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Tap Takeover: Brighton on a beer mat PHOTOGRAPH: KEVIN MEREDITH

Thousands of residents hit out at controversial plans Bex Bastable

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A government plan to turn all schools into academies has seen furious resistance in Brighton and Hove. A national petition, which hasalmost150,000signatures, shows Brighton Pavilion as the top constituency for opposition, with 1,470 signatures from residents. Hove and Brighton Kemptown aren’t far behind,

with 944 and 623 signatures respectively. This comes as Tom Bewick, lead council member for children’s services in the city, called the move by the government ‘a full frontal assault on local democracy’. Campaigners have also planned a meeting next week, ‘Brighton and Hove No to Forced Academies’, for parents and teachers to discuss the unpopular plan. SEE PAGE 6

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A craft beer festival, taking place next week, will feature a photographic exhibition on beer mats. With a theme of ‘Brighton life’, the winning images will be printed onto 500 limited edition beer mats, displayed across the festival’s 10 venues in the city. Each of the Tap Takeover venues will host an image by a different photographer, and visitors to the festival can stop off at all 10 venues to collect the full set. The idea of the ‘Brighton life’ theme was ‘to stay away from photos of the decaying West Pier and Pavilion’, instead featuring sea swimmers, clubbers and tattoos. The Tap Takeover takes place from Friday, April 8 to Sunday, April 10. Visit: www.taptakeover.co.uk

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Hospital to be scrutinised as inspectors announce arrival Olivia Lerche

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A health watchdog has asked patients for their views on the Royal Sussex County Hospital, ahead of an inspection next week. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is set to lookspecificallyateightareas, A&E, medical care, surgery, intensive and critical care, maternity, paediatrics, end of life care and outpatients. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Brighton hospital alongside the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, was told it ‘requires improvement’ following a full inspection in July 2014. And in October last year, thewatchdogwentbacktothe hospital to look specifically at the A&E department, which it rated inadequate – the

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worst possible rating. Sir Mike Richards, the CQC’s chief inspector of hospitals, has appealed for patients to share their views about the care they have received at the hospital. He said: “Our inspections are designed to provide people with a clear picture of the quality of the services in their local hospitals, exposing poor or mediocre care as well as highlighting the many hospitals providing good and excellent care. “We know there is too much variation in quality – these in-depth inspections allow us to get a much more detailed picture of care in hospitals and community services than ever before.” Sir Richards said inspectors will be talking to doctors, nurses, managers and patients in the hospital. He stressed it was ‘vital’ they also hear the views of the people who have experienced

care at the hospital over the course of the last year or so. Former patients are also beingaskedwheretheywould like to see improvements made in the future. The formal inspection of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is set to start on Tuesday. Following the inspection in 2014, inspectors found patients were being treated on wards which were ‘not specific’ to their condition, the flow of patients from A&E through the hospital was affecting patient care and there were staffing issues in medicine and surgery. These are likely to be areas inspectors will scrutinise. The CQC did, however, find several areas of ‘outstanding’ practice, such as care for dementia patients. To share views with the inspection team, visit www. cqc.org.uk

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Stanmer Park consultation Residents are being asked to comment on proposals to improve Stanmer Park. Exhibitions are to take place, to show the plans for the walled garden, entrance, parkland and plans to make the park more accessible to all. Staffed exhibitions will be held on Saturday at Jubilee Square (10am to 4pm), and on Sunday opposite Stammer House (10am to 2pm), and at Stanmer Book Shop (12pm to 4pm). For more on the plans, visit: www.brighton-hove.gov. uk/stanmerproject

Discrimination at work research Arlingsworth Solicitors is conducting research to find out how prevalent workplace discrimination is in Brighton and Hove. The research will look at whether a dedicated service needs to be set up to help tackle discrimination at work. To take part in the anonymous survey, visit: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/ r/85QVPZM

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New animal warden service launched after budget cuts A ‘re-designed’ animal warden service which launches today (Friday), will deliver only the statutory duties of the city council. This comes after a signature, set up by Brighton Dogwatch, and signed by 4,000 people opposed controversial cuts to the service. Brighton and Hove City Council said a new animal warden scheme will replace the outgoing animal welfare service, with five staff being cut to two. The Labour administration’s Budget proposals initially cut the staff number to one, but this was amended to two, before

The new warden service will focus on the council’s statutory duties

the city’s finances were agreed. The new scheme will focus on caring for stray dogs and licensing of pet shops, boarding kennels, services

that the council must provide. The wardens will also investigate complaints of dangerous dogs and work with the voluntary sector to promote responsible dog ownership. The RSPCA will now handle complaints concerning animal welfare. Incidents of dog fouling will now be investigated by the council’s new waste enforcement officers who can issue on the spot fines to offenders. To report dog fouling contact Cityclean on 01273 292929 or email cityclean@ brighton-hove.gov.uk

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The consultation is asking residents whether they want controls or not. If they do, they will have a say on whether parking restrictions operate all week or from Monday to Friday, and if restrictions are in place all day or for limited periods. Chris Taylor, Hanover Local Action Team chair, said: “It is essential that as many residents respond as possible so that we can get an accurate feel for what the

people of Hanover and Elm Grove really want to happen.” Cllr Gill Mitchell said: “There’s an unusual situation in Hanover where almost half the households have no car yet the place appears dominated by them. It’s up to residents, with or without cars, to make the decision.” Residents can respond via a form sent to their homes, or online. Visit: www.brightonh o v e . g o v. u k / h a n o v e r areaparking

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Brighton residents ‘against academies’ Bex Bastable

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There is ‘no appetite’ for the academisation of schools in Brighton and Hove, the lead councillor for children and education in the city has said. Cllr Tom Bewick conducted a week-long poll on Twitter, asking people if they agreed with the government’s policy to make all schools academies by 2020. He said of 700 respondents, 90 per cent were against the move. Cllr Bewick also called for local Conservatives to reveal whether they support the government’s proposals. He said: “I’ve written to the local Conservative Party challenging them to come off the fence and say whether they support the forced academisation of the city’s 70 council-maintained schools. “The Secretary of State, Nicky Morgan, was lecturing teachers at the weekend

telling them she had no reverse gear. Meanwhile, Tory councillors the length and breath of the country have told her to think again. “The early findings of this poll show that there is no appetite for the forced academisation of schools in Brighton and Hove.” He said the proposals will result in the ‘preprivatisation of our state education system’ with no local accountability. Cllr Bewick said: “There is no evidence according to Ofsted that the change in legal status of a school automatically leads to higher attainment and standards for pupils. In fact Her Majesty’s chief inspector has uncovered a worrying trend of fat cat salaries and the poor performance of academy chains compared to council maintained schools. “Instead of wasting public money on lawyers and consultants, the Conservatives should be

spending that money in the classroom and tackling the national and local teacher shortages in subjects such as maths. Instead, they are embarking on a full frontal assault of local democracy.” Cllr Geoffrey Theobald, leader of the Conservatives on Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “The education of children has taken enormous strides forward in the last four to five years and needs to be recognised. Going forward our main interests will continue to be in the children themselves and the education they are receiving.” A meeting of parents, teachers, governors and trade unions is to take place next week, to discuss the implications of the governments proposals, and to start a campaign. The ‘Brighton and Hove No to Forced Academies Meeting’ will be held on Wednesday at Friends Meeting House from 6.30pm.

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Price changes to bus tickets in Brighton and Hove Bex Bastable

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Brighton and Hove Buses is set to increase some of its fares later this month. From Tuesday, April 26, if you buy a citySAVER bus fare (an all-day bus pass) from the driver, it will cost £5 – a 30p increase. But the fare is to remain frozen at £4.20 if you buy the one-day saver on the bus company’s smartphone app. Other on-bus fares are set to rise, including: the city single up 10p to £2.50, the short-hop single up 20p to £2, and the familySAVER up £1 to £10. But prices for citySAVER ticketspurchasedonakeycard or m-tickets (mobile tickets purchased on a smartphone) will be frozen. The citySAVER area covers Brighton and Hove, to Shoreham in the west and the eastern end of Saltdean in the east. The freeze on mobile and keycard tickets is part of the company’s efforts to encourage people to buy ahead of travel. Martin Harris, managing director of Brighton and

Hove Buses, said: “Our fares changes this year are as much about keeping buses moving in our increasingly congested city as they are with raising the additional revenue needed to continue investing in better buses and more services. “Rounded fares with less change needed, and more tickets sold before travel will help mitigate congestion, and once again, many fares have been frozen and new discounts have been introduced. “We are introducing a new 60-minute single ticket and the Quattro ‘ride sharing’ ticket is to be made available all day. “We have endeavoured to restrict any increases that have had to be made to a minimum.” The new 60-minute citySAVER ticket is priced at £2.40 for any single journey, irrespective of the number of bus changes within one hour. The Quattro ticket on the smartphone app enables four people to travel together on a single journey for £7, so they can ‘share the fare’. To see the new fares, visit: buses.co.uk

£400,000 handed to East Brighton groups The East Brighton Trust has awarded more than £400,000 in grants to community groups in the area. And after almost a decade of work in East Brighton, the Trust has this year decided to expand its scope to Craven Vale and Bristol Estate, which it hopes will help to reach even more of Brighton’s most disadvantaged and underrepresented people. The fund was set up following the sudden death of

former East Brighton Trust chair Colin Sayers in 2013, and provides funds to give a helping hand to community groups in sudden need. A Band of Brothers, a mentoring charity helping transform the lives of young men with troubled backgrounds, was handed a grant, helping to provide the funds to send six young men from Brighton’s Whitehawk estate to Scotland to carry out conservation work in the

ancient Caledonian Forest. Thom Walker, project mentor, said: “This trip to Scotland will create an experience that will be of great benefit to the development of the young men, as well as making a positive impact on the environment.” Look Sussex, a weekly youth club for visuallyimpaired youngsters, was handed funds so it could continue, after it faced

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Carnegie building to be sold off as library move approved Bex Bastable

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Hove Library is to move into an extension at the nearby museum, with its home of 108 years – the Carnegie building – being sold off. The fate of the library was sealed at last Thursday’s Full Council meeting, and the move could take place as early as next year. Labour claimed the Carnegie building was not fit for purpose, and keeping it open in the historic building would put seven other libraries at risk of closure. The group also said the new ‘cultural hub’ would be an improvement on Hove’s facilities at present. But the Greens opposed the library-museum merger, handing over a 4,500-strong petition against the move. The Greens were concerned about the loss of the building, which was donated to Hove by philanthropist Andrew

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Carnegie, as well as the ‘reduced service’ expected from the new library. The Conservatives were split on the issue, with Cllr Robert Nemeth supporting the Save Hove Library

campaign, but the leader of the group initially expressing support for Labour’s plan. But Cllr Geoffrey Theobald (leader of the Conservative Group), abstained on the vote, as he said a business case for

the move had not been made. The Conservative vote was split three ways, with some abstaining, others voting for the plan. Councillors voted 23 for, 17 against, and 10 abstentions.

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Hove Library Dear Editor, In 1850 Queen Victoria donated the Royal Pavilion and its outbuildings to the corporation. In 1870 one of these outbuildings became Brighton Library. Was there any fuss when Brighton Library left Church Street after over 100 years? So why is there a fuss about Hove Library leaving Church Road? The fuss is because the Green council (2010-14), had a policy of trying to make Hove Library more welcoming, but the new administration is neither following up on, nor building on it, hardly surprising since this policy was a hopeless failure, with visitors to Hove Library down 45,000 in two years, as ably reported in your newspaper.

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Dear Editor, It has to be said that whichever way the vote goes in the referendum on June 23, it will be little more than expression of opinion and a public relations exercise with no legal standing - binding on neither government nor the other member states of the European Union. For it to be effective and meaningful the government would have to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty which is the sole legal exit route within a specified time limit and this government has strikingly failed so far failed to do.

Even if it were to do so, and there was a majority vote for Brexit, there would still be a motivation of two years while the terms of such a departure would be discussed in Brussels. During this time Britain would still be bound by all the treaties already signed, and indeed pending, while having no control whatsoever over the decisions. There are hardly peripheral matters. Who is conning whom?

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Gender-free Dear Editor, Following Shona Campbell’s viral letter which has been shared across social media and news sites this week responding to her three-yearold son’s shaming for having hearts on his socks, it seems gender stereotypes are as alive as ever. I’d like to say I was shocked by the abusive treatment Shona Campbell’s son Harry received at the hand of another mother and son simply for being a three-yearold who chose something he liked to wear and wore it. I’d love to be able to say it’s a common occurrence in 2016 for parents to want to raise their children to be whoever they want to be without the fear that they will be ridiculed for making their own choices. I’d be so happy to pronounce that we live in a society in which children, parents and everyone else in the world was able to enjoy

their style choices - without the restriction of gender assumption and outdated preconceptions. I wish I could say these things but poor Harry’s bullying this week proves that unfortunately I can’t, but I refuse to just put up and shut up, so I’m doing something about it. Restrictive clothing is particularly obvious for children, where not only are they forced into blue things for boys and pink things for girls but the slogans on the T shirt are very different active and naughty for boys, pretty and cute for girls. And if you are a girl who is really into dragons or dinosaurs you have to accept that these will be found in an aisle marked ‘Boys’. Why are our poor children forced to have their tastes and choices so rigidly restricted from birth? It’s not a new phenomenon but if anything it seems this problem has got even worse over the last 20 years and this is where Gender Free World comes in. We started our company because we wanted to make clothes designed, manufactured and marketed in a world where gender is irrelevant. We know that one size will not fit all male and female shapes are different so we have designed around body shape rather than around the outdated notion of man or woman and girl or boy. We will be working tirelessly in the coming year to help change the preconceptions around gender and fashion.

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NSPCC says speak out and stay safe Last year three child sex offences were committed every day in Sussex. Over the last two years reported cases increased from 838 to 1,212, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. But since 2011, the NSPCC’s schools service has spoken to more than 2,600 nine-11-year-olds in Brighton and Hove about the different forms or abuse including sexual abuse, how to keep themselves safe and who to go to for help should they ever need it. The service uses trained volunteers to deliver ageappropriate assemblies and workshops. But from April the NSPCC will start reaching children from the age of five through its new Speak Out. Stay Safe programme. Shockingly, we know

that at least two children in every primary school classroom will have experienced some form of abuse or neglect. Speak Out. Stay Safe aims to give children the knowledge to prevent abuse, the confidence to speak out and the courage to seek help. So far volunteers have visited 24 primary schools across the city but we want to reach all schools – including infant, primary, independent and special schools. This is where we need your readers’ help. We rely on volunteers to go into schools and deliver these important safeguarding messages to children. If you can commit to visiting two schools a month during term time, we will give you all the training you need. Visit: www.nspcc.

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An 85-home development on greenfield land between Ovingdean, Rottingdean and Woodingdean has been dismissed at appeal. The application to build 85 homes at Meadow Vale was rejected by Brighton and Hove City Council’s planning committee last year, but the developers, Lightwood Strategic, appealed the decision. The site is nestled between Ovingdean Road and Falmer Road, and is currently being used as a paddock. The city council’s planning committee had concerns about air quality, the ecology of the site, the scale of the estate and the impact that it would have on the nearby South Downs National Park. These issues were echoed by planning inspector Peter Rose, who published his decision on Tuesday. Although the developer had made a number of modifications in response to the council’s concerns, the planning inspector was not satisfied the benefits of the scheme would outweigh the drawbacks.

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He said the ‘significant extent’ of the development would introduce an ‘unduly urbanised form’, to the rural area, and despite the fact Brighton and Hove needs to deliver 30,000 homes by 2030, the scheme was inappropriate for the area. Mr Rose said: “The scheme wouldnotappearasasensitive addition to Ovingdean, but as an incongruous intrusion of over-development at the expense of the existing distinct open character and appearance of both the appeal site and the surrounding area.” Simon Kirby, Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown, said: “I have always been consistent that any new development in the city should be on brownfield and city centre land rather than greenfield sites such as Meadow Vale. I have been contacted by thousands of my constituents with their very real concerns about this development and alongside local residents I am absolutely delighted that the planning inspectorate has decided to dismiss the appeal.” The MP opposed the development, alongside residents and the Save our Deans group.

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Farewell Brighton firefighter retires after 37 years

Mick Powell, 57, worked his final shift this week, after 37 years as a firefighter in Brighton and Hove. He joined East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service in January 1979, and was stationed at Hove Fire Station. After four years he moved to the Preston Barracks Fire Station, where he has worked ever since. He was called out to the aftermath of the Grand Hotel bombing in 1984, and the Royal Albion fire in the 1990s. Now he is set to retire. Richard Chamberlain, White Watch manager at Preston Barracks, said: “He is probably one of the most professional firefighters I have worked with. He is a very caring, compassionate guy. It’s a bit of a cliché, but he is an old-school firefighter. His experience will be missed, and he will be missed. He’s irreplaceable.”

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The first ‘Pub Talks’ event – a range of meet ups across the country to discuss the EU referendum – is to be held in Brighton. Pub Talks aims to hold referendum debates in pubs to reach people who might not otherwise be engaged in mainstream political discussions.

Auditions will be held to find the city’s best Open Mic performer, with a chance to star in a cameo role at the Brighton Fringe. The organisers of one-act play ‘Limelight’ are looking for a star to appear in their show. Singers, rappers, poets, musicians and comedians are welcome.0

The first will be held in Brighton at 3pm on Sunday (April 3) at The Black Dove, 74 St James’s Street. The debate will include Lloyd Russell-Moyle, chair of the Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party and Caroline Stephens from the Vote Leave Campaign. Visit: www.pubtalks.co.uk

Open auditions will be held at The Dukebox Theatre, The Iron Duke, 3 Waterloo Street, Hove, on April 23, from 1pm to 3.30pm. Limelight runs at The Dukebox from May 16 to 22. For a chance to audition, email:besidetheseasideprod uctions@hotmail.co.uk

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It’s time to take action on housing David Gibson, Green councillor and Living Rent campaigner, on the housing and homeless crisis in Brighton and Hove, and how it can be solved

ough sleepers on makeshift mattresses in our city centre is a visible daily reminder of the housing crisis. It is heartening that three petitions signed by thousands of people calling for action on homelessness have triggered debates at council meetings. People clearly care and in times of squeezed resources we need to work together as a city and harness this energy. But homeless people on the street are just the tip of the iceberg. Many more are invisible, including people sleeping on sofas, and families living in temporary and emergency accommodation. Street homelessness is a symptom of a housing crisis which is fuelled by: a shortage of housing; a lack of affordable housing; high rents and insecurity in private rented housing; and poor housing standards. The single greatest cause of homelessness is the termination of six-month private sector tenancy. In circumstances of housing shortage and unaffordability it is often the most vulnerable who end up on the streets. Solve the issues of supply, affordability and security and you solve the problem

of homelessness for the vast majority. These issues stem from the current policy of favouring private landlords over home-buyers, an approach that treats housing as an investment not a home. It wasn’t always like this. In the 1960s both Tory and Labour governments built almost 200,000 council homes a year, provided mortgage interest tax relief helping people buy, used rent controls and secure tenancies to keep rents affordable. House prices and rents stayed low. Sadly since the 1980s governments have pursued a toxic, less regulated ‘market’ policy mix. This has increased the power of landlords by abolishing rent controls and introducing insecure tenancies. They provided tax relief for buy to let landlords who snapped up homes that could otherwise go to home buyers forcing prices higher. What’s more, the policies of right to buy and voluntary transfer have reduced the number of council houses by two thirds. So what needs to happen? We need to take action, tackling supply and affordability, by building low-rent homes and ending the right to buy scheme. Each year around £9.5 billion in public subsidy is paid to private landlords. We need instead to switch more public

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Solve the issues of supply, affordability and security and you solve the problem of homelessness for the vast majority DAVID GIBSON, GREEN HOUSING SPOKESPERSON funds to invest in new homes. Building creates jobs, stimulates the economy and increases tax revenues. The Green Party is calling for 100,000 new council houses to be built each year. The new Labour leader may well support this. Around 1.5 million homes have been sold under the right to buy, and 38 per cent of ex-council houses are now rented privately. It has been abolished in Scotland, and we should do the same. We also need to see the reform of tenancies, with more security and living rents. By bringing in six-month assured shorthold tenancies in 1988 to replace fair rent tenancies, the government enshrined in law a balance of power skewed in favour of the landlord. In contrast, countries like Germany and Switzerland have better legal and financial arrangements. Rents are controlled, conditions are more decent, and tenants choose private renting and enjoy the security needed for families to flourish. Landlords accept lower returns, preferring to have happier tenants who will care more for their property. Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, has called for a Living

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Rent Commission to manage the introduction of rent controls. It’s time the other parties listened. We should also take action locally, by setting up a good landlord scheme. Most landlords own a single property and are often ‘accidental’ landlords. I believe some would join a good landlords scheme, offering longer security and lower rents and getting an appreciative tenant. A few landlords do this already, but a scheme will make it easier and offer a clear alternative for ethically-minded landlords to lead by example. Landlords interested in such a scheme can email me at davidsg@ntlworld.com More decent, healthy homes are needed, and this could happen through extending landlord licensing. It’s estimated that 37 per cent of privately rented homes are not decent. Many lack fire safety or are hard to keep warm. Standards can be improved by licensing schemes. In the first two years a new licensing scheme led to over 4,000 improvements required of landlords in Brighton and Hove. We need to expand this to reach more rented homes. Around 31 per cent of all rough sleepers were evicted from hostel or temporary accommodation. This suggests we can do better to support people who are made homeless, The council should continue to expand its Housing First scheme where homeless people with complex needs are housed first and then supported from a stable setting. This approach has a good success rate in lifting the most vulnerable off the streets. The previous Green council set up a team to produce new council homes on council-owned land. Few have been completed yet, but there are around 200 more in the pipeline. Losses averaging 81 homes a year from right to buy outweigh new council housing. An alternative this is to set up a council-owned company. Councils elsewhere have set

Facts and figures n Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) spent £115.75 million on rent allowances to pay private and housing association landlords in 2014/15 n The loss of private rented accommodation was the reason behind 27 per cent of ‘homeless households’ in the city (Q3 2015/16 BHCC statistical bulletin) n The average cost to buy a home in Brighton and Hove is £291,854 (December 2015), with prices 55 per cent higher than the average in England and Wales n Annual inflation on renting is running at between six and nine per cent depending on property type (BHCC Housing Market report October-December) n Between April 2012 and September 2015 it is around 27 per cent of housing association re-lets (164 homes) were

up companies - we should do the same. A housing company could build decent emergency accommodation for homeless people and for others, with living rents. As a co-founder of the Living Rent campaign, I am delighted to see the council acknowledging the principle of rents linked to incomes rather than market forces. I am also calling for more empty homes to be brought back into use. Last year 158 properties were brought back into use. This has made a big impact and deserves higher priority. While local action is important, to solve homelessness and the housing crisis we must return to fair rents and security in the private sector and switch to investment in new housing at a national level. The time is ripe for the other parties to move away from failed pro-market, anti-tenant policy mix.

converted from social to affordable rent, with the rent approximately doubled n From 1997/8 to October 2014, BHCC lost 1,342 homes to the right to buy (average of 81 a year by April 2015) n The Assessment of Affordable Housing Need Report (2012) identified 88,000 households who cannot afford to buy or rent without some kind of subsidy or spending a disproportionate amount of their income on housing costs n 35 per cent of households in Brighton and Hove have an income of less than £20,000 (2012 Assessment of Affordable Housing Need) n 37 per cent of privately rented homes fail to meet a ‘decent’ standard (Private Sector Housing Stock condition surveys – October 2008)

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Brighton resident Josie Jeffery is set to join Davina McCall on a 40-mile ride in memory of her sister Holly to raise funds for Action Medical Research. Josie, 38, whose sister died from lupus aged 19, has signed up to join hundreds of cyclists on Davina’s Big Sussex Bike Ride on Sunday, June 12, in support of the UKwide children’s charity. Josie said: “Since losing my sister, I enjoy fundraising in her memory especially if it can help others who have the same condition. I was looking for a charity that mixed medical research for children and cycling and found Action Medical Research – I wanted to raise funds that can help research into children’s medical conditions as my teenage sister developed lupus as a teen and it was, and still is, a mysterious and complex condition.”

This will be the sixth year that TV presenter Davina has hosted the cycling event in aid of Sussex-based Action Medical Research. Last year she joined 400 cyclists for her first event since her Sport Relief challenge in February 2014. Davina stuck to the Classic route following a knee injury, but for 2016 she’ll be taking things up a gear. Josie is also easing back into cycling after sustaining an injury. She said: “I cycle to work and back and also have done one half of the Classic route already – funnily enough, the route is in the shape of a butterfly and that is the symbol for lupus. I did one of the ‘wings’ with a friend a few weeks ago just to get the lay of the land so I can simulate it on some of the hills where I live!” The female-friendly ride, which starts and finishes at the East Sussex National Hotel and Golf Course near Uckfield, offers three routes: the Cool 21-mile option for those new to cycling;

the Classic 40-mile route for those who are up for a challenge; or you can join Davina on the Champion 68mile route. Josie said: “I am looking forward to some girl power cycling with lots of other women, meeting some lovely ladies and hopefully getting some of my female friends to sign up and enjoy the ride with. It’s a great cause and an opportunitytobeempowered and do some good with some wonderful people.” Last year’s event raised almost £30,000 for Action Medical Research, which is currently funding research into meningitis, Down syndrome, epilepsy and premature birth, as well as some rare conditions that severely affect children. To support Josie’s fundraising efforts, visit: action.org.uk/tribute/holly Entry to Davina’s Big Sussex Bike Ride is just £38 - sign up today at: action.org. uk/davinas-big-sussex-bikeride

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Girls’ night out raises funds for hospice Join the ultimate girls’ night out with the Martlets Midnight Walk on Saturday, June 11, and help to raise thousands of pounds for charity. The event sees hundreds of women taking to the streets of Brighton and Hove in fancy dress, raising money for Martlets Hospice. Now in its tenth year, the Martlets Midnight Walk, which sets off from Brighton Racecourse, has three distances of six, 13 or 20 miles. Antonia Shepherd from the hospice’s fundraising team said: “Lots of our ladies join us every year and have helped us to raise over a million pounds so far; which is a fantastic achievement. Some take on the challenge in memory of a loved one, others simply want to have a great night out with their friends and family while doing something worthwhile.” It costs £16 to register, which includes a medal, breakfast and a bag of goodies. Visit: www.themartlets.org. uk/midnight2016

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Caroline Lucas

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his week has brought more chaos for refugees with the implementation of the EUTurkey migration deal. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have withdrawn some of their services in Greece in protest at the deeply-flawed agreement, which has seen reception centres turned into detention centres. While I recognise the urgent need for an EU-wide agreement, in which all states cooperate and co-ordinate, it is crucial that any response from the EU protects those in greatest need. The crisis is showing no signs of slowing and there are humane steps that can be taken immediately. For example, the UNHCR has long been calling for the widening of restrictive family reunification rules as a means to provide refugees with safe and legal routes of access. A simple change in UK government policy would allow unaccompanied children, adult refugees and British citizens to safely reunite with members of their family who are fleeing war and persecution, without putting their lives at risk. Earlier

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this month, I secured a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament in support of these aims. While David Cameron has indicated several times that he is working alongside the UNHCR, we have yet to see the government take steps to implement the commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposals. The reality is that these restrictive rules affect people at our own border with France

too. When I visited the camps at Calais and Dunkirk, with Brighton-based organisation, the Hummingbird Project, it became immediately clear to me just how grim the reality of the situation is. We spoke to refugees with brothers, sisters and even parents in the UK. We spoke to unaccompanied minors with parents and siblings in the UK, and many

who had relatives who are British citizens. Yet they are stuck in the limbo-land of the camps, without the legal and financial help they need. The shining light among the devastation at Calais and Dunkirk, is the tenacity and organisation of volunteers. There are inspirational examples of individuals who have gone above and beyond to step in where the French and UK authorities have failed to do so. This includes organisations like the amazing Hummingbird and MSF who have worked tirelessly alongside the Green mayor of Grande-Synthe to create a camp in Dunkirk which is the only refugee camp in France to stand up to international humanitarian standards. The British public has shown their willingness to aid and support refugees and here in Brighton and Hove, the dedication to helping those in need has been truly uplifting. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear is that the government needs to take a lead from British volunteers and bring a measure of their compassion and empathy to Parliament by taking urgent action. If you would like to donate to the Hummingbird Project make a contribution here: www.hummingbirdproject.org.uk

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Warren Morgan

Labour councillor and leader of Brighton and Hove City Council

The days of pain-free savings are long gone

ouncil finances are in crisis. Local government has taken a bigger hit than any other part of the public sector since 2010, with the recent Budget making even deeper cuts than anticipated to the funds councils spend on local services. Here are ten ways that George Osborne and David Cameron have hit local government since 2010, and what the impact of those cuts have been – and will be – here in Brighton and Hove. 1) Revenue Grant: accounting for a third of council expenditure this general grant will be abolished entirely by 2019. Here that means the loss of £140 million the council was spending on street cleaning, libraries, street lighting and dozens of other services. 2) Council Tax Benefit: this is the discount given to those who can’t afford to pay council tax. The government is passing responsibility for this to local councils while cutting the funding. Paying for an 80 per cent discount will cost Brighton and Hove around £3 million this year. 3) Bus passes for older people: again the government has passed the cost to councils, meaning Brighton and Hove has to use almost all of the surplus from parking

revenue to fund it, around £9 million. 4) Benefit changes and the NHS: cuts to benefits and healthcare mean councils have to deal with the costs of people made homeless, discharged from hospital early or thrown into debt. The introduction of Universal Credit alone is estimated to cost councils £1 billion. 5) Cuts to social rents: the reduction of one per cent in rents for council and housing association tenants is moderately good news for the council, though the main beneficiary will be the Treasury in housing benefit savings. Brighton and Hove will lose £16 million, money earmarked for building much-needed additional council housing. 6) Introduction of the Living Wage: another welcome but limited boost to

We are probably looking at a 40 per cent cut in funding over a ten-year period

people on lower incomes, but one which will increase council wage bills by around £834 million nationally by 2019/20. 7) Starter Homes: the government is requiring councils to build new housing on offer at 80 per cent of market rates, well beyond what is affordable to most people in Brighton and Hove. It is exempting those homes from the Section 106 payments that developers normally pay towards new infrastructure. Councils will have to meet those costs, around £3 billion nationally. 8) Pensions: within five years, 34p in every pound paid in council tax will have to be spent on funding local government pension payments. We don’t yet know the impact here. 9) Schools: as the government increasingly strips councils of the power to run schools, so funding will go too. Here in Brighton and Hove that is around £150 million a year. 10) Business rates: Osborne said that councils will be fully financially selfsufficient by 2020, when they can retain all of their local business rates. At present the Treasury takes half. Yet moments after saying this, the chancellor said that almost all small- and medium-size businesses

would be exempt from paying business rates from 2017. Almost all of the businesses in Brighton and Hove have fewer than 200 employees, meaning that a very significant proportion of the £100 million we might have got in 2020 will now vanish. The government has said it will compensate councils for the loss of some £1.7 billion in revenue. I very much doubt it. Brighton and Hove has huge challenges in delivering affordable housing, in funding social care, and in maintaining basic services. We are probably looking at a cut of 40 per cent in our funding over a ten-year period, hundreds of millions. Yet Conservative councillors have had the hypocrisy to complain about grass verges being unmaintained, and a library building being sold, without taking any responsibility for their own government’s actions. But we will innovate. Our joint housing venture, City Innovation Challenge and cooperative schools proposal are just three of the ideas we are putting forward to challenge Tory cuts. We can’t escape the impacts, however, and in common with many councils across the country, the days of easy choices and pain-free savings are long since gone.

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Geoffrey Theobald

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found myself getting quite irate at last week’s six-and-a-half hour council meeting at the amount of time we were wasting on debating issues that in my view were either unnecessary or not for Brighton and Hove City Council to dictate to its residents. Especially when we had so many other important issues such as the future of our libraries and the City Plan on the agenda. Labour’s Notice of Motion calling for the government to do more to help our local retail sector came into the former category, and the Green’s Notice of Motion pushing for the council firmly to stand on the side of the ‘IN’ campaign in the European Referendum came into the latter. In the case of Labour calling on the government to give better support to the retail sector, unless they have been spending some time with Tim Peake (but even then I would suggest he is more attune to current affairs) there has been an important event called the Budget that announced a whole raft of great tax reforms and business rate relief that will save small business owners £1.66 billion in 2016/17 alone - amove that has been warmly welcomed by small businesses. Even if this information had been lost on Labour councillors, the government’s well publicised commitment to raise the national living wage and the basic rate income tax threshold shouldn’t have, as they represent a pay rise of over £1,000 per year for full time minimum wage earners in the retail sector. This will be a huge bonus to our local shop workers. Additionally, the government is investing another £25 million in recruiting young

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people into apprenticeships and is committed to delivering three million apprentices by 2020. If Labour is serious about helping to increase trade for our city’s shops then why have they again hiked up car parking charges? Why did they oppose our Motion to offer free parking before Christmas which would have encouraged more people to venture into the city and spend in our shops? The cherry on the cake is a 2012 report by our own council, chaired by Labour councillor Gill Mitchell that highlighted what the council should be doing to support retailers. What has been done since the council produced this report? Precisely nothing. In the case of the Green Motion pushing for the council to publicly support Britain remaining part of the EU, it is not a decision for Labour, Greens, Conservatives or Brighton and Hove City Council – it is a decision for residents. Full Council is an opportunity to discuss issues within the council’s remit and pertinent to our residents. The Conservative Group has consciously refrained from putting forward Motion’s unnecessarily, only submitting those that we feel are relevant to our city and the people within it. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the other two parties which have pursued a number of blatant point scoring, anti-government posturing, or provocative motions of late. Let’s hope in the future, we can focus on what’s important; providing the best services to the residents, businesses and visitors of Brighton and Hove.

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On This Day 1854 | Saturday, April 1 Brighton was first incorporated as a borough.

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If you loved the BBC1 TV series, I urge you to read the book, you’re going to love it. Jonathan Pine starts out as a luxury hotel manager (night shift) and soon enters the world of international arms dealers, money laundering and the hideous lives of the super rich with no morals. That’s the plot. But oh my goodness what a tale it is. No-one does characters like Le Carré, his interpretation of interior lives, the details, the memories and the motivations are breath-taking. I suspect that he is at heart a deeply romantic man as his hero, Mr Pine, with all his aliases is always yearning after a woman, one particular woman, who he feels he has betrayed with her life. This was Le Carré’s first post-cold war book, and the TV series has moved the decades around a bit, and by necessity cut a few corners, it was a fantastic series, but the book is by far the richer experience. I wasn’t so enamoured with his Smiley books, but the rest of his work, for me, is sublime. The terrible people, the (quite literally) filthy money, the selfserving politicians and the old boy network make this a riveting read. If you were in any doubt about exactly who profits from the appalling arms trade, and the havoc it causes, please read this. Of course, it is a novel, but Le Carré had vast experience of MI5, Whitehall and military history, this is a writer who knows his onions.

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Mistakes, misuse & misunderstandings

he Orwellian-sounding Standards and Testing Agency recently decreed that children should not use exclamation marks except in sentences beginning with “What” or “How”. “What?! That sounds a tad draconian, wouldn’t you say, Jeeves?” “Even so, sir!”

I’ve no beef, grief, grudge or grievance about exclamation marks. Children love them, better authors eschew them, though P.G.Wodehouse – aka “The Master” – uses themliberally,andSpaniardsflourishthem at both ends of a sentence. ¡Punto de admiración! Meanwhile, there are plenty of worse linguistic solecisms, sloppinesses, uglinessescurrentlyvoguing thatthis busybody Agency could get busy with. For example, so-called hanging participles nowadays proliferate. “Founded in 1986, readers are lamenting the paper’s closure.” No, readers were not foundedin1986. The distinction between “may” and “might” is going. I misunderstood a recent headline–“Speedhumpsmayhavesavedmy cat” – to mean that, thanks to speed humps, the cat was saved. No, the cat was killed, but might have been saved, had there been

“They can’t take away our exclamation marks can they Jeeves?” Even Wodehouse liked a screamer!

humps. A tragedy in which recruits died “may have been prevented”. No, it was not prevented. They mean “might”. “Lying” and “laying” are similarly confused. I am lying on the floor. The chicken is laying an egg. Simple. But now people are laying on the floor, for some reason. Someonewhojumpedoffthepierwas“layingfaceup but not swimming”. Wrong. The past tenses are “lay on the floor”, “laid an egg”. Even prizewinning novelists get it wrong. “I leanedoutandlaymyhandsonthelifebuoy” (Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, page 154). Wrong. The word “however” gets similarly misused. People think it’s merely a synonym for “but”. My advice: if you can use “but”, use “but”. “However”,however,needstobemore carefully employed. Samantha Cameron apparently refers to “meandthekids”. Puttingoneselffirstaptly reflectsourme-centredsociety,butitgrates. (And kids, please, are goats.) “The children and I” is what should be taught. And get the cases right. “Me and my friends were stood there watching” should be “My friends and I were standing there”. (“Stood” and “sat” are Northernisms inappropriate south of Sheffield.) DustinHoffmanasks“Wouldyou like to join my wife and I?” Wrong, Dustin.

You wouldn’t “join I”, so you can’t “join my wife and I”. “Number”and“amount”arewidelymuddled. The first is for countable entities, the second for uncountables. Thus, “a number ofpeoplecommentedontheamountofrubbish strewn about”. “Off of” is another trendy nonsense. The “of” is redundant in “I got off of the sofa”. Yet curiously the“of”in“Ilookedout ofthewindow” is going. “Onbehalf of” used tomeanspeakingfor somebody else. “I’m phoning on behalf of my elderly mother”. (Not, please, “mum”, let alone “mom”.) Now it gets used to mean “on the part of”, as in “It’s cowardly on behalf of Cambridge University to do this”. Wrong. “Floor” is for use indoors, “ground” outdoors. Simple. Yet hippy crack canisters “littered the floor at Shakedown”, while someone “fell from the cliff to the floor”. Both wrong. I could go on – “like” for “as if”, “convince” for “persuade”, “fed up of ”, the letter “haitch”, glottal-stopped “t”s, the horrible “Hi!”, the fatuous “Can I get?” in shops –“but what’s theuse,Jeeves? Ballylanguage disintegratingonallsides,what?” “Quiteso, sir. And this Standards outfit you mention …” “Don’t get me started.”

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We are looking for smaller businesses which compete with the ‘big boys’ in every way – except size. The winner will need to demonstrate a good team spirit and a strong customer service ethos. LargeBusiness(50+employees) Business SponsoredbyWorthingCoaches The winneer will havve ann exccellent reputation in the community, a record of innovative measures to enhance employee relations and demonstrate a commitment to never fail to deliver on its promises and to meet – and exceed – customer expectations. OverallBusinessoftheYear SponsoredbyBaronEstates This prestigious award will be given to one of the winners from the business categories above. The company that carries off this award will be chosen on the basis of being the best business that has most impressed the judges. Hospitality,Tourism&Leisure SponsoredbyPortfolioBrighton &Hove

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An award for an exceptional individual/team whose efforts and determination has made an exceptional contribution to a business. YoungAchiever(agelimit28) By a young age, some people in business have made an indelible mark in their company or in their trade on a national scale. The winner will be someone who can demonstrate exceptional achievement or performance within their industry. TrainingandDevelopment The winner of this category will have demonstrated real commitment to developing and motivating their workforce. This category is open to businesses which have an exemplary training programme for their employees, or training providers – whichever you are, the judges will be looking for evidence that your training programmes work! PlacetoEatorDrink SponsoredbyGustoWines

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An award for the retail business that can best demonstrate strong growth, an innovative approach to customer and employee relations together with creativity to enhance sales. This category is open to local independent retailers and to local units of national chains providing they can show how they have impacted on the local community and economy. Manufacturing&Construction Anawardtoacompanythathas bestdemonstratedexceptional financialreturns,innovation,strong growthandmarketleadershipin thefieldofmanufacturingand/or construction. GreenBusiness An award for a business or organisation, irrespective of its size or sector, who can demonstrate environmental awareness and responsibility in all aspects of its work and output. Innovation The winner – either a company or

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Make an investment in your community The Johnston Press events team held a networking breakfast at the American Express Stadium at Falmer on Tuesday, giving entrants and sponsors a chance to find out more about the inaugural Brighton&HoveIndependent business awards. David Wride, of Sussexbased Regis Removals, talked about his experience of winning a business award in the west of the county, and then sponsoring a category the following year. He said: “The kudos of winning an award does so much for your business. For me, I felt like Superman. “And the awards, I have found, have built a strong and stable business community that grows and grows, and we support each other. “By sponsoring an award you are investing in something.” He explained how winners of awards at each newspaper’s event are then automatically entered into the regional Johnston Press South business awards, covering as far west as Portsmouth, Hastings to the east, and Crawley to the north, giving blanket coverage across the region. Keith Ridley, of Sussex Newspapers, and a business awards stalwart, said there are huge benefits to local companies - whether they are sponsoring or entering the awards - through promotion in the newspaper, and the accolade of taking home a gong. The first Brighton & Hove Independent Business Awards, sponsored by Baron Estates, will be held at the Amex Stadium on Friday, June 17, with the aim of celebrating, recognising, and

The Johnston Press events team at the networking breakfast this week

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rewarding local businesses. Compered by TV broadcaster Nick Wallis, the night will begin with a drink reception and a threecourse meal, followed by the awards and a DJ set. Any type of business within the Independent newspaper circulation can enter by self nomination or by nominating

another business. There are award categories to suit every kind of company from start-up to large business, young achiever to lifetime achievement and manufacturing to hospitality. An expert panel of judges will go through all the entries and choose the winners. Entries can be submitted now and winners will be announced at the glittering awards ceremony. There are 19 categories to be won this year including overall business, which will be the judges choice. The readers’ choice category will be chosen by the readers of the Brighton & Hove independent. n Visit www.jpsouthevents. co.uk n To find out more about this event please contact the organiser helen.watt@jpress. co.uk or call 07808 730986. Or to enquire about sponsorship contact Shirley.coller@jpress. co.uk or call 07912 671001.

Winners short-listed for Business Awards The Brighton & Hove Independent Business Awards are a JP South Events Johnston Publishing regional award ceremony, all winners from this event are automatically shortlisted into the JP South Business Awards held in

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Brighton dentist is all smiles after winning award

Dr Brunner with his award

A Brighton-based aesthetic dentist took home a top award at a prestigious industry ceremony. Dr Federico Brunner, of Brighton Implant Clinic, was named the winner of the ‘Best Full Mouth Rehabilitation’ award at The Aesthetic Dentistry Awards. With advanced training in dental implant surgery and restorative dentistry, Dr Brunner gained recognition

for having performed the best full-arch dental implant surgery. Dental implants are used to help replace a tooth or teeth that are missing, and Brighton Implant Clinic is one of the leading dental clinics for implants in the UK. Brighton Implant Clinic was established in 2009 in Hove, and now has branches in Brighton, Worthing and Hailsham.

Meet the Leaders: Creating a dance hub for the region In the first of a fortnightly series of Meet the Leaders features, we find out more about the people behind Brighton and Hove’s successful organisations. Jamie Watton is the CEO and artistic director of South East Dance, a leading arts organisation and registered charity, focused on developing dance both locally and as part of national and international networks. Tell us a bit about your approach to leadership. South East Dance works across many different sectors and has such a broad range of stakeholders from young dancers to private developers - so the word that comes to mind is ‘adaptable’. One of the things I love about being CEO is the diversity of people we connect with, all of whom respond to different approaches. However I guess my preferred style, probably related to my background as a choreographer, is collaborative. For me there is

their talent by working with guest teachers, dancers and industry experts. We are also working with Brighton Oasis Project, to support women and children affected by substance misuse through a two-year programme of free dance activity.

Jamie Watton, CEO of South East Dance

power in democracy, even if sometimes one person has to make the final decision there’s always more than one person driving an organisation. What does South East Dance bring to the Brighton community? We have just launched a fantastic new sixth form

course for student dancers across Sussex in partnership with the Brighton and Portslade Aldridge Community Academies. Our team is also coaching young dancers through our Centre for Advanced Training Brighton Satellite scheme. The programme allows children to develop

What does the future hold for your organisation? We have some really exciting and ground-breaking projects coming up. Right now we’re building a new creative home for dance in Brighton and Hove - The Dance Space. The much longed-for resource will enable us to bring dance to the forefront of the community, and to support local professional artists. A huge percentage of professional artists are based in the south east, but currently they lack the space to create, work and teach in the city. Our £3.5m project will provide that space and ensure we keep honing dance talent and creativity locally. To find out more, visit: southeastdance.org.uk

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Ten top tips for writing the winning pitch with Rob Da Costa, business coach and mentor

s a coach and previously, a marketer, I have sat through and presented my fair share of pitches. What amazes me is that many companies who pitch make the pitch about them rather than the client they are presenting to. To close any business deal we need to first build empathy, credibility and trust. In a pitch we do this by showing we understand the client’s market place and their offering, and then propose a sensible yet creative solution. Only then should we start talking about us, how great we are and who else we have worked for. So here are my top tips: 1. Read the brief carefully and don’t be afraid to go back to the

client and ask questions. 2. Remember business is about people – so make sure your personality comes through and be passionate. 3. Use the right language and lose the jargon – you are not impressing anyone with a load of technical jargon! Instead use plain English and impress your audience by showing you understand the client, their market and their challenges. 4. First impressions count – look the part. Dress to match the culture and style of their business. Be organised and calm. 5. Use examples of your success. 6. Talk up your unique selling points - these are your strengths and where you add value above the competition. 7. Anticipate common questions and prepare your answers. 8. Avoid answering the ‘can you give us a ball park figure on costings?’ My advice here is not to reveal your day rate or how much you think things will cost during a pitch. Simply say you’ll prepare a proposal with costings based on the outcome of the pitch. 9. Practise, practise and practise some more.

10. Get far away before discussing how the pitch went - don’t be tempted to discuss the pitch until you’re some distance away and out of earshot. So there are my top tips that if followed, will give you a greater chance to connect with the client and win the business. Happy pitching! Rob Da Costa is a business coach and mentor. He led a recent Brighton Chamber event on ‘Ensuring that you win your pitch’. For help with pitching see www.dacostacoaching.co.uk To see upcoming Brighton Chamber Bite-sized Learning sessions see www. brightonchamber.org.uk/events

Hotel costs rise due to visitor demand Demand has seen city’s hotel prices increase more than London. On average an overnight stay in Brighton cost £94 in 2015, up seven per cent year on year – compared to the national average of four per cent. In the same time frame London and Edinburgh have decreased by one and two per cent respectively. Brighton’srisematchedthat of Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds, while Bristol and Cardiff saw the biggest increases in the UK’s top ten destinations list issued by Hotels.com. Isabelle Pinson, who works in marketing for the Hotels. com brand, said: “Last year was a fantastic year for visitors to the UK thanks to its thriving culture and abundance of international sporting events. “Although we have seen a slight increase in the average room rate, prices paid by consumers are still great value overall.” Despite the national increase, 32 of the 40 most popular UK destinations averaged £100 or less a night in 2015.

Along with Brighton, the Isle of Wight (£79), the Lake District (£91) and the Cotswolds (£100) fell into this category. Nationally events such as the Rugby World Cup in the autumn were cited as having playedapart,aswellas ‘worldclass tourist attractions and wonderful landscapes’, in the tourism influx – something echoed by Visit Britain data. Locally this supports the trend revealed in a study commissioned by Brighton and Hove City Council and undertaken by Tourism South East. It showed that ‘despite the national and regional picture showing a drop in the volume and value of domestic overnight trips’, East Sussex was more variable. Trips by overseas visitors to Brighton & Hove, in particular, showed strong growth increasing by 6.6 per cent in 2014 compared to 2013 – totalling an estimated 4,926,000 visitor nights. Spending was also up, by 4.8 per cent, seeing staying visitors spend £518.3 million on their trip, up by 4.8 per cent compared to 2013.

Work fair to help the homeless secure a job, skills and training

Permission sought for signage plans at new seafront attraction

An event has been organised to help people living in specialist supported housing to prepare for the world of work. The ‘Getting Ready for Work’ fair has been organised by members of Brighton and Hove City Council’s work and learning group. The fair will allow people to meet and chat to a wide range of local organisations, and find out what is available to help them access work experience and training. There will be representatives and stalls fromawiderangeofproviders including Albion in the Community, Job Centre Plus, National Careers Service, City College Brighton and Hove, Swim UK and NACRO, a social justice charity. The event will take place at 11am on Thursday (April 7), at Friends Meeting House in Ship Street, Brighton. Rachel Ballard from Brighton YMCA said: “It’s

The British Airways i360 has submitted its plans for signage at the attraction to Brighton and Hove City Council. The proposed signage will include one sign above the front entrance on Kings Road and another sign above the entrance to the beach building. In addition, flags with branding will fly on top of each of the 1866 West Pier Toll Booths, which will return as a pair as part of the development. Advertising consent is required for any roadside signs or branded flags in the city. The lighting scheme, due to be revealed later this spring when the lights are switched on for the first time, will also reflect the British Airways sponsorship. Eleanor Harris, chief executive of British Airways i360, said: “Like all other venues in the city including historic buildings, we

an excellent opportunity for clients to find their own opportunities and resources. It’s also a great chance for support workers to find out about what is available locally. “There will be stalls and one-to-one support for clients interested in gaining skills for work. The event is designed to work well for people who just want to find out what’s available as well as those who want to sign up to courses, programmes and activities on the day. Bernadette Lynch from housing and homeless charity, the Brighton Housing Trust, said: “The event will be relaxed and informal. There is nothing else like this in the city and it’s a great opportunity for clients to get involved in work and learning. “Helping people to know what is available and to help them build their confidence are important first steps on the journey to employment.

The event is supported Brighton Housing Trust’s ‘Accommodation for Work’ project. This project aims to help homeless people off the streets and into employment and independent, secure accommodation. Each resident has a mentor, who works with them to develop an individual employment plan which focuses on skills, training requirements and employment goals. Those attending this week’s work fair will also receive free bus tickets from Brighton and Hove City Council’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16. For more information on the event, contact Rachel Ballard on 01273 675678, or email rachel.ballard@ brightonymca.co.uk Alternatively contact Bernadette Lynch on 01273 645477 or email Bernadette. lynch@bht.org.uk

What the signage at the i360 site will look like, if approved

will have our name on the entrance so that visitors to the city know who we are. Our branding is very similar to that of our neighbour, The Grand, with our name visible above our entrance and branded flags flying. We have been sensitive to the Grade I listed site as well as the simplicity and beauty of

the attraction’s design; and the material being used for the road sign will be brushed metal which will be gently lit at night.” Graffiti Design, a signage company based in Heathfield, will be creating the proposed signs. The British Airways i360 is set to open this summer.

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Festival unveils the city’s most talented artists and makers A glimpse at what to expect at this year’s packed Artists’ Open Houses programme Bex Bastable

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Artists in Brighton and Hove are to open their homes to showcase their work throughout May – and this year’s festival is as eclectic as ever. With 1,500 artists and makers exhibiting their work in 200 homes and venues across the city, visitors can expect a knitted pantry, a room transformed into a magical garden by a street artist, a former hotel graced by the likes of Cary Grant and Bette Davis, and a miniature cinema, gallery and pop-up shop inside a motorhome. Launching on Saturday, April 30, for five weeks, the houses are grouped into one of 14 trails around different areas of the city – from the fishermen’shousesofHanover to the urban warehouse spaces of the North Laine and cottages of the South Downs village of Ditchling. With 200,000 visitors last year, and 60 new artists on board this year, it’s set to be the busiest Open Houses event yet. Judy Stevens, festival director, said: “Brighton and Hove is an incredibly creative city with a wealth of talent. The festival is a fantastic platform for artists and makers and it’s a testament to its success that so many of all ages and at all stages of their careers choose to take part.” Ceramicist Marion Brandis has been announced as the 2016 brochure cover artist, beating more than 180 other artists to the coveted title. Ms Brandis will be exhibiting her work at The Old Market, Hove. The exhibition opens on April

Brighton and Hove is an incredibly creative city with a wealth of talent JUDY STEVENS Artists’ Open Houses festival director 14 and runs until the end of May. Other highlights include Kate’s Pantry, where artist Kate Jenkins will create a knitted and crocheted installation of a kitchen pantry, filled with all the basic store-cupboard essentials, all made from wit and wool. Award-winning Sussexbased street artist, Hannah Adamaszek is to transform My Brighton’s Mercury Room into a magical garden. The curved walls will be populated with trees, plants and forest creatures. The venue, My Hotel at 17 Jubilee Street, will also host workshops and talks from Friends of the Earth as well as environment-themed family events. Dreamliner Arts Club, a group of recentlygraduated artists, makers and filmmakers will exhibit together inside a motorhome at Buckingham Road. The space has been transformed into an immersive miniature cinema, gallery and popup shop, exhibiting films

and animation, crafts, 3D and sculpture, textiles and illustration. SEAS, at 2 Steine Gardens, will be a space for socially and politically engaged art. This venue will be dedicated to issues of social justice and inequality; gender and sexuality; immigration refugees and multiculturalism; housing and homelessness. The exhibitions will include prints, drawings, paintings, photography, agitprops, installations and short films, workshops and talks. A former hotel, which once attracted Hollywood stars such as Bette Davis and Cary Grant, will be the stage for puppetry,theatricalpaintings, illustration and sumptuous textiles, at this year’s festival. Built in 1929 from 15th century tithe barns, 26 Tudor Close in Rottingdean, was built to look completely Tudor, so it makes for an interesting setting to showcase art. The Big Forest Emporium, at 56 Chester Terrace will give Benjamin Rowling and Michael Craven the chance to show off their Edwardian shop of delights, with felt dogs and animals, finger puppets, and a collection of narrative folk art dolls. AYMER Arts in Hove will showcase work from over 30 artists including ceramicist Ken Eardley, textile designer Jo Cranson, jeweller Emma Stanton and Rarebit Design ceramics and paper art. The Dog Show, at 33 Sillwood Road, will exhibit 200 pieces on ‘dog art’, and visitors can bring along their dogs for a pre-booked portrait by Sally Muir on May 17. For the full listings, visit: www.aoh.org.uk

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The New Immortals exhibition at the Phoenix Gallery concluded last month after a series of interdisciplinary events involving local artists and thinkers, including academics from the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Curated by Judith Alder of Eastbourne’s Blue Monkey Network, the exhibition ran throughout the month of March and featured the work of ten artists on the theme: ‘exploring immortality in an age of scientific miracles’. Works included etchings from Brighton-based artist Angela Smith; Fleur Alston’s mandala-like ‘17 Species of Lichen’; Guyan Porter’s intact Neanderthal skull; and Judith Alder’s video installation ‘In Praise of Renewal’ (featuring the Brighton Festival Chorus). The Phoenix Gallery also hosted the book launch for ‘The Prospect of Immortality’,

Murray Ballard’s six-year photographicstudyofcryonic freezing facilities in locations as diverse as Arizona, France and Peacehaven; selections from which were shown at the exhibition. With The New Immortals, the Phoenix exhibition space became a seamless wander through Judith Alder’s furnished installations of antique cabinets and etchings allthewaytothedisembodied human of Duncan Poulton’s video-tribute to the hyperreal, ‘No Body’. Bridging the gap between vintage and digital was Cat Ingram’s installation ‘Wild Tales and Hard Science’; a collage of dated furniture and paraphernalia from such transhumanist pioneers as Aubrey De Grey and Ray Kurzweil – resembling somethingofanunderground hideout for science guerrillas. Judith Alder’s two-year research project for The New Immortals intended from the start to bring the arts and humanities into the scientific

and ethical discussion of immortality. She said: “My purpose with The New Immortals events series was, above all, to provide opportunities for artists, scientists and members of the public to have meaningful conversations about some of the subjects touched upon in the exhibition. I’m interested in the role of art as a means of exploring complex issues, and the events programme brought together people from a very wide range of backgrounds to talk about some of the issues that are important to them.” Through her salons, conferences and workshops, Judith Alder succeeded in bringing the discourse of science into the creative space; enabling participants to speak from the heart of the human experience, without the imagined barriers between ‘artistic’ and ‘academic’ disciplines. The bar was set high from the beginning, with the

involvement of Professor Matteo Sattin from the University of Brighton’s Centre for Regenerative Medicine. Scientists from the centre hosted the The New Immortals’firsttwo‘Saturday Labs’, introducing cuttingedge advances in biomedical science to members of the public. The highlight of the month was ‘Exploring Immortality: Science, Art and Humanities in Conversation’ - a full-day symposium co-organised by Judith Alder and Professor Bobbie Farsides of Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The Brighton and Sussex Medical School continue to run regular events on this model – for updates visit: bsms.ac.uk For Judith Alder’s latest projects follow @Judith Alder 23 and @The NewImmortals on Twitter. For Brighton arts and culture - with a special focus on mixed media arts and interdisciplinary frontiers - follow @MsEYates and @CoCreationism

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Bramley trees were first grown by Mary Ann Brailsford in Southwell , Nottinghamshire, England during 1809. During 1846 the cottage and garden were bought by the local butcher and while he resided there Henry Merryweather took cuttings from the tree and asked if he could sell the apples hence the name Bramley after Matthew Bramley the cottage owner. This tree unfortunately was blown down in 1900 but survived and still bears fruit today. Bramley apples were a useful source of food during the First World War. Bramleys are picked during August and September and then cold stored and mainly grown in the South East, Midlands and Northern Ireland. During the Queens Golden Jubilee the Bramley was selected by the tree wardens council to mark the event. The Bramley was nicknamed “The King of Covent Garden” and still is today with New Covent Garden Market because the

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YES Sat 7 May

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THE AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD Fri 21 Oct

CHINESE STATE CIRCUS Sat 5 Nov

THE STYLISTICS Fri 18 Nov

PROFESSOR BRIAN COX Sat 19 Nov

DEACON BLUE Sun 20 Nov

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Fri 9 Dec

The Great Escape Festival has revealed another 100-plus artists who are set to join the 2016 line-up. Over three days – May 19-21 – more than 450 performers will transform Brighton into a hotbed of undiscovered talent and live music. The artists recently revealed to perform include Barns Courtney and London underground rock trio Beasts who will be storming the stage, having been championed by Zane Lowe and Daniel P Carter. On the wave of his recent debut album Luneworks, MMOTHS’ ethereal electronic

productions should captivate festivalgoers. Making his second appearance at the festival is South London MC Loyle Carner, whose emphatic hip hop beats and intimate lyrics have been making waves in the UK rap scene. Effortlessly fusing funk, jazz and pop, soul songstress Izzy Bizu will also be making her return, as well as PMR Records’ latest recruit, producer SG Lewis, who will be bringing his laid back dance beats to Brighton. Alternative Scottish duo Man of Moon will bring a fusion of space rock and haunting vocals to the mix, while Thomas Cohen will debut his forthcoming album, Bloom Forever. Continuing the festivals’s ethos of discovery The Late

Escape will put a focus on the electronic and dance world and team up with Ninja Tunes who are bringing a heavy hitting line-up of artists, including RnB producer and DJ Throwing Shade. Other artists coming to the festival include: grime star MC Stormzy, Newham rapper J Hus, hip-hop collective WSTRN, RnB trio M.O, Brighton four-piece Black Honey and singersongwriter Shura. And smooth crooner Craig David is back with his exciting new DJ project TS5. Influenced by his Miami penthouse sessions, fans can expect a mix of old-school anthems, garage, bashment and glossy vocals. Visit greatescapefestival. com to find out more.

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Jackie The Musical will visit Theatre Royal Brighton from April 5-9. Once there was a time with no mobile phones, no apps, no texting, no emails and no twitter. Teenage girls waited with bated breath by the letterbox for their weekly issue of Jackie Magazine. Jackie accompanied millions of girls through

their teenage years in the ’70s and ’80s, years of boy trouble, ironing hair and problem solving from resident agony aunts, Cathy and Claire. Jackie The Musical revisits those heady days, and tells the story of a 50-something divorcée who revisits her stash of Jackie magazines for the same reason she first read them nearly 40 years ago: advice on how best to navigate the opposite sex.

The quizzes, the fashion tips, the ‘do’s and don’ts on a first date’ and, above all, the Cathy and Claire problem pages are all devoured eagerly by Jackie as she revisits the dizzy world of the teen bible. With her ex and a handsome new guy both on the scene, the valuable lessons she learnt as a girl begin to influence her future. Call 0844 871 7650 for tickets.

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Haywards Heath-based producer Jef Hanlon concedes you won’t get to troop outside to stare upwards at an impromptu roof-top concert. But in every other respect, you will get the full effect of The Beatles’ celebrated Abbey Road Studios recordings when The Sessions starts an 11-date tour following its soldout world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall. The tour takes in the Brighton Centre on April 6. Set in a state-of-theart reproduction of the iconic Abbey Road Studio 2, The Sessions will stage musically-spectacular new live renditions of the timeless albums recorded there by The Beatles in an evening which is part blockbuster stage show, part access-all-areas musical documentary, an authentic voyage through events that shaped popular music history.

Inspired by Here, There and Everywhere, the memoir of the show’s creative consultant and Grammy-winning former Abbey Road sound engineer Geoff Emerick, The Sessions will be the closest an audience can get to experiencing The Beatles live and at the height of their glory, Jef and the team promise. No fewer than 45 people will take the stage. The seven vocalists will comprise two ‘Johns’ two ‘Pauls’ two ‘Georges’ and one ‘Ringo’ in order to recreate the albums’ (until now) inimitable vocal harmonies. A further seven musicians will use historically accurate instruments to recapture the Beatles’ multiinstrumentalism. Meanwhile, a 21-piece orchestra will use the exact musical arrangements of the originals; and eight studio technicians will help relive the Eureka moments that created The Beatles’ sound and changed recorded music forever. It needed a special show to lure Jef out of retirement,

and this is it: “I was in central London for 40 years, and my wife and I ran my business from there. But in the mid2000s I bought a house just outside Haywards Heath and finally retired in 2012. And then Stig (Edgren, the show’s executive producer) persuaded me to go back in with this. I was just absolutely taken with the project, which I had been aware of him developing for a few years. I worked with him doing the Virtual Elvis tour, with Elvis on the big screen, and we became good friends. I just got sucked into it. Having been mostly a promoter all my working life, I did a viability study of the show, and it was clear it was totally groundbreaking and mind-blowing.” Each of the albums recorded at Abbey Road will become a ‘Suite’ all of which form part of The Sessions’ definitive Beatles Overture, driving the true story of how they made the records that shaped the next half century of popular music and culture.

Lots of love for 20-year-old star of the future, Dua Lipa Review by Nick Linazasoro

Dua Lipa, Hope & Ruin, Brighton This week your trusty Brighton & Hove Independent was going to bring you a review of the highly anticipated DIIV gig at the Concorde 2 on Bank Holiday Monday. But the concert was postponed. Fingers crossed this will take place in the near future. Instead, we’re bringing you a gem that we’ve been holding up our sleeves for a little while now. It’s a review of the Dua Lipa nine-track performance at the Hope and Ruin. Not heard of Dua Lipa yet? Well, I suspect that you’ve heard at least one of her songs. Yes, Dua Lipa is, in fact, a 20-year-old English-Albanian singer/ model and not an indie band. You know that rather clever Vauxhall Corsa that parks itself in the TV advert? The music is a track entitled ‘Be The One’ by said young lady. The word ‘dua’ means ‘love’ in Albanian and judging by the intimate crowd’s reaction to her debut Brighton gig, ‘love’

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was freely flowing from the punters towards her set. It looks pretty certain that Miss Lipa will become one of the best new artists this year. The BBC would concur as they recently had her performing in the Live Lounge and they shortlisted her for the critics’ prestigious Sound of 2016. Although she didn’t win, with her silky soul meets hip-hop meets dark pop sound, she has been signed to Warner Bros records. So there will be a hefty clout behind her bid for chart/ catwalk stardom when she releases her debut album later this year. So far she has only released three singles (and

their remixes), namely her Whitney Houston styled debut, ‘New Love’, in August last year, then in October ‘Be The One’ (which her official video has had in excess of an awesome 17 million views on YouTube). This February saw the unleashing of the Talay Riley (Timbaland collaborator) co-penned ‘Last Dance’, all of which she performed tonight along with six as-yet unreleased gems. Tonight she strolled from side to side on the cosy stage in a feline ‘cat on the prowl manner’ wearing her trademark tiara, jacket, trousers and rather high black boots, while her two young male keyboard players quietly went about their business. It’s fair to say that she gave the air of being totally in control. The crowd, a mixed bunch, were at her mercy and the star-of-the-future could do no wrong. The tracks performed tonight were ‘Bad Together’, ‘Want To’, ‘Hotter Than Hell’, ‘New Love’, ‘Running’, ‘Thinkin’ ‘Bout You’, ‘Good Times’, ‘Last Dance’ and the legendary ‘Be The One’. To find out more about Dua Lipa visit www.dualipa. com.

The multi-million-pound production is set in a replica of the Abbey Road studio, designed and made by Stufish, the entertainment architects behind set designs for live shows, including The Rolling Stones and AC/DC. The arena show will place the audience around three sides of the ‘studio’, with venue capacities limited to place the audience at eyelevel with the performers and maintain the fly-on-the-wall intimacy of the piece. “We wanted to be as true to the original process as possible. All instrumentation, arrangements and vocals will be performed identically to the original recordings. There will even be seven singers to recreate the multi-tracked vocals pioneered by The Beatles. This show does not seek to be a look-a-like show, but rather a sound-a-like, with the singers being the best Beatles imitators in the world.” Tickets cost £40-47.50. Call 0844 8471515.

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The Listings COMEDY KRATER COMEDY CLUB: Until April 3, 7pm/8pm/10.30pm, £5-£36.50, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Awardwinning comedy with top international and UK comedians. CONCERTS LUNCHTIME CONCERT: 12.30pm1.15pm (doors 12.15pm), Brighton Unitarian Church, New Road, 01273 696022. Baritone Crispin Lewis and pianist Raymond Lewis give a recital of great English art songs from the 20th century. Tickets £3.50 on the door. GIGS LATEST HOUSE PARTY: £5-£6, 9pm Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton, 01273 687171. Marble Buffalo, The Lanes, Escapades, Vellocet, Paul Murray and DJ Mik Hanscomb. PVRIS: 7pm, £12, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. PVRIS is an

American post hardcore rock band from Lowell, Massachusetts.

STAGE FLATPACK: £6.50-£8.50, 11am until April 3 Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Fun-filled family show inspired by Buster Keaton. INTO THE WEST: £10, 7.30pm plus 2.30pm/7pm April 2 Brighton Dome, 01273 709709. A Travelling Light production. MY DEAR MISS TERRY: £10 (£8 concessions), 2.30pm and 7.30pm, Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, 01273 725230. A celebration of the love letters between literary genius George Bernard Shaw and actress Dame Ellen Terry.

SATURDAY GIGS CHRISTY MOORE: £34, 7pm, Brighton Dome, 01273 709709. GATHERING FOR GARY: £20, 7pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton, 01273 687171.

Eric Bell, Back to Front, Dizzy Lizzy, Patricia Moore and Bruse. HAZEL O’CONNOR: 7pm, £20, The Old Market, Hove, 01273 201 801. Join Hazel O’Connor for a sumptuous evening of some of the greatest songs of the 20th century I LOVE THE GAY ’80S: £10, 8pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Presented by Pout. MISTY IN ROOTS: 7pm, £14.50, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. With a career spanning four decades, Misty in Roots are one of England’s finest reggae groups. THE WHOLLS: 9pm, £4, The Hope and Ruin, Queens Road, 01273 325793.

STAGE CRAFT FAIR: Brighton Unitarian Church, New Road, 01273 696022. Amazing April Craft Fair, hosted by Wild Strawberry Events. 11am-5pm. IRISH DANCE SPECTACULAR: £20, 8pm, Brighton Centre, 0844 8471515. Presented by The World Irish Dance Association.

SUNDAY COMEDY BENT DOUBLE: £5-£12, 7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Stephen Bailey, MC Zoe Lyons, Dana Alexander and Juliet Meyers. CONCERTS SOUL OF THE CITY CHOIR: 6.30pm, £8.50, The Old Market, Hove, 01273 201 801. Brighton’s Soul of the City Choir is back, singing a fantastic set list, including James Bay, A-Ha and Lorde. GIGS THE PHARCYDE: 20th Anniversary Tour of Labcabincalifornia. 7.30pm, £16.50, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. STAGE RUSTY SHACKLE: Family Ents present Rusty Shackle at The Prince Albert, Brighton, 7.30pm, £7. Call 01273 730499 or visit myspace.com/ theprincealbert.

SING-A-LONG-A-JULIE ANDREWS: Performances 4pm/5pm, Brighton Dome, 01273 709709. Lorraine Bowen workshops, 11am-4pm.

MONDAY GIGS SUNSET SONS: 7.30pm, £12, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. Sunset Sons are a four-piece UK and Australian rock/indie band, based the south west of France TRUE HEIGHTS: £4-£5, 7pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, 01273 687171. Years Young, Come The Spring, Crossfire, Turbo Lovers and Idle Crooks and Englishmen. STAGE A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: 8pm, £12, The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, 01273 201 801. Presented by ACT.

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STAGE DEALER’S CHOICE: £15.30-£17, 7.45pm, until April 16 (Sat/Sun mat 2pm), The Emporium, 88 London Road, Brighton, www.emporiumbrighton.com Directed by Patric Kearns. JACKIE THE MUSICAL: £14-£16.90, 7.45pm, until April 9 (Thurs/Sat mat 2.30pm), Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650. Packed with ’70s hits, starring Janet Dibley.

WEDNESDAY COMEDY CARING FOR KIAN: 7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Comedy Fundraiser with Zoe Lyons, Romesh Ranganath-

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GIGS DISCIPLES: 7.30pm, £10, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. Disciples are a trio of producers/ DJs from London who are hot of the back of touring America and Canada. JW-JONES BAND: £8-£10, 7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. THE SESSIONS: £40-£47.50, 8pm Brighton Centre, 0844 8471515. A live re-staging of The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios. OTHER ART: Autism-friendly creative arts classes. New classes for adults start on April 6 and 7. Wednesdays, 3.30pm-5.30pm, animation with Rosy and Lucy or textiles with Darren. Thursdays 3.30pm-4.30pm, drumming with Tom or guitar and piano with Mark and Martyn. £5 per week at Autism Sussex Carlton Centre, Carlton Hill, Brighton. Email

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THURSDAY GIGS MODERAT: £20, 7.30pm, Brighton Dome, 01273 709709. Plus support. Moderat is an electronic music project that originated in Berlin, Germany. ROBBIE SKITMORE AND THE SPANISH HARLEM INCIDENT: £3, 7.30pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton, 01273 687171. With Sand Rabbit and Mike Newsham.

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Judy Garland makes her explosive London comeback (in Brighton) in a new emotionally charged play. End of the Rainbow, starring Lisa Maxwell, is at the Theatre Royal Brighton until Saturday, April 2. The production finds the once-glittering star

confronting her new fiancé, her devoted accompanist, and her own demons. It features Garland’s most memorable songs, including ‘The Man That Got Away’, ‘Come Rain Or Come Shine’ and ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’. Visit www.atgtickets.com/ brighton or call 0844 871 7650.

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DOUBLE CROSSWORD: SUDOKU: Cryptic: Across: 1 Running-board; 7 Steam; 8 Tenon; 9 Oft; 10 Stop press; 11 Employ; 12 Retard; 15 Shorthand; 17 Lid; 18 Grind; 19 Start; 21 Prayer-wheels. Down: 1 Radio message; 2 Ire; 3 Gambol; 4 Outspread; 5 Rinse; 6 Onesidedness; 7 Set up; 10 Sports day; 13 Allot; 14 Raiser; 16 Osier; 20 Ash. Quick: Across: 1 Protuberance; 7 Spent; 8 Recur; 9 One; 10 Senseless; 11 Defame; 12 Mentor; 15 Recollect; 17 Tip; 18 Train; 19 Terse; 21 Interruption. Down: 1 Preponderate; 2 Use; 3 Extend; 4 Agreement; 5 Cache; 6 Proscription; 7 Shelf; 10 Semblance; 13 Title; 14 Jester; 16 Chain; 20 Rap.

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

23 9

6 8

9 3 4 5

12 10

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SUDOKU: CLOCKWORD: 1 Buried, 2 Amused, 3 Rotted, 4 Ripped, 5 Yawned, 6 Method, 3 4 1 9 7 Ascend, 8 Nursed, 9 Impend, 5 8 7 4 10 Lunged, 11 Orchid, 12 Wizard. 2 9 6 5

NINER: FLAVOURED

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

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

14 8

2 12

12 14

18 8

CELEBRITY: Barry Manilow.

SUDOKU

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

(5,8) 3. Submit (5)

10. Succeed (7)

NINER 5

1. Gaiety (6)

23 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

13. In the

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

1. Front view (6)

9. Safe (3,2,5,3)

beginning (5)

are made (5)

loses line at the

alliance (6)

fisherman who

Down

KAKURO

Plump Disgust Earth Jubilant Hurried Protect

8. Indignation of a

as terrible threats

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

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

Across

formation (6)

guest to form

CLOCKWORD

Quick Clues:

monarch in

loose cash (6)

tuft (6)

How you rate: 6 words, average; 9 words, good; 12 words, very good; 15 or more, excellent.

no reason (4,2,7) 7. Graduate and

acknowledgement 15. In favour of healthy gain (6) of entry without

22. Steals hanging

a ban (7) 6. Take any

circumstances,

hook - the

anaesthetic (5) 5. Keep away - it’s

come to a halt for

more (5)

as a game (6,7) 3. Three for

measure, yet

11. A 15 once

2. Suppress moneygrabbing schemes

9. Hyenas on the

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

the law and roll in the mud (6)

for release of

WORDWHEEL

1. Mean to back up

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A D

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C H E L K

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3 9 5 4 8 2

2 1 8 7 6 3

8 1 7 9 3 6 2 5 4

6 3 8 1 7 2 9 4 5

7 2 4 5 8 9 3 1 6

5 9 1 4 6 3 8 2 7

SPLIT DECISION:

KAKURO: 2 1 8 9 5 4 6 4 2 5 8 5 3 1 3 8 9 7 1 4 9 1 5 9 3

8 4 1 6 7 9

2 6 3 7 5 4 1 9 8

P 3 4 8 6 9 7 5 2 1

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

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Food and Drink

By Tom Flint

A confident image that needs be backed by more substance

By Philippa Kelly brightonbakery@yahoo.co.uk

Brighton Bakery

100% VEGAN

No.32

32 Duke Street Brighton, BN1 1AG 01273 773388

Gastronomic Gallic tales of yesteryear

here are many things that people love about Brighton and with good reason. One of these is that people feel that they can be whoever they want without being judged. This ability to freely express one’s identity without fear of persecution is a fantastic thing; and something that many of us have taken advantage of throughout our lives. Eventually we tend to settle on something that is an amalgamation of each of the stages we have gone through that we feel comfortable with. For you and I to have a number of different aspects of our personality is A solid steak tartare to start a good thing. But does this multiplicity of identities, however, work in a of fish and sweet shallots, although the restaurant? wasabi cream could have been punchier. ‘No 32’ is venue that is not content After what was a fairly decent start we with being a restaurant, bar or night were then presented with our mains. club – it wants to be all three. My cod dish looked the part with a Located in what was previously very generous portion of fish that was Havana’s, the inside of the building is lovely and opaque with a decent crust. vast. The main issue with it was the There are booths around the side overpowering taste of salt – and I am a leaving a large central area empty, fan of salt. presumably for dancing, with a second Unfortunately the sweet mussels and bar and further seating to the rear. buttery potatoes were lost and the dish As a restaurant, given that was my needed a sharp citrus tang to lift it. reason to visit, the space does not quite The chicken burger went down well work. with the obligatory toasted brioche bun It lacks any real atmosphere and the and pleasingly rustic looking chips. empty space makes it feel a bit cold. My companion was pleased with his When it comes to the menu there are choice and said it was one of the best a couple of options; the ‘32 Street Casual’ dishes he had tried in a while. is intended as a less formal lunch or To finish we went for the passion fruit brunch menu; the ‘32 Grill’ menu is the cheesecake (£6.50) and strawberry trifle more serious evening menu with dishes (£7). such as steak and lobster on offer. On a menu that includes dessert Each of the menus has a focus mainly wines I was expecting some decent on burgers, grills and salads. puddings; unfortunately what we got My initial impressions are that there would not have looked out of place in a are a little too many options and some T.G.I Fridays. of them are at odds with one another; The cheesecake was a disaster. having a £45 steak on a menu which also Consisting mainly of a flapjack thick includes smoothies and milkshakes did base, with a slither of flavourless not sit well with me. I decide on the steak tartare (£8.50) to start followed by roast cod with mussels, chorizo, new potatoes and samphire (£17) for main. My friend plumps for cured salmon with wasabi cream, shallot rings and watercress (£7) followed by a chicken burger (£9) from the casual menu. The starters arrive and both are well presented and look appetising. My tartare is a decent example with tender meat and a gentle mustard and black pepper heat. The crunch of pickles adds additional texture and the egg yolk is rich although lacking in size. The salmon starter was also a solid Crisp cod but ultimately and over-salted plate~1 plate of food with a generous amount

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O cheesecake and passion fruit topping it reminded me of something I might have eaten in school. The enormous trifle was not much better; it had been rammed into a glass with little thought or consideration of how the different elements could be identified. The less said about the desserts the better. No 32 is a venue that projects a confident image and appears very popular if social media is to be believed. As a bar or nightclub I expect that it does very well, however, as a restaurant it does not work. I expect that they would probably do well as a lunch/brunch spot but it cannot compete with other restaurants in the area in terms of serious dining. Add to this that it is not cheap – there is an £18 truffle burger and aforementioned £45 steak on the menu – this city centre eatery lacks the quality to stand out in Brighton’s burgeoning restaurant scene.) Tom Flint writes a food blog Food Booze and Reviews at: www. foodboozeandreviews.com

nce upon a time in a land très très far away... More precisely, let’s start one hundred miles south of Paris, France, in Lamotte-Beuvron. It’s 1880 and we’re in a hotel run by two sisters. They’re not ugly. I mean, we’re doing a Cinderella thing here, but they’re not ugly. It’s like they’re both Cinderella, they just happen to be sisters. It’s rural France in 1880 though, so they probably were kind of rough, but anyway, it’s all relative. Stéphanie and Caroline toiled away in their little hotel, hoping to be invited to Prince Charming’s Birthday Ball. You see, Charming needed to find his perfect match, and the princesses just weren’t cutting it, so he trawled through Tinder, swallowed his pride on Squirt.org, and stuck his rod out for Plenty Of Fish, but it was all to no avail. The luckless, loveless Prince needed to throw a party. C’est la vie. Stéphanie was often tasked with the majority of the cooking, and in her haste to be ready on time for Charming’s soirée, she screwed up the dessert. Sacre bleu. In an attempt to rescue her apple pie, which she could smell was burning on the hob, she shoved some pastry on top and threw it in the oven. Stephanie’s upside-down apple pie went down a storm, so she was all “non, je ne regrette rien” about it, and Caroline was all “yeah, it’s got a certain je ne sais quoi”, but the sisters never made it to the Ball, because there wasn’t one. We made that bit up. Bof. The story of the apple pie is true though, and the sisters served their Tarte Solognote in their hotel in the Sologne region until their ends of days. It was the epicurean and author Curnonsky who named the pie after the sisters, and it is by this name that we know it today - Tarte Tatin. Back in the day, the apples used were Reine des Reinettes and Calville. These days, we use the slightly less fancy sounding Granny Smiths or Golden Delicious. Comme çi, comme ça. Either puff or shortcrust is fine, and the only stipulation by which you simply must abide is that when saying Tarte Tatin, you need to use your very best, and therefore most embarrassing French accent. Let’s practice together: Tarte Tatin. That was terrible - you sounded weird.

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COINS AND STAMPS wanted by local collector. Top cash price paid Tel Geoff 01243 936343. BOUYANCY jacket ladies, black/purple, new MAPEX DRUM KIT L/XL zip front, £18. excellent condition £150. Shoreham 07552066045 Herstmonceux Tel 01323 832195. SNOOKER cue in carry case £5. 01243 536897

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RUCKSACK as new. £8. Tel 01273 516594.

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WEDDING WEAR PALE PINK bridesmaid/prom full length bandeau top waisted with shawl. Size 6 New £170 Sell £35 Tel 01293 403578

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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 NOTICE OF VARIATION OF CHARGES FOR ON-STREET PARKING (TRO-7-2016) NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton and Hove City Council will on 1st May 2016, under section 46A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended), increase the charges for some of the types of pay and display parking identified in the schedules to the Orders named below. For those charges that are being changed, the current and new amounts are set out below, under the name of each of the relevant Orders: Brighton & Hove Various Controlled Parking Zones Consolidation Order 2015 1 hour £

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A copy of this Notice may be seen online at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/tro-proposals (TRO-7-2016) and also 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 10.00am - 5.00pm). Dated: 1st April 2016 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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GENERAL VACANCIES BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION & Assistant Local PROPERTY EXPERIENCED FOREMEN , Groundworkers and 360 drivers required for works all over Hampshire. We are based in Park Gate, Southampton. Long term contracts. Good rates of pay. Telephone John Reilly Civil Engineering Limited on 02380 626212. Must have a fully valid CSCS Card or CPCS Card. No agencies.

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GENERAL VACANCIES

Democratic Services Admin Officer

Land Charges Officer

Temporary (12 months) ● £16,969 - £18,376 pa (37 hours pw)

We are seeking a highly organized individual with a proven ability to adjust to changing priorities, and meet exacting deadlines. The person we are looking for will have proven customer service skills, good IT and keyboard skills and excellent attention to detail. Knowledge of Local Land Charges is not essential as we will provide you with the necessary training - we are looking for people who are flexible and able to continually prioritize a variety of tasks in order to deliver a fast and efficient service to the legal profession. You will be required to work under pressure in a small but supportive team, and whilst the job is demanding, it is also rewarding, delivering an important service to the public and helping to make the purchase of their new home or property as smooth and stress free as possible. We are situated in a glorious part of the country and along with this real career opportunity, we offer free staff parking, subsidised gym membership for you and your family, a childcare voucher scheme, mutually agreeable flexible working arrangements, both a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement and financial loan support for rail fare costs. You will find fuller details about this role on our website at: www.midsussex.gov.uk > Working at MSDC. For an informal discussion contact Jacqui Steele on 01444 477235 (Wed-Fri). Close date for applications: 22nd April 2016. Interview date: 4th May 2016. Ref: EDEV985 Any job offer is subject to Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.

For a recruitment pack, apply online by visiting www.midsussex.gov.uk go to: Working at MSDC Alternatively email recruit@midsussex. gov.uk or call our Recruitment Hotline on 01444 477506 or write to Personnel Division, Mid Sussex District Council, Oaklands Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1SS. No CVs or agency applications

MSDC is an employer of fir st c hoice - valuing diver sity and equal oppor tunity

Salary: £19,048 to £23,698 pa

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Permanent, 37 hours pw

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be at the heart of the Council’s democratic process and help shape the way our Member Services develop in the future. You would be part of a small team responsible for the range of support provided to our elected Members - as itemised in our full job description online. The successful candidate will be self motivated, a creative and innovative problem solver, have a high level of literacy and numeracy, a good understanding of local government procedures and constitutional issues, be confident in using IT systems and also possess good interpersonal skills - as the job will involve frequent dealings with both Councillors and members of the public. Political sensitivity is essential and the post is politically restricted requiring that the postholder does not themselves engage in political activity or seek to hold public office. We are situated in a glorious part of the country and along with this real career opportunity, we offer free staff parking, subsidised gym membership for you and your family, a childcare voucher scheme, mutually agreeable flexible working arrangements, both a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement and financial loan support for rail fare costs. You will find fuller details about this role on our website at: www.midsussex.gov.uk > Working at MSDC. For an informal discussion please contact Terry Stanley on 01444 477415. Close date for applications: 5pm on 25 April 2016. Interview date:11 May 2016. Ref: RBPS010 Any job offer is subject to Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.

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I’d like to make home improvements There are many reasons why people choose to release equity from their home.

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They will let you know if it’s right for you and what impact it could have on the size of your estate or your entitlement to means-tested benefits, either now or in the future. Equity release may involve a lifetime mortgage or a home reversion plan. To understand the features and risks, ask for a personalised illustration.

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auction www.austingray.co.uk | auctions@austingray.co.uk

Denmark Terrace, Brighton

7th April 2016 2:30pm Clarendon Villas Church 21-23 Clarendon Villas, Hove BN3 3RE 18 LOTS Garage south of 30 Farm Road, Hove

Berwick Stores, Berwick

Guide price £175,000 - £185,000*

Guide price £100,000 - £110,000*

2 bedroom lower ground floor flat Let to a statutory tenant on a registered rent CASH BUYERS ONLY

Planning consent to create a detached 1 bedroom house

Substantial freehold detached village store with 3/4 bed flat, Car parking and pp for conversion into full residential

Lyminster Road, Littlehampton Guide price £80,000 - £90,000*

Ditchling Road, Brighton

Guide price £135,000 - £145,000*

Dyke Road, Brighton

Guide price £280,000 - £300,000*

Freehold 2 bedroom bungalow would probably only suit CASH BUYERS

Freehold retail investment currently let at £10,000pa

Freehold development site with planning consent for a 3 bedroom detached bungalow

Russell Square, Brighton

Brunswick Place, Hove

Southover Street, Brighton

Guide price £350,000 - £375,000*

Guide price £600,000 - £625,000*

Guide price £170,000 - £180,000*

Guide price £400,000 - £425,000*

Freehold residential investment arranged as large 4 storey maisonette and s/c 1 bed flat. Producing £31,392pa.

1 bedroom, second floor flat with new 125-year lease. One of 4 flats for sale in the building.

Extended 4 bed house let as a small HMO at £18,600pa. Sought after location.

High Street, Steyning

Guide price £500,000 - £550,000*

Cambridge Road, Hove

Guide price £140,000 - £150,000*

Sackville Road, Hove

Beautifully restored listed building with 2368 sqft house and small shop unit. Home and income opportunity.

Refurbished 1 bedroom flat in prime central location.

Freehold with refurbished shop unit and large 2 bedroom maisonette. Vacant possession.

Guide price £340,000 - £360,000*

*Guides are provided as an indication of each seller’s minimum expectations. They are not necessarily figures which a property will sell for and may change at any time prior to the auction. Each property will be offered subject to a Reserve (a figure below which the Auctioneer cannot sell the property during the auction) which we expect will be set within the Guide Range or no more than 10% above a single figure Guide.

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Friday, April 1, 2016

www.maslen.co.uk Open until 8pm every Thursday

NEW TO MARKET

GRANTHAM ROAD

REGENCY SQUARE

Guide Price £725,000 Freehold

£395,000 Leasehold

● Three double bedrooms

● NO ONWARD CHAIN, EPC E53.

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Call Fiveways Office 01273 566777

Call Hove Office 01273 321000

● Popular location ● Spacious accommodation

NEW TO MARKET

Courtyard garden High ceilings Plenty of character Excellent location EPC: D65.

NEW TO MARKET

CRESCENT DRIVE NORTH £499,950 Freehold A SPACIOUS, MODERN 4 BEDROOM, 3 RECEPTION ROOM DETACHED HOUSE....located on an elevated position in a sought after residential area. Fantastic views, landscaped gardens and an impressive private drive leading up the property providing off road parking for at least two cars. Other benefits included are the integral garage and a CHAIN FREE sale!. Exclusive to Maslen Estate Agents. Energy Rating D68.

Call Woodingdean Office 01273 278866

RICHMOND ROAD

WARNHAM RISE

£389,950 Freehold

£299,950 Freehold

● 2 bedroom 2 storey period house

● 3 bedroom semi detached house

● Roundhill Conservation area

● Lounge diner

● In need of modernising & updating

● Vacant possession, NO ONWARD CHAIN

● No onward chain. EPC D61.

● Potential to extend, EPC D67.

Call Lewes Road Office 01273 677001

Call Fiveways Office 01273 566777

“David Maslen Estate Agents - Experts in everything we do” NEW TO MARKET

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GLADSTONE PLACE

WOODLAND COURT

COWLEY DRIVE

SOUTH COAST ROAD

£285,000 Share Of Freehold

Price £270,000 Leasehold

Offers in excess of £260,000 Freehold

Offers in excess of £200,000 Leasehold

● Well presented split level maisonette

● Excellent condition throughout

● 2 Double bedrooms

● Single Parking Space

● 2 double bedrooms

● Residents parking

● Spacious Kitchen

● Close to Bus Stops

● Spacious lounge with feature fireplace

● Store room - C76

● Backs on to Farmland

● Contemporary Style Throughout

● Modern white bathroom suite. EPC D58.

● Communal grounds.

● EPC D64.

● CHAIN FREE EPC C69.

Call Lewes Road Office 01273 677001

Call Hove Office 01273 321000

Call Woodingdean Office 01273 278866

See all our current property listings at: www.maslen.co.uk LEWES ROAD 01273 677001 • WOODINGDEAN 01273 278866 • CHURCH ROAD 01273 321000 • FIVEWAYS 01273 566777

Friday, April 1, 2016

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Father’s Day treat at Beaulieu in June by staff reporter

www.worthingherald.co.uk/motors

For a treat on Father’s Day, get fired up at Beaulieu’s Hot Rod & Custom Drive-In Day on Sunday 19th June.

Celebrating the stylish and vibrant world of customised cars and bikes, this event will bring together hundreds of incredible, unique machines and showcase the live music and fashions of the custom scene. Morethan500custom,hot rod and American cars and

bikes are expected to drive into the Beaulieu grounds to take part in the colourful display, in association with classic American car club the SolentRenegades.Seeimmaculate custom cruisers parked alongside stripped-down hot rods,‘slammed’Statesideclassics and many more imaginative creations. With a multitude of two and three-wheeled machines taking part, there will be plenty for bike and trike fans too, from mega-powered machines to astonishing pedalpoweredmodels.Thepopular

custom bicycle club Crank Jesterswillreturntothe show with a mind-blowing display of custom bikes. For the first time this year, Daltons Transport will bring a collection of its lorries with amazing airbrush artwork. HotRod&CustomDrive-In Day appeals to varied motoringtastesandisagreatdayout for all the family. In tune with the era, Bows & Braces will create aVintage Village for the show with authentic clothes from the 1920s to the 1980s and nostalgic home decoration includingupcycled furni-

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MOTORINGNEWS

INSURERS LOOK TO TECH TO HELP LOWER PREMIUMS

Insurers are ‘focused’ on lowering premiums, specifically for cars that have on-board cameras or radar-based systems that can automatically prevent or mitigate some accidents. New research by Autoglass suggests that 90 per cent of car insurance providers ‘recognise’ the crash-preventing potentialofsuchsystems,and a separate study by Thatcham Research found that, on average, vehicles so equipped had premiums around 10 per cent lowerthanequivalentvehicles without them. Other key systems, according to insurers, include GPS trackers, so it can be proved where a driver was and how fast he or she was travelling, and localised driver alerts sent to the car over the internet to warn of accidents, speed cameras or bad weather. The majority (70 per cent) of companies want to take advantage of so-called ‘big data’

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– collating a large number of data threads on any single individual – in order to reduce fraud. At the same time, 43 per cent plan to use it to record data from cars at the point of

an accident, to settle claims with less effort. Four in 10 see the marketingpotentialinknowingmore about where their customers are going, how they are drivingandonwhatkindsofroads.

But 57 per cent of insurers say their current IT infrastructure is simply inadequate for such a large amount of data, and replacing it could be prohibitively expensive.

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RedBulljoinsAston hypercarproject British luxury brand Aston Martin and Formula One team Red Bull Racing have announced a partnership which sees Red Bull Racing’s chief technical officer, Adrian Newey and Aston Martin’s chief creative officer, Marek Reichman collaborate to produce a ground-breaking Aston Martin hypercar. Codenamed Project ‘AM-RB001’,thenewhypercar will blend cutting edge F1 technology with Aston Martin’s sports car design. The combined talents of Newey, widely noted as the most successful Formula Onedesignerofalltime,and Reichman, Aston Martin’s design chief since 2005, are likelytoproducesomething spectacular. Aston Martin CEO Dr Andy Palmer said: “Formula One offers the ultimate global stage to build wider awareness of the Aston Martin brand. However, thispartnershipwilldeliver even more than that when

the hypercar that Aston Martin and Adrian Newey are in the process of developing hits the road. “Between Q by Aston Martin Advanced, Red Bull AdvancedTechnologiesand project partner AF Racing AG, we are going to create a car that will excite and stir the imaginations of the car designers of the future and a global audience of sports car enthusiasts.”

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£17,018.00 £38,302.00 37 months 6.9% APR 6.72%

*The model pictured is a Discovery Sport SE Tech with optional extras of Xenon pack (£950) and metallic paint (£600) at an On the Road price of £35,445. Caffyns Land Rover is a trading style of Caffyns Plc who is acting as a credit broker and not a lender.

Official Fuel Consumption Figures for the Discovery Sport range in mpg (l/100km): Urban 44.1 (6.4) – 50.4 (5.6), Extra Urban 60.1 (4.7) – 62.8 (4.5), Combined 53.3 (5.3) – 57.7 (4.9). CO 2 emissions 139 – 129 g/km. The figures provided are as a result of official manufacturer’s tests in accordance with EU legislation. A vehicle’s actual fuel consumption may differ from that achieved in such tests and these figures are for comparative purposes only. Representative Example relates to a Discovery Sport SE Tech 180 Manual. Representative 6.9% APR available on Discovery Sport SE Tech 180 Manual models registered between 1st January to 31st March at participating Retailers only. With Land Rover Freedom Personal Contract Purchase you have the option at the end of the agreement to: (1) return the vehicle and not pay the Final Payment. If the vehicle has exceeded the allowed mileage a charge per excess mile will apply. In this example, 14p per excess mile up to 4,999, or for excess mileage of 5,000 or more, a charge of 28p will apply to each excess mile above the allowed mileage. If the vehicle is in good condition and has not exceeded the allowed mileage you will have nothing further to pay; (2) pay the Final Payment to own the vehicle or (3) part exchange the vehicle subject to settlement of your existing credit agreement; new credit agreements are subject to status. Representative example is based upon an annual mileage of 10,000 miles. Credit is subject to status and only available to applicants aged 18 and over resident in Mainland UK and N.Ireland. This credit offer is only available through Black Horse Limited trading as Land Rover Financial Services, St William House, Tresillian Terrace, Cardiff CF10 5BH. We can introduce you to Land Rover Financial Services and a limited number of other lenders to provide funding for your vehicle. We may receive commission or other benefits for introducing you to such lenders.

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Friday, April 1, 2016

ROADTEST:RANGEROVEREVOQUEHSEDYNAMIC2.0D

STAR QUALITY

by Steve Teale Motoring writer

There were a good many raised eyebrows, not to mentionsmirks,whenLandRover announcedVictoriaBeckham would be involved in the creation of a new model. After, all, what does she know about ABS and DOHC, MPV and AWD? Has she ever changedanoilfilter?Orwould shehaveanyideawhatundersteer means? Surely this arrangement owed more to cynical showbiz topspin. But the scoffers were wrong. Evoque was – and is – a fantastic success. It has sold more than 500,000 models and is the quickest-selling Land Rover ever.

One in every three Land Rovers sold around the world is an Evoque and strong global demand ensures the production line at Halewood on Merseyside is in operation 24 hours a day, with a new vehicle coming off the line every 80 seconds. Four years after it was first launched, it is still one of the mostdynamic-lookingcarson the road and it has spawned a whole host of lookalike rivals. In fact, it’s amazing Land Rover didn’t launch the Evoque years ago. Itis,essentially,aslickstylish off-roader designed to fit alongside the comparatively brutish siblings such as Discovery and Range Rover. With Range Rovers now often costing £80,000 or £ 9 0,0 0 0, d ep e n d i n g o n

specification, there is a market for a car costing half the price yet still offering chunky good looks and healthy equipment levels. That was Land Rover’s thinking and, goodness, they were right. Evoquecostsfrom£30,000 and is about the same size as a Volkswagen Tiguan. The test version, the well-equipped HSE, costs £40,000 and, with extra equipment, the test model is £47,880. That’salotofmoneyinanyone’s book but a lot less than a proper Range Rover and £47,880bringsitwithinreach of the merely rather successfulratherthanthesuper-rich. It is still lavishly furnished and feels like a substantially solid car, but it rides and handles quite nimbly and,

importantly, it’s much easier to park. Tested here is the fivedoor HSE, one of the better equipped versions. It comes with a long, long list of standard kit. Much of it you would expectsuchasrain-sensingwipers,heatedmirrors,stop-start engine, 20-inch alloy wheels, leather trim, 12-way poweradjustable seats and cruise control. But some of it is top-end luxury such as illuminated scuff plates and puddle-lights inthedoormirrors.OK,hardly essential but believe me, theyaddtoasenseofoccasion. Sodoesthe‘configurable’interior lighting, Meridian sound system and high-resolution touch-screen. The rear parking sensors

and camera are welcome, too. This wouldn’t be a Land Roverwithoutproperoff-road ability, even if no-one in their right mind would take such a glossylimousineintoamuddy field, so it comes with Terrain Response,hilldescentcontrol four-wheel drive and torque vectoring, which will keep you moving through snow, mud and whatever else you tackle. Italsohassafetyfeaturesto warnifyoustrayoutoflaneon themotorway,plusautomatic emergency braking. For me, the key feature to this model is the way it rides andhandles – more like a coupe than 4x4 or SUV. You might say it is expensive – try a Kia Sportage for under £18,000 which will do much of what this car does –

FACTFILE

PRICE: £47,880 as tested ENGINE:2.0-litreturbodiesel producing 178bhpand317lb/ft TRANSMISSION: Six-speed manual driving all four wheels PERFORMANCE: Top speed, 124mph, 0-62mph in 9.5 seconds ECONOMY: 59.4mpg combined EMISSIONS: 177g/km of CO2

and you may think the cabin is a little confined compared withaproperRangeRover.You might also take issue with the narrow slit of a rear window which hampers rear vision. But if you are in the market for a well-appointed SUV with lashings of style, Evoque should be top of your list. With a new convertible versionofEvoqueout,itseems Land Rover’s future is stellar.

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Couple’sbidtocircletheglobeinaFordModelT Driving around the world is a serious challenge and not somethingtobeattemptedon awhim,butjustimaginedoing it for charity in a 100-year-old Ford Model T... Dutch couple Dirk and Trudy Regter have been doing just that since 2012, driving 14,000 miles from their home in Edam to Cape Town in South Africa. In 2013 they drove a complete route across North

America, covering 17,000 miles in 180 days. This year they plan to start a new leg of their epic journey, through New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and India,beforecrossingtheHimalayas to China, Mongolia and back through Europe. The intrepid adventurers, who have owned their 1915 Model T since 1997, have visited and supported various projects run by international

children’saidorganisationSOS Children’s Villages, along the way. Dirkhaspreviouslyowned a Model T and a Model A, and he’snotintimidatedbytheage ofthecar.“InAfrica,wehadto weld a broken front wheel at the local blacksmith,” he said. “I’m pretty handy, and a screwdriver, hammer, some duct tape, tie wraps and tensioning straps go a long way.” The Regters’ Ford Model T

is powered by a 3.0-litre petrol engineandremainsinthesame specification as when it left the factory in 1915, apart from larger tyres for the woodenspoked wheels, which make theride‘softerandmorebearable’ over long journeys. “On the border of South Africa and Botswana, we met a farmer who had an old Ford ModelTintheshed,hegaveus thetyreoffofitasagiftto help us on our way,” Dirk added.

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ROADTEST:HONDACR-V1.6I-DTECEX

CR-V is still ahead of the curve by Steve Teale Motoring writer

The CR-V was ahead of its time. Launched in 1995, it was one of the first of what we now call SUVs or sports utility vehicles. They weren’t all that fashionable 21 years ago, but they’ve taken off since. Almost every manufacturer now makes these vehicles, which have been transformed from agricultural chuggers to more refined and versatile lifestyle vehicles. People like them for different reasons: for style, versatility and the way they can cope with wintry weather. Now the CR-V is one of the best regarded SUVs. It was judged the best 4x4 in the Diesel Car used car of the year awards recently. It is a vehicle with plenty of opposition, with Nissan Qashqai, Ford Kuga and otherschasingitforsales,butCRV has a loyal following, as does Honda in general.

The CR-V, which is built in Britain, is regarded as a value-for-moneymotorwhich is well-built, stylish and very well-equipped. Tested here is the facelifted fourth-generation model which is a good all-rounder. Some of its rivals ride better and some look better, but few manage to match it in all departments. The new 158bhp diesel engine is good and the ninespeed automatic gearbox is very good. NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) has also been tackled to create more of a limousine feel. It is also an incredibly well equippedcarwithasuperbinformation and entertainment system. The model also has the allnewHondaConnectin-caraudio and information system. HondaConnectoffersconnectivity while on the road, with key features including DAB/ FM/AM and internet radio, Bluetooth connection, internet browsing, satellite navigation and rear-view parking camera.

Honda Connect is compatible with smartphone operating systems, using familiar pinch, swipe and tap functionality accessed through a seven-inch display screen. No wonder it has done so well with 750,000 sold in Europe. In the first nine months of last year, the CR-V was the world’s best-selling SUV.

Themodelhasbecomefundamental to Honda’s success in Europe. On the road, CR-V has a superb cruise control system which can react to vehicles cutting into your lane. It uses a radar system to monitor vehicles round and about for your safety. CR-V was always one of

the smartest SUVs and it has become yet smarter over the years. The biggest improvementsoflatearetothefrontof the car with redesigned headlamps flowing into the new grille. Additionally, the new bumper and skid plate give the CR-V a wider appearance. It’s big for an SUV. The seats fold to create 1,468 litres

of space and the boot space is 1,570mm, allowing it to easily accommodate two mountain bikes or four sets of golf clubs. The engine is terrific and claimstoofferthebestpowerto-consumption ratio of any engineonsaletoday.Theninespeed automatic was good, too, offering smooth and efficient changes. Other engines available are a second 1.6-litre diesel and a 2.0-litre petrol engine (153bhp). Diesels account for about 60 per cent of all sales. The 1.6-litre unit replaces the old 2.2-litre engine and offers higher power plus reduced emissions and better economy. Safety is always a key feature with Honda and this model has updated its sensorbased safety systems, known as Advanced Driving Assist Systems. Under the name ‘Honda SENSING’, the new system now combines camera and radar technology, allowing for advancements to its collision mitigation brakingsystemandadaptivecruise control systems.

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CHAMPIONSHIP

LEAGUE TABLE: P Burnley.......................38 Brighton .....................38 Middlesbrough .......... 37 Hull.............................. 37 Derby..........................38 Sheff Wed...................38 Cardiff.........................38 Ipswich.......................38 Birmingham............... 37 Preston.......................38 QPR.............................38 Wolves ........................38 Leeds .......................... 37 Blackburn...................38 Nottm Forest..............38 Huddersfield..............38 Reading ...................... 37 Brentford ................... 37 Bristol City..................38 Rotherham.................38 Fulham........................38 Milton Keynes Dons...38 Charlton .....................38 Bolton .........................38

W 21 19 21 19 17 16 15 16 15 13 12 12 11 11 11 12 11 12 11 11 8 9 7 4

D 12 14 7 9 13 14 14 10 11 14 15 12 14 13 13 9 12 7 10 6 14 10 11 14

L 5 5 9 9 8 8 9 12 11 11 11 14 12 14 14 17 14 18 17 21 16 19 20 20

F 61 52 48 50 51 56 49 46 41 36 47 46 37 37 34 52 42 48 40 44 57 32 34 36

GAME OUTCOMES:

Draws: 139

RED CARDS:

P Bauer F Forestieri B Wright S Ameobi F Amorebieta B Amos N Baker B Bannan Y Barbet G Berardi

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13 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10

GOALS SCORED:

606 123 Total goals

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Home team: 191 wins

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Harty Boxing: Hopefully more lessons will be learned

sk most boxing fans what two of the most memorable fights over the years are and the Benn/McClellan and Eubank/ Watson contests will almost certainly feature. Unfortunately, as a ultimate result of both these fights, two of the boxers ended up disabled for life. Now Saturday night’s epic encounter between Chris Eubank Junior and Nick Blackwell might enter British boxing history for similar reasons. Even with apparent important safety standards within the sport, have we actually learned anything over the years? Initially I enjoyed watching the contest, but very soon it was apparent that Eubank Junior was very much in control. I watched it again on Sunday, and even as early as the sixth round, referee Victor Loughlin had every opportunity to stop

the contest in favour of Eubank. Even by a conservative estimate from the first real opportunity to stop the contest, Blackwell had to endure another nine full minutes of punishment, including a large number of damaging uppercuts which the experts felt were the punches inflicting the most damage. But Loughlin didn’t wave the contest off and I wonder whether, in retrospect, he will regret that for possibly the rest of his career. But we are all only human and ultimately learn from experiences. Much has also been made of Eubank Senior’s instruction to his boy to target Blackwell’s body rather than his head to avoid further damage. A number of people within the sport have since expressed an opinion that this was actually more tactical than compassionate.

Personally, having met Michael Watson on a number of occasions and knowing how his plight has affected Chris Eubank throughout his life, I think it’s not only extremely harsh but also something that really shouldn’t have been said at this difficult time. Still in a medically induced coma, hopefully Nick Blackwell will make a full recovery and some 20 or so years after the previous incidents, more lessons will be learned. n Regardless of live TV coverage, Brighton versus Burnley is a top-of-thetable clash. With the possibility of the ultimate prize of top-flight football for the victors, therefore the largest Amex crowd of the season, so far, should be a gimme. Locally, are we real fans or just armchair followers?

England one-day star Danielle joins Sussex PICTURE BY DON MILES

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AITC offer free soccer schools for girls aged six to 13 Girls’ football

Free football sessions for girls will be run by Brighton & Hove Albion’s official charity and American Express. As part of its on-going commitment to Albion In The Community (AITC) and the local area, American Express is funding free soccer schools for 50 girls aged between six and 13. Each soccer school will be run by AITC’s qualified coaches and as well as football, they will also include bite-sized health workshops in areas of nutrition and physical activity. The first will be held at the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre in Lancing on

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Sussex Women have secured a major coup ahead of the 2016 season by signing England international Danielle Wyatt from Nottinghamshire. The 24 year-old all-rounder, who bowls off-breaks, has beenamainstayoftheEngland women’s one-day sides for the past six years. She has played 36 one-day internationals, and 67 T20 internationals, taking 72 wickets in all, and is also approaching 1,000 runs across the two formats. She was part of the England team who exited the World T20 competition in the semi-finals to Australia on Wednesday. Wyatt will strengthen Sussex’s bowling attack, particularly in the spin bowling department, with Holly Colvin having retired at the end of last season to take up a role with the ICC. Wyatt said: “I’m delighted to have signed for Sussex. I can’t wait to get on the pitch with this group of talented girls. “Playing with and against the best players in the country can only benefit me and it’s going to be great fun playing alongside the likes of Sarah Taylor, Georgia Elwiss, Georgia Adams, etc. “Hopefully I can add to the spin and batting department

Worthing’s premier used car dealer, karaoke singer and all-round Burnley fanatic Berni Cozzi can’t believe promotion-chasing Brighton can’t fill their stadium. So, if you’re reading this and haven’t got a ticket, it’s not too late. Prove Coz wrong, ring the ticket office and get over to the Amex on Saturday. n As a wide-eyed 12-year-old, my first visit to Wembley Stadium in February, 1977, enabled me to witness Johan Cruyff, the Dutch master, destroy Don Revie’s England in a 2-0 friendly win for the Netherlands. He remains, quite simply, the greatest player I ever saw play live, and even if Lionel Messi does make it to the Premier League at the Amex (playing against the Albion, rather than for them), I doubt that will change.

Tuesday between 9.45am and 3pm. AITC’s girls participation officer Kim Stenning – who also plays for Brighton & Hove Albion Women’s FC – is leading the delivery and is delighted to be working with American Express on the new programme, which has been called Girls’ Football. She said: “Football is a fantastic game and we are seeing more and more girls take part but to be able to offer free soccer school places is brilliant.” Places are open to any girl aged between six and 13 regardless of whether they have played football before. For more information or tobookemaildevelopment@ albioninthecommunity.org. uk or call 01273 878277.

Danielle Wyatt (right) celebrates a wicket when playing for England

and help push for the Championship with this brilliant side we’ve got.” Sussex’s director of women’s cricket Charlotte Burton said: “It is fantastic news that Danni will be joining the Sussex Women. “Danni is a talented allrounder who will strengthen

all departments for us, and will be a great addition with the ball, having lost Holly Colvin to retirement. “Danni will fit in perfectly with the squad, especially as she played junior county age group cricket with Georgia Elwiss at Staffordshire, and she knows many of the players

already through the county set-up and at England level.” Sussex Women begin their county season on Sunday, May 1, with a trip to Warwickshire in the Royal London Cup. On Sunday, July 24, they will be in T20 action at Hove, against Nottinghamshire and Berkshire.

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Brighton & Hove Albion v Burnley in the Championship on Saturday, April 2, kick-off 12.30pm Tickets available online at www.seagulls.co.uk or by calling 0844 327 1901

Hughton: We will not look too far ahead Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chris Hughton admits his sidewillnotlooktoofarahead with their Championship season set for a thrilling conclusion. Second-placed Seagulls entertain leaders Burnley tomorrow lunchtime and Hughton said: “If you start thinking too far ahead, then you’re not concentrating enough on what is by far the most important thing and that’s this game. “The players have been like that all season. There was certainly no panic when we had our difficult period and that should be exactly same in whatever the circumstances. “We had a very good start to the season and everybody was very level-headed about it and just looking forward to the next game. You can’t afford to be any different. “There’s no doubt this is a big game but we’ve had so many games that we’ve gone into that have been big games this season.

“They come around thick and fast and I’m quite sure that Birmingham on Tuesday will be just as big a game.” The match is Albion’s first for two weeks because of the international break and Hughton was pleased to see captain Gordon Greer get game time with Scotland, while other players enjoyed a well-earned rest. He said: “It’s always a better time when you win the game before because you go into the international break on at a good feel. “It was nice Gordon Greer got 90 minutes for Scotland, which was great for us as he hasn’t featured much of late, and Jiri Skalak was involved in both games with the Czech Republic. “For most of the players, the ones that went away, it’s not been too demanding and we were able to give others a nice break.” Bobby Zamora is a doubt for tomorrow as he has not trained much this week but, apart from long-term injured duo Solly March and Uwe Hunemeier, Albion have a full squad to select from.

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Albion winger Jiri Skalak featured twice for Czech Republic during the international break

Whitehawk collect four points from Easter weekend fixtures Whitehawk Football Club picked up four points from their two National South matches over the Easter weekend. Hawks inflicted a fourth successive league defeat on seventh-placed Gosport Borough with a 3-0 win on Saturday before they drew 2-2 draw away to high-flying Sutton United on Monday. Whitehawk’s David Martin struck the post with a 23rdminute penalty against Gosport before the hosts went ahead nine minutes later when Danny Mills chipped the ball home from Nick Arnold’s cross.

Jake Robinson set up Alex Osborn for the second on 67 minutes before Robinson notched Hawks’ third seven minutes from time. Whitehawk then led 2-0 at third-placed Sutton on Monday with goals from Arnold and Osborn but the hosts hit back to earn a point. Hawks sit 12th in the table, nine points behind Maidenhead, who occupy the final play-off position, with two games in hand. Whitehawk travel to Truro City on Saturday and are then away to Maidenhead on Tuesday.

Packed Amex set to cheer on the Seagulls Brighton & Hove Albion begin a pivotal month of Championship action with a lunchtime clash against league leaders Burnley tomorrow afternoon. Albion sit four points behind Sean Dyche’s side heading into the game. With automatic promotion a reality with eight games to go, Chris Hughton will want to see his side pick up every point possible heading into ties against fellow promotion contenders, Derby and Middlesbrough, in the final two matches of the campaign. More than 7,000 Seagulls fans flocked to their last game away to MK Dons, and the club’s form has seen supporters snap up tickets for this weekend’s home clash, with fewer than 500 remaining for the 12.30pm kick-off. With Boro and Hull holding games in hand over them, Albion will be wary of slipping up against a Clarets side who are on a 15-game unbeaten run in the league as they look to bounce back from Premier League relegation at the first time of asking. Albion’s recent move into the top two has been built on the back of a sturdy defence which has conceded only one goal in their past six games, however they will face a stern test in the form of the division’s top scorer this weekend. Burnley’s decision to spend £9m on Andre Gray in August has reaped its rewards, with the former Brentford striker having scored 20 goals in the Championship so far. The 24-year old scored the Clarets’ only goal in the 1-1 draw between the sides at Turf Moor in November. BRADLEY STRATTON @BradStrat

We are going to play every game like a final – Bruno Steve Bailey

Danny Mills netted Whitehawk’s opener against Gosport

Bruno says Albion will play their remaining eight games like cup finals. The Seagulls entertain Burnley in a top-of-thetable Championship clash tomorrow and the 35-yearold, who has started every league match this season, said: “It’s a massive game but it’s just three points. “Every single game is three points but they are top of the table and if we beat them, we are going to be just one point behind them. “We are going to play every single game that we have

Albion defender Bruno

left, the last eight games, like finals.” Bruno has been impressed with the way Albion bounced back from their 4-1 defeat

at Cardiff last month. Since that loss, Brighton have gone six games unbeaten, winning four and conceding just once. He said: “It was so important for us to come back like this. Cardiff was a weird game. We didn’t play that badly to concede four goals but the team came back from the performance and we are on a good run.” Middlesbrough play away to QPR tonight and Bruno admits he will be keeping an eye on what happens: “There’s just one month left and of course we are only focused on our job but we are checking on other teams as well.”

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The Albion Roar

Steve Bailey

by Alan Wares @albionroar

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Everyone must do their bit now – including the fans

his season – and we still have one-sixth of it to go – has been every bit as surprising and baffling as last season was, albeit for different reasons. All season long on the Albion Roar, guest after guest has come in, scratching their heads, marvelling at some of the individual perfomances, great defensive work, a dynamite midfield duo, Bruno’s flair etc, but all repeating the same mantra – ‘... we definitely need a new striker’. And yet, here we are, never out of the top six all season, still confounding the critics (who have now admittedly been shorn down to just the insecure teenage fans of rival clubs, grizzling away at their own team’s wheels falling off – as if that was our fault), just five defeats all season so far, and slap bang in the middle of the promotion race. We can only hope Chris and the management team has done all it can to prepare for this final run-in. No breaks left, no pauses to think about. The play-offs are a probability now. In terms of points on the board, we’re five matches clear of Cardiff City in seventh, with eight games to go, so automatic promotion must be the only glory-orbust target. For the final eight matches (please don’t let it be ten or 11), the club can carry no passengers; everyone must

do their bit. And that includes us supporters. We need for us all to be the 12th and 13th man (cheating in football I know). With Craig Pawson, the referee with previous for reducing Brighton to nine men inside 12 minutes against Burnley in charge this weekend, will we need players 12 and 13? It just doesn’t feel right to have an international break at Easter. There would be a match on Good Friday, followed by one on Easter Monday, usually against a team from London, sometimes with five penalties, a red card or two, and almost always during the first real sunny spell of the year. But we have had a break. Actually, it’s not so much a break as a pause; a lull – a moment for the fans to take a moment, look around, see what’s about, take a big, big lungful of air, and scream headlong into the final straight. Think Steve Ovett on the last bend, on the shoulder of the pacesetter, looking around to see where the danger lies, ready to kick on for the tape and for glory. Make no mistake, this is one of the most important and exciting periods of the club’s existence. Glory awaits. Or a visit to Burton Albion. The Albion Roar is broadcast every Saturday at 12pm on Radio Reverb 97.2FM, online at www.radioreverb.com, on DAB, and as a podcast at www.albionroar.co.uk PICTURE BY ANGELA BRINKHURST

Albion fans need to be the 12th and 13th man for the run-in

Key clashes coming up in the race for top two

he race for a top two finish in the Championship will certainly hot up in the next few days. Each team will play twice – over the weekend and again on Tuesday – with some key clashes among the scheduled games. None more so than at the Amex tomorrow lunchtime when secondplaced Albion host leaders Burnley in front of what is set to be a sell-out crowd. Prior to that, Middlesbrough have a tricky away trip to Queens Park Rangers tonight, while Hull, the other team in what is currently a four-horse race for automatic promotion, have what appears, on paper, to be the easiest of the weekend fixtures with a home match against Bristol City. Things don’t get an awful lot easier for the Seagulls in midweek when they travel to Birmingham, who will still have an eye on the final play-off place. Hull also have a tough trip to fifthplaced Derby, while Burnley entertain another team aiming to finish in the top six, Cardiff. Boro host Huddersfield in the other match affecting the top four on Tuesday. Albion will look to get through the two games unbeaten. Losing to Burnley on Saturday would almost certainly mean they would be unable to catch the Clarets, who are on a 15-game unbeaten run and sit four points above the Seagulls. Victory over Burnley really would leave everything to play for, with the title not out of the question. No doubt it will be a nervy day on Saturday and that will continue to be the case for the rest of the season with so much to play for. After Burnley and Birmingham, Albion have four successive winnable matches – a trip to Nottingham Forest, who have nothing to play for, home games with Fulham and QPR and then a trip to Charlton, who could already be relegated by that time. A strong points return from those games would set things up nicely for the final two matches, at home to Derby

Albion club captain Gordon Greer was in action for Scotland during the international break

and then away to Middlesbrough, which could well be a shoot-out for a promotion place. Despite it being nearly two weeks since Albion last played, a number of players have been getting game time on international duty in the last fortnight. Gordon Greer played the full 90 minutes in Scotland’s 1-0 win over Denmark on Tuesday, while Jamie Murphy was an unused substitute. Jiri Skalak featured for Czech Republic, Tomer Hemed and Beram Kayal were both involved with Israel and Manchester United loanee James Wilson and Christian Walton were with the England under-21 squad. Back-up keeper Niki Maenpaa was away with Finland, Andrew Crofts, who is on loan at Gillingham, was with Wales and Glen Rea was in action for Ireland’s under-21 side.

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