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Lifeline for the Terraces See page 4

Tea with a twist See page 28

Top two clubs ready for battle See page 54

Building a city fit for the future

World-renowned architect to develop masterplan for Waterfront scheme It’s been more than a year since the Brighton & Hove Independent exclusively revealed the plans to turn Black Rock into a worldclass conferencing centre and to extend Churchill Square Shopping Centre to Kings Road. N o w, t h e h o p e s t o drastically transform the seafront look set to be realised, as a set of worldrenowned architect firms have been appointed to design the two schemes. Warren Morgan, leader of Brighton and Hove City

Council, said: “This is arguably the most important project for the city’s future prosperity.” See page 3.

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The first sponsors for the City Innovation Challenge were announced last night (Thursday), by city council leader Warren Morgan. Th e ch a l l e n g e , w i l l give five £1,000 prizes to residents who come up with innovative ideas on how to keep council services going in the face of cuts to council funding. Cllr Morgan revealed the first sponsors at last night’s Full Council meeting. He said: “I’m delighted to announce the first raft of sponsors for our City I n n ovat i o n C h a l l e n g e which launches in the New Year, including major international and local companies like Microsoft, Hilton Brighton Metropole, Entrepreneurial Spark, Brighton and Hove Buses and the University of Sussex. “I’m really pleased there has already been a positive response from the public and I’m looking forward to seeing the city’s ideas.” The sponsors will fund

Bex Bastable @BexBastable Brighton’s seafront is set to be transformed by the architect firm which designed the famous Gateshead Millennium Bridge and the Olympic Basketball Arena for London 2012. B r i g h t o n a n d H ove City Council announced this week, that it has appointed world-renowned Wilkinson Eyre to develop a masterplan for the city’s Waterfront scheme - which will see the Brighton Centre moved to the Black Rock site next to the Marina, and Churchill Square extended to the seafront. The new Brighton Centre at the derelict, council-owned Black Rock, will be developed into a 10,000 capacity first-class

conference and events venue, regenerating the east of the city. Practices appointed to transform Kings Road by extending Churchill Square to the seafront - in the place of the current Brighton Centre - are ACME, which is currently completing Leeds Victoria Gate and Chester city centre, and Leonard Design Architects, which has played key part in major regeneration schemes in London. Combined, the projects are set to cost £540 million, but are expected to bring 2,000 new jobs and approximately £150 million-a-year in additional expenditure in the city. There are also ambitions to develop 450 homes, a quarter of which would be affordable, across the two sites. Warren Morgan, leader of the city council, said:

“This is arguably the most important project for the city’s future prosperity and one we are committed to delivering on time and in budget. It is key to the wider regeneration of the seafront and to delivering economic growth, jobs, homes and income for the city from new business rates and council tax. We now have an impressive professional team to take this forward and produce a quality development that respects the city’s heritage whilst building a city fit for the future. The project team will be consulting with stakeholders in the New Year and the council wi ll cont i nue t o wor k productively with Standard Life Investments on getting the agreement ready to be approved in Spring.” Cllr Morgan said the new Brighton Centre could see Brighton and Hove

compete with Liverpool and Birmingham for conference trade. James Stevens, head of development for Standard Life Investments, which owns Churchill Square and will fund the projects, said: “We’re very pleased with the progress we’ve made this year on this crucial project for the city. Concluding the legal agreements will enable Standard Life Investments and Brighton and Hove City Council to take the Waterfront project to the next stage.” Negotiations between Brighton and Hove City Council and Standard Life Investments on the Brighton Waterfront development agreement have progressed well in the last few months. The terms of the agreement are expected to go before the policy and resources committee for approval in Spring 2016.

Sascha Koehler, general manager of the Hilton the five prizes. The prizes are in five categories, depending on who is submitting the idea: young people; individuals; the community and voluntary sector; council staff; and businesses. The competition opens on January 4 for one month, and prizes will be awarded at a ceremony later in the Spring. Details on how to enter, will be published soon, on: www.brighton-hove. gov.uk

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£50k to come up with a plan to revitalise crumbling Terraces Bex Bastable @BexBastable The dilapidated arches at Madeira Terraces have been handed a lifeline. It was announced last Friday that the city council has been awarded £50,000 from the government’s Coastal Revival Fund, to come up with a plan to revive the structure. However, it won’t cover the £30 million council l e a d e r Wa r r e n M o r g a n predicted it would cost to repair the Terraces. Cllr Morgan said: “I’m delighted the council has won this funding to help kick-start the project. It won’t cover the costs of what will be a multi-million pound project, but it gets us underway. We have a design in place and have made significant progress in securing a development partner in the past week. I’m hopeful that we can share our plans early in the New

The Terraces at Maderia Drive are in a state of disrepair (Photographs: Eddie Mitchell) Year, but we have to get the details right.” He said the council won the funding against “fierce competition”.There were 222 bids for the £3 million fund. Cllr Morgan said: “It will be put to good use, developing a viable, longterm plan to revive Madeira

Terraces and Madeira Drive which are in desperate need of regeneration. It will play a key part in restoring the seafront, the city’s jewel in the crown. There is no quick fix. This is a complex project that needs to be properly funded.The Coastal Revival funding will ensure

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Labour is to press on with council cuts Bex Bastable @BexBastable Leading figures in the council’s Labour Group said they would “stand firm” on their commitment to residents ahead of last night’s Full Council meeting (Thursday). Th i s c o m e s h o t - o n the-heels of the release of Labour’s draft budget for the city council - which sees £68 million cuts to council services by 2020. Cllr Warren Morgan, leader of the council, said: “At Full Council, the Labour administration will continue to push forward on the commitments it made to residents; to modernise the council so that basic and essential services represent value for money and work for all residents, to grow the local economy and ensure the city has the resources and infrastructure to face the future, and to promote equality across

the city whilst we face unprecedented Tory cuts to local council funding. We have been clear that we will not go down the head-in-thesand, grandstanding route of the Greens, whose piecemeal and ill-thought through approach left us as a city illprepared for the challenges we face.” The Green Group on the council called the cuts “unfair” and “highly damaging” to the city. Protesters from union groups were set to lobby the council meeting at Brighton Town Hall last night, to oppose the cuts to services set out in the draft budget which could see 540 jobs lost in four years. Cllr Tom Bewick, lead m e m b e r fo r ch i l d r e n ’ s services, said he would respond to a 9,000-strong petition about the proposed reorganisation of learning support services, “making clear that the plans are still being consulted on but aim to provide a better and more balanced service for children

and young people in the city”. Cllr Les Hamilton, deputy leader and finance lead, was set to talk about the Council Tax Reduction scheme for 2016/7 - which saw opposition from a group of campaigners. He said millions is being taken out of the funding for this scheme by the government, “who clearly expect councils to pass this cost onto low income families”. This means people on the Council Tax Reduction scheme will pay 20% of their council tax bill, up from 15%.

Cllr Hamilton said: “Labour won approval for its decision to spend an additional £1.5 million next year directly to offset these Conservative cuts cuts which campaigners rightly see as unfair, but which only represent one aspect of the £144 million funding reduction which the Conservative government have imposed on the city between 2010 and 2020. ” The Labour Group was also set to raise the issue of the increasing unaffordability of housing

l o c a l ly at l a s t n i g h t ’ s meeting, with councillors Anne Meadows and Julie Cattell intending to table a motion noting how the Conservative Housing and Planning Bill would make the housing situation worse for many residents. Cllr Tracey Hill, lead member for private rented sector, said: “Labour is determined to deliver affordable housing in the city, build council homes, improve conditions for private sector tenants, as well as combat homelessness.”

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Emergency homes to be replaced by flats A building in Hove which is home to a charity and emergency accommodation will be demolished for flats. The planning committee agreed to grant permission for a five- to eight-storey building containing 47 flats to be built at the site of 121123 Davigdor Road. The building is currently h o m e a c h a r i t y, w i t h basement studios for fitness classes, and 26 rooms let for emergency accommodation. Under the proposals the community facilities would be replaced on-site, with a 115 square-metre room. The new building would contain 16 one-bed flats, 28 two-bed flats and five with three bedrooms. Eight of the flats would be affordable homes aimed at local people on the housing waiting list. The council has negotiated financial contributions worth £226,000 from developers to improve the locality. Just over £27,000 will be spent on transport. The Lyon Close bus stop will get a shelter, seat and real-time information board. There will be a new pedestrian crossing outside and improved walking routes to local schools and St Anne’s Well Gardens. The money will also pay for two years free Car Club membership for residents in the new flats. Developers would pay £100,000 to improve nearby open spaces, sport

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Rose Hill Tavern to become arts hub Bex Bastable @BexBastable A pub that was listed as a community asset, after a bid to turn it into flats, has been bought by a Brightonian couple. The Rose Hill Tavern, which closed last year and saw a campaign to keep the building as a pub after a bid to develop it into flats - could now become a community arts hub. Nick Earee, divisional director at leisure property specialist Fleurets, confirmed this week that the building, which is just off London Road, had been sold. The couple, who are professional musicians and artists, plan to set the Tavern up as a arts and recording studio, with flexible space for community groups. The pub, which first opened in 1870, has seen high-court battles over its listed status, and a bid from a community group to buy

it, but it has now been sold to the mystery couple - who have not been named by Fleurets. The couple are two of 12 founders who set up an arts and music collective called Beatabet. I n a s t at e m e n t , t h e b u ye r s s a i d : “ H av i n g purchased the Rose Hill Tavern we are keen to set up art studios and a recording studio in the cellar of the Rose Hill Tavern and the ground floor we will keep as flexible space for a variety of creative and community uses for instance, we run a regular extended artists residency programme in France and would like a space in the UK to run some of those activities. “We would like to put on events, exhibitions, performances, live music and community activities. We would run a variety of creative work shops. “ We a r e c o n c e r n e d that some of the more interesting and influential arts and music spaces have

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Older People’s Council speaks out over cuts

The Older People’s Council said it opposes the closure of Tower House Day Centre Bex Bastable @BexBastable A group representing older people in the city has spoken out about how the proposed £68 million cuts to the council by 2020 will affect the vulnerable. The Older People’s Council (OPC) in Brighton and Hove raised concerns over the budget - including the £20 million proposed cuts to adult social care. A spokesperson for the OPC said: “Such cuts will impact on the quality and quantity of services c u r r e n t ly p r ov i d e d by the council to the most vulnerable across the city. The elderly, disabled people, and the young will be hard hit with home care, day care, and other services such as children centres,

libraries, and youth clubs also affected.” The closure of day centres such as Tower House Day Service - which will save the council £150,000 - is of “real concern”. The OPC also opposed proposals to restrict the use of free bus passes for the elderly and disabled until after 9.30am and before 11pm. A spokesperson said: “This will affect 39,500 older people and 5,839 disabled people in this city. For those that need to travel to medical appointments, social activities, caring responsibilities, or volunteering for groups across the city this will have a knock on effect to a range of organisations. If you live in Mile Oak, Hangleton and Knoll, Patcham or Saltdean, and need to get to the Sussex County hospital for 10am

you will have to pay or change the appointment. “ We k n o w t h a t t h e government is providing less of our income tax to local government and this must be challenged. But our priority is the vulnerable, elderly, disabled and young - if we cannot support them what sort of society are we?” Warren Morgan, leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “None of these proposed cuts are being considered by us as a matter of choice, and we thank the Older People’s Council for their comments. “ Th e c u t s a r e b e i n g forced on us by an uncaring Conservative government. Th e L o c a l G ove r n m e n t Minister Greg Clark has announced today that the government is removing all grant funding for councils by 2020.”

A&E patients wait more than 12 hours before being admitted for treatment More than 30 patients needing treatment waited over 12 hours for an A&E bed after a decision was made to admit them. Figures revealed by NHS England show Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust (BSUH), which runs the Royal Sussex County Hospital, saw just over 13,000 patients in October 2015. But 37 patients waited more than 12 hours to be admitted to the A&E unit in the same month. Under NHS rules, patients should be treated or admitted within four hours. At the trust, 82% of patients were seen within four hours with 561 patients waiting for longer – however all are seen by a clinician within 20 minutes of arriving at A&E. In October, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated the safety and management of the A&E unit as “inadequate”, saying cubicles were not

Patients wait in the cohort area before being seen by clinicians consistently cleaned and checked because of high patient turnover. Th e t r u s t h a s s i n c e opened an additional ward at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and a new NHS ward in Newhaven to care for patients before they return home. Last Thursday, the trust had 48 patients who were “medically ready” to be discharged from hospital. One patient at the Princess Royal had been waiting to

be discharged for 42 days. A spokesperson for BSUH said: “Our aim is always to treat patients in our Emergency Departments as quickly as possible and more than eight out of ten of our patients are being seen, treated and admitted or discharged within four hours.” He said not being able to patients who are ready to leave has an impact on how quickly we can admit patients from the trust’s emergency departments.

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Things are looking up according to City Tracker survey Bex Bastable @BexBastable

The City Tracker report has been published, and the city’s Labour Group claimed the report shows the council is improving under its leadership. And it is right - to some extent. Things are certainly better than they were last year, including satisfaction with the council, according to the report. But residents remain less satisfied than they were in 2012 - 70% of respondents to the survey were satisfied

with the council in 2012, compared to 60% this year. The City Tracker is an annual survey to find out what residents think of Brighton and Hove as a place to live.This year 1,000 people took part. The majority of respondents - 55% - think the council is now making “wise use of money”, an 18% jump on last year. But the 2015 figure is still slightly below that reported in 2012 - which was at 60%. On whether the council demonstrated value for money, 39% of residents agreed, with 29% disagreeing. The remainder neither agreed or disagreed. A total of 72% are now satisfied with how clean their

The percentage of people who think their money is spent wisely across different public services, year by year

street is, up significantly from 57% under the Greens l a s t ye a r. S at i s fa c t i o n with refuse collecting has doubled from 31% to 64%. The figures for recycling are even better with 67% happy, up from 44% last year. Cllr Gill Mitchell, who chairs the environment committee, said: “These figures prove that the steps we have taken since May are winning approval from residents and hopefully will lead to better recycling levels.” However, the report did note the effect of industrial action in 2014. It read: “Last year, many residents’ attitudes to life in the city were coloured by industrial action in the refuse and recycling service. This year, satisfaction with refuse and recycling services has improved markedly, a l t h o u g h s t i l l u n d e rp e r fo r m s t h e n at i o n a l average.” The report said this year, nine in ten Brighton and Hove residents are satisfied with their local area as a place to live. When asked about feeling safe, 97% of respondents felt safe during the day in their local area, and 93% felt safe

A table showing satisfaction levels across public services, from 2012 to 2015 walking around the city centre. At night, 11% felt unsafe walking around their immediate locality, and 22% of respondents said they felt unsafe walking around the city centre after dark. Satisfaction with the city council has improved, and residents also think more highly of other local service providers this year, with particularly high ratings for East Sussex Fire and Rescue, local charities/community groups and local pharmacy stores. Local people are now just as likely to trust their

local authority as residents elsewhere in the country (59% - up from 52% last year), but the city is still below the national average when it comes to residents feeling informed by the council (55% feel informed). Cllr Warren Morgan, leader of the city council, said: “We pledged when we took over from the Greens that we would end the drift and division, and get the basics right. This first measure of how the Labour administration is doing is very encouraging,

with residents saying that services are getting better, despite the unprecedented cuts being imposed on us by the Conservative government. We have got a grip on council finances by reducing the overspend by £8 million, and now we have evidence that the changes we are making to service delivery are already having a positive effect.” To see the City Tracker report in full, visit www.bhconnected.org/ content/surveys

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Two petitions urging the city to welcome more refugees from Syria were presented to the full council meeting last night (Thursday). Cath Senker and Eva Mathis collected nearly 3,000 signatures, calling for the city to welcome more refugees, after the council announced it would take in five refugee families. Ms Senker said: “Given the scale of the current refugee crisis, we should- and could - do so much more.”

The Regency Society is holding a public forum to discuss the future of the city’s seafront. To p i c s i n c l u d e t h e West Pier, Madeira arches, Black Rock, the Marina, the replacement of the Brighton Centre, and plans for the King Alfred site. A panel of four will present their visions, followed by a public debate. From 7pm, January 6, at City College. Visit: www. regencysociety.org

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A g r o u p o f 1 5 c l i m at e campaigners from Brighton and Hove joined a series of London to Paris bike trains during the UN climate talks. A total of 170 riders, in two waves, cycled the 140 mile journey from Brighton, or the 200 miles from London. Arriving in Paris last Thursday, they joined tens of thousands for a mass rally on Saturday, as the two weeks of UN talks came to a close. Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, greeted the riders and others from Brighton at the rally.

Duncan Blinkhorn, ride organiser and chair of the Brighton Climate Action Network, said: “It has been an amazing experience to be part of this ride.” Although he welcomed some aspects of the talks, he said it did not produce “binding commitments”, and said: “We need to intensify the pressure on government, on business and on ourselves to transition to clean energy, to divest from fossil fuels and support the positive alternatives that exist around us.”

Talia Warren, a Year 8 pupil at Lancing College Preparatory School in Hove, was successful in her audition for the CAT (Centre for Advanced Training) scheme for contemporary dance. T h e C AT s c h e m e i s a national intensive programme for 12- to 15-year-olds who display exceptional potential for dance. More than 100 young people auditioned for a place, and 18 pupils were picked to follow weekly dance classes, choreographic workshops, theatre trips, and local and national performances at Trinity Laban or The Place in London. A Lancing College Preparatory School spokesman, said: “We are delighted and wish her continued success.”

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Residents and visitors are being urged to stay away from the sea this winter. Chris Ingall seafront officer at the city council, said: “The continuing mild weather has meant that the seafront has been much busier than in previous winters. “It’s been great to see so many people enjoying a stroll on the promenade and its good news for seafront businesses, but we would ask people to stay on the path or high up on the beach, especially when the sea conditions are rough. “Please keep a close eye on children and hold their hand when on the beach.” Dog owners are also advised to keep their pets on leads and away from the shoreline. The city council said it will be taking extra measures to discourage swimmers from taking a Christmas Day dip by closing access to the beaches around Brighton Pier.

Commuters could soon face major delays after conductors backed strike action over a staffing dispute at Southern Rail. Th e b a l l o t h e l d by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) saw more than 70% of conductors back strike action due to a dispute over staff shortages. Mick Cash, RMT general secretary said: “This union will not sit back while staffing levels are pared to the bone on rail franchises and our members run ragged solely in the interests of private company profits. RMT remains available for further talks and we hope that in light of this ballot result the company will now see sense.” A spokesman for Southern said, “We have worked really hard to solve this with the union. We have made them a proposal which they are thinking about, and we wait to hear what we hope will be a positive response.”

About 300 dancers strutted their stuff during the fourth Dance Active at the Brighton Centre earlier this month (December 6). It brought together the best of the city’s community dance groups showcasing flamenco, hip hop, contemporary, and belly dancing. The event was organised by Brighton and Hove City Council’s Active for Life project, and was compered by JP Omari, director of Streetfunk and the Marina Studios, who encouraged the audience and performers alike in his inimitable style. Cllr Alan Robins, lead member for culture and sport, said: “Dance Active is

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in its fourth year and goes from strength to strength. “Dance is ever-increasing in popularity and is an amazing way to stay healthy in mind, body and soul. People of all ages are advised to try to be active regularly - on most days of the week – and joining a dance fitness session is a perfect way to achieve this and is great fun! “Our Active for Life team has worked with lots of groups and partners to pull this all together so I hope this has inspired the city to keep on dancing!” For information about the work of the Active for Life project visit: www. b r i g h t o n - h ove . g ov. u k / sportsdevelopment

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Pop-up players Brighton and Hove Albion fans are being given the chance to own a signed, life-sized player pop-up – with the club’s official charity auctioning five different pop-ups in the runup to Christmas. A selection of mini player pop-ups have been handed out to fans this season, and now fans can bid on five signed life-sized ones – with the added bonus of a personal message of their choice added by the relevant player. Albion in the Community (AITC) is auctioning a Bobby Zamora, a Kazenga Lua Lua, a David Stockdale, a Liam Rosenior and a Gaëtan Bong pop-up – with reserves set at just £20. Proceeds will help fund AITC’s work across Sussex. Bids can be made by December 20, at: www.charitystars. com/foundation/albion-in-the-community

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Rail passengers at Brighton Station were treated to an impromptu panto performance courtesy of Southern and Thameslink Railway. The train operators partnered with Brighton’s Emporium Theatre to host a flash mob-style pantomime performance of Aladdin on the station’s concourse. On Monday evening, rush hour passengers were treated to a performance of “Bizarre Bazaar” - which saw the concourse momentarily transformed into a buzzing market scene. Part Christmas pantomime, part musical of Arabian Nights, the performance featured the cast, including fan favourites Aladdin and Genie in full song. David Scorey, passenger service director for Southern said: “We wanted to surprise passengers with something festive and unexpected, and Emporium’s version of Aladdin was perfect for this. Christmas is a busy time as people use the trains to get to shopping and entertainment destinations as well as work, so what better way to celebrate and brighten up people’s afternoons than a live preview of the local pantomime.” Nathan Potter, theatre manager and choreographer at Emporium said: “We loved being part of such a fun event and we hope everyone will come along and see the full version of Aladdin.”

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Parking strikes Union GMB said traffic wardens in Brighton and Hove had accepted a new pay deal by employers NSL - so the parking strikes were called off. After a series of strikes this month, over several Christmas shopping weekends, union members were set to take industrial action from Saturday up until Christmas. But it is believed NSL has now agreed to the 4% pay rise GMB members had asked for.

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Christmas spirit Open Market traders have been selling Christmas trees in order to raise funds for the market. But they donated a free tree to Impact Stopover, for the charity’s safe house for young mothers and babies. Ollie Ovett, trader, said, “The trees are being sold with all profits going back into the market, but we’re really happy to give a tree to a good cause like this and we wish them a Merry Christmas.”

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Large crowds greeted Peter James, author of the bestselling Roy Grace series, at WHSmith at Churchill Square on Tuesday. The author spoke to fans and signed copies of his new book The House On Cold Hill and the paperback of You Are Dead. Born and bred in Brighton, Peter James is one of the UK’s most treasured crime and thriller novelists. His Roy Grace detective novels have sold more than 17 million copies worldwide in total.

B r i g h t o n Fa m i l i e s i n Recovery received a £300 donation from the Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund. The group offers support to individuals who are recovering from addiction and their families. Clare Kennedy, f o u n d e r, s a i d : “ T h i s donation will enable us to treat families to a day out at the zoo, helping them to take their minds off the recovery process and enjoy a special day together.”

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Conversations Welfare issues

Firstly I want to applaud Pat Kehoe’s letter in t h e B r i g h t o n & H ove Independent last week (December 11) regarding council tax reduction and the wider frustration at a Labour-run council bent on following the Tory party’s agenda for austerity at any cost. I note also the local Labour MP is noticeably quiet on this topic. I also want to thank t h e B r i g h t o n & H ove Independent newspaper for constantly covering welfare issues that affect our city. I question why the Labour council cannot follow a more compassionate route meeting the needs of more vulnerable people in our communities. All we seem to hear from the council is that ,”This must be done”. I know that the council are now asking people’s views on these matters, and I hope the council can be

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creative and dynamic, and forge ahead with different solutions rather than the same old dogma. I also question whether the Tory government’s austerity plan will ever achieve its objectives, leaving complete social destitution for those that are vulnerable. Yours, Paul Stewart, Palmeira Ave, Hove

Better transport The proposal for an allsouthern authority is long overdue. The prospect of having an integrated bus passenger service is exciting. Bus users in Worthing area so envy users in the Brighton and Hove area with their civilised evening buses. Kind regards, Gavin Muggeridge, Busticle Lane, Sompting

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Syria vote I fully agree with Professor Salkie (December 11) about Peter Kyle’s reasons for voting with the Tories for Syria air strikes. I listened to the debate and the three reasons stated by Peter Kyle were not forthcoming. Reading the statement put out, I question if he h a d n ’ t d e c i d e d b e fo r e listening to the debate. Kind regards, G Kingsley, Landeen Road, Hove

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Taking a stroll along the seafront, you may have had to double take, if you had passed by the statue of Olympic runner Steve Ovett. The statue was all wrapped up for Christmas, i n a s t u n t by m o b i l e network provider giffgaff. It was part of its People for Presents campaign

- encouraging people to put their phones down this Christmas and give the gift of themselves. The campaign is based on research by YouGov, that showed a 85% of the British public would rather spend time with their family and friends this Christmas than receive any sort of gift.

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Whitehawk pair handed honours for fostering

Rob and Mandy Goddard A man who grew up in foster care in the Whitehawk area of Brighton has received an MBE for his own services to foster care. Rob Goddard and his wife Mandy have been looking after children for Brighton and Hove City Council for 23 years. During this time they have looked after more than 65 children, welcoming them into a warm and nurturing home and providing them with a secure base from which they can develop. Mandy has also been honoured. As an Irish citizen, M a n dy w i l l r e c e ive a n honorary MBE at a separate ceremony in the new year. Rob said: “This honour was completely unexpected, and going to Buckingham Palace to receive it was the proudest moment of my life. “I had one set of foster carers for the whole of my

childhood in Whitehawk. They have always treated me as part of their family, and that’s what we do now. “I love being a foster carer. You need to listen to the children and give them time and attention. They need to feel a sense of belonging. They need warmth and nurturing but they also need boundaries. “For children who’ve had a difficult start in life and can’t live with their parents just being able to enjoy a normal Christmas can be a big bonus. Fostering means everything to me. I was lucky, so for me it’s wonderful to give something back and let other children share the good fortune that I had. “We’d like to thank our own sons Dean and Glen, my foster parents Ada and Fred Goddard and all the foster children we’ve looked after

over the years.” The chair of the council’s children, young people and skills committee is Councillor Tom Bewick. Like Rob, Tom was himself looked after by foster carers as a child. Cllr Bewick said: “I know first-hand just how important their role is in helping vulnerable children. When you’ve been neglected i n t h e p a s t yo u r e a l ly appreciative even basic things like clean clothes and baths, let alone love and kindness. “Rob and Mandy have been fantastic foster carers for us over so many years. We’re also grateful for all the help and support they have given other local carers.” To find out more about becoming a foster carer,, visit: fosteringinbrighton andhove.org.uk or call 01273 295444.

Education award for the University of Brighton’s former vice-chancellor Prince William awarded the former vice-chancellor of the University of Brighton with a CBE at a ceremony at Windsor Castle. Professor Julian Crampton, who served as vice-chancellor for 10 years until the end of November, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to higher education. During his tenure, the university has seen significant growth and development. It now has more than 21,000 students, supports over 7,000 jobs and generates £700 million per annum for the local, regional and national economies. Professor Crampton said: “I am personally delighted by the award, but I would like to think this is not just about me but a reflection of the hard work by a large number of dedicated people, past and present, who have

Professor Crampton receiving the honour from Prince William helped build the University of Brighton into the great institution it is today.” To acknowledge what he calls the “unsung heroes” at the university, Professor Crampton’s parting gift was the creation of new prizes for behind the scenes staff who “go the extra mile”. John Harley, chairman of the University of Brighton’s Board of Governors, said: “ Th e h o n o u r o f a C B E recognises Julian’s great contribution to education

and comes after an outstanding period as vicechancellor of the university. “Julian’s vision of what this university can and will achieve is legendary and frankly inspiring. I am delighted that Julian has been acknowledged by his peers as a serious and respected player in the vicechancellor community and that his contribution to higher education has been recognised by the award of a CBE.”

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We were right to ask for people’s views on smoking Daniel Yates @danieljyates

Over the summer headlines across much of the local press and some national publications talked of a proposed ban on smoking across our famous city beaches. This was far from accurate reporting but politicians have to accept that sometimes stories get skewed to suit the editorial approach of the press or sometimes just to make parts of local government seem slightly more interesting. The reality was that the health and wellbeing board across the city was asking residents and visitors their

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The balance between public health and individual freedoms is one which cannot be manipulated or fudged

views on a range of possible moves to try to reduce the effect of smoking in the city. To say that Brighton has a problem with smoking is no overstatement – smoking levels in adults are higher than average and anything we can do to reduce those levels and lower the chances of children taking up smoking is a positive step towards better health and a more sustainable health system. Residents and visitors answered the consultation in record numbers so maybe the publicity – however skewed – wasn’t all bad as it

The majority were opposed to a smoking ban on beaches

clearly got people engaged in considering the options. Options under consultation were there to judge public support for our existing voluntary ban in play areas right up to a full ban across all public open spaces. Not a sham consultation with preconceived answers but a broad and open attempt to find out what measures Brighton and Hove would support and which would be unpalatable. I’m delighted with the number of responses from across the board, and the clear message from the city and its visitors is that smoking bans near children’s facilities (play areas, school gates and children’s centres) are supported – while broader blanket bans in parks, squares and beaches are not. I didn’t ever stand for election to avoid taking difficult decisions and nor did I want to become some sort of advocate for the nanny state either. We knew at the health

The consultation was focused around smoking (Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire) and wellbeing board that there are no specific powers to enforce a ban and therefore public support and engagement for any future voluntary bans would be crucial. That is why assessing the public mood for these moves was so very vital. Too often across the city I have heard that the council only consults when it has to and when it has already made up

its mind. This certainly wasn’t the case with the smoking consultation. The balance between public health and individual freedoms is one which cannot be manipulated or fudged. As politicians we often will take action based on our party platforms and manifesto commitments. But sometimes it’s right

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to ask the city when the answer is unclear or the balance of the decision is too close to call. In a city of tolerance, that values and embraces d i v e r s i t y, c o n s u l t i n g on banning smoking in public looks like a strange approach. But asking people’s views and listening properly to their answers is never a bad thing. To view the results of the consultation on smokefree areas, visit: bit. ly/1PYTrKe

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Brighton and Hove is open for business I have written before in this column about how frustrated I have been in recent months by the council’s planning department, so much so that the Conservative group moved a notice of motion at a recent Full Council meeting calling for a root and branch review of the service. I know that a significant proportion of the local business community and many residents shared our frustration. However, I do get the distinct feeling that our i n t e r ve n t i o n m ay h ave had the desired effect and in recent weeks I believe we have turned a corner. For example, last week, the planning Ccommittee approved plans for the longoverdue regeneration of the

Aquarium Terrace. Ju s t a b i t f u r t h e r inland, the Circus Street redevelopment has at last got underway and final approval has been given by the Treasury for the Royal Sussex County Hospital redevelopment. Moving up North Street, we have the exciting prospect of an £8 million investment in the creation of a new lane next to the old Hanningtons building and further up still, at the Clock Tower, John Lewis have announced their intention to apply for planning permission for a new department store on the Boots site. And last but not least, next January the council’s policy and resources committee will get to decide upon a preferred scheme for the redevelopment of the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. It certainly seems that investor confidence is returning in Brighton and Hove and, as often

Greens say cuts will thwart new health strategy Members of the city council’s health and wellbeing board set out priorities for creating a healthier, more equal city this week. But Cllr Phélim McCafferty, Green Group c o n ve n o r a n d m e m b e r of the board, said: “We wholeheartedly support the aspirational aims of this strategy to make Brighton and Hove a healthier, more equal city. However, we are deeply concerned that the Labour council’s budget proposals for 2016/17 will undermine efforts to make progress on these priorities. “Labour are again proving themselves the masters of spin as they try to convince people that services can improve while funding is dramatically stripped away. How will inequality be reduced when Labour is choosing to drive up costs of council tax for the poorest households? “How can we have safe, healthy happy children, young people and families when we see massive cuts to children centres and youth services? How can we give people the chance of living and ageing well amid £22 million cuts to adult social care? Under Labour’s proposed budget,

this strategy is in danger of becoming worth less than the paper it is written on. Above all, we need the Conservative national government to make a meaningful commitment, beyond what’s already on the table, to meeting the true costs of social care.” Cllr Daniel Yates, chair of the health and wellbeing board, said: “There’s no doubt that the reductions i n c e n t r a l g ove r n m e n t funding across health, social care and public health will significantly challenge the delivery of services over the next few years. “ Th i s i s w hy a c r o s s the council and clinical commissioning group we have been working to make sure that all of our plans and strategies fully address the financial challenges we all face. Having a four-year budget process alongside our joint strategies helps us to plan for better integrated services which will deliver high quality health and social care services despite the harsh Tory cuts. Over the next few years these changes will hopefully see residents living healthier lives and able to access services that are integrated to make things simpler and more personalised to their needs.”

happens with these things, the approval of one scheme encourages others to come forward. Our city is once again looking as though it is ‘open for business’. This is also very good news for the council, which within the next few years, will get to keep 100% of

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the business rates that are generated in the city. The Conservative group was given a presentation last week by the team behind the proposed new John Lewis store. And although we are still a few years away from a potential grand opening, the prospect of finally having John Lewis in the city is very

It certainly seems that investor confidence is returning in Brighton and Hove and the approval of one scheme encourages others to come forward

exciting and will be a huge boost for our retail sector in general. We were very encouraged to hear that John Lewis is committed to a high quality building design and are also interested in making public realm improvements to the Clock Tower area. I am hopeful that the Aquarium Terrace decision will also be the trigger for a wider regeneration of the Madeira Drive area, particularly now that we have discovered just what a poor state the physical

structure of the terraces are in. And on that note, it was also good to see the Government give us a helping hand with the award of £50k from their Coastal Revival Fund to enable the council to draw up a viable long-term business plan for the area. It is nice to be able to end the year on a positive note and, as this will be my final column of 2015, may I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and a healthy and successful 2016!

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Football coach scores award hat-trick A football coach has won three awards for her work encouraging girls to play football. Kim Stenning is the girls participation officer at Albion in the Community (AITC) - Brighton and Hove Albion’s official charity - and clinched three awards in the space of a week. She was named Coach of the Year at the Sussex Sports Awards and followed that up by winning the Champion of the Women’s Game category at the prestigious Football for Good Awards and the We Can Play participation award at the FA Women’s Football Awards. She said: “The other people I was up against were all doing really good work so I didn’t think I had a chance but it is great to know other people are aware of what we are doing at AITC. It is a real team effort and these awards are really for everyone who helps out, not just me.” For Kim, the real reward comes in helping more

girls develop the same love for football that she has – something she is keen to continue doing through her work with AITC. Having been instrumental in the launch of a female football development programme, Kim has helped 490 girls complete a tenweek football training course in the last 12 months. She has also worked with more than 250 girls at after school clubs, Saturday morning football sessions and the charity’s talent centres. Kim has also been behind a host of pioneering projects, including Zumba fitness football sessions, a project for mums who have children who play the game and want to learn more about football; drop-in football sessions for women returning to the game; and regularly provides free coaching and guidance to people coaching local girls’ and women’s teams. I n fa c t , s u ch i s h e r expertise that Kim now

Book to raise funds for Syrian refugees A trip to France inspired a Brighton woman to write a book about her adventures - and raise funds for Syrian refugees. Laura Hopkins, 28, wrote the children’s book The Treasure in Avignon as a Christmas present for her young nieces and nephews after she and her partner Rik van den Bosch, went on a cycling holiday in summer 2015 to Avignon. During their cycling trip, the couple were inspired by the famous incomplete bridge in Avignon, and decided to use it as the beginnings of their story book, which sees three friends venturing out on bicycles to find a longhidden treasure. Characters include a hedgehog, an ostrich, a shark, a pig, two turtles, and a rat. The adventurous friends take the names of Laura’s nieces and nephews; the baddies in the story are named after their parents (her siblings) who live in Burgess Hill. Laura penned the story, aimed at three- to eight-year-olds, while Rik illustrated each of the pages. Ms Hopkins spoke about the inspiration for the book, and said: “We faced so many of the inevitable challenges that come from being exposed to the elements all day – we had to laugh and use our imaginations to deal with situations like being caught up in storms.

Rik and Laura

Eventually, we had so many of these mini-adventures, that it became the inspiration of our children’s book.” The couple decided to donate the book’s profits to Proactiva Open Arms, a charity that has sent a lifeboat and lifeguards to Greece to help the safe passage of Syrian refugees. Ms Hopkins said: “We started out just wanting to make a quirky Christmas gift for our families, but now we have a chance to really help people and save lives. All profits from the book go directly to the charity and we have already raised 100 from the small number of copies requested from friends.” The Treasure in Avignon (£7) is available to order from www.healthystartholidays. com

h e a d s a r e g i o n a l b o dy h e l p i n g fo o t b a l l c l u b s develop the female side of the game. She said: “Seeing girls taking up football, enjoying it and progressing is great. The plan now is to build on what we are doing. We would like to develop an academy system and create opportunities for girls from aged six upwards. Four years ago we didn’t even run an after school club for girls, so for it to come this far is brilliant.”

Kim Stenning, girls participation officer at Albion in the Community

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Laura Lockington @bookloversupper The Tides of Memory

by Sydney Sheldon I had the awful experience of staying in a perfectly nice B&B last week in deepest darkest Sussex, only awful because as I climbed into bed, I realised that I’d forgotten my kindle. Now, this might not seem so terrible to some, but to the readers amongst us, well, you can imagine the horror. I cannot sleep unless I read, no matter how tired, or late the hour, a few pages at the very least are required see me to the land of nod. The only book in the room was Sydney Sheldon. Now, I’ve never read one of his bestsellers, so there was nothing for it, I had to start one. Hmm. Well, far be it from me to doubt the popularity of his books, but, my goodness they’re a bit daft. This one concerns Alexia DeVere, the unlikely Home Secretary of the UK and her doting, wealthy husband,

Teddy. She has more secrets than the gossip columns of Hello! For a start she’s American and was born Toni Galetti (she fakes an ID card and whisks herself off to the UK and marries a Lord) blackmail, dead bodies and attempts on her life litter the pages like confetti. I’d love to tell you that I was a convert and spent the night feverishly turning the pages, but I didn’t. Millions of books have been sold, but then, someone once wisely said, ‘You never get rich by underestimating the taste of the general public’.

Friday, December 18, 2015

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Breezy Brighton has seen a number of great storms

By a recent meteorological innovation, storms are now named alphabetically, with Desmond lashing us recently. (We await Eva, Frank, Gertrude.) Being exposed to the full force of the sea and winds, Brighton has always copped its share of storms, including both the historical Great Storms. According to Daniel Defoe, the first Great Storm, in November 1703, devastated the town. “The violence of the wind stript

a great many houses, turned up the leads off the church, overthrew two windmills, and laid them flat on the ground, the town in general ( u p o n t h e a p p r o a ch o f daylight) looking as if it had been bombarded.” Many ships were lost, or blown as far as Holland. Two years later, a second storm completed the destruction, obliterating under shingle all the remaining dwellings below the cliff. In February 1775, high winds and high tides resulted in the gun-battery being washed away, the water going so high it poured down one house’s chimney. Similar conditions in September 1785 resulted

An image of Brighton feeling the force of the 1828 storm

in the loss of any boats not dragged into town in time. In the morning of July 1797 “there was the greatest storm ever remembered by the oldest of our inhabitants”, when three-inch hailstones rained down, breaking skylights and windows. “The cucumber-frames in Hicks’s gardens, with his hot-houses, were entirely smashed.” In November 1807 a “tremendous gale” blew off roofs and demolished unfinished houses. “The destruction of glass has been beyond all precedent great. Several houses in St James’s Street had each from twenty to thirty panes demolished.” A boat carrying 40,000 herrings sank off Shoreham, with the loss of its crew; 10,000 herrings later washed up at Rottingdean, being “taken up by the inhabitants there”. The Chain Pier, opened in 1823, suffered repeatedly from storms. The toll-house was swept away in November 1824; the pier was battered by mountainous seas in December 1828; in October 1833 it was struck by lightning, causing a fire that gutted large sections; and in November 1836 further serious damage occurred. The pier was

A flooded Pool Valley in July 1850 finally destroyed by a storm in December 1896. In November 1837, Charles Dickens, staying at the Old Ship, reported: “On Wednesday night it blew a perfect hurricane, knocking down shutters, carrying people off their legs, blowing the fires out, and causing universal consternation. The air was for some hours darkened with a shower of black hats (second hand) which are supposed to have blown off the heads of unwary passengers in remote parts of the town, and have been industriously picked up by the fishermen.” In July 1850 “a storm

of lightning, thunder and rain of almost unexampled violence broke over Brighton”, turning the Level to a lake, and causing Pool Valley (so called for good reason) to be flooded, not for the first time, to a depth of 5 feet. Creak’s baths, Strong’s painter’s shop, an adjoining carpenter’s shop, and the Duke of Wellington inn were all inundated, the manager of the latter preserving only “his cash box and account books”. Boats were used to rescue residents and salvage floating goods. In June 1860 a French ship, the Atlantique, was wrecked in a gale “on the

beach at the back of the Albion Hotel, carrying away part of the groyne, and the sea began to beat furiously over her”. A later shipwreck was that of the Greek-registered Athina B in January 1980, laden with pumice, blown onto the Kemptown beach in January 1980 during a force-8 gale. As for the second Great Storm, in October 1987, that blew down hundreds of trees all over the city, hurled part of a minaret from the Pavilion roof into the Music room, smashed windows and roofs, and caused a colossal mudslide into Rottingdean’s High Street.

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The official fuel consumption figures in mpg (l/100km) for the Mazda Range: Urban 30.4 (9.3) – 74.3 (3.8). Extra Urban 51.4 (5.5) – 88.3 (3.2). Combined 40.9 (6.9) – 83.1 (3.4). CO 2 emissions (g/km) 161 – 89. The mpg figures quoted are sourced from official EU-regulated test results obtained through laboratory testing. These are provided for comparability purposes only and may not reflect your actual driving results. Personal contract hire offer on Mazda CX-5 165ps 2WD SE-L Nav and all-new Mazda CX-3 120ps 2WD SE on vehicles ordered between 02.12.2015 and 21.12.2015 and registered between 02.12.2015 and 31.12.2015 at participating dealers, subject to availability and status. Age 18+ only. Mazda CX-5 figures based on a non-maintenance contract hire package with advance rental of £1,794, then 36 monthly rentals of £299. Excess miles over contracted mileage of 9,000 over 36 months charged at 15 pence per mile. All-new Mazda CX-3 figures based on a non-maintenance contract hire package with advance rental of £4,101, then 36 monthly rentals of £179. Excess miles over contracted mileage of 9,000 over 36 months charged at 12 pence per mile. Excess charges also apply if you breach manufacturer servicing or maintenance guidelines or if the car exceeds BVRLA Fair Wear & Tear guidelines for its age/mileage when it is returned to Mazda Contract Hire. Package includes road fund licence and Mazda Assistance. Guarantee/indemnity may be required. Prices and details are subject to change without notice. For full specification and T&Cs contact your local retailer. You will not own the car. ALD Automotive Ltd, trading as Mazda Contract Hire, BS16 3JA. Models shown: Mazda CX-5 165ps 2WD SE-L Nav, OTR from £23,195 and all-new Mazda CX-3 120ps 2WD SE, OTR from £17,595. Mazda CX-5 model shown features optional Crystal White Pearlescent paint (£540) and all-new Mazda CX-3 model shown features optional Soul Red Metallic paint (£660). OTR prices include VAT, number plates, delivery, 12 months’ road fund licence, first registration fee, 3 year or 60,000 mile warranty and 3 years’ European Roadside Assistance. °Test drives subject to applicant status and availability. Details correct at time of going to print. Not available in conjunction with any other offer unless specified. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

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How to build your online presence effectively 10 top tips from Chamber member JILL WOOLF, managing director of Chimera Communications PR and Marketing Consultancy. Jill Woolf from Chimera Communications is leading a Brighton Chamber Bitesize Learning session on January 21, called Building Your Online Presence. Ahead of the session, here are her 10 top tips on making your business website the best it can be. 1. Make sure your website is fit for purpose a. Selling products? Do you have great images to tempt buyers? Are you providing an effective buying experience? Do you follow up afterwards? b. Do you have a robust CMS system to allow you to change content yourself o r a r e yo u s p e n d i n g unnecessary money getting your web developer to do it for you? c. When was the last time

you updated your site? 2. Set up separate business accounts on social media a. Don’t mix business and personal b. D o n ’ t a s s u m e yo u r clients/potential clients won’t see your posts c. Post regularly and at times your target audiences will be online 3. Give your fans/followers a reason to connect with you a. Special offers only available online b. Add value by giving great content, tips or previews 4. Choose the right social media channels and concentrate on them a. Don’t try to service them all. You may not have the time, resource, inclination or need to be using every imaginable channel 5. Monitor all comments/ feedback and respond asap

especially to negative ones a. This allows you to jump on potential new sales or rebut negative comments and show you’re on the ball b. Complaints on social media are excellent opportunity to turn negatives into positives (but of course try not to get complaints in the first place!) 6. Constantly update and add quality content - writing for the web is different a. Content is king. A blog or podcast, for example, should be promoted via your social media channels so you get maximum value out of it b. Web text needs to be relevant and up-to-date, showcasing your products/ services 7. Start, join and build conversations and

Temporary workspace for physical product start-ups in Brighton relationships a. Target decision-makers and opinion-formers b. Start groups, with a flow of interesting and thoughtprovoking conversations 8. Make sure your avatars and header images are appropriate and appealing a. Put your best images online and make sure it’s the right one – professional and approachable 9. Add guest blogs for credibility and endorsement a. Ask yourself who would be the best endorser of your business and with what topic would your followers best engage 10. Be patient – it takes time a. It takes time to build up t he r i ght foll owing and remember – quantity doesn’t necessarily mean quality To see Brighton Chamber’s Bite-size Learning programme, visit: www. brightonchamber.org.uk/ events For help with building your online presence, visit: www. chimeracomms.co.uk

Entrepreneurial product designers and makers in Brighton and Hove are invited to apply for a place at FIELD, the new rentfree temporary workspace project launching at Preston Barracks on Lewes Road in the New Year. Any start-up with a big vision to build a business based on an innovative physical product is encouraged to apply from this week. The team behind the project is particularly keen to work with businesses pioneering new approaches in the area of workspace design and construction. James Nettleton, who leads U+I’s work with start-ups, and is overseeing F I E L D s a i d : “ We a r e thrilled to be able to offer a new temporary home for Brighton’s incredible variety of entrepreneurs, inventors and product designers. “We want this exciting space to bring together like-minded people in a community that thrives on the free exchange of ideas. Our ultimate goal is to

create a large-scale campus for high growth product design and technology businesses as part of the regeneration of Preston Barracks. “The temporary FIELD project is key to shaping what the future of this place looks like.” In addition to the workshop spaces, part of the site has also been allocated for The Wood Store, a reclaimed wood furniture maker and recycling enterprise, which was previously based in Circus Street, and zero waste drinks producer Old Tree. U+I is a property regeneration company that transforms undervalued parts of towns and cities into communities where people and enterprise can thrive. It is working together with the The University of Brighton, the city council, artists and innovators to develop FIELD on the Preston Barracks site. To find out more or to apply for a space visit: www.fieldbtn.com

It’s a good time for the Clearwell becomes gift voucher market, official sponsor to says Goodmoney boss Walking Football Club It’s less than three months s i n c e G o o d m o n ey C I C launched its gift voucher to support independent businesses in the city, and the initiative is steadily building momentum with more than 150 consumer businesses accepting Goodmoney gift vouchers. Christmas is a busy time for the whole gift market and gift vouchers are no exception. In fact, the gift voucher market has been growing steadily for a number of years as canny shoppers seek to avoid giving unwanted gifts. The demand means that more than 100 million gift cards and vouchers were given as presents in 2014, according to estimates by the Prepaid International

Fo r u m ( P I F ) . A l a s t a i r Graham, PIF co-chairman, said: ‘People are saying: “I don’t want to waste my gift, I want people to have something they’ll like.” The economist Professor Joel Waldfogel published a book in 2009, titled, Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn’t Buy Presents Fo r Th e H o l i d ay s . I n the book he argued that Christmas presents are a very inefficient way of exchanging value and that gift vouchers are preferable as they result in fewer unwanted presents. He also observed that some gift vouchers expire unspent and suggested this money should go to charity. We think Prof. Waldfogel would certainly approve of

Goodmoney gift vouchers. With so many independent businesses to choose from, they offer a more exciting choice than high street gift vouchers and support the local community too. Goodmoney also has a remind, renew and reinvest policy; encouraging anyone who receives a gift voucher to register for reminders; renewing gift vouchers up to three months after expiry; and unspent money i s r e i nve s t e d i n t o t h e community. To get hold of Goodmoney vouchers, visit hiSbe, City Books, Brighton Toy and Model Museum ,The Bevy community pub, or visit: www.goodmoney.co.uk Dan Webb is the founder of Goodmoney.

A mobility products supplier has become the first official sponsors of the Brighton and Hove Walking Football Team. Sussex firm Clearwell Mobility invested more than £500 into Brighton’s first, walking football club, providing the funds to purchase a new strip for the team, training equipment, and other items such as a pitch side first aid kit. Duncan Gillett, Clearwell’s managing director, presented the new kit to the team at their regular Thursday training session at Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre. Jobe Berrington, team head coach and founder, said: “The game of walking football and the aims of

Clearwell Mobility is the club’s first sponsor Clearwell Mobility are very well matched - we are both enabling people from the older generation to be more active. Many of the players

feel like it has given them a new lease of life by allowing them to enjoy playing the game that they love - albeit in a gentler form!”

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It’s tea-with-a-twist: Finding

We share a cuppa with Bluebird Tea founder Krisi Smith and find out more about the Brighton business Laura Cartledge @LSCartledge

Tea is sacred. We all have our own particular ways of taking it and as a result, in this country especially, the humble brew has long been placed on a pedestal. Krisi Smith, co-founder of Brighton’s Bluebird Tea Co, said: “Because we love it so much, it is such a staple, I think people are afraid to go near it. Whereas, elsewhere, it is not as influential so people mess around with it.” With extensive experience i n t h e i n d u s t r y, “ f r o m waiting tables in a quaint tearoom to working in the blending and branding side of things”, Krisi knew the British market was missing out. She said: “I knew there was a lot to be explored.

“When the realisation hit that I could create my own tea-blends it opened my eyes to what I could do.” Three years on, Bluebird is going from strength to strength having just opened a second store in Royal Victoria Place, Royal Tunbridge Wells, joining flagship base (aka ‘The Nest’) in Brighton’s Gardner Street. Krisi said: “We are in the right place and the right time. The industry is becoming more versatile and I would like to think we have played a part in that. “Loose leaf is coming back around, it isn’t just a case of ‘my grandma used to do that’ - it has become trendy. Now I always say our company is trendier than we are.

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“People are starting to pay more attention and most companies are realising they have to up their game. “It’s no longer just a bag in a box in a supermarket anymore.” To put the growth into perspective, Krisi reveals this time last year Bluebird was just “two people in a b a s e m e n t o f a s h o p, hand packing everything”, whereas now it boasts a team of 20. “It is mad and it can be stressful, but when I step away from it I do have to remind myself that my partner Mike and I have achieved a lot,” she confesses, adding that a driving force has been the simple desire to spread joy.

Whether you have a good day, a bad day, someone has broken up with someone... tea is comfort.

“I think it is important to add smiles where you can - that sounds cheesy and I don’t mean it to but it is true,” adds Krisi. “We see us as being a bit like what Lush have done with soap - everyone uses it but they have managed to make it so bright and fun.” So what would her advice be for people wanting to ditch the conventional bags? “There are two ways to approach it. The first would be to take you current favourite - be it English Breakfast,Earl Grey or even peppermint - and try one of our twists,” replies Krisi. “The other thing, which is the most fun, would be to throw yourself in at the deep end. Pick a few you like the sound of and see if you like them.” Hearing Krisi’s obvious passion leaves you with little doubt you’d be in safe hands either way.

“It is always tea,” she beams.“Whether you have had a good day, a bad day, someone has broken up with someone...tea is comfort. “What we want to do is make it feel more personal, so you find yourself telling your friends about this mad tea you have got.” Sweet cravings seem to be a recurring theme with the flavour range including gingerbread chai, strawberry lemonade, bonfire toffee and even birthday cake. “I think that it is because I do it. A lot of personal preference comes into it,” Krisi confesses. “I have a massive sweet tooth and then you have lots of cocktail ones. “We don’t have that many health benefit ones because I am not massively into it. “I would rather do s o m e t h i n g t h at t a s t e s amazing and happens to do good too.”

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g the perfect brew for you

From top left clockwise: Bluebird Tea baubles on a branch; co-founders of the company Krisi and Mike; The Gingerbread Chai Selection; The Bluebird Tea Company shop in Gardner Street, Brighton; and the Enchanted Narnia blend.

The Bluebird Tea Company 41 Gardner St, Brighton www.bluebirdteaco.com

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Helping isolated and elderly residents this festive season A new scheme offering s u p p o r t t o l o n e ly a n d isolated older people in Woodingdean has been set up over the festive period. Brighton and Hove City Council has teamed up with more than a dozen other agencies to pilot Thinking of You at Christmas. The project, co-ordinated by charity Time to Talk Befriending, brings together CareLink Plus, Sussex Po l i c e , Wo o d i n g d e a n ’ s Neighbourhood Watch, Age UK, the city’s Fed Centre for Independent Living, local churches, and other groups. The aim of the project is to reach out to older people in Woodingdean who don’t have any family or friends living near them. Caring and sympathetic “community befrienders” will provide direct, face-toface contact with people, offering a single point of contact for all sorts of issues including loneliness and depression, health problems and worries about personal

Become a community befriender and make someone’s Christmas security and crime. Woodingdean has been chosen to trial the scheme because it has one of the largest proportions of older people in the city, combined

with a higher than average proportion of people with long-term illnesses. The project has made initial contact with more than 100 residents who

have been identified by the partners in the scheme as people who might benefit from further support. Just before Christmas, project partners will work

together to deliver small Christmas hampers as well as personalised Christmas cards made by local children to these people to let them know they are being thought

about over Christmas. The hampers are being provided by local churches with support from Waitrose Hove. Cllr Karen Barford, the council’s lead member for adult social care, said: “CareLink Plus supports over 5,000 vulnerable people across Brighton and Hove, and this is a great way to extend their support further. “ We w a n t t o h e l p people continue to live independently wherever possible, and we’re excited about coordinating with other agencies to reach out to people who may be alone during the festive season. “The Thinking of You at Christmas scheme has our full support. If it’s successful we hope it can be expanded to other areas of the city.” If you would like to find out more about becoming a community befriender for this project, please email info@timetotalkbefriending. org.uk or phone Time to Talk Befriending on 01273 737710.

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Diana Vickers steps into the Rocky Horror Show. Turn to page 33

Timeless songs and outrageous outfits

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Rock opera asks audience tough questions about life

Picture by Alan Bromley Phil Hewitt @BrightonIndy Casting the Old Courtroom Theatre, Hove, as death’s waiting room once again, a ground-breaking rock opera returns to the venue this December after success there earlier this year during the Brighton Fringe. The Reincarnation Of Trim Tab Jim is an immersive piece, performed by a fivepiece rock ’n’ roll band, supported by an eight-strong all-female choir and overseen by the Angel of Death herself. Performances will be on Saturday, December 19, at 3.30pm and 7.30pm. Audiences will be challenged to think hard about how they spend their time – and how this might change upon exiting the theatre. Twe l ve ye a r s i n t h e planning and two years in rehearsal, the show comes promised as a personalpolitical powerhouse. The multimedia production is written by and features James Mannion, a

poet and singer-songwriter and educationalist currently completing a PhD at the University of Cambridge. An unnamed protagonist is brutally mugged and left for dead in the street. While his fate is being ‘processed’, he meets the Angel of Death who encourages him to reflect on his life to date. “The idea for the show has been with me for a long time,” James says. “I used to be a stand-up poet many years ago, and I had this idea for a show stringing all of the poems together into a narrative form and doing it as a one-man show. That never saw the light of day! “But five years ago, I started to write music and put a band together. We rehearsed the songs with the band for about two years, and now it has become this rock opera, which we did at the Fringe earlier this year, in the Old Court Room, which was great. The show reimagines the final judgement and sets it in death’s waiting room. “The starting point is this unnamed protagonist who is mugged and left for dead. It is

loosely based in London, but it is not specified. “But he reawakens and walks into the theatre, which has been reimagined as death’s waiting room. “As people enter the theatre, they fill out a form, which asks them two questions: ‘Leaving aside sleeping, which three things have you spent most of your life doing? And ‘Which three causes would you die for or dedicate your life to?’” Th e r e a s o n s fo r t h e questions become clear as the Angel of Death guides the unnamed protagonist through the process of reflecting on his life. “The Angel of Death crossexamines him and suggests it has not been a good way to spend his time. But then she throws him a rope. He tries to argue for reincarnation, to have another chance at life. She gives him three causes he can fight for or die trying. He has to choose the causes, just as the audience has done, and the Angel will judge whether he is making good choices…” Visit theoldmarket.com to purchase tickets.

Bootleg Beatles follow the Fab Four’s journey with their stunning live show THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT

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The Bootleg Beatles are set to perform at The Brighton Centre on Friday, December 18. Doors open at 6.30pm and the show starts at 7.30pm. In the 50 years since the Beatles had their first No.1, their music has never been eclipsed, their image has never faded, and they continue to attract new fans with each coming generation. The world’s most famous B e a t l e s Tr i b u t e b a n d continues to draw critical acclaim from across the globe with their stunning recreation of the greatest songbook of all time. Tracing the Fab Four’s journey through the

The Bootleg Beatles sixties, every tiny detail is meticulously covered from costumes to authentic period instruments; from their witty ‘Scouse’ banter to their ‘inflection perfect’ vocal mimicry. Complete with video

imagery to compliment e a ch s o n g a n d a l i t t l e help from their orchestral ensemble, this is a not-tobe-missed spectacular for ‘Beatlemaniacs’ of all ages. Tickets cost £28. Visit brightoncentre.co.uk.

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Hit songs and outrageous outfits Phil Hewitt @BrightonIndy Diana Vickers continues to break new ground as she steps into the Rocky Horror Show (Brighton Theatre Royal, December 17-January 2). “I have never done a musical before,” says Diana, who first came to public attention in 2008 when she was a finalist on The X Factor. “I have done Little Voice, but that was a play with music. But this is very different!” First performed on June 19, 1973, at the Royal Court Theatre, the show tells the story of Brad and his fiancée Janet, two squeaky clean college kids who meet Dr Frank’n’Furter by chance when their car breaks down outside his house while on their way to visit their former college professor. It’s an adventure they’ll never forget, with fun, frolics, frocks, and frivolity, bursting with timeless songs and outrageous outfits. “I had to go for four auditions for this. I was so pleased to get it. But it was very friendly, like going before a very friendly

committee. Chris Luscombe (the director) is just so gorgeous, and everyone was so enthusiastic. “I was wanting it more and more by the time I got to the fourth audition. I was starting to feel like it was mine! It was my agent who rang me to tell me I had got it. I was walking down Broadway Market and got the call. It was such a lovely feeling. “I loved the film of Rocky Horror. I had never seen it on stage, but I have got so many friends that love it, that are huge fans.They were booking tickets even before they knew I was going to be in it. I went to the 40th anniversary screening, and it was fantastic. Everyone was dressed up to the nines, and people were jumping up and dancing. It was just great. “Janet (whom Diana is playing) starts off quite innocent, but inside this woman there is quite a vixen that just wants to get out! You can see from the start she is wanting to dance and

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sing. She is just such a great character. “Little Voice was my first proper acting really, my first West End show. Since then it has just got more and more exciting. Before I auditioned for X Factor, I was going to apply to drama school. I just wanted to leave school. I wanted to act. I wanted to perform. I was just getting quite frustrated at school. I had the bug inside me. I just wanted to get to stage school.” In fact, it was The X Factor itself that provided the best possible stage schooling. “I learnt such a lot on The X Factor. I was so young, but you work with the biggest names in the business and you get to perform in front of millions of people and you are getting the best singing coaches. I got so much from it. It was great exposure. If it wasn’t for The X Factor, I don’t think I would have got Little Voice.” But Diana’s greatest achievement is that she has sustained the success

Janet starts off quite innocent, but inside this woman there is a vixen that just wants to get out

Diana Vickers in The Rocky Horror Show in an era in which so many X Factor finalists go on to disappear without trace. “I think it has been quite good that I have stepped away from the music. I had my two albums and I have had different things. I have been through highs and lows, and I have worked

really hard. I don’t know what it is, but maybe it was good timing as well. “At the time, The X Factor was all quite new and fresh.” As for a return to the recording side of music: “Never say never. I was in LA quite recently, and I was feeling quite inspired. I

thought maybe I should get writing again.” Tickets for the show £14.90 to £57.40. Call the box office on 08448 717650 or visit www. atgtickets.com/venues/ theatre-royal-brighton

ABBA tribute performers aim to capture the smallest details Authenticity is the keyword for the performers in the ABBA Reunion Tribute Show, which plays Brighton Theatre Royal on Saturday, January 23. So just what exactly does Vikki Holland-Bowyer, who plays Frida, mean by it? As she says, it’s those little details that the ABBA fans will pick up on – and won’t forgive if they don’t find. For instance, it’s in the different ways the front girls Frida and Agnetha move. The untrained eye probably imagines it is seeing two performers pretty much synchronised. Wrong. As Vikki explains: “Frida (the red head) is more of a dancer than Agnetha. She is more of a showgirl than Agnetha. She is a bit of a flirt with the band and with the audience. She has got this wild, crazy energy she brings out. She has got movements she makes that you will know if you are an ABBA fan. “Agnetha is more demure. She has got a more snaky, sexy, slow manner. She is quite inward. She does not like to perform so much, but she has got a natural sexiness about her. “She can be quite a little animal at times, and that’s

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The Abba Reunion Tribute Show what you have got to nail.” Vikki recalls: “I grew up absolutely loving ABBA. I was blonde and my sister was dark, and like everyone did, we pretended to be Frida and Agnetha when we were seven years old. I was just into singing, and I got into covers bands. And then in the ’90s, I was fortunate enough to be with a group of people that started an ABBA tribute show called ABBA Mania.We got into the West End, and we were very lucky with that and did well. “But as time went on, I left. When you get a lot of people commanding a show or

directing a show, sometimes it can be not really what you want it to be. Greg, my partner, and I decided we were going to do a show that was more authentic to ABBA.” Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Anni-Frid are evoked through the use of top-ofthe-range wigs, make-up and hand-made replica costumes, and each character has been studied to mimic the movements and mannerisms accurately. Tickets for the concert cost £22.90 - £24.90. Call 0844 871 7650 or visit www.atgtickets.com.

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Outstanding dancers in classic fairytale ballet

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The Snow Queen

Join Ballet Theatre UK for their beautiful re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale ballet, The Snow Queen. This spectacular production is at Brighton Dome’s Concert Hall on S at u r d ay a n d S u n d ay, January 2 and 3 (2.30pm and 7.30pm). The show follows the story of Gerda and her quest to find her friend Kay, whom the Snow Queen has placed under an evil spell. Gerda’s fantastic adventure takes her on a journey across the frozen

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Krater Comedy Club 6.30pm/8pm, £15-£24 Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN @KomediaBrighton Until December 20. Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians. Acts include: Daliso Chaponda, The Noise Next Door, MC Stephen Grant, Steffan Alun, Harry Stachini and Joe Rooney.

north where she encounters a band of gypsies, enchanted reindeer and a mysterious and reclusive Lapland woman. B a l l e t Th e at r e U K ’ s r e n ow n e d c o m p a ny o f international dancers, beautiful costumes and glittering stage sets combine to create a magnificent spectacle, all set to a glorious and magical score. Tickets cost £10, £12.50, £15 or £18.50. Call 01273 709709 or visit brightondome.org.

The Bootleg Beatles 7.30pm, £28 Brighton Centre BN1 2GR @BrightonCentre The world’s most famous Beatles Tribute band continues to draw critical acclaim from across the globe with their stunning recreation of the greatest songbook of all time. English Disco Lovers Christmas Disco Fundraiser 11pm, £8 Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN @KomediaBrighton The English Disco Lovers round off an amazing 2015 with a fundraiser and thank-you party. In 2015 the Disco Lovers’ sister group, The Hummingbird Project, raised over £16,000 for the refugee crisis in Calais and the UK. Rocky Horror Show 5.30pm/8.30pm, £14.90 - £57.40

Theatre Royal, BN1 1SD @TheatreRoyalBTN Until January 2. The world’s favourite rock ‘n’ roll musical is back by popular demand to thrill you once again with its frothy fun and naughty moments. A Christmas Carol 1.30pm/4.30pm £12 (£10 concessions) Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdome Until December 20. A fun and unique adaptation of Dickens’ classic Christmas tale. Box Clever’s production interweaves the traditional story with a modern interpretation. See Featured Listing on page 35. From The Jam – Sound Affects & All The Jam’s Hits 7pm, £20 Concorde 2, BN2 1EN @concorde_2 Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Sound Affects album, performed in its entirety plus all the classic Jam hits. Expect to hear ‘Going Underground’, ‘Down In The Tube Station’, ‘Eton Rifles’, ‘That’s Entertainment’ and many more.

SATURDAY Spellbound 9pm, £8 Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN

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@KomediaBrighton Styling itself ‘the ’80s night for people who hate ’80s nights’, Spellbound has become one of Brighton’s best-loved clubs since launching at Komedia six years ago. This event delivers the cream of the alternative side of the ’80s. Flyaway Katie 11am/2pm, £8 Otherplace Brighton, BN1 4AJ @OtherplaceBTN Until December 31. Flyaway Katie is an inspiring flight of fancy about the power of imagination based on the children’s book by Polly Dunbar with music by Tom Gray of Gomez. Katie is all alone and feeling grey. The birds in the picture on her wall look so colourful. If only Katie could be as bright as them, who knows what might happen? Tonight Matthew 8pm, £10 Latest MusicBar, BN2 1TF @latestmusicbar Seven-piece band Tonight Matthew don’t just take a walk down the memory lane of rock – they race down it. Paying homage to The Beatles, Bowie, Johnny Cash, Elvis, The Kinks, The Stones, The Dandy Warhols, The Doors, Bruce Springsteen, T Rex, Pulp, REM, Stealers Wheel, Van Morrison and many others.

Flown 3pm/7.30pm, £10-£22.50 Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdome Pirates of the Carabina. Until December 27. Packed with thrills, laughs, extraordinary feats and fantastic live music, a stunning troupe of acrobats, aerialists, daredevil stuntmen and musicians will put on a jaw-dropping spectacle. STRUM Christmas Party 7.30pm, £5 Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE @Rialto_Brighton The Winter’s Tale Christmas Strum event featuring a host of Brighton talent at The Rialto Theatre. A Christmas theme dress-up – sexy, sassy or whatever you decide. Ridiculousness on all levels is encouraged. Jam Tarts Choir 7.30pm, £11 St George’s Church BN2 1ED @StGeorgesChurch Join Brighton indie choir Jam Tarts for an annual Christmas extravaganza. Performing songs by The Pogues, Goldfrapp, Bon Iver, Jona Lewie, The Divine Comedy, Kate Bush, Lambchop, Leonard Cohen and many more. Doors 6.30pm, show starts 7pm sharp, all done by 9.30pm.

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Following last years sell out run, it’s back!

THE TREASON SHOW “Savagely funny-fantastically silly” THE GUARDIAN

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7.30pm, £20 Concorde 2, BN2 1EN @concorde_2 English Ska band Bad Manners quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene, living up to their name with naughty antics from frontman Buster Bloodvessel. Plus support from Splodgenessabounds and The Pukes. Mike Newsham 3pm, free Velvet Jacks, BN1 2PA @velvetjacksbar Originally from Yorkshire, now based in Brighton, Mike has played all over the UK supporting the likes of Jesse Malin, Sam Roberts Band, Guillemots, Erik Mongrain and Deadstring Brothers.

Suspiciously Elvis Christmas Special 6pm, £22 (£39.50 with meal) Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN @KomediaBrighton Eat, drink, dance and worship at the altar of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll with a themed Christmas night to remember. Ivor Potter is Suspiciously Elvis, an act that simply blows other similar tributes out of the water.

Bloom 7pm, £4 The Hope and Ruin, BN1 3WA @thehopeandruin Brighton Noise presents a Charity Fun Off – Bloom vs The Nice Guys of OK Cupid for The Hummingbird Project. All profits go to The Hummingbird Project – bringing aid to people surviving in camps in and around Calais.

Pitschi – The Kitten With Dreams 11am, £8.50 (£6.50 concessions) Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN @KomediaBrighton Until January 3. Komedia’s homegrown children’s show Pitschi – the Kitten with Dreams returns to Brighton for a two-week Christmas run after a successful national tour, which has taken it to more than 35 venues all over the country.

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TUESDAY Midwinter Ceilidh 7pm, £8 (£5 concessions, £22 family ticket) Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdome With the Sussex Pistols. The bestloved winter knees-up on the block. Anyone who’s ever been to this annual step-fest will know the score: with Ceilidh maestros the Sussex Pistols at the helm (plus resident caller), you’ll soon be Stripping the Willow and dancing festive reels with the best of them. OldPlay 8pm, £5 Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE @Rialto_Brighton Dance to the hits of the ’60s and ’70s, but no Christmas songs. The name of the band, OldPlay, reflects the retro nature of its set list – songs that are well known to the baby boomer generation. Caitlin Stubbs 8.30pm, free entry

The Greys Pub, BN2 9UA @TheGreysPub A Christmas show with local lady Caitlin Stubbs and three young chaps from the heart of Sussex. Caitlin Stubbs is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Brighton. With Frankie Harper, Magpie and Louie Louie.

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SUDOKU

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CODEWORD Codeword is the crossword puzzle with no clues. The number in each square corresponds to a letter. Work out the words in the grid using the letters provided. Fill in these known letters first, then use skill and judgement to work out the others.

Cryptic Clues: Across

Down

1. Pay a visit to 100 - that’s the lot (4) 8. Continuously being extended (2,1,7) 9. No temporary status (8) 10. Uncommon in the interior areas (4) 12. Made his way to get married without purpose (6) 14. Sounds like a vehicle to kill! (6) You have 10 mins to find as many words as possible 15. Swordsman using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the putting up hub letter and at least 3 others. Letters may be used defensive only once. You cannot use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. There is at least one 9-letter word to railings? (6) be found. 17. Modernise to give a flying engagement? (2-4) 18. Volcano features in street-name (4) 19. Keeps up with us in blemishes (8) 21. Its terms may well be How you rate: instructive 15 words, average; 20 words, good; (6,4) 25 words, very good; 30 or more, 22. Get rid of this excellent. shack! (4)

WORDWHEEL

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CLOCKWORD

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

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

8 7

Bacon slice Speaker More dignified Tidier Weather- map line Newspaper boss

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

Hairdresser Reply Clergyman Smoked fish Pencil rubber Beam

THE CLUES: 1463251 gives a gem; 322597258 gives a gem; 6567698 gives a mineral.

1. Wealthy (4)

2. Unavoidable (10)

8. Inordinate (10)

3. Listen (4)

9. Cloudy (8)

4. Reverence (6) 5. Diminishes (6)

10. Raise (4)

6. Sturdy (8)

12. Firm (6)

7. Let it stand (4)

14. Astral (6)

11. Move steadily

15. Slanderer (6)

on (5,5)

17. Composer (6)

13. Gave (8)

18. Brave man (4)

16. Summary (6)

19. Furtive (8)

17. Not blind (6)

21. Recompense (4,6)

18. Psalm (4)

22. Season (4)

20. Hindmost (4)

20 21

13 8 13

24 25

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

SUDOKU: DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: 7 Users; 8 Context; 9 Topside; 10 Ceded; 12 Distribute; 15 Second-hand; 18 Dream; 19 Notable; 21 Penance; 22 Tiffs. Down: 1 Buttressed; 2 Peeps; 3 Asti; 4 Accept; 5 Inaction; 6 Needful; 11 Dress sense; 13 Ignominy; 14 Screens 16 Hunter; 17 Abaft; 20 Tote. Quick: Across: 7 Torso; 8 Eminent; 9 Ancient; 10 Throw; 12 Torrential; 15 Expatiated; 18 Trail; 19 Shelter; 21 Dresser; 22 Stain. Down: 1 Attachment; 2 Trick; 3 Cope; 4 Mentor; 5 Distance; 6 Refrain; 11 Well-spring; 13 Outclass; 14 Apparel; 16 Absurd; 17 Stray; 20 Else.

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

7 1

11 12

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS SUDOKU: CLOCKWORD: 1 Oyster, 2 Pepper, 3 Robber, 4 7 3 1 5 Appear, 5 Hammer, 6 Winter, 6 9 5 8 7 Impair, 8 Number, 9 Father, 10 Repair, 11 Easier, 12 Yonder. 2 4 8 9

CELEBRITY: Oprah Winfrey.

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

NINER: DECATHLON

F H R X B

O T

O E

U M

S C

R N

S W

C S

9 10

5 2

2 8

8 6

4 9

2 7

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4 4

6 1

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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.

Down

NINER 1

Across

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

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

Quick Clues:

KAKURO

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

2. Friendly greetings implying none are inferior (3,3,4) 3. Grass featured in the nth bit of legislation (4) 4. A drive which is not monotonous (6) 5. Clearly marked steps for acting? (6) 6. Help to stir the fire in the corner (8) 7. She holds nothing but half a pair of footwear (4) 11. The correct viewpoint at a square corner (5-5) 13. A tyrant in office? (8) 16. The outcome of... (6) 17. ...changes in Northern Ireland (6) 18. Where one letter serves for another? (4) 20. Snobbish tunes? (4)

K E T F H

2 5 1 8 6 7

3 6 7 2 4 9

6 1 3 4 7 2

2 4 7 5 9 8 3 1 6

4 7 1 9 2 5 6 8 3

9 3 5 1 8 6 7 2 4

8 2 6 7 3 4 1 9 5

SPLIT DECISION:

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

8 4 9 5 3 1

6 1 3 4 7 2 9 5 8

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

A 4 8 9 7 3 8

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Stay calm and sing along to Boney M No matter how much of a confident cook you may be there is always something a little bit stressful about cooking the Christmas dinner. If like me you refuse all assistance in the kitchen apart from the most basic of tasks – and even then find yourself supervising potato peeling – the task of feeding the family will fall on your shoulders. Despite this there are ways of ensuring that this need not be the nightmare before a Christmas nap that it at first seems. Here are a few of my top tips to make the main event of Christmas indulgence run as smoothly as a Rudolf on a foggy Christmas Eve. 1. Preparation is keyPlanning ahead is essential to a successful Christmas lunch. This starts with your shopping list and runs right through to the finishing touches on the day. Assuming you have already purchased all of the ingredients you should plan the day to military precision – even if it will not be executed in that same fashion. Start off by identifying which pots and pans you will need for each element and when. Next up get those dishes on early that you can leave for a while such as red cabbage, infusing the milk for bread sauce and par boiling the potatoes. Getting these jobs out of the way early on will remove much of the inevitable last minute madness. For everything else

Christmas dinner can be a stress-free affair

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Stop, breathe and pour yourself another Buck’s Fizz. You’ve got all day to get this meal out.

just remember your timings and follow the processes you have prepared. It also pays to have someone lined up to do bits of washing up as you go. 2. Keep it simple Christmas is a special time of year and as such there is the temptation to go overboard with the meal. This is a recipe if not for disaster certainly for some very nervy moments and festive tantrums – boning and filleting mackerel for pâté is not pleasant on Christmas morning trust me. If you have a simple starter this can build confidence and ease you gently into the main event. For the main you do not have to include every single possible element of a roast you can think of, there is

A pre-made dessert will make your life easier.

only so much room on a plate and inside a person. Focus on cooking a few key items properly rather than rushing through far too many. We all have different opinions on what should be included on the day and so I will not tell you what you have to cook, but think about each element carefully. One thing I will say however is make proper gravy – it’s a lot easier that you think and pre-made is not acceptable at any time of year and especially not Christmas. 3. Take your time - Stop, breathe and pour yourself another Buck’s Fizz. You’ve got all day to get this meal out so use that time to your advantage. Enjoy your time in the kitchen, put the radio on and sing along to Boney M You have got plenty of prep time so get everything peeled, chopped and ready to cook before starting – this gives the added bonus of feeling like James Martin on Saturday kitchen as you work. If you are going down the turkey/goose route remember that these are large birds and as such will retain their heat for a long time if covered with foil. Other meats will also benefit from resting time and so your potatoes, parsnips and pigs in blanket can wait until the oven is free. Vegetables are much better slightly al

dente and so any greenery can be cooked while you are carving the meat and finishing off the gravy. At the end of the day no one is going to complain if your meat is slightly lukewarm as they are going to be too busy trying to balance a paper hat on their heads. If you are worried then heat your plates briefly in the oven as this will help the food stay warmer for longer – if you do this warn your guests first. 4. Enjoy it – it is Christmas after all. At the end of the day Christmas is all about having a great time with family, friends or whoever you spend it with. As the cook you have already gained yourself many respect points with your guests as they can focus on drinking and playing games. As a result anything you put in front of them is going to go down well provided it is edible and plentiful. It is unlikely that the Christmas meal will be the best thing you cook that year – it is just a big roast after all – so stop putting so much pressure on yourself. Best of all remember that once all the consumption is over all you have to do is sit back with a glass of your favourite tipple while everyone else clears up the mess you made. Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Tom Flint writes a food blog Food Booze and Reviews at: www. )

Brightonions and Hove Actually-ons could be forgiven for believing that we live in a society where the independent coffee shop is king. We southern fairies live a charmed existence where the world is our locally-roasted-in-smallbatches oyster. Elsewhere, tides are changing for that little oyster. He’s (the oyster) being swept out to sea by the killer whale crew, n’er to be seen again on these fair shores. Weirdly inappropriate yet poetic in a piratey kind of way - metaphors aside, there have never been so many branches of the coffee shop chains (they were the killer whales in that irrelevant bit you read a minute ago). The interestingly named Local Data Company did some local data company things and declared that there are over 5,000 branches of the major chains in the UK. The “major chains” being Costa (obviously), Caffè Nero (whatever), Pret (no), Starbucks (boo, hiss) and Wild Bean Café (wild what?). Costa is the largest chain and is literally everywhere. At the time of writing, they have 1,755 branches, but as it takes an hour to

print a newspaper, that number is likely to be higher by now. Mister Starbuck has 719 stores in the UK but they’re not evenly distributed as they tend to stay in the larger cities. Caffè Nero has 508 stores and they just find a Starbucks and then open up opposite or next door. There are just under 300 Prets but most of them are in London, where they do 67% of their trade. Apparently Wild Bean Cafés are at BP service stations. They have 288 stores and they’re all on roads. Where we’re going we don’t need roads. Amazing link to a Back To The Future quote, but seriously, wild what? Coffee shops are killing it and as 29 pubs close every single week, even JD Wetherspoon wants in and he’s not the only one - thanks to McDonald’s new McCafe range, it now McSells more McCoffee than McStarbucks. McWow. The killer whales will continue to multiply, but every creature, including the oyster, has a place in the rich tapestry of the ocean floor. Although it is small, it is beautiful and it’s the only purveyor of pearls in the kingdom. Arrrr.

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PUBLIC NOTICES BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) REGULATIONS 1990 The following applications involving or affecting the setting of Listed Buildings or affecting the character of a Conservation Area were registered during week ending 04/12/2015: BH2015/04168 Brighton General Hospital Elm Grove Brighton Full Planning – Alterations to fenestration, creation of access ramp with railings and removal of access steps and bollards to the Vardean Building. BH2015/04191 51-53 Brunswick Street East Hove Full Planning – Change of use from cafe (A3) to 1no residential dwelling (C3) with associated external alterations including creation of gated ground floor courtyard and roof terrace to front. BH2015/04217 The Studio 1A Northgate Cottages Falmer Road Rottingdean Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of first floor rear extension, creation of 2no side dormer and installation of rooflights. BH2015/04183 Flat 5 18 Brunswick Place Hove Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout of flat and associated works. (Part Retrospective). BH2015/04156 12 Montpelier Terrace Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout of first floor, installation of metal spiral staircase, glass balustrading, glass canopy and alterations to fenestration.

The following applications involving or affecting the setting of Listed Buildings or affecting the character of a Conservation Area were registered during week ending 11/12/2015: BH2015/04104 86B High Street Rottingdean Brighton Full Planning – Change of use at first floor level from bank (A2) to 1no three bedroom self-contained flat (C3) with associated alterations to fenestration, removal of external rear fire escape and creation of balcony. BH2015/04297 Media House 26 North Road Brighton Removal or Variation of Condition – Variation of condition 4 of application BH2015/00544 (Alterations to main building to facilitate the conversion from office/general industrial (B1/B2) to form 3no. residential dwellings (C3). Extension to secondary building (The Coach House) to provide additional office space (B1),revised fenestration and associated works.)to state the herby approved residential development shall not be occupied until the commercial building has been made available for occupation as office accommodation (within use class B1(a)) in accordance with the approved drawings. BH2015/04299 Former Municipal Market Circus Street Brighton Removal or Variation of Condition – Application for variation of Conditions 11, 12, 18, 19, 39, 40, 49, 50, 55, 56, 70, 71, 80, 81, 86, 87, 98 and 99 and removal of (duplicate) Condition 103 of application BH2015/03076 (Application for variation of condition 2 of application BH2013/03461 (Demolition of existing buildings and replacement with a mixed use development comprising of: a part 5 (6 storey equivalent)/part 7 storey University of Brighton Library and Academic Building (Use Class D1); a 3 storey (4 storey equivalent) Dance Space building (Use Class D2); a 7 storey office building, (Use Class B1); student accommodation (Sui Generis) providing up to 450 bed spaces in 4 buildings (Student Cluster E and G part 6/part 8 storey, Student Cluster F part 6,7 and 8 storey and Student Cluster H part 6/part 13 storey (with recessed top 13th storey)); 142 residential apartments (Class C3) consisting of 57 x 1 bed, 81 x 2 bed and 4 x 3 bed units in 4 buildings (Building A part 7/part 10 storey, Building B part 7/part 8 storey and Buildings C and D b both 6 storey); with ancillary retail (A1) cafŽ/restaurant (A3) and/or commercial (B1) within the ground floor of part of student cluster buildings G and H, part of office building and part of residential buildings A, B, C and D; new public realm and associated infrastructure including provision of 38 undercroft parking spaces below the student cluster buildings (including 16 on-site disabled parking spaces), on site cycle parking, and highway works including a narrowing in width of Circus Street) to allow for minor material and non-material amendments to all proposed buildings) to allow submission of materials and BREEAM assessments post commencement of development. BH2015/04159 Ground Floor Flat 63 Lansdowne Street Hove Full Planning – Alterations to reinstate rear terrace and railings. BH2015/04328 & BH2015/04329 18 Montpelier Villas Brighton Householder Planning Consent & Listed Building Consent – Alterations to roof at lower ground floor to rear including installation of steel post. BH2015/04331 6 Montpelier Street Brighton Listed Building Consent – Erection of single storey rear extension. BH2015/04401 144 Church Road Hove Full Planning – Conversion of first and second floor offices and loft space to form 1no one bedroom flat and 1no two bedroom maisonette (C3) including alteration to shopfront to provide entrance door to upper floors and rooflights to front and rear. BH2015/04420 Flat 15 Verner House 1 - 7 Victoria Terrace Hove Listed Building Consent – Replacement of existing windows and French doors. (Retrospective) BH2015/04173 Flat 9 14 New Steine Brighton Listed Building Consent – Revised fenestration incorporating installation of two windows to South elevation and change of colour of windows to East elevation. Internal alteration to layout of flat. BH2015/04174 Flat 9 14 New Steine Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Revised fenestration incorporating installation of two windows to south elevation and change of colour of windows to East elevation. BH2015/04285 39 College Place Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of single storey rear extension and alterations to fenestration. BH2015/03923 84-86 Denmark Villas Hove Full Planning – Change of use from MOT centre and servicing/repair garage (B2) to gymnasium (D2) and replacement of existing shopfront. BH2015/03311 11 Bond Street Brighton Advertisement – Display of external downlighters to existing fascia sign. BH2015/04332 8 Vallance Road Hove Householder Planning Consent – Erection of single storey rear extension, excavation to create basement floor, new balustrade to rear and new steps to garden. BH2015/04298 151 Havelock Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of rear extensions at ground and first floor levels.

BH2015/04157 12 Montpelier Terrace Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Installation of metal spiral staircase, glass balustrading, glass canopy and alteration to fenestration.

BH2015/04317 45 Woodland Avenue Hove Householder Planning Consent – Erection of a part one part two storey rear extension with raised patio and steps to garden level.

BH2015/04296 153 Havelock Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of single storey rear extension.

BH2015/03955 31 Queens Road Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from office storage (B1) to residential unit (C3).

BH2015/04209 18 Cornwall Gardens Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of single storey rear extension and roof alterations incorporating raising of ridge height, rear dormer and front and rear rooflights with associated works. BH2015/04213 48 Queens Park Road Brighton Full Planning – Conversion of existing three bedroom single dwelling into 1no two bedroom flat, 1no one bedroom flat and 1no two bedroom maisonette. BH2015/04210 15 Falmer Road Rottingdean Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Removal of existing conservatory and erection of two store rear extension, conversion of existing garage into habitable room, replacement of existing garage door into window and insertion of rooflights. BH2015/04160 7 Dean Court Road Rottingdean Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Demolition of existing garage and erection of new three bay garage. BH2015/04276 40 Walsingham Road Hove Householder Planning Consent – Roof alterations incorporating rear dormer and 3no rooflights, erection of single storey rear extension and associated alterations. BH2015/04155 133 Woodland Avenue Hove Householder Planning Consent – Erection of two storey rear extension and associated works. BH2015/04176 51 Norton Road Hove Full Planning – Change of use from carehome (C2) to residential property (C3) comprising of 5no one bedroom flats and 1no three bedroom flat. You can view the application on the Council website www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ planning applications. Any representations should be made in writing to the Planning and Building Control Applications Manager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of this notice, quoting the application number. Please note that all representations received will be open for public inspection and late representations may not be considered. Planning and Building Control Applications Manager 11 December 2015

BH2015/04350 Basement Flat 61A Buckingham Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of window with UPVC French doors, replacement of window and door with UPVC window and door and installation of new window to rear elevation. Readvertisements BH2015/02738 99 Church Road Hove Full Planning – Change of Use from retail, cafŽ & takeaway (A1/A3/A5) to MPs constituency office, surgery and community centre (B1/D1) for a temporary period of five years. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 BH2015/04299 Proposed development at: Former Municipal Market Circus Street Brighton I give notice that Cathedral (Brighton) Limited are applying to Brighton & Hove City Council for planning permission for: Application for variation of Conditions 11, 12, 18, 19, 39, 40, 49, 50, 55, 56, 70, 71, 80, 81, 86, 87, 98 and 99 and removal of (duplicate) Condition 103 of application BH2015/03076 (Application for variation of condition 2 of application BH2013/03461 (Demolition of existing buildings and replacement with a mixed use development comprising of: a part 5 (6 storey equivalent)/part 7 storey University of Brighton Library and Academic Building (Use Class D1); a 3 storey (4 storey equivalent) Dance Space building (Use Class D2); a 7 storey office building, (Use Class B1); student accommodation (Sui Generis) providing up to 450 bed spaces in 4 buildings (Student Cluster E and G part 6/part 8 storey, Student Cluster F part 6,7 and 8 storey and Student Cluster H part 6/part 13 storey (with recessed top 13th storey)); 142 residential apartments (Class C3) consisting of 57 x 1 bed, 81 x 2 bed and 4 x 3 bed units in 4 buildings (Building A part 7/part 10 storey, Building B part 7/part 8 storey and Buildings C and D both 6 storey); with ancillary retail (A1) café/restaurant (A3) and/or commercial (B1) within the ground floor of part of student cluster buildings G and H, part of office building and part of residential buildings A, B, C and D; new public realm and associated infrastructure including provision of 38 undercroft parking spaces below the student cluster buildings (including 16 on-site disabled parking spaces), on site cycle parking, and highway works including a narrowing in width of Circus Street) to allow for minor material and non-material amendments to all proposed buildings) to allow submission of materials and BREEAM assessments post commencement of development. You can view the applications on the Council website www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/planning applications. Any representations should be made in writing to the Planning and Building Control Applications Manager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of this notice,quoting the application number.Please note that all representations received will be open for public inspection and late representations may not be considered. Planning and Building Control Applications Manager 18 December 2015

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Keep your eyes open and you’ll see how popular the S-Cross is getting. They’re around every corner, and for good reasons. Suzuki has just added another by introducing its first twin-clutch automatic gearbox, dubbed TCSS. Its début here is linked solely to the 1.6 DDiS diesel engine, Allgrip four-wheel drive and top-spec SZ5 trim. It’s the first automatic transmission to see diesel

power in a Suzuki car. Nothing outwardly marks a TCSS-equipped car out from a manual SZ5 S-Cross. You get the same range of colours including the easy favourites Boost Blue and Crystal Lime. On the inside, though, are two changes. There are paddles behind the steering wheel, mounted to the wheel itself and turning with it, and a traditional automatic gear selector lever with drive, reverse, park and a manual mode. The S-Cross is a very tidylooking car with a solid image after a few years on sale. Own-

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The above fuel consumption figures are based on an EU test for comparative purposes only and may not reflect real driving results. For full details contact your local participating Suzuki Dealer. Offer subject to availability for vehicles privately registered between 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2015 from participating Authorised Suzuki Dealers only. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers. All prices and specifications correct at time of going to print. For full details contact your local participating Suzuki Dealer. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers. All prices and specifications correct at time of going to print. †ALLGRIP 4-wheel Drive is an optional extra on SZ-T & SZ5 ALLGRIP models only. *Model shown: SX4 S-Cross 1.6 SZ-T available from £18,499 (metallic paint available at £430).

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The new smart fortwo cabrio is now available to order from just £13,265 OTR and arrives in showrooms in early 2016. The newest addition to the smart range comes with an electrically-operated fabric roof that can be lowered or raised in just 12 seconds at any vehicle speed, as well as the low running costs, stylish design and dynamic handling that’s familiar from the rest of the smart range. The fortwo cabrio’s triplelayered soft top –including glass rear screen - fully opens, while the roof side bars are removable and fit easily into the cabrio’s folding tailgate ensuring they never encroach into the cabrio’s boot space. The fortwo cabrio comes with a black soft top as standard, but customers can also opt for the red option (£115). A compact wind deflector (£59) is also available.

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BMW arguably created a whole new type of vehicle when it launched the X1. This isn’t an SUV or a humdrum 4x4; neither is it what we used to call a jeep, nor is it, to use the modern parlance, a crossover. It is, officially at least, a Sports Activity Vehicle. In reality, it is essentially a sporty SUV. The SAV name is pretty good, though. It is a sporty vehicle because the 0 to 60mph in 6.6 seconds and a top speed of139mphputsitonaparwith many sports saloons. And it is an activity vehicle, for its 550-litre boot rises to 1,550 litres with the seats down making it suitable for those with active lifestyles. The X1 was first launched in 2009 but it has grown up quite a lot since then. It has had to do because it has burgeoning rivals with models such as Audi Q3 on its heels. The X1 has improved a lot since2009.Earlymodelswere a little bland but today’s version is smarter, sleeker and sexier, rather like a shrunken X5 which is no bad thing. X5ishuge(4.8metreslong) andeventhemid-sizedX3(4.6 metres) is a big beefy motor but the X1 at 4.4 metres is a more manageable vehicle. It still seats five in comfort and it still has a bigger boot than an Audi Q3, but you won’t struggle to navigate tight streets or car parks. The new X1 has its hands full, though, for the earlier versions were very successful. More than 730,000 were sold globally of that first generation with nearly 40,000 in the UK.

ENGINE: 2.0-litre turbodiesel producing 228bhp, 295lb/ft TRANSMISSION: Six-speed manual driving all four wheels PERFORMANCE: Top speed 146mph, 0 to 62mph in 6.6 seconds ECONOMY: 56.5mpg combined EMISSIONS: 132g/km

But the new range is better looking and it has a muchimprovedrangeofenginesand better specification including thelatestefficientversionofthe xDriveall-wheel-drivesystem. It was launched with one petrol and three diesel engines. Tested here is a fabulous 2.0-litre turbodiesel which is good on economy and very, very good on performance. Thefactthatitcanmanage more than 61mpg on a run is admirable; the fact that it can top 60mph in 6.6 seconds is stunning. You would never imagine such power would be available from such a refined petrol-like engine.

Style-wise, the X1 is very much a BMW with a trademark kidney grille, four roundedheadlampsandother key styling cues. Equipment levels are excellent as they should be for a model which costs more than £35,000.Standardfeaturesinclude stability control, smart alloywheels,excellentclimate control, a fabulous satellite navigation system and radar parking sensors. The new X1 is taller than the outgoing version which makes for a bigger cabin. Inside the cabin, you can tell immediately it’s a BMW with a stunningly simple but effectivesetofcontrolsinclud-

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Hyundai Motors UK has celebrated ten years in Britain with an ambitious photography project called A Streetcar Named Hyundai.

Hyundai used a hydrogenpowered ix35 fuel cell vehicle to photograph the entirety of The Knowledge route over 50 days. The route was mapped

by the Ordnance Survey team that plotted the Olympic torch route, and driven by a wide range of notable people including including British

ing iDrive, the control unit for the 8.8-inch control panel whichhousessatellitenavigation,soundsystemsandother features. The rear seats already provide excellent space but the seatscanbemovedtoincrease space by 13cm. ThexLinetrimlevelmodel, tested here, features silver accents and high-quality leather seats plus downlighters in the doors which create quite an upmarket feel. It is on the road where the biggest improvements can be felt. The X1 has a new chassis which makes for better handling and more comfort. It feels very much like a sporty

Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams, reality TV star Jamie Laing and WRC driver and co-driver Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. The Knowledge is the area ofLondon that black cabdrivers need to memorise before plying for trade on the capital’s streets. It covers 2,092 miles and many thousands of streets, broadly in a six-mile radius of Charing Cross. The result is a two-minute time-lapse video capturing London exactly as it stands at theendof2015.Alargemosaic, consisting of the photographs taken en route, depicts an OxfordStreetscene.Visitastreet carnamedhyundai.co.uk

vehicle. The slightly excessive tyre noise could be improved but otherwise it’s a highly capable car. T h e camerabased assistance systems tems available include the Driving Assistant with Lane Departure Warning, Speed Limit Info with No Passing Info display, the BMW Selective Beam antidazzle High Beam Assistant, as well as Collision Warning and Pedestrian Warning

withCityBrakingfunction with CityBrakingfunction. In addition to these functions, the Driving Assistant Plus line-up also features Active Cruise Control system with Stop & Go function, which maintainsadesiredspeedand the safety distance to vehicles travelling ahead.

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The flagship Wildtrak model takes the Ranger to the next level with an exclusive exterior design, unique interior trim, and a striking new signature colour – Pride Orange. “With the stunning new Wildtrak at the pinnacle of the line-up, the new Ford Ranger provides customers with an unbeatable combination of four-wheel drive capability, stand-out styling and premium features like SYNC 2 connectivity,” said Roelant de Waard, vice president, marketing, sales and service, Ford of Europe. “Ranger is ready for any challenge – offering optimised fuel efficiency, towing and payload capacity, and classleading wading capability.” The current Ford Ranger has generated rapid sales growth in Europe since first being introduced in late 2011. Total sales of 21,600 vehicles in 2014 in Ford’s 20 traditional

European markets were more than double those achieved in 2012. In the UK, 4,659 Rangers were sold in the first eight months of 2015 – a 36.5 per cent increase for the same period last year. Ranger won the prestigious “International Pickup Award 2013” title, and the new model will be challenging for the 2016 award at the competition next month. The Ranger Wildtrak marks its status as the ultimate Ranger through its unique dark, liquid metallicgrey finish for the new trapezoidal grille. The same accent colour continues to the side mirrors, door handles, side air vents, load-bed rails and tail lamps, for a bold and sporty appearance. Other exclusive design elements on the new Wildtrak include rectangular fog lamps, a unique sports hoop, machined 18-inch alloy wheels and bold Wildtrak graphics. Even the Wildtrak’s signature exterior colour has been tweaked to help it stand out from the crowd, with the new

metallic Pride Orange finish. Inside, orange is used as an accent colour to add a sense of sportiness to the strikingly modern, car-like interior. A strong horizontal beam spanning from driver to passenger door emphasises the

cabin’s width and houses an instrument cluster with dual colour digital displays, and an eight-inch touchscreen. A soft-touch instrument panel top with an orange accent stitch imparts a premium feel to the cockpit, while

the rings around the air registers feature a distinctive shadow chrome finish. The new Wildtrak also features unique seats – including an eight-way wer adjustable driver’s seat – with bold graphical elements and orange stitching, combin-

ing toughness, durability and sportiness. Enhanced diesel powertrains for outstanding fuel efficiency. New Ranger offers outstanding fuel economy, with a more efficient powertrain range .

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Championship Yellow cards: S Hutchinson C Evans A McCormack K McFadzean D Vaughan D Whitehead A Diarra J Garner B Kayal E Lichaj K Lua Lua P Whittingham S Bamba M Connolly L Cook M Davies M Dawson Fabio Da Silva M Hudson Jose Casado Bolton

10 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

39%

Draws: 85

34%

Away teams: 69 wins

Goals scored:

Top scorers: A Gray R McCormack C Austin N Blackman M Dembele J Kodjia C Martin J Rhodes A Hernandez A Judge

HOME

Home team: 97 wins

Away goals

Home goals

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League table:

Game outcomes:

27%

HEAD TO HEAD

325 272 Total goals scored

597

PWD M’brough 21 8 2 Brighton 21 8 2 Derby 21 6 4 Hull 21 8 2 Burnley 21 6 2 Ipswich 21 3 5 Cardiff 21 6 4 B’ham 21 3 2 Sheff Wed 21 5 4 Brentford 21 5 1 Blackburn 21 3 6 QPR 21 4 6 Reading 21 4 4 Wolves 20 2 5 NottmFrst 21 4 3 Preston 21 2 6 Fulham 21 3 4 Leeds 20 2 3 H’field 21 3 3 MK Dons 21 4 1 Bristol 21 2 3 Charlton 21 3 4 R’ham 21 2 2 Bolton 21 1 7

L FAW 1 17 2 5 0 15 7 3 1 21 8 5 1 19 6 4 2 17 11 3 2 13 11 6 1 17 10 2 5 9 13 5 1 15 9 2 4 13 14 3 2 11 7 3 1 19 13 3 2 13 7 3 3 10 11 4 3 13 9 2 389 3 4 1920 2 5 7 12 3 5 13 14 2 6 1013 1 5 11 18 2 4 13 18 1 6 1320 2 2 9 10 0

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D 2 8 4 3 6 2 5 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 2 1 3

L FA 3 1310 0 16 13 1 11 5 3 12 8 2 99 3 18 17 3 10 12 2 17 10 4 13 17 4 17 16 3 11 11 6 7 14 6 1418 4 15 14 5 7 11 398 4 15 17 2 11 10 5 9 16 6 7 15 5 9 19 7 6 16 8 9 18 8 7 21

Fixtures: Pts GD 43 18 43 11 41 19 41 17 35 6 34 3 33 5 30 3 30 2 29 0 28 4 28 -1 27 2 25 0 25 0 25 0 23 -3 23 -4 21 -8 19 -11 19 -17 18 -15 15 -16 13 -15

SATURDAY 19TH DECEMBER Brighton v Middlesbrough 12:30 Bolton v Fulham 15:00 Brentford v Huddersfield 15:00 Bristol City v QPR 15:00 Burnley v Charlton 15:00 Ipswich v Derby 15:00 Nottm Forest v MK Dons 15:00 Rotherham v Hull 15:00 SUNDAY 20TH DECEMBER 2015 Sheff Wed v Wolves 14:00 Leeds v Preston 15:00 Reading v Blackburn 15:00

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21 11 10

WINS DRAWS LOSSES

21 13 4

1.5

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GOALS PER GAME LAST MATCH

Red cards: P Bauer B Wright N Baker G Berardi L Best T Cairney S Carruthers C Coady H Dean Derik D Dervite L Fer L Freeman J Garner R Green J Helan A Henley J Hobbs J Hugill J Husband

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FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER Birmingham v Cardiff 19:45

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2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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41%

59% n QPR 10

n Brighton 7

Shots:

40%

60%

n QPR 21 n Brighton 14

Fouls:

QPR 10 50% 50% n n Brighton 10

league goals scored by Ross McCormack

* Due to press times, Results do not include Leeds United V Sheffield Wednesday.

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league goals scored by Ross McCormack

league goals scored by Charlie Austin – who got back in the score sheet midweek

SHOTS BY TEAM: QPR red cards received Sam Hutchinson

24% 9%

67%

n Missed:14 n Saved: 5 n Goals: 2

Brighton 10%

29% 57% 30% 60% 14%

n Missed: 8 n Saved: 4 n Goals: 2

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Loan duo have hit the ground running with Albion

You never know quite what you’re going to get from loan players, which is what makes the Albion starts James Wilson and Rajiv van La Parra have made all the more impressive. Wilson scored in his first two starts, while van La Parra set up the winner on his debut against Charlton, and then scored in the draws at Derby and Queens Park Rangers. Loan signings can very much be hit and miss as Albion found out last season, with no fewer than ten players temporarily at the Amex. Seagulls boss Chris Hughton made it clear he did not want too many loan players this year but injuries forced his hand last month. Wilson signed on loan until the end of the season but Manchester United’s recent poor results, and his impressive performances for Brighton, have led to rumours suggesting he will be recalled after 28 days. Hughton is well aware of that so, no doubt, will have other irons in the fire. Van

La Parra’s loan from Wolves ends in January and he has done himself no harm of the Seagulls looking to extend it, especially as Solly March has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Wilson’s start has already made him a popular figure with Brighton fans and he follows a number of other strikers who have starred on loan. On-loan duo Paul Moulden and Steve Cotterill, now manager of Bristol City, helped Brighton make a flying start to the 1992/93 season, with four wins from the opening six games,

Wilson’s start has already made him popular with Brighton fans and he follows a number of other strikers who have starred on loan before their loans ended and Brighton finished ninth. Paul Dickov was on target five times when on loan from Arsenal in 1994 and Ade Akinbiyi netted four goals for the Seagulls on loan from Norwich in the same year. Both went on to enjoy spells playing in the Premier League.

Albion did well with loan signings in the 2003/04 campaign. Leon Knight joined permanently after starring on loan, while Darius Henderson, Trevor Benjamin and Chris Iwelumo also scored vital goals as Brighton were promoted through the playoffs – Iwelumo winning the decisive penalty in the playoff final against Bristol City. Joe Anyinsah failed to score in the league for the Seagulls, when on loan from Preston in 2008/09, although he did net against Manchester City in the League Cup, a tie Albion went on to win on penalties. Later in the same season, Lloyd Owusu helped the Seagulls stay in League One with seven goals in 14 matches and his ‘raise the roof’ celebration was also a crowd pleaser. Ashley Barnes earned a permanent move to Brighton after shining on loan in 2010, before Chris Wood scored eight goals as he helped Albion win League One, while on loan from Leicester City, in 2010/11. And who can forget a certain Bobby Zamora, who scored six goals in as many games on loan to the Seagulls from Bristol Rovers in 2000.

Rajiv van La Parra celebrates scoring at Derby. Photograph: Paul Hazlewood

Hawks suffer cup heartbreak in extra-time Whitehawk Football Club suffered cup heartbreak when they lost their FA Cup second round replay 3-2 at home to Dagenham & Redbridge after extra-time on Wednesday evening. National South Whitehawk had drawn 1-1 at League Two Dagenham earlier this month, when Jordan Rose headed home deep in injury-time to earn Hawks the replay. There was a big incentive for the winners of the tie, with the victors travelling to Premier League Everton and Dagenham will now make the trip to Goodison in January. Hawks took the lead in front of a club record crowd of 2,174 through Danny Mills on 32 minutes but Dagenham hit back to lead 2-1 with goals from Kyle Vassell and Josh Passley. However, Juan Cruz Gotta headed Whitehawk level with the equaliser three minutes into injury-time to force extra-time. Ayo Obileye put Dagenham back in front ten minutes into the additional 30 minutes and that was enough to send the League Two side through. Whitehawk almost went ahead on 18 minutes when Dagenham defender Joe Widdowson headed a free kick against the base of his

Action from Whitehawk’s defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge. Photographs: Steve Robards own post. It was Dagenham who threatened next when experienced striker Jamie Cureton fired just over from 12 yards on 27 minutes. Hawks went ahead just five minutes later when Jake Robinson got to the byline down the righthand side and crossed for Mills to head home from a couple of yards. It was Mills’ eighth goal in the FA Cup this season and 18th in total this campaign. The visitors levelled

a minute before halftime, when Vassell turned substitute Gotta, who had replaced Dean Leacock just moments earlier, and rifled home. Robinson twice went close for the hosts, before Dagenham took the lead 13 minutes from time. Cureton broke down the left and crossed for Passley to sidefoot home from 12 yards. The Daggers could have increased their advantage three minutes later when they broke forward in

number but Cureton shot wide from 20 yards. Whitehawk pressed for a leveller and Arnaud Mendy fired over from 20 yards with four minutes to go, before Robinson’s powerful strike was superbly tipped over by Cousins in the third minute of injury-time. From Sam Deering’s resulting corner, Gotta rose highest to head home Hawks’ equaliser to force extra-time. In the extra period, Dagenham went back

ahead on 100 minutes when Obileye headed home Ashley Hemmings’s corner from close range. The visitors were reduced to ten men five minutes from the end when James Dunne was dismissed for two bookable offences. Dagenham survived a big goalmouth scramble a minute later and Cousins pushed over Mills’ injurytime shot as the visitors progressed into the third round.

King: We gave it everything Whitehawk boss Steve King said his side gave it everything in their FA Cup second round replay defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge. Hawks led the tie 1-0, trailed 2-1 and then forced extra-time with an injurytime equaliser. However, the Daggers scored the winner ten minutes into the additional 30 and King admitted he was left disappointed with the goals his team conceded. Speaking after the game, he said: “We got right back in at the end, showed tremendous spirit but we didn’t quite do enough. “We did in the first ten to 15 minutes and hit the post and had a scramble at the end and threw everything at them. “It’s hard for me to swallow and is hard to take that headed goal for them (to win). “We’ve given everything, we’ve given the fans everything but, as a manager, that deeply cuts. “We got back in it at the death but I’m just disappointed with the goals. “We never lie down but have conceded soft goals and that’s a hard thing to swallow.”

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Our home form will be key – Hughton Steve Bailey @SteveBailey67 Albion boss Chris Hughton believes his side’s form at the Amex will be key for the rest of the season – starting with tomorrow’s top-of-the-table clash with Middlesbrough. The Seagulls, who are now unbeaten in 21 league matches this season, sit second in the Championship – on goal difference – behind leaders Middlesbrough. With eight wins and two draws from their ten home matches this season, Hughton knows how important his side’s home form will be for the rest of the campaign as they look to remain in the hunt for promotion. He said: “Our home form will be massively important. “There might be the odd one or two teams that fare better away from home but the majority of teams are always going to feel more comfortable at home, and will get the majority of their points there.

“We would be no different. There are an awful lot of real tough away days in this division.You’ve always got to try to make the most of your home form. “We’ve got tremendous support here. I think it will be very close to, if not, a full house on Saturday. We’ve got a very motivated crowd at the moment and we’ll need all of that because it’s going to be a tough game.” On Saturday’s test against Middlesbrough, Hughton said: “It almost seems that the very next game is always the toughest test of the season and I probably see this as no different. They are up there because of the quality that they’ve got and the way that they recruited in the summer.” Lewis Dunk will miss the game through suspension after being sent-off at Queens Park Rangers. Winger Solly March has been ruled out for the rest of the season with the knee injury he sustained at Derby but Albion have no other fresh injury worries.

Solly March will miss the rest of the season. Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst

Daggers end Hawks’ cup run

Danny Mills celebrates Hawks’ opener. Photograph: Steve Robards Whitehawk Football Club’s excellent FA Cup run came to an end on Wednesday evening. The Hawks had made club history by reaching the second round but suffered

a heartbreaking exit, when they lost 3-2 at home to League Two Dagenham & Redbridge in the replay. Danny Mills gave Whitehawk the lead but Dagenham moved 2-1

ahead, before Juan Cruz Gotta levelled in injury-time. Dagenham got the winner in extra-time and will now travel to Premier League Everton in the next round. More on page 53.

The Albion Roar Alan Wares @albionroar

The club has this week announced a modest increase in season ticket prices to current STHs who wish to renew for next year to the tune of ‘no more than a couple of quid a month’. With the season we’ve had so far, as much as we don’t want to talk about it right now, the club is putting in place its plans for life (whether short or sustained) in the fantasy circus which is the Premier League. In 2013, with the Albion making its way into the play-offs, the club said there would be a hefty price hike if we did go up. This was ludicrous and unfair, and something which never made sense. One, we would be playing fewer matches. Two, fans don’t suddenly become richer just because their team is successful meaning, three, it would upset the vast majority to the extent many would consider cancelling. This early intervention is therefore very welcome and sensible.

Albion Roar’s Ady Packham and Alan Wares The Football Supporters’ Federation is backing the ‘Twenty’s Plenty’ campaign for football clubs not to charge visiting supporters more than £20 a match. With the obscene level of riches on offer, we would hope the club – in fact the entire Premier League – would give serious thought to implementing this muchneeded initiative. n On air at noon every Saturday, and at 9am every Monday on 97.2FM, online at radioreverb.com, or on DAB.

Albion underestimated in promotion battle No matter how well Albion perform in the league, to some they are still just a flash in the pan. S p e a k i n g o n S ky ’ s “ G o a l s O n S u n d ay ” p r o g r a m m e , Wa t fo r d s t r i k e r Tr o y D e e n e y effectively wrote off the Seagulls’ unbeaten start to the season. T h e 2 7 - ye a r- o l d b e l i e ve s A l b i o n w i l l f a l l a w a y, a n d t h a t Middlesbrough, Derby County, Burnley and Hull City are the teams who will contest the promotion battle to the Premier League. To name those four as favourites may have been true at the start of August, but it’s outdated and lazy to simply just regurgitate

Bradley Stratton @BradStrat that statistic in December. Yes, all four have lived up to expectations, but Albion have earned the right to be talked about as potential candidates. Chris Hughton’s side have been breaking records, inspite of being underrated by pundits and opposition fans alike. No matter how they play for the rest of the campaign, this will still be the case. Albion haven’t had a recent history of top-flight football, or spent tens of millions as Derby and Boro did in the summer. Therefore, in some people’s eyes, they have no right to

Albion boss Chris Hughton be where they are. Having said that, there’s every chance Albion could fall away from the top end of the table, but so could any of the other four teams highlighted by Deeney. With just over half of the campaign still remaining, it’s anyone’s guess what could happen in a division as unpredictable as the Championship.

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Why is it always so hot in schools for the Nativity play? I make the mistake of too many layers every time. In years gone by I was known as the human r a d i a t o r f o r my b o dy temperature so that may explain a fair bit. This year, as I mopped my brow waiting for my youngest to belt out jingle bells, I asked a friend, a devoted QPR fan, what kind of reception Bobby Zamora will get at Loftus Road. He assured me BZ would be warmly welcomed back after his time at the club and, of course, that promotionsecuring goal against Derby County in the play-off final. In an era of transient players, a reunion with fo r m e r e m p l oye r s i s i n ev i t a b l e . I a lway s find the reaction of the fans intriguing when a former player returns in

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different colours. Some are rational. Some are irrational, but understandable. Some are unfathomable. As with most general behaviour, the large majority of fans show respect.

I always find the reaction of the fans intriguing when a former player returns in different colours There is also a responsibility with the players not to incite, and again most oblige. On Tuesday, Zamora applauded the home fans as much they lauded him. You would expect nothing else from the striker. One reaction that was disappointing was that of the Derby supporters who

booed off Solly March, who has now been ruled out for the rest of the season with injury. It’s a blow to the club and player. I wish him a speedy recovery, and the other players currently sidelined. I’m sure Kazenga LuaLua will receive a wave of support when he finally returns. He could yet play a pivotal role in Albion’s promotion push. Around 2,000 Albion devotees sang loud and proud in Shepherd’s Bush. I’m sure they will continue to use common sense when applauding past players and the current crop, who may yet deliver top-flight football for the first time in over 30 years. To read more by Johnny Cantor, visit: www.johnnycantor.com

Bobby Zamora was in action for Albion at former side QPR on Tuesday. Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst

And that’s why football is so frustrating, too Dan Tester @BHIndyAlbion

Last week I recalled how my dad profoundly stated ‘and that’s why we love it’ shortly after witnessing the culmination of an amazing comeback against Charlton Athletic, hopping around like baby kangaroos as we celebrated Tomer Hemed’s clincher. Th e n Q u e e n s Pa r k Rangers happened. Going into the contest unbeaten in 20 matches was a remarkable record, one which each new opponent would be keen to break. Add in ‘new manager’ syndrome – i.e. each player is out to impress their boss – plus the returning goal machine of Charlie Austin, and the odds were stacked m a s s ive ly a g a i n s t t h e

fluorescent-yellowed Albion. But, as we’ve become accustomed this season, Albion refused to read the script and stormed into a two-goal early second-half lead through Dale Stephens and Rajiv van La Parra. Th e fo r m e r ’ s s t r i k e w a s d e s c r i b e d by t h e commentator as ‘exquisite’. A 30-yard chip is exquisite. An acrobatic bicycle kick is exquisite. Stephens halfscissor kick effort off the ground was an excellent, improvised finish, but not ‘exquisite’. The latter’s goal was definitely a peach though, sweetly struck from outside the box. The on-loan Wolves winger left his marker for dead with a drop of the shoulder and his rasping shot, just two minutes later, took a slight deflection and bamboozled former England goalkeeper Rob Green. There was a sharp contrast to the Charlton goal

celebrations just ten days earlier as instead of being surrounded by boisterous friends and family in the West upper at the Amex, or behind the goal at Loftus Road where Snow White’s friends would complain about the leg room, I watched the proceedings from a mate’s sofa – a stone’s throw from the Goldstone – with a sleeping baby upstairs. Van La Parra’s strike resulted in four men in their 40s jumping around in complete silence – a surreal sight. So, in the space of just over a week Albion fans have experienced why we all love football, and why it can also be such a frustrating game. The draw at Derby was followed by going two goals up early in the second half at QPR. The Hoops rallied and both of Austin’s strikes were Premier League quality, especially his equaliser as

he pushed off Bruno to make space for his header. The Spaniard has been immense this season, defying his age with lungbursting runs down the right flank, and composed distribution from the back. But, I think it’s safe to say Lewis Dunk’s sending off a few minutes earlier affected the balance in defence. Last season’s leading scorer has been in fine form this season and he will know his challenge was rash. A quick word on Solly March. The young England under-21 winger will be out for the season after suffering anterior cruciate ligament damage at Derby County last weekend. We wish him a very speedy recovery. Dan Tester is Albion editor of Brighton & Hove Independent. You can also follow him: @DJDanteBrighton

Bruno has been immense this season Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst