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Dermot’s restaurant closes its doors See page 3

Attacking duo set to return for Albion See page 54

DECISION FOR KING ALFRED CENTRE Preferred developer for leisure centre expected to be revealed next week Bex Bastable @BexBastable The successful bid set to transform the King Alfred Leisure Centre at Hove is set to be unveiled next week.

The council’s cross-party project board met this week

to pick one of the two shortlisted schemes for the longneglected site. The scheme will include a new sports and leisure complex with housing.

The board’s recommendation will be discussed at the council’s policy and resources committee on

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January 21, and when papers are released next week it will give the public the first glimpse of what is planned for the site.

If all goes smoothly, the new centre should be up and running by 2020.

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The great ‘Rail Rip Off’ Labour and Green Party activists were out in force at the city’s stations on Monday, campaigning over rising rail fares. Peter Kyle and Labour campaigners launched the party’s Rail Rip Off campaign, whereas Caroline Lucas and the Greens were calling for renationalisation of the railway. See page 28

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Hope for Bison Arms as Burger King plan rejected Bex Bastable @BexBastable

Neighbours described the rejection of a Burger King application for the Mariner pub, as an “early Christmas present”.

But Bison Beer, which is working with the Bottom’s Rest pub to take over the site on East Street, said it isn’t the end of the fight to stop Burger King from opening in The Lanes.

In response to a 11,500-strong petition opposing the fast-food chain opening in The Lanes, Bison Beer and Bottom’s Rest came

up with an alternative for the site: The Bison Arms.

Their mission statement is to “revive 80 East Street, Brighton, as a pub specialising in craft beer, local beer, championing the best of what’s local including trades, artists, illustrators, writers and chefs to help us create this communitybased business.”

B u t t h ey mu s t r a i s e £100,000 through a c r ow d f u n d i n g we b s i t e

by February 2 (and invest another £100,000 of their own money), if their dream is to be realised.

Jack Cregan, co-owner of Bison Beer, said: “Although we have raised £40,000, unless we get to £100,000

by Fe b r u a r y 2 , we g e t

Nick Vardy and Jack Cregan of Bison Beer

nothing, the money just gets refunded.”

Mr Cregan and his colleague Nick Vardy, teamed up with Simon Duddington of the Bottom’s Rest pub to come up with the idea for the Bison Arms.

A l r e a dy, t h ey a r e i n talks with local architects, designers and restaurants who want to get on board - including the awardwinning 64 Degrees, a restaurant in The Lanes.

Mr Cregan said if they hit the crowdfunder target next month, “we need to make sure we’re ready,” before another application is submitted for Burger King.

Investors rewards go from “pour your own pint and a hug”, all the way up to brewing your own beer.

With £60,000 still to raise, The Bison Arms campaign will hold one final push in the form of the Stand Up For The Bison Arms comedy night on January 30. Find out more, here: on.fb.me/1JYY8wm But what happened to the Burger King application?

I n S e p t e m b e r, D a r y l Stutchbury, who formerly ran the Burger King at A q u a r i u m Te r r a c e s , submitted a planning application for Clarendon Mansions. The ground-

floor has been empty for four years after the sudden closure of the Mariner pub.

The application was for the installation of three air conditioning units, two chiller and freezer condenser units, and “other associated alterations” in the Grade IIlisted building - and Burger King was mentioned in the plans.

But just before Christmas, council officers rejected the application. The council decision report said: “The proposed external plant by virtue of its siting, scale and excessive number of units would result in harm to the appearance and character of the listed building.”

This came as welcome news to residents living in Clarendon Mansions (above the ground floor, there are four storeys containing 12 flats which are all occupied).

Stuart Lauchlan chair of Clarendon Mansions Residents Association, said: “The council’s rejection of the Burger King application was a very welcome Christmas present for us.

“We’re supportive of the Bison Arms initiative as a genuine community asset for Brighton and the Old Town.

In addition, we’ve been very pleased to meet with the

Clarendon Mansions at the seafront end of East Street team behind the scheme who have sought to include us and consult with us from the very start to ensure that all parties are involved and all interests represented.

“This is in stark contrast t o M r S t u ch bu r y w h o , months after putting in his application, has not engaged in any dialogue with us as residents or, to the best of my knowledge, with our neighbours in the Old Town.”

The future of the old Mariner pub is still uncertain.

If The Bison Arms hits the £100,000 target, Mr Cregan

said he believes it will be in a position to take on the 25-year lease from current leaseholder Whitbread. If it does not hit the target, investors will be refunded, and the empty pub will remain derelict.

The Brighton & Hove Independent contacted Mr Stutchbury’s agent Butler Associates, who declined to comment.

For more on The Bison Arms and the crowdfunder, visit: www. thebisonarms.co.uk

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Decision on King Alfred’s future Bex Bastable @BexBastable Discussions have been going on behind closed doors for months, but it won’t be long before the preferred plans for the King Alfred site are revealed.

The cross-party King Alfred Project Board on the city council met in secret on Tuesday, and its members, C l l r Wa r r e n M o r g a n

(Labour), Cllr Robert Nemeth (Conservative), and Cllr Tom Druitt (Green), decided on a recommendation which will go before the policy and resources committee on January 21.

The much-anticipated decision on the preferred developer will be revealed in the committee papers set to be published next week.

Th e t wo d eve l o p e r s battling it out for the job are Crest Nicholson Regeneration (working

Seafood joint’s shock closure

Fishy Fishy in East Street, and inset, Dermot O’Leary Staff at Fishy Fishy, a seafood restaurant in The Lanes, arrived at work on Monday, to be told they had lost their jobs. The restaurant closed with immediate effect, and a note was soon pinned up on the door, which read: “After seven happy years here on East St, Fishy Fishy is moving on to pastures new.”

Fi s hy Fi s hy o p e n e d in 2009, co-owned by TV presenter Dermot O’Leary, and two of his friends James Ginzler and Paul Shovlin.

Things were going well and the friends opened another restaurant in Poole, and released a seafood cookbook.

But three years ago, disaster struck, and the Poole eatery closed its doors.

Mr O’Leary said it was down to “the financial climate”, but said at the time the Brighton branch was going strong.

The current directors of Fishy Fishy Limited, a c c o r d i n g t o C o m p a ny House, are Mr O’Leary, Mr Ginzler, a landscape gardener from Brighton, and James Gallimore, a financial consultant from London.

Mr Shovlin resigned as a director in April 2012.

Records show Fishy Fishy Limited was at risk of being dissolved in November 2014, but the company managed to turn things around.

This week, Mr O’Leary said: “After seven years Fishy Fishy is moving on from our 36 East Street location.

We’d like to thank all of our customers, staff and the good people of Brighton for their loyalty and support.

Future plans are currently in discussion.”

He also said staff had been given fully paid notice after the decision was taken to close.

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1955 | Sunday, October 9

1948 | Thursday, January 8 One of Brighton’s finest sons was born: Steve Ovett, the former middle-distance runner was 800m gold medallist at the 1980

Olympic Gamesanticipated in Moscow and set world records for 1,500m and The hotly world one mile. He still holds the UK record for two miles, which he set premiere of at Brighton in 1978. Educated Varndean, heRock, showed great promise as a young the original film of Graham Brighton.

Greene’s novel, was held Exclusive signed copies at midnight at the Savoy available from Colourfast, Cinema in East Street, Cheltenham Place, Brighton.

closely with Rob Starr, a local businessman and cofounder of the Starr Trust charity) and French builder Bouygues Development.

Stressing the importance of the decision, Cllr Nemeth, wrote in the Brighton & Hove Independent in August, and said: “The project is set to be the largest ever single-site development in Hove.

“At a cost not too far short of £400 million, with a sports centre and associated underground parking

costing in the region of £40 million “It will have a bigger impact on the seafront than the 1871 development of the West Brighton Estate of Grand Avenue and the surrounding streets, and everything built since.

Indeed, it may well have more impact on the seafront than Adelaide Crescent or even Brunswick Square that were built nearly 200 years ago. It is big news.”

Another reason progress

on the King Alfred is so important, is it is long overdue. The late 1980s and late 1990s saw failed schemes from the developer Citygrove, which included various cinemas, ten-pin bowling alleys and casinos.

2003 saw the selection of the Frank Gehry scheme in preference to those

by Richard Rogers and Wilkinson Eyre, which never came to fruition.

If a preferred developer i s a p p r ove d a t p o l i cy

and resources later this month, it is thought a planning application will be submitted later this year.

If all goes to plan, construction could begin next year, with completion before 2020.

The new planning committee is feisty and will no doubt have strong opinions. The hope, though, is that spades will be in the ground during 2017 with a planned completion before 2020.

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UK bombs in Syria won’t bring peace

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MP spoke out ahead of city’s Stop the War meeting Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas Just over a month ago Parliament voted in favour of Britain joining the USled bombing raids against Daesh in Syria. No one is in any doubt about the cruelty of Daesh, or the need to protect civilians from their brutality – but the evidence suggests that British bombs falling on Syria simply won’t help bring about peace in the region or increase our security here in Britain. Indeed the evidence appears to suggest it will make matters worse.

We know that Daesh thrives in projecting itself, misguidedly of course, as the “guardians of Islam” in a war against the “imperialist West” and our bombs risk sustaining that warped narrative.

That’s one reason why, after the many tonnes of explosives dropped on Daesh targets in the last year or so, they have more recruits from more countries than ever before.

P u t s i m p l y : We s t e r n bombing isn’t working and, according to the experts w h o g ave ev i d e n c e t o Parliament last year, British involvement undermines our diplomatic efforts.

To o p p o s e B r i t i s h military strikes does not mean we should be doing nothing. Given that Daesh flourishes where chaos reigns, renewed efforts must be made to end the Syrian civil war. The Vienna peace talks are a start, but the process must be accelerated and continue to involve all proxies to the war. Diplomatic effort must also extend to Iraq, where the Abadi Government must be encouraged to reach

out to the neglected Sunni minority - especially in those parts of the country where Daesh is recruiting.

The British Government should also immediately suspend British arms sales to the Middle East and commit to a foreign policy that is consistent as well as ethical, particularly when it comes to our relations with countries that undermine human rights. This week’s gruesome executions in Saudi Arabia – and the UK’s failure to condemn that despotic regime’s actions- highlight the glaring inconsistencies in British foreign policy which seriously undermine our role as a broker for peace on the world stage.

Furthermore Britain must both firmly abide by and improve upon its current commitment to taking in Syrian refugees.

With temperatures

dropping, there’s a clear humanitarian imperative, but ministers must also wake up to the very real risk that Daesh will want to exploit increasing poverty and desperation in refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey for their own end.

I spoke at a meeting organised by Brighton and Hove Stop the War – making clear my continued opposition to British bombs falling on Syria. I’m proud of this city’s long history of promoting peace – and I hope that in the weeks and months to come we can build the anti-war movement her and beyond to oppose further damaging military interventions happening in the future.

Caroline Lucas is the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion.

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Eleanor Harris, CEO, British Airways i360, said: “We are delighted to be hosting some of the parties and fringe events during the Labour Party Conference alongside our larger neighbours, including the

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Changes to Sackville Tower scheme Bex Bastable @BexBastable A revised plan for a 17-storey tower at Sackville Gardens will be handed to Brighton and Hove City Council, after it branded Hyde’s application as invalid.

The council said some of the scale bars on the hard copies of the plan were not to scale, and said a number of checklists were missing.

Andy Parsons, of architect firm Yelo, said: “They made the application invalid, which isn’t that unusual these days. The plans were printed as scale-to-fit rather than-to-scale.”

Hyde, the developer, said the issues had been addressed, and the plan would be handed back to the council, with a number of changes.

There is no change to the height of the buildings.

Mr Parsons, said: “We want a scheme that people like, and were asked to look

at how we could improve this scheme, so we did.”

Tom Shaw, development director (south) for Hyde, said: “We have listened and acted on the feedback from local residents and councillors. Accordingly, following the recent consultation, a number of changes have been made to the proposed development at the former Sackville Hotel.

“These include a reduction in the number of homes to 98, a redesigned ‘plinth’ building so it is now lower, and in line with the neighbouring homes, and an amended ground floor layout to relocate the proposed refuse store away from existing neighbours.

“Hyde is committed to continuing to work closely with the local planning authority and other stakeholders to meet local housing need, help deliver local economic growth and to regenerate a prominent site on the Hove seafront which has sat derelict for a decade.”

The plans for the corner of Sackville Gardens and Kingsway, have seen opposition from local residents, and SaveHOVE campaigner Valerie Paynter, said: “The fact is 17 storeys is never going to fly. “ She said the council’s own guidance says Kingsway could be developed with mid-rise buildings, which is defined as six to eight storeys.

Ms Paynter said: “I am going to fight to the death to prevent Hove from turning into Benidorm.”

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Decision due on children’s centres Brighton and Hove City Council is set to press on with its plans for changes to children’s centres despite a consultation showing 60 per cent of respondents opposing the move.

The 12 designated children’s centres in Brighton and Hove serve a population of 14,745 children under five, but this would reduce to seven designated centres under new plans. Four of the remaining centres however, would still be used as “ o u t r e a ch ” c e n t r e s fo r children.

Cllr Tom Bewick, chair of the council’s children, young people and skills committee,said: “We need to make sure resources are targeted at the children and families who need them most. The new structure we are considering offers a sustainable long-term future for our children’s centres service.

“The council’s four-year financial strategy makes clear that if this is agreed we will not need to make any more reductions to the children’s centres budget over the next three years.

“Children’s centres are a great resource for the city and we want to look at new ways of using the buildings including community and parent-run groups.”

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The following children’s centres will be merged with others, but could be used for outreach services: The Deans will merge with Roundabout; West Hove will merge with Conway Court; Hollingbury and Patcham will merge with Hollingdean; City View will merge with Tarner and/or Moulsecoomb.

Cornerstone Community Centre will no longer be a children’s centre and will merge with Tarner.

A decision on the proposals for children’s centres is set to be made at the council’s children, young people and skills committee on Monday.

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Bumper beer events coming to Brighton Bex Bastable @BexBastable Fans of craft beer and ale are in for a treat, as Tap Takeover, the south coast’s biggest craft beer festival, is coming to Brighton in April, and CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has also announced the dates for it’s 26th annual Sussex beer and cider festival in March.

Thanks to The Laine Pub Company - which owns 45 pubs in Brighton and London - and The Beer Collective, the Tap Takeover will hit the city’s pubs from April 8 to 10.

The festival will feature more than 80 beers f r o m e i g h t b r ewe r i e s , including Fourpure, The Celt Experience, The Mad Hatter Brewing Company, Northern Monk and Laine’s Brewing Company.

The North Laine Brewhouse will be the hub of the event, with other pubs such as The Mash Tun, The Hope and Ruin, newly-

refurbished The Western, plus vinyl and craft beer b a r D e a d Wa x S o c i a l playing host to the invited breweries.

Each pub-brewery pairing will also host a different beer-themed event throughout the weekend designed, to educate and entertain beer lovers as well as serving specially created street food menus.

Tickets for The Brighton Tap Takeover are £15, which entitles visitors to four free half pints, sample beer from any participating brewer, and 20 per cent off all beers from any of the brewers involved.

Ticketholders also receive a bespoke Tap Takeover can which they can have filled with a beer of their choice, as well as a goodie bag.

Yo u c a n k e e p u p t o date with developments at taptakeover.co.uk and follow the Tap Takeover on Twitter @Tap_Takeover The 26th Sussex CAMRA Branches Beer and Cider

The Tap Takeover is heading to Brighton in April Festival will be held at the Corn Exchange, from March 17 to 19, with 160 beers from across the UK on offer, as well as a selection of ciders and perries.

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Author Peter James is supporting Snowdogs by the Sea (Photograph: Simon Dack/Vervate) Bestselling crime author Peter James is backing Brighton and Hove’s biggest ever art trail, Snowdogs by the Sea, by sponsoring a Snowdog.

Wo r k i n g w i t h h i s publisher Pan Macmillan, the dog will appear as part of the art trail this autumn.

The dog’s name and design is still top secret but the author revealed it will have a police theme – linked to his Detective Superintendent Roy Grace crime series.

Snowdogs by the Sea will see more than 50 individually designed 1.5m tall Snowdog sculptures appearing throughout the city during autumn 2016.

The trail is being coordinated by, and will raise funds for, local charity the Martlets Hospice, which is working with Wild in Art, one of the UK’s leading creative

producers of public art events. Each Snowdog will help bring art to the streets and the people of Brighton and Hove.

The sculpture trail is inspired by the animated film The Snowman and The Snowdog, the sequel to Raymond Brigg’s classic story The Snowman.

M r Ja m e s s a i d : “ S o many great cities around the world have symbolic animals, and with Raymond Brigg’s Sussex connections, this is perfect. I think the Snowdog is a brilliantly innovative and hugely fun concept, with enormous potential benefit to one of our city’s finest institutions, the Martlets.

“The residents of Brighton and Hove are fo r t u n at e t o h ave t h i s amazing hospice, it is a truly wonderful and caring place

with some of the loveliest and most devoted staff I’ve ever met anywhere.

“But it is dependent on charity for 85 per cent of its running costs. This will help a great deal, and I feel very honoured and very thrilled to be part of this.”

Sarah Harvey from the Martlets Hospice said: “Peter James has been a valuable supporter of the Martlets for some time now so we’re very excited to announce that he has decided to support our Snowdogs by the Sea campaign and we can’t wait to meet his Snowdog!

“Peter is a best-selling author so we know that he’ll give our campaign a real boost and we’re looking forward to working with him again.”

Fo r m o r e o n t h e a r t t r a i l , v i s i t : w w w. snowdogsbythesea.co.uk

Funding for greener buses could drastically reduce emissions A partnership between Brighton and Hove Buses, Brighton and Hove City Council and other bus operators has led to nearly £500,000 of funding from the government’s £7 million Clean Bus Technology Fund.

The award for Brighton and Hove will enable 35 buses to be fitted with technology that will reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90 per cent.

Martin Harris, managing director of Brighton and Hove Buses, said: “This funding is a triumph for the ever-improving partnership work between local bus operators and the council. The city serves more passengers per head of population than anywhere in the country outside London and we are committed to investing in our environment. This welcome boost of government funding is a recent addition to our own investment of

Brighton and Hove Buses is set to benefit from the government funding over £24 million into new buses and technology. More than 50 buses have already been retrofitted to higher environmental standards, along with 24 new buses and 13 diesel-electric hybrids all helping to improve air quality”.

Andrew Jones, Transport Minister, said: “Greener buses mean a cleaner city centre for Brighton and a healthier environment for everyone. The 35 upgraded buses that will soon hit the

roads in Brighton continue our commitment to better air quality by investing in greener transport. By targeting pollution hotspots and backing the lowemission technology of the future, we are making the right long-term decisions to improve people’s lives.”

The buses will be fitted with exhaust gas treatment systems called selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and will be back on the roads after their upgrade.

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The rum old business of years, and clocks and time While young people celebrate New Year with fireworks and parties, older folk are often tinged with melancholy and deja vu. We have seen too many of them go by, and they return with ever quickening rapidity.

I n Te n ny s o n ’ s p o e m The Throstle (1889), the bird singing its heart out on New Year’s Eve is every young spirit, full of foolish optimism – “‘Love again, song again, nest again, young again’, Never a prophet so crazy!” – while the octogenarian poet responds

more warily.

In Thomas Hardy’s similar poem, The Darkling Thrush, dated December 31, 1900, the gloom is painted up: “The ancient pulse of germ and birth Was shrunken hard and dry, And every spirit upon earth Seemed fervorless as I.” The bird’s song suggests “Some blessed hope, whereof he knew And I was unaware.”

Well, welcome to 2016, and may it prove a decent year. But, as I stood just now admiring the Kemptown Flea Market’s window display of clocks – casement clocks of all sizes, wall clocks ditto, mantel clocks, alarm clocks, fob-watches, dozens of interesting old timers, few of them, by the look of it, in ticking order – I pondered

Brighton Flea Market in Kemptown

this whole business of years, and clocks, and time.

There are only three temporal measurements with any claim to natural reality. One is the year (the time our planet takes to orbit the sun), another is the day (the time it takes to revolve on its axis), and the third is the month (the time the moon takes to revolve around the earth). And these measurements only have natural reality on this planet at this present time. (I quote H.G.Wells: “There was a time when the day was not a half and not a third of what it is today; there will be a time when the day will be as long as a year is now.”)

The other measurements – weeks, hours, minutes, seconds, centuries – are arbitrary inventions. The ancient Egyptians and Greeks had 10-day weeks, the Assyrians six-day weeks, while the Romans had no weeks. The Romans had relative hours: 12 of daylight, 12 of night, with the daylight hours at midsummer being 75 minutes in length. The French Calendar of Reason, instituted in 1792, had 10day weeks and days divided into 10 hours of 100 minutes each, each minute having 100 seconds. In 1929 the Soviets

Brighon Flea Market’s impressive display of timepieces instituted a five-day week.

The Islamic year, being lunar, has only 354 days. They are currently in the year 1437, dating from Muhammad’s flight to Medina in AD 622.

The Copts, meanwhile, are in the year 1732, for the Hindus it is 2072 (or maybe 5117), for the Buddhists 2560, for the Japanese 2675, for the Chinese 4712 (their New Year is on February 8), for the Koreans 4349, it is 5775 in the Jewish calendar, and 6019 in the timeline established by Archbishop Ussher from the putative

beginning of the world.

New Year’s Day used to be not January 1, but Lady Day, March 25.

Ti m e i s a s l i p p e r y, arbitrary, enigmatic element that nobody can quite define.

“Time is what you measure with a clock,” says Einstein, sidestepping neatly. Thomas Hobbes says: “Time has a lway s b e e n w h at eve r anyone has wanted it to be.”

Rosalind in Shakespeare’s As You Like It observes that “Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.”

Francis Bacon calls time

“the author of authors” that “devoureth his children” (Ovid’s “tempus edax rerum”), and compares it to a river “which carrieth down to us that which is light or blown up, and sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid”.

“What a rum thing time is, ain’t it, Neddy?” observes Mr Roker, in Dickens’s Pickwick Papers.

Graham Chainey is a freelance writer and local historian living in Brighton and Hove.

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D e a d l i n e d ay i s fa s t approaching for school place applications for children due to start primary school in Brighton and Hove in September.

Applications for September must be submitted by the end of Friday, January 15. The deadline is important because applications received before deadline are considered first.To apply online, visit: www.brightonhove.gov.uk

Planned surgery and appointments for patients could be cancelled as junior doctors prepare to strike on January 12.

Doctors at the Royal Sussex County Hospital are set to walk out after contract talks between the British Medical Association and government failed.

The BMA is arguing the changes will result in a pay cut. Strikes are also planned for January 26 and February 10.

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Work starts on hospital Construction has begun on the first stage of the 3Ts Redevelopment at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

Work started on January 4 on the south east corner of the site and on the roof of the Thomas Kemp Tower to prepare for the helipad.

The development will make improvements to hospital building and layout, expand Brighton and Sussex Medical School and improve operating theatres for trauma patients.

The whole redevelopment will cost approximately £486

million and the third stage is set to be completed by 2023.

A spokesman for Brighton a n d S u s s e x U n ive r s i t y Hospitals said: “The most n o t i c e a b l e c h a n g e fo r anyone visiting the hospital will be the hoardings around the area just south of the Cancer Centre. All the main entrances and exits from the hospital will be unaffected.”

The helipad will allow the air ambulance to land at the hospital rather than in East Brighton Park as it does now.

For more information visit www.bsuh.nhs.uk/3ts.

MP to chair FE group Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove, has been elected by MPs to serve as chair of the cross-party group for Further Education and Lifelong Learning.

Mr Kyle said: “I worked hard to be elected as chair of this group because further education is a cause I really want to champion in Parliament.

It plays such a crucial role in supporting social mobility as we can see from our city’s excellent colleges yet its contribution is often overlooked and neglected by the Government.”

Nick Juba, CEO at City College Brighton and Hove, said: “The young people and adults of our city will surely benefit from Peter’s commitment to further education and skills and his knowledge of the sector here in Brighton.”

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Business

More family-sized council homes in Brighton and Hove could become available to families in need through a new scheme.

Brighton and Hove City Council already offers tenants in larger homes financial incentives to downsize to smaller properties through its Homemove scheme.

At a meeting of the housing and new homes committee on Wednesday, councillors will consider a recommendation to extend the scheme to tenants who would instead prefer to downsize through a mutual exchange.

The council said mutual exchanges are often faster than a Homemove transfer.

Cllr Anne Meadows, chair of the council’s housing and new homes committee, said: “We have more than 400 overcrowded households but also more than 700 under-occupying households. I think this is a very sensible, commonsense proposal that could benefit all parties.”

The city council has been overcharged by more than £300,000 in 17 months from council house repairs by a subcontractor, believed to be a plasterer.

Mears Ltd, the council’s contractor for housing, will have to pick up the bill for the overpayments.

B r i g h t o n a n d H ove City Council’s audit and standards committee will discuss the matter on Tuesday.

The report to the committee, recommends the council stops the subcontractor from working on its contracts, identify and recover all overpayments, improve controls by Mears Ltd over the work carried out by its subcontractors, and implement tougher scrutiny over work under council contracts.

The report said: “Mears Ltd has provided regular updates on the progress it has made to gain assurance that these issues are isolated to a single contractor.”

Beacon Bingo announced its Mouslecoomb venue will close on February 28, after 20 years in the city, because of “an unsolicited offer for the club from a third party”.

Up to 27 staff could lose their jobs, although Praesepe, the company which runs Beacon Bingo, said it would attempt to redeploy staff.

Larry Kehoe, operations director at Beacon Bingo, said: “As part of our continuing plan to ensure the future viability and profitability of the Praesepe Group, we regularly review our property and business p o r t fo l i o . Fo l l ow i n g a recent review and after careful consideration

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of the potential impact b o t h c o m m e r c i a l ly, a s well as for our customers and employees, it is with regret that we can confirm the impending closure of Brighton Beacon Bingo.

“The outstanding contribution of all staff and management at this club has enabled us to provide a great service to the local community. Unfortunately, despite these efforts, the club has continued to make a trading loss.”

Th e b i n g o h a l l w i l l continue to operate until February 28. Beacon Bingo said it could not confirm the identity of the third party that will take on the site, for legal reasons.

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Brighton Record Fair Music lovers will be heading to Brighton’s Syndicate Wing in Russell Road on January 17 in search of bargain buys and rare finds for the first Brighton Record Fair of the year.

The vinyl and CD fair is run by Geoff Finch, a musician who used to be the support act for other bands, including Deep Purple’s Jon Lord. He turned his love of music into a popular record fair which is held monthly in the Brighton Centre and has 70 stalls, many of them specialists, appealing to both serious collectors and those who love crate digging and finding bargains.

Full-price early bird entry is 8.30am for £5 or £2 from 9.30am-3.30pm in the Syndicate Wing, Russell Road, Brighton.

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Swim centre celebrates

Simon Kirby, Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown, joined the managing director and staff of the Brighton Swimming Centre on Monday, to celebrate the centre’s fifth birthday following a major refurbishment of the pool’s facilities.

In the last five years the former school swimming pool has been transformed with new changing rooms/shower areas and new training and meeting room suites. More than 3,000 children and adults a week now visit the centre and it has become the busiest swimming pool in the UK for the training of swimming teachers. It is also a major centre for the development of open water swimming.

Mr Kirby said: “I was delighted to visit Brighton Swimming Centre again and see how the centre has developed over the last five years. It is a great facility that is nationally recognised for its role in finding employment opportunities for people who train at the centre. I would like to congratulate the staff on the fantastic work they do.”

Paul Smith, managing director of the Brighton Swimming Centre, said: “It’s been a big learning curve since we took over five years ago, however, it’s turned into a real success story! So many swimming pools have been lost to the city – I am proud to have been able to save one.”

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Defend the NHS A campaign group is holding a free NHS education day, with the topic: What is happening to your NHS? The workshop will cover the campaign, as well as finding out more about what is happening to the NHS, and what action can be taken. The event will be held on Saturday, January 16, at Methodist Church Hall, Dorset Gardens, Brighton, from 11.30am to 3.30pm.

To book a place, email: defendthenhs@gmail.com

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Shoreham heroes A British Red Cross team on duty at the Shoreham Air Show on August 22, and responded immediately to support casualties in the aftermath of the crash, has been a Dunant award for team achievement.

A total of 66 volunteers and staff were involved in the charity’s response over several days, 42 were on-site on the day of the disaster, using “quick thinking and lifesaving first aid skills”.

Charity

Revamp Volunteers from Brewers decorating centres in Brighton and Uckfield were on hand to refresh the communal areas of Ronald McDonald House Brighton with a new coat of paint.

Brewers staff and their families gave their time to decorate the kitchen, lounge and corridors in the House which provides free home-away-from- home accommodation for families of children being treated at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital and the Trevor Mann Baby Unit.

Tribute

Big Issue vendor A well-known Big Issue seller died on New Year’s Day, according to a tribute pinned up at his patch near Waitrose in Western Road, Brighton.

The heartfelt tribute, accompanied by a bunch of flowers, read: “RIP Gareth.

He stood here with his dog.

He was always friendly, smiley, and a pleasure to talk to. He brightened a lot of people’s days with a simple hello or smile. Let’s remember him with one.”

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Dear Editor A b l e a k f u t u r e fo r Brighton for residents and visitors is in store with the redevelopment of Black Rock and the Brighton Centre.

Comparisons with the windswept desolation of the Gateshead Millennium site do not bode well.

People come to Brighton to avoid the corporate malls which have disfigured other towns.

Brighton’s history of “landmark” construction disasters is legion. There was the scandal around the building of Brighton marina in the 1970s - which has twice been re-designed and filled in.

The Churchill Centre is being rebuilt for the third time. The gloomy station site development was sold at a knock down price on the pretext of contaminated land and is already in need of repair.

The dreary consumer shopping corridor planned between the Churchill Centre and the seafront promises to join the league

table of previous overhyped corporate shacks.

But the questions we need to ask are not merely about design. How much land is being gifted to the corporations as part of this deal and what is its value?

How many small and medium sized businesses elsewhere in the city will close - leading to job losses and derelict sites?

How much retail money will be extracted from the city on a daily basis and into the coffers of international offshore corporations?

Wi l l t h e r e b e a ny genuine public space where people can freely associate without hindrance from private security patrols?

Let’s learn the lessons from our previous mistakes.

Yours sincerely Dr M Aiken Finsbury Lodge Brighton

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@NoFixedAgenda @BrightonFreedom @warrenmorgan Seriously hope Kind Alfred dev goes ahead this time. B&H d e s e r ve s / n e e d s b e t t e r swimming/health facilities.

Labour councillors when addressing parking charges is distasteful.

Councillors Morgan and Mitchell appear to have their own agenda, not a whiff of socialism among them.

Kind Regards G Kingsley, Landeen Road, Hove, East Sussex

Hospital

Thank you to the Vascular Team and staff of Level 8 Thomas Kemp Tower at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, for the care I had before, during and after my operation.

Thank you also to the staff of the Scan Centre at St Richards, Chichester.

Dear Editor, Many thanks The continual Mr D A Newell threats to free pass by Bognor Regis

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@Lab_Westbourne Good meeting with reps from @HydeHousing about #SackvilleTower - Clear to me they are taking residents’ concerns on board & making changes

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@ChrisHawtree @BrightonIndy In your new edition cllr Morgan’s column praises all the things that @ BHGreens got underway - but does not mention @ BHGreens!

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@HamptonsHove Wow lane closures for 2.5 years the traffic was awful tonight I wondered why # b r i g h t o n # r o a dw o r k s #ongoing !

Your memories of the Beatles in Brighton An author looking for fans who witnessed p e r fo r m a n c e s by Th e Beatles in Brighton has been overwhelmed by the response from Brighton & Hove Independent readers.

Richard Houghton wanted to trace gig-goers who saw the Fab Four’s Hippodrome shows for a “people’s history” of the group. Melanie Jacobs, who witnessed the band’s June 1963 appearance, and said: “Tickets went on sale on a school day and it didn’t occur to us to skip school - we were terrified of getting told off! Our parents thought they were scruffy and distracting us from school work so they refused to get tickets for us. My Grandma queued for tickets for myself and my three closest friends as a surprise!”

Fred Avery saw The B e at l e s i n July 1 9 6 4 : “None of the music they

were playing could be heard. Several adults got up and walked out of the auditorium with hands over their ears! The noise level never decreased and after they had finished the ringing in my ears went on for half an hour.”

Jeremy Knight said: “My sister’s friends spotted the Beatles arriving by car and chased it up the road. One of them was knocked down by it. She wasn’t hurt but was thrilled that she had actually sort of touched them!”

Mr Houghton said: “These Beatles memories are a fantastic insight into the past and I’m delighted to have received so many.”

Mr Houghton’s book, You Had To Be There: The Rolling Stones Live 1962–69, will be published l at e r t h i s year. Share your Beatles memories at thebeatlesinthe60s@gmail. com

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Council plans holiday revamp Bex Bastable @BexBastable The council is set to explore making school holidays cheaper for parents in Brighton and Hove, by coordinating inset days to make a long weekend, or even creating an additional week off when holidays are less expensive.

Cllr Tom Bewick, chair of the children and young people’s committee, said: “If there is something we can do to offer lower-income families in particular the chance to take holidays that would otherwise be unaffordable then I think it’s worth exploring. Being able to take a cheap family h o l i d ay i n M a r c h , f o r example, would make a huge difference to thousands of local people - including of course our teachers.

“The long summer holiday goes back to the nineteenth century when children helped bring in the harvest.

School holidays could be cheaper for parents in the city It’s time to take a fresh look at this and try and find a consensus for what works best for families in the twenty-first century.”

The ideas will be discussed at Monday’s committee meeting, and if agreed, the council will speak to schools, and consult on a proposal.

Individual schools make their own decisions about when they take their inset days, but term and holiday

Brighton Fringe crowdfunding bid

Samba dancers at Fringe City in 2015 (Photograph: Paul Kondritz) B r i g h t o n Fr i n g e h a s launched a crowdfunding campaign with the aim of bringing the community together in May. The Fringe is asking people to make a donation of around £3 to help fund an illuminated evening parade on Friday, May 6.

Plans are for performers and community groups to parade through Brighton, lighting up the city before finishing at Madeira Drive with a fireworks display on the beach.

Julian Caddy, Brighton Fr i n g e ’ s m a n a g i n g director, said: “For just

£3 you can take part in this fantastic night-time parade. Other donation rewards include a Brighton Fringe tote bag, t-shirts and VIP membership packs. A little or a lot, your pledge to the Brighton Fringe will help bring the city alive next spring.”

Brighton Fringe features about 800 events including comedy, theatre, cabaret and music. Only three per cent of the festival’s funding comes from public subsidy. To see how you can support the Fringe visit: www. brightonfringe.org

dates set by the council have to be followed by all the city’s community schools.

The city’s academies and voluntary-aided faith schools are not obliged to follow these dates, but all of them currently do so.

Term time dates are usually set between 12 and 18 months in advance, so anything that might be agreed through new proposals would not come into effect until 2017-18.

Museum celebrates anniversary The Brighton Toy and Model Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and will be organising a series of public events to celebrate.

Th e f i r s t i s a t r a i n running day on January 16. The anniversary will be promoted at Model World at Brighton Centre in February and during a special week of celebrations from May 7 to 14, with guided tours.

For more details see: www.brightontoymuseum. co.uk

Black and white sets There are 45 people in Brighton and Hove, and 9,000 in the UK, viewing television in black and white, according to TV Licensing.

Je f f r e y B o r i n s k y, a television historian, said: “Older people who grew up with black and white still love it and don’t see why they should throw away their perfectly good set to get colour. Unfortunately even the youngest black and white sets are over 20 years old. In a few more years this group will have gone to TV heaven.”

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Multinational companies must pay their fair share

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The government is losing more than £1 in every £10 it tries to collect from companies to tax evasion and avoidance

It’s that time of year when many people face the task of completing their tax returns.

Most people know that their taxes go towards funding the services they use, the services they rely on to keep them safe, or the services they can turn to when things go wrong.

Peter Mandelson infamously said he was “intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich as long as they pay their taxes” (a comment he has since rowed back from). And some have been getting very rich indeed.

A year ago a Sunday Mirror investigation found that six major companies alone made some £14 billion in the UK - companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Ebay and Starbucks - yet combined they only paid £41 million in tax. This is because they register their businesses in other countries with lower tax regimes, such as Luxembourg. This is legal under UK law.

The government is losing more than £1 in

every £10 it tries to collect from companies to tax evasion and avoidance. The true figure could be more than £12 billion a year, or potentially as much as £34 billion according to the HMRC itself.

It was revealed last month that five of the largest banks in the UK – JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Nomura Holdings and Morgan Stanley – legally paid no corporation tax in 2014, though they made billions in profits.

A s M a r g a r e t Hodge MP said to the B B C, H M R eve n u e a n d Customs needed to be “more aggressive and assertive in confronting corporate tax avoidance. These global companies are making money in the UK. All we are saying is that if you have economic activities in the UK you are making profits and tax is payable on that.”

Figures released within the last fortnight show that the Chancellor’s efforts to recoup unpaid tax have

fallen over £600 million short.

However, the government claimed some success in increasing tax payments by major banks and corporations this week, with well known names like Barclays and Vodafone paying more. The code is however voluntary.

Just before Christmas a new All Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Taxation was established to put pressure on the g ove r n m e n t t o e n s u r e multinationals pay their fair share.

It will hold meetings in public and ask ministers, tax experts and business people to attend for questions and debate. The first item on the agenda will be how to respond to G20 recommendations to crack down on corporate tax avoidance.

Meanwhile, local councils are seeing their funding being cut by £11 billion, over 40 per cent of what they spend on local services like refuse collection, roads,

Inside Amazon’s warehouse in Peterborough. libraries, parks, social care, schools and children’s centres.

All the time the costs of looking after vulnerable children, older people and those with disabilities is growing fast.

As I wrote last month, the outlook for council funding is

very bleak indeed. People are very rightly becoming very angry as both Labour and Conservative-led councils begin to cut what residents see as essential services, with the government hoping that the blame will fall on councillors, not on ministers.

There are many things

that unpaid corporate taxes could fund, but as the leader of a council facing cuts of well over £20 million each year, I’m going to make one simple call on the government.

Make multinational companies and banks pay their fare share of taxes on profits they make in this country.

Use some of that money to fund local council services and social care.

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An exciting year coming up for the city It was very exciting to see the £485 million Royal Sussex County Hospital ‘3Ts’ redevelopment finally get underway on site this week.

The government gave final approval for the funding of this vital project last year in what was a real vote of confidence in our city and it can’t come soon enough.

Currently, staff at the hospital are having to battle with facilities and buildings which are simply not able to cope with the demands of 21st Century healthcare.

Their job is tough enough as it is without this added complication!

The 3Ts will change all that with the building of a new state of the art Sussex Cancer Centre capable of treating an extra 700

patients a year and the expansion of the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, providing modern teaching and training facilities for undergraduates and staff.

The redevelopment will also support the hospital’s role as the major trauma centre for Sussex and the wider region.

New facilities including trauma operating theatres will ensure patients receive treatment locally instead of being referred to Londonbased hospitals as is currently the case.

The project begins with a helideck being built on top of the Thomas Kemp Tower enabling air ambulances to land at the hospital rather than in East Brighton Park, saving valuable time.

T h e h o s p i t a l redevelopment promises to kick off what I hope will be a really exciting year for the city.

The British Airways i360 tower has already become

The City Innovation Challenge: Get your thinking caps on A council-run competition which asks residents, businesses and community groups for innovative ideas to save money, launched on Monday.

Cllr Warren Morgan, leader of the council, said: “I’m looking for bold and creative suggestions as to how the city council can bring in new revenue to fund services and invest in our city and its communities. I know that there is the talent, imagination and innovation in this city to overcome the challenges we face and find new ways of making Brighton and Hove better.

“The council is already innovating, making savings and adapting to delivering services in a different way and this challenge seeks to take things further. Our Libraries Extra trial is a good example of this. Through this trial registered library users in Woodingdean and Portslade can use their local library outside the regular opening hours when they can browse the shelves, borrow books and use the computers without any staff being present.”

Winning ideas could win a cash prize of £1,000.

All prizes are sponsored by sponsors.

Th e C i t y I n n ovat i o n Challenge was launched in the face of cuts in council funding; Brighton and Hove City Council needs to save around £68 million in the next four years.

There are five categories for entries: young people, individuals, community a n d vo l u n t a r y g r o u p s , businesses, and council staff.

Sponsors include: Advice Cloud, Brighton and Hove Buses, ESpark Natwest RBS, Hilton Metropole, the University of Sussex, and Midnight Communications.

Ideas will be considered by a judging panel and prizes will be awarded at a ceremony in the spring.

Chris Farthing of Advice Cloud said: “We are delighted to sponsor the business award of the challenge.

It’s a tough environment fo r p u b l i c s e r v i c e s a t the moment and if this challenge can encourage our businesses to get involved, then the whole city could benefit. I’m sure that there are lots of brilliant ideas out there.”

The competition closes on February 19.

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an iconic feature of our seafront and it will be a truly momentous day when it opens to the public in the Summer.

I am also looking forward to tangible progress on a new leisure centre at the King Alfred this year.

The council’s policy and resources committee, of

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which I am opposition spokesman, will be asked to select a preferred developer for the project later this month and, subject to proper consultation with local residents, I would hope that a plan which is acceptable to all parties can be agreed reasonably soon afterwards.

It is sad to have to end

my column (and to start the New Year) on a tragic note but I have to mention the premature death last weekend of the promising young Sussex cricketer Matthew Hobden.

Being a member at the County Ground myself, I have watched Matt develop over the last couple of years

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It is just so terrible that he has been cut off in his prime like this and I would like to extend my heartfelt condolences to all his family and friends, not to mention his fellow players and coaches, for their loss.

Incidents like this certainly put everything else in our lives into perspective – R.I.P. Matthew.

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The saviour of Brighton’s Theatre Royal Louise Peskett @louisepesk Last time I wrote about cross-dressing star of the music-hall, Vesta Tilley.

This time it’s the turn of another woman who loomed large over the Brighton entertainment scene. Step forward pioneering manager of the Theatre Royal between 1876 and 1892, Ellen Nye Chart. Ellen Rollis, as she was originally, was born a builder’s daughter in working-class Islington in 1839.

By 1865 she was working as an actress and appearing on stage at Brighton’s Theatre Royal. At that time the theatre on New Road was being managed by actorturned-manager Henry Nye Chart who was attempting to pull it up by its boot strings after a disreputable period.

Ellen and Henry married in 1867 but happiness was shortlived following Henry’s death only nine years later aged only 55.

At this point it would have been normal and acceptable for Ellen to sell the theatre that her husband had bequeathed her.

Her son was eight years old and, as a widow, she could have faded into the background never to be heard of again. Instead, Ellen, bucking the norm for women to stay out of the cutthroat world of business, decided that she was not only going to keep the theatre, but manage it herself. Whatever doubts people may have had about whether this was an appropriate job for a woman, Ellen quickly proved herself an astute businesswoman and creative theatre manager.

She quickly launched a plethora of new ideas focused on growing the audience, and making the theatre more accessible and appealing. One of the first of these was to extend the

Aladdin at the Theatre Royal

season. Instead of offering entertainment only during the holiday season - largely for Brighton’s well-heeled visitors- it became a yearround operation, making a night at the theatre a much more regular part of locals’ social life. She diversified w h a t w a s o n o f fe r by inviting touring companies to perform and introduced more romantic comedies and social dramas to the bill. Late Victorian popular actors such as Lily Langtry, Sarah Bernhardt, Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Henry Irving all trod the Theatre Royal’s boards.

Fa m o u s l y, E l l e n introduced the annual pantomime to Brighton, a tradition still going strong.

The lavish, all-singing, all-dancing performances of the likes of Aladdin, Dick Whittington and Jack and the Beanstalk drew crowds and proved to be some of the most profitable events of the year.

Perhaps remembering her own humble background, Ellen made a point of inviting the entire inmates and staff of Brighton Workhouse to watch a special performance of the pantomime for free.

In the face of some hostility f r o m t h e Wo r k h o u s e Guardians many of whom, of course, thought that most of the inmates had earned their place in the workhouse by laziness and feckless behaviour and didn’t deserve such a treat, this was quite a struggle.

But Ellen battled on to make this a regular feature, and I’m sure her name was in the prayers of many of the thousand-plus workhouse residents at this time of year.

In 1883 Ellen pioneered the concept of the “matinee performance”. Going one step further, Ellen’s “flying matinee”, which involved the entire production, crew, actors, props and costumes of a London show catching a train to Brighton in the morning, setting up and performing in the Theatre Royal, before dismantling

and catching the train back to reach London ready for the evening performance, meant that Brighton was never going to be considered a provincial back-water where theatre was concerned. “ Th e r e i s s c a r c e ly a London novelty running that would not come to Brighton during the present year,” Ellen said in 1891.

As early as the 1880s, Ellen had made the Theatre Royal a highly profitable business and paid off the £6,000 mortgage that her

husband had left on the Theatre and the house that she owned next door.

Locally Ellen was extremely well-liked. When she died in 1892 after being taken ill on a train to London, her funeral was the largest the town had ever seen with many hundreds lining the streets to say their last farewells.

The Brighton Herald reported: “That so busy and bustling a spirit should have been extinguished at so early an age is a source of deep

regret to all those connected directly or indirectly with the Theatre, to a number of poor persons in the town whom she was want to befriend, and to a wide circle of friends, both in and out of Brighton, and in and out of the theatrical profession.”

Today she’s remembered as the person who saved the Theatre Royal, created its reputation as a highly successful provincial theatre, and one of the people who helped to put Brighton on the map.

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The Book Doctor Sarah Morgan @sarah_morgan

Cruelty-free scrubbing It was great to catch the March of the Mermaids in Brighton & Hove Independent’s photo roundup of 2015.The organisers do a fine job of celebrating of our seas and sea life, while raising awareness of marine conservation in a playful way.

The fourth March of the Mermaids is on Saturday July 23. Think English Disco Lovers meets the Banana Splits with a Pride scale of glamour; gorgeous mermen, pirates and sea creatures parade along our shoreline.

I particularly love seeing the dogs and babies getting into the spirit, and all profits are donated to the World Cetacean Alliance.

So what does the party have to do with beauty?

Plenty, beyond dressing up in garish make up. It is unclear when plastic microbeads were first used in cosmetic and household formulations, but a patented skin-cleaner with “plastic

synthetic resin” was granted in 1972. Microbeads are now ubiquitous, with knock-on effects in the environment and for wildlife.

They are usually too small to be removed from the water after they’ve gone down the drain, even after water treatment. Microbeads are non-biodegradable and get ingested by fish and other animals. Potentially toxic pollutants like Triclosan have been found to stick to

the beads and are carried into the tissues of animals when consumed.

Most international cosmetic firms selling exfoliating washes and creams with polyethylene and other plastic microbeads say they are planning to phase them out. By now, some ranges will have been reformulated or sold through, but it still pays to check what is in your bathroom cabinet.

Exfoliating helps dull, dry or flakey skin to lose dead cells and more readily absorb moisturiser. Keep it up over winter but choose natural actives like jojoba bead granules or oatmeal for safer scrubbing. Check here if in doubt: beatthemicrobead. org/images/pdf/greenUK. pdf Yes To Grapefruit Daily Facial Scrub is £8 for a 110ml tube. The crueltyfree exfoliator helps to slough away dead skin cells to restore radiance (no Petroleum, SLS and Parabens).

The 99 per cent natural formulation has Lemon Balm to help calm and repair damaged skin, and Grapefruit to even skin tone and enhance luminosity.

I revitalise weekly rather than daily, personally. Go easy around the eye area, whatever your age, and enjoy the delicate scent while you do circular motions across the forehead, nose and chin.

Laura Lockington @bookloversupper Switch it Off!

By Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees This does exactly what it says on the, err, book cover.

Hundreds of ways to stop your little darlings, and yourselves, from becoming those awful people who are wedded or wielded to their phones.

It’s a paper smartphone full of stuff that helps you connect to the real people in your life. Of course, it has many features as you might expect, including a battery life as long as your imagination. Wi-fi, cables and earphones are not needed! You get the idea.

This is a clever little book that everyone should slip into the pockets of all their children. Instead of surfing the web, browsing a book can be far beneficial and whole lot of fun.

It has intriguing facts, games, a colouring-in page, a stargazers manual, a recipe for chilli oil, how to make a paper bottle opener (who knew?), and lots more.

Brighton-based Lloyd and Rees give some

startling facts about our addiction to our phones: the average user picks up their mobile device more than 1,500 times a week; the average user checks out their emails and Facebook at 7.30am before they get out of bed; average users spend more than three hours a day and four out of ten users said that they would be totally lost without them.

This doesn’t sound too healthy to me, and Lloyd and Rees urge us to have a bit more fun in our lives and spend some real “face time” with the people that we love.

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Keeping your mind and body in check with The Light Technique Bex Bastable @BexBastable Katie Light has worked in the health and wellness industry for two decades, and developed her own unique form of treatment The Light Technique.

L i v i n g i n H ove , b u t working primarily in London, Katie thought it was time to break into her home town, and opened a small treatment room just off London Road.

Katie’s treatments, as I discovered, are personalised to each individual. Although she offers a range of treatments, from massages and facials, to reiki and aromatherapy, Katie prefers to meet the person, and talk to them about their needs, before picking a treatment tailored to them.

Priding herself treating intuitively, I instantly felt at ease with Katie, We talked through what treatments I’d had before, what my day-

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Solar panels will slash firm’s bills and reduce its carbon footprint Independent reporter @BrightonIndy Hove business Ticketmedia has installed a solar panel system at its offices, adding to its ever-growing list of green credentials.

The Solar Photovoltaic S y s t e m , i n s t a l l e d by Brighton business Green Energy Advice Team (GEAT) will enable Ticketmedia to use 87 per cent of the energy produced to run their production line, having both a significant impact on its carbon footprint, and saving money, over the next 20 years.

Research by GEAT found that over a one year period, the solar panels installed at the Ticketmedia head office will generate enough electricity to power ten three bedroom UK homes and after three years, will power seventeen complete trips around the world in an electric car.

Left to right: Steve Darby, Joseph Tyrrell, Jeremy Burbidge, and Anthony Tyrrell.

(Photograph: Simon Dack) Jeremy Burbidge, managing director at Ticketmedia said: “We are delighted with the work that Green Energy Advice Team has done.

“It feels great to be doing

Joseph (left) and Anthony Tyrrell (right) of the Green Energy Advice Team with Ticketmedia MD Jeremy Burbidge

our bit to save our planet for future generations and reducing our annual energy spend at the same time.”

Ticketmedia is a leading manufacturer of transport t i ck e t s a n d p a p e r r o l l products.

The company is already scrutinising its impact on the environment, using only water-based inks when printing, and sourcing paper from sustainable forests, in the production of their bus tickets, till rolls and all other printing. After obtaining the ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard (QMS) in 2010, Ticketmedia was awarded the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard (EMS) in 2014. The on-going assessment of this award ensures the company

is constantly looking to improve and reduce the environmental impact of the business.

Mr Burbidge said“We have made considerable investment to install these solar panels and multiple arrays of panels are now generating power, which will help reduce our carbon footprint even further. We are continually looking for ways to protect our environment through our working practices.”

Ticketmedia was created in the late 90s born out of a paper roll manufacturing company producing plain bus ticket and till rolls.

Based at Maple Works, Old Shoreham Rd, Hove, the firm was bought by Canarycliff Ltd in 2006.

New year, new debt?

Here’s how to avoid it Although we can’t bring pay-day forward, we can try a few money saving tricks like these, Kylee Charles @The_PR_Chick to help soften the cost of Christmas: n Use and reuse - Make According to website January a “using up” comparethemarket.com, month where you try to energy providers, banks use up the food in your a n d i n s u r e r s e x p e c t cupboards and freezer a bumper January as n Make the most of the consumers are set to flock sales - If you’re not totally in search of savings. in debt after Christmas, A survey of around the January sales can be 2,000 consumers found ideal for finding a bargain. that 44 per cent are keen Just make sure you don’t to sort out their finances at buy things on credit the beginning of January, n Cut your heating costs with 41 per cent feeling - apart from switching poorer after Christmas. your energy supplier, you On the first Monday of can also save money by the year, or what is now doing simple things like known as Quote Monday, putting tin foil behind many looked to save cash your radiators (Not sure following the financial how that’ll look against squeeze of Christmas. my wallpaper...!).

More than half of the n Sell, sell, sell - Need survey’s respondents some cash now? Get your reported a feeling of unwanted presents and negativity at the start of sell them for cash on eBay, the New Year. Of those eBid or Ziffit. respondents, 21 per cent felt gloomy, 14 per Kylee Charles is the cent broke, 10 per cent director of Sussex-based overweight and eight per agency Shotgun PR and Media. cent exhausted!

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King Alfred Leisure Centre offers fantastic new ‘No Strings’ badminton sessions King Alfred Leisure Centre, o p e r at e d by Fr e e d o m Leisure on behalf of Brighton and Hove City Council, is launching new “No Strings” badminton sessions, starting January 15. The friendly drop in badminton sessions are open to members and non-members of all ages and abilities, and will take place every Friday from 11am to midday.

They will offer people the opportunity to learn new skills and improve their game, in a friendly and social atmosphere.

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The ‘RAIL RIP OFF’ and Peter Kyle, Lord Bassam and Labour activists at Hove Station

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Fare increases and rail delays saw two of the city’s MPs campaigning this week - but for different causes.

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s commuters from Brighton to London suffered delays on Monday, on what would have been the first day back to work for many, two of the city’s MPs were campaigning for a better rail service.

This comes as rail fares increased by one per cent this weekend.

Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove, was at Hove Railway Station on Monday, handing out leaflets and talking to campaigners about Labour’s Rail Rip Off campaign. He said: “We are here to listen to commuters. We want to hear what it is like, day in, day out, having to put up with a service where fares have gone up by 25 per cent under David Cameron.”

An annual season ticket from Brighton to London Victoria, costs commuters £4,108 (£4,452 to other

London terminals) - too much, campaigners say, for the service provided.

Mr Kyle talked about a recent delayed train journey home from London, and said: “I heard a parent apologising for not being home before bedtime, and reading a story over the phone. That is a damning indictment of what is happening on our rail services right now. It is impacting on family life.

We need to make sure the government starts solving these problems.”

If Labour were in power, he said, it would address the shortage in train drivers, a second Brighton mainline, an increased capacity, and better crisis management.

“The challenge we have is complex,” said Mr Kyle.

“In the short-term we need

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enough drivers and staff and rolling stock and to improve punctuality. In the medium term we need better rolling stock, more 12-car trains, and a tighter regime of maintenance to improve reliability and minimise disruption.

“And in the long-term we must have new track capacity. Passenger numbers i n c r e a s e f ive p e r c e n t each year on the Brighton mainline and the tracks are already at 100 per cent capacity between Gatwick and East Croydon. So when small things go wrong it quickly escalates into major disruptions and parents miss putting their children to bed.”

He did not, however, go as far as his party leader Jeremy Corbyn, in calling for the

I heard a parent apologising for not being home before bedtime, and reading a story over the phone. That is a damning indictment of what is happening on our rail services right now.

hhjkhhgh gh ghgh ghOd quid eaquam sus, totatio cust latquo quae cus que consequat.Uptur, cusdae. Ut rae. Nequasp Campaigning to bring railways back into public ownership

railway to be renationalised.

Mr Corbyn said Labour would “put passengers first, bringing rail back in to public ownership”.

He said: “Routes will naturally return to public ownership as private contracts expire, meaning profits can be re-invested to improve services and hold fares down.”

That was what Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, was campaigning for at Brighton Railway Station on Monday, as she did last year, on the first Monday of the year.

Ms Lucas also tabled a Private Members Bill in Parliament last year on renationalising the railways, which is in early stages, but is expected to be discussed

by MPs on January 22.

Opposing increasing rail fares, Ms Lucas said: “The case for public ownership of our railways grows every year. As prices continue to soar, many services are failing woefully.

“If the government really wants to make savings and improve our transport network for everyone, it should recognise that privatisation has failed and take steps to return t h e r a i lways to public ownership.

“By taking back individual franchises when they expire or when a company fails to meet its franchise conditions, the state could save over £1 billion a year every year – an amount that can be spent on improving services and reducing rail fares.”

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Govia Thameslink, which took on the Southern franchise from July, said its fares increased, on average, by just under one per cent on January 2 – and many ticket prices were frozen completely.

It said singles and returns from London to Gatwick with Gatwick Express, and Luton Airport with Thameslink, will stay the same as will all fares under £10 on Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink that start or end outside the London Travelcard zone.

It said season tickets will rise by one per cent - the rate of inflation in July - which is used by the government as the industry benchmark for fare changes.

David Innis, Govia Thameslink Railway’s commercial director said: “We are determined to give our passengers better value for money and by freezing thousands of fares and introducing a minimum rate of inflation rise on season tickets, we are doing just that.”

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Sitcom star gets spiteful for Annie adaptation

Lesley Joseph stars as Miss Hannigan in Annie at the Theatre Royal Brighton.

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Dancing couple capture glamour of a bygone era Anton and Erin Brighton Dome Dance enthusiasts can join the nation’s favourite ballroom couple, Anton du Beke and Erin Boag, in a thrilling new show for 2016.

The duo head to Brighton Dome’s Concert Hall on Th u r s d ay, Ja n u a r y 2 8 (7.30pm).

The show features exciting new choreography, sparkling costumes and a sensational show band who play timeless music from the golden age.

The classic hits include: ‘Night and Day’, ‘Lullaby of Broadway’, ‘Too Darn Hot’, ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’, ‘Jealousy Downtown’ and ‘New York, New York’.

The conductor will be Richard Balcombe and the star vocalist will be Lance Ellington. The show also boasts six world class ensemble dancers and the full 25-piece London Concert Orchestra.

Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag have been professional partners since 1997 and are one of Britain’s most widely recognised dancing couples.

The dancers, who aim to encapsulate the glitz and glamour of a bygone era, make regular television appearances, headline high profile events and often take their act on tour.

Within a year of forming their dance partnership Anton and Erin won the New Zealand Championships and made it to the prestigious

Anton du Beke and Erin Boag International Dance Championships at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

They turned professional in 2002 to place third in the UK in their first professional competition in Blackpool.

The couple were noticed by the BBC when the corporation decided that prime-time Saturday television needed a new show.

They were chosen to star in the first series of Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1) in 2004, which has

since become a global phenomenon. Anton has appeared in all twelve series to date and Erin has been the only female professional to appear in ten, stepping down from the competition prior to the birth of her son.

Anton and Erin continue to fill theatres and auditoriums country-wide.

Tickets to see the duo at the Brighton Dome cost £31.50-£44.50.

Call the box office on 01273 709709 or visit brightondome.org.

Spectacular ice show returns, with star line up and ambitious stunts Holiday on Ice has returned to the Brighton Centre with its new show, PASSION, and it does not disappoint.

The ice show has been running for more than 70 years, and the latest offering gives a glimpse into the lives and passions of the skaters.

It features a star line-up, including Annette Dytrt, five-time German champion, British staking star Lloyd Jones, and French Olympic competitor Pernelle Carron (to name a few).

Henrik-Jan Rinner, CEO of Holiday on Ice, said: “With PASSION we show you, our audience, what it takes to become a medal winning ice skater and ultimately a Holiday on Ice performer; from the first slippery steps on the ice to the countless hours of training, the competitions, the setbacks, the smiles and tears and ultimately, the triumphs.”

Wi t h e m o t ive s o l o s , vibrant group performances,

Holiday On Ice: PASSION and some downright dangerous moves, Holiday on Ice is a thrilling and exciting show - a must-see event.

Each performance has a buzzword: Passion, Energy, Ambition, Freedom, and Life, and the skaters aim to capture those feelings in their performance.

Wi t h a m i x t u r e o f theatre, dance, and highly-

skilled skating, the show is captivating and fun. And with some really ambitious stunts, you know you are in the presence of some of the world’s greatest skaters.

Holiday on Ice runs at the Brighton Centre until Sunday, January 10.

Tickets are available from www.brightoncentre.co.uk or by contacting the box office on 0844 847 1538.

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Lesley Joseph’s wicked new role Annie Theatre Royal Brighton Lesley Joseph plays Miss Hannigan in the brand new production of Annie, which runs from Tuesday to Saturday, January 12-16, at the Theatre Royal Brighton.

Rachel Knowles, spokesperson for the show, said: “Sales for this favourite family musical have been particularly strong, with an extra matinée added on Wednesday to meet high demand. Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery and torment at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage.

“Determined to find her real parents, her luck changes when she is chosen to spend Christmas at the residence of famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks.

“Spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search. “ With its award winning book and score, this stunning new production includes the unforgettable songs ‘It’s the Hard Knock Life’, ‘Easy Street’, ‘I Don’t Need Anything But You’ and ‘Tomorrow’.

“Lesley Joseph is best known for playing Dorien Green in the hugely successful sitcom Birds of a Feather alongside Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson.

They recorded more than 100 episodes over a period of nine years. Lesley and her costars returned to our screens in Birds of a Feather in 2013, with a second series airing earlier this year.

“Lesley’s theatre credits include Miss Hannigan in Annie at the West End’s Victoria Palace and also on national tour. Her other

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touring credits include Calendar Girls and Hot Flush!”

Lesley is joined by Alex Bourne as Oliver Warbucks, Holly Dale Spencer as Grace Farrell, Jonny Fines as Rooster and Djalenga Scott as Lily.

The company also includes: James Alan-Evans, Lewis Bradley, Nic Gibney, Sinead Kenny, Michael Lin, Alice Liveing, Megan Louch, Callum McArdle, Benjamin M u n dy, S t e ve n O l i ve r, Heather Scott-Martin, Anne Smith and Kate Somerset How. Annie is directed by Nikolai Foster, with set and costume design by Colin Richmond, choreography by Nick Winston, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound design

by Richard Brooker.

Evening performances start at 7.30pm with 2.30pm matinee performances on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Visit www.atgtickets. com/brighton or call 0844 871 7650 (booking fees apply).

Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage

Thought-provoking artwork looks at quest for immortality An exhibition exploring ideas about immortality in an age of scientific miracles opens next month.

The New Immortals is at Phoenix Brighton from February 20 to March 20.

The exhibition is open from 11am to 5pm, Wednesdays to Sundays, and from 11am to 8pm on Thursday, February 25.

There will be work by Judith Alder, Fleur Alston, Murray Ballard, Rachel Cohen, Cat Ingrams, Anna Macdonald, Guyan Porter, Duncan Poulton, Gabriella Sancisi and Angela Smith.

A spokesperson said: “In an age when scientists can create, manipulate and sustain life to an extent once unimaginable, The New Immortals explores o u r o n g o i n g q u e s t fo r immortality and offers ten artists’ responses to this new paradigm. From the dawn of human consciousness, we have invented stories to distract ourselves from the fact of our mortality.

Philosopher Stephen Cave theorises that in the current day such tales of immortality have shifted from myth, magic and religion to a modern form of faith, which is invested in science, medicine and technology.We

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The New Immortals at Phoenix Brighton are constantly confronted by an avalanche of media reports announcing socalled ground- breaking and miraculous developments in science and technology. Life expectancy continues to rise and we are told that we are in the midst of a longevity revolution.

“Leading bio-ethicist, Professor John Harris says in his essay Intimations of Immortality: ‘It is unlikely that we can stop the progression to increased lifespans and even immortality, and it is doubtful that we can produce coherent ethical objections. We should start

thinking now about how we can live decently and creatively with the prospect of such lives.’

“It is against this backdrop that artist/curator Judith Alder has undertaken a period of research extending over two years, during which she has been talking to scientists, medics, philosophers, ethicists, artists and the wider public to explore ideas around immortality.”

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Robert Powell.

(Photograph: Richard Hubert Smith)

Robert Powell plays the title role in King Charles III at Brighton Theatre Royal (February 8-13).

The play is a brilliant p i e c e o f w r i t i n g , s ay s Robert – a look into an imagined future in which the new Charles III finds himself in the middle of a constitutional crisis.

“It has got very good dramatic moments,” he explains.

“The fifth Act of the play I would think Charles would consider over-the-top, but we have got to concede that this is drama as well, and it would be rather dull if there was not just a little bit of… well, not exaggeration, but perhaps hyperbole.

“It is certainly a very

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Krater Comedy Club 6.30pm/8pm, £15-£24 Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN @KomediaBrighton Until January 10. Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians. Acts include: Jimmy McGhie, Chris Turner, Carey Marx, MC Stephen Grant, Colin Havey and James Alderson.

difficult thing to do. This role costs me blood.

“When I first talked to (director) Rupert about it in the spring, we had a chat, and I said ‘are we talking about impersonation here?’ and he said ‘absolutely not’, that that was the way that would kill the play.”

It is more about representation, Robert says, picking up on Charles’ mannerisms like his habit of playing with his ring and his habit of overemphasising a word he is searching for.

Tickets cost £16.90 - £42.40. Call 0844 871 7650 or visit www. atgtickets.com/brighton

Ultimate Power 11pm, £5 Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN @KomediaBrighton Ultimate Power is a night playing nothing but the greatest power ballads ever written, celebrated by the friendliest club goers around, creating a night of pure euphoria.

Holiday on Ice: Passion 8pm, £16.75 to £55.75 (approx) Brighton Centre BN1 2GR @BrightonCentre Holiday on Ice, is returning to the UK for one week only with a spectacular new show. Taking the audience through the journey that each skater experiences, from the passion of the ice to the ambition, challenges and beauty of this fascinating world, Passion follows the true-life stories of the cast members.

Golem

7.30pm, £22 (approx) The Old Market, BN3 1AS @TOMvenue Until January 16. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Animals and Children Took To The Street, 1927 bring their new award-winning show Golem back to The Old Market.

1927 invites audiences to step into a dark and fantastical tale of an extraordinary, ordinary man. Seamlessly synchronizing hand-made animation, claymation, live music and performance, Golem is a dystopian fable for the 21st century.

Serendipity All day, free The Old Market, BN3 1AS @TOMvenue Photography by Toby ‘fotobes’ Mason. Using old-school cameras to generate his own iconic cinematic style, Fotobes’ limited edition work aims to resonate with our desire for something tangible that echoes an everyday pace of life. Born out of the underground film camera scene and often involving themes linking music, graffiti, daytrippers and momentary quiet contemplation, Fotobes is known for his colourful ‘of our time’ style and representation.

Hardcore Troubadour 7.30pm, £4 The Prince Albert, BN1 4ED @BrightonEvents

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An awesome night of alternative addiction awaits with Hardcore Troubadour, Nervous Pills and The Dead Reds. Hardcore Troubadour offer elements of grunge, Americana and alt-country mixed into a fine blend of modern day rock.

SATURDAY Tony Blair Witch Projekt 6pm, £3/£4 Latest MusicBar, BN2 1TF @latestmusicbar Plus ABXY, Unveil The Sense, Half Ghost Third Machine, CrySand and The Subwave Network UK. Snazzy Panda Promotions are back in Brighton, this time bringing you ‘The Snazzy Rave’ with a night of live, unique, electro-dance-rock. Bands from 6pm to 11pm, with a DJ afterwards until the bar shuts at 2am.

The Big Saturday Night 8.30pm, £7/£6 Laughing Horse, Quadrant, BN1 3GJ @quadrantpub The Big Saturday Night comedy show in Brighton with a top selection of comics including: Simon Feilder, Matt Rees, Rob Deb, Sarah Keyworth, Alex Hylton and compere Sami Stone. Late license to 2am and discount drinks with comedy tickets.

Doors open 7pm. Book tickets online at www.wegottickets.com/ event/330791.

Benefit Gig For Loui Legend 6.30pm, £5 Concorde 2, BN2 1EN @concorde_2 Mick Hart & The Hartbreakers, Burning Organ, Paperboy, Mum, Dad & The Kids and The Piranhas, will perform to raise money for Loui Legend. Loui was born with TreacherCollins Syndrome, which affects the development of the bones and other tissues of the face.

Dirt Royal & support 8pm, £5 (on door only) Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE @Rialto_Brighton Dirt Royal are a three-piece band from Brighton who describe themselves as ‘British rock ’n’ roll.

Performing together since 2013, they released their debut album ‘This is Now’ in 2014 with Time For Action Records.

The Soultasitcs 7.30pm, £6 (on door) The Brunswick, BN3 1JF @Brunswickpub The Soultastics offer stomping swing and more at their first gig at The Brunswick. Expect to be up dancing all night to swing, latin and a few soul tunes. There will be numbers by Frank Sintatra, Louis Prima, Michel Buble and Jamie Cullum all mixed up with The Soultastics swing twists on modern pop tunes. DJ

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Downland Quilters 10.30am, £1 Patcham Community Centre, BN1 8TA Downland Quilters patchwork club is having its annual fabric sale from Doughty’s, 10.30am to 2.30pm, Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham. Entrance £1.

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MONDAY Bleeding Hearts Club 8pm, £3 Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE @Rialto_Brighton Leave the increasingly trippy reality behind you and submerse yourself in the very best new music, poetry and performance art. Acts to be confirmed shortly.

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London Gay Symphony Orchestra and Actually Gay Men’s Chorus 7.30pm, £8-£25 Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdome A menagerie of lions, elephants and kangaroos will be let loose at Brighton Dome with cabaret star Miss Jason taking the reigns. London Gay Symphony Orchestra and pianists will bring these beasts to life in a performance of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival Of The Animals.

Serebrianoye Kopytse (Silver Hoof) 1pm/3pm/5pm, .£25 Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE @Rialto_Brighton Join Petrushka Studios and other families for a truly traditional Christmas celebration, based on Bazhov’s classic fairy tale The Little Silver Hoof.

Annie 7.30pm, £12.50-£45 Theatre Royal, BN1 1SD @TheatreRoyalBTN Until Saturday, January 16. The world’s favourite family musical stars Birds of a Feather actress Lesley Joseph as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is force to live a life of misery at an orphanage. Determind to find her real parents, her luck changes when she is chosen to spend Christmas at the residence of a famous billionaire.

WEDNESDAY Circe’s Diner 8pm, £5/6 Latest MusicBar, BN2 1TF @latestmusicbar Circe’s Diner are a Bristol-grown

acoustic four-piece born in 2014.

Dedicated to self-penned, honest, rootsy tunes the music touches base with country, Americana, folk and pop traditions. Paper Hawk is a three-piece alt-folk band from Brighton influenced by Daughter, Bon Iver, and Angus and Julia Stone.

Skips After School Club: Wizard of Oz 4pm, £6 Theatre Royal, BN1 1SD @TheatreRoyalBTN Led by experienced workshop leaders, these fun and informal sessions for 6 -10 year olds are a great way to find out more about theatre, make new friends and enjoy trying out new things. This Wizard of Oz themed session includes games, a look on stage, drama and craft activities and squash and biscuits.

Cancer Bats 7pm, £11 Concorde 2, BN2 1EN @concorde_2 Fueled by a burning desire to rage harder, play louder and have more fun than any other band, Cancer Bats mix hardcore, southern metal and punk rock into a lethal rock and roll explosion.

New Plays Scratch Night 8pm, £3 Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE

@Rialto_Brighton The Rialto is holding its final scratch night on January 13. Four playwrights will produce a rehearsed reading of a 15-minute extract of their play. The audience can then vote for their favourite of the night.

The overall favourite will then win a slot at the Rialto Theatre for next year’s Brighton Fringe.

THURSDAY The Catalyst Club

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A grand way to travel Grand Tour Train Running Day, Brighton Toy and Model Museum, Trafalgar Street The Brighton Toy and Model Museum is hosting a Grand Tour Train Running Day on Saturday, January 16.

The event takes place from 11am to 4.30pm with a lunch break at 1pm.

The Grand Tour was traditionally a journey through Europe, which took place from about 1660 to the 1840s. It allowed

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young people from wealthy backgrounds to discover different cultures and their artistic legacy. From the 1840s on, people used the developing railway networks to reach other countries.

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Will vegetables make a comeback in 2016?

January is always a time to look ahead and put the previous year behind you and with that in mind this week’s piece is a look at potential food trends in 2016. I have asked fellow food writers and chefs to share with me what they believe will be the food trends that we can look forward to in the coming year.

Personally I think we will see less complex cooking techniques and more processes such as pickling, curing and smoking coming to the fore. There will be a continued rise in ethical dining and restaurants think Silo as an example of this - with others following this model.

For better or worse the burger trend will remain for a little while longer.

Brighton will have a new restaurant - “Stock Burger” - opening in January 2016 that will continue the movement pairing craft beer and burgers.

I for one am particularly excited about the news that The Watchmakers Arms in Hove will soon be brewing their own beer on site in collaboration with local brewer Jack Tavare.

Dan Lepard - Food writer and chef - Twitter: @dan_ lepard “Steaks, burgers, ribs and all things meaty have probably reached saturation

Fennel salad at 1847

Vbite’s meat-free duck-style rolls

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Steaks, burgers, ribs and all things meaty have probably reached saturation and will lose their place in the frontline for chefs

and will lose their place in the frontline for chefs.

Expect to see meat playing a smaller role on the plate, much in the way it was in simpler times: bulked out with pulses, root vegetables, breads and vegetables.

“Brighton has long been an edgy community when it comes to promoting vegetarian food.

“Through 2016 we’ll continue embracing leafy, rooty ingredients as we grow out of our culinary teenage years. We’ve become less frightened of meals that don’t include meat, and

more accepting of the health benefits of eating a bigger variety of vegetables. We’ll read the packet more and wonder what’s in the food we eat, and how ingredients are grown and processed.

Concerns once dismissed as cranky are now being properly evaluated and in turn accepted by more of us.”

Eshe Brown - Brighton Fo o d b l o g g e r - w w w. foodieeshe.com “Persian cooking started to trend this year but in 2016 it’s really going to take off.

In terms of food that means spiced stews, succulent lamb or chicken kebabs, fresh salads and rice studded with nuts and berries.”

“Vegetarian and vegan diets are also going to become more mainstream thanks to films like Cowspiracy, which are making more people aware of the destructive environmental impact animal agriculture is having on the planet; and as we become more heathconscious.”

“People may not be ready to give up meat completely, but they will look to lower their intake in a conscience move to reduce their environmental footprint and lower cholesterol.”

“The restaurants that do well next year will cater for these diet choices, just as carefully as they do their

meat-loving customers.”

Eshe recommends: “1847 Brighton - specialising in veggie, vegan and glutenfree fine-dining. The fennel, ricotta, apple and raisin salad here is divine, with layers of flavour.

“Purezza - Italianinspired vegan dishes as well as many gluten-free options - takeaway or eat in. The Pesto pizza here is delicious and the Chef makes his own vegan-friendly pesto from scratch.”

“V Bites Cafe - I recommend this spot for those that are used to meatcentric diet.

“The hoisin ‘duck’ pancakes and ‘fish’ finger sandwiches are a must and you can hardly notice they are meat and fish free!”

Steve Edwards - Chef Director - Etch. Food www. etchfood.co.uk “I believe in 2016 we will move towards less sugared foods and desserts, old cooking techniques like clay pot cooking and unusual British vegetables will make a comeback like skirret and strawberry spinach.

“The i360 is due to open in the summer and I will be creating dishes around produce that can be seen from the tower 29 miles across the South Downs and Brighton coastline.”

Tom Flint writes a food blog Food Booze and Reviews at: www. foodboozeandreviews.com

There are nine museums in Brighton and Hove, including the Old Pol i c e C e l l s M u s e u m which boasts a rather marvellous little coffee shop opposite. We have a Natural History Museum, a Toy Museum and even a Fishing Museum, but what Brighton and Hove is missing is a museum focused on the locals’ favourite habit.

Not a museum of embarrassing names for children, not a museum of radical diet choices, and not a museum of failed musicians’ memorabilia, but a museum of coffee.

Don’t get your hopes up, we’re not going to open one, we’re just going to tell you about someone else’s.

Inspired by The Coffee Museum in Hamburg, Khalid Al Mulla decided to transform a little house in Dubai into the region’s first Coffee Museum.

Dubai isn’t all about giant buildings that look like ships - before all that there were little streets with little houses and if you look beyond the glazed eyesores, you’ll find that they’re still there.

Khalid’s museum is in Al Fahidi - the Emirates’ historic neighbourhood and it celebrates all things coffee. He’s got grinders and roasters dating back to the 1800s, antique tools from all over the world,

and a library dedicated to every word ever written about coffee - perhaps he’s even storing back-copies of Coffee Chronicles. Yes, history will remember us, for we intend to write it. Totally ripped that off from Churchill.

C o f fe e i n m u s e u m tearooms is notoriously disappointing, but not at Khalid’s gaff. Serving coffee to your guests is an Emirati tradition and a symbol of generosity.

Whether consumed in a golden goblet in a swanky hotel, or an earthenware cup on the streets of Al Fahidi, the UAE will welcome you with coffee.

Sounds pretty good to us.

As our city ushers in a new year with new projects like the i360 our very own Burj Al Arab Jumeirah (that’s the big one that looks like a ship) we remind you that our old traditions and values will always remain for as long as we continue to honour them.

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07984795327 TAPE recorder/carry JOISTS 10ft for raised case Hitachi GC. £8. beds, herb gardens etc. 01243 606210 £10 each Tel:01903 ABSOLUTELY ALL 230741 GUTTERS & fascias. WOLF power drill ½" Supplied, fitted & cleaned chuck with stand, 01273 419914 or 07512 condition good, 240v, 012937 £30. 01243 264852 TREADMILL FREE WOOD 3" x 2" x 8ft, walk, run, speeds. Two safety handles.

01293 £2.50 each. 4" x 2" x 8ft, £3 each. 2" x 1½" x 8ft, 536709. £2 each. 01903 230741 TWIN 3ft divans (used as WOOD 3" x 2" x 8ft, spares), free to collector. £2.50 each. 4" x 2" x 8ft, Middleton villiage 01243 £3 each. 2" x 1½" x 8ft, 586608 £2 each. 01903 230741 COT pine - no mattress WOOD 4" x 2" various 01403 257952 lengths £3.00 per 8' length, can deliver Directors know Tel:01903 230741

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PUBLIC NOTICES BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) REGULATIONS 1990 The following applications involving or affecting the setting of Listed Buildings or affecting the character of a Conservation Area were registered during week ending 01/01/2016: BH2015/04152 Wellesley House 3 - 14 Waterloo Place Brighton Full Planning – Replacement of 9no separate windows on front and rear elevations in black aluminium with safety glass.

BH2015/04330 Flat 81 Embassy Court Kings Road Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal works to install vertical damp proof membrane and dry line with plasterboard.

(Retrospective).

BH2015/04199 8-9 Kings Road Brighton Full Planning – Change of use of ground floor from retail (A1) to restaurant (A3) and installation of extraction flue to rear (Part Retrospective).

BH2015/04341 8 Sackville Gardens Hove Full Planning – Alterations to rear of property at ground floor level including raising the conservatory height, replacement of existing roof coverings, insertion of metal five and associated alterations.

BH2015/04375 Tarnerland Nursery School Sussex Street Brighton Full Planning – Demolition of existing lower ground floor finance office and erection of single storey rear extension to connect the main building to detached classroom.

BH2015/04404 10 Eastern Street Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of conservatory with terrace to rear and formation of mansard rug with front and rear dormers.

GTECH AirRam Vac, s/hand but working or unwanted Xmas pressie, ring and leave message please 01903 263422

WATCHES & CLOCKS UNISEX SPORTS WATCH Brand new, sealed box, bargain £70.00 . Price was £150.

Can deliver Tel. 01323 847216.

SEWING MACHINES working or not. Anything considered, older the better, cash paid. 01403 711308.

LEWES FLAGONS or ginger beer bottles. Cash paid. Tel 01273 472622 or 07967 464471.

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PUBLIC NOTICES BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 BRIGHTON & HOVE OUTER AREAS (WAITING, LOADING AND PARKING) AND CYCLE LANES CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2013 AMENDMENT NO. 14 2015 (REF: TRO-24-2015) NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”) has on 7th January 2016 made the above named Order under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended which when it come into operation on 11th January 2016 will introduce no waiting at any time (double yellow lines) in parts of the following roads: Bonchurch Road, Brading Road, Hartington Place, Hartington Road, Hartington Terrace, Shanklin Road, Whippingham Road, Whippingham Street, Whitehawk Crescent and Whitehawk Close.

A copy of this Notice, the Order as made, plans showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Order may be seen online at www.brighton-hove. gov.uk/tro-finalised.These documents together with a copy of the existing Order to be amended may also be examined at the Customer Service Centres at Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton (Monday to Friday 8.45am-4.30pm) and Hove Town Hall, Ground Floor, Norton Road, Hove, (Monday to Friday 10.00am-5.00pm).

Any person who wishes to question the validity of a the Order or of any of its 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: 8th January 2016 Executive Director Environment, Development & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council, c/o Parking Infrastructure, 2nd Floor, Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS.

BH2015/04519 5A Eaton Grove Hove Householder Planning Consent – Conversion of garage into habitable space including replacement of garage doors with timber sliding folding doors.

BH2015/04351 Flat E 5 Third Avenue Hove Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of side window and door with UPVC window and composite door.

BH2015/04396 Brighton College Eastern Road Brighton Full Planning – Erection of two storey temporary classroom modular building.

BH2015/04177 15 Clifton Hill Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of a three storey rear extension.

BH2015/04194 6A Montpelier Terrace Brighton Listed Building Consent – Existing timber sash window relocated to replace door and installation of timber double doors to rear. Internal alterations to layout of flat.

BH2015/04195 6A Montpelier Terrace Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Existing timber sash window relocated to replace door and installation of timber double doors to rear.

BH2015/04426 130A Western Road Brighton Advertisement – Display of non-illuminated signage banners.

BH2015/04427 130A Western Road Brighton Full Planning – Formation of outdoor seating area.

BH2015/04416 8 Albany Villas Hove Householder Planning Consent – Enlargement of existing hard standing with new paving and alterations to front boundary.

BH2015/01352 236 Eastern Road Brighton Advertisement – Display of internally illuminated display stand (Retrospective) (amended Site Plan) BH2015/04361 52A George Street Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from three bedroom single dwelling (C3) to three bedroom small house in multiple occupation (C4).

BH2015/03148 St Marys Hall Eastern Road Brighton Full Planning – Erection of 3 storey modular building on existing tennis court and car parking area for use as construction site offices for the 3Ts hospital development for a temporary period of up to eight years.

BH2015/04365 & BH2015/04366 All Saints Church Church Hill Brighton Council Development (Full Planning) & (Listed Building) – Repair and stabilisation works to front boundary wall.

BH2015/03353 Ground Floor Flat 164 Havelock Road Brighton Full Planning – Erection of single storey rear extension.

BH2015/04316 Basement Flat 7 Clermont Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of glazed entrance to rear elevation.

BH2015/04352 89 Edburton Avenue Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Installation of rooflight to front roof slope.

BH2015/04452 72 Chester Terrace Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of single storey rear extension and roof alterations incorporating dormer and rooflights to rear.

BH2015/04456 80 Havelock Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Insertion of front rooflight.

BH2015/04425 30A Walsingham Road Hove Full Planning – Roof alterations incorporating rear dormer and rooflights to front and side.

BH2015/04082 12 Hanover Crescent Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from residential care home (2) to residential dwelling. (C3) BH2015/04461 63 Church Road Hove Full Planning – Replacement of stained glass with clear glass to top fanlight on the front elevation.

BH2015/04391 & BH2015/04392 Lower Goods Yard 1A Trafalgar Arches Brighton Full Planning & Listed Building – Change of use to restaurant/ café (A3), with internal and external alterations including installation of glazed curtain walls, new mezzanine floor, window and door infills including louvres, refurbishment works, hard landscaping and associated alterations.

BH2015/04141 125 Queens Road Brighton Advertisement – Display of internally illuminated fascia sign and projecting sign.

Re-advertisements BH2015/02434 Flat 4 54 - 55 Ventnor Villas Hove Householder Planning Consent – Alterations to rear fenestration including enlargement of window at ground floor level and installation of 2no new matching double glazed French doors, enlargement and replacement of windows with new double glazed units and new double glazed door at basement level, installation of glass floor at ground floor level over lightwell and associated hand rails.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 Application No: BH2015/03148 Proposed development at: St Mary’s Hall Eastern Road Brighton I give notice that Laing O’Rourke Construction is applying to Brighton & Hove City Council for planning permission for: Erection of 3 storey modular building on existing tennis court and car parking area for use as construction site offices for the 3Ts hospital development for a temporary period of up to eight years.

Application No: BH2015/04481 Proposed development at: 9-16 Aldrington Basin/ Land South of Kingsway Basin Road North Portslade I give notice that Harbour View Developments (Sussex) Ltd are applying to Brighton & Hove City Council for planning permission for: Application for variation of conditions of application BH2012/04044 (Demolition of business unit to east of Magnet showroom. Erection of new building ranging from 3no to 5no storeys at Kingsway Level and a further one and a half storeys of car parking beneath Kingsway ground floor accessed via Basin Road North. Development comprises mixed use commercial premises (A1, A3, B1, D1) with associated new access and 52 residential units in 6no blocks. Change of use of existing Magnet showroom at Basin Road North level to storage (B8) with associated service area, lorry delivery bay and car parking) for rewording of conditions 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39 and 40 to permit development up to Basin Road North ground floor slab level, conditions 37 and 38 to allow for demolition of existing buildings and condition 33 to permit development up to Kingsway ground floor slab level.

You can view the application on the Council website www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/planning applications. Any representations should be made in writing to the Planning and Building Control Applications Manager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of this notice, quoting the application number. Please note that all representations received will be open for public inspection and late representations may not be considered.

Jeanette Walsh, Planning and Building Control Applications Manager 08 January 2016

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Excellent Career Opportunities working at MSDC.... ◆

Anti-Social Behaviour Officer ref: RBPSO28 Salary: £24,472 pa - £26,293 pa + car allowance of up to £1,239 pa

The Council is seeking a motivated, self starter with excellent interpersonal skills to take on the role of an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer. Working closely with the Police, housing associations and other local agencies, the successful applicant will be the focal point for addressing complaints in relation to anti-social behaviour. The role is based within the District Council’s Partnerships team and as well as undertaking direct case work, you will also have the opportunity to be involved in strategy development, training, report writing, data analysis and similar work with other members of the team.

Applicants will need to be comfortable working with the public - specifically young people, and have sound administrative skills and IT literacy. A knowledge of community safety issues and policies will also be important. We will be looking for an individual with experience of multiagency working who can take a creative and problem-solving approach to their work.

Experience of working directly with victims of anti-social behaviour or other vulnerable client groups would be an advantage.

It is essential you have a full driving licence along with a requirement to provide a car for use on Council business for which mileage will be paid.

For an informal discussion please contact Lucie Venables on 01444 477204.

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Democratic Services Admin Officer 1 Full time (37 hours per week) - ref: RBPS010 1 Part time (18 hours per week) - ref: RBPS034 Salary: £19,048 pa to £23,698 pa (pro rata for part time)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be at the heart of the Council’s democratic process and help shape the way our Member Services develop in the future.

You would be part of a small team responsible for the range of support provided to our Elected Members including: scheduling the Council’s Work Programme, administrating all formal Council committees and meetings which involves some evening work, the Member Development programme, the Member Information Service, Members allowances and expenses, and working closely with the Monitoring Officer in matters relating to the Council’s Constitution.

The successful candidate will be self motivated, a creative and innovative problem solver, have a high level of literacy and numeracy, a good understanding of local government procedures and constitutional issues, be confident in using IT systems and also possess good interpersonal skills - as the job will involve frequent dealings with both Councillors and members of the public.

Political sensitivity is essential and the post is politically restricted requiring that the postholder does not themselves engage in political activity or seek to hold public office.

For an informal discussion please contact Hannah Martin on 01444 477111.

ABOUT US: We are situated in a glorious part of the country and along with this opportunity to enhance your career, we offer free staff parking, subsidised gym membership for you and your family, a childcare voucher scheme, mutually agreeable flexible working arrangements and both a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement. Personal and professional training opportunities are regularly available to support you to achieve your career aspirations.

For a recruitment pack, please apply online by visiting www.midsussex. gov.uk - click on Working at MSDC. You can also email recruit@midsussex. gov.uk or call our Recruitment Hotline on 01444 477506 or write to Personnel Division, Mid Sussex District Council, Oaklands Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1SS. No CVs or agency applications Any job offer is subject to Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.

Close dates: For Anti Social Behaviour Officer: 18 January 2016

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Milestones to be marked at Classic by staff reporter

With the arrival of 2016 comes another new year packed with exciting automotive anniversaries.

And, as tradition now dictates, many of these key motoring milestones will be celebrated in stunning style with mouthwatering displays and eyecatching track parades at the annual Silverstone Classic (29-31 July).

In recent years, the famous Silverstone Grand Prix

circuit has staged record processions featuring evocative E-type Jaguars, fabulous Ferrari F40s, evergreen Porsche 911s, muscular Ford Mustangs and historic Formula One cars amongst a whole host of other glittering cavalcades.

The majority of these birthday celebrations are organised by ever-enthusiastic car clubs specially for their members, and many clubs are already revving up for new parties in July. The BMW Car Club GB is marking the opening of the original Bayerische Motoren Werke manufacturing company a century ago in 1916, the

Lamborghini Club UK is honouring the 50th anniversary of the iconic Miura supercar as well as 100 years since the birth of company founder Feruccio Lamborghini while the Morgan Sports Car Club is paying tribute to the 4/4 model, which turns 80 in 2016 and remains the oldest model in the world that’s still in production today. Along with the exotic Miura, a trio of rather more affordable British sportscars from the sixties are also turning 50 this year – the Lotus Europa plus a pair of Triumphs: the GT6 and 2-litre Vitesse.

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ROAD TEST: MAZDA CX-3 2.0 120PS 2WD SE-L NAV AUTO

MAZDA HAS THE X FACTOR

by Alan Candy Motoring writer

Getting the right balance between an SUV’s size and handling ability can be a headache. Despite their versatility and useful extra space, large SUVs generally drive less well because of their height and bulk.

But if you come down in size a little, the rewards are obvious.

Take the small but perfectly formed Mazda CX-3, which wins my vote as the best handling of all the compact crossovers.

The 2.0 120PS 2WD SE-L Nav Auto model ticked all my boxes, the icing on the cake being a silk-smooth petrol engine and seamless auto gearbox that add a certain edge of refinement to the overall driving experience.

Mazdas are the unsung heroes of Japanese cars – unfailingly reliable, modest in their claims, designed with driving pleasure paramount and

beautifully built. German cars always seem to win the rave reviews for quality and build but the top Japanese brands run them close and in some cases, exceed their Teutonic rivals.

Historically, Mazda build great smaller cars. After all, the first Mazda was the attractive little R-360 coupe way back in 1960 and the ever popular MX-5 is still the world’s best-selling roadster.

The CX-3 – little brother of the CX-5 – is also a honey. The chunky compact SUV has plenty of strong road presence and character. Small windows and a high beltline give it a look of mystery, with a perky D-shaped grille, swirly driving lamps a majestic bonnet line. Mazda wisely follow the current trend for downsizing headlamps to a more discreet horizontal slash, rather than some of the more outrageous design offerings of some rivals, which look a bit desperate by comparison.

Build quality is also excellent. Doors shut with a subtle

click for perfect fit, unlike the dubious clatter of some Korean offerings, and interiors are simple, uncluttered and

smartly finished, with generous amounts of tactile soft surfaces.

Mazda rightly prioritise

the speedo centrally through the steering wheel, flanked by retro spidery digital readouts for rev counter and fuel gauge.

The heat-vent cluster is traditionally operated by rotary knobs while the main infotainment display can be operated on touchscreen (a bit of a stretch when driving) or via a master command disc on centre console. Thankfully, it’s all a simple operation.

Sporty high-backed seats and a quality ride mean consistently comfortable travel and the boot is surprisingly generous when maximised – a ‘false floor’ reveals extra space below.

On the move the CX-3 is a delight to handle, with electronic power assist steering that puts the driver in full control right through every manoeuvre while progress is smoothly progressive and refined, with quiet cruising.

Similarly, the auto gearbox offers silent, seamless changes.

The CX-3 is the bridge between a hatch and a larger SUV and its fine handling, smooth driving skills and agile chassis make it the stand-out contender in this market – a real class act.

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CHAMPIONSHIP

LEAGUE TABLE: HOME

PWD M’brough 24 10 2 Derby 25 7 4 Hull 25 9 2 Brighton 25 8 2 Burnley 25 8 3 Ipswich 25 4 5 Sheff Wed 25 7 4 B’ham 25 6 2 Cardiff 25 7 5 Brentford 25 6 2 Wolves 25 3 5 Reading 25 6 4 Leeds 25 3 5 Nott Frst 25 5 4 Preston 25 4 6 QPR 25 4 7 Blackburn 24 3 6 H’field 25 4 3 Fulham 25 4 4 MK Dons 25 5 1 R’ham 25 4 2 Bristol C 25 2 5 Charlton 25 3 5 Bolton 25 2 8

L FAW 1 20 2 6 1 23 8 6 1 22 6 5 3 15 12 3 2 25 11 3 3 15 13 7 1 2210 3 5 13 14 5 1 19 11 2 4 17 16 4 4 13 14 6 3 16 9 3 5 11 15 4 3 16 11 2 3 11 10 3 2 21 16 3 2 11 7 3 5 16 15 3 5 2322 2 6 12 14 1 6 1920 2 5 1320 2 5 14 21 1 3 12 14 0

GAME OUTCOMES:

AWAY

DL FA 2 3 1610 5 2 14 9 3 5 14 12 9 0 16 13 6 3 9 12 3 3 19 17 5 5 14 18 4 3 17 13 5 5 11 15 4 5 2019 2 5 1918 2 7 14 19 6 2 15 13 6 5 9 13 4 5 10 12 2 7 9 17 4 6 11 14 4 6 14 21 5 5 17 21 4 8 9 19 1 10 11 24 4 7 9 24 3 8 7 21 3 9 7 25

Draws: 96

RED CARDS:

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

2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7

FALMER STADIUM, 01-01-16 RESULT: BRIGHTON 0 WOLVES 1

POSSESSION

77% 23% 65% 35%

TUESDAY 12TH JANUARY Blackburn v QPR Brentford v M’brough Bristol City v Preston Derby v Reading Huddersfield v Charlton Ipswich v Leeds MK Dons v Burnley Nottm Forest v B’ham Rotherham v Brighton Sheff Wed v Bolton Wolves v Fulham

32%

41%

Away teams: 79 wins

GOALS SCORED: Home goals

19:45 19:45 19:45 19:45 19:45 19:45 19:45 19:45 19:45 19:45 19:45

WEDNESDAY 13TH JANUARY Hull v Cardiff 19:45

Away goals

399 311 Total goals

710

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league goals scored by Nick Blackman, who this week moved from Reading to Derby

TOP SCORERS:

J Garner G Leadbitter E Lichaj J Lynch A McCormack D Whitehead H Akpan S Bamba B Bannan A Clayton

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

LAST MATCH

FIXTURES:

26%

Home team: 124 wins

Pts GD 52 24 48 20 47 18 44 6 42 11 41 4 39 8 39 3 37 4 36 2 34 0 33 2 32 -2 31 1 31 -1 30 -3 28 1 28 -6 27 -3 23 -12 21 -14 21 -22 20 -21 17 -20

YELLOW CARDS: S Hutchinson K McFadzean M Hudson M Kieftenbeld D Vaughan E Ba S Byram M Davies S Duffy C Evans

2015/2016 SEASON

7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

BRIGHTON CORNERS:

10

SHOTS:

19

FOULS:

9

A Gray R McCormack N Blackman C Austin F Forestieri A Hernandez A Judge B Afobe M Dembele J Kodjia C Martin J Rhodes T Ince N Wells C Wood

15 13 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8

10

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WOLVES

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4 6 9

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Albion need a spark to get their season going again

Is Albion’s form still just a blip or is it turning into a major worry?

Six games without a win and failure to score in the last four matches has given all the Seagulls’ critics and outsiders the chance to say ‘I told you they wouldn’t stay up there’.

The fact six players have been out injured in recent games has clearly affected Chris Hughton’s options, with a limited amount of changes possible to the starting lineup in the last few games.

Looking at the last six games in isolation, the draws at Derby County, Queens Park Rangers and Brentford were all excellent results – although Albion would have been disappointed not to win at Derby and QPR, after leading in both fixtures.

It is the home matches that have really hurt. The Middlesbrough game was one to forget about as Albion were beaten by the better side.

Against Ipswich Town, the Seagulls would justifiably have felt hard done-by not to

take anything. However, the most disappointing of the three successive home defeats was the latest one to Wolves.

A full-strength and injuryfree Albion team would surely have taken all three points. As it was, an own goal by Connor Goldson gave the visitors all three points. Huff and puff as they did, the Seagulls were unable to find a way back into the game.

Earlier in the season, the ball dropped favourably for Brighton strikers in close matches, while all through a frustrating second half, the ball seemed to constantly fall to Wolves defenders to clear.

Where do the Seagulls need to strengthen this month? A striker and two wingers would be the priority for me A spark was missing too – on the wings in particular – which is why business will need to be done this month to ensure the excellent start does not go to waste.

James Wilson has already shown his predatory instincts but was too often forced to cut in from the wing – he’s a

player that needs to be in and around the penalty area to get on the end of crosses, not deliver them.

Admittedly, there were no other options as Rajiv van La Parra was ineligible and Elvis Manu has struggled when called upon so far.

Where do the Seagulls need to strengthen this month?

A striker and two wingers would be the priority for me.

Albion have been linked with South American strikers Miller Bolanos and Jonathan Calleri – both prolific but would cost a big fee. However, it would be money well spent should the Seagulls be in the mix for promotion.

On the wing, the return of Kazenga LuaLua will be like a new signing and he is a player who will lift the team and fans alike.

Ideally, proven top-level performers are what Albion need to bring in on the wing.

A number of quality players are on the fringes at Premier League clubs, while former Leicester winger Anthony Knockaert has been strongly linked with the Seagulls and ex Albion loanee Joao Teixeira has barely featured at Liverpool.

Could someone like that be the spark required to get Albion’s season going again?

Joao Teixiera starred on loan for Albion last season. Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst

Cricket in mourning after death of promising young bowler The cricket world is in mourning after the death of promising young Sussex fast bowler Matthew Hobden on Saturday.

Matthew, 22, was tipped for a bright future in the game and had made a number of appearances in county cricket for Sussex.

The former Eastbourne College student was one of six pacemen chosen to attend a Potential England Performance Programme (PEPP) later this month, with his ability having had him noted as a possible future international.

He had played 18 firstclass matches, taking 48 wickets – including two five-wicket hauls – while his highest score with the bat was 65 not out. He had also played for Sussex in one T20 game and three one-day matches.

He was found dead at a private property in Scotland on Saturday.

In a statement, Sussex County Cricket Club described Matthew as a fantastic individual: “Matthew was an exciting young cricketer with a big future ahead of him in the game. He was a fantastic individual who had progressed through Sussex’s youth and academy ranks, having been born locally

Lewis Mason @_LewisMason in Eastbourne.

“He made his first-class debut for Sussex in 2014 and had represented the county across all three formats over the past two seasons and was a great talent.

“He will be greatly missed.

“Sussex would like to offer their deepest condolences to Matthew’s family and friends at this difficult time.

“Players and staff will be offered as much support as is possible and we would like both Matthew’s family, and everyone connected with Sussex Cricket, to be respected with privacy at what is a difficult time for all involved.”

England, who are currently touring South Africa, wore black armbands on day two of their second Test in Cape Town.

A message on England’s Facebook page read: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Matthew Hobden. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and teammates.

“The England players

Matthew Hobden appeals for a wicket while playing for Sussex will wear black armbands during today’s play in memory of Matthew.”

A number of teammates past and present have paid their tributes after Matthew’s sudden death.

Former Sussex and

England wicketkeeper Matt Prior wrote on Twitter: “A great guy with a huge future taken far too soon. #riphobsy “One of those days when you get a call that puts perspective on things. Live life and love every day as

much as you can! So sad! #RIPhobsy.”

Current Sussex seamer Lewis Hatchett tweeted: “Numb. Speechless. Gone too soon. Thoughts are with his family & friends along with all the boys and staff at @SussexCCC

#RIPHobsy.”

England all-rounder Ben Stokes tweeted: “R.I.P Matthew Hobden... horrible news to wake up to, thoughts with the family and everyone at @SussexCCC #cricketfamily.”

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Attacking duo set to return for Brighton Lewis Mason @_LewisMason Albion will be boosted by the return of attacking duo Kazenga LuaLua and Sam Baldock when they travel to Hull City in the FA Cup third round tomorrow.

LuaLua has been out since September with a groin injury, after starting the season in sparkling form, while Baldock has not been involved since a 2-1 home win over Milton Keynes Dons in November, after also suffering a groin injury.

Seagulls manager Chris Hughton revealed the pair w i l l p l ay s o m e p a r t i n Saturday’s cup clash against fellow Championship highflyers Hull.

He said: “Kazenga and Sam will both be involved at the weekend. It would be nice to see them play some part of the game but they’re both ready and involved, which is a big plus for us.”

Albion are expected to rest a whole host of first-team

regulars for the game, with Dale Stephens, Beram Kayal and Bruno all set to sit out.

However, Hughton still has full belief in the players who will come into the side and feels it provides them with an opportunity to push for a regular starting spot.

He said: “I think it’s always the case that when players are given a chance, they will be eager to impress.

“We have a strong squad and because of injuries we have had to use it, certainly some more than others, but Saturday gives everyone a chance to stake their claim.”

With the January transfer window now open, Albion have been linked with a move for Standard Liege’s former Leicester winger Anthony Knockaert On a move for the Frenchman, Hughton said: “There has been interest in him and is something that I would admit. He is a player I very much like, but until there is something 100 per cent to say, then generally we have tended to keep quiet.”

Sam Baldock. Photograph: Angela Brinkhurst

Cricket world in mourning The cricket world is in mourning after young Sussex bowler Matthew Hobden died aged 22 on Saturday.

The talented paceman, who many had tipped as a future England international, had taken 48 wickets in 18 first-class matches for the county, after making his debut in 2014.

M a t t h e w, a f o r m e r Eastbourne College pupil who played for Glynde & Beddingham and Preston Nomads in the Sussex League, died in Scotland at the weekend.

A book of condolence is in the club shop/reception at Sussex County Cricket Club’s headquarters in Hove for supporters to sign, between 9am and 5pm on weekdays.

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Matthew Hobden

The Albion Roar Alan Wares @albionroar

I don’t know.You turn your back for five minutes, take a short break, and before you know it, Albion lose three out of four games over Christmas, without scoring.

To highlight the fine margins of this division, watching the Ipswich Town and Wolves matches was like watching the Albion last season; no lack of effort, a midfield in need of some inspiration, forwards with a scattergun approach to shooting, compounded by defensive slips which cost the Albion any share of the points. And yet we were always in with a shout. A player throwing up on the pitch in pretty unedifying fashion too.

The fine lines of which we talk include the slip under Dunk’s foot...

Actually, let’s pause there.

Some of the reaction after the match to Dunk’s mistake was pretty hysterical. We did a quick tongue-in-cheek poll on the Roar to find out the ‘Worst Albion player of 2015’.

Some people nominated

Lewis Dunk Photograph: Paul Hazlewood (BHAFC)

him for that role.

Such short memories.

Dunk should have won Player of the Season for 2014/15. We know he is a player with an occasional howler in him, but to insist he is sacked, or driven to another club to sign for them, especially when he had a decent game against Wolves, is pathetic. Loyalty is a two-way street.

Here’s to a successful January transfer window to bolster the tired-looking squad. n On air at noon every Saturday, and at 9am every Monday on 97.2FM, online at radioreverb.com, or on DAB.

First chance for Albion’s new faces to feature at Hull With the January transfer window now open, the rumour mill of potential signings Chris Hughton could bring in to strengthen his Brighton side has begun.

The recent injury crisis has no doubt prompted the club to get business done as soon as possible, with Albion looking to continue to push for promotion in the second half of the Championship season.

Luckily, Albion were ahead of the game in getting some transfers agreed upon prior to January 2nd, with two new players having been brought into the side.

With a trip to fellow promotion hopefuls Hull City in the FA Cup offering

Bradley Stratton @BradStrat a chance to rotate the squad, both are in with a chance of making their debuts.

The arrival of Liam Ridgewell on loan from MLS Champions Portland Timbers is beneficial to both parties. With both Gaetan Bong and Liam Rosenior out until February, the 31-yearold will provide experienced cover at left back during his six-week spell. It also allows the former Aston Villa defender to maintain his fitness ahead of his return to the USA in March.

Richie Towell has all the potential to make the step up to the Championship

Richie Towell Photograph: Paul Hazlewood (BHAFC)

very quickly. The 24-year-old started his career at Celtic, and scored 25 goals in 32 appearances for Dundalk in the Irish Premier League last season.

His versatility in midfield and going forward gives Hughton another option to help keep the squad fresh for the tough end of season run-in.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Many people search for new employment with the New Year and football can be like any other job. It also can mean you don’t know where you are going to end up!

Ta k e fo r m e r A l b i o n winger Elliott Bennett.

Player at Norwich City (east), loan spells with the Seagulls (south) and Bristol City (west), then ups sticks with the family and makes a move to Blackburn (north). All four points of the compass covered.

Along with the uncertainty comes all the madness: reports, rumours a n d r u b b i s h . Ye s , t h e January transfer window is up and running. Some want out, some want in and some want to stay.

In an age of social media it is of course tempting, and often fun, to scour the mentions of your club’s

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interests and supposed bids.

However, sifting through the raft of names and online stories can be misleading.

All clubs have lists of targets prepared well ahead of the month and will make

Reports, rumours and rubbish. Yes, the January transfer window is up and running.

Some want out, some want in and some want to stay enquiries throughout the year.

Sometimes, of course, there is no smoke without fire but many an article, comment or tweet may have no, or little, substance.

Quotes are difficult to come by at this time of year but there are often forces at work.

S o m e p l aye r s m ay have agents working for them trying to engineer a move while out of favour with their current employers.

Th o s e a g e n t s o f t e n utilise the national written media to leak names into the public domain in a move that could alert other clubs to an opportunity.

I expect the Albion to be active this month but a balance needs to be maintained with players returning from injury and a need to work within any budgetary constraints.

There is usually a flurry at both ends of January and I expect 2016 to be no different.

Already, Derby County h ave a c t e d sw i f t ly t o

strengthen and others are set to follow suit.The knockon effect is also plain to see with clubs making their moves once others move on, and others being offered to clubs when surplus to requirements.

The need for a good window for the Albion is accentuated by the current long list of injuries.

However, they can’t just sign for signings sake.

Recruitment at the club has developed well in the last 12 months and I expect, with Chris Hughton’s contacts, the Albion will get the decisions right in terms of quality and quantity. Their hopes of promotion could well rest on them.

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Former Albion winger Elliott Bennett has joined Blackburn

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Money doesn’t always buy success Dan Tester @BHIndyAlbion

This has undoubtedly been the most interesting football season in many a year.

Albion have outperformed everyone’s pre-season’s predictions – although the current slump needs to be rectified – and the Premier League has, for the first time in ages, actually been a fascinating spectacle to people outside of the bloated, big club, money pit.

I have to confess to devouring large portions of Schadenfreude revelling i n t h e u n r av e l l i n g o f Mourinho’s dynasty at Stamford Bridge; the selfimportance, arrogance, selfpity, disrespect – I could go on – has been immensely enjoyable to watch for someone who finds the

money at the summit of the game more than a little distasteful.

Chuck in the snoozefest at Old Trafford and it’s almost a perfect comeuppance for two of the top flight’s biggest perpetrators of throwing millions around as if it were pocket change. I suppose it is for some.

But, the best thing about the Premier League so far is the emergence of Leicester City as genuine title contenders, Watford flying high, and even our old mates up the road consistently upsetting the status quo.

One healthy aspect of the bundles of Sky cash is that certain clubs – who have had scooped millions from the TV deal – no longer have to rely on selling their best players and can now purchase quality and continue to build, leaving the extreme purchases to the ‘elite’ clubs; i.e. the ones with more money

than sense.

It also shows what is possible with shrewd investment, an excellent manager, and unbreakable t e a m s p i r i t – i t g i ve s every club outside of the impeachable filthy rich brigade genuine hope that anything is possible, an absolutely essential ingredient for any league, in any sport.

Otherwise, what’s t h e p o i n t ? Fo o t b a l l i s drama, theatre, fun, and the underdog overcoming adversity.

Wi t h t h e u p t u r n i n fortunes for some of the ‘lesser’ clubs comes the predictable hyperbole from commentators and pundits alike: “It’s great to see unfashionable clubs doing so well” etc., etc.

I find this condescending a n d p a t r o n i s i n g . To supporters of the Foxes, Hornets and Eagles – yes, even them – their clubs have

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho. Photograph: Press Assocation always been fashionable.

Not just a flash in the pan. Fashion is a term that should only be used when discussing clothes – flares, mini-skirts, beards, top buns – maybe music, or specific fads, not entities that still exist, irrespective of whether they’re rich, poor,

top-of-the-table, bottom, homeless or knee-deep in scandal.

Of course, Leicester, Watford and Palace are performing beyond what is ‘expected’ for clubs of their stature but it is incredibly healthy for the game of football in this country and

long may it continue.

For Leicester, potentially see the Albion in the not-toodistant future.

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

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