Friday, October 21 2016
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City College reveals new merger plan
New elm map created Design students use their skills
Staff seek reassurance over future of jobs as consultation over merger is launched Independent Reporter
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Ambitious plans to create a ‘super college’ by merging Brighton and Hove’s City College and Northbrook College in Worthing have been revealed. The principals of both colleges hope the new college would be an ‘economic engine’ for the region. However, representatives fromUnison andthelecturers’ union UCU have said staff at City College are seeking reassurance that their jobs will be safe if the merger goes ahead – and said they could
not rule out industrial action. Alex Knutsen, Unison branch caseworker, said he would be writing to City College CEO Nick Juba ‘immediately to demand reassurances for support staff at City College that their livelihoods, salary and terms and conditions will be protected during this merger’. “All of us are very concerned at the possible reduction of courses and training for young people, now and in the future at what is a very valuable asset for young people in the City. “At this time, I cannot rule out industrial action if we do not receive immediate guarantees for our members.”
In a joint statement, the chairs of governors of both colleges Ian Lowrie and Julie Nerney asked the public to express their views on the plan which they believe would ‘create wealth for all of our residents’. “We’re excited by the opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the two colleges and to work in collaboration with businesses, local authorities, politicians, educational providers and all of our local communities for the good of our students, apprentices and undergraduates,” they added.
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New college could be ‘engine room’ of the local economy Karen Dunn
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A consultation has been launched into the proposed merger of two colleges. City College, Brighton & Hove, and Northbrook College, Worthing, have announced plans to join together to form the Metropolitan College. Describing the merger as ‘one of equals’, a spokesman said the new college would run under the leadership of a single board and executive team and will continue to run from the five current sites, in Brighton, Worthing and Shoreham. The consultation started on October 17 and will end on November 17. The planned date for the legal aspects of the merger to conclude is March 31 2017. Nick Juba, CEO of City College, and Sue Dare, principal of Northbrook, said:
“This is all about establishing a college that can deliver for our students. A college that celebrates and promotes professional and vocational routes into work and higher education. “We want our students to go on and do amazing things, to live fulfilling lives and follow rewarding careers. The Metropolitan College will offer clear routes right up the educational ladder providing opportunities for every young person or adults across the economic area of the City Region to gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed.” The spokesman said the new college would cater for around 3,500 16-18 year old students, 7,500 adults, 1,000 undergraduates and more than 800 apprentices and would generate an income of around £40 million. A particular focus would be placed on apprenticeships
and higher-level professional and technical skills. The chairs of both colleges’ governors said the Metropolitan College would be ‘the engine room of the local economy’, training the next generation of coders, beauticians and digital artists. Ian Lowrie and Julie Nerney added: “We want to play our part in ensuring that businesses across the economic area of the City Region have access to the pipeline of talent they need to develop, grow and create wealth for all of our residents. We’re excited by the opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the two colleges and to work in collaboration with businesses, local authorities, politicians, educational providers and all of our local communities for the good of our students, apprentices and undergraduates.”
Albion charity raises cash for disabled footballers minibus A charity that runs football sessions across Sussex for people who have a disability has launched a fundraising campaign to pay for a new mini bus. Albion in the Community (AITC) is the largest provider of disability football opportunities in the area and runs more than 35 regular football sessions for people living with a disability. Those sessions are attended by hundreds of people of all ages and the charity also runs a number of teams that compete both regionally and nationally. That means plenty of travelling and occasional
AITC runs more than 35 sessions for people with a disability
overnightstaysandasaresult the charity’s specialist mini bus, which was generously funded by the Robert Eaton Memorial Fund, is always in demand.
That will cost around £30,000 but the good news for AITC and its players is that a generous long-term supporter of the charity has offered to match every pound raised by the campaign – leaving AITC with a £15,000 fundraising target. Paul Brackley, AITC’s disability manager, said, “Having a second mini bus would mean more players from our disability sessions could take part in matches and tournaments and get the chance to represent Brighton & Hove Albion.” If you want to donate, see: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/ get-us-to-the-match
Delays looming in North Street Traffic problems are on the horizon as Southern Water plans to dig up one of the main routes into the city. The water company will be working on a ‘programme of important repairs’ in North Street. A spokesperson said, “Our priority is to keep any disruption to a minimum, carrying out the necessary work as quickly and effectively as we can. We are currently finalising
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our project approach and timetable in discussion with the council. “This will then enable us to share the detail of our plan with local businesses and other stakeholders for their feedback. “All work will be carefully timetabled to fit with other developments and schemes. During the works, together with our council colleagues, we will make sure we keep the public, local businesses
and other stakeholders fully informed.” Brighton & Hove City Council said it is ‘working closely’ with Southern Water. Councillor Gill Mitchell, Committee Chair for the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee added, “We’re resolute that disruption will be kept to a minimum, and that the necessary work is carried out as quickly and effectively as possible.”
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Station on track for a facelift Portslade railway station could soon be given a facelift, including a new waiting area with a cycle hub and café. Govia Thameslink has applied for planning permissions to make changes to both the inside and outside of the station, which opened in 1840. If approved the station will be home to new toilets, automatic doors and modernised floor finishes, as well as a new café. A decision is expected to be reached by November 16.
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Video made to show ‘horror’ commute Michael Drummond
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“This is the tale of Southern Rail and the trains that failed and failed and failed.” Frustrated by commuting delays preventing him from seeing his young daughter, Dom Pates decided the film camera could be mightier than the sword. Dom, 45, lives in Portslade but works as an educational technologist in Islington in London, so he’s used to delays on his daily commute. “It is a real lottery for what it is going to be like,” said Dom, who would often vent his annoyance on Twitter, before one of his friends suggested he make a video of his experiences. It normally takes him four hours to get to and from work each day, but his ‘horror show’ commute can take double that, he says. “I probably spend about half a working week going to
Still from Dom’s commuter video
and from the office,” he said. The YouTube video was made over a three week period this summer, and captures his day-to-day experiences dealing with crowded trains and delays. “I did not go into it thinking that this film will make something change. “The passenger needs to be represented, the commuter needs to be represented in all of this. In one small way I think it has achieved that.”
Dom has a three-year-old daughter whom he often does not see much during the week because of his long commute, but delays often prevent him from seeing her entirely. Discussing the video, Dom says it has had a lot of response on Twitter, with lots of passengers sharing the link. “Hopefully it will help people understand what it’s like”, he said. The video ends with Dom reading a poem about the rail crisis, in which he discusses “the tale of Southern Rail and the trains that failed and failed and failed.” “Our limbs are weak, our faces pale, as we wait in the rain for Southern Rail,” the poem goes on to say. At the time of writing the video has over 2,300 views on YouTube. Readers can find a link to the video on the Independent website. See pages 12-13 for more Southern Rail stories.
Brighton Photo Fringe Graduates explore Lie of the Land
Four MA photography graduates – Annalaura Palma, James Dobson, Rachel Maloney and Noora Pelkonen – from the University of Brighton have joined forces for an exhibition. ‘Lie of the Land’, part of the Brighton Photo Fringe, is at Gallery 40 in Gloucester Road, Brighton, until October 22, 11am to 6pm. There will be late-night showing and refreshments between 7pm and 9.30pm on the last day.
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Labour group may have to split into three Brighton Hove and District Labour Party could be forced to split into three separate constituency parties. The branch was suspended and its election results annulled back in July by Labour’s national executive committee (NEC). This followed complaints about alleged abuse at the local party’s Annual General Meeting, where Mark Sandell was elected as chairman. Members of the NEC’s
University of Brighton student Janet Muller
Local cases reviewed by mental health trust Independent Reporter
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A NHS trust that looks after people with mental health problems in Sussex has published an independent review into how it dealt with killings involving patients – including several in Brighton. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust cocommissioned the review with NHS England, based on 10 cases in Sussex from 2007 to 2015. The review found that, in several cases, the process to assess patients was ‘inadequate’ and ‘the risk posed by the service user went unrecognised or was severely underestimated’. In some cases ‘risk assessments were not completed or were completed incorrectly’. The report added: “Some diagnoses are incorrect and remained unchanged in the face of the service user’s behaviour. Sometimes service users made threats to kill others but no further action, for example informing the police or warning the person threatened, was taken.” The 10 cases reviewed included: Kayden Smith killed Danish tourist Jan Jansen at
his flat in Hassocks in 2012; Graeme Morris travelled from Brighton to Troon and killed his mother in 2012; Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw was convicted of manslaughter after University of Brighton student Janet Muller was burned to death in the boot of a car near Horsham in 2015; David Sole was jailed for life for the “motiveless and brutal” murder of Jonathan Ellison in his Brighton flat in 2011; Sean Iran was jailed for life for killing a friend then burning his body on a Brighton golf course in 2010; Steven Dunne killed Gordon Stalker in Brighton in 2010, claiming he was a witch who had captured his soul and Oliver Parsons murdered Joe Lewis on Christmas Day morning at a flat in Brighton in 2014. Colm Donaghy, chief executive of the trust, said the trust commissioned the review with NHS England because it wanted to make sure “we have done everything possible in response to these tragic incidents”. “I realise this may bring back painful memories for [the families]. I also understand that some, if not all, will feel angry about our services,” he said.
disputes panel met on Tuesday to discuss the findings of a three-month investigation and have called for the city party to be divided into three separate constituency parties. A steering committee will be set up to take the changes forward. Brighton has three MPs, Labour’s Hove MP Peter Kyle, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas, and Conservative MP for Brighton
Kemptown Simon Kirby. Mr Sandell, who has been expelled from the party along with the suspension of at least 15 other members of the branch, tweeted: “My Labour year. Voted Corbyn, elected chair BHLP AGM, AGM annulled, voted Corbyn again, expelled, BHLP broken up. Bad losers! But we’ll win.” Supporters of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have called a public meeting of Labour Party members in
Brighton and Hove to protest against the expulsion and the suspensions. Mr Sandell added: “My expulsion is a direct attack on the hundreds of Labour Party members who attended the annual meeting of Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party (BHDLP) on July 9. Members voted overwhelmingly for me and other supporters of Jeremy Corbyn as the new leadership team to represent more than 6,200 members.”
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New vision for student digs as developer reveals plans Bex Bastable
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A student housing developer has unveiled new plans for ‘high-quality’ accommodation for The University of Brighton. McLaren Properties has already built two student developments in the Lewes Road area, with another underway, and now it has set its sights on the warehouse land at the end of Gladstone Place. Its plans are for two fourstorey buildings, with 48 student studio units, 47 flats and communal rooms. The developer said its missionistocreateanewkind of student accommodation, a far cry away from cramped and crumbling student digs of the past. Peter McLean, consultant development director at McLaren Properties, said: “We are hugely excited to be able to deliver such highquality and thought through
A communal room in one of McLaren’s student blocks - similar to what is envisaged for the Gladstone Place site
accommodation for the students of Brighton and Hove.” The developer is also keen to change attitudes towards students, and said around one fifth of those who study
in Brighton and Hove remain in the city after their studies, so there is a need to give the students ‘the best experience’ to keep the talent. Residents are set to be invited to a public
consultation planned for next month, and McLaren said it was in the process of leaflet dropping to properties around the proposed development site to invite people to have their say.
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Graphic design students Jessica Keene and Jennifer Whitworth with one of the elms they mapped
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University of Brighton students have helped produce a tourist guide showing where visitors can see some of the city’s famous elm trees. Known as the National Elm Collection in recognition of Brighton and Hove’s success in fighting the deadly Dutch elm disease, the city’s 17,000 elms include the 400-yearold Preston Twins in Preston Park, considered the largest and oldest surviving English Elms in Europe. The students were commissioned by developer First Base to draw the maps, in collaboration with
academics, businesses, community groups and Brighton & Hove City Council’s tourism department. Illustration student Gustav Freij and graphic design students Jessica Keene and Jennifer Whitworth said: “It was a fantastic experience to work on this project with the Pavilion Garden Cafe and VisitBrighton. Not only has it given us the opportunity to work on a live project, but it’s also a great cause – to protect and preserve Brighton’s historic elm tree collection.” Eeva Paasiaro, development manager for First Base, said: “The importance of elm trees in Brighton and Hove should be understood by all. That
is why we will bring as many new elm trees as possible to our Anston House site and encourage local residents and visitors to learn more about them and their history in this city via this newly created map.” David Sewell, from Friends of Pavilion Gardens, added: “Elms in Brighton & Hove are part of the National Collection and it is really important they get the recognition they deserve.” The partnership comprised Friends of Pavilion Gardens Café, The University of Brighton, The Brighton and Lewes Downs UNESCO World Biosphere Region and VisitBrighton. The guide launches on November 2.
Reporting of rape doubled More officers and staff at Sussex Police are focusing on investigating sexual abuse as figures show the reporting of rape has doubled. Nine officers transferred to Sussex from other forces in October to join the public protection department. There will be more than 40 additional officers and staff in this area of work, thanks to additional funding secured by the police and crime commissioner, Katy Bourne. This comes as rape monitoring data for 2015 and 2016 was announced last week. It showed the trend of
reporting of rape in Sussex has continued to rise, in line with reporting across the country, as it has for other serious sexual offences. The data shows that from April 2015 to March 2016, 973 rapes were reported in Sussex, compared to 826 in the previous 12 months. There was a 12 per cent increase in recorded rapes of adults and a 10 per cent increase in those of children. Since 2011 and 2012, reports of rape have more than doubled. Detective Superintendent Jason Tingley said: “Sussex
continues to experience increases in reports of rape, sexual offences and the abuse of both children and vulnerable adults, as victims become increasingly confident to come forward and report incidents, many of them non-recent.” Det Supt Tingley added that while the data did not specifytheproportionofrape offences relating to domestic abuse, Sussex Police knows that it is ‘significant’ so the force has developed a new approach to investigating sex offences that safeguards people who could be at risk.
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Historic England puts Brighton’s Old Town on new ‘at risk’ register Independent Reporter
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The historic heart of Brighton has been put on the Historic England’s ‘at risk’ register. The Old Town Conservation Area, which includes the world-famous Lanes and runs from North Street to West Street to East Street and down to the seafront, was the heart of a small medieval fishing town which grew into present day Brighton. The decision, which was made in consultation with Brighton & Hove City Council, follows the completion of an appraisal co-commissioned by the Brighton Hippodrome Community Interest Company and the council, using funding by the Coastal Regeneration Fund. The area suffers from a number of vacant landmark buildings, such as the Brighton Hippodrome theatre – Grade II* listed and also at risk – in Middle Street.
Part of Brighton’s Old Town Conservation Area. Photo courtesy of Historic England
The report says, “An increasing weight of traffic on Kings Road creates a barrier to the beachfront, and some parts of the Conservation Area are affected by the impact of poorly designed
and out-of-place shop fronts. “Historic England is working with the City Council and others to bring buildings back into use and to develop proposals to address issues identified in the
conservation area appraisal. A soon to be launched public consultation on the proposals is an important step towards finding a better future for this most historic part of Brighton.”
Ceremony to mark return of aboriginal remains
Brighton Unitarian Church, built in 1820 in New Road, has also been added to the register this year because the hard cement render to the portico and the columns is causing damage to the structure. The church recently secured a Heritage Lottery Fund grant for urgent repairs. Following investigation works, the portico will be carefully repaired using traditional lime based renders and breathable paint. However, Saltdean Lido is making good progress towards removal from the register thanks to the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company (CIC). In early 2015 the CIC secured a £2.3million grant from the Coastal Communities Fund to restore the pools to their former glory, and a further £4.7million has been pledged by the Heritage Lottery Fund to bring the Lido buildings back into use. Historic England is offering planning, funding and technical advice.
A special handover ceremony to mark the return of Aboriginal ancestral remains from Brighton to Australia has taken place. The ceremony, organised by the Australian High Commission, saw the ancestral remains, which had been in the collection of Royal Pavilion & Museums, returned to the Ngarrindjeri Community of South Australia, where it is thought they were taken from. The remains, which were received at the ceremony by Mr Major Sumner, Elder and representative of the Ngarrindjeri Community, were donated to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery by keen scientist and collector Frederick William Lucas in November 1925. They were part of a large group of osteological and ethnographical items, most of which had been on loan to the museum since September 1922. The ceremony took place at Australia House, London.
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Southern passengers have been ‘badly let down’ by the Government’s failure to properly structure and enforce rail franchise agreements, according to a damning report from backbench MPs. The Transport Select Committee’s look at improving passenger experience focused on the problems faced by rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway for the past year. These included ‘poor management of the franchise from the beginning’, inadequate staffing levels, rolling stock issues, mismanagement, industrial action, and the Thameslink infrastructure programme. The report suggests that in normal circumstances GTR’s performance would be ‘grounds for termination of the contract’, but GTR has applied for its targets to be relaxed due to ‘events beyond their control’. The committee concluded that the Government’s claim that no other operator could do a better job in the circumstances was ‘no longer credible’. It called for data on GTR’s performance against its contractual objectives to be made publicly available. The rail operator has been mired in a bitter dispute with
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the RMT union over plans to change the role of guards to on-board supervisors on Southern services, with six strikes held already and a seventh being held this week. Three more are planned between now and Christmas. Thecommittee’sreportsaid that GTR, the Government, and the RMT are ‘each to some extent culpable in the current damaging industrial dispute’ and the ‘catastrophic’ impact it had caused passengers. Charles Horton, chief
executive officer at GTR, said: “At first reading, our initial view is that the report covers many of the issues and challenges already in the public domain. “We recognise and fully accept that our service on parts of the GTR franchise has not been good enough and we sincerely sorry to our passengers for that. “Clearly, we’ve not got everything right in the past two years, but we’ve committed to making things
better and our passengers have already seen 400 new vehicles on our network in the past two years across the GTR franchise, extended smart card technology across our network and delivered nearly 250 of our obligations under our franchise agreement. “While performance is still way below where we want it to be, it’s good that the constraints of the redevelopment of London Bridge have been acknowledged and, also, the
Fears over tragedy on the railways due to ‘overcrowding’ during the Southern strikes The commuter group which has raised thousands of pounds for a judicial review of Southern Rail’s strikes has asked its lawyers to write to the Department for Transport over health and safety fears after reports of violence at Brighton station. The Association of British Commuters (ABC) says it has been ‘inundated’ with reports of health and safety risks related to overcrowding on the Southern Rail network. A spokesperson said, “Our lawyers have now written to the DfT seeking clarity on whether they have conducted any risk analysis in advance of the RMT strikes, and at what point the DfT will consider these risks to be seen to be sufficiently serious to warrant
termination of the franchise. “The witness reports of which we have informed the DfT include: incidents of violence at Brighton station, dangerous overcrowding and mass panic in crowds, mass rushes along overcrowded platforms to board trains in the case of last-minute announcements, a child left abandoned on a platform due to overcrowding, and illness and incapacity brought on in the vulnerable, pregnant, elderly and disabled. “We feel that the extra overcrowding during the strikes represents an unacceptable health and safety risk to the public and fear that it is not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ we will see a tragedy on the network.”
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poor management of of staff and strikes and the government’s record on Southern railways which have resulted in daily chaos and misery for passengers. “The report rightly argues that in any normal circumstances there would be grounds for GTR to have its contract terminated and RMT is calling again for this failed franchise to be taken into public ownership as soon as possible. “We welcome the call for the government to engage with the rail unions and will be writing to ministers today to seek an urgent meeting.” Meanwhile Lianna Etkind, public Transport Campaigner
at the Campaign for Better Transport, said: “Rail passengershavebeenletdown for too long by overcrowding, poor information, and a lack of accountability; problems which have been brought into stark reality by the Southern Rail fiasco. “The Transport Select Committee’s report is a wakeup call to the Department for Transport to get a grip on the franchising process, for GTR and beyond. “Train companies must introduce automatic compensation for delays, and structure in genuine passenger representation.”
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fact that performance was beginning to improve before the start of the dispute with the RMT.” “GTR has submitted claims for force majeure to the DfT [Department for Transport] caused by the unprecedented industrial action and we have co-operated fully with what’s been asked of us at all times. We have been in discussions with the DfT to agree what and how they wanted to allow them to assess and evaluate our claims. It’s an extremely
detailed process which the report accepts is ‘complex and painstaking’. These claims are currently being reviewed by the Department. “We will now fully review the report in detail and consider its contents. We remain committed and determined to modernise the railway and deliver a better service for everyone.” But Mick Cash, RMT General Secretary, said.“This report is an indictment of the failure of rail privatisation
Charles Horton, chief executive officer at GTR, said: “The RMT needs to reflect on the hardship, distress and frustration being experienced by our customers and employees. Everyone wants to see an end to this dispute, but it is clear that, as things stand, there is currently little prospect of a negotiated settlement between us, however much we’ve tried. “Therehavebeensignificant developments since the union tabled the original ballot to conductors over six months ago. In order to move things forward, I am asking to union to let conductors - the people at the heart of this matter - determine whether this dispute comes to an end or continues.
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The trains might be delayed but Southern’s series of strikes is still on track this autumn Southern staff should be given a fresh say on an offer to end a dispute over changes to their roles, rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway has said. This week the RMT union held its seventh strike of 2016, with a three-day walkout running from October 18. Another three strikes are planned before Christmas in the union’s long-running dispute with GTR over its plans to change the role of conductors to on-board supervisors, with drivers opening and closing train doors. The rail operator has called on RMT members to be given a fresh vote on the deal currently on the table, which includes a £2,000 lump sum per staff member.
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“Nearly a third of conductors are now coming into work on strike days and we expect that to increase. There is a full and fair offer on the table and it’s time to stop the strikes and move forward.” According to GTR’s figures just 17 per cent of conductors reported for work during the first strike in April, a figure that rose to 27 per cent for the first strike in October. But Mick Cash, general secretary at the RMT, said: “This latest letter from Charles Horton does not move this dispute on a single inch. There is no offer whatsoever to start engaging in serious talks about the safety and access issues at the heart of this matter. Instead, Southern have rehashed the £2000
bribe to our members even though the company have been told repeatedly that money is not the issue and that the safety of passengers and staff is not for sale. RMT disputes the figures on the number of staff working. Our reps at all locations report that morale is high and that support for the strike action remain rock solid.” Keith Mitchell, branch secretary of East Sussex RMT, added, “We are making a stand. This is not about money. The company offered us £2,000 and we said no. It’s about safety. Southern and GTR are forcing us to do this. They are replacing conductors with staff that do not have the same training. It’s not safe for our passengers.”
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Tom Bewick
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golden era of post-16 technical and vocational education is about to begin in Brighton and Hove. The announcement this week that City College proposes to merge with Northbrook College to create a new “Metropolitan College” serving the wider city-region is a positive development. It means that more young people in future will gain access to the kind of worldclass education and training that has been missing from the ‘local offer’. Our economic strengths include two globally outward looking universities and a cluster of digital, tech and creative industries, which taken together, produce over one billion pounds of output each year. The Metropolitan College will be the engine room of the local economy: “training the next generation of carpenters, coders, beauticians and digital artists.” This important announcement comes on the back of major work by the city council to boost apprenticeships and review post-16 and school sixth-form provision. The picture that has emerged is that local education leaders need to do more to ensure we build a genuine ‘gold standard’
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o much of what is enjoyable about living in Brighton and Hove is our access to the unique environment around us from the sea to the fantastic South Downs. We have access to 147 parks and open spaces, used by many at all times of the year. It is no surprise that the Heritage Lottery Fund report that nationally more than half of us use parks once a month or more. The Victorian and Edwardian civic leaders of the city recognised the very valuable role of access to open space for our health and wellbeing. The general public haven’t always had access to land and the battle for access dates all the way back to the Diggers and Levellers movements in the Seventeenth century. Sadly our local parks and spaces are under threat. Plans are in place to cut the budget for city parks by a third, changes that will affect all of our green spaces, how they are protected and whether they are maintained. We welcome the council’s consultation- the ‘Big Conversation’- and this opportunity for local residents to talk about parks. But it’s time to join the dots. The demise of our parks is part of another, much ‘bigger conversation’ about how the cuts agenda is also an anti-environment agenda. Cuts are opening up our local green spaces to the very serious threat of being privatised altogether, falling into eternal decline or the hope that volunteers can pull together the resources and time to provide necessary upkeep. It isn’t the first time that I have said that what is environmentally reprehensible is economically illiterate. The perfect example of that is council
cuts to parks which will mean we will have less healthy and less happy people which in turn will hit health budgets. The short sighted cuts to our council’s budget are part of a much bigger and much nastier attack against the environment from the Tories. Despite local people in Lancashire saying otherwise, the community there will have hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ forced upon it. Last month we saw the Tories commit to nuclear power while just this week we saw that oil drilling is creeping closer to the city, with more planned for the Weald near Gatwick. September was the ninth consecutive hottest month ever for our planet according to NASA and these attacks are a major step back for our environment and democracy. When running the council, Greens brought in outside funding to revitalise open spaces such as the Level and started the bid for funding for the restoration of Stanmer Park. We added 1,470 acres to our open access land meaning residents can freely walk on land that is protected for the residents of the city forever. This is because we recognise that access to parks and open space is about much more than space itself. Like residents in Norfolk Square who have come together to compost and garden, green spaces bring communities together. Parks and open spaces allow us to experience wildlife, and encourage us to get outdoors and exercise. This budget cut is just one of many corrosive anti-environmental and anti-community practices that are being filtered down from the Conservative government and carried out by the local Labour leadership of the city council. We will all fail future generations if we do not act collectively to preserve and protect our local environment.
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Warren Morgan
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Council is cutting costs but modernising
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t’s been a very big week for Brighton and Hove City Council. We are completing our move out of Kings House on the seafront to a newly extended and refurbished Hove Town Hall. It will save more than £2 million a year and mean we operate out of a building equipped for the 21 st century, alongside the police, the local NHS and CAB, creating a one-stop- shop for public services. At our Policy, Resources and Growth Committee we approved a five-year Seafront Investment Plan to secure the future of our biggest asset. Our 13km of seafront is home to more than 470 listed buildings and plays host to in excess of 300 events each year. It is our shop window, our playground, our tourist draw, our conference venue and one of our main transport arteries. It brings together plans for more than a billion pounds worth of public and private investment on schemes including the new King Alfred, the British Airways i360, the extension of Churchill Square to the sea,the new Shelter Hall at West Street, the Zip Wire next to the Palace Pier, the Sea Lanes pool on Madeira Drive, the Madeira Terraces, a
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restored Volks Railway, a new conference and concert arena at Black Rock, Saltdean Lido and more. The same meeting approved a £21 million investment project for the Royal Pavilion Estate, with a £2.7 million loan to get work on restoration and repairs underway. The Pavilion, Dome, Museum and Gardens are the jewel in the crown of our city, and we cannot afford to let it either decline or have its huge potential as an arts and cultural centre
unfulfilled. We also agreed to establish “Better Brighton and Hove”, a charitable trust funded think tank that will address some of the huge challenges we face as a city, in housing, health, social care, the economy and more, with work commissioned from the universities and others to tap the enormous reservoir of talent, expertise and innovation we have locally. As the government cuts our funding ever
more deeply, we moved to set up a shared support services organisation with East Sussex and Surrey County Councils, sharing capacity in IT, human resources, finance, property, procurement and management. Staff will remain with the city council, but pooling our resources is projected to save us around £700,000 by 2020. On a smaller scale we are bringing the collection of refuse from council-managed or owned buildings in-house, boosting the ability of CityClean to compete for commercial waste business, reducing the pollution and congestion on our roads by cutting the number of trucks and saving £70,000 a year. These were just five of the eighteen items on the agenda for the meeting I chaired last week. At the full council meeting this week we voted on the four year funding and efficiency plan, the city employment and skills plan, a call to levy business rates on landlords and our plan to deal with homelessness. We still have to face up to the impact of an £18 million budget gap this year, but I’m proud that we as a council are cutting costs, modernising, investing in the future and restoring our heritage and infrastructure. In the toughest of times we will keep working hard to get the basics right.
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Graham Chainey The preening, callous, murderous gulls
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hey’re a very devoted couple. They’re to be seen most afternoons enjoying the autumn sunshine, detachedly watching the world go by. Creatures of habit, they like to return to the same spot each day. Just as old folk have their favourite chair, their place by the window or on the porch, so these two have their favourite corner of roof, their chimney. And like any couple that’s been together a long time, they have an almost psychic awareness of each other’s location and intentions. I first noticed them six weeks ago. That, I thought, watching one of them as it perched atop the pub’s chimney, that is not your usual gull. It drew my attention straight away. The blackness of its back, of course, and its size, but also its demeanour. Unlike the mass of gulls squawking and bickering and rushing hither and thither, this creature had a composure, a calm, a superior bearing, as if it belonged to an altogether higher class of bird. I began to think of it as the emperor gull. Time to fetch the binoculars and my battered copy of the Observer’s Book of Birds. At first – my ornithology being rusty
– I imagined it was some cross-breed of herring gull – wrong – then that it might be a lesser black-backed gull – warmer. But the lesser black-backed has yellow legs to match its bill and this chap who was cocking his head as if he knew full well I was scrutinising him – I say him, though I’ve no idea which of them is male or female – this fellow who just lifted his rump and squirted his pellet onto the stonework in disdain – this fellow has flesh-pink legs. I have to confess it took me days, and some YouTube research, to identify it as a great black-backed gull, largest of all the Laridae family. Later, when its mate turned up and I was able to watch them together, the identification seemed obvious; but as the video opined, it’s not always easy, especially at a distance, to distinguish one gull from another. I thought these birds haunted cliffs and remote islets – the Observer’s Book says they nest only in the north and west. I didn’t know they too are urbanised now. They look placid and peaceable enough, couched on their corner of flat roof in the sun, as if butter wouldn’t melt in their beaks. But those beaks are large and vicious instruments. The Observer’s Book says this gull eats “chiefly carrion, and seabirds which
it kills, and the eggs and young of any birds. It is a callous murderer, not even eating all it kills.” On the Sussex Ornithological Society’s website, David Harper on June 10 this year described two at Hollingbury (maybe the very same two?) collaborating to capture herring gull chicks. “They divebombed a mobile brood of three chicks, scattering them. This made the brood hard to defend. Eventually both great blackbacked gulls had swallowed a chick.” On June 24 they were at it again. “Their skill at splitting the brood and then swallowing the large chicks, despite an aerial dread of about 40 herring gulls mobbing them was awesome.” Alan Kitson, back in January, posted a rather disgusting picture of a great black-backed at Pagham trying to swallow an entire eel – “in the end it proved too much and all was regurgitated. If only they had teeth!” Well, I don’t see that side of them here; the murders are all off-stage. I see them preening and couching and dozing. I see them stretching their necks to the sky to vociferate like geese. And I love it when at twilight suddenly, with one accord, they are a-wing, heading with strong, fast, majestic flight towards the sea.
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On This Day 2005 | FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 To commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson’s victory over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar 200 years earlier, Brighton’s oldest hotel, the Old Ship, hosted a celebratory event. As John Blackman, president, HMS Suffolk Association, pointed out: “Trafalgar was
not just one of those dreary battles in the pantheon of our historic victories. It had the most profound effect upon European affairs. That one battle set the seal upon Napoleon’s destruction and gave the whole of Europe 100 years of peace.” The Old Ship Hotel’s earliest record dates from 1665 when it was owned by Richard Gilham, but may date from the previous century as an unnamed house was owned by a Richard and JohnGilham in 1559.
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Some will regard there childhoods as salad days, but J.J and El Greco (Tony) view theirs as ‘caffeine days’. The two are inseparable and lead a life of small town dreams set against the bewildering world of adults in the 1960s. The pain that they feel over seemingly random injustices ring home with a veritable sting of truth – receiving the wrong record for an eleventh birthday (should have been The Stones and was in fact a terrible country album) hurt even now. The terror of starting a grass fire and watching in disbelief when the town fire engines roar into view, along with police cars, convince J.J that he will go to the electric chair, and only El Greco keeps his cool. Dealing with a vicious older brother, and having impure thoughts over a friend’s mother are just a few things that J.J has to deal with in this marvellous book. There is an innate honesty that the two friends talk about that resonates through the decades, and it’s easy to forget that it is fact two children talking. I loved this story and galloped through the book in record time, promising myself another re-read to savour more fully. Thompson has hit the note just right with this tale of small town America and the lives of two boys. I urge you to read this and remember what it was like to be so young. Pure joy. Mark Thompson will be appearing at Bookish Supper Salon on November 2 . Tickets from Tabl.com.
Uni fashion course one of best in world There’s good news for all dedicated followers of fashion, Brighton University looks set to produce the next generation of top UK designers. A survey carried out by Business of Fashion has placed Brighton University at number 13 in the world for its courses in fashion. The survey was completed by more than 10,000 students and alumni, with input from
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global fashion influencers and fashion school academics. Craig Higgins, course leader for Fashion with Business, said: “We are delighted with the news. This reinforces the university’s position among the elite institutions for fashion and design.” While placed 13th in the overall survey, Brighton was ranked fifth in the world for learning experience, beating all other UK institutions.
There’safairchanceitderiveditsnamefrom being partly constructed from ship timbers. By 1750, the Old Ship was the property of William Hicks who, investing in Brighton’s newly-found prosperity as a health resort, built a splendid new public function room by 1759. The building hosted many of the important functions in the town for years, and was used for town meetings, petty sessions, and meetings of the town commissioners in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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It was the town’s post office until 1777. In 1794, the hotel gained a frontage overlooking the sea. The facade was altered in 1895, but the Old Ship Rooms remain in Ship Street at the rear of the hotel and are Grade II listed. The ballroom hosted many a grand occasion from the Prince Regent’s Ball in 1819, to Nicolo Paganini’s violin recital in 1831 and the banquet celebrating the opening of the London to Brighton Railway in 1841.
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‘We can achieve lasting change in the battle with dementia’ Bex Bastable
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A summit on dementia taking place in Brighton will call on those working in care to pool their expertise to fight the disease. The UK Dementia Congress will take place at the Brighton CentreonNovember1to3,and will see leading academics, professional practitioners, charities, carers and people with dementia come together to share best practice, experience and knowledge. Sue Benson, managing editor of the Journal of Dementia Care, said: “This event is an incredibly importantforumfordementia care professionals to come together and share expertise. As diagnosis rates in the UK soar, we hope attendees find the inspiration needed to embark on the next phase of dementia research and care that our nation needs. By working together, we can achieve real change and that’s what we want the UK Dementia Congress to represent.” The event will include speakers from all over the world, as well as workshops and debates, and for the first time, the Congress will also offer the public free access to its extensive exhibition. In Brighton and Hove, more than 3,000 people are known to be living with dementia, a figure which is only set to grow. And the disease doesn’t just affect the sufferer, but their loved ones too. Ahead of the Congress, the Brighton & Hove Independent
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Caroline, 33, from East Sussex has a parent with dementia. “My Dad is currently in the process of being formally diagnosed with dementia,” Caroline said. “I am 33, my Dad 73. We all live in East Sussex. “Dementia is a heart breaking and cruel disease which is robbing my family of the clever, funny and strong man my sister and I are lucky enough to call Dad. “If I had to describe dementia in one word, or describe how it impacts on my life, that word would be loss. “For the sufferer, loss of
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Moira, 84, from Hove, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in March 2016. “It’s coming out now - but I don’t think enough of it was talked about before,” she said. “I went to my GP two years ago and said there’s something wrong, but she said that I was alright medically and there was nothing wrong. “So I went back again two years later, I said look, I know there’s something wrong, my mind is beginning to wander more. And then she sent me to have the test. “I went to another medical appointment with my daughter, and she said to the nurse that I had dementia. “The nurse was fine, she said, ‘Well you’re alright aren’t you?’ But the student doctor who was at the appointment - I saw him look at me with a look of horror. I noticed it and I thought that was terrible. He’s going to be a doctor! Now I’m more careful about telling people. “I know that if I say I’ve got dementia, people look at me in horror, and some friends have said that I shouldn’t say it out loud. But my feeling is, that I know I might screw up when I’m saying a sentence, and I’ve got to give a reason why! “Other people are horrified by it, but I’m not the one that
worries! I sometimes find that people then say ‘Well I wonder if that’s what’s wrong with me?’ I can see them looking for words in the same way that I do. Other than that, it doesn’t worry me. “Years ago, it used to be common for our grandmothers to be sitting in a chair, under a blanket, getting things wrong at the ageof75. Andpeople’s families just accepted it. Things are different now. “I do realise that some people have a different type of dementia - I have friends who are going through a terrible time. I think it’s important that people know there are different kinds of dementia, different areas. “I watched the Angela Rippon programme about it. She said ‘I must know what I’ve got to be prepared for’, she knew her own mother had been through it. I thought that was wonderful.”
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Louisa is an Alzheimer’s Society support worker.
Caroline’s father suffers with dementia.
memories, loss of self, loss of control, and loss of dignity. “For those who love them; an unending excruciating grief. “My father’s decline since his original diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) 18 months ago has been pretty fast so we have all had to adjust to a very different way of life quite quickly, especially our Mum. “Instead of enjoying the retirement she had planned with our Dad, the one which involved taking their beautiful granddaughter on days out, and finally spending their hard earned savings on themselves, she has been robbed of her companion of 41 years. “My Mum said to me the
other day her life is over. The man she loves can now no longer hold a conversation, she is now his carer 24/7, the only respite being Dad doesn’t realise what has happened to him, and all he has lost. “As a society we are prepared to lose our grandparents, our paternal grandmother had dementia, my sister and I only ever knew her that way. I was 16 when she died, she was 90, although still sad, it made sense. “We are not ready to lose our Dad, we still have so much to share with him, we are not ready to lose our Mum to the anxiety, stress and grief which are eating her up. Together we are wading blindly through the bureaucracy, hoping we are getting it right, hoping we
don’t let them down, hoping that somewhere we find some hope.” Louise is an Alzheimer’s Society dementia support worker in Brighton and Hove. She said: “It is an incredibly rewarding and interesting job. It seems that dementia can affect people in many different ways and each person’s experience is very unique. It can be incredibly sad and frustrating for families watching their loved ones change. Navigating the medical processes to gaining a formal diagnosis can also be very confusing and overwhelming. However, it can be amazingly inspiring to see how positive and determined individuals with
dementia are to continue to live their lives to the full and to overcome the challenges which dementia brings.” Another support worker for the Alzheimer’s Society - who wanted to remain anonymous - has worked for the charity for ten years, and said: “I have been involved with a younger person with a diagnosis of a rare dementia. Many years ago the Alzheimer’s Society supported her mother when her father was diagnosed with dementia. This lady’s family could not believe how many services we provide now both for carers and people with dementia. She said ‘if only all this had been around when my husband was alive’.
“Another carer whose wife has dementia told me his life had stood still in time since the point of diagnosis. At times he has used words and phrases such as ‘harrowing’, ‘unbelievably sad’, and said ‘what has she ever done to deserve this?’ “Another couple I have been working with; I met with their daughter last week and she said how close she had become to her father since he was diagnosed and how mellow his moods are now compared with prior to dementia. She said to me that ‘these are such positive things to dwell on amid the negatives. “One lady I know, who cares for her husband who has dementia, said: ‘Life as we knew it ended when my
husband was diagnosed with dementia but a different life started. It is very scary and frightening and some days I despair and feel like giving up. “But thanks to the support we receive and knowing that research is getting ever nearer to a cure gives us hope for future generations, as although we know that it won’t help us, it may help our grandchildren!’ “I count it as a privilege to be allowed inside the lives of carers and people living with dementia alike.” l To find out more about the Dementia Congress, visit: www.careinfo.org/ukdc-2016/ For dementia support, visit: www.alzheimers.org.uk/ branchwebsite/brighton/
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Who cooks the best street food in all of Sussex? By Independent reporter
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The heat is on for the next stage of the Sussex Food and Drink Awards 2017 with the live Street Food finals taking place at the Carfax in Horsham, West Sussex on Sunday (October 23). Members of the public will be able to vote for their favourite to win on the day and discover who will be crowned winner in the Sussex Street Food of the Year category 2017. Simon Teesdale of Food Rocks, said: “Street Food really has come a long way in the past few years and the county is bursting with passionate chefs preparing incredible dishes of every imaginable cuisine, using
local, seasonal ingredients and serving them in style from converted vintage trucks and bespoke stalls.” MasterChef: The Professionals winner, Steven Edwards will lead the judging again this year, alongside the co-sponsors and independent food and travel writer, Andy Lynes. Entrance is free and organisers are urging people to come along and enjoy ten of the very best Sussex street food vendors when they converge in Horsham to fight it out in a tough competition to win the coveted trophy. Finalists involved in this event include smoked meats from The Little Blue Smokehouse in Crowborough; East African delights from Kitgum Kitchen in Brighton; Punjabi feast from Jah Jyot
in Henfield; food for the soul from Vudu Food in Brighton; local lamb from Sussex Lamb in Shipley; delicious slow roasted meats from Forgotten Cuts in Brighton; all things pork from the Pig & Jacket in Lewes; ethical kebabs from last year’s winner the Troll’s Pantry in Brighton; a global feast from Boca Loco inn Arundel; and mouthwatering longhorn beef steak burgers from Garlic Wood Farm in Steyning. As well as earning the huge respect and recognition that these awards now carry, winners and runners up in all ten categories will go on to receive their trophies on February at a ceremony hosted by awards patron, Sally Gunnell OBE and Danny Pike from BBC Sussex. Visit www. sussexfoodawards.biz
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Dreams and desires were the order of the day at this year’s Brighton Summit, which saw more than 300 businesses turn out for inspiring talks and workshops on business growth. Delegates were treated to tasty treats from local food and drink producers, and there were plenty of opportunities to network at Brighton Chamber’s fourth Summit. The annual event was held at the Clarendon Centre on New England Street last Friday, and it was the best turn out yet. The day began with breakfast from Sugardough, followed by the first keynote talk by Higgidy’s founder Camilla Stephens and managing director Mark Campbell. The pie-making pair talked about how they went from baking pies in the kitchen to turning over 24 million a year from their new premises in Shoreham. Next was a choice of expert workshops sessions including one on the science of goal setting and on creating a vision, and one from Brighton’s business success
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company. After tea by Raise Bakery there were four panel discussions including one on difficult decisions and how to make them, and on sharing your vision with your people. Speakers included many of Brighton’s successful entrepreneurs, including Greig Holbrook from Oban Digital, Jay Cooper from CampusPlus, Nick Fettiplace
form Jellyfish and Claire Hopkins from Ideal. Another twist on the normal business conference format, and keeping the theme of ‘Your dreams, desires and real business’ running, was the Desire Hour. Attendees had their pick of eight sessions – all designed to cast off the restrictions of the everyday and have fun exploring dreams in an unusual way. From yoga to Virtual Reality, to a West End workshop to speed networking, there was something for everyone. The final keynote talk of the day was by Marc Koska OBE, the inventor of a syringe which destroys itself after the first use, which has saved millions of lives around the world. The event ended with Brighton Gin and Bison Beer and canapés from SkyFall. Jazz quartet Flash Mob provided music while attendees discussed what they had taken away from the day. Chamber director Sarah Springford said: “This year’s programme worked really well and was a heady mix of great networking, valuable learning, interesting speakers and good fun.”
Award for outstanding advocate for parents An advocate who helps parents with learning disabilities has been given an award for her sterling efforts. Rachel Butt works at Brighton and Hove charity Impetus and has been honoured with the Outstanding Advocate award at the inaugural National Advocacy Awards. Advocacy helps people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need. Rachel said: “I’m deeply passionate about the work I’m able to do at Impetus and I’m thrilled to have the support of the advocacy sector. “There is still a lot of work
to do to secure the rights of parents with learning disabilities to enjoy their right to family life and this award has given me the confidence to keep pushing for change.” Impetus CEO, Jo Ivens, said: “We believe firmly in the power of advocacy to make a difference to people’s lives, and getting this kind of recognition for our work is really important to us and our clients” Brighton and Hove Impetus’s Cancer Advocacy service, funded by Macmillan, was also shortlisted for an award in the Equality & Diversity category, but was pipped to the post by service from Staffordshire.
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through an open call-out. The work is a celebration of the rights of adults and children to be together, to play together and to dance together. It also responds to media discourse focused on negative relationships between men and girls and explores positive interaction with the possibility for play, tenderness, empathy, and love. The inter-generational cast features nine Brighton-based girls aged eight to 11 years: Alonna Flexer-Sandiland, Amira Ali, Camille Ash, Daisy Clarke, Edie SeymourWilliams, Ella Letton, Gwen Moylett, Romi WardeRobinson and Sorrel Barnes. They will perform with five professional male dancers. Jamie Watton, CEO and artistic director at South
South African band Jeremy Loops tour the UK, headlining at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on Saturday, October 22. Spokesman James Wallace said: “Jeremy Loops is a four-piece band from Cape Town. “The eclectic style, borrowing liberally from jazz, rock, folk and hip hop, defies genre
constraints. Jeremy Loops’ sound is based on looping and layering various instruments.” In the band are: vocalist and rapper Motheo Moleko, Jamie Faull on sax, keys and drums, and Sean Ou Tim on bass and drums. Together they aim to bring a completely different, unique and positive sound to a new school of alt-folk music. James continued: “Juxtaposing booming city
rhythms with lilting folk, Jeremy Loops perfectly captures the duality of his South African life. The extremes aren’t new to the singer, who by day travels to the furthest corners of Africa to battle deforestation through his organisation Greenpop and by night resumes as raconteur for raucous fans around the world.” Call the box office on 01273 673311.
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Alternative rock band InMe celebrate their 20th anniversary this year, but as frontman Dave McPherson points out, their 20th is a little different to other bands. “When AC/DC and the Stones had their 20th anniversary, they were all in their 40s and 50s. I am still only 33. We started very young!” They count their anniversary from their firstever rehearsal, in July 1996. It was Dave plus Simon the drummer. “He was 12 and I was 13, and we didn’t actually like each other to be honest. “We also had our original bassist Joe, and we were friends since the first day at school. But Simon was a bit of a boisterous young lad, and I was quite shy and introverted, and we didn’t immediately click. But he
was the only drummer in the school! Since then, once we were a band together, the dynamic changed seeing as I was the songwriter and vocalist and guitarist. “We were three of us to begin with. Joe left in 2006 and was replaced by my brother Greg. It is still the same line-up now, but we added Gazz as a second guitarist in 2010. “From the second album onwards, I was adding layers and layers of extra guitars to the albums, which was fine, but it became a bit obvious when we were playing live that something was missing, and having Gazz in the band has changed things a lot. “He is a completelydifferent guitarist to me. He studies a lot of the nitty-gritty stuff. I just play by what I feel and hear. I am too lazy to learn the crazy stuff, but he comes to it with more musical knowledge whereas I just feel it more. “I come up with a song idea, and he will do
something with it that I would not have thought of, and for me, that makes it more interesting because my own songs then take me by surprise.” Currently, they have embarked on a big recording project, their ambitious album Trilogy – a triple album made up of three thematically-distinct albums: Dawn, Sentience and Quietus. Dawn was released in May 2015. “It’s our gloriously pretentious triple-album project. “We came up with the idea in 2011. It is 30 songs divided into three albums. Each song has a subtitle. The first album is all about birth and youth and childhood. The second album is all about adulthood and conscious sentience. There will be a song about dreams of adulthood. “The third album is all about the closing chapters in life and, not to be morbid, about death. The dream song will be about meeting people
An electrifying evening from Danish songwriter MØ Review
MØ, Concorde 2, Brighton, October 11 Electrifying and powerful live vocals rang through the Concorde 2 as MØ kicked off her UK tour. The 28-year-old MØ, real name Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen, is an electropop singer and songwriter from Denmark who has seen huge success in the past two years. She began making music at the age of seven, inspired by her childhood idols the Spice Girls. From pop she turned to punk music as a teenager, forming an electropop punk band called MOR at the age of 18. In 2012 she started to write and perform as MØ, and in 2014, she released her debut album No Mythologies to Follow. Since releasing the album MØ has played multiple soldout tours and collaborated with Major Lazer, Justin Bieber and Iggy Azalea, among others. Her UK tour began in Brighton on Tuesday, with a high-energy performance filled with her famous quirky and bendy dance moves. Her live vocals were as
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impressive as they are on her records, particularly when paired with jumping around the stage and crowd-surfing. She was accompanied by drums, guitar, and pads, all played by talented musicians and friends of MØ from Denmark. The crowd was full of enthusiasm, singing along and dancing to every track. The main crowd-pleasers of the night were: ‘Don’t Wanna Dance’, which opened the show, ‘Final
Song’, a summer anthem, ‘Drum’, MØ’s latest solo single, and ‘Kamikaze’, produced by Diplo. MØ ended the concert with ‘Lean On’, the charttopping single that awarded her global recognition. She is touring the UK until October 27, continuing on to Europe, the US and Canada. To find out more about MØ and to listen to her music visit www. momomoyouth.com. by Katie Garrett
that are no longer with us… “The music on each will be relevant. The first one, being youthful, was really upbeat. The second one is going to be a bit more reflective. There is no heaviness on it. It is more melodic ambient. The last one, being about the darker stuff, will be our heavy-metal album, and then that’s the trilogy done. “There are no deadlines. With the first one, we set ourselves a deadline and that means that there are one or two songs on there that some of the guys are not so keen on. “We want to avoid that. We want to make sure that there are no compromises, so we are not going to rush it. We want to make sure that we come up with the best possible album we can. There is absolutely no hurry…” The band play Patterns, Brighton on Friday, October 28. Tickets cost £12.50. Visit patternsbrighton.com to find out more.
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The Listings TODAY COMEDY KERRY GODLIMAN: Stick or Twist. £13, 8pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. KRATER COMEDY CLUB: Until Oct 23, 7pm/8pm/10.30pm, £5-£36.50, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. GIGS BARRY STEELE & FRIENDS: £22.50-£25.40, 7.45pm, Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650. The Orbison Story. JAMIE LAWSON: £19.50, 7pm, Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Plus special gust Callum Scott. THE AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD: £28.50-£39.50, 6.30pm, Brighton Centre, 0844 8471515. The Best of The Best Tour.
SATURDAY EXHIBITION EXPERIMENTAL MOTION: The art of film innovation. October 22-June
4 (free with Museum admission), Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, 0300 029 0900. This display in the Spotlight Gallery will tell the story of experimental filmmaking in Brighton & Hove. Visit brightonmuseums.org.uk.
GIGS CLUB AFRICA: £5, 11pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Club Night. GLASS ANIMALS: £16.50, 7pm, Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. English indie rock band. THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN: £17.25£20.15, 7.30pm, Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650. STAGE ALICE IN ZOMBIELAND: Spank’s 10th Anniversary Ball and Fright Night, 9pm, £12-£17, Rialto, 11 Dyke Road, Brighton, 01273 725230.
SUNDAY CONCERTS HEATH QUARTET: £16-£18.50, 11am,
Brighton Dome (01273) 709709.
GIGS BLUE ROSE CODE: £10, 7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. ...And Lo! The Bird is on The Wing, is the new album. POLIÇA: 7.30pm, £15, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. United Crushers, Poliça’s third full-length release, is out now. It builds on Poliça’s signature synthesiser and percussion-heavy sounds with more complex arrangements and a bigger, crisper HiFi punch. STAGE STEVE BACKSHALL’S WILD WORLD: £19.50, 6.30pm, Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. A tour of the real life expeditions that inspired his books.
MONDAY GIGS HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE JANE FONDA AEROBICS VHS?: £7.50,
7.30pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. KHRVANGBIN: £12, 7pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Three-piece Texan band.
TUESDAY GIGS CHAINSKA BRASSIKA: Don’t You Try, £8, 7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Brighton single launch party. EAGULLS / PROTOMARTYR: 7pm, £10, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. Support from TRAAMS. OH PEP!: £8, 7pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. Melbourne duo Oh Pep release their album, Stadium Cake. ROB HERON AND THE TEA PAD ORCHESTRA: £10, 7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Playing their own
brand of Western swing, blues, gypsy jazz and country.
STAGE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S: £22£24.90, 7.45pm until Oct 29 (Wed/ Thurs/Sat mat 2.30pm) Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650. Starring Georgia May Foote.
WEDNESDAY GIGS ABC: £37.50-£67.50, 7.45pm, Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Performing The Lexicon of Love in its entirety. JAMIE LIDELL AND THE ROYAL PHARAOHS: 7.30pm, £15, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. Over the past 15 years, Jamie Lidell has cemented his reputation as an artist refusing easy categorization. That spirit follows the British poly-genre wizard into his sixth studio album, Building a Beginning. KIKO BUN: £8, 7pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Reggae and hip-hop.
TAXI WARS: £9, 7.30pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. Plus guests.
THURSDAY COMEDY COMEDY DOUBLE BILL: £8-£10, 8pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Adam Hess and Rhys James. COMIC BOOM: £7-£9, 8pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Headliner Tom Allen, MC Paul McCaffrey. GIGS AUSTIN LUCAS AND THE DREAMING SPIRES: In association with PBP. A unique full-band double bill. Bleach, London Road, Brighton, bleachbrighton.com. 8pm, £10 advance from Punker Bunker and Resident. For fans of Sturgill Simpson, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty and Big Star. SPRING KING: 7.30pm, £10, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273
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673311. Spring King is a four-piece post-punk band from Manchester. WILLE AND THE BANDITS: 7pm, £13, Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, 9-12 Middle Street, 01273 749465. This UK trio’s socially-aware lyrics and multi-instrumentation makes for a highly original and refreshing sound. Plus Elles Bailey.
STAGE FASHION DEMON: 9pm, £10 in advance, £13.50 on the door, Rialto, 11 Dyke Road, Brighton, 01273 725230. Rialto resident Laura Nixon launches her brand new stand-up cabaret. Combining cutting edge stand-up comedy with killer vocals and special guests from the international cabaret scene. READ Y’SELF FITTER WITH ANDY MILLER: £7, 8pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. Plus the subversive art of Joe Orton with Mark Aston. THE NEXT STEP: £28.50-£40, 1pm/6.30pm, Brighton Centre, 0844 8471515. Wild Rhythm Tour (Step 2).
Poliça are at the Concorde 2 on Sunday
FRIDAY GIGS AKALA – 10 YEARS OF AKALA TOUR: 7pm, £14, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311.
CINEMA DUKE OF YORK’S (0871 902 5728): I, Daniel Blake (15) Fri 3.00, 9.00; Sat 4.00, 9.30; Sun 3.45; Mon 2.45, 9.00; Tue 3.30, 6.00; Wed 10.30; 3.15, 9.00; Thu 6.30; Silver Screen: Thu 10.30. American Honey (15) Fri 11.45, 5.30; Sat 12.45, 6.15; Sun 12.15; Mon 5.30; Tue 8.15; Wed 5.45; Thu 3.15, 8.45. Frankenstein (PG) Sat 11.30pm. Kids’ Club: Ice Age: Collision Course (PG) Sat 10.30. Vintage Sundays: Stormy Weather (U) Sun 8.30. Silver Screen: Stormy Weather (U) Tue 10.30. The Fabulous Nicholas Brothers (PG) Sun 6.00. Toddler Time: Tractor Ted – Massive Machines (U) Mon 11.00. Phantom Boy (PG) Mon 12.30; Wed 1.00. Kubo And The Two Strings (PG) Tue & Thu 1.00.
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Motown sensation celebrates 10 years Concert
Magic of Motown plays the Theatre Royal Brighton on Saturday, October 22, at 7.30pm (tickets on 0844 871 7650). Spokeswoman Emily Wilson said: “This scintillating show celebrates its tenth birthday. The unstoppable Magic of
Motown thrills its millionth music fan this year, embarking on a supersensational nationwide tour that also honours the 50th anniversary of chart-topping single ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’.” The show offers hits from the Supremes, Temptations, Jackson 5, Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder and more.
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SUDOKU
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CODEWORD Codeword is the crossword puzzle with no clues. The number in each square corresponds to a letter. Work out the words in the grid using the letters provided. Fill in these known letters first, then use skill and judgement to work out the others.
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Opinion
Food and Drink
By Tom Flint
Sussex success-story hopes to get bigger and better
Brighton Bakery
Don’t make a monkey out of a Gibraltan
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100% VEGAN
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www.bedlambrewery.co.uk @bedlambrewery
feel pretty confident in saying that around half of the people reading this have, at some point in time, considered making their own alcohol at home. Probably half of that number have actually done it, and of those people only about five per pent made something vaguely drinkable that didn’t result in temporary blindness. Taking things up a notch and I reckon that a good number of you have also dreamt about owning your own pub. Not just any old pub, we are talking about a beautiful country pub that serves honest home cooked food and has a steady custom of lovely regulars. It might have a few rooms to bring in an extra bit of B&B income and makes use of the stunning views over the South Downs. I know I have. How about owning your own brewery? A proper brewery that makes both traditional style ales and some modern kegged offerings, such as a German style pilsner. It would probably have some strong eco credentials, utilising solar power and recycling the spent grains by giving them to local farmers. It will also be supported by a team of great staff who really know their stuff and are proper beer fans with plenty of experience in the business. What if I told you that last option was actually a possibility and that every one of you reading this could become a joint owner of that very brewery; or more specifically Bedlam Brewery. Bedlam, based in Albourne, are offering you, me and everyone the chance to contribute towards the future success of the business. They are currently holding a crowdfunding in order to expand the brewing capacity. Investors will be in very good company following the appointment of former Dark Star MD Paul Reed who had this to say. “I have been very fortunate working with incredibly talented people at Dark Star and I have a strong feeling of
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deja vu when I see the team at Bedlam. However, Dark Star and Bedlam are very different businesses, and times have changed. Bedlam are offering a chance for people to own their bit of a young business in a fascinating industry.” With so many brewers in Sussex you are probably asking yourself what makes Bedlam worth investing in? Having been to meet the team and spoken to them about what they do I certainly believe that they are well worth a look. Bedlam are situated in the beautiful Sussex Downs and this has had an effect on how they run the business. Brewing great beer and caring for the environment is at the heart of everything they do. Key to their ethos is that they appreciate and respect the local environment and are conscious of their broader environmental responsibilities. Bedlam currently generate their own energy completely via solar power; with enough to feed back into the grid. Every brew day the juicy grains are collected by Oscar, the local farmer at Trenchmore Farm, who feed the grains to their cattle. They sustainably manage their livestock, and to complete the cycle of firkin to field to fork, the succulent and delicious beef from Trenchmore Farm is served at various restaurants in Brighton including Bedlam’s own award-winning Taphouse,
The Bull in Ditchling. Head Brewer Fabio, possibly one of the most passionate and knowledgeable men brewing in the UK, told me about why he loves what he does. “We want to have an impact on the craft beer scene whilst keeping the impact on our environment low. As well as the hops we grow ourselves, most of the hops we use are grown in the UK; keeping the transport mileage to a minimum. We want to keep our range sessionable and style authentic - the wheel was invented thousands of years ago and we’re not here to change it. Beer styles which were established over a long period of time are perfect just the way they are and we want to reproduce them and offer a local alternative to mass produced beers. I love that we brew in the countryside yet we are minutes away from the vibrancy of Brighton.” If that has not piqued your interest, then joint MD Dominic Worral explained why they are pursuing the funding; “Demand for our beer has far exceeded our expectations and together with our initial growth and the opportunities ahead, it makes absolute sense to future proof our quality and capacity. Bedlam is all about staying true to the tradition of our beer styles, whilst caring for the local and broader environment. “We are delighted to be the first brewery in Sussex offering, not only an opportunity to invest in their local Brewhouse, but a real chance to play an active part in our future.” I am a big fan of what these guys are doing and if you are interested in hearing about their plans check their website or head to one of their investors meetings. You have got until the end of the month to get involved. It is fantastic to have this opportunity to support a local business and one that I will be getting on board with. Tom Flint writes a food blog Food Booze and Reviews at: www. foodboozeandreviews.com
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ibraltar is famous for a rock, the awkward Spain versus Britain “we own you” debate, and monkeys. The Gibraltan monkeys are Barbary Macaques and they are the only wild monkeys in Europe. I think that’s probably a good thing. There are around three hundred of them just hanging around doing monkey stuff, and that too is a good thing, and not just because we all love to see a monkey doing monkey stuff, but also because they are an endangered species. Elsewhere, their numbers are rapidly dwindling, but the Gibraltan colony is actually growing. As in there are more of them; they’re not getting taller. There is a local legend that states that if the monkeys ever leave Gibraltar, then so too will the British. It’s not that they think we’re into stealing monkeys – it’s more of a political jibe I think. I might be wrong though. I wouldn’t say no to a Gibraltan monkey. I wouldn’t steal one, but if it had already been stolen then would that really be wrong? Anyway, the legend was written long before Brexit, so someone needs to explain to the monkeys what’s going to happen next. Stealing them all is fast becoming the easy option. I’m putting myself down for one. I’m going to call him Stuart. Gibraltar is famous for other things too: the only Barbary partridges on the European continent (I don’t know what Barbary means, and pheasants aren’t a patch on monkeys, so who really cares), the worst air quality of any British territory (that’s impressive – London’s gross), and profiteroles. But profiteroles are French, aren’t they? Obviously not. The name is French - it’s a diminutive of “profit” which is French for... Oh come on, it’s the same in English. But why would a little choux pastry ball from Gibraltar be etymologically linked to the French word for profit? You’d think I could answer that but I can’t. For whatever reason, profiteroles are one of the national dishes of Gibraltar – popular at weddings, funerals, and bar mitzvahs. The Americans call them “cream puffs” (the profiteroles, not the Gibraltans), but they would, wouldn’t they. I call them a waste of time. But if he really misses them, I’ll make some for Stuart.
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LADIES Lyle Scott zip cardigan size 14/16, new with tags, black grey green trim, £20 01903 787626
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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 16/10/16 BH2016/05388 Land 54 Hollingdean Road & 46 Freehold Terrace And 52 Hollingdean Road Brighton Removal or Variation of Condition Application for variation of condition 2 of application BH2014/01637 (Demolition of all buildings at 54 Hollingdean Road and erection of a part 3, 4, 5 and 6 storey building (plus basement) to form 205 student rooms with kitchen and common room facilities. Demolition of 46 Freehold Terrace and erection of a 4 storey building comprising 8 affordable housing units. Change of use and refurbishment of 52 Hollingdean Road to form an associated management suite). Changes to internal layout including bringing fire escape and sub-station within main building resulting in reduction of student rooms from 205 to 192 units. BH2016/05440 & BH2016/05441 Land at New Dorset Street Rear Of 2 Mount Zion Place Brighton Full Planning & Listed Building Consent Change of use of part of public highway (SG08) to private residential garden (C3) with associated erection of boundary wall with timber gate. BH2016/05444 33 Oriental Place Brighton Listed Building Consent New roof to create additional floor with associated internal alterations and internal and external repair works. BH2016/05544 193 Havelock Road Brighton Removal or Variation of Condition Variation of condition 2 of application BH2016/02367 (Alterations to existing storage area including re-roofing from felt to sedum, replacement of existing door with timber sash window and cladding and other associated works.) to allow amendments to approved drawings. BH2016/05558 52 Montpelier Road Brighton Listed Building Consent Replacement of aluminium railings to front with cast iron railings. BH2016/05566 3 Rock Street Brighton Householder Planning Consent Erection of conservatory to roof including creation of rear terrace. ReAdvertisements BH2016/02452 96 Montpelier Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent Erection of two storey rear extension, alterations to fenestration, installation of railings to front boundary with gate and associated external works. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 BH2016/05388 Land 54 Hollingdean Road & 46 Freehold Terrace And 52 Hollingdean Road Brighton Application for variation of condition 2 of application BH2014/01637 (Demolition of all buildings at 54 Hollingdean Road and erection of a part 3, 4, 5 and 6 storey building (plus basement) to form 205 student rooms with kitchen and common room facilities. Demolition of 46 Freehold Terrace and erection of a 4 storey building comprising 8 affordable housing units. Change of use and refurbishment of 52 Hollingdean Road to form an associated management suite). Changes to internal layout including bringing fire escape and sub-station within main building resulting in reduction of student rooms from 205 to 192 units. BH2016/05493 Land At Station Street Blackman Street ·& Cheapside Brighton Erection of 7 storey office building (B1) plus Basement with associated car and cycle parking. You can view the application on the Council website www.brighton hove.gov.uk/ planning applications Any representations should be made in writing to the Planning and Building Control Applications Manager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of this notice, quoting the application number. Please note that all representations received will be open for public inspection and late representations may not be considered. Planning and Building Control Applications Manager 17/10/2016
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FOLDING four wheel walker with brakes, seat and shopping bag, good PHOTINIA red robin 3 ltr cond., £25. 01243 pots, ready to plant, H15", £4 each. 01243 868216 860544 WALKER 3 WHEELS SUMMER and winter, Six covered bag, plus basket. pairs trousers £5 each, 9 £20 - 01444 458421. skirts, 9 tops £3 to £5 each, size 12 / 14, M&S, 100 Vinyl records, various and similar, all good, types of music, £25 07535 276577 01903 500392 Goring
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NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
LADIES tartan kilt, dark blue and green tartan, unworn, size 12, £5 ono RESOLUTION Studio 01903 766207 recording magazine, recent 20 issues, normal £5 each, £25 the lot 01903 714132 LARGE Italian low level 'CLASSIC Boats' pendant lamp, suitable magazine, 50+ copies, £1 over a dining table, £75 per copy, mint cond. 01903 260280 07751 587767
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MENS CLOTHES GENTS XXL black leather blouson jacket, elasticated waist, as new. zip front, £10, 01273 607231 Brighton
PHOTOGRAPHY OLD cameras Olympus Trip, 2 Canon Sureshot and Kodak Junior2 £25 the lot. Chichester 01243 511458
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CREWSAVER life jacket, childs, 51 - 58cm, 20kg, 30N £6 07552 066045 Shoreham DANCE SHOES mens, size 6 - 6.5. Little used. £3 - 01403 242981. SET OF FOUR BOWLS size O, £50 Tel 07522626566
SPORTSWEAR JODHPURS size 32" long, excellent condition, Never used, £5 01903 771113 leather LADIES motorcycle jacket size 8. £45. Tel 07522626566.
MIRRORS MIRROR MODERN RECTANGULAR wall mirror 68cms x 98 cm £20 Matt silver coloured edge Tel 01403 756816.
TELEPHONES
AMATEUR RADIO station equipment complete for sale including power units, £90, all good order. 0751 017 3927
PERSONAL FINANCE
TELEVISIONS PANASONIC 32" LCD T.V. freeview free sat plus sim card, slot to view photos £80. 07787120121
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T.V. 19" HD ready LED with DVD player incl., swivel wall bracket, £50. DYSON DC07 precision 01243 575517 vacuum cleaner, VGC, 32" Sony T.V., GWO, £30. complete with used guide and tools, £95 ono 07867 01243 378743 775501
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● Close to fantastic schools & colleges
● 3 Double Bedrooms
● Sought after cul de sac location.
● EPC D65.
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SACKVILLE ROAD £600,000 Freehold BEAUTIFUL 3 BEDROOM VICTORIAN HOUSE WITH LARGE WEST FACING GARDEN - A simply stunning bay fronted, late Victorian three bedroom family home situated within 1/2 of a mile from Hove station. The property has been tastefully extended and refurbished throughout by the current owners, benefits include a 55 foot west facing rear garden which is exceptionally large for the area, a beautiful open plan kitchen and three double bedrooms. A superb mix of contemporary and character, this wonderful home is offered to the market with no onward chain. Energy rating: D67.
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It's official! We are delighted to announce that we have received the All Agents award for the Estate Agent of the year 2016 in Brighton to go along with our other recent awards.
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Friday, October 21, 2016
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‘Through a very complicated sale Baron Estates remain professional and calm at all times. We choose them because of their independence and they certainly know the Hove market well. Through Brexit the team managed to keep the sale on track and secure a smooth completion. Well done to Jonathan and Danny’ – Rob, Brunswick Terrace, Hove ‘I have to say Millie has been fantastic. She is knowledgeable, approachable, genuine, understanding, and always available! She is a true asset to your team! Very professional young lady with a great future. Thank you’ – Alan, Bartholomew Square, Brighton ‘Having failed to sell my flat with a previous agent I was very impressed with the work done by Danny and Jonathan. To a certain extent selling the property was the easy bit and both Danny and Jonathan made a real difference to completing the sale by acting as helpful and competent intermediaries with the buyer and the solicitors’ – David, Brunswick Place, Hove
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A Day in the Life… Yesterday, I caught an article on Radio 4 talking about Jennicam, the live stream that Jennifer Ringley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ringley), a conceptual artist, launched in 1996, 20 years ago. It made me wonder if we at Bonett’s would ever consider such a thing full time, live streaming of our office day-to-day work. Often we hear the cry: What do they do for their money? And generally the public replies; not a lot! In fact, the hubbub in the office on a daily basis is such that we even have a jar where we deposit 20p a time if we all go on the phone at the same time, as the cacophony can be intense! Examples of these convoluted calls are often in the Lettings team where one of our tenants calls us, needing advice on how to turn on the central heating as the weather gets colder. The misunderstandings can escalate, usually comically for all parties as we try to explain blind where the thermostat and controls are located. Meanwhile, someone due at a viewing with us is standing outside a house in Arundel Road, Kemp Town, complaining we are not there; whilst we are standing outside the house we are actually selling in Arundel Street, wondering where the prospective buyer is hiding! Given the Road, Street, Crescent, Terrace, Rise alternatives to many local Brighton and Hove street names, it’s not surprising people get confused first time. Before one of these viewings, we try to explain to people the right road but no-one likes being told things by estate agents and we get the inevitable “I know where I’m going’, only to find they don’t… Meanwhile, Timothy is trying to encourage a buyer to lodge a deposit with their solicitor so contracts can be exchange shortly whilst the buyer is saying that their solicitor has not told them to do this; are we surprised? Unfortunately not as it seems buyers have to be mind readers to know what to do next if we don’t intervene. Meanwhile, a surveyor has gone to an empty property and the keys don’t seem to work so we shoot off and, having the knack for that particular lock, get the door open. Meanwhile, we meet a gardening contractor at a let property, where neither the owner nor tenants have been in the back garden, which is now auditioning as a location for “I’m a Celebrity, get me out of here”. With panga at the ready, pith helmet on, we venture in. Two hours later, retiring to the relative safety of the street and with a rather larger quote than the landlord would like. But if you don’t keep the garden under control, you may find more than Ant and Dec at the bottom of it. Meanwhile, a surveyor calls us up, valuing a local property for a sale and needs what we call ‘ comps’, comparable evidence. This entails a valuer finding 3 local sold properties to compare so we do research and call back to provide useful data. And so on. The bits people see are the valuations and viewings but the back office action could be worth live streaming. Might look into it further… Paul Bonett F.N.A.E.A. M.A.R.L.A.
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VALUATIONS: Would you like to know what your property is worth today? Please call and arrange an appointment for one of our experienced valuers to come to your property and give you our best advice.
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Graves Son & Pilcher LLP
www.gsp.uk.com info@gsp.uk.com 01273 321 123 - 51 Old Steyne, Brighton BN1 1HU
ATTRACTIVE FREEHOLD INVESTMENT PROPERTY
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CLOSE TO A27, BRIGHTON / WORTHING
TWO SELF CONTAINED RETAIL UNITS & TWO CONTAINED FLATS (currently let on AST’s) LET AND PRODUCING £41,400 p.a.x (valuable inversions)
FREEHOLD FOR SALE - O.I.R.O £900,000 CHURCH ROAD, HOVE
EXTENSIVE FITTED RESTAURANT PREMISES 1,755 ft² / 163 m² TO LET NO PREMIUM NORTH STREET, BRIGHTON
DETACHED WAREHOUSE BUILDING WITH 18 ON SITE CAR PARKING SPACES 7,755 ft² / 720 m² TO LET
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Veteran cars need to look the part by staff reporter
Veteran cars planning to tackle the annual journey from Hyde Park to Brighton this November will need to be in more than just top mechanical condition… they will need to look the part, too. On the day before the Bonhams Veteran Car Run supported by Hiscox leaves London’s Hyde Park (that’s Saturday 5th November with
the Run itself starting at first light on Sunday, 6th November) more than 100 veteran cars will take part in a Concours d’Elegance. The glittering showcase is a major highlight of the freeto-view Regent Street Motor Show, an annual event staged inoneoftheworld’smostprestigious shopping and lifestyle destinations situated right at the heart of the nation’s capital city. Exhibitinginfrontofapanel of expert judges, including TV motoring pundit Edd China, the veterans are all more
than 112 years old, with the youngest built in 1904 and the oldest in 1898. While most are petrol-powered,theConcours entry also includes an American-built Cleveland electric car from 1900. They will be competing for a number of awards including the Concoursd’Equipefor the best turned-out team in period costume and the overall Concours d’Elegance. However, not every car has to be polished to within an inch of their lives, as one of the most sought after gongs will be awarded to the best original
or unrestored car. One special prize involves members of the public voting for their favourite veteran car in the popular ‘Spectator’s Choice Award’,sponsoredbyRenault. The French company is one of the backers of the Veteran Car Run and an enthusiastic Run entrant with an open fourseater built in 1900 from its own heritage collection taking part in this year’s event. Onelucky voterwillalso be inwithachanceofwinningan incredible prize and voting is already open. Visit www.regentstreetmotorshow.com.
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This programme is subject to the standard conditions of the Motability 3-year Contract Hire Scheme. Full written details and quotations available on request from a Ford Authorised participating dealer or Motability Operations Limited. Under the scheme the vehicles are leased from Motability Operations Limited (Registered Company No. 1373876), City Gate House, 22 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HB. Free rear parking sensors will be included on all new Ford cars, with the exception of Mondeo, S-MAX and Galaxy which will be supplied with front and rear free parking sensors, contracted through the Motability Scheme by a Ford Authorised Dealer. Where such sensors are not already included as standard, no cash alternative is available. Applications must be received and accepted between 01/10/2016 and 31/12/2016 by Motability Operations Limited.
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Next up at the Amex...
Sport
Albion v Norwich in the Championship on Saturday, October 29, kick-off 3pm
Tickets available at www.seagulls.co.uk or by calling 0844 327 1901
Sidwell expects Wigan to provide tough test Brighton & Hove Albion
Steve Bailey
steve.bailey@jpress.co.uk Twitter: @SteveBailey67
Albion midfielder Steve Sidwell says the team will take nothing for granted when they travel to lowly Wigan Athletic tomorrow. The Latics were promoted as League One champions last season but have won just two of their 13 games this season and are second from bottom in the Championship. Albion go into the game on a seven-match unbeaten run but Sidwell warned: “We know this league and teams at the bottom can beat anyone. “Teams at the top can have an off-day but we’ve got a good run going and want to keep it going, although we know it’s going to be a hard away trip.” Sidwell admitted it was important for the Seagulls to return to winning ways with a 1-0 victory at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday, after Preston snatched a 2-2 draw in injurytime on Saturday. He said: “It was a real low dressing room after the
Preston game and it felt like a defeat, so it was important we bounced back with a win today. We said after the game on Saturday that when the Tuesday game comes we get back to winning ways. “With the run of games we’ve got coming up, big games, hard games, it was important to replicate the performance from the weekend, when we played well, but we had to finish it off with a win and we’ve done that. “We go into the weekend now full of confidence and we go there to win but we’ll keep taking it game by game because you cannot look any further.” With Albion third and just three points behind leaders Newcastle, Sidwell said: “You’ve got to make sure you’re in the pack up until the very end. That’s when the real characters stand up, grab things by the scruff of the neck and take charge.” Defender Lewis Dunk misses the trip to Wigan after he picked up his fifth booking of the season against Wolves.
PICTURE BY PHIL WESTLAKE
Steve Sidwell in action during Albion’s 2-2 draw at home to Preston North End on Saturday
Seven unbeaten Albion continue excellent form PICTURE BY PHIL WESTLAKE
PICTURE BY DAVID HUNT
Whitehawk Football Club
Whitehawk Football Club sealed a place in the first round of the FA Cup for a second successive year on Saturday. Reece Connolly got the only goal after four minutes as Hawks recorded a 1-0 victory at fellow National League South side Welling United in the fourth qualifying round encounter. Hawks could have won by a more convincing margin but in the end Connolly’s fifth strike in just seven appearances for Whitehawk was enough to seal their progress. Whitehawk reached the second round last season, before a replay defeat at the hands of then League 2 team Dagenham & Redbridge. In Monday’s draw, Hawks were drawn at home to division-lower Northern League Premier Division side Stourbridge. The Glassboys reached the same stage last season and currently sit 13th in their division, having collected five wins from 13 league matches so far. Hawks’ first-round tie is scheduled to take place on the weekend of November 5/6, with an exact date
Reece Connolly celebrates his goal at Welling on Saturday
and kick-off time yet to be confirmed. Whitehawk make a return to league action on Saturday with a familiar trip. Having won at Welling in the FA Cup last weekend, Richard Hill’s side travel to face the same opponents in the league. Hawks currently sit 16th in the table and will hoping to return home with another win. Welling have struggled so far this season and are fourth from bottom, with just two wins from 13 league games. Hawks then travel to Margate the following week, before their FA Cup firstround encounter. LEWIS MASON
Seagulls seek to extend unbeaten run at Latics Wigan v Albion preview
Brighton & Hove Albion increased their unbeaten run to seven Championship matches with a 1-0 victory at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday. Albion are pictured celebrating Sam Baldock’s goal – the in-form striker scored for the third successive match.
Hawks reach FA Cup first round
Having maintained their excellent run of form on their return from the international break at the Amex, Brighton head to Wigan this weekend confident they can come away with another positive result. After conceding a late equaliser in their 2-2 draw against Preston on Saturday, Chris Hughton’s side faced another tough battle to hold on to their lead in midweek after Sam Baldock scored within the opening 15 minutes against Wolves. On this occasion, Albion
were able to hold off the pressure and came away with a 1-0 win, extending their unbeaten run to seven games. The Seagulls sit third in the Championship table, hot on the heels of pre-season favourites Newcastle and Norwich. With the latter the next side to visit the Amex in just over a week’s time, Hughton will no doubt want his side to continue their good run ahead of the meeting with another of his former clubs. Albion’s next task sees them travel to the DW Stadium to take on a Wigan
side who haven’t been able to continue the momentum gained from being promoted as champions of League One last season. Gary Caldwell’s side have won only twice so far this season, and sit second from bottom. The Latics will be looking to their cult-hero striker Will Grigg to cause Albion problems in Greater Manchester tomorrow. The Northern Irish international fired home 25 goals in League One last season, and has five to his name so far in the Championship. BRADLEY STRATTON @BradStrat
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Johnny Cantor
Fighting Talk
Straight from the commentary box
with Brighton boxer Lloyd Ellett
Clean sheets the foundation for a promotion push
W
hen people ask me what my favourite books are I always include L’etranger (also known as The Outsider) by Albert
Camus. The story of one man’s struggle also focuses in part on the pleasure from simple physical experience such as cold soothing water on a blazing hot day. Sometimes a physical sensation is often the best. Don’t worry, I will keep it clean. And clean is exactly what I want to talk about. There is nothing quite like it. Sunday night after an action-packed weekend, slipping into fresh clean sheets. A sense of comfort. That’s exactly the sensation that the Albion are experiencing at the moment. The team are third going into the trip to Wigan this weekend and much of their success is built on defence. The Seagulls have the meanest defence in the Championship, alongside Ipswich, conceding just nine goals in 13 league games. They have also recorded the highest number of clean sheets in the division, an incredible eight in 13 games. That record will be put to the test on Saturday with Lewis Dunk suspended and influential captain Bruno a serious
doubt with a groin injury. However all the team deserve credit and manager Chris Hughton does as well. A defender as a player, the former leftback Hughton knows the importance of not conceding and just like last year it will provide the foundation for a promotion push. As expected, big-spending Newcastle and efficient Norwich have moved to the top two automatic promotion places. The Seagulls, I’m sure, will push them and others all the way this season if they continue to display robust defensive performances. The word ‘negative’ has been mentioned by some fans in terms of a tactical strategy, especially when winning, but I can’t agree. The Seagulls are third. Goal difference may yet come into play once again – but with such determination at the back and if Glenn Murray and Sam Baldock continue to add to their tally at the other end of the pitch, they may have the recipe for success this time around. Follow all the action, home or away, on BBC Sussex Sport or Twitter: @BBCSussexSport or @johnnycburger To read more by Johnny Cantor, visit www. johnnycantor.com PICTURE BY PHIL WESTLAKE
Albion manager Chris Hughton
Confidence is sky high ahead of my next fight
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’ve been working harder than ever in the gym with former undisputed world champion Lloyd Honeyghan. The Ragamuffin Man shook up the world when he defeated strong favourite Don Curry in 1986 to become the undisputed welterweight champion of the world. He went into the fight as British, Commonwealth and European champion but was totally dismissed by Curry who asked: “Who is this Ragamuffin?”. He’s been in Brighton for a while now and his experience and knowledge has given me a real lift. A lot of the sessions that he does are non-stop work with very little rest. His philosophy is that you are in the gym to work, so work! Everything that he gets us to do is non-stop, relentless, and demanding; the sessions ask more from our body and gets the fitness – mentally and physically – to go up another level. He gets us shadow boxing for an hour straight, then on to the bags for three or four rounds with no breaks. It’s a lot more intense but it’s good and adds a bit more to my game. I definitely feel the benefits already and my confidence is sky high for my next fight on November 12 at the Hilton Brighton Metropole. It’ll be a ten-rounder, so it’s good for me to get ready in that way for those championship rounds. I have done it before against Gary Cooper when I won the British Masters title back in March, 2014. He was more of a middleweight with heavy hands and it was a fast-paced tenrounder. My team are looking at getting me to fight for the WBC International Silver welterweight title. If it comes off then I’ll be fighting a world-ranked boxer and the win will set me up for a big fight for the full WBC International welterweight title. Britain’s first-ever world amateur champion Frankie Gavin fights the
Brighton boxer Lloyd Ellett celebrates a win last year
current holder Sam Eggington for that on Saturday, so this could be the springboard I need to land a big fight next. Regardless of who is put in front of me on November 12, I’ll be treating it as the biggest fight of my life as it’s an illustrious title and will be my biggest achievement in boxing so far, but, more importantly, it will be the start of things to come. Tickets are available on my website now www.lloydellett.com n To follow Lloyd Ellett on Twitter visit @lightningbolt07 Team Lightning would like to thank sponsors Jade Global and KSD Salt Services and The Shore Group and Pingala Media and manager Scott Welch and agent Tim Rickson.