radio Reverb, 97.2FM, online at www.radioreverb.com, or via the podcast on iTunes and www.albionroar.co.uk. The show is brought to you in association with www.oldfootballshirts.com

A fan's view

In a week when Sky and BT Sport paid a record £5.136bn for live Premier League TV rights for 2016/17, the importance of avoiding relegation for top flight teams has come into sharp focus once again. The TV companies argue that it's good value (for them!). Of course, there is huge competition for the rights so they obviously feel it is the right strategy. Meanwhile, some estimate that the average wage of a Premier League player will rise to £5m a year with the new contract so I think they will be OK. But what of the fans? I hope they can benefit from reduced ticket prices. I am constantly amazed how

East Stand regular, and Albion fan for over 45 years, Peter Foulkes shares his thoughts on the Nottingham Forest game. “I was hoping to witness some Blackpool bouncebackability against Forest, but their lucky goals were more frequent than our magnificent strikes. It was

a shame to see Solly March go off injured so early resulting in Kaz maybe being introduced a touch too soon. Berham Kayal looks fit for purpose and with him starting, us tightening up and stop not hitting the woodwork, we should look forward to some more wins. Holla’s set pieces will pay dividends soon and Texeira is growing game on game. At least now we are scoring goals, just need to stop celebrating by letting teams get straight back at us.”

American Express Community Stadium, Brighton Friday 20th March 2015. Kick-off 7.55pm

Follow all the action, home or away, on BBC Sussex Sport or Twitter @BBCSussexSport @johnnycburger @BHIndyAlbion points but Birmingham stayed up (also on 44). The year before Peterborough went down with 54 and Barnsley stayed up with 55. In 2012, Portsmouth dropped down with 40 and Barnsley maintained their position with 48. There are currently 13 teams separated by just 10 points. A haul of at least 50 looks necessary this season. A dramatic lunchtime game at Middlesbrough on the final day may yet decide the team's fate. With Boro pushing for promotion, Seagulls fans will be hoping it doesn't come down to that.

What football fans can hope to achieve in the face of adversity Dan Tester @BHIndyAlbion

Peter Foulkes

families can afford the prices for top-flight games. Despite the appeal of Monday Night Football or Soccer Saturday, it is the supporters who always hold the key, whether it's the hoards of global soccer travellers at Manchester United, or the 52 travelling Alfreton fans at Grimsby on a Tuesday night. Albion fans will not have to concern themselves with either end of that spectrum at the moment but must focus on staying up. There is also unlikely to be any departure from the last few years when the bid for survival has gone down to the wire. In 2014, Doncaster went down with 44

The horrific events of September 11th 2001 shocked the world. Thousands perished and the lives of many changed forever. Rising out of the wreckage of such an appalling tragedy was the Robert Eaton Memorial Fund (REMF), eponymously named after the young Albion fan who was just beginning his normal day at work, on the 105th floor of the World Trade Centre, that fateful day. In the subsequent years, an annual football match – amongst many other events – between Albion supporters and their south London counterparts from Crystal Palace (yes, really) has raised funds towards a range of initiatives both at home and abroad. A fantastic example of putting football rivalries aside for a good cause, the first recipients of the fans’ generosity was Los Peladitos, a club formed by

Ecuadorian immigrants in New York City’s borough of Queens. Now vice chairman, Brett Mendoza has been involved with the charity since 2004. “I was selected to be part of the football squad at Withdean Stadium,” recalls the West Stand season ticket holder. “I was a substitute, came on after 75 minutes, and scored with my first touch. It’s on YouTube! “In 2009, I became manager of the football team and that's when the fundraising kicked in. I've been told I've been responsible for over £25,000 coming in to the charity, which is humbling to hear. It’s an achievement I'm immensely proud of. In January this year I was honoured to be welcomed on to the board of the charity, alongside new chairman, Mike Langridge, son of the late former chairman, and much missed, Tony.” The charity has taken a slightly different angle of late to help clubs in Africa, identified by Albion fans

working abroad: Team Thunder, a club from the biggest slum in Nairobi, Kenya and Chunga FC, from Kafue National Park, Zambia. “We have a vision to freshen up not only how the generous-funds are raised, but also how the money is spent. We are investigating new angles, rather than just buying kit and equipment for clubs. Ideas so far include paying for coaching courses for clubs without properly qualified personnel, or helping out a kid with ambitions to become a coach who may not necessarily be able to afford to pursue their dream.” An incredible £150,000 has been raised – from the football matches, Brighton marathon runners, golf days, quizzes, calendars and bike rides – since 2001 and the next big event in the charity’s calendar is the REMF quiz, 7.30pm, Friday 13th March, Dick’s Bar, American Express Community Stadium. Team places, at £5 per head, are available from: alan.wares@ ntlworld.com.

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