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Friday, January 22 2016

Labour reconsiders park ranger cuts

Fighting fuel poverty

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Albion set for Terriers test

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The future of five GP surgeries in doubt

n Up to 11,500 patients could be without a GP nThe Practice Group runs five GP surgeries in the city - but has ended its contract n NHS bosses move to reassure patients as they try to find a new provider Healthwatch has warned of a “serious situation” after a health care provider ended its contract for five GP surgeries in the city. This has left the future care of about 11,500 residents in doubt, after The Practice Group cited rising costs and shortage of GPs as its reasons

for ending its association with the surgeries. Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, said: “Once again it looks like patients may end up paying the price for the privatisation of our health service. “These surgeries are at risk because a profit-making

company couldn’t balance the books, not because they’re not needed.” Nofinaldecisionshavebeen madeonthefutureoftheservices,but the NHS commissioning group said it hoped to “secure alternative arrangements”.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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Cameron praises Sara for fundraising headwear A Brighton woman who survived cancer, and raised awareness of Macmillan Cancer Support through 365 headdresses, has seen praise from Prime Minister David Cameron. Sara Cutting was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2014, and as part of her treatment, she had 18 weeks of chemotherapy. Knowing that hair loss is a common side effect, Sara decided to take control and shave her hair off before the treatment. She then started her “365 Day Different Daily Headgear” challenge, posting the photographic evidence on social media. Sara dressed her head with colourful hats and fascinators, as well as some more unusual headwear, such as cakes, boardgames, teapots,radios and feathers. Motivated to raise m o n ey fo r M a c m i l l a n , with £16,000 collected so far, Sara also created a #NowGoCheckYourBits campaign.

Prime Minister David Cameron said: “Sara has shown huge strength and selflessness in undertaking her fundraising challenge while fighting cancer herself. She has found an innovative way to raise a fantastic amount of money for Macmillan and I am delighted to recognise her as the UK’s 443rd Point of Light.” The Points of Light award recognises outstanding individual volunteers. Sara said: “I have been blown away by the love, support and interest my challenge has generated from all over the world. It was only going to be a 365 day challenge, but I feel compelled to keep going for all those who are affected by cancer; and in gratitude of the NHS and Macmillan without whom, I wouldn’t be here to tell the tale.” Sara will be running The Brighton Half Marathon next month. To donate, visit: www.justgiving.com/ chemosnoodhead/

expected to be busier when the British Airways i360 opens. Rates at this car park rise by up to 14 per cent. While one and two hour stays will remain unchanged, those parking for four hours will pay £8 (up from £7), nine hour stays will cost £12 (up from £11), and 24 hours will cost £18 (up from £16). However, Oxford Court car park will have its fees reduced - with a two hour stay costing £3, instead of the current £4.20. Other smaller car parks will see fees increase by varying amounts up to 25 per cent.

Sara and her array of headwear during the 365 Day Different Daily Headgear challenge

The changes to fees for 2016/17 were discussed at the environment, transport and sustainability meeting. Cllr Pete West (Green) said: “We are pleased to see Labour has come around to the Green way of thinking on parking fees, now that Labour councillors finally realise what it means to be in administration. No longer the promise of parking fee freezes, when they realise what that means for other council services threatened with the axe.” To see the full list of parking fee changes for 2016/17,visit: bit.ly/1P7F9oZ

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1966 | Saturday, January 22 1955 | Sunday, October 9 Filmed two years earlier in and around Brighton, Smokescreen was shown on East German TV for the first time. The film starts when a blazing car goes over the cliff at Beachy Head. An insurance investigator is sent to the coast to find out

more.The driver had recently taken out life insurance and suspicions mount when no body can be found. The wife who would benefit from the policy, the business partner who has financial troubles, and the person who sold the policy and fancies the wife, are all

Scheme for old cinema Plans to renovate a former cinema at Gloucester Place, into 70 flats and several commercial units, is to go before the planning committee next week. But council officers have advised members of the committee to refuse planning consent,stating the “significant number of single aspect dwellings.. would provide for a sub-standard form of accommodation”. Th e A s t o r i a Th e at r e building has been empty since 1996, when it was used as a bingo hall. The application will go before the committee on Wednesday.

King Alfred decision

Parking charges set to rise across Brighton and Hove Councillors approved proposals to increase car parking charges across the city on Tuesday. On-street parking “high demand zones” are set to see an average increase of four per cent, although in some areas,such as Madeira Drive, fees will rise up to 15 per cent. Th e c o s t o f p a r k i n g permits for residents will rise at an average of nine per cent, to “manage demand in the city”. For city car parks, there i s a r a n g e o f ch a n g e s , notably the often under-used Regency car park, which is

in the frame. Exclusive signed copies available from Colourfast, Cheltenham Place,Brighton.

Members of the council’s policy and resources committee discussed the preferred bid to redevelop the King Alfred last night but behind closed doors. Brighton and Hove City Council is set to make an announcement today (Friday), on the preferred scheme: Crest Nicholson R e g e n e r at i o n w i t h t h e Starr Trust, or Bouygues Development.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

MP ‘sick of half-baked excuses’ from railway company Joshua Powling @JoshuaPowling

An MP says he has lost trust in Southern and another is “sick and tired of half-baked excuses” for “abysmal” train services. Rail commuters faced another miserable Monday morning with two separate signalling failures causing “terrible” delays for passengers travelling towards London. This came on the same day as Sussex MPs met with Network Rail, the rail minister, and Govia

Thameslink Railway - which runs both Southern and Thameslink - inWestminster to demand improvements following constant disruption to services since the end of last year. Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove, said: “Southern have lost my trust and the only way they can earn it back is by telling us what will improve and when it will improve in terms of the passenger experience and then delivering it. Only then will they have the opportunity to start regaining the trust of MPs and the public alike and until that happens their promises are worthless. Make no mistake, they are

Simon Kirby is aware of the “shortcomings” of the service

definitely in the last chance saloon.” Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, said: “Like any regular train user in Brighton I am sick and tired of hearing half-baked excuses from the Government and train companies for the abysmal service on offer. “I went to the meeting hoping for answers but, unfortunately, it looks likely that more misery is in store for those of us who travel by train. Indeed only this morning there were terrible delays on the Brighton mainline.” If radical improvements were not made within six months, Ms Lucas thought that the minister should take the franchise back from GTR and run it as a directly operated franchise. She added: “If the situation is not resolved by July then I simply cannot see any justification whatsoever for the government failing to step in. The East Coast mainline was run extremely effectively by wholly government-owned Directly Operated Railways (DOR) – which is exactly what should happen to this franchise unless its service

improves dramatically in the coming weeks. “Both the Government and the train operators need to buck up their ideas and fix up their act. Rail users are sick and tired of being treated with contempt I’ll be fighting their corner every step of the way.” S i m o n K i r by, Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown, said: “Brighton commuters and taxpayers are incredibly frustrated and unhappy with the service being provided. Even today, train services on the Brighton line suffered more disruption making it a very frustrating morning for all concerned. “As a regular user of the Brighton to London line, I am well aware of the shortcomings of the service and the problems with lateness and cancellations that commuters have to deal with on an almost daily basis. “I have been contacted by many unhappy constituents who have suffered disrupted journeys and I am glad that MPs have this opportunity t o i n s i s t o n i m p r ove d reliability, seating and customer services on and around the Brighton

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Caroline Lucas at Brighton Railway Station, calling for the railways to be renationalised Mainline.” Rail minister Claire Perry felt it was “inexcusable” that passengers across Sussex were not receiving the service they deserved. In a joint statement from GTR and Network Rail they said they were working together to improve punctuality by making track, signalling and other systems more dependable as well as bringing in new and more reliable trains and extra drivers.

However, they explained that the increasing number of passengers and improvement work at London Bridge made any problems on the Brighton Mainline up to four times more difficult to recover from. A petition has been launched calling for a formal review of the GTR franchise and has already received more than 1,000 signatures. Visit: petition.parliament. uk/petitions/113871

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A new era for the London Road market Bex Bastable @BexBastable The company managing Brighton Open Market is to step down, after a group of traders said they had “lost confidence” in the Ethical Property Company (EPC). But other traders aren’t so happy to see the back of the management company, and feel uncertain about the future. A group of traders raised concerns last year over the £200,000-a-year management costs charged by EPC, and said they would r at h e r r u n t h e m a r k e t themselves. And it seems their wish has come true, as EPC announced it would step down on February 19, and the traders are set to take the market management into their own control through the Open Market Community Interest Company (CIC). M o h a m m e d Asaduzzaman, one of the

traders who sits on the CIC board, said: “The Ethical Property Company want to terminate their contract. It is good for the Brighton Open Market traders and it will minimise management costs. That was the biggest problem. Now is a time for us to take control. “We had a traders meeting on Wednesday and most of the traders are happy. They are free now. We are putting together a business plan so a financial crisis does not happen in the future. “I would like to say thank you to our local community who are always supportive to us.” But some traders aren’t so pleased with the news. S a r a h F l o w e r, f r o m Brighton Apothecary, said: “It is a time of uncertainty and we do not necessarily want to see a change in management. “We do not all feel they were doing a bad job, and we are not sure a change in direction is beneficial. A significant number of

traders aren’t happy to see Ethical Property go, we really like the staff we have here at the moment.” Debbie Hardy from the Foodshed, said: “I am really disappointed that Ethical have backed out at this stage. The market has been through some troubles and struggles, and that’s not necessarily been the fault of the Ethical Property Company. “The management staff we have now have been fantastic, and now their jobs are at risk.Everybody here is nervous and not sure what is

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Cuts could lead to a rise in homelessness Union members have raised concerns over the closure of the council’s Housing Support Service. Six staff members who support vulnerable people living in emergency accommodation could be laid off, as part of the estimated 540 full-time posts that are set to be cut as Brighton and Hove Council seeks to save £68 million. R i c h a r d Wo o l ve n , UNISON officer at Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “This controversial proposal could mean an increase in deaths of vulnerable homeless clients, a rise in rough sleeping, increased emergency accommodation costs and increased costs to the Police, health services, childrens’ services and Adult Social Care. “The Housing Support Service has been actively supporting homeless households for the last 12 years, offering essential support to families and individuals fleeing violence, those with severe physical and mental health issues, refugees, and those affected by substance use. A number of concerns have been raised by organisations throughout the city who are fearful of the impact the closure ofThe Housing Support Service will have on our city.” The council said people in temporary accommodation would continue to receive support from other parts of

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Union says cuts could mean see a rise in rough sleepers the housing department. A council spokesperson said: “The plan to reduce the size of the service reflects a need to make best use of diminishing resources, and also to address an overlap in service provision between different council departments. As at other councils our adult social care and children’s services teams also deliver services i n t h i s a r e a , a i m e d at supporting households who need such help. Under our plans households needing services in this area will be directed to the support available from these teams and also to services offered by our partners in the voluntary sector. “The housing support service is one that we have no legal obligation to deliver. At a time of massive cuts to the funding we receive from government we have to prioritise those core services we have a legal duty to deliver.”

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Friday, January 22, 2016

To leave or remain: The choice is yours Simon Kirby As Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, I am contacted daily by local residents on the issue of Europe, among many others. On January 7, the Prime Minister met with his European counterparts as part of our ongoing renegotiation with the European Union. We are fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in Britain - so we get a better deal for our country and secure our future. It is a difficult negotiation with 27 other countries but throughout w e a r e d r i ve n by o n e consideration - what is best for Britain’s economic and our national security. We want to: n Get new protections for Britain to ensure that those countries outside the euro cannot be discriminated

against under EU rules, so we keep our economy secure. n Make Europe more competitive, so we create jobs and make British families more financially secure. n Take Britain out of ‘ever closer union’ and get more power for our Parliament, so that we can never become part of any kind of United States of Europe and are permanently protected from any further European political integration. n Reduce immigration by cutting the benefits EU migrants get, so we prevent our welfare system acting as a magnet and create a fairer system for people who work here and play by the rules. There are strong views on both the “Leave” and “Remain” sides of the campaign. Personally I will be waiting to see what the outcome of the Prime Minister’s negotiations are before deciding. However, in the end, it is the British people who will decide whether we are

stronger and better off with our European neighbours as part of the European Union, or on our own. The governm ent has been absolutely clear in its position on EU membership - we should let the British people decide through an in-out referendum. I am frequently asked when the referendum will take place.This is a decision for the Prime Minister, but it will definitely happen by the end of 2017. The government has passed legislation guaranteeing an

in-out referendum to be held on Britain’s membership of the EU before the end of 2017 and the European Union Referendum Act 2015 was passed in December. I would be interested to know if local residents in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven feel we should “Leave” or “Remain” so please do email me your views on simon.kirby.mp@ parliament.uk Simon Kirby is the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown.

Friday, January 22, 2016

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A protest outside Portslade Town Hall, opposing cuts to park rangers (Photograph: Chris Todd) Bex Bastable @BexBastable The Labour administration will look again at proposals to cut nine of the city’s park rangers down to three, after a petition was handed to the environment, transport and sustainability committee. Th e p e t i t i o n , l e d by volunteer Cliff Munn, asked the council to reconsider the cuts, which would save £150,000 a year. More than 60 signatures were collected by campaigners outside the meeting on Tuesday afternoon, from 13 different volunteer groups. Mr Munn said: “Green spaces don’t look after t h e m s e l ve s . Th e r e ’ s a comprehensive strategy to care for them, to improve them, and to make them accessible to all; and it’s

our rangers that deliver this strategy. They can’t do it all themselves, but they are extremely good at mobilising volunteers like us,and keeping us engaged.” In response to the petition, Gill Mitchell, chair of the committee, said: “Unfortunately, as most people know, the council is being forced to close a £68 million spending gap due to, in part, central government reductions in council grants to nearly zero by 2019/20. “Nobody wants to make these cuts, and as part of the consultation with our staff and community groups, we are now in a position to look again at these proposals, in a way of retaining staff as well as maintaining budget savings.” The Conservative Group on the council said they would oppose the proposals

as they stand. Cllr Geoffrey Theobald,leader of the Conservative Group, said: “These proposed cuts to the park ranger service are a false economy and threaten all the great work that has been achieved in recent years in terms of conservation and improving the city’s highly valued parks and green spaces. We urge the Labour administration to seriously rethink their plans ahead of the budget council meeting next month.” Cllr Pete West, a Green r e p r e s e n t a t i ve o n t h e committee, also opposed the cuts, and said skilled rangers are “crucial” in supporting volunteer teams, and to remove them would be “appalling”. The final proposals will go before the policy and resources committee on February 11.

Council officers to draw up plans for travel and parking in Stanmer Park The restoration of Stanmer Park is set to see the number of visitors increase, and the council is now looking at sustainable ways to manage travel to and within the park. And residents of Stanmer Village are keen to have their say in the matter. The environment, transport and sustainability committee asked council officers to work up detailed transport and parking proposals which will go before councillors later in the year before a public consultation. Cllr Pete West (Green), said: “What isn’t going to be welcome is a large amount of vehicles movements within the park, and a large amount of cars parked in the park.The attractiveness will suffer if that’s where we end up.” C l l r To n y J a n i o (Conservative), said: “If we don’t get the parking right it will be chaos. I think the

parking is the key issue.” Jamie Hopper, a Stanmer village resident, expressed concerns, and said: “The existing car parks either side of the main drive, and Stanmer House’s own car parks would disappear. “The general public would have to park either side of the Lower Lodges, adjacent to the A27, at the Upper Lodges on Ditching Road, or at a new car park either south of Stanmer House or within the Nurseries. The existing Church car park would mainly be reserved for Blue Badge holders, despite it being some distance from both Stanmer House and the village Tea Rooms for persons with mobility problems. “Although residents have repeatedly been promised an official consultation for parking in the village for their own visitors, it doesn’t appear that this will be part of the consultation taking

Church car park at the Stanmer Estate place this March. It would seem that this will only take place once the StageTwo HLF Parks for People bid has been submitted this August.” Ja s o n K n i g h t , c h a i r of Stanmer Residents Committee, said: “We will be looking forward to making a positive contribution to the consultation process. We have been in constant dialogue with council officers in the last year, and we want to keep the park looking beautiful.”

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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GP firm walks away from NHS contract

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Future of GP services for 11,500 patients uncertain Olivia Lerche @olivialerche The future care of more than 11,500 patients has been thrown into doubt after a health care provider ended its contract for five GP surgeries in Brighton and Hove. NHS England has received notice from The Practice Group that it intends to end the contract - citing pressures including a shortage of GPs and rising costs. The surgeries affected are:The PracticeWhitehawk Road; The Practice Hangleton Manor; The Practice North Street; The Practice Willow House in Bevendean; and Brighton Homeless Healthcare in Morley Street. Pa t i e n t s h ave b e e n assured NHS England

South is working to “secure alternative arrangements” for their care and are working with health commissioners to look at options for patients. NHS England South said the organisation’s priority is to ensure all affected patients have ongoing access to local GP services following notice given by the Practice Group. A spokesperson said: “All patient feedback will be taken into account in reaching a final decision about how to guarantee their future care and we will update patients about this as soon as we can.” The contract between the NHS and the Practice Group for the five surgeries is worth £1.16 million. The contract is a Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract - which means four of the practices receive additional funding of

almost 20 per cent - around £148,000 - extra per year above the standard national General Medical Services (GMS) contracts. Brighton Homeless Healthcare Surgery receives an additional £307,627 a year. NHS England was set to review the extra funding provided under the PMS to make sure the practice was using it to “maximum e f f e c t ” . H o w e v e r, n o decisions had been made about any future funding arrangements for these services at the point The Practice Group gave notice on their contract. A spokesman for the Practice Group said the decision has not been taken lightly, adding: “As is the case across the country, there have been increasing pressures on general practice in Brighton; rising demand for services, difficulty recruiting and

retaining GPs and rising costs with no matching increase in resource.” Two of the surgeries also face relocation because of redevelopment schemes. Dr Xavier Nalletamby, chair of NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “Final decisions on the future provision of services at the affected GP practices have not been made yet and it will take time for all available options to be identified and assessed.” Fran McCabe, chair of Healt hwatch B r ig ht on and Hove, said: “This is a serious situation which will raise the anxiety levels of patients facing the prospect of having to find a new doctor. It is especially concerning to Healthwatch that GP services to the city’s homeless and traveller community are being affected.”

Ambulances were delayed for 5,000 hours at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust over nine months in 2015 Ambulances lost more than 5,000 hours during hand overs at the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust (BSUH) which runs the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Hospital handover figures revealed by South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) show 829 hours were lost as patients we r e t r a n s fe r r e d f r o m ambulances to hospitals

at the Princess Royal in Haywards Heath and 4,531 hours were lost at the Royal Sussex. A spokesman for BSUH said the trust has been workingcloselywithSECAmb t o m a k e i m p r ove m e n t s and has agreed to make “tactical”changes in the department which have already led to a “sizable” reduction in the hours lost to delays in December.

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Brighton is set to be the most popular hen and stag do location in the UK this year, according to an industry website. Stag and hen do organiser Chillsauce.co.uk said the next three months are the busiest time of year for booking group-based activities, and predicted Brighton as the most popular stag and hen destination for 2016. The city was followed by Bristol and Newcastle, in second and third place.

The Western Road Post Office in Hove is to close. It will merge with the Melville Road branch on February 15. A spokesman said: “Given the close proximity of both Crown branches, together with the number of alternative Post Office branchesintheareaandtheir capacity to accommodate any additional footfall following the changes, we believelocalcustomerneeds in Brighton and Hove will continue to be met.”

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Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell will send about 13,000 runners on their way at this year’s Vitality Brighton Half Marathon. A local to the Sussex area, Sally is a former track and field athlete who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400m hurdles. She said:“A half marathon is a real challenge for anyone, and I’m looking forward tremendously to sending runners on their 13.1 mile journey through the city.” Martin Harrigan, race

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director,said: “In an Olympic year, it’s an absolute honour to have an Olympic gold medallist start the race. Sally will no doubt prove a real inspiration to all our runners, from our elite field and charity runners to the younger athletes in our Youth Races. Bring on February 28!” The Vitality Brighton Half Marathon starts at 9am on February 28 on Madeira Drive. For more information on the event, and to sign up, visit: www. brightonhalfmarathon.com

Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove, said new analysis published by his party, reveals the “worrying impact” of the government’s approach to planning for school places. He said in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, and West Sussex, the number of pupils in classes of size 31-35 taught by one teacher is 26,325. Mr Kyle said: “Soaring numbers of children in the area will continue to be crammed into ever-expanding classes, as the only option left for many schools.The current system for planning new places is essentially broken. It is time for a parent/student-focused solution which will drive up standards,and put the urgent need for sufficient good school places in Sussex first.”

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The University of Brighton has installed 663 new solar panels that will reduce its carbon emissions by more than 82 tonnes - the equivalent of 37 UK households’ annual electricity consumption. The £200,000 installation at its Falmer campus, puts it among the top universities in the UK for on-site renewable energy. The panels, on the roofs of Westlain House, Mayfield House and Falmer Library, are expected to meet 7.5 per cent of Falmer’s electricity demand. Abigail Dombey, the university’s environmental m a n a g e r, s a i d : “ T h e installation is a clear d e m o n s t r at i o n o f t h e university’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions, ensure energy security and to promote sustainability.” The installation was carried out by the university’s Environment Te a m a n d E c o s p h e r e Renewables, a Sussex company.

A ward for people coping with addiction at MillView Hospital is set to close because of funding cuts. PromenadeWard at Mill View Hospital in Hove, will shut its door to patients at the end of March, as will Dove Ward at Crawley Hospital. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which runs both wards said it was no longer financially viable for the trust to run the services. The loss the 12 beds at Dove Ward and 13 beds at PromenadeWard will leave Sussex with no inpatient beds for patients requiring drug or alcohol detoxification. A statement by the S u s s e x Pa r t n e r s h i p, said: “We are currently working with all our staff who will be affected by these changes and we will continue to work with local public health commissioners that are responsible for securing these services in the future to ensure a smooth transition.”

Two politicians debated the EU referendum, and what it means for business, at a Brighton Chamber event on Friday. Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pav i l i o n , a n d D a n i e l Hannan, Conservative MEP for the South East,explained their opposing views, before taking questions. Ms Lucas, who wants to stay in the EU, said: “If we leave the EU, it is really not clear what we would be leaving for. We would have no power to influence EU rules, and if you wanted to sell into the EU you still have to sign up to the EU rules.” She said the union needs reform and could do more for small businesses.

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She added: ““How much better is it to be solving our problems by talking to each other rather than fighting one another.” Mr Hannan, a Eurosceptic, said: “I think this country can hold its own.” H e s a i d t h e E U wa s holding Britain back form trading with nonEU countries, and that businesses would be better off without EU restrictions. The audience was asked at the start of the debate whether they would opt to stay or leave the EU.The split was around 70/30 in favour of staying - and it was a similar split at the end of the debate.

Friday, January 22, 2016

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Dragon hunt Schoolchildren have been hunting a dragon rumoured to have lived in the Royal Pavilion until 1967, as part of a flagship project by Heritage Learning Brighton and Hove. Inside the Royal Pavilion almost every room includes a dragon of some kind: hanging from the ceiling, painted on the walls, or carved into the furniture. Children from West Blatchington Primary (pictured), Hangleton Primary School and St Peter’s Community Primary School have taken part, becoming dragon experts on a magical mystery tour of the pavilion. Helen Graham of the Royal Pavilion said: “We wanted to create a project that would bring children into a range of the city’s heritage sites, for a varied and fun learning experience.”

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Brighton will welcome a new festival to the city. LittleWay is taking place in an old church building in central Brighton on February 27. The one-day event will feature a programme of performances alongside visual artwork, literature and local food and drink. The festival will take place at One Church,Gloucester Place, an old church building which has been transformed into an emerging multi-use community centre, an experimental cowork space and an ‘incubator’ of projects and ideas. A statement from festival producers Philippe Nash and Harvey Herman said: “The basis of Little Way is to develop a music festival that is intentionally simple in form, and has the fostering of new connections and interactions as its focus. “Held at the tail end of winter, and entirely under one roof, the day is really an opportunity to gather together and deliver something of a shared home to everyone involved, rather than a ‘big name’ spectacle. We want to encourage a sense of a family which can grow and take new forms in the future.” Food and drink will be available from a selection of Brighton outlets including Real Junk Food Project.Tickets are £15 in advance, and £20 on the door. For tickets and line up information, visit: www.littleway.co.uk

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Lloyd Russell-Moyle was elected as the chair of the Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party, replacing Nancy Platts. Ms Platts stood down from the role last year after accepting a job as trade union liaison manager for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. About 250 members attended the meeting on Saturday, where Mr RussellM oy l e wa s o n e o f t wo candidates for the job.

University of Brighton student lawyers will offer free assistance to people who need help with filling forms, may be worried about attending court or need advice on how courts work. Th e u n ive r s i t y h a s joinedtheCommunityLegal Outreach Collaboration Keele (CLOCK), a joint initiative with the University of Sussex. For more information, call 01273 811338.

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Five Brighton teenagers have made it into the team to represent England at this summer’s Dance World Cup in Jersey. Sam Kelly, Elliot O’Toole, Jo e C a p p a i a n d M o l ly Mackendrick, all pupils at Brighton College; and James Duprey, who left the school last year, will be representing England in June. Dance teacher Michelle Porter said: “We are so very proud that they have got through. We wish them all the luck in the world,”

Organisers of Brighton and HoveTriathlon have chosen Albion in the Community (AITC) as an official charity partner for 2016. The race takes place on Sunday, September 11, and will include an open water sea swim, a flat cycle leg and a run along the city’s promenade towards the British Airways i360. For more information on the race visit: www. brightonandhovetriathlon. com

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I have lived in Hove for 20 years - I joined the library as soon as I moved here. I visit it frequently and have always been more than satisfied with the place. To be surrounded by books in such a beautiful building as Hove Library is a delight. I love scanning the shelves,choosing what to read next,and I also read the reviews in The Times and order books. It always seems quite b u s y, e s p e c i a l l y t h e children’s area which i s o f t e n c r ow d e d - my grandchildren love it. To say that it is the second most difficult library to get to is ridiculous-unless,of c o u r s e , yo u a r e o n ly thinking of those who have cars and have problems parking! There is a bus stop nearby with a choice of three buses. It is directly opposite Tesco and extremely near to George Street,so people have the convenience of

combining shopping with going to the library.To any right-minded city planner these features should surely make the place indispensable.I am old and disabled,as are many of the residents of Hove and being without a car,I find Hove Museum very out of the way and difficult to reach. On top of all this-to lose 15 per cent of the books and replace the loss of our cultural heritage with the use of a cafe and a garden is sacrilege! That is not what libraries are for.To spend time in such a peaceful atmosphere is a real pleasure that I would greatly miss. Yours sincerely, Christine.V. Snowden, Hove

Friday, January 22, 2016

Photographer shortlisted in national competition for capturing Castle Hill

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Reading Howard Spencer’s letter (January 15), I wholly agree with everything he says. At times, the King Alfred Centre swimming pool is overcrowded, and in these times of keeping fit, one swimming pool can in no way cater for the whole of Brighton and Hove. Strange the council are not being transparent with the public. What is going on that we do not know about? Th e h i s t o r y o f t h i s development does not bode well for the future. Regards, Peter Sainsbury, Hove.

A Brighton photographer has been shortlisted in #MyHappyPlace, a national photo competition designed to help fight the January blues. Lance Bellers, 52, entered a photo he took at Castle Hill National Nature Reserve on the South Downs, on the eastern fringes of Brighton.

He said: “It’s a lovely, secluded area,so close to the city and full of paths. I love to run along and also walk my dog with my family. “It never fails to give me a good feeling among the open spaces there.” “Blue Monday” (January 18) is claimed to be the most depressing day of the year.

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migration to evolution and space travel. “As usual,our programme deliberately avoids the being-lectured-at style of learning, in favour of hands-on demonstrations, engaging talks and live experiments. “There’s more kids’ stuff than ever in our hands-on half term programme. Dr Marty Jopson from BBC’s One Show investigates the shocking story of electricity; Russell Arnott hosts an interactive presentation in which sealife experts champion their favourite underwater invertebrate -we all have one, right?while Blast Science examine the mysteries of space and time with an interactive StarWars astronomy show – including a light sabre battle finale. “As always, the main

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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If you think about it, no politician would do anything that was hugely unpopular with the public.The negative press and the impact on their chances of re-election would make it something to be avoided at all costs. Of course many things that councillors or MPs do will be supported by some and opposed by others, as public opinion is rarely if ever united on any particular issue. One thing that is never popular is asking people to pay more,whether in council tax or parking charges. We are doing both as part of the forthcoming budget. Quite rightly, people are asking why. The Conservative opposition leader on the city council, Cllr Geoffrey Theobald, led the criticism t h i s we e k by s ay i n g , apparently without irony, that we are turning to residents to fill the “black hole” in council finances. Of course you don’t need to be an astrophysicist to know what has caused this

particular kind of black hole; it is his Conservative government. More than £130 million of funding will have been removed over a ten-year period by 2019. That’s some 30 per cent of the money your council needs to spend on the services you rely on.The government has said that councils must be financially self-sufficient, and have to raise the third of the money they are losing from government locally. Conservative-run West Sussex County Council is also facing a “black hole” of some £45 million, with no choice but to raise council tax for the first time in six years. Their leader Cllr Louise Goldsmith said: “Without this raise we would be facing severe cuts in critical frontline services.” In Conservative-led East Sussex the council faces losing more than 40 per cent of its funding in just four years. Deputy leader Cllr David Elkin said the loss in funding was the reason behind the “deep cuts” which had to be made: “Make no

mistake,we are losing out on millions, and that is why we are having to make very deep cuts to some of the services that we provide.” As well as huge cuts to funding, councils like Brighton and Hove, East and West Sussex face big increases in the costs of social care, with demand and wage costs pushing funding pressures up by over three per cent each year. In his Autumn Statement the chancellor George Osborne promised councils an extra £2 billion towards the costs of social care. However this will be from additional council tax rises on residents,not money from the Government or the major corporations who avoid paying billions in tax in the UK. So our council tax increase, if agreed on the February 25, will be 3.99 per cent, the same as that being proposed by our Conservative county neighbours, with 1.99 per cent for local services and two per cent for social care

Brighton and Hove’s portion of the council tax bill, if agreed, will increase by 3.99 per cent costs. Here in Brighton and Hove that two per cent will raise just over £2 million; enough to close the remaining budget gap but nowhere near enough to enable us to avoid planned cuts to day care centres and more. In addition parking fees

will increase, but in the vast majority of cases not by much.The general rise in parking fees is two per cent, not 25 per cent as claimed by some, and all of the parking money we get goes towards the cost of the bus pass scheme for older people, which we are required to

fund by the government. I’m pleased to have been given the backing of Labour members this week both for our plans to boost truly affordable housing and for the incredibly difficult decisions we are having to face in our budget. I know and accept that these financial decisions will be unpopular, but we will continue to do our best for you in the most challenging of circumstances.

Friday, January 22, 2016

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Concerns over park ranger proposals We are now full steam ahead into the New Year as we approach our first full council meeting of 2016 and indeed the forthcoming budget council meeting at which some important decisions will be made about how we fund our services over the coming years. During this time the Conservative group will inevitably face criticism as the national party in power, having to make difficult decisions in order to keep our economy moving and reduce the deficit. However despite the criticism, the government’s welfare reforms and wider long-term economic plan are having a positive impact in terms of getting people off benefits and into work.

In Brighton and Hove, unemployment is the lowest it has been for more than 10 years with more people in employment than ever before. I, along with my Conservative colleagues and many others I’m sure, aspire to live in a city that is self-sufficient, thriving and bold, and innovative enough to generate and live off its own income, rather than forever relying on central government hand-outs. I believe this will help people have pride in their city, and take an interest in its future. The Government’s proposals for local councils encourage exactly that, moving resources away from central government and into our hands to target spending towards what we deem to be the specific needs of our area. In 2010, councils were almost wholly dependent on grants from Whitehall. By 2020, council funding

will come from local revenues. This means that council tax,business rates and other sources paid by the people of Brighton and Hove will go directly to their council to spend locally. This can only be seen as a positive step towards greater autonomy. Meanwhile, back to 2016, one particular aspect of the Labour administration’s current budget that I have serious reservations about is their proposal to reduce

the number of park rangers in the city from 9 to 3. Pa r k r a n g e r s w e r e an innovation that was introduced by the then Conservative administration i n 2 0 0 9 a n d I wa s t h e environment cabinet member who led on it. Reducing the park rangers effectively to a skeleton service would in my view be a false economy and would threaten all the great work that has been achieved in recent years in terms of conservation and

improving the city’s highly valued parks and green spaces. Wi t h o u t a p r o p e r l y staffed park ranger service the army of wonderful conservation volunteers that wehaveinthecitywillsimply not be able to carry on with all the excellent work they currently do, particularly around protecting our internationally important chalk grassland habitat. The rangers enable the wider community to get involved in helping protect

the environment around them and we should be encouraging this, not preventing it. In fact, the productive relationship between the rangers and their volunteers was one of the main reasons Brighton & Hove managed to secure the prestigious UNESCO Biosphere status in 2014. To put all that at risk would be sheer folly and the Conservative group will be strongly opposing Labour’s plans.

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Well-used research site to remain after successful pilot A research service used by thousands of residents in the city will continue to provide free access to more than 10 million academic articles. Th e g r e e n l i g h t h a s been given for the Access to Research initiative to continue its service to public libraries. It was originally launched as a two-year pilot scheme by the Universities and Science Minister in 2014,and has been declared a success by the Publishers Licensing Society and the Society of Chief Librarians. Now, two years on, and with more than 3,000 hits from Brighton and Hove public library customers alone, librarians are being encouraged to continue promoting the service. The Jubilee Library is one of the top performing libraries in the country in terms of people using the service and it is used by a wide range of people, including authors undertaking research, students, hobbyists and those in adult education. Almost every academic discipline is covered by the journals available through Access to Research. Results have found that in Brighton and Hove the most

popular search terms include death in France by poison mushroom, Irish settlement in south west Wales and diabetic retinopathy image processing, showing users are taking full advantage of the wide variety of topics. Cllr Alan Robins, deputy chair of economic development and culture committee, said: “It is wonderful to see the Access t o R e s e a r c h i n i t i at i ve being so well received by the libraries and residents of Brighton and Hove and the fact we will be able to continue providing this service is great news. “It is a brilliant resource that provides people with information they might not otherwise have access to.” Access to Research is one of the many online resources customers can access for free with their library card and is available in all Brighton and Hove libraries. Users can search for articles, view results and check journal titles from home, but would need to log in to a library computer to access full articles. For more information on the service, ask a member of staff at your local library, or visit: www. accesstoresearch.org.uk

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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Brighton translator of War and Peace Louise Peskett @louisepesk

People keep asking me what I think of the new BBC adaptation ofWar and Peace. A s S u n d ay eve n i n g s see me unable to budge f ro m co l d war t h r i l l e r Deutschland ‘83 on Channel Four, I have no idea whether its rave reviews are justified. I wonder how many people know, however, that the first person to translateTolstoy’s epic novel into English from the original Russian was a Brighton woman? Constance Garnett nee Black was born at 58 Ship Street, in the building that’s now Ask pizza restaurant, in December 1861. The sixth of eight ch i l d r e n , a n d yo u n g e r sister of pioneering trade unionist, Clementina Black, C o n s t a n c e’ s ch i l d h o o d wasn’t promising.When she was only twelve her father became severely ill and two years later her mother died. Despite these setbacks, however, the ex-Brighton a n d H ove H i g h S ch o o l pupil earned a government scholarship to study Latin and Greek at Cambridge and followed this with a career as a librarian in London’s East End. In 1892 destiny intervened in the shape of a Russian exile called Vo l k h ov s ky w h o m s h e visited with her future husband, Edward Garnett, a reader for a publishing company. Constance was captivated by the stories that the young revolutionary told her about life in Russia and some of the wonderful work that was being done by its writers. As most of these writers were inaccessible to English readers, Constance decided that she was simply going to learn Russian herself and translate them. Armed with a dictionary

a n d a g r a m m a r, a n d while enduring a difficult pregnancy,Constance pulled off this feat, mastering the language to such an extent that she was soon making the works of writers such as Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol,Turgenev and Tolstoy ava ila b le for E n g li s h speakers for the first time. She wasn’t the first to tackle the almost one and a half thousand page long War and Peace. That honour goes to Clara Bell in 1886. But Constance was the first to translate it directly from Russian, Bell having worked from the French translation. By 1894 Constance was leaving her young son and husband at home to make trips to Russia, sometimes of three months in length – no mean feat for a single woman traveller at the time – to meet the writers whose work she was translating. On one occasion she battled the snow to have lunch with Tolstoy at his snowbound estate, Yasnaya Polyana, where he wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina. She reported that his ‘piercing eyes seemed to look right through one and to make anything but perfect candour out of the question’. Constance’s mission to bring works of Russian literature to a wider, English speaking audience for the sheer enjoyment of reading them was always forefront in her mind. She ensured that her t r a n s l at i o n s c a m e o u t in inexpensive editions to ensure that as many as possible could afford them. By the time of her death in 1946 Constance had translated more than 70 volumes of Russian literature and is considered a key figure in the introduction of Russian literature to the English speaking world. I’m particularly in awe of her because as an ex language student myself I know just what a tricky art

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translating is. Far from being a matter of looking up words in dictionaries, a literary translator has to understand the voice, the tone, the feel of a writer and really get under the skin of the work and preserve its magic. The fact that Constance

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learned Russian so quickly and was able to translate so many different writers for the benefit, enjoyment and inspiration of millions of readers worldwide, is an achievement indeed. Today, although there are some criticisms of her work now sounding out of

date, most of Constance Garnett’s works are still in print and available to read. Fans of Charleston and the Bloomsbury Group may also be interested to know that Constance’s only child was David Garnett, writer and husband of Angelica Garnett.

Constance translated more than 70 volumes of Russian literature to the English-speaking world Constance Garnett

Louise Peskett runs the Notorious Women of Brighton walking tours and blogs about local women’s history at www. historywomenbrighton. com

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Friday, January 22, 2016

Pretty Good Thinking

The Book Doctor Sarah Morgan @sarah_morgan

Lipstick and mouthing off Lipstick wears more evenly when lips are moisturised and smooth. Drying winds, l ow t e m p e r at u r e s a n d central heating all impact on lip texture. Protection against UV rays and staying moisturised are vital. Top up on your lip care as a part of your morning and evening skincare routine to stop painful peeling or cracking (if you sleep with your mouth open this can also become even more drying). Try exfoliating your dry lips by rubbing them down with a clean and dry flannel, or wet a soft toothbrush in warm water to lightly buff away any dry strips. For a homemade scrub just mix one teaspoon of olive oil or coconut oil with a second teaspoon of raw sugar.Apply a small amount to the lips and rub gently, then rinse off. I’m outside walking my dog every day, so I carry a tin of Pure Potions Lavender

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off, the cold snap has lead me to overindulge in a guilty pleasure; tons of ‘how to’ YouTube makeup tutorials. Unlike the dull channels or unintended comedies, my faves are bursting with love and knowing campy backchat. I’m quite relieved that our local darling Maisie Tr ol let t e i sn’t her e on camera, but I wouldn’t mind some tips from Dave Lynne or Dolly Rocket!

Nikita Dragun is @ nycdragun on Instagram, subtle this ain’t but gorgeous it most certainly is. Manny Mua talks really fast on ‘Full Face Drugstore Fall Makeup’, and most of his others. I love to watch sweet Patrick Starrr transform in his ’Power of makeup’ homage to a far reaching p r e s e n t e r, N i k k i e . H e r original half-face video was inspired by RuPaul and has amassed over 26,474,646 views. Jackie Aina is a gorgeous confident woman with tons of attitude. Her ‘Makeup don’ts - common Mistakes’ for darker skin tones is really useful. I defy anyone not to enjoy squirming over her sassy take on ‘Makeup Trends We’re Ditching in 2015’. These guys all remind us that, more than anything, personal expression through beautiful make up is a real passion, and tremendous fun.

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by Nancy Mitford I make no apologies for this. It’s an old book and the author is long dead. B u t I a m d e e p ly a n d unreasonably jealous of anyone who hasn’t yet discovered the joys of Nancy Mitford. This is a favourite reread for me, and with this terrible weather, the mud and the grey skies I cannot resist it. Meet Polly (Or Leopoldina to give her her full name) the beloved only child of Lord and Lady Montdore. She is a beauty and fully expected to marry if not the Prince ofWales,at the very least a Duke. But no, she falls in love with her Uncle (known to the naughty neighbouring Radlett family as The Lecherous Lecturer) and the second her aunt dies, she announces her engagement to him. And what a hornets nest that stirs up! The Montdores summon a distant cousin

who now will inherit “all this” (a favourite phrase of Lady Montdore) and we meet Cedric. He is one of fictions delights. A glittering young man, who crashes the scene with his couture, his delight in jewels (I have a confession to make: I do rather adore amethysts) and his predilection for the very same uncle that Polly married. This is a wonderful, witty, charming comedy of manners and has remained high on every best selling list and has never gone out of print. Once read, never forgotten, and I urge you to read it, or re-read it for a very special treat.

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Brighton’s young business leaders of the future A group of eight young budding entrepreneurs had the chance to pitch their ideas to a panel of business experts at a special event at the Brighton Sea Life Centre. Young Start-up Talent is a community based project to help 16-25 year olds with an entrepreneurial flair for business and make their dreams a reality The judging panel was made up of eight local business professionals: Penina Shepherd – Acumen Business Law, Max Leviston – Sea Life Brighton, Matt Turner – Creative Pod, Lorraine Nugent – Media Word Waves, Ben Towers – Social Marley, Martin Hess – Hewlett Packard, Gary Chown – NatWest and Dan

Simpson – Hartley Fowler. Th e s p o n s o rs o f t h e very successful event were i m p re s s e d by t h e h i gh quality of the pitches. Pe n i n a S h e p h e r d o f Acumen Business Law said: “It’s extremely exciting to see these young business minds excel and I can clearly see the progress they have made between now and the last time we saw them.” Martin Hess of Hewlett Packard said: “I was so impressed with the maturity, creativity and optimism of the young entrepreneurs.In a nutshell, I found the evening very inspirational.” Twenty-two-year-old Nick Musto entered the initiative with his business Radar.

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R a d a r i s a n i g h t l i fe application that allows students to save money and have more fun while helping businesses save up to ten times on their costs. Jasper Menzies came to the den with his product, JazPouch, a multi-purpose, custom, handmade leather pocket pouch, ideal for storing items from tobacco equipment to travel documentations in a convenient and fashionable way. Sussex University students Joseph Chan and Phillip Streicher approached the panel with Augmind, a company that’s trying to make affordable and portable neurofeedback to treat ADHD and anxiety. Phillip said “It’s been very inspiring. “I think the most important lesson that we’ve learnt is to really think about the details of our products, both in terms of how we design it and how we want to sell market and produce it.” Adam Patel, the youngest contestant at just 14, presented his business, Halal celebrations, a publisher and distributer of quality greeting cards and crackers for all faiths and cultures.

Eight entrepreneurs at the Young Talent Start-Up event in the Brighton Sealife Centre He said: “It’s always great practice to be pitching in front of professionals and being given the opportunity to answer such in-depth q u e s t i o n s a b o u t yo u r business.” BHASVIC students Jordan Black,Tristan Kibble, Callum Sexton and Robbie Down, want to use their business to educate the gaming community through video games themselves.

Tristan said: “This process has allowed me to become a better businessman and prepare for the future.” Gary Chown of Natwest said: “Once again,I am blown away by the quality of the business ideas put forward and I know we will have a worthy winner whoever that may be.” Th e w i n n e r w i l l b e announced at a return event to the Sea Life Centre on

February 16. The judges’ verdict will determine who will be walking away with the prize fund worth £50,000. Guest speakers for this event will be Ben Towers, listed recently as No1 Teen Entrepreneur in the Times, and Max Leviston, General Manager of the Sealife Centre Brighton. To find out more visit: wwww.youngstartuptalent.

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Glued app founder: Why not kick off 2016 with a digital detox? Nicole Carman @glued_to Many of us will have jumped into January with some good old-fashioned New Year’s resolutions, often involving detoxing from rich food, booze or both.But how many of us will have considered trying a digital detox? Digital Detoxing can be a great way to start the year and give our minds a well-earned rest from tech overload. It can instantly reduce the stress and fatigue we feel when we’re connected all the time. Excessive device usage can create “nomophobia” which is anxiety about separation from our smartphones and FOMO, the fear of missing out. Smartphones have become such an important part of our daily routine that an Ofcom study found nearly half of adults admitted they’re “completely hooked” to their device, and almost half of under 24s felt the urgent need to check their phone within five minutes

Glued founders: Nick Kuh, Finn, and Nicole Carman of waking up. The effect this is having in the workplace is taking its toll on staff health as well as productivity.This has led to an industry movement towards mindfulness, which is ironically being led by the tech industry, with companies like Google running mindfulness courses for its staff. Closer to home,Transport for London carried out a mindfulness programme that resulted in days off sick due to stress, anxiety and depression falling by a massive 70 per cent and absences for all health

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conditions falling by 50 per cent in the three years following. Here in Sussex there are businesses that see real value in spending more time device-free and outside, connecting with nature. Unknown Epic organise “ N e t w a l k i n g ” d ay s i n the South Downs and “Walkshops” for businesses looking for a change of scenery away from the office with no screens. The B r i g h t o n - b a s e d H a p py Startup School helps entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life and find a path to happy meaningful work. They organise adventures abroad,walks and an annual three-day Summercamp in rural Sussex with inspirational speakers and a focus on connecting and unplugging. Digital detox holidays are the latest trend for technology addicts with companies like Digital Detoxing Adventures offering meditation, practical skills, art, cooking etc - and all without a screen.

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Hotels are also seeing guests wanting a break from their busy,technology-filled lives. The Lifehouse Spa Hotel in Essex now has a tech-free policy in the spa environment, where no mobile phones are permitted and some hotels offer discounts to guests who hand over their phones upon arrival. Taking a digital detox isn’t about being anti-tech and neither does it require a total device-time ban by going cold turkey. It’s about becoming more mindful of how much time we spend glued to our screens and taking time out to engage and reconnect in the real world. We’re developing an app called Glued to help families and friends collaboratively unglue from smartphones and tablets by offering tips, points and rewards to help people moderate and reduce daily screen time. We’ll be launching Glued in February so if the idea of a digital detox appeals, be sure to sign up at www.glued.to In 2016 we should strive to be a little more mindful of how we use technology, and take time to live in the moment,without constantly feeling the need to share everything on social media. We might find ourselves feeling happier as a result. Nicole Carman is the founder of Glued, alongside her husband Nick Kuh, and son Finn.

years.This is underpinned by s t r o n g c o n s u m e r spending, but there has to Kylee Charles be some question as to how @The_PR_ Britain will fare if the rest Chick of the world slows down and consumer confidence The Institute of Directors takes a knock”. has reported this week that With recent turbulence it feels the UK economy can in the Chinese economy still perform well over the unsettling global markets, next few years, with low structural changes in an energy prices providing a economy of its size and boost to households and importance were always businesses,but turbulence going to be subject to in the world economy and uncertainty and volatility. ultra-loose monetary It is important that China p o l i c i e s s t i l l p o s i n g continues to rein in a potential risks. number of excesses which This was in response to have been allowed to inflation figures released develop over recent years, at the start of the week, such as in the equity and which showed CPI running property markets, in order at 0.2 per cent in December to put prospects for growth 2015, the with news that on a more sustainable China’s economy grew by path. James continued 6.9 per cent in 2015. with: “In the short-term, “The real UK economy the forecast for the UK appears to be weathering of 2.2 per cent growth the storms upsetting the in 2016 and 2017 could global financial markets prove pessimistic in light – for now” James Sproule, of falling energy prices, Chief Economist at the which have traditionally IoD told me: “We are put cash into the pockets of still predicting Britain’s consumers and businesses e c o n o m y t o e x p a n d alike, boosting advanced modestly over the next few economies”.

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Moulsecoomb Community Leisure Centre, which is operated by Freedom Leisure on behalf of Brighton and Hove City Council,will be celebrating i t s 2 5 t h B i r t h d ay o n Saturday January 23. To mark the occasion the centre will be hosting a free fun activity day for all the family. The local community are invited to join Freedom Leisure from 09:00 until 19:30 and take part in a range of activities. Th e s e w i l l i n c l u d e Zumba, Spinning, Body

Pump and Insanity sessions, and a variety of sports including short mat bowls, table tennis, handle ball, badminton, roller skating and even a staff vs. the community tug of war. At 10:00 the Mayor of Brighton, councillor Lynda Hyde, who will officially open the day followed by a performance from the Brighton Male Voice Choir. There will also be a number of live demonstrations taking place including Sama Karate and the circus group act “Aerial”. Children will be able

to have their faces painted and enjoy the children’s play area, and visitors can speak with experts from the Royal Life Saving Society, Sussex Cricket and many more at the information stands. Freedom Leisure Area Manager Chris Lovelock said: “We are really excited to be hosting this event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Moulsecoomb Community Leisure Centre. “The centre has become a real hub in the community, and we look forward to what the next 25 years will hold as we continue to support

Brighton and Hove City Council. D e p u t y ch a i r o f t h e council’s culture committee Cllr Alan Robins said: “It’s a nice place to go,which really lives up to its ‘community’ name, with lots of regulars and held in great affection by the neighbourhood. That’s something well worth celebrating, so I wish the event every success and a good turnout.” For more information and a full timetable of the activities please visit www. freedom-leisure.co.uk or call 01273 622266.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

The fight against

FUEL POVERTY

in Brighton and Hove Bex Bastable @BexBastable In Brighton and Hove, about 15,000 households are living in fuel poverty. That’s 12 per cent of the city’s households,and above average for the southeast (10 per cent). But a local energy cooperative is on a mission to tackle the issue.

Brighton and Hove Energy Services Co-operative (BHESCo) is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to develop community energy generation, become a community-owned energy supplier, and to advise and help those suffering from fuel poverty. BHESCo wants to help residents lower their energy bills, and keep warm, and

last week it launched its energy assessment service, a lifeline for those struggling to understand or cope with energy bills. Kayla Ente, founder and director of BHESCo, said: “We are delighted to be launching our new energy assessment service, which will empower and inform people on how to stay warm and save money.

“We have worked hard to ensure our service will be affordable and impartial, enabling everyone to receive a complete energy assessment tailored to their circumstances.” She said more than 20,000 people a year die as a result of cold weather in the UK double the figure recorded in Finland, despite it being drastically colder there.

The situation is likely to get worse as the number of households that receive energy efficiency improvements will reduce from 4.5 million down to merely one million in the next five years. It is thanks to co-operatives like BHESCo, which is launching home and business energy initiatives, as well as developing alternative energy programmes and

funding streams to help everyone in their community to stay warm, save money and save time. It is of particular importance to those in fuel poverty, especially for families with young children or older people. Three Brighton and Hove residents, who have benefited from BHESCo’s advice, tell their stories (see facing page).

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Thesehhandytipshavebeencreatedasawayofhelpingpeoplein the Brigghton and Hove community andd to encourage residents to realiise they have the power to keepp warm, save money and intheloongterm,savetheplanet. 1. Use a hot water bottle to keep out the chill. 2. Closee internal doors and turn off radiators in unused rooms. 3. Invee st in proper draughtproofinng products for the doors and winndows. 4.Sealyyourskirtingboardswith siliconee sealant, and fit a chimney balloon or umbrella. 5. Top off your loft insulation to 250mm m. 6. Secoondary glazing film is inexpenssive and an effective way to keepp out draughts. 7. Draw w the curtains at dusk to keepp the heat in to prevent losing heat through draughts aroundd doors and windows, gapsarroundthefloor,maybeup a chimney or two, and a whole host of other little holes around the houuse.

8. Try turning your room thermostat down by one degree, every degree that you turn it down could save you around £65 a year on your heating bill. 9. Turn the heat down a couple of degrees if you are going to be away from home for a longer period of time. 10. Turn everything off! Turning offlightsandapplianceswillsave energy and a family could save between£50and£90ayearjust by remembering to turn things off.

FIND OUT MORE The co-op is running a special offer throughout January 2016; any new members who join BHESCo will receive a free energyassessmentfortheirhome or business. To book your Energy Assessment or find out more about becoming a member go to bhesco.k-hosting.co.uk or freephone 0800 9996671, or 01273 766671.

I TA N E W M A N , 71, of Portslade, lost her husband three years ago. She now receives a small pension, but her husband used to pay all the bills so when he died, Mrs. Newman was landed with the task of managing her own household finances, including her energy bills. She accumulated an arrears of over £900 with her energy supplier. Having got in touch with BHESCo through a referral from Age UK, BHESCo’s advisors carried out an assessment in her home. The assessment highlighted the ineffectiveness of her electric storage heaters. A thorough analysis of her energy bills with energy supplier dating back to three years was conducted and raised some interesting issues about the accuracy of their meter readings. The BHESCo Energy Assessment advisors were able to identify discrepancies in her bill and wrote to the energy supplier several times emphasizing the mistakes in the billing. They refused to address the problem until a log was kept with meter readings for a sixmonth period. Mrs. Newman diligently kept the log and BHESCo helped her to analyse her energy consumption patterns. Fluorescent light bulbs were replaced with long lasting LED lights. BHESCo is arranging for a new, more efficient electric storage heater to be installed in her home and are also disputing the arrears and working towards having the erroneous balance written off by the energy supplier. This assessment, and a few minor changes to the household has lessened the stress associated with the debt.Also, she doesn’t feel alone in dealing with complicated matters like her energy bills.

Above: Rita Newman, 71, and Right: BHESCo Energy Advisors calling door-to door

Tim Beecher, a BHESCo energy assessment advisor said: “It’s so rewarding to be able to make a difference to someone’s life like this. The work we do is all about making changes to a person’s situation whether it’s saving them energy, money or time and hopefully, as in the case of this Mrs Newman, she doesn’t feel so alone in the world knowing there is a community energy group to support her.”

NNIE JONES, 41 who lives alone in Brighton has seen her life improve dramatically thanks to the BHESCo Energy Assessment service she received. Ms. Jones, whose name has been changed, walks with the aid of a cane and also suffers from mental health issues resulting from a past trauma that means she is unable to work and receives benefits to be able to live. Her past trauma has impacted her ability to trust people. When BHESCo met her, she had not turned on her heating for five years as her boiler was broken and

she couldn’t allow anyone in the house to fix it. Having got in touch with BHESCo through a local mental health charity, the energy co-op carried out an assessment in her home.The assessment highlighted the damp and heating issues in Ms Jones’ home. There was a leak from her toilet which seeped damp throughout the flat and she used only electric heaters to avoid freezing temperatures throughout the home. The BHESCo Energy Assessment advisors were able to liaise with the local resident’s landlord on her behalf to stop the leak immediately and oversaw the installation of a new boiler. The advisors were trusted by Ms Jones to act as her representative with the energy supplier and reinstated a credit agreement for her gas as well as organising a cleaning crew to clear out all the mould from the flat. Fluorescent light bulbs were replaced with long lasting LED lights. Most importantly, having developed a relationship with Ms Jones, they advised her about the amount of energy used by her electric fan heater, how to reduce her energy bills convincing her to turn on the heating. This assessment, and a few minor changes to the household meant that Annie Jones’ living conditions vastly improved and saved her money. BHESCo’s advisors also enabled her to strike up a relationship with her landlord and energy supplier and she is a much brighter, happier and more communicative person now. Jack Dangerfield, a BHESCo Energy Assessment advisor said: “It’s so rewarding to be able to make a difference to someone’s life like this. The work we do is all about making changes to a person’s situation whether it’s saving them

energy,money or time and hopefully, as in the case of this lady, they’ll be able to focus with more optimism on other aspects of their lives.”

AROL SMITH, a single mum (whose name has been changed), a resident of East Brighton,has already seen her life changed by the BHESCo Energy Assessment service on her home. Carol,a single mother of four dependent children, was finding life very hard especially when it came to heating their home. She herself skipped many meals to ensure that her children had food to eat but problems arose when her youngest child struggled with mucus accumulation in her lungs. Having got in touch with BHESCo through the Citizens Advice Bureau, BHESCo’s advisors carried out their Energy Assessment service for Carol and her children. The assessment highlighted that the house was cold due to issues with the boiler and its thermostat which meant that the heating couldn’t be regulated so bills were exceptionally high. After the assessment, and a few minor changes the household ran more efficiently helping the family saved hundreds of pounds on their heating bills. This in turn meant that Carol could reduce her credit card debt which had accumulated partially due to fuel costs, but it also enabled her to have more funds which helped her put food on the table. Carol said: “It’s really brilliant.The BHESCo advisors were here on time, with minimum disruption to our lives. “The thermostat works. So now we will save on heating costs and stay warm and the house is warm and cosy.”

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Noël Coward’s masterpiece

Private Lives visits Theatre Royal Brighton in February. Turn to page 32

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Friday, January 22, 2016

A refined night with Noël Coward’s masterpiece

Tom Chambers (Elyot Chase) and Laura Rogers (Amanda Prynne). Picture by Alastair Muir Private Lives Theatre Royal Brighton A major revival of Noël Coward’s hilarious masterpiece, Private Lives, will visit Theatre Royal Brighton in February as part of a UK tour. The show will be at the venue from February 1-6 (7.45pm, Thursday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm). The production stars stage and screen performers TomChambers(StrictlyCome Dancing) as the lovable and charming Elyot and Laura Rogers (Tipping The Velvet) as the unconventional and vivaciousAmanda,alongside Charlotte Ritchie (Call The Midwife) as Sybil and Richard Teverson (Downton Abbey) as Victor. This production i s d i r e c t e d b y To m

Attenborough, with designs by Lucy Osborne, lighting by Oliver Fenwick and sound by Gregory Clarke. Private Lives is the tale of two warring ex-lovers who unexpectedly meet while on their luxury honeymoons with their new partners. A masterpiece of 1930s high comedy, Private Lives o f fe r s a s o p h i s t i c at e d evening of acutely sharp, divinely decadent, and unashamed humour. Tom Chambers’ (Elyot Chase) most recent stage credits include the West End production of White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre, and the Olivier a n d E ve n i n g S t a n d a r d award-winning musical Top Hat, for which Tom was nominated for the Olivier and WhatsOnStage Award for Best Male Performer In A Musical. Tom is best known

for his leading roles in television dramas Holby City and Waterloo Road, as well as winning the sixth season of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. Laura Rodgers’ (Amanda Prynne) stage credits include the World Premiere of Tipping The Velvet at the Lyric Hammersmith,An Ideal Husband, Blue Remembered Hills and Hay Fever at Chichester Festival Theatre and Pressure for Royal Lyceum Theatre. Charlotte Ritchie (Sibyl Chase) is best known for her roles in Call The Midwife as series regular Barbara Gilbert, the role of Oregon in Channel 4’s Fresh Meat, whichhasrecentlycompleted filming its fourth and final series,and Siblings for BBC 3. Visit www.atgtickets. com/brighton or call 0844 871 7650 (booking fees apply).

Teenage actors get chance to make their mark on youth theatre company The search is on to find Sussex’s next generation of acting stars. A group of young female actors aged 15-21 from across the south-east will be given the chance to perform at the Brighton and Camden Fringe Festivals next year as part of youth theatre company Hungry Wolf. Spokeswoman Olivia Surgey said: “Hungry Wolf have had colossal success over the past three years, receiving five-star reviews for their sell-out performances of Growing Pains, The Electra Project and, most recently, A Little Respect. “In 2016, a new group of teens will get the chance to make their mark on what is fast becoming the UK’s most exciting emerging theatre company. This year, the actors will perform a new adaptation of Izzy Tennyson’s awardwinning play Brute, a semi-

Hungry Wolf is looking for female actors aged 15-21 a u t o b i o g r a p h i c a l p l ay based on Izzy’s teenage schooldays in a provincial English town. Izzy is a hugely-exciting emerging writer and is a resident artist at Roundhouse and Young Writer for Soho Theatre, having recently won the IdeasTap Underbelly Award 2015 for her original work. “Hungry Wolf are on the hunt for the most talented female actors aged 15-21 from Sussex and beyond to make up their 2016 company

and be showcased in this hotly-anticipated new play. Members of last year’s Hungry Wolf Company went on to gain roles for the BBC and in feature films. “For your chance to be a part of this unique project,an audition workshop is being held on Sunday, January 31, with some of the industry’s mostexcitingup-and-coming professionals.” Call Hungry Wolf on 01273 733736 or email info@ thetheatreworkshop.com.

Friday, January 22, 2016

BRIGHTON AND HOVE INDEPENDENT

Discovering Christie’s brilliance by Phil Hewitt @BrightonIndy Louise Jameson (DoctorWho, EastEnders, Doc Martin) joins the cast as Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap heads for Brighton Theatre Royal (January 25-30). Why? “To be honest,it’s because I am still paying off my mortgage. I am on the last four years. I am just saying yes to everything! My kids have finally got themselves settled. One got engaged this year. One had his first little boy.They have landed, and I am back to doing what I want to do. Plus, I much prefer doing theatre to TV. I just love the same energy everyone shares, the same concentration, the same shared pin-drop silence, the excitement of live theatre... “Plus, I have only recently really discovered Agatha Christie. I did a TV adaptation ofThe Pale Horse years ago, but I never looked at anything until I played Miss Marple in A Murder is Announced. I loved the fact that with Agatha Christie you find yourself playing to two audiences at the same time. You have got a

group of people who don’t know it at all and who gasp when the gun is produced. But you have also got the total aficionados who clock absolutely every clue and almost know every word in the script.That’s quite a new feeling to have those that don’t know. I loved doing Shakespeare in America where they didn’t know what was going to happen.” And so now The Mousetrap... “I am virtually the same age as the play. It feels like it has always been there. I think I might possibly have seen the second half when I was a student at RADA. Because I was broke,I would sneak past the ushers in the interval and see the second half of pretty much anything I could because they didn’t check the tickets quite so much for the second half! “But I have now seen it three times properly. I have had a couple of friends that have been in it, and then I saw it again after I accepted the part.”

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Louise is playing, as she says, “the grumpy old lady”: “I have just come out of panto where I was playing the fairy godmother and I was trying to learn Mrs Boyle when I was standing there in all my glitz and glitter because I had a 20-minute break in the panto,but I just couldn’t. I just couldn’t concentrate on it in the middle of the panto!” But she knows it’s a part everyone will respond to. There are plenty of people who might be imagining their own particular grumpy old aunt up there on the stage - “the kind of person that just complains all the time.” As for the play’s remarkable history, more than 60 years unbroken on the London stage, Louise reckons there are several good reasons it has become the phenomenon it has: “When it had done six years on the stage, it broke the record in the Guinness Book of Records and then it became one of the

With Agatha Christie you find yourself playing to two audiences at the same time

Innocence and sophistication combine in Prokofiev piece Violinist Matthew Trusler joins Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra at Brighton Dome on Sunday, January 31, at 2.45pm. Spokesman Peter Back said: “On Sunday afternoon at the Dome he is the soloist in Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto. “Written when the composer was still in his 20s,the Concerto is a perfect example of Prokofiev’s apparent spontaneity, its free flow of ideas giving the impression that the piece is being composed as we hear it. “ S u p p o r t e d by t h e Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor laureate Barry Wordsworth at t h e h e l m , Tr u s l e r ’ s performance of the Concerto promises to be something rather special. “Trusler plays a 1711 Stradivarius violin and uses a bow once owned by another great virtuoso, Ja s ch a H e i fe t z , w h i ch bode well for a stunning performance of a piece in which sublime beauty and modernity, innocence and sophistication are inextricably linked. “ Th e c o n c e r t o p e n s with Weber’s Overture from his opera Oberon,

British institutions, like the Changing of the Guards and the Tower of London. “It became the must-see thing for the traditionallydead month in British theatre in August...” But also, the inspiration behind the piece gave it something genuine...and maybe that’s what audiences are responding to. “There is an immenselymoving story behind it of two children that were taken away from their parents and were placed on a farm. One little boy was literally beaten to death, and the younger brother survived. “I think it would have been late 40s, maybe even early 50s. “Agatha Christie heard this story, and it really, really disturbed her, and in the end she wrote the story in order to get it out of her system. “I think there is that really agonising truth behind it that has perhaps given the play the momentum it has had.” Tickets cost £16.40£38.90. Call 0844 871 7650 or visit www. atgtickets.com/brighton.

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Matthew Trusler evoking the magical fairy world in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The first performance of the opera at Covent Garden in 1826 was described by Weber as ‘the greatest success of my life’. Sadly, he did not live long to enjoy this success, dying in London only two months later. “The final work of the concert is Brahms’ Third Symphony, the shortest but most closely-argued of his four symphonies, in which the middle-aged

composer appears to be taking stock and confronting his destiny with his full intellect ual resources. The use of major/light and minor/dark versions of the theme associated with the composer himself may well express the more complicated feelings of maturity.” Tickets cost £11.50£36.50. Call the box office 01273 709709 or visit brightondome.org.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

What’s on FRIDAY KraterComedyClub 7pm/8pm/10.30pm,£5-£36.50 Komedia,GardnerStreet,BN11UN @KomediaBrighton UntilJanuary24.Award-winning comedywithtopinternationaland UKcomedians.Actsinclude:Carl Donnelly,Stuart Mitchell,AddyVan DerBorghandMCStephenGrant. Othercomedianstobeconfirmedfor theSundayshow.

As another dreary January Sunday approaches, Komedia aims to be a little shining light for all those needing to entertain the kids this weekend. The Sundae Clubs offer four hours of creative fun, including a livetheatre show, a craft based workshop and live music from the house bandThe Swing Ninjas. This event has been running throughout the winter months, in various guises,for the past four years and is suitable for children aged 2 to 8 years. The next Sundae Club, which takes place on Sunday, January 24, will welcome the wonderful Theatre Widdershins, who are a puppetry and storytelling

company that tour in the UK. They are bringing their own delightful version of the Princess and the Pea to Brighton. Kids can become a Prince or a Princess for the day by creating their own grand and glittertastic crown in the craft workshop.All materials are provided. Drawing the event to a close will be the Sundae Club house band The Swing Ninjas. This is a fantastic chance to dance as a family to some great tunes and some interesting takes on children’s classic songs. Single tickets £7 (£27 family of four). Call 0845 293 8480 or visit www. komedia.co.uk/brighton.

Rock’n’RollParadise 7.45pm,£26 TheatreRoyal,BN11SD @TheatreRoyalBTN Rock’n’RollParadiseisabrilliantrock ’n’rollshowwherethemusicplays theleadingrole.Now initsfifthyear ontheroad,thisincrediblytalented castbringsyoutheshowthatnever happenedinthegoldeneraofrock ’n’roll.Thehitsaredeliveredwithall theflairofa21stcenturyliveconcert. Listenersshouldbeblownawayby ElvisPresley,JerryLeeLewis,Buddy Holly,RoyOrbison,theBigBopperand EddieCochran. Maker 7.30pm,£5 LatestMusicBar,BN21TF @latestmusicbar PlusMikeRossandJackHutchinson.Makerisapsychedelic,bluesy five-piecepunchstirredwithafistful

ofsoul.Their influencesrangefrom theearlyblueslegendsthroughthe stompingpopandsoulofthesixties, totherawpowerofpunk.MikeRoss offersafieryattackcoupledwith sexy,smoothslidin’, southernsoul. JackJHutchinson’sworkhasbeen describedbyBluesInBritainas‘everythingthatissogoodaboutmodern bluesmusic’. PracticallyPerfect:TheJulie AndrewsStory 8pm,£10 RialtoTheatre,DykeRoad,BN13FE @Rialto_Brighton UntilSaturday,January23.A fast-paced, musicaljourneyintoher publicandveryprivatelife.Written andperformedbyAlasdairCardonSheardandSamanthaNixon,youwill seemanyofthebestcinematicand musicalmomentsfrom thelegend thatisJulieAndrewsallinonenight.

SATURDAY SpinIt 11pm,£5 Komedia,GardnerStreet, BN11UN @KomediaBrighton Areyouboredofclubnightsserving upthesamemusicweekafterweek? Doyouloveallstylesofmusicbutcant findanightthatplaysareallyvaried selectiontosatisfy yourneeds?At ‘SpinIt!’youdeterminehowthenight runsbyspinningthewheelofgenres

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onceeveryhalfanhour. Tenderhooks 8pm,£5/£3 LatestMusicBar,BN21TF @latestmusicbar PlusIdleTalkandStoneByWindow. Anothernight ofaction-packed livemusicandDJDon’sdanceand funkadelicoldschoolclassics.Their blendofhighvoltagealt/rock/pop/ bluesoriginalswillgetyousingingand dancingfromtheget-go. AbbaReunion 7.45pm,£22.90-£24.90 TheatreRoyal,BN11SD @TheatreRoyalBTN AbbaReuniongivesAbbafans,oldand new,theopportunitytoonceagain gettogetherandre-livetheaddictive Abbaphenomenonthat swepttheairwavesanddiscosduringthe’70sand ’80sinatrulyauthentic,feel-good, party-styletributeconcert.

SUNDAY RoyalCollegeofMusicWind Ensemble 11am,£18.50(£16concessions) Brighton Dome,BN11UG @brightdome Supported byGriffithSmithFarringtonWebb.Hand-picked senior studentsoftheRoyalCollegeofMusic performtogether.JanácekMládí (Youth)SuiteforWindSextet,JW

VII/10;Beethoven(arr.RobinO’Neill) SonataNo.8inCminor,Op.13‘Pathetique’;StraussSerenadeinE flatmajor, Op.7,TrV106andMozartSerenade No.12inCminor,K.388. SundaeClub 11am,£7-£27 Komedia,GardnerStreet,BN11UN @KomediaBrighton AsanotherdrearyJanuarySunday approaches,Komediaisalittle shininglight for allthoseneedingto entertaintheirchildrenthisweekend. TheireverpopularSundaeClubsare becomingahotticket, offeringentry tofourhoursofcreativefun,including alivetheatreshow,acraft-based workshopandlivemusicfromthe housebandTheSwingNinjas.

MONDAY AnEveningwithStevenWilson 7.45pm,£24-£34 BrightonDome,BN11UG @brightdome Themulti-instrumentalist,Grammy nominee,andproducer,Steven Wilsonhascreatedan incrediblebody ofwork,fromhisfoursoloalbums throughtohisoriginsasPorcupine Tree, andmultiplesideprojects.The showbeginsat7.45pmwithashort filmsoaudiencesareaskedtobein theirseatsforthattime. TheMousetrap

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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7.45pm,£16.40-£39.40 TheatreRoyal,BN11SD @TheatreRoyalBTN TheMousetrapisfamousaroundthe worldforbeingthelongestrunning showofanykindinthehistoryof theatre,withover26,000performances inLondon.Thisrecord-breaking 60thanniversaryproductionisback bypopulardemandin2016starring LouiseJameson(DoctorWho,EastEnders,DocMartin)asMrsBoyle.

TUESDAY MaisiePeters 8pm,£5(£4inadvance) LatestMusicBar,BN21TF @latestmusicbar MaisiePetersis anaccomplished 15 year-oldsinger-songwriterfrom WestSussexwhohas beenbuilding aloyalfollowingforhermusic for thepast twoyears. Sheisaprolific songwriterwhosesongshavebeen describedas‘mesmerising’and ‘breathtaking’bysomeofhermany Facebookfollowers.

WEDNESDAY StewartLee 7.30pm,£22 Brighton Dome,BN11UG @brightdome Stand-upheroStewartLeeisback attheDomewithfreshmaterialin preparationforhisnextBBC2series

ofStewartLee’sComedyVehicle. AliceinPantoland 5pmand8pm,£20 Brighton Dome,BN11UG @brightdome Brighton’sAlternativeAdultPantomimemakesits14thconsecutive appearance.With22performances over10days,it’sanexhaustingscheduleforallyourfavouritestarsplusa castofminions.Starring DameLee Tracey,ScottVirgo,PhilHarlequeen, JaseelWood,TiffanyWells,Jason Prince,TopsieRedfern,RussellKeith andMaisieTrollette. TheWainwrightSisters 7.30pm,£16 Komedia,GardnerStreet,BN11UN @KomediaBrighton TheWainwrightSisters(Martha WainwrightandLucyWainwright Roche)teamuptobringyouamusical treat,inhonouroftheirmusical lineage;theeveramazing Wainwright family.Theiralbum‘SongsInThe Dark’isadark,mysteriouscollectionofsongsallsteepedin impactful personalmeanings. Skip’sAfterSchoolClub: TreasureIsland 4pm,£6 TheatreRoyal,BN11SD @TheatreRoyalBTN Ledbyexperiencedworkshopleaders,thesefunandinformalsessions

for6–10yearoldsareagreatwayto findoutmoreabouttheatre,make newfriendsandenjoytryingoutnew things. Crystal’sVardo 1.45pmand7.30pm,£7 RialtoTheatre,DykeRoad,BN13FE @Rialto_Brighton ThisplayfocusesonCrystal,ayoung Gypsygirlwhohasbeenbulliedat school.Desperatetogetawayshe runsawayfromhomewithher Grandfather’svardoandponyonly tofindherselflostandmilesfrom anywherefamiliar.

THURSDAY Anton&Erin 7.30pm,£31.50-£44.50 BrightonDome,BN11UG @brightdome Jointhenation’sfavouriteballroom couplewhentheyreturnathrillingnewshowfor2016todazzle audiencesacrosstheUK.Featuring excitingnewchoreography,sparkling costumes,asensationalshowband andtimelessmusicfrom thegolden age. CatalystClub 8pm,£6 LatestMusicBar,BN21TF @latestmusicbar TheCatalystClubisauniquemonthly Brightoneventthatpaystributeto

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theoldtraditionsofFrenchSalon, debatingsocietiesandGentleman’s Clubs.Onthenightthreeguest speakerstaketothelecterntotalkfor fifteenminuteson asubjectcloseto theirheart.

elasticityfromtheUK’ssharpest andmostunusualcollectiveoflyrical warriors.Whatbeganin2002 as an impromptudrunkenpoetrynight hecklehasgrownintoBrighton’snow legendaryannualbattleofwits.

PoetsvsMCs 7pm,£4 Concorde2,BN21EN @concorde_2 Hammer& Tongue+SlipJam:B Present:The13thAnnualPoetsVs. MCs.Stereotype-smashingverbal

Band Night 8pm, £5 Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE @Rialto_Brighton The Secret Silk Society and Escapades are the finest indie bands Brighton has to offer, fusing

big beats, sweeping melodies and singalong choruses in an energetic live show.

FRIDAY Dub Organiser 9pm, £3 Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN @KomediaBrighton Live dub music, classic ‘riddims’ and original tunes performed live by the in-house band along with special guest musicians and vocalists.

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Prog rock hero at Dome Steven Wilson, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Friday, January 25 S t eve n Wi l s o n p l ay s Brighton Dome on January 25 (7.45pm) on the back of a new recording, 4 ½. S p o k e s m a n Wa r r e n Higgins says: “January 22 will see the release of a new Steven Wilson album 4 ½, so titled because it forms an interim release between Steven’s recently-released fourth album Hand.Cannot.

Erase. and the next studio album. “4 ½ comprises six tracks with a total running time of 37 minutes. Four of the songs originated during the sessions for Hand. Cannot. Erase., and one from the recording sessions for the previous album, The Raven that Refused to Sing. The final track is a version of ‘Don’t Hate Me’, a song originally recorded by Porcupine Tree in 1998, and is based on a live recording made on the recent tour of Europe.”

Steven Wilson Tickets cost £24-£34. Call the box office 01273 709709 or visit brightondome.org.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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. Cover nothing in the swimming pool (4) 3. Jeers at soldier’s home (8) 9. Dishonest instrumentalist? (7) 10. Cram with material (5) 11. Two languages used in furniture making (6,6) 13. There’s nothing to point out there’s a choice You have 10 mins to find as many words as possible (6) using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the 15. Money-lender hub letter and at least 3 others. Letters may be used only once. You cannot use plurals, foreign words or is mostly more proper nouns. There is at least one 9-letter word to certain (6) be found. 17. It is there for the asking (8-4) 20. Fifty on the verge of the shelf (5) 21. Rages if source of heat is changed (3-4) 22. Fought, but consigned to the rubbish How you rate: dump (8) 20 words, average; 30 words, good; 40 words, very good; 50 or more, 23. Fifty examples excellent. of supports? (4)

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16. Coming (6)

22. Counter (8)

18. Explosion (5)

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DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: 6 Earshot; 7 Smart; 9 Actor; 10 Invoice; 12 Legal action; 14 Medical care; 18 Plumber; 19 Scorn; 21 Feast; 22 Hand-out. Down: 1 Match; 2 Ashore; 3 Top; 4 Import; 5 Tractor; 8 Infancy; 11 Manager; 13 Replied; 15 Inmost; 16 Recede; 17 Argue; 20 Lay.

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Quick: Across: 6 Prophet; 7 Alder; 9 Strip; 10 Revered; 12 Deferential; 14 Demonstrate; 18 Profess; 19 Vital; 21 Inter; 22 Willing. Down: 1 Wrath; 2 Sprite; 3 Met; 4 Fluent; 5 General; 8 Revelry; 11 Persist; 13 Bearing; 15 Offset; 16 Triple; 17 Taunt; 20 Dig.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CLOCKWORD: 1 Jovial, 2 Eyeful, 3 Sandal, 4 Shrill, 5 Instil, 6 Chisel, 7 Animal, 8 Lawful, 9 Artful, 10 Nickel, 11 Gerbil, 12 Eiffel.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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Friday, January 22, 2016

Steak house is a real treat for meat lovers Kylee Charles @The_PR_Chick It was a cold, wet and windy evening when I visited Preston Road’s Aberdeen Steak House. The warmth that greeted me was just what I needed and perfect for defrosting the harshness of the January evening. Welcomed by Italian owner and chef Vinny and his manager Sam, I gained my first insight into the passion that fuels the family-run business. With a capacity for 70 covers, the restaurant offered a comfortable setting and a varied four-course menu of choice, that’s been carefully compiled by the food-loving chef. Having recently returned from Reykjavik, where I had sampled a delicious but unusual reindeer burger for the first time, at the renowned Islenski Barinn, I was excited to see what the Brighton equivalent could offer me in the form of a good meaty steak. Nibbling pre-starter olives and sipping delicious Prosecco, I ordered prawns and squid to start, with an 8oz fillet steak and sides of fresh vegetables for main. My companion ordered the half rack of barbecue ribs, followed by the signature mixed grill,with the promise from Sam that he wouldn’t be able to eat it all. The king prawns were meaty, large, and sweet, with a white wine, lemon

Fruity pavlova

The mixed grill

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The ideal place for satisfying meat cravings, and for those that wish to dine on something a little lighter.

and garlic sauce marinade. The prawns were accompanied by a large serving of freshly battered squid and meaty barbecue ribs, which didn’t leave either if us feeling too full. If you also like your ribs to be large, meaty and with plenty of sauce for two, then the Aberdeen’s version will certainly satisfy. Before my main meal arrived, I was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of a lemon sorbet palate cleanser and complimentary aperitif. Dipping its big toe into the waters of finer

dining with this addition, I’m sure I was a recipient of special treatment but my taste buds appreciated the sweetness of the citrus regardless. My fillet steak arrived at the table next, accompanied by the mixed grill. Sides of chunky chips, broccoli, spinach and mushrooms offered the ideal additions. I am quite particular about my steak. If I am asked how I would like it to be cooked, then that’s how I expect it to be cooked and this whopper of a steak did not disappoint. It was flavoured beautifully, cooked perfectly and its lean tenderloin meat simply melted in my mouth. The mixed grill was a meat lover’s banquet on a plate. With rump steak, chicken, lamb, sausage and bacon closely cushioned against potatoes, chips, salad and peppers, it was an eating challenge that defeated my companion. Although little room remained, my stomach was tempted by the treats listed in the dessert menu. Deepfilled apple pie and fruit pavlova were both strong contenders and arrived very quickly after ordering. The pavlova, which was light, fluffy and the perfect sweetness. My companion’s apple pie took me back to

Sunday roast dinners as a child. The comforting cinnamon-flavoured filling, coupled with cold vanilla ice cream was a match made in dessert-lovers’ heaven. I believed I would “just try” the desserts, but as they were so tasty we both polished them off. Easily. To some, the restaurant might not be their idea of fine dining, but what is certain is that the restaurant served me a premium cut of fillet steak. The ideal place for satisfying meat cravings and for those that wish to dine on something a little lighter, with pasta, fish and salad, then it offers that too. I c a m e away w i t h a feeling of pleasant surprise about the Aberdeen Steak House. I’d eaten a hearty meal, received good service and been made to feel very welcome. Brighton’s restaurant street has strong contender here and one that I’m sure is remain, serving super-sized mixed grills for many years to come. Kylee Charles is the director of Sussex-based agency Shotgun PR and Media.

Aberdeen Steak House

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27 Preston St, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2HP 01273 326892

Cascara is the name of a plant known for having laxative properties. It is also the name of a rhythm used in Cuban music. There is a fictional island called Cascara in the 1985 film Water starring Eric Clapton, half of The Beatles (not the good half) and Michael Caine - not a lot of people know that. But the Cascara that interests us - and therefore also our Chroniclers, we assume - means “husk”, “peel” or “skin” in Spanish.Read on, amigo. Fo r ye a r s , i n f a c t forever, the outer peel of the coffee cherry has been discarded at the earliest stage of the coffee production process. Seen as a mere jacket entrusted to protect our precious cherries until their time for harvest, the peel has never had the chance to realise its potential.It was doomed to sit in mounds and watch as the inner seeds were sent away to fulfil their destiny. Then the hero of our story waltzed in and saved the day. This has got Disney written all over it - exotic location, underdog - we just need the protagonist and the baddie. Th e p r o t a g o n i s t Aida Batlle is a coffee grower from El Salvador. One gloriously sunny day, as Aida took a stroll through the land, she

noticed a striking aroma emanating from a pile of discarded coffee cherries. Intrigued, beguiled and bemused, she gathered what her elders treated as waste, and tossed them into a pot of hot water. The coffee and tea hybrid which she inadvertently brewed traversed the land and became the Western hemisphere’s “next big thing” for 2016. And thus we reach the end of our story, albeit without a baddie. Ah well, Disney can wait for our next submission. Cascara is said to possess notes of rosehip, h i b i s c u s a n d ch e r r y, with undertones of red currant, mango and even a hint of tobacco. Cascara has the coffee industry bigwigs waxing lyrical, with lashings of pretension, whispers of pomposity, and the usual, unadulterated, unwavering and unrivalled snobbery. Oh look, there’s the baddie. Now if we could just pen a catchy song or seven, we’d be in. If you can help, Be Our Guest. We might find inspiration Under The Sea, or maybe Just Around The River Bend. So long as we remember to Be Prepared and ensure we have the Bare Necessities, together we can build A Whole New World. Oh forget it, that’s boring Do You Want To Build A Snowman?

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4FT divan. two drawers. Firm pressure relieving mattress, foam and latex. Excellent condition, one year old. £200 ono 01903 208593

Henselite BOWLS sweater, long sleeves, size large, as new. shower proof zipped jacket £15 01903 762519

PINE WOODEN SINGLE BED frame with slats, good condition, lovely pine, bargain £40 ovno. Tel 078155 16109.

ME 2 U ceramic bears, Frosty Days £10, Love Blossoms £10, Peekaboo £5, All boxed, VGC, 01903 787626

TWIN DIVAN 3ft, firm mattress, drawers, headboard, spare room. Hardly used. £200 01892 852196.

LEC Worktop freezer, excellent condition, fully working, £50 ono 01903 715801 Littlehampton beaten tray, HAND English made, Olbury, VGC £10 01903 787626

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PA R A G O N K G R E E N WATERSHIP DOWN R O C K I N G H A M figurines, five boxed COFFEE POT AND 2 VGC, £15 01903 787626 CUPS AND SAUCERS, NICE CONDITION £29 01243 868027

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BIO-ORB BABY 15 ltr fish bowl silver, air pump, filter, light, cost £60 VGC sell for £20. Tel Uckfield Tel 01825 767892

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ME to you bears, 'Together with you' boxed, VGC £10 01903 787626 Yesteryear MODELS YS39 horsedrawn postcoach, boxed VGC £30. 07968975818

PICTURE of Auro Lancaster in flight, £10 01903 609119 ARTISTS BROWSER best quality £20 Tel HANDYMAN AT YOUR 01273 611820 Newhaven SERVICE 'No job too small'. All general maintenance undertaken. For a free quote and DELL flat screen monitor service with a smile call 15" leads/speakers £10. Byron on 07593 815 834 or send an Email to CROSS stitch mags 14 in 01243 512527 total, £5 01903 787626 revamp99@gmail.com

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BROTHER AX100 electronic typewriter in CORDLESS MINI good condition. £75.00 SCREWDRIVER 3.6V 01403 257638. unused with various accessories, still in box, COPPER warming pan ideal for DIY £10. Tel with wooden handle, pattern lid VGC £5. 01403 700601. 01730 812052 COMPRESSOR Ace & MOSES basket with K. Good quality 2hp 10 and white bar used for nail guns in mattress workshop. £85 - 07826 folding stand, VGC.£8.00. Tel: 01273 416006 083591. KEIL KRAFT BALSA OLD MANICURE SET WOOD 6 x 3ft long. 2" x has a buttonhook in a 2". 3" x 3 . 4" x 3". £5. faux leather case £01243 Lot Horsham 01403 823383 Bognor 251463. PANEL HEATER white, set, AF laser 2000, 38in long/14in SOCKET high, VGC, £8.00. Tel: Whitworth and metric includes torque wrench, 01273 416006 bars and universal joints RAIN SUIT yellow, 2 £30 Tel: (01903) 787626 piece, brand new, still BLACK & DECKER packaged, medium size Jigsaw, 240v good £5 01243 574104 condition £5 01243 SAMSONITE HARD 264852 wheelie. SUITCASE JOISTS 10ft for raised approx 28" x 18" £20 Tel beds, herb gardens etc. 01403 270653. £10 each Tel:01903 SUITCASES 2 large on 230741 wheels with handles TREND ROUTER T5 - £10ea £15pair. 01730 ¼" metal case and box of 812377 cutters, good as new £65 TV stand 3 clear glass 01243 264852 shelves, steel legs WOOD 4" x 2" various W800mm £25. 01243 lengths £3.00 per 8' 512527 length, can deliver GATE garage door Tel:01903 230741 hinged with bolts, various £10pair. 01243 512047 WOOD 3" x 2" x 8ft, £2.50 each. 4" x 2" x 8ft, OLD pelham puppets x 3 £3 each. 2" x 1½" x 8ft, £55. 01243 781856 £2 each. 01903 230741

LEAD Flashing 6000 long x 240 wide.£50 07919 CARBOY SPHERICAL clean, clear glass, wide 172984 Littlehampton mouth, 10cm dia, 32cm BABY Belling cooker, SLATS 11ft x 4", £2 each, approx dim Tel 01403 soft perfect condition, can be ideal for shed and fence 264432 Horsham MOTHERCARE folding childs bed guard seen working, £55 01903 repairs. 01903 230741 SINGLE divan base with as new £12 01243 213781 TRELLIS making Wood storage, very good 865547 8' x 2" x 1½", £2 each , condition free to collector PUSHCHAIR very light Tel(01903) 230741 07855302274 £15. Car seat - £15. Good condition.Tel 01403 281224. TODDLER FOAM BED CHINA long neck cats, BUMPER/GUARD as 1960's - 1970's both new Unused £6. Tel different, vgc £20 for the PANASONIC DVD/CD HOTPOINT Fridge pair 01243 823383 01403 270653. player GWO £20. 01243 freezer FUFL 1810 Silver, Bognor 539854 2½ years old, Fantastic condition, Bargain £99.99 07940 882771 BABY CLOTHES girls, BOSCH fridge freezer, loads of new clothes, frost free 184 x 60 x 60. toys, basket, bag, other Good condition. £45 items £15 the lot 01243 BIKE TRAILER blue, ELECTRIC fire coal Horsham 07970 549221. kids, 15kg max , single or 827678 Bognor effect as new, various double. Good condition. £25 ovno. Tel heat settings, space required hence £15 07815516109. 01243 823383 engraved 'DARYL' ANTIQUE french cast pattern hinged shower iron fireplace, log basket, FOLDAWAY table with screen, can email Serviced and grate GC £80. 01243 chairs in a cupboard pictures, £35 01273 BIKES underneath, immaculate repaired at resonable 372010 452872 Shoreham condition, only used rates, collection and WHITE MDF Routed delivery service available. twice from Cargo £80 pattern bath side and end Text/Call 01243 861961 01243 868430 panel, £25 01273 452872 or 07795370671 HANDBAG FRENCH OAK Large brand new, Shoreham stylish12"x14", Chest of four drawers CHOPPER BIKE pink large bedside table (Groovy Chick). Age burgundy leather, beige and approx 4-7. Very good lining. Cost £50 bagain excellent condition. £150 £25. Can deliver all areas Hassocks 01273 condition. £25 - 07815 DUVET Dacron fibre 516109. 01323 847216 8473040. filled, single, hardly used Ski wear SMART VGC SEWING MACHINE TWO ladies & gents £5 01243 574104 Raleigh bikes, rarely used £40: size XL men’s grey drop down cabinet on £30 for quick sale. 01243 jacket & size14 women’s legs. Tabletop opens purple jacket/black 20cm. Good condition, 527090 trousers Tel 01403 has to be seen £25 for 700605 Age UK - 01403 266436.

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OAK hanging corner cabinet, 44" x 28" dated 1880, peged joints, VGC, £99 bargain, 01903 262073

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BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

FURNITURE GENERAL SET of four Bauhaus style chrome cane dining chairs good condition £80 01243 865547 WELSH dresser, hardwood bow top E.C can email photo £95. 01243 781262

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CHROME PLATED washing up rack, ROGER Black exercise stainless washing up machine. £150, 01903 bowl, brand new £5 723109 Littlehampton 01243 574104 ROWING machine, as new, £40 01903 814919 or 07910 180315

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FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES WANTED Cash paid pre-1970. Large collections, 300+, after 1970 also c o n s i d e r e d . 02085607816.

NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”) has on 20th January 2016 made the Orders named below under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended which when they come into operation on 1st February 2016 will introduce the following changes: BRIGHTON & HOVE VARIOUS CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2015 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.3 2016 (REF: TRO-27A-2015) SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS: Zone H No Waiting Restrictions At Any Time :- Re-establishing in:- Bristol Gate No Stopping Restrictions Monday to Friday 8am-6pm on School Entrance Markings except August – Remove in:- Belle Vue Gardens Permit Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 8pm – Amend in:- Belle Vue Gardens. New in:- Walpole Road Shared Permit or Pay & Display Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 8pm – Low Tariff Medium Term – 4 hours (no return within 4 hours) – Remove in:Walpole Road Car Club Parking Places At Any Time – Amend in:- Belle Vue Gardens

SWIVEL office chair black high back GC £25. 01243 512527

Disabled Badge Holder’s Parking Places At Any Time – New in:- Marine Parade

GARDENING TOOLS & EQUIP

Zone J

AUTOHEAT 3000 thermostatic electric variable warm air greenhouse heater with temp gauge £10. 07968975818 PROPAGATION soilwarming kit 23x15" unused low voltage transformer, boxed ideal for greenhouse £5. 079089795818 B&D grass trimmer GL6523B, adjus handle 400W £20. 01730 812052

GOLFING

Motorcycles Parking Places At Any Time – Amend in:- Bowring Way and Marine Square No Waiting Restrictions At Any Time:- Re-establishing in:- Clyde Road Streets eligible for Resident’s Permit – New in:- Upper Hollingdean Road Zone M Shared Permit or Pay & Display Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 8pm – Low Tariff Medium Term – 4 hours (No return within 4 hours) – New in:Brunswick Street West Motorcycles Parking Places At Any Time – New in:- Brunswick Street West Zone N Permit Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 8pm – New in:- Belfast Street Shared Permit or Pay & Display Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 8pm – Low Tariff Short Term – 2hours (No return within 4 hours) – Amend in:- Shirley Street, New in:- Eaton Villas and Shirley Street Exclusive Pay & Display Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 6pm – Low Tariff Short Term – 2 hours (No return within 4 hours) – Remove in:- Belfast Street Doctors Parking Places 8am to 8pm – Remove in:- Eaton Villas

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PUBLIC NOTICES BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 BRIGHTON & HOVE VARIOUS CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2015 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.2 2016 (REF: TRO-17A-2015) (QUEENS ROAD) BRIGHTON & HOVE OUTER AREAS (WAITING, LOADING AND PARKING) AND CYCLE LANES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2013 AMENDMENT ORDER NO. 1 2016 (TRO-17B-2015) (QUEENS ROAD) NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”) has on 20th January 2016 made the above named Orders under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended which when they come into operation on 25th January 2016 will introduce the following:• To add sections of no loading/unloading restrictions on the cycle lane on the west side of Queens Road from the junction of Upper Gloucester Road to Junction Road. • To make the existing cycle lane a mandatory contraflow cycle lane on the west side of Queens Road from the junction of Upper Gloucester Road to Junction Road. A copy of this Notice, the Orders as made, plans showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Orders may be seen online at www.brighton-hove. gov.uk/tro-finalised.These documents together with a copy of the existing Orders to be amended may also be examined at the Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove, (Monday to Friday 10.00am-5.00pm). Any person who wishes to question the validity of either or both of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirements of the Act or of any instrument made under it have not been complied with may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order was made, apply to the High Court for that purpose. Dated: 22nd January 2016 Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council, c/o Parking Infrastructure, 2nd Floor, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS.

Streets eligible for Resident’s Permit – Amend in:- Church Road, Hove Street and Livingstone Road Zone O Doctors Parking Places At Any Time – Remove in:- Palmeira Place Streets eligible for Resident’s Permit – Amend in:- Davigdor Road Zone R Motorcycles Parking Places At Any Time – New in:- Montgomery Street Streets eligible for Resident’s Permit – Amend in:- Hove Street Zone W Permit Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 10am to 11am and 7pm to 8pm – Amend in:- Wish Road Doctors Parking Places At Any Time – Remove in:- Wish Road Zone Y Permit Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 8pm – Amend in:Buckingham Road and Clifton Terrace Shared Permit or Pay & Display Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 8pm – High Tariff Medium Term – 4 hours (No return within 4 hours) – Amend in:Clifton Terrace Exclusive Pay & Display Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 6pm – Medium Tariff Short Term – 2 hours (No return within 4 hours) – New in:- Stroudley Road Doctors Parking Places Monday to Friday – 8am to 7pm – Remove in:Buckingham Road Disabled Badge Holder’s Parking Places At Any Time – Remove in:- Buckingham Road and Stroudley Road Loading Bays Monday to Sunday – 30 minutes (No return within 2 hours) – New in:- London Road Ambulance Parking Bays At Any Time – Remove in:- Buckingham Road Zone Z Shared Permit or Pay & Display Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 8pm – High Tariff Short Term – 2 hours (No return within 4 hours) – New in:- Temple Street Exclusive Pay & Display Parking Places Monday to Sunday – 9am to 6pm – High Tariff Short Term – 2 hours (No return within 4 hours) – Remove in:- Temple Street Streets eligible for Resident’s Permit – Amend in:- Meeting House Lane BRIGHTON & HOVE OUTER AREAS (WAITING, LOADING AND PARKING) AND CYCLE LANES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2013 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.2 2016 (REF: TRO-27B-2015) SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS: Solo Motorcycle Parking Bay Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm – Remove in:Newmarket Road A copy of this Notice, the Orders as made, plans showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Orders may be seen online at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/tro-finalised These documents plus a copy of the existing Orders that have been amended may also be examined at the Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove, (Monday to Friday 8.45am-5.00pm). Any person who wishes to question the validity of either or both of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirements of the Act or of any instrument made under it have not been complied with may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order was made, apply to the High Court for that purpose. Dated: 22nd January 2016 Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council, c/o Parking Infrastructure, 2nd Floor, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS.

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 15/01/2016: BH2015/04359 Intergen House 65 - 67 Western Road Hove Full Planning – Additions to existing telecommunications equipment to form new rooftop base station including 6no face mounted antennas and 2no face mounted dishes to north, east and west elevations 98no. in total), 4no new equipment cabinets and 1no. air conditioning unit housed in existing outbuilding, new cable trays to roof and south elevation together with other associated works. BH2015/04248 49B Brunswick Square Hove Listed Building Consent – Re-instatement of original fireplace to living room. BH2015/04524 37B Hova Villas Hove Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing timber windows, doors and vent with UPVC windows and doors. BH2016/00034 134 Edward Street Brighton Full Planning – Conversion of existing dwelling (C3) into 1no one bedroom maisonette and 1no two bedroom maisonette (C3) including erection of a first floor rear extension with terrace at second floor level, new entrance door to front and associated works. BH2015/04482 1 Goldstone Cottages Woodland Drive Hove Householder Planning Consent – Erection of two storey side extension with rooflights to front and dormer to rear. BH2015/04435 Land at Brighton Marina comprising Outer Harbour West Quay and adjoining land Brighton Marina Village Brighton Removal or Variation of Condition – Application for variation of conditions 15 and 30 of BH2014/02883 to amend the wording of each condition as follows: Condition 15 to read ‘The premises for Use Class A (A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5) hereby permitted shall not be open for trade except between the hours of 07.00 and 23.30 hours Mondays to Thursdays, and between 07.30 and 00.30 hours on Fridays and Saturdays and between 08.00 and 23.00 hours on Sundays or Bank Holidays’. Condition 30 to read ‘Occupation of the Class A floorspace within the development hereby permitted shall not include more than 600sqm of floorspace used for Class A4 use’. BH2015/04471 24 Trafalgar Street Brighton Full Planning – Installation of new shopfront incorporating new entrance door to flat above. BH2015/04562 16 - 19 North Street Brighton Full Planning – Alterations to ground and first floor retail units including new shop fronts. Extension of second floor and creation of a third floor within roof space to create 3no two bedroom apartments and 1no one bedroom apartment (C3) with associated alterations. BH2015/04138 74 Hythe Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Alterations to existing garage. BH2015/04581 Middle Street Primary School 36-37 Middle Street Brighton Council Development (Full Planning) – Installation of perimeter fencing of increased height. Replacement of railings on top of boundary wall to North West elevation with weld mesh security fencing. BH2015/04585 Malvern Hotel 33-34 Regency Square Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout of ground floor. (Retrospective) BH2015/04326 University Library Library Road University of Sussex Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout and refurbishment works. (Retrospective) BH2015/04654 Derwent Court Dyke Road & 103 Buckingham Road Brighton Full Planning – Conversion of undercroft garages and part courtyard into 2no selfcontained flats (C3) with patios, erection of single storey rear extension and associated alterations. BH2015/03591 11-12 Vine Street Brighton Full Planning – Creation of additional floor to create 1no residential unit (C3) and alterations to fenestration. (Amended Site Details) Re-advertisements BH2015/03726 4 Frederick Gardens Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of single storey rear extension, replacement of existing UPVC windows with timber sash windows and replacement of front door. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 BH2015/04435 Proposed development at: Land at Brighton Marina comprising Outer Harbour West Quay and adjoining land Brighton Marina Village Brighton I give notice that Brunswick Development Group plc is applying to Brighton & Hove City Council for planning permission for: Application for variation of conditions 15 and 30 of BH2014/02883 to amend the wording of each condition as follows: Condition 15 to read ‘The premises for Use Class A (A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5) hereby permitted shall not be open for trade except between the hours of 07.00 and 23.30 hours Mondays to Thursdays, and between 07.30 and 00.30 hours on Fridays and Saturdays and between 08.00 and 23.00 hours on Sundays or Bank Holidays’. Condition 30 to read ‘Occupation of the Class A floorspace within the development hereby permitted shall not include more than 600sqm of floorspace used for Class A4 use’. The proposed application applies to Variation of Conditions relating to a major application where: The number of dwellinghouses to be provided is 10 or more, the floor space to be created is 1000 square metres or more, the site area is 1 hectare or more and does not accord with the provisions of the development plan in force in the area. 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 22 January 2016

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Worthing - Littlehampton - Shoreham NISSAN

New Navara now available to order by staff reporter

The world’s best pick-up, the all-new Nissan NP300 Navara, is now available to order at dealerships nationwide. The new model – which recently scooped the prestigious International Pick-up of the Year award – will arrive in Nissan showrooms across the UK from January. Customers can now make sure they are first to drive off in the pioneering pick-up by placing an order at their local

dealership. Building on Nissan’s80-yearpick-upheritage, the NP300 Navara is available in five distinct trim grades – Visia, Acenta, Acenta+, NConnectaandTekna–andwill be priced from £18,376. PCP and HP customers can opt for a highly attractive three or four-year 4.9% finance deal, respectively, along with a deposit contribution from Nissan starting at £1,000 on Acenta+ and increasingto£1,750ontherange topping Tekna Auto. For a short period only, the NP300 Navara also comes with three years’ free servicing, while

loyal customers can enjoy five years’ free servicing. In addition, all models in the range benefit from a full manufacturer fiveyear/100,000 mile manufacturer warranty – providing additional peace of mind as standard.Customerswillhave the flexibility to tailor their vehicle so that it can meet the requirements of the toughest job or the most demanding of lifestyles. The pick-up can be specified with either a double cab or a king cab and a 190PS twin-turbo or 160PS single turboversionofthenew2.3-litre dCi engine.

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Fuel consumption figures for NP300 Navara Range: URBAN 32.5-40.3mpg (8.7-7.0L/100km), EXTRA URBAN 46.3-47.9mpg (6.1-5.9L/100km), COMBINED 40.344.9mpg (7.0-6.3L/100km), CO2 emissions 183-167g/km.

Offer valid until 31 March 2016 at participating Dealers only and subject to vehicle availability. Model shown is Navara Tekna at £24,293 with additional metallic paint at £495. Vehicle price includes first registration fee and 12 months’ road fund licence. For terms and conditions relating to Nissan technologies visit www.nissan.co.uk/technology T&Cs. Always drive carefully and attentively. MPG figures are obtained from laboratory testing, in accordance with 2004/3/EC and intended for comparisons between vehicles and may not reflect real driving results. (Optional equipment, maintenance, driving behaviour, road and weather conditions may affect the official results.) Information correct at time of going to print. Model shots shown are for illustration purposes only. 5 Year / 100,000 miles (whatever comes first) Manufacturer warranty for the LCV range (with the exception of eNV200: 5 Year / 60,000 miles manufacturer warranty for EV system parts, 3 Year / 60,000 miles for the rest of the vehicle). Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd, The Rivers Office Park, Denham Way, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 9YS.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

CHIC AND CHEERFUL

ROADTEST:HYUNDAITUCSON2.0CRDIPREMIUMSE

By Steve Teale Motoring writer

Welcome to the quickest Hyundai. The Tucson might not look like a fast car, but just look at the sales. It has become the fastestsellingnewHyundaieverwith the European factory which turns out this substantial 4x4 working at full pelt. More than 10,000 were sold in the UK between September,whenitwaslaunched, and December. And there were 85,000 orders across the rest of Europe in the same period. It shows that Hyundai, a relatively young brand, can now justifiably call itself one ofthebigplayersinthemotoring world. Part of the success is that Hyundai is no longer seen as a cheapforeignimport.Itmight have begun by bringing very affordable cars from the far east, but now 90 per cent of its cars sold in the UK aredesignedandbuilt in Europe, at a factory in the Czech Republic and today’s cars are more chic and cheerful than cheap and cheerful. The Tucson is playing a part in this success. It is the successor to the ix35 and is smarter, more economical and better equipped. It is a formidable beast, measuring4,475mm(justalittle shorter than a Land Rover Discovery Sport) and capable of towing 2,200kg, making it an ideal car for adventurous outdoor types. It is a neat and chunky model with much to commend it. It’s not perfect – the welcome musical tune which the car plays when you get in is guaranteed to irritate. But everything else seems good.

FACTFILE PRICE: £30,325, (from £18,995) ENGINE: 2.0-litre turbodcharged diesel producing 181bhp, 295lb/ft TRANSMISSION: Six-speed automatic driving all four wheels PERFORMANCE: Top speed 125mph, 0 to 62mph in 9.5 seconds ECONOMY: 43.5mpg combined EMISSIONS: 170g/km

The automatic gearbox – oftenclunkyinvehiclesofthis size–issmoothandtheengine is refined and responsive. Testedhereisthe2.0diesel engine which is great but Hyundai expect the 1.7-litre unit to be the biggest seller.

Equipment includes a seven-year subscription to TomTom, one of the better satellite navigation systems, andarangeofluxuryandsafety features. Safetyequipmentincludes a braking system which can trigger automatic braking whenever it detects a potentialcollisionwithapedestrian or vehicle. In addition, a Lane KeepingAssistSystemcorrectsthe steering to avoid wandering from your lane, and the Rear Traffic Cross Alert system uses radar to scan behind the vehicle, alerting the driver to hazards. A sophisticated system also monitors speed limits to keep you within the law. Luxury features include

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FACELIFTED FIAT 500 GETS 83MPG DIESEL

Diesel power is set for a reunion with the new Fiat 500, following confirmation that the facelifted 2016 model will get thelatest1.3MultiJetII94bhp engine. The Italian firm says the unit is specially designed for small cars like the 500 and the Panda, which is the only

other diesel city car on sale in the UK. It produces peak torque of 148lb/ft from just 1,500rpm, but musters 85 per cent of that from an amazingly low 1,250rpm thanks to a small, low-inertia turbocharger. The 500 diesel will race up to a top speed of 112mph,

bypassing 62mph in 10.7 seconds, but of likely greater importance to buyers will be the claimed fuel economy of 83.1mpg, with corresponding emissions of 89g/km. It won’t come cheap, though, with starting prices for a diesel 500 nudging past £14,160.

heated and ventilated front seats, with longer seating cushions for better support and comfort. A powered tailgate and automatic parking systems are both useful and simple to operate. The cabin as a whole is great, much better than earlier Hyundai SUVs. There are plentyofnewsoft-touchhighquality materials and the numerous controls are very easy to get to grip with. Tucson is built on a new platform which help to give generousinteriordimensions. The cabin is spacious and the bootoffers513litresofluggage spacerisingto1,478litreswith the seats down. Since the first Santa Fe went on sale in 2001, Hyundai have delivered more than one

million SUVs to European customers, with over 116,600 to the UK, affirming the company’s credentials in the growing SUV market. Tucson

is very important to the firm’s UK business because the compact SUV accounts for 20.5percentofthecompany’s sales in 2014.

Friday, January 22, 2016

MOTORINGNEWS

JAG FLIES THE PATRIOTIC FLAG WITH BRITISH EDITION F-TYPE Christmas has come late for patriotic sports car buyers, with news that Jaguar is going to build an F-Type British Design Edition. Yours in hard or soft-top body styles, the special model will have a choice of four paint colours including red, white and blue, a 375bhp V6 engine, the popular Exterior Sport Design Pack, upgraded brakes and edition-specific black leather seats with contrasting piping in the same Union Jack-derived colours as the paint. There will be British Design Edition badges to the front and rear of the bodywork, as well as ‘unique branding’ on the headrests, tread plates and centre console trim. The car will be automaticonly, and four-wheel drive will be standard. Top speed is reportedly 171mph, with the 0-60mph sprint devoured in 4.9 seconds. Audiophile drivers will

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appreciate the 380W Meridian sound system upgrade, and that can be improved again with a 12-speaker surroundsoundsetupwith770W of power. Built as part of the new modelyear,repackagingofthe

rear components sees a modest eight-litre increase in boot capacity, as well as the latest InControl Touch Pro interface, which now comes with Apple Watch compatibility. Ian Callum, director of design at Jaguar, said: “The

F-Type is a sports car that excites the senses, with a visual drama that is both individual and very British. Creating the British Design Edition gave us the opportunity to subtly enhance the way the F-Type looks - inside and out.”

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Celeriotops‘real world’economytests

Newfuelefficiencytestsdesigned to reflect real-world conditions have revealed the most economical small car in the country. The Suzuki Celerio 1.0 Dualjet has won the small petrol car class award in 2015’sWhat Car?TrueMPG awards, achieving 62.9mpg intheconsumermagazine’s tests. It b eat th e s e c o n d placed car by over 5mpg. The Toyota Yaris 1.5 VVT-i Hybrid, which has the benefit of a full hybrid system that allows the car to run on electric power for short distances,reached57.8mpg. In third for 2015 was the Volkswagen Polo 1.0 TSI 95 Bluemotion, which achieved 56.5mpg.

Summarising the Celerio’s performance, What Car? said: “Suzuki’s fivedoor, five-seat city car is the most economical small petrol car our technicians have tested. Impressive economy aside, it’s also well equipped.” A second Suzuki placed ninth in the small petrol cars list. The Swift 1.2 hit 51.7mpg, putting it in between the 1.0-litre Seat Ibiza and the 1.5-litre Mazda 2.

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Discovery Sport SE Tech 180 Manual Representative Example On the Road Price* Customer Deposit Total Amount of Credit Purchase Fee (incl. in final payment) 36 Monthly Payments

£33,895.00 £8,720.00 £25,175.00 £10.00 £349.00

Final Payment Total Amount Payable Duration of Agreement Representative APR % Interest Rate (Fixed) %

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

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

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

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CHAMPIONSHIP

LEAGUE TABLE: HOME

GAME OUTCOMES:

AWAY

P W D L F A W D L F A Pts GD M’brough 2610 2 1 20 2 7 2 4 17 11 55 24 Hull 27 11 2 1 30 6 5 3 5 1412 53 26 --------------------------------------------------------------Derby 27 7 5 2 2412 6 5 2 14 9 49 17 Burnley 27 8 3 2 2511 5 6 3 17 13 48 18 Brighton 27 8 2 3 1512 4 9 1 1715 47 5 Sheff Wed 27 9 4 1 2712 3 5 5 1418 45 11 -------------------------------------------------------------Ipswich 27 5 6 3 1815 7 3 3 9 17 45 5 B’ham 27 6 2 5 1314 6 5 3 2114 43 6 Cardiff 27 7 5 1 19 11 3 5 6 1418 40 4 Wolves 27 4 5 5 1719 6 2 5 1918 37 -1 Brentford 27 6 2 6 1820 4 4 5 2019 36 -1 Nott Frst 27 6 5 3 2012 2 6 5 9 13 35 4 Preston 27 4 6 3 1110 4 5 5 1314 35 0 Reading 27 6 4 3 16 9 3 3 8 1521 34 1 QPR 27 4 7 2 2116 4 3 7 1318 34 0 H’field 27 5 4 5 2216 3 4 6 1421 32 -1 Leeds 27 3 5 5 11 15 4 6 4 1617 32 -5 Blackburn26 3 7 3 12 9 3 4 6 11 14 29 0 Fulham 27 4 4 5 2322 2 6 6 2025 28 -4 MK Dons 27 6 1 7 1319 1 4 8 9 19 26 -16 R’ham 27 5 2 7 2123 2 1 101124 24 -15 --------------------------------------------------------------Bristol C 27 3 5 6 1522 2 4 7 9 24 24 -22 Charlton 27 3 5 5 1421 1 3 10 7 32 20 -32 Bolton 27 2 8 3 1214 0 3 11 9 31 17 -24

Draws: 101

RED CARDS:

P Bauer B Wright B Amos N Baker G Berardi L Best T Cairney S Carruthers C Coady H Dean Derik

2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

11 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 7

EWOOD PARK, 16-01-16 RESULT: BLACKBURN 0 BRIGHTON 1

POSSESSION

77% 23% 56% 44%

SATURDAY 23RD JANUARY QPR v Wolves 12:30 Birmingham v Ipswich 15:00 Bolton v MK Dons 15:00 Brighton v Huddersfield 15:00 Carrdiff v Rotherham 15:00 Charltonn v Blackburn 15:00 Fulham v Hulll 15:00 Leeds v Bristol Cityy 15:00 M’brooughh v Nottm Forrest 15:00 Preston v Breentfordd 15:00 Readding v Sheff ff Wed 15:00

31%

42%

Away teams: 87 wins

GOALS SCORED: Home goals

MON NDAY Y 25TH JANUARY Burnleyy v Deerby 19::45

Away goals

437 342 Total goals

779 TOP SCORERS:

S Byram M Davies L Cook M Davies S Duffy C Evans G Leadbitter E Lichaj J Lynch

D Dervite L Dunk L Fer L Freeman J Garner R Green M Hector J Helan A Henley J Hobbs J Hugill

LAST MATCH

FIXTURES:

27%

Home team: 135 wins

YELLOW CARDS: S Hutchinson K McFadzean M Hudson A Clayton J Garner M Kieftenbeld D Vaughan E Ba B Bannan

2015/2016 SEASON

7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

BLACKBURN COR RNERS S:

SHOTS:

FOULS:

A Gray R McCormack A Hernandez N Blackman F Forestieri A Judge C Austin B Afobe M Dembele J Kodjia C Martin J Rhodes N Wells T Ince D Murphy C Wood D Johnson Nelson Oliveira B Pitman L Vibe

league goals scored by Abel Hernandez, up from 11, after a hat-trick against Charlton

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Friday, January 22, 2016

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Will the next three games determine Albion’s season?

It might not quite be the stage where the next three games will make or break Albion’s season but they will go a long way to determining it. After returning to winning ways with a muchneeded win at Blackburn,it’s now three successive home games for the Seagulls. O n p a p e r, yo u ’ d expect three wins, with Huddersfield, Brentford and Bolton the visitors to theAmex.However,Brighton have lost their last three home games and in the reverse fixtures Albion drew against all three opponents. All three matches will be difficult in their own right because, as is often said, there is no easy game in the Championship. Aside from the 5-2 FA Cup replay defeat at Reading this week, Huddersfield had picked up since David Wa g n e r t o o k o v e r a s manager, while Brentford looked the more likely to take all three points when Albion travelled to Griffin Park on

Boxing Day. Bolton are struggling at the bottom of the table but the Seagulls will not be able to afford an off day when they visit – especially as the Trotters fought back from 2-0 down to draw with Albion in September. Nine points out of nine from the three fixtures will set the Seagulls up nicely for three difficult away games – and also the rest of the season. Trips to Hull, Cardiff and Bristol City will all be tricky but going into them with 56 points from 30 games would, probably, see the Seagulls

Nine points out of nine from the next three fixtures will set the Seagulls up nicely for three difficult away games placed in the top three or four in the league. It would also mean a three or four point haul from those three trips would be a decent return from the six games as a whole. Anything less than nine points from the home matches would arguably mean you’d want, probably,

two wins from the three away games to keep pace at the top. For me, the goal still has to be to aim for the second promotion spot a s i t ’ s d i f f ic u l t t o s e e anyone finishing above Middlesbrough. Derby and Hull should finish above Albion with the squads they have but Derby seem to be going through a little blip at the moment and Hull will surely have one to come.Burnley will also fancy their chances of a top-two finish. Albion’s recent slump allowed Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham to close the gap on the Seagulls. From appearing to be certain of at least a play-off position before Christmas, it will now be a tense battle to seal a top-six finish. Earlier this week, I went on a football predictor website to guess the result of every Championship match for the rest of the season, putting in whether each match would be a home win, draw or away win. For what it’s worth, I had Brighton finishing fifth, Middlesbrough and Hull in the top two places and MK Dons,Rotherham and Bolton relegated.

Will the Seagulls be celebrating come the end of the season? Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst

Hawks address name change proposal Greenfield: There are Whitehawk Football Club chairman John Summers has addressed his team’s fans in an interview regarding their proposed name change. The club want to change their name to Brighton City FC, but the plan has been met by an angry fan backlash, including an online petition that has almost 1,200 signatures. Due to the vocal objection, chairman Summers welcomed fans to ask him questions on the matter. In regards to the need for a name change, he said: “All the changes the club has seen over the past few seasons came at a cost. “That cost has been covered by myself (50 per cent) and my partners, KSD (50 per cent), and our sponsors have also helped in terms of covering wages. “However, the gates as they are at the moment will not even cover maintaining the ground, let alone anywhere near paying players’ wages, and the other huge amount of costs that the club pays out.” Summers continued to describe how it is essential that ‘Brighton’ is at the beginning of the new name, suggesting it to be suffixed with ‘United’, ‘Athletic’ or his personal favourite,

going to be challenges

Oliver Stevenson @OStevenson12 ‘East End’. Summers says all of these have been rejected by Brighton & Hove Albion because they do not want Hawks’ new name to begin with Brighton, while new FA rules have stated that no club can be given a name which is the same as a pre-existing club’s name. Despite this, Summers and the Whitehawk board have proceeded with Brighton City. On the matter of the fans not being consulted, Summers said: “We consulted with the fans about this when we first arrived, when you were lucky if you had 30/40 people there watching. “When we first set out our intentions, some of the ‘Ultras’ were actually chanting ‘City’ at matches, but since then we have had a new influx of fans, but they are not the core.” Referring to the online petition and the potential of the name change, Summers said: “The point of the matter is that it is not about an argument, it’s about having a discussion and understanding the true facts of the matter, and there is good reasons for it.

Whitehawk in FA Cup action earlier this season “It is a great opportunity that we could miss out on, but I do understand, and was expecting, a response. It’s about the true fans, members and volunteers at the club. “We will respond to the fans’ concerns, but we want to know that when we’re not here, where the club will be.” Summers then ended the interview on the question, ‘What effect will the name Brighton City have on the club?’ He said: “We think the best name for us to have

is Brighton City, so we can reflect on the city of Brighton. “The FA turned down Brighton & Hove City as it is too similar to Brighton & Hove Albion, so Brighton City is different to the name that they have in place. “City does sound a bit corny, but if you think about it, Brighton itself is a new city. “We are a new club in the sense that we are at a different level, and we are pushing forwards to a national scale.”

From page 54. Greenfield added: “There are some really important relationships going forward and people I need to operate well with. “Mark Davis’s responsibility is the professional team and I need to support him in a way that means he can solely focus on coaching the team. “Going forward,I think the most important thing is that we have to, at every single level, get much more out of our county.We have financial restrictions,so what we have to do is maximise what we have in this county. “There are going to be challenges, I have no doubt about that. If you are going to change something, you have to look at every aspect of operation, you then have to identify clearly what is working well and what needs some change and change in itself is a difficult thing for some people.” With Greenfield vacating the academy director position, club coach Carl Hopkinson has now been appointed to that role. Sussex chairman Jim May feels there are exciting times ahead with a new-look coaching set-up at the club and said: “We are absolutely

Lewis Mason @_LewisMason delighted to have Keith on board. He knows the club inside out and joined the club as an apprentice. “He was a great professional and then has also been hugely successful in coaching as well, I’m sure he’ll have no problems in this role and will hit the ground running.” Sussex chief executive Z a c To u m a z i a d d e d : “ I am delighted that Keith has accepted the role. We believe that he will bring his extensive experience in both professional and club cricket to drive improvements for Sussex Cricket. “His commitment and calm approach makes him the perfect candidate for this role which will focus on the implementation of the Sussex strategy to put cricket at the heart of our community. “We are also thrilled to see Carl Hopkinson taking over from Keith to build on the excellent work he has done with the academy. He can now bring his own style and expertise to help develop the next generation of Sussex’s players.”

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Hughton relishing Amex home comforts By Lewis Mason @_LewisMasom Albion boss Chris Hughton admits he is looking forward to returning to home comforts on Saturday after three successive away games. Following defeats at Hull, in the FA Cup,and then away to Rotherham,Albion ended a eight-game winless run with victory at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. N ow, w i t h t h r e e successive home games coming up, starting with Huddersfield at the Amex t o m o r r ow, H u g h t o n i s hoping his side can build on Saturday’s success. He said: “We’ve been good away from home this season, which has been a real bonus for us but if you have the opportunity to play home or away, you always choose to play at home. “Our supporters have had three tough away days in the last three games, so I’m delighted for them to

have the comforts of being at home and they’ll be as good as what they always are.” Hughton is expecting a tough game against 16thplaced Huddersfield and said: “What I’ve seen of them in recent games is that they have changed their shape in the way they play, they’re young with a lot of enthusiasm and legs. “So, as with any game in this division, it won’t be easy but we are at home on the back of a good win after a difficult time and the only way to maintain that is to give everything to try to win on Saturday.” Club captain Gordon Greer and striker Sam Baldock could both return for Saturday’s match, while Uwe Hunemeier is still a few weeks away from returning. Greer and Baldock missed Brighton’s 1-0 win at Blackburn last weekend but Seagulls manager Chris Hughton is hoping they come through training today to be in contention.

Albion striker Sam Baldock. Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst

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Cometh the hour, cometh the old man. Thirty-five years of age may seem like side two, track six of a footballer’s career,especially a striker’s, b u t B o b by Z a m o r a i s showing no signs of letting up – despite the endtrack’s expected arrival. Knowing where to be at a given moment in the penalty area takes experience, guile and wisdom,and Bobby has all three in abundance. He has now scored 82 league goals for Albion, placing him alone in fifth place in the Brighton alltime scorers list having overtaken Peter Ward, with just Tommy Cook, Albert Mundy, Bert Stephens and Kit Napier ahead of him. Cook’s record of 114 goals is probably beyond Bob unless his aching limbs manage to see him through another season, which is unlikely viewed from here. The other three’s goalscoring records, however, are certainly within his sights – needing just six more to become the club’s second-highest

Bobby Zamora Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst

scorer ever. I s t h at a ch i eva b l e ? O f c o u r s e . Th e w i n at Blackburn Rovers has meant the sun (albeit temporarily, I’d suggest) has come out once again on the Albion’s season. Fe w a r e u n d e r a n y illusions that this season we are not punching above our weight, and that a couple more really good transfer windows, combined with managerial stability, are needed to lead to more sustainable progress. Meanwhile, the rollercoaster just keeps swooping along… n On air at noon every Saturday, and at 9am every Monday on 97.2FM, online at radioreverb.com, or on DAB.

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Albion aim to get the winning feeling back at the Amex

Sussex County Cricket Club unveiled former batsman Keith Greenfield as their first-ever director of cricket yesterday morning. Greenfield, who played 78 first-class matches and scored 7,300 runs for the county, has been promoted from his role as academy director. Th e B r i g h t o n - b o r n batsman, 47, will implement club strategy, while also working closely with a number of key figures at the club. Speaking on becoming Sussex’s first -ever director of cricket, Gre enfi eld s a i d : “ O bv i o u s l y I ’ m delighted, I’ve been at this club for nearly 30 years now and started out as

With Bobby Zamora’s early winner at Blackburn last weekend putting an end to Brighton’s winless and goalscoring woes, Chris Hughton will be looking for his side to build on the result when they face off against Huddersfield at the Amex tomorrow afternoon. Whilst there weren’t many chances for either s i d e a t E w o o d Pa r k , Zamora was in the right place to stab the ball home after three minutes, with Jamie Murphy’s initial effort having come back off the woodwork. A first victory in nine games, and a first goal for the Seagulls since the middle of December, will

Sussex’s first-ever director of cricket Keith Greenfield an apprentice. “For me to be given this role is great and a journey I’m really looking forward to. “I was born in Brighton, only ever wanted to play

for Sussex and represent the county, so to have this opportunity to mould the future and how we operate the whole of Sussex Cricket is great.” Continued on page 53.

Bradley Stratton @BradStrat no doubt give them a boost going into the final game of the month. Albion will take a breather next weekend, h av i n g a l r e a dy b e e n knocked out of the FA Cup, and they will be hoping to go into the two-week break on a high against a Huddersfield side that look like they have enough to avoid the drop this season. The Terriers’ C h a m p i o n s h i p s t at u s had looked shaky under former boss Chris Powell. However, his sacking, and the arrival of head coach DavidWagner in November,

Albion boss Chris Hughton has brought more stability and positive results for the Yorkshire side. Their biggest threat will be Nahki Wells.The 25-yearold has committed himself to the John Smith’s Stadium, despite interest from other Championship clubs, and he will no doubt be looking to add to his tally of nine league goals this weekend.

Friday, January 22, 2016

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I’m often asked if promotion to the Premier League is a good thing. Of course, it’s a question of for whom. Last weekend, the issue of changes toAlbion kick-off times sent reverberations across the show on BBC Sussex as fans put across their eloquent and passionate views on the impact for the fans. It is maybe somewhat surprising that so many Seagulls games are televised but the Amex proves attractive to the rights holder. As for some fans getting to a game on a Friday evening, it is not quite so appetising or practical. I understand the view that a club is receiving va l u a b l e r e ve n u e a n d many players I have spoken t o a c t u a l ly p r e fe r t h e atmosphere of an evening game under lights on crisp winter evenings. With kick-

off times against Brentford, Cardiff and Leeds having been moved, it could well be a sign of the future. The changes to matches in the Premier League may well be sweetened by the added interest of high profile clubs but it is inevitable

With kick-off times against Brentford, Cardiff and Leeds having been moved, it could well be a sign of the future. that any team,Albion or any other, will be playing plenty of matches on a Monday night, Sunday teatime or Saturday lunchtime. The supporters are often less of a consideration when the stakes are raised so high and there is no doubt the

Premier League is a global machine. The riches are phenomenal, the profile is stellar and the appetite is never satisfied but there are inevitable downsides. However, ask any AFC Bournemouth fan if they are enjoying this season the overriding answer would in most instances be, ‘yes’. TheAmex would be a sellout on many occasions and the thought of a trip to Old Trafford (now with no fear!) should provide a tingle. So, it could be the John Smith’s Stadium or Stamford Bridge. It could be Saturday at 3 or Sunday at 5 past 2. Wh at eve r t h e surroundings, whatever the timings, we should all try and enjoy the ride. To read more by Johnny Cantor, visit: www.johnnycantor.com

Albion’s home game with Wolves was televised earlier this month. Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst

Three stars on the Terriers badge… Dan Tester @BHIndyAlbion

N e a r ly five ye a r s a g o , Saturday’s guests Huddersfield Town were beaten by Charlton Athletic to end an incredible 43-game unbeaten record. Last weekend, Albion – thankfully – got back to winning ways after the impressive run of 21 matches without loss just a few weeks earlier seemed like a distant memory. H u d d er s f i e ld ’ s b o s s DavidWagner was rumoured to be heading to Anfield as Jürgen Klopp’s number two last November but instead pitched up at the John Smith’s. Originally called the McAlpine Stadium,it hosted its first game in 1994 and Albion’s current executive

director, Martin Perry – who played a key role in the building of Falmer – undertook a similar role for the Terriers. DeepinLastoftheSummer Wine country,previously the West Yorkshire outfit had called Leeds Road home, a classic old football ground that was probably not the greatest in terms of facilities – for both players and fans – but absolutely fizzed with atmosphere; much like the Goldstone Ground. In a rather unfortunate coincidence, the site of Huddersfield’s biggest ever crowd – 67,037 against Arsenal in 1932 – is now a soulless retail park with a solitary plaque marking the former centre spot, just outside B & Q. In 2009, Town thrashed Albion 7-1 at the Galpharm – as it was known then – after Michel Kuipers was red-carded for a foul on Lee Novak on 43 minutes

to be replaced by Graeme Smith,who couldn’t save the resultant penalty,or the next four goalbound efforts. The Scot did,however,save a spot kick from Jordan Rhodes… Albion’s consolation a a great strike from Liam Dickinson. Soon after, the lanky striker celebrated the shocking defeat by carrying a very inebriated young girl from a nightclub in West Street, in full view of a fan with a camera. The 30-yearold is now plying his trade for Guiseley, in Conference North. In the 1920s and 30s, Huddersfield were one of the country’s most successful clubs,claiming a hat-trick of First Division titles (1923-26), two under the expert tutelage of Herbert Chapman. Despite a unremarkable playing career, Chapman was a football revolutionary, introducing innovative tactics and training methods, shirt numbers and

Huddersfield in action at the John Smith’s Stadium a comprehensive scouting network for the Terriers. He advocated a strong defence, coupled with a counterattacking ethos, utilising nippy wingers. He was tempted by a

move to Arsenal in 1925 and almost oversaw three First Division titles, dying from pneumonia a few months before the championship was secured in 1934, aged just 54.

Dan Tester is Albion editor of Brighton & Hove Independent. You can also follow him: @DJDanteBrighton

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