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nLabourcitycouncilleadercalledthemove“utterlybiased”

As Conservative councilssurrounding Brighton andHove were handed millionsin “transition funding”,to soften the blow ofgovernment cuts, Labour-run Brighton and Hove wasgiven just £39,000.

Warren Morgan, leaderof Brighton and Hove CityCouncil, blasted the move,but Geoffrey Theobald,leader of the Conservativeson the council, told CllrMorgan to stop “constantlyc a r p i n g o n a b o u tgovernment funding”.

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1567 | Thursday, February 12

T h e P r i v y C o u n c i lestablished a commissionof inquiry comprising fourlocal worthies (a worthy orprominent person): ThomasSackville, one of the lords ofthe Manor of Brighton andjoint Lord Lieutenant ofSussex; the Earl of Arundel,

the other lord of the manor;Sir Thomas Shirley ofWiston; and Richard Shelleyof Patcham Place.

The four petit ionedParliament on behalf of theinhabitants of Brighton– who were principallydividedintothosedependent

on the fisheries, and thosesupported by crafts andfarming (landsmen) – toassist in resolving a disputebetween the two parties.

Brighton loses outin funding handout

Brighton and Hove haslost out in a governmentf u n d i n g s e t t l e m e n t ,which sees neighbouringcouncils handed millionsin transition funds, whilethe city will receive “smallchange”.

That’s according toWarren Morgan, Labourleader of Brighton andHove City Council, who hasblastedthegovernmentoverits “biased” transition fund.

T h e C o n s e r v a t i v egovernmentannouncedthisweek it was handing out anadditional £300 millionin “transition funding” tocouncils struggling aftercuts to their funding.

ButtheLabourPartysaidaround 83 per cent of thesecouncilswereConservative-led.

In the southeast, EastSussex was handed £2.7million, Surrey CountyCouncil received £11.9million, Hampshire wasgiven £9.4 million, andWest Sussex £6.2 million.All of these councils areConservative led.

But Brighton and Hove’sLabour council was handedjust £39,000 in transitionfunding.

Cllr Morgan spoke outagainst the move,and said:“Howisthisfairorequitablefor Brighton and Hoveresidents and the essentialservices we all use?

“How canTory ministersjustify this apparent biastowards their politicalfriendsinlocalgovernment?What will local Tory leaderGeoffreyTheobald andToryMP Simon Kirby be doing toreverse this utterly biaseddecision?”

The “top-up” fundingfor local authorities was

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Council leader asksTories to justify ‘biased’ move

announced on Tuesday,as part of the Final LocalGovernment Settlementby the Department forCommunities and LocalGovernment.

Cllr Geoffrey Theobald,leader of the ConservativeGrouponBrightonandHoveCity Council hit back at CllrMorgan’s comments.

He said: “What CllrMorgan fails to mentionis that Brighton and Hoveresidents are funded to thetune of around £800 perhead of population whichcompares very favourablyto county councils suchas West Sussex and EastSussex who only receiveapproximately £650 and£700 per head respectively.

“In addition, he shouldacknowledge that BrightonandHove’sgrantsettlementwas better than councilf inance officers wereoriginally expecting.

“By contrast, it is widely

acknowledged that countycouncils as a whole didsignificantly worse in theoriginalprovisionalfundingsettlementafewweeksago-losingouttothetuneof£184million. The transitionalfunding announced bythe government this weekrecognises that fact andseeks to cushion the £184million reduction to enablethose councils to adapt.

“Instead of constantlyc a r p i n g o n a b o u tgovernment funding, CllrMorgan needs to accept thefindings of the council’sindependent auditors thatour costs are still too highcompared to other similarcouncils and get on withimplementing the reformsto this council’s servicesthat are so badly needed.”

See page 11 for a reporton Brighton and HoveCity Council’s budgetproposals for 2016/17.

Apologies afteri360 noise keepsresidents awakeThe British Airways i360wa s i n u n d at e d w i t hcomplaints from residentson Wednesday, over loudnoises coming from thesite in the early hours ofthe morning.

Disgruntled residentsof Regency Square,PrestonStreet and beyond, took tosocial media sites Twitterand Facebook, to complainthat the loud noisesthroughout the night keptthem awake.

As a result, letters werehand-delivered to localresidents and businesseswithin 200 metres ofthe site on Wednesdayafternoon, apologising forthe noise, and offering twofree tickets for the i360 as agesture of good will.

Eleanor Harris, BritishA i r w a y s i 3 6 0 c h i e fexecutive, said: “I wouldlike to sincerely apologiseto anyonewhowasaffectedby the noise from our sitelast night. The noise wascaused by cables hittingthe tower as a result of atemporary engineering

works platform being leftat the bottom of the tower,rather than at the topof the tower. This was amistake by our contractorsHollandia.

“We will do everythingwe can to keep noise levelsto a minimum in future,however there may beoccasionswhenhighwindswill cause some noiseuntil the pod is completedtowards the end of March,when test flights on the podwill begin and the cableswill be fully tensioned forthe first time.”

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Brighton and Hove was battered by strong winds on Monday,as Storm Imogen hit the southcoast.A house in Saltdean lost its roof, and the King Alfred Centre closed after it sufferedstorm damage. Shingle was thrown onto the promenade at Hove,and wide-spread rail androad chaos ensued. (Photograph: Eddie Mitchell)

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King Alfred:The wraps are off, now let’s work together

On the very same day thatKing Alfred took a seriousbeating from Storm Imogen,I was asked why we can’tjust refurbish the currentbuilding. I pointed out thatthe building was consideredto be on its last legs – beforeI was even born.

Without such a fittingmetaphor to hit the pointhome, some may not haverealised just how bad thecurrent facility is. Noteverybody uses the KingAlfred after all.

The aforementioned roofbelongs to the building’smodern (1980s!) extension.The rest of the inefficientasbestos-ridden structure isin a much worse state.Thereis no doubt that it needs togo. For the past 40 years, ithas just been a question ofwhen.

Having not shied awayfrom championing variouscauses over the years, myskin is somewhat thickerthan the King Alfred’s frailroof.

Nevertheless, publicreact ion to the grandunveiling has troubled me –notbecausethedesignisbad,but because the situation

The proposed design for the new King Alfred Leisure Centre

Robert Nemeth at the King Alfred site

was entirely avoidable.Prior to my election in

May last year, and priorto joining the King AlfredProject Board, I made thecase strongly that notconsulting the public andusers of the centre would bea mistake.

Working with MikeWeatherley MP, we built agrassroots campaign to getthe project off the ground –with much success.

We all have our ownhopes and dreams for theKing Alfred site. I wanted tosee a 50m pool and six-rinkbowls facility, and collectedthousands of signatures tothat effect. Others wantedan ice rink, or a cinema, orrestaurant complex.

By not having suchdebates publicly, there ismuch pent-up frustrationthat must now be aired, andquite understandably.

Intermsofgoingforward,the principles of the schemeare spot on. The seafront isour shop front and the newscheme will only improve it.The project is deliverableand cost-neutral as the £40million sports elements arebeing paid for by the flats.The towers and number ofunits are lower than the lastproposal for the site by somemargin (18vs26storeys,and

565 vs 751 flats). This is allpositive.

My own feeling is thatthe design should evolvebetween now and whenplanning permission issought to take on a moremaritime feel.

The point has been madethat the proposal is toooffice-like, which is entirelyfair. People want to seemore curves quite frankly.It has also been suggestedthat there should be morerestaurants and cafes atground floor level. It is hardto disagree.

I’m personally keen tohear as much constructivecriticism as possible overthe coming months ([email protected]), and I knowthat local man Rob Starr,thedeveloper, is keen to as well.It would be arrogant not todo so.

Once everybody has hadtheir say, and the designsare improved in the run-upto planning, I hope that wecan all really get behindthis highly necessary andseriously exciting project.

Robert Nemeth is aConservative Brightonand Hove City Councillor,and sat on the cross-party King Alfred board.

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Green light for newsecondary schoolThe University of BrightonA c a d e m i e s Tr u s t h a sreceived backing fromthe government to open anew secondary school inBrighton - although it is yetto find a site.

The Depar tment ofEducation approved plansfor theschool,which isset toopen in the centre-east partof Brighton in September2018.

The university said it isnow working with Brightonand Hove City Council toacquire a site and obtainplanning permission for theschool.

The secondary schoolwill be for students aged 11to 16 years and will offer 180places each year.

P r o f e s s o r D e b r aHumphr is , the newlyappointedvice-chancelloratthe University of Brighton,said: “We are delightedthe application has beensuccessful.

“Brighton and Hove CityCouncil predicts there willbe a pressing need for a newschool in Brighton to meeta projected growth in thenumber of 11 to 16-year-oldstudents in the next two tothree years.

“The university and itsSchool of Education willcreate the new school’sgovernance and curriculum,and will lend its skills toensure the school providesthebestpossibleeducationaland learning environmentfor our young people.”

Cllr Tom Bewick, chair ofthecouncil’s children,youngpeople and skills committee,said: “With demand forsecondary school places inthe city due to increase overthecomingyearsthis isgreatnews.

“We will continue towork with the Universityof Brighton and with ourother secondary schools toensure that there are enoughsecondary school placesacross the city to fulfil ourduty to offer a place to allchildren resident in the citywho request one.

“We will expect thenew school to work inpartnership with the widerfamily of schools across thecity, as we look to provideour young people with thehighest quality provision –whether that be traditionalacademic sub jec ts ort e c h n i c a l vo c a t i o n a leducation and high-qualityapprenticeships.”

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Time to make way for new leisure centre

When part of the roof blewof the King Alfred LeisureCentre this week it was asclear a signal as any that it’stime to get on with buildinga new facility fit for thetwenty-first century. And I- like most of the families Ispeak to in Hove - would likethis to start sooner ratherthan later.

I’m asking politicians ofall parties to pull togetherand quickly make the initialplans we’ve now seen intoa workable design; let’sget those demolition ballsto work! If the councillorsa l low this to becomebogged down in hot air andgrandstanding, trying tore-create Miami on Hoveseafront for example, thenI predict that we will endup with nothing. And thatsimplycan’thappenbecauseno other investor will comenear a site with two failedattempts to regenerate it to

its name.The current designis urban,modern and it doeswell with the impossiblechallenge of delivering somuch in one tight space.No, it’s not the exciting,landmark architecture I waspraying for but when youweigh up what the winningbid delivers within tightconstraints - you begin tosee the benefits.

I’ve spoken to many localresidents and the surprisingthing about the currentsituation is that so manyfamilies take their childrento The Triangle LeisureCentre in Burgess Hill.Thisis madness in terms of ourenvironment, traffic chaos,expense and time and it’sone of the major factors thatconvinced me to push fornew facilities at the KingAlfred. Surely our localfamiliesdeserve tobeable towalk to decent local fitnessand fun facilities?

It was November 2008 -seven and a half years agonow - that Frank Gehry’sinfamous King Alfredscheme was scrapped. As

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each year passes the localcommunity misses out onnew homes and new leisureopportunities, while thecouncil misses out on muchneeded revenue.

As we head into theconsultation phase andthere’s an opportunity tomake a few adjustments tothe plans (I would like tosee more of a plaza/diningarea on the seafront side,for example) and for localresidents to give their viewI hope the good people ofHove will help create a goodbuilding…and soon!


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Spreading a love ofreading across city

One city. One book. Athousand conversations…

That’s the motto of CityReads,which this year joinsThe Brighton Festival, andhas announced its chosentome as The Good Son byPaul McVeigh.

Each year CollectedWorks CIC, focuses ona particular book as thecentre of its Big Readcelebration,with the aim ofspreading a love of readingacross the city and beyond.

This year’s pick is by aNorthern Irish, Brighton-based author,which tacklesthe Troubles in Ireland.This coincides with thethe centenary of the EasterRising, a rebellion that ledto the eventual signing ofthe Anglo Irish Treaty andthe creation of NorthernIreland.

Mr McVeigh, who wasborn in Belfast,said: “WhenI moved to Brighton a fewyears ago, one of the first

things I did was volunteerfor City Reads to celebratebooks and get to know mynew city.Who could believethat just a few years latermy book would be chosenand my adopted city wouldadopt me right back.”

SarahHutchings, artisticdirector of City Reads,said:“Choosing one book for awhole City to read, shareandcelebrate isawonderfulthing because it bringspeople together. Brighton-based Northern Irish writerPaul McVeigh’s incrediblebook was the perfect choice,particularly as 2016 marksthe centenary of the EasterRising.

“I defy anyone not to fallin love with its protagonistMickey Donnelly. He’sclever,naiveandhilariouslyfunny. I hope you love itas much as we do at CityReads.”

City Reads launcheson March 3, and will see ahost of events, including:an Irish Whiskey Tastingon St Patrick’s Day withreadings from The Good


Son and live music (March17); a special screening onthe official centenary of the1916 Easter Rising (April24); and The City ReadsBook Quiz on April 27. Theevent will close with “Paul

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Planners advised to turndown Albion hotel bid

Dreams of an Albion hotelcould be dashed, after aproposal for a hotel andcancertreatmentcentrenextto the American ExpressCommunity Stadium wasrecommended for refusal bycouncil officers.

The plans, by AlbionSports and Leisure Limited,are set to go before Brightonand Hove City Council’sp l a n n i n g c o m m i t t e enext Wednesday, whencouncillors will have thefinal say.

The proposals includea three-storey hotel with150 bedrooms, restaurant,bar, reception, gymnasium,meeting room, and lounge,alongside a StereotacticRadiotherapy Unit for NHSpatients in the basement.

B u t a r e p o r t b ycouncil officers said thedevelopment would “fail toprovide a suitable standardof design and appearance”and “would relate poorly tothe adjoining stadium”.

Officers also said thedesign is “architecturallyinappropriate” and wouldaffect the setting of StanmerPark. However, the reportdid note the development isexpected to create 82 jobs,and bring is around £5,8million to the local economy.

Albion had hopes thehotel could be open by nextSeptember, and has alreadyentered into a franchiseagreement with StarwoodsHotels, to open the resortunder its Aloft brand.

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the strong demand forstylish, yet affordableaccommodation in matureand strategically importantcities such as Brighton.”

Martin Perry, Brightonand Hove Albion executivedirector, said: “The Aloftbrand is the perfect choicefor visitor accommodationat the American ExpressC o m m u n i t y S t a d i u m ,appealing to multiplebusinesssegmentsincludingconference delegates ,f o o t b a l l s u p p o r t e r sand visitors to the twoUniversities adjacent to thestadium.”

Even if councillors ignoreofficer advice, and grantplanning permission for thehotel, the site “straddles”the boundary with LewesDistrictCouncil,so theplanswillalso have to go before itsplanning committee beforeconstruction can go ahead.

A still image from the film exhibition WHITE HAWK HILL

Brighton Museum andArt Gallery will exhibit afilm made on Brighton’sWhitehawk Hill, one of theUK’s oldest Neolithic siteswhich is just beginning togain recognition.

WHITE HAWK HILLexplores the site’s pastas home to a 5,500-year-old Neolithic community,and compares it with theWhitehawk Hill of today.

The film was createdby environmental artistsRed Earth and filmmakerAnna Lucas, in partnershipwith abandofbrothers (amentoring charity for youngmen,foundedinWhitehawk),andlocalarchaeologistMattPope,whogrewupexploringWhitehawk Hill.

The team recorded thehill through the changingseasons for a year, runningeventswithabandofbrothersand exploring the hill’sNeolithic past as a placefor gatherings, rituals andfeasting.

S i m o n Pa s c o e , R e dEarth, said: “Life for a20-year-old in Neolithictimes would have been verydifferent to young people’sexperience today - averagelife expectancy was around30 and the young men andwomen who gathered herewould have been skilled andrespected members of theircommunity. In contrast,a 20-year-old in today’ssociety can feel alienatedand marginalised, excludedrather than included.

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contrast, and give youngpeople the chance to makea personal connection withthe past.”

Caitlin Easterby sumsup: “WHITE HAWK HILLpays homage to thousandsof years of uninterruptedhuman interaction withthis extraordinary place,connecting archaeology,myth and contemporary lifeto reveal a landscape sharedby two communities over5,000 years apart”.

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Vulnerable remainhardest hit by cuts

The Labour administrationset out its final budget forBrighton and Hove CityCouncilat lastnight’spolicyand resources committee(Thursday), and the mostvulnerable in the city wereset to be hit the hardest.

Many of the “painful”decisions made by councilleader Warren Morgan andhis group, remain in thebudget,butthereareasmallnumber of proposed cutsthat have been dropped.

As the Brighton & HoveIndependent went to press,a 3.99 per cent increasein council tax was set togo before the committee,alongside Labour’s plans tocut £20 million in 2016/17,and £68 million by 2020.

M a n y o f t h e c u t sare likely to affect the

vulnerable, including theclosure of Tower HouseDay Centre, and a review oflearning disability services.Combined, these cuts willsave just under £3 millionin total.

Labour is also pressingahead with its Council TaxReduction scheme, whichwill save £540,000, but willsee the poorest residents’council tax bill rise by athird.

Other plans includemoving the Royal Pavilionand Museums into a Trust,alongside Brighton Dome,saving £200,000 in thenext year. Managementcost reductions will see£1.9 million savings, and“efficiencies” at CityCleanwill save £450,000.

However, there were anumberofareaswhichwereset to be cut, but have beensaved from the axe.

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Final budget for 2016/17 goes before councillors

concessionary bus passeshave been scrapped, ashave proposals to reducesubsidised bus services,and cuts to public toilets,whichwill insteadseea£1.5million investment.

The plans to cut parkrangers from nine to three,has been scrapped, withseven ranger retained innew plans.

Warren Morgan, leaderof the council, said: “Wehave listened and we haveacted.We have closed the £9million budget gap we werefaced with when takingoffice, and we are puttingforward a lawful, balancedand responsible budget inthe face of huge Tory cutsto local councils. I call onthe other parties to backit. We have worked hard toreduce the cuts to serviceslike the park rangers, toprotect the bus servicesand community grants thatpeoplerelyon,andtoensure

that our vital care serviceshave the funds they need todo their work.

“The government hasforced all city and countycouncils into a four per centcouncil tax increase, andinto making deep cuts tothe services we all use, so Ihave joined with politiciansfrom across the politicalspectrum in saying enoughis enough, this can’t go on.

“There’s no escaping thevery challenging fundingsituation for our day-to-day services presented inour council budget.”

The final decision willbe made at this month’sbudget meeting, which willbeheldattheSussexCountyCricket Ground in Hove onThursdayFebruary25,from4.30pm.

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‘No reprieve’ forpark rangers incouncil budgetInitial proposals to cut thecity’s park ranger teamfrom nine to three wasmet with furious objectionfrom volunteers andenvironmental groups.

After going back to thedrawing board, the Labouradministration has comebackwithnewproposals,toretainsevenrangers.Itsaidthis will bring a saving of£140,000 - down by £35,000on the original proposals.

But Chris Todd, ofBrighton and Hove Friendsof the Earth (BHFOE), saidthe figures don’t add up.

He said: “The councilis still proposing takinga hatchet to the rangerservice.Thisannouncementappears to be a game ofsmoke and mirrors, hidingthe true impact of thedevastation.

“There still has been nocommunity engagement orproper scrutiny of exactlywhat level of ranger serviceis sustainable and whatis needed to manage andsupport the huge volunteerworkforce.”

The group was setto protest outside lastn i g h t ’ s p o l i c y a n dresources committee atTheBrighthelm Centre.

C l l r Gi l l Mitche l l ,chair of the environment,s u s t a i n a b i l i t y a n dtransport committee, said:“Our published, revisedbudget proposals are veryclear. From a team of 9.2full time equivalent rangerstaff, including one vacantpost,weareretainingsevenfull time equivalent staffincluding a Rights of WayOfficer.”

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Ideas pour in for city’s

Brighton and Hove CityCouncil asked residentsto get their thinking capson, as it opened The CityInnovation Challenge lastmonth.

Thechallengeawardsfive£1,000 prizes for innovativeideas on how to keep councilservices going in the face ofgovernment funding cuts.

This comes as the councilis set to make savings of £68millioninthenextfouryears.

And with just one weekto go until the closing date,more than 100 entries havebeen received.

Warren Morgan, leaderof the council, said: “Thechallenge is going well, ittook some time for people toget their entries in, but nowwe are up to 100 – but we’rekeen to get as many as wecan so do submit your ideas,however radical they are.

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“Once the challengecloses, officers will collatethe entries, cross-reference

them in case any of them arethe same, check that theywould work in practice andthey will then submit themto the judging panel.

“The judging panelincludes: Debra Humpris(University of Brighton),Niraj Saraf (Innovate UK),Jo Wadsworth (Brightonand Hove News), Geoff Raw(Brighton and Hove CityCouncil), and myself.

“The judges will thenhavetoagreeontheshortlistand we’ll announce theshortlisted entries of eachcategory. We’ll invite allthe people who submittedthe shortlisted entries tothe awards ceremony inSpringtime.”

There are five £1,000prizes up for grabs, fundedby sponsors. These are setout into five categories,depending on who issubmitting the idea: youngpeople; individuals; thecommunity and voluntarysector; council staff; andbusinesses.

Submissions can includea wide range of ideas - aslong as it comes up with asolution to improve councilservices.

Submit your idea toBrighton and Hove CityCouncil,by Friday,February19,at:brighton-hove.gov.uk/innovation

Brighton and Hove BusesSponsoring: Community andvoluntary sectorMartin Harris, managingdirector“Huge financial pressures meanfresh thinking is needed.I think it is a good thing toengage businesses and thecommunity to come up withideas and solutions. Thereare serious challenges ahead.

Although some may argue itlooks like tokenism, if theCity Innovation Challengeis getting the conversationgoing about the need for freshthinking, that is good.“There is a good record ofcollaboration and partnershipin the city, so it will be goodharness that to think aboutthe way council services aredelivered.”

Hilton Brighton MetropoleSponsoring: Council staffSascha Koehler, generalmanager“Being part of Brightonand Hove for 125 years theHilton Brighton Metropoleunderstands the current

A city of innovation (Photograph: Eddie Mitchell)

challenges the council faces.“We are extremely proud tosponsor a new way to generatebold and creative ideas tomake our city, Brighton andHove, a better place throughthe council’s City InnovationChallenge.”


innovation challenge

MicrosoftSponsoring: Young PeopleHugh Milward, director ofcorporate affairs“Brighton is doing somethingvery exciting as a creativeand technology space. Thisis an area that the councilis demonstrating some real

Advice CloudSponsoring: BusinessesChris Farthing, managingdirector“We have done a lot ofwork with the council, soit is an opportunity for usto give something back tothem, and to understandmore about the challengesthey face.“The council is open toinnovative ideas - justbecause it is the publicsector does not mean it isclosed down.“Brighton and Hove is thegreatest place for start upbusiness particularly in thetech sector.“It is a brilliant place todo business.”

Entrepreneurial Spark andNatwestSponsoring: IndividualFiona Anderson,entrepreneur developmentmanager“I think mainly because ofthe work that we do withentrepreneurs it makes senseobviously for us.“As a bank we are wantingto be the biggest supportersof local start ups andentrepreneurs. We want tobe seen as the go to bankfor start ups and growingbusinesses.“In my role, now I have anestablished relationshipwith council leaders. Itmakes sense for us to beinvolved.”

University of SussexSponsoring: Awards ceremonyJohn Duffy, registrar“Brighton and Hove is afantastic city, powered byideas and people who thinkdifferently. It’s a big partof why so many choose tolive, work or study here. We

leadership in.“It is logical when youcombine leadership andtechnology, that Microsoft

would want to get behind it.“It also gives us theopportunity to support youngpeople in particular. It fits in

with what we do.“In terms of ideas. I amlooking for some creativethinking - that’s what Brightondoes best.“I want people to think aboutnot just good ideas, but ideasthat put the users at theheart.”

share that creative spirit anddesire to change things forthe better. That is why wewholeheartedly support thischallenge and applaud thecouncil’s creativity in tacklingthis situation. It won’t be easybut, if anywhere can do it,Brighton can.”


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No to cutsWe are a group of adultswith learning disabilitieslivinginBrightonandHoveand we have been meetingtogethernowfor twoyears.

We are supported byan advocate at Brightonand Hove Speak Out. Wefirst got together becausewe were worried aboutwhat we heard in the localpapers about the cutsto local services and weneeded help to understandit.Duringthistime,wehaveattended council meetings,spoken at public debatesand demonstrat ions ,lobbied Parliament andtried to understand whatis going to happen. As timehaspassedwehavebecomemore and more worried.We have to stand up andfight for ourselves.

We are not a politicalgroup and our aim is notto blame any one group ofpeople; all we want is forpeople to hear how we feeland to thinkaboutuswhenthey are making decisionsabout our lives.

It seems like we areoften asked what we thinkbut no one takes any notice

of what we say.Last year Buckingham

Road day centre closed.This was very worryingfor people and now we hearthat Belgrave day centre isclosing and that peoplewho used to spend timethere will no longer havea service. Day centres arenot just places where wego and do activities, theyare places we go to see ourfriends: Without them,we will not get to see ourfriends anymore. All wehear about is cuts if notcuts to services, cuts toour benefits,we never hearabout what you are goingto do for us. One personin our group is so worriedabout cuts in benefits thatthey struggle with their

mental health, they oftenfeel suicidal because of thisanxiety. They are worriedthat they wouldn’t be able topaytheirbillsandevenmorefrightenedabout losingtheirhome and being sent back toan institution like the badold days. Our futures feel souncertain. Another of ourmembers said “They can’tleave us with nothing canthey? The have to draw theline somewhere”.

So, what we want is forpeople to start telling uswhat is going to happen, wewant people to think aboutus when they think aboutcutting services. We wantto know we have a brightfuture.

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People are now beingforced away from friends,family and communityby unaffordable housingcosts. The private rentalmarket is failing many inour city.Soaring rents leadto more evictions - a majorcause of homelessnessin the city. No wonder wesee more and more peoplein sleeping bags outsideshops!

Experts say housingshould cost no more than33 per cent of income yetsome people are spending60 per cent and using foodbanks. We are calling fora living rent (like a livingwage) that leaves peopleenough to live on. Is thattoo much to ask for thesixth richest country inthe world?

At the last election somepartiessupportedsocalled“smart”rentcontrolswhereby increases are limited.It is a case of closing thestable door after the horsehas bolted!We need properrent controls that bringrents down, not “smart”ones that allow them toincrease by less. Controlswould be phased in givinglandlords time to adjust.The details of how bestto do it should be workedout by a Living RentCommission.

Rent controls work inGermany where rents aremuch lower and tenantshave proper security.Theirhomes are decent andpeople choose to rent. Butin the UK, for most, privaterenting is a last resort.Thetime has come for reform,for a living rent based onwhat people can afford,noton a failed “market”.

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A Week in the CityEvent

Vintage fairA pop up tea party, vintagehair salon, live music fromlocal singer, and plenty ofgreat vintage bargains; LouLou’s Vintage Fair comesto the Corn Exchange onSunday.

The vintage fair bringstogether more than 40traders specialising infashion,homeware or craftsfrom the 1920s to the 1980s.

Visit the Corn Exchangefrom 10am to 4pm. Entry is£2 for adults, under 12s gofree.

To find out more, visit:www.thevintagefair.com

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Star WarsdisplayHove Museum is set todisplay a range of rare StarWars items from privatecollections.

These will include veryearly figures from thefirst series of Star Warsmovies, such as a Land ofthe Jawas set, released bytoy company Kenner in the1970s.

The museum alreadydisplays a well-knowncollection of historic toysin its Wizard’s Attic area,including a rare modelof an AT-AT, the fearedcombat vehicle from thefirst Star Wars film trilogy.

The new display, whichwill sit in the museum’sCollectors’ Corner and hasbeen loaned by two of themuseum’s staff, includesmore unusual items, inparticularfigures,fromthesecond Star Wars trilogy.These demonstrate howmerchandising developedbetweenthetwofilmseries,as the array of charactersgrew and increasinglydiverse options wereexplored.

The display will opentomorrow (Saturday),untilMay 17.

Event

SynagogueThe official opening of thenewly developed Brightonand Hove ProgressiveSynagogue was attended bythe great and the good onSunday.

GuestsattheLandsdowneRoad synagogue includedHove MP Peter Kyle, mayorof Brighton Lynda Hyde,leader of the counci lWarren Morgan, andDeputy Lieutenant of EastSussex Christopher Gebbie.A synagogue spokespersonsaiditwasdayofcelebration,full of hospitality andwelcometoallwhoattended.

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Charitysleep outA local housing charity isasking people to take partin a sponsored sleep out toraise money for its workwith disadvantaged youngpeople

Y M CA D o w n s L i n kGroup is looking for localheroes ready to spend onenight sleeping under thestars on Friday, March 18,and raise vital funds forits work. The aim of theSleep Easy event is simple:give up your warm bed forone night and help younghomeless people get backon their feet.

Pete Brayne, a SleepEasy veteran, said: “Asingle night outs idecannot compare withbeing homeless, but lyingawake under the starsat 2am has a surprisingimpact. If you have neverdone this before I stronglyrecommend giving it a go.You only live once and youwill help raise thousandsof pounds in support oftheYMCA’s fantastic workwith homeless youngpeople.”

Find out more at :www.ymcadlg.org/sleep-easy-2016

Arts

A lastinglegacyArts-based youth groupsin need of funds to supportforthcomingprojectscouldbe eligible for a £1,000grant from a city RotaryClub.

T h e R o t a r y C l u bof Brighton and HoveBreakfast received £10,000fromthelegacyofdeceasedmember Stuart Read.

In 2015, the first year ofthe scheme, nearly £4,000was awarded to four localgroups. Now the club isinviting more applicationsfor another £4,000.

Mr Read’s partner, JanAdams,said: “Stuart didn’thave children of his ownbut always very interestedin the development ofyoung people. He felt- through Rotary - hecould help in situationswhere funding was noteasily available. It wouldhave been an immensepleasure tohimtoseesomesuccessfuloutcomesasthedirect result of his help. Ilook forward to witnessingthese for him.”

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Making our city a safe place for those seeking refuge

At a time of the most severecuts to the city’s budget everseen, the challenges for anyadministration could be allconsuming.

However, it’s importantthat each councillor playsa role in looking beyondthese challenges to theother issues that matter toresidents.

Our city was awardedCity of Sanctuary statuslast summer for our workand aspirations in makingBrighton and Hove a safe

place for those seekingrefuge.

With the pressures onservices and residents, itwould be easy to let thispromise slide.To forget thatpromise, that ambition. Todo so would be to let downour residents. They are, inmy opinion, kind heartedand always have room tocare about those otherthan themselves who aresuffering.

To fail to play our part ina global humanitarian crisis

The School Bus Project in Calais

Emma Daniel at Calais, on her trip visiting The School Bus Project

would have our childrenlooking back at what we didwith shame.We cannot havethat.We should set them theexample our grandparentsset us, l ike caring forthousands of woundedIndian soldiers in the cityduring World War 1, and forchild evacuees duringWorldWar 2. We were the first inour region to support theSyrian relocation schemeand to receive householdsas part of the national effort.

We h av e h e l p e d aneighbouring authoritywhen they couldn’t findfamilies for unaccompaniedrefugee children. We weredescribed as “the kindesthearted”of theirneighbours.

We are a caring city.One which in tough timesdoesn’t forget what makesBrighton and Hove special.This is a city that is leadingby example.

That leadership was notstarted by the council but byourcitizenswhoareworkingon humanitarian projectswithin the city for those whoare dispossessed. Whetherby war, through hate or,

sadly, through lives thathave gone wrong and leadto people becoming roughsleepers.

I went to Calais lastweekend, in my own timeand at my own expense, tovisit The School Bus Project

(www.schoolbusproject.org).I took around £1,000 of

donations with me to helpchildren living in tents in themud, with no sanitation, atleast to get an education: aneducation that brings themhope and a future that might

seem far away for them rightnow.

This project was set upby Kate McAllister,a teacherfrom my ward of Hanoverand Elm Grove.A city full ofheroes like Kate is a city tobe proud of.

To find out more aboutCllr Daniel’s trip toCalais, visit: cllremma.wordpress.com

We are a caring city. One which in toughtimes doesn’t forget what makes Brighton

and Hove special.“

Cllr Emma Daniel,Lead Member for Neighbourhoods,Communities and Equalities.

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It’s time to stand up and fight for funds

This week saw the Labourcouncil ’s final budgetproposals put forward.Lookingbacktothistimelastyear, it is striking how muchhas changed in Labour’sapproachtocouncilfinances.

Since theelection,Labourhave not hesitated to pick upthe axe and start swingingwithapparentprecious littlecare for the consequences.

In the council chamberlast year, Labour proposedto save a number of keyserv ices , c i t ing the i rcontract with Brighton andHove to tackle poverty andinequality.

Wedon’thavetolookfartoseehowmuchtheirprioritieshave changed now theyare in power. On children’scentres, on voluntary sector

organisat ions , publ ictoilets and even parkingcharges; what they once feltmotivated to ‘save’ are nowseeing massive cuts whichwill decimate services.Despite promises to tacklepoverty and inequality, cutsto these services will falldisproportionately on lowincome families and Labourknows it.

No wonder that a seniorConservative councillorsaid of Labour’s budgetproposals: “A lot of itcould have come from ourmanifesto.”

For Labour, it seems thatpower matters more thanprinciples- they don’t seemtocarewhatthepublic think.

Ju s t l o o k a t t h e i rc o n t i n u e d a t t a c k o nchildren’s centres despite87 per cent of respondentsto the consultation opposedto any cuts. It has beenrepeated in the consultationon the library service. Theconsultation results willbe considered at a meeting

in March, yet the budgetcouncil will make the cutsto the library service inFebruary.

Labour council leaderWarren Morgan said theconsultation “will haveto adapt” to any budgetdecisions taken in February.It does beg the question:what was the point-if any-in the consultation?

Labour have cut backon the standard budgetconsul tat ion process ,leaving us with little usefulinformation as to how thepublic want the councilbudget to be prioritised.

Convenientasithidesanyevidence that people aren’thappy. There is no question-the biggest problem withcouncil finances comes

from the Tories’ ongoingshort-sighted war on townhalls.Yet Labour has put upminimal resistance.

Cllr Morgan’s muchlauded “conversation” withgovernment ministers haswon us a meagre £33,000in extra funds, comparedto £11.9m extra funding inSurrey.This is what happenswhenyoudon’tstandupandfight. All the more reasonwhy Labour should join uswhen we take the messagetotheTreasurythisSaturdaythat enough is enough.Visit:bit.ly/Treasury13thFeb

There is no question the biggest problemwith council finances comes from the Tories’

ongoing short-sighted war on town halls.Yet Labour has put up minimal resistance.“

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Camera car to helpparking wardensin pilot schemeN e w n u m b e r p l a t erecognition technology willbe used in a crackdown onparking.

A camera car is beingtrialled by NSL, whichruns Brighton and HoveCity Council’s parkingenforcement, which willbe fitted with automaticnumber plate recognition(ANPR) technology that can“read” number plates.

The technology willbe used to direct civilenforcement officers (CEOs)to where there are vehicleswithout valid permits orwhere parking sessionshave overrun, which couldpotentially save the footpatrols time.

CEOs will then use theinformation to check thehighlighted vehicles andissue a penalty chargenotice ifnecessary.CEOsusehand-held devices to crosscheck permits and parkingsessions.

The month-long trial isbeing carried out in streetswithin Preston Drove,StanfordAvenueandPrestonPark Avenue, which are allwithin the Area J residents’parking scheme. Signs arebeing put up in the streetswhere the trial is happening.

C o u n c i l l o r G i l lMitchell, chair of the city’s

environment and transportcommittee,said: “NSL askedus if we would host a shorttrial to see whether thistechnology could help ouron-streetparkingandensurea proper use of spaces. Thetechnology will support,notreplaceparkingattendants.”

Brighton and Hove CityCouncil said it is committedto making parking servicesmore accessible throughtechnology and is lookingat digital permits thatresidents and businessescan apply for and renewonline without the need togo to the parking centre.

The trial is being carriedout by NSL at no cost to thecouncil. The ANPR vehicle,which can be a car or amoped, cannot issue PCNsand only holds vehicleregistration numbers.CEOsalready record vehicleregistrationnumbersaspartof the enforcement process.ThenumbersrecordedbytheANPR vehicle will be deletedwithinonemonthofthetrial.

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The Cecil Rhodes statue at Oriel College, Oxford.

Each age chooses its heroes and villains

This is a tale of two statues.The first , a modest

limestone affair, high onwhat was once called “oneof Oxford’s worst buildings,a specimen of Mr BasilChampneys at his mostdisgusting”, is easy to missas youstroll downthatcity’sfamed High Street.

Cecil Rhodes, colonials t a t e s m a n , d i a m o n dmagnate, philanthropist,bequeathed a fortune tohis old college, Oriel, withwhich in 1911 they built thisgrandiose block.

For a hundred years,no one apart from theoccasional evacuativepigeon took much notice ofhis flannel-suited image,slouch hat in hand.

Then came Rhodes MustFall, a campaigning groupled by a South African lawstudent,

Ntokozo Qwabe, himselfenabled to attend OxfordUniversity by a Rhodesscholarship. Theydemandedthe statue’s removal, asRhodes was an obnoxiousracist and imperialist.“There’s a violence to havingto walk past the statueevery day on the way to yourlectures,” they declared.Violence is not a wordnormally associated withinanimate objects (there is,on the other hand, plentyof genuine violence back inQwabe’snativecountry,withits shockingly high murderrate), but they are hyper-sensitive. Even Oxford’sarchitecture is violent. “Theracist and violent way inwhichthespaceisconfigurednormalises and props upthe existence of systemicracism,patriarchyandotheroppressions thatstudents atOxford go through daily.”

Refusing to condemnthe November terroristattacks in Paris, Qwabecondemned France as “astate that has for yearsterrorised – and continuesto terrorise – innocent livesin the name of imperialism,colonialism, and otherviolent barbarities”. Helikened the tricolor to theNazi swastika and wantedit banned. Oriel’s initiallycraven attitude towardsthese raving proponents ofhistorical whitewash andpolitically correct hygienewas only matched by itssubsequent craven attitudetowards its wealthy alumni,who threatened to cancelbequests worth millions ifthe statue was removed.

Let’s move on to thesecond statue.

This one doesn’t yet exist,thoughit’s imminent. Unlikethe Rhodes, it will be largerthan lifesize (15 ft tall) andprominently positioned (atStThomas’s Hospital,facingthe Houses of Parliament).

It will represent MarySeacole, an adventurousandinmanywaysadmirablefigure who has lately beenplucked from historicalobscurity and promotedas an ethnic-minority icon(named Greatest BlackBriton in 2004). There arealreadyseveralMarySeacoleBuildings in existence.Seacole has been describedas “The Real Angel of theCrimea” (film)and“TheBlackNursewhoBecameaHeroineof the Crimea” (book), herchampioningaccompanyinga simultaneous debunkingof Florence Nightingale.Unison, the nursing union,which supports the statue,in 1999 ditched Nightingaleas founder of nursing,on the grounds she was“white, middle class andProtestant” (boo!). In 2014 aBBC children’s programme,HorribleHistories,portrayed

Nightingale raciallysnubbing Seacole (who in

turn called Nightingale “oldLamp Face”).

The bronze representsSeacole with medical bag,medals pinned to her chest(she was never an accreditednurse , and was neverawarded medals, thoughshe liked to pose wearingsome). Unlike Nightingale,she had no connection withStThomas’s Hospital,or anyother hospital. She did not,as claimed, nurse soldiers(though she gave herbalremedies) but was a “sutler”,purveyingtinnedlobsterandsalmon, wine and cigars for

officers. As Lynn Macdonaldt h e d i s t i n g u i s h e dNightingale scholar who is aleadingchallengerofSeacolemisinformation, observes,“her tea and lemonadedid not save lives, pioneernursing or advance healthcare”.

If Seacole were a whitewoman from Dorking, Idoubt whether they wouldbehonouringher in thisway.Well, each age chooses itsheroes and its villains, andit’s clear from these twostories what sort of criterianowadays apply.


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Thisisawryandhumorousb o o k a b o u t w h at i sessentially an unlikelysubject: autism.

Ben and Emma have aten year old son, Jonah.He has severe autism.And both parents are atbreaking point. They fakea separation to get Jonahinto the day care that herequires via a tribunal.

BenandJonahmoveintoBen’s fathers home,Georg.This is where the humourfor me really kicked in,Georg is a grandfather ina million.

A Jewish survivor ofWW11, Georg has theinstincts to cope withJonah and Ben,but at whatprice? The scene whereBen and Georg take Jonahinto a crowded popularJewish deli for lunch hadme weeping with laughter.

And I pretty much lostmy heart to Georg, he, forme was the star of thisbook.

Lester has managedto turn the battles andheartbreak over raising a

child with severe autismintoaheart-warming,wittyand charming book,but thesubjectmatter isonethat ishardtothinkaboutwithoutquestioning what onewould do in that situation.

ThelengthsthatBenhasto go to, to secure the rightcare for his beloved son isone that seems Kafkaesquein its convolutions,but onethat I’m sure that everyparent of a special needschild can identify with.

I take my hat off to thesecommitted parents andwish that they all had agrandfather like Georg ontheir side.

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Everyone wins withLocal Puzzle; it’s a brilliantidea, from a kind-hearted,forward thinking company.This February there are350 cash prizes between£5 - £300 being given away,and as the pace picks up,therewards just keep growing.

Th i s i s a f a n t a s t i copportunity to acquire astunning newly renovatedd e t a c h e d r e s i d e n c esituated in one of Hove’smost prestigious locationsinThe Upper Drive..

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A night in with a takeawayhas never been better. Withthe arrival of deliveryservicesbringingrestaurantfood straight to your door,the choice is endless.

A whole host of fooddelivery services havesprung up in the last fewyears, but why is there ademand for them?

Sohail Rahim, ownerof Brighton and Hove-based Dinner2Go, said:“We can bring food fromrestaurants that are notnormally available. We canbring people stuff they can’tnormally get. It has reallycaught on in the last threeto four years.”

He said another reasonfor the success of theindustry was advances intechnology, which makes

ordering your evening mealquick, easy, and hassle free.

B u t w h a t m a k e sDinner2Go stand out?

Sohail said he has a reallocal focus. The majority ofthe restaurants he workswith are independents, andmost services he uses arefrom local companies.

Sohail said: “We try anduse local companies - wetry to only use businessesinside Brighton and Sussex.

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“And it is good for them.Dinner2Go means they candeliver without spendingthe extra money on adelivery driver. It is ad-hoc.Plus a restaurant can haveone or two delivery drivers.If one lets you down, you’rein trouble. We have 15drivers, plus back-up.”

S o i t ’ s a w i n - w i nsituation for customerswho want more choice, andrestaurantswhocan’tafforda delivery driver,but want toexpand their business.

The businesses also hasa charity drive to help thehomeless. Sohail recalleda conversation he once hadwith a homeless man, whowas in a vicious cycle wherehe could not get a job as hedid not have an address,andviceversa.Hewantedtohelpin some way, so helping thehomeless was an obviouschoice for him.

“ H o m e l e s s n e s s i sa growing problem inBrighton,” said Sohail. “Wepick up clothes from peopleas we deliver their order.They give us clothes,and wegive them to the homeless.We then give the customers20 per cent off their nextorder.

“We give these clothes toOff The Fence and BrightonIn Need. We started to do

Homegrown food delivery serviceDinner2Go on supporting independentrestaurants and helping the homeless

this in November, and weare going to do this fromnow on.”

But how did it all begin?For Sohail, it started fouryears ago when he took onDinner2Go.

“We bought the companyfour years ago from a friend,although it has been goingfor 10 years,” said Sohail.“It was started by a friendof mine,but five years downthe line he had personalissues.

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sure all drivers had a mobilephone where they couldaccess everything online,including maps and GPS,everythingfromtheirphone.Now drivers do not have tocome back to the office.

“In the office I haveone member of staff, andanother one or two if it isbusy, and we have around15 drivers, but this goes upto 18 when we are busy.

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Things are going fromstrength to strength, withthe company investing in afleetofDinner2Gosmartcarsfor its delivery drivers.

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Moulsecoomb CommunityLeisure Centre - operatedby Freedom Leisure onbehalf of Brighton andHove City Council – ispartnering with TeardropAerial and Circus to offernew aerial skills classes tochildren aged 9 to 17 yearsand adults.Aerial skills improvehealthandfitnessusingthetrapeze, silks, ropes andloops, and aim to offer thechance to learn a new skilland get fit whilst havingfun.

Asanintroductoryoffer,attendees can get their

first class for half price.Moulsecoomb CommunityLeisure Centre will beoffering three differentsessions, so whether youare a complete beginner oranimprover,allabilitiesarewelcome. There will be anopen practice to give moreexperienced aerialists thechance to hone their skills.

The sessions will alsoincorporate ground basedcircus skills, such asgymnastics, acrobalance,tightrope walking,jugglingand hula hooping, so youcan expect each week to bedifferent.

Teardrop Circus also putonperformancesthroughoutthe year with the children’sclasses, involving dance,gymnastics and drama.

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LinkedIn: A marketingtool for your business

Br i ghton Cha mber ofCommerce regularly holdsBitesizedLearningSessions,where local businesses canshare their expertise.

James Dempster, co-founder of Cobb Digital, isleading a Brighton ChamberBite-sized Learning sessionon “LinkedIn as a marketingtool”. Here are his top tips.

1.Publishingon LinkedInSince February 2014,

LinkedIn has offered a spacefor marketing folk to createcontent and share it to largevolumes of people for free.

At Cobb Digital, we lovethe tool and our clients lovethe results that they gainfromit.Theprocess issimpleand you can get startedtoday.

Stuck for ideas? Writeabout areas in which youhaveexpertise,butkeepyourpersonality in there. Focuson one topic per post. Breakup copy with images,but tryto use your own rather thanstock images.

2.LinkedIncompanyandshowcase

What’s the difference, Ihear you shout! Companypages should be used fornews and content aboutyourcompanyingeneralandshould highlight why you’reso good at what you do.Showcase pages serve thatsame purpose for specific

products or services withinyour business.

If you offer a number ofservices, don’t make yourcompany page really busy,split them out into separateShowcase Pages.

3.AdvertisingI l o v e L i n k e d I n

advertising. It’s targeted,cheap and very measurable.You can get involved with avery small budget and startseeing results immediately.We would suggest splittingyour efforts betweendisplayads and sponsored content.Content appears within theusers feedandcanlookmorenatural. It also gives you the

chance to highlight a keypiece of content rather thanacompanylogoorimagethatonly conveys so much.

4. SlideshareSharing slides online

may feel slightly old school,but LinkedIn Slidesharenow receives four milliondaily users and this is onthe rise.What can you sharehere? Videos, white papers,infographics and webinarrecordings all work wellwith this medium. Go andtest it today!

5. GroupsToo often we forget the

“social” part of social media.Don’t. We all know those

people that send 45 updatesa day and don’t take part inany other conversations,but to truly succeed withLinkedIn you need to be aparticipant, not a dictator.Jo i n g r o u p s , a n sw e rindustry questions and askcrowdsourcing questions.Where else can you get free,real time feedback?

For help with digitalmarketing, visit: cobb.agency/digital

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Flowers’ secondalbum offers‘noisy indie pop’

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ConcertPhil HewittGroup Arts [email protected]

Flowers head for Brightonas they launch their secondalbum, Everybody’s Dying toMeet You, via Fortuna Pop!(EU) and Kanine (US).

The trio play The PrinceAlbert on February 17 (8pm).

Singer Rachel Kennedy’svocals and Sam Ayres’ guitarare backed by drummerJordan Hockley, and forRachel, it is the perfectcombination.

She said: “We all met in2012. It was Sam’s idea tostart the band. He knewJordan and got in touchwith him, and they put an adonline for a singer. I saw it,and that’s how they got me.I had been making music by

myself, but it is not so muchfun playing live by yourself. Ilove writing by myself, but Ireally hated performing. I gotso nervous. I was very youngthen. Maybe it wouldn’t bethe same now.

“But when you are witha band, it’s like being in agang. There is strength innumbers. There is always somuch waiting before a show,but when you are in a band,you can have a drink andchat. When it is just you, youjust sit there twiddling yourthumbs and getting nervous!

“The first album came outin the autumn of 2014. Wemade that album like a yearbefore, but the delay was justlots of little things. The thingthat took the longest wasfiguring out when was thebest time to release it. Boththe labels had quite a lot of

releases coming up, so it wasa question of finding a goodtime. Also, we had neverreally made a proper albumwith a label before, and therewere lots of little things youneed to know and do.

“So yes, album numbertwo has been a lot easier. Inevery way, we are a bit moreexperienced, a bit moreconfident. With the firstalbum, we just blunderedthrough everything. Now weknow a lot more what we aredoing.

“When we have to comeup with a tagline for ourmusic, which is hard todo, we usually say it issometimes noisy indie pop.I write the melody and thelyrics, and Sam writes themain body of the chords andthe music, and we all finishthe song together.”

Brighton PhilharmonicOrchestra will welcomeas its guest soloist one ofthe world’s most versatilepianists on Sunday, February14, at the Dome (2.45pm).

Spokesman PeterBack said: “Melvyn Tanestablished his internationalreputation with pioneeringperformances on thefortepiano.”

Peter continued: “He

brings his finesse to theromanticism of Chopin’sPiano Concerto No. 2 onSunday afternoon, with theorchestra under the baton ofBarry Wordsworth.

“The concert openswith Weber’s Invitationto the Dance, a suite ofenchanting waltz melodiesfor piano, later transformedby Berlioz into a sparklingorchestral showpiece. Thisis followed by the famousIntermezzo from Mascagni’s

Cavalleria Rusticana, wheresublime serenity rises toan ecstatic climax thataptly reflects both the calmand joy of Easter morningin a Sicilian village. Themain work of the concertwill be Rimsky-Korsakov’smighty symphonic suiteScheherazade, based onthe story of the ArabianNights, one the most lavishand colourful works in theorchestral repertoire.”

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Leading Russian dancers bringthree beautiful ballets to Brighton

Sleeping Beauty

StagePhil HewittGroup Arts [email protected]

The Russian State Ballet &Orchestra of Siberia take inBrighton on their latest tour.

They bring The SnowMaiden, Sleeping Beauty andSwan Lake to the TheatreRoyal on February 15, 16 and17.

The Russian State Ballet isone of Russia’s leading balletcompanies.

Under the artisticdirectorship of Sergei Bobrov,leading dancers from acrossRussia have forged their skillsand artistry performing anexpanding repertoire of newworks, plus productions oftimeless classics.

Sergei Bobrov, from thecompany, said: “It is always apleasure to bring the uniquetraditions of Russian balletto British audiences. Touring

across the UK with a fullcompany of dancers as wellas highly skilled musicians isalways exciting.”

Sergei continued: “SwanLake, the greatest romanticballet of all time is brought tolife by Tchaikovsky’s hauntingand unforgettable score. Fromthe impressive splendour ofthe palace ballroom to themoon-lit lake where swansglide in perfect formation,this compelling tale of tragicromance has it all. From Odile,the temptress in black tulle(who seduces the Prince byspinning with captivatingprecision) to the spellboundpurity of the swan queenOdette as she flutters withemotional intensity, the dualrole of Odette/Odile is oneof ballet’s most unmissabletechnical challenges. SleepingBeauty is the classic story oflove and innocence, mysteryand magic set to Tchaikovsky’ssublime score.”

20-year-old Anna Fedosovais a principal dancer with thecompany. She was born inPerm, the oldest Russian cityin the Western Urals.

“I started dancing at the ageof ten when I went to balletschool. I joined the RussianState Ballet of Siberia twoyears ago after graduatingfrom the ballet school.”

She’s looking forward toreturning to England.

“I toured once in UK andI liked to be in England verymuch. I do not know muchabout British culture, buteverything I have seen is veryadvanced and versatile.”

Life on tour is demanding.“I get up early in the

morning and have mybreakfast, which I preparethe day before. then get readyfor going outside and go for awalk. Then I travel to theatreand start doing ballet class.After that there is rehearsal,a short time to get ready for

performance and then theshow starts.

“I will be performing inall ballets on the tour, andmy favourite is Swan Lakebecause this is the mostbeautiful and the most elegantrole for ballerina. Every littleballet girl dreams to dancethis character in her career.Normally I need half an hourto warm myself up beforegoing on stage, and I do warm-ups in my special way, flexingand stretching legs and arms.I also need to keep my muscleswarm between rehearsals andbetween show acts and forthat I use wool warmers andsweaters.

“I wish to all young balletdancers to fall in love withdancing, with everythingyou do on stage and then theaudience will definitely fall inlove with you.”

Call 0844 871 7650 orvisit www.atgtickets.com/brighton.

Help Igor make a monsterin an interactive experience

Mystery at Frankenstein Castle

Theatre

A new interactive gameand theatre experience iscoming to Brighton ScienceFestival from Saturday-Wednesday, February 13-17,at The Dukebox Theatre.

Spokeswoman MillGoble explains: “Mysteryat Frankenstein Castlecelebrates the 200thanniversary of the

publication of MaryShelley’s novel and isinspired by the recent‘escape room’ trend.

“The experience usesbasic scientific experimentsand the participants’problem-solving skills tomove the story forwards asthey work their way througha series of clues to reach thegame’s conclusion.

“Participants will

find themselves inFrankenstein’s lab on thenight of the big storm, butVictor Frankenstein hasgone missing, so they areinvited to help Igor work outhow to bring the Creatureto life.”

Tickets for the show are£10 (or a full group of six for£50).

Visit www.sweetvenues.com/brighton.

SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2016 / 2.45PMBARRYWORDSWORTH ConductorMELVYN TAN PianoBERLIOZ / WEBERSpectre de la Rose / Invitation to the DanceMASCAGNIIntermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)CHOPINPiano Concerto No.2RIMSKY-KORSAKOVScheherazade

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COMEDYEIGHT MILES HIGH: 11pm, Kome-dia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton,0845 293 8480.KEMP TOWN CARNIVAL: Launchparty, 11pm, £10, £8 concession, Ko-media, Brighton. Fundraiser to helpbring back one Brighton’s muchloved community street festivals.KRATER COMEDY CLUB:Komedia, Brighton. Until Feb 14,7pm/8pm/10.30pm, £5-£36.50.Award-winning comedy with top in-ternational and UK comedians. Actsinclude: Caimh, Raymond and MrTimpkins, Phil Nichol, MC StephenGrant and Jake Howie.

GIGSSAINTS OF THE LOT: Philematol-ogy, 7pm, £8 in advance. LatestMusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street,Brighton, 01273 687171. Saints ofthe Lot are hosting an alternativeValentine’s event that celebratesthe art of kissing.CLIVE CARROLL: 7.30pm, £12.50,

Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street,Brighton, 0845 293 8480.

STAGEHERDING HEMINGWAY’S CATS:7.30pm, Otherplace, KensingtonStreet, 01273 987516. Science pre-senters and real-life sisters, Dr KatArney and Helen Arney, are back atthe Brighton Science Festival with anew show after last year’s hit HowThe Victorians Ruined The World.KING CHARLES III: 7.45pm,£16.90-£42.40, Feb 8-13, (Thurs/Sat mat 2.30pm), Theatre Royal,Brighton, 0844 871 7650.MIND THE GAP: 7pm, £7.50, TheOld Market, Upper Market Street,Hove, 01273 201 801. An eveningof high-power classic rock ’n’ rollin memory of Justin Gretton. Allproceeds to be donated to Mind.

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GIGSSHONA: 8pm, £5, Latest MusicBar,14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton,01273 687171. Country, rhythm ’n’

blues and soul.LOBSTER BOY: 11pm, £15, Concorde2, Madeira Drive. Dancefloor musicthat fuses together elements ofdancehall and garage to form ruth-less club bangers.

STAGEI AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS:7.30pm, Brighton Dome, 01273709709. Adapted from the auto-biography by Josh Kilmer-Purcell,this is the story of one man’s doublelife in the flashy, trashy New Yorkof the 1990s. An ad man by day anda drag queen by night, Josh battlesalcoholism and clings on to hisrelationship with Jack, a crack-addicted rent boy.

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COMEDYREEVES AND MORTIMER: 7.30pm,Brighton Centre, King’s Road, 0844847 1515. 25 Years of Reeves andMortimer: The Poignant Momentsis a tour celebrating the first 25years of their professional col-

laboration.

CONCERTBRIGHTON PHILHARMONICORCHESTRA: 2.45pm (pre-concertinterview, 1.45pm), Brighton Dome,01273 709709. Berlioz /Weber,Spectre De La Rose and InvitationTo The Dance; Mascagni, Intermez-zo; Chopin, Piano Concerto No.2;Rimsky Korsakov, Scheherazade.Piano Melvyn Tan, conductor BarryWordsworth.

GIGSMYMINIDISCO: Valentine Special,2pm-4.30pm, Komedia, 44-47Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 2938480. Bootlegs of funk, disco andhip hop from special guest DJ RussCuban. Free face-painting, healthysnacks, hula hoop show, baby playarea and buggie park. For 0-8 yearolds.THE DUBLIN LEGENDS: Formerlythe iconic folk group The Dublin-ers, 7.30pm, £26.40. Theatre Royal,Brighton, 0844 871 7650.

STAGETHE BEAR: 11.30am/2.30pm(and 11.30am/1.30pm, Feb 15), £7,Brighton Dome, 01273 709709. Anadaptation of Raymond Briggs’ pic-ture book, full of dazzling puppetry,adventure and dreamy storytelling.THE JOY OF FROGS: 7.30pm, £8,Latest MusicBar, 14-17 ManchesterStreet, Brighton, 01273 687171.Henry Normal, plus an acoustic setfrom Nick J Webb. A poetic celebra-tion of love, romance and otherunrealistic expectations. All profitsgo to Amaze.VINTAGE FAIR: 10am-4pm, £2 onthe door, under 12s free, BrightonDome, 01273 709709. Delve intoa treasure trove of fashion andhomeware. Plus sweet treats inthe tea room and pampering in thevintage beauty salon.

MONDAY

GIGSGABRIELLE ALPIN: 7pm, £18,Brighton Dome, Church Street,01273 709709. With musical

support from Lewis Watson andHannah Grace.

STAGETHE SNOW MAIDEN: The RussianState Ballet of Siberia, 7.30pm,£24.90-£44.40, Theatre Royal,Brighton, 0844 871 7650. Protectedfrom the outside world by FatherFrost, the exquisite Snow Maidenplays innocently among the snow-flakes in the Land of Frost.

TUESDAY

STAGEDON’T LEAVE ME NOW: 2.30pmand 6.30pm, £9, £7 concessions,Exeter Street Hall, Brighton, www.exeterstreethall.org/tickets, 07740372333. A production in the styleof a radio play with cast membersacting with a ‘script in hand’. Thestory examines the effects of earlydementia on relationships and fam-ily life. Jazz singer Barb Jungr willopen both performances.SLEEPING BEAUTY: The Rus-sian State Ballet of Siberia,


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COMEDYSTAND UP AND SLAM: 8pm, £8(£5 concessions), Komedia, 44-47Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845293 8480.

STAGERADIO FOREPLAY: 8pm, £5,Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, 01273725230. A hodge-podge of sketchesdesigned to tickle you.SWAN LAKE: 2.30pm/7.30pm, TheRussian State Ballet of Siberia,Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 8717650.THE MINICLICK PHOTOGRAPHYTALK: Valentine’s special, 7pm,free, The Old Market, Upper MarketStreet, Hove, 01273 201 801. GaryCohen talks about his journeyon Tinder, which resulted in hisself-published pack of photographycards, documenting some of the1,000 rejections he received. Sian

Davey will discuss her beautiful andtouching project First Love, whichwas inspired by her own son Lukeand his first love, Amy.

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COMEDYCOMEDY COOLER: 8.30pm, £10(£8 in advance), Joe Foster. RialtoTheatre, Dyke Road, 01273 725230.Special guests announced shortly.FESTIVAL OF THE SPOKEN NERD:Vs Professor Elemental, 8pm, £12(£10 concessions), The Old Market,Upper Market Street, Hove, 01273201 801. In a special one-off showfor the Brighton Science Festival,science comedy phenomenonFestival of the Spoken Nerd will joinforces with local comedy musichero and Hip Hip emcee, Profes-sor Elemental. Together they’reputting the science of Steam intoSteampunk.

GIGSCITY AND COLOUR: 7pm, £27,Brighton Dome, 01273 709709. With

support from Lucy Rose.KING PORTER: Stomp and MuchMuch More, 8pm, £8. Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845293 8480. Fiesta Bombarda returnsto Brighton with their colourfulcarnival, transforming Komediainto a tropical paradise.MERCURY, THE ULTIMATE QUEENTRIBUTE: 7.45pm, £22.40, TheatreRoyal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650.Winners of the National TributeAwards 2013, Mercury have firmlyestablished themselves as one ofthe world’s most authentic tributesto Queen.THE LILLETTES: 8.30pm, LatestMusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street,Brighton, 01273 687171. A popularManchester drag duo from theNoughties is reforming for a charityshow in Brighton. Featuring DollyTub and Bella La Goosie.

STAGEON MEN, WOMEN AND THE RESTOF US: 8pm, £12 (£10 concessions),Brighton Dome, 01273 709709.Kate Bornstein’s introduction to

life beyond binaries is a witty andtender journey through a quartercentury of writing about transgen-der experience.

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8. Animal track (5)

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10. Chairman (9)

11. Confined (6)

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19. Demise (5)

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6. Remonstrance (12)

7. Clip (5)

10. Multiply (9)

13. Trap (5)

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16. Mature (5)

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SUDOKU:CLOCKWORD:1 Secure, 2 Umpire, 3 Serene,4 Abrade, 5 Noodle, 6 Nimble,7 Active, 8 Humble, 9 Yankee,10 Opaque, 11 Reduce, 12 Karate.

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All weekHANDS ON HALF-TERMFrom Monday to Friday there areworkshops and creative events, shows andvariety, Come up to town, solve a murder,programme a robot, blow square bubbles,make the earth quake, cycle across theSolar System, learn a magic trick, meet-up, make friends, shop, eat, sleep, wake,repeat. It’s like that all week. Over sixtyevents.Check the website.:www.BrightonScience.com

Saturday 20 FebruaryPOCKET SCIENCEThe Pocket Science Festival looks like afunfair – it IS a funfair, but each stall hasa little science snuck into it. The IncredibleMachine, the Amazing Shrinking PuppetBooth, Upside-down Goggles, Splat theRat, Tangrams, Microscopes, Illusions,Spaghetti Towers, and tons more. Beastonished, amazed, puzzled and pleasedby what you find.11:00am – 4:00pm - Brighton YouthCentre, 64 Edward Street, BN2 0JRAges 12+

Sunday 21 FebruaryPLAY WITH YOUR FOODHow do you make food? How do youtaste food? Where do you taste food?How many tastes are there? How do yoursurroundings alter the taste? How cansomething be hot and cold at the sametime? How can lemons taste sweet? Thecloser you get the darker it becomes. Onthe light side you can make towers fromspaghetti, ice cream using liquid nitrogen,

funny shapes from vegetables, and watchsome amazing demos using kitcheningredients. So, something for everyone:science can get the best out of our food inmore ways than bun. Plus:Dancing custardBug Shack with their edible insects.Naomi Osborne and her bacterialcultures.Kitchen Konjuring with RichardRobinsonLiquid Nitrogen talk and demo (and icecream) at 12:00 and 2:3011:00am – 4:00pm (drop-in) Sallis BenneyTheatre, 58-67 Grand Parade, BN2 0JY£2 per person over 2yrs. All ages

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AustraliaandNewZealandhave always been at theforefront of innovationwithin the coffee industry.Despite a bitter battleemerging regarding thetrue origin - and thereforehopefully also the finalresting place - of theFlat White, they usuallyagree with each otherwhen it comes to mattersof the heart, i.e. coffee.The rival nations arecurrently joining forcesand driving forward themost surprising trend tosurface recently - BaristasBiting Back.Since the dawn of time - orat least since Starbucksfirst shouted out yourname - baristas havesuffered the wrath of theapparently-always-rightconsumer. As Bob Dylanonce said,times they are achanging. The revolutionhas begun! OK, calmdown, this is only goingto affect you in a selectfew locations, and noneare in Brighton. Or Hove,actually.C a f e 6 5 5 i n W e s tMelbourne,Australia,hashad enough of customersgesticulating their orderswhilst continuing toconverse on their mobilephones. They’ve boughtthemselvesasignwhich issimply darling and reads,“please don’t use mobilephones in this area”. It’snot because it interfereswithelectrical equipment,

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Sri Lankan cuisine isfood to watch out for

Everyone loves a good curry.Whether it be at home infront of the TV from yourfavourite take away or as ameal out with friends andloved ones; you cannot beatthe beautiful flavours andaromas a curry promises.

The curry has becomecompletely ingrained intoBritish culture to that pointwhere they are pretty muchinseparable.

However, the wordcurry is an ambiguous one;referring to a vast arrayof dishes and cuisines asdiverse and different as theregions that they hail from.Ask most people and theywill probably mean Indian-style curries, or at least theWesternised versions we allknow.

I doubt many peoplewould tell you that theirfavourite curry hails fromSri Lanka.

This isbynomeansdownthequalityof thefoodratherthe lack of dedicated SriLankan restaurants in theUK. Luckily for us Hove ishome to Moonstone - theonly Sri Lankan restauranton the South Coast.

SituatedonChurchRoad,Dimuthu and his team ofSri Lankan-born chefs havebeen serving up authenticsouthern Sri Lankan cuisinefor the past eight years.

Moonstone offers dinersa vast array of meat, fish,vegetarianandvegandishesto choose from.

All of the dishes areprepared with the freshestingredients available andcooked to order using asecret spice mix importedfrom Dimuthu’s family backhome.

Add to this the health

benefits of Sri Lankancuisine due in part to its useof coconut milk over dairyand you cannot go wrong.

The restaurant is anintimate and functionalspacedecoratedwithimagesfrom its homeland. It is notgoing to win any awards fordécor but that is not whatMoonstone is about.

I took a seat in thewindow and ordered abottle of Sri Lankan stoutfrom the Lion brewery.I’ve never come across thisbefore and was glad I did; itwas a surprisingly light andrefreshing beverage thatbelied its 7.5 per cent abv.

We started with mangosalad with spicy honeydressing, fish balls with SriLankan pineapple chutney,and chicken olls with SriLankan sweet and soursauce.

Delicious devilled chicken

A fresh and zingy bean curry

The wonderfully crispfish balls and chicken rollswere light and fresh with nogreasiness from the fryer.

The salad was simpleand straight forward withbeautifully ripe mangopieces and a sweetness fromthe dressing.

For the main we werepresented with a veritablefeast showcasing the fullrange of Sri Lankan cooking.

With too many dishes tonameindividuallyparticularhighlights included the stirfry devilled chicken with adeep rich sauce reminiscentof Chinese food and anaromatic and vibrant prawncurry made with coconutmilk. From the non-meatside an offering of beansand cabbage with a blend ofspices oozed freshness, andside dishes of sweet potatocurry, coconut sambal andegg noodles were delightful.

Despite my gluttonyI stil l had some roomfor dessert and sampledsome small pieces of thehome baked coconut andMalibu cheesecake and theWattalappan.

The baked cheesecakehad an almost carameledge to it and the subtlecoconut flavour was notoverpowering.

The Wattalappan is atraditionalsetpuddingmadewithegg,palm sugar treacle,coconut and cardamom.

Sri Lankan cuisine hasbeen tipped as having a bigyear in 2016 according toKaty Salter inTheTelegraph;and following my visit toMoonstone I can see why.

The style of food isfamiliar enough to go downwell with even the mostcautious of restaurant goer;but has enough of its ownqualities to please the moreadventurous.

Moonstone is a fantasticlittle restaurant and theyare even offering takeawayto suit theTV dinner crowd.

The food is inexpensiveranging from £6.50 for avegetable curry up to £11.95for king prawn with sidesaround £4.

The healthy cooking styleresults in a curry that is notoily like some Indian dishesandyoucanhave it tocookedto your heat preference frommild to very hot. Dimuthu ishighly knowledgeable andpassionate about his cuisineandthisshowsinthequalityand diversity of the foodMoonstone produces.

The dishes are prepared with the freshestingredients available and cooked using a

secret spice mix imported from Sri Lanka“

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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

BRIGHTON & HOVE VARIOUS CONTROLLEDPARKING ZONES CONSOLIDATION ORDER

2015 AMENDMENT ORDER NO.4 2016(REF: TRO-26A-2015)

BRIGHTON & HOVE OUTER AREAS (WAITING,LOADING AND PARKING) AND CYCLE LANESCONSOLIDATION ORDER 2013 AMENDMENT

NO.4 2016 (REF: TRO-26B-2015)

NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove CityCouncil (“the Council”) has on 10 February 2016made the above named Orders under the relevantsections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(“the Act”) as amended which when they comeinto operation on 15 February 2016 will introducethe following:-

• Broad Street/George Street – Introduce pedalcycle parking bay in Broad Street, relocating carclub bay and motorcycle parking bay south,reducing length of shared permit holders/payand display parking. Introduce shared permitholders/pay and display parking in George Street,reducing length of double yellow lines

• Bartholomews – Extend existing pedal cycleparking bay, reducing length of shared permitholders/pay and display parking

• Eaton Place – Introduce pedal cycle parking bay,reducing shared permit holders and pay anddisplay parking

• Walpole Terrace – Introduce pedal cycle parkingbay, relocating motorcycle parking bay north andreducing permit holders only parking

• Devonshire Place – Introduce pedal cycle parkingbay, relocating car club and shared permitholders/pay and display parking north. Removedouble yellow lines and extend permit holdersonly parking

• Bonchurch Road – Introduce pedal cycle parkingbay

• Franklin Street – Introduce pedal cycle parking bay

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

Any person who wishes to question the validity ofeither of the Orders or of any of their provisionson the grounds that it or they are not withinthe powers conferred by the Act, or that anyrequirements of the Act or of any instrument madeunder it have not been complied with may, withinsix weeks from the date on which the Order wasmade, apply to the High Court for that purpose.

Dated: 12 February 2016.

Executive DirectorEnvironment, Development& Housing,Brighton & HoveCity Council,c/o ParkingInfrastructure,Kings House,Grand Avenue,Hove BN3 2LS.

BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCILPLANNING (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 oraffecting the character of a Conservation Area were registered during week ending05/02/2016:

BH2016/00168Flat 17 Sillwood Court Montpelier Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent –Replacement double glazed UPVC windows and French doors.

BH2015/04522Flat 3 Lansdowne Mansions 110-112 Lansdowne Place Hove Listed Building Consent– Erection of single storey rear extension and internal alterations to layout of flat.

BH2015/04687Flat 1 3 Palmeira Avenue Hove Householder Planning Consent – Replacement ofexisting timber window and door with timber french doors with associated alterations.

BH2016/00051Flat 3 123 Lansdowne Place Hove Listed Building Consent – Internal alterationsto layout of flat (Retrospective).

BH2016/0016347 Lansdowne Street Hove Householder Planning Consent – Insertion of 3norooflights.

BH2016/00259Flat 3 Lansdowne Mansions 110-112 Lansdowne Place Hove Householder PlanningConsent – Erection of single storey rear extension.

BH2016/00137Flat 3 4 Clarendon Place Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Formationof mansard roof incorporating rooflights to front and rear elevations.

BH2016/00135128 Gloucester Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Roof extensionincorporating raised ridge height and 2no. dormers to front.

BH2015/045758-12A South Street & 79-81 West Street Brighton Full Planning – Demolitionof garage/storage buildings at 8 - 12a South Street and two storey rear wing at 81West Street. Construction of part 3, 4, 5 and 6 storey plus basement buildings toprovide 91 hotel rooms (C1 use comprising 69 standard rooms, and 22 micro rooms),new ground floor kitchen and refuse store to 81 West Street and provision of 3notwo bedroom flats and 1no one bedroom flat (C3 use) fronting South Street.Demolition and extension of roof level structure at 79 West Street to provide 11noadditional backpacker hostel rooms (Sui Generis). Enclosure of external stairs.Reinstatement of public footpath in South Street.

BH2015/04674St Michaels Lodge Lansdowne Road Hove Listed Building Consent – Internaland external alterations including roof alterations, installation of cast iron gutteringand down pipes to replace existing, alterations to windows and doors, installationof a rain-screen to first floor south facing wall, wall insulation, addition of metalwalkways over swimming pool and associated works (Part retrospective).

BH2015/046704 Stamford Lodge Cumberland Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent –Replacement UPVc windows to side and rear.

BH2016/00156Clermont Church Clermont Terrace Brighton Full Planning – Change of use fromchurch (D1) to 1no three bedroom flat, 3 no two bedroom flats and 2no onebedroom flats (C3), with associated alterations including installation of rooflights toNorth and South elevations.

BH2016/001733 Knoyle Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of roof to yardand garages to the rear.

BH2016/00078106 Richmond Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Installation ofrooflights to front and rear elevations.

BH2016/0018311 Crescent Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Installation of rooflightto front elevation.

BH2016/0019722C Sillwood Street Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from six bedroom smallhouse in multiple occupation (C4) to seven bedroom house in multiple occupation(Sui Generis).

BH2016/00007Flat 1 47 Westbourne Villas Hove Full Planning – Alterations to existing boundarywall, creation of vehicle crossover and dropped kerb.

BH2016/000775 Wayland Heights Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Conversion of garageinto habitable space and alterations to fenestration.

BH2016/0017410A Cambridge Grove Hove Full Planning – Installation of timber sash window to firstfloor front elevation.

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BH2015/03812Flat 2 39 Carlisle Road Hove Full Planning – Creation of rear dormer, installation of2no front rooflights and reinstatement of timber balustrade to first floor front balcony.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSIONTown and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)

Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015

NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13

BH2015/04575Proposed development at: 8-12A South Street and 79-81 West Street BrightonI give notice that Smart Space UK is applying to Brighton & Hove City Council forplanning permission for: Demolition of garage/storage buildings at 8 - 12a SouthStreet and two storey rear wing at 81 West Street. Construction of part 3, 4, 5 and6 storey plus basement buildings to provide 91 hotel rooms (C1 use comprising69 standard rooms, and 22 micro rooms), new ground floor kitchen and refusestore to 81 West Street and provision of 3no two bedroom flats and 1noone bedroom flat (C3 use) fronting South Street. Demolition and extension of rooflevel structure at 79 West Street to provide 11no additional backpacker hostelrooms (Sui Generis). Enclosure of external stairs. Reinstatement of public footpathin South Street.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 Planningand 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 allrepresentations received will be open for public inspection andlate representations may not be considered.

Planning and Building ControlApplications Manager12 February 2016

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ANTIQUE MAHOGANYOctagonal occasionaltable. 29" wide 19" high.£25. Horsham 01403251390.

G BROOK SEVEN DAYelectronic timer (T105-C)cost £33. New Unused.£20. Horsham 01403251390.

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SLATS 11ft x 4", £2 each,ideal for shed and fencerepairs. 01903 230741

WOOD 3" x 2" x 8ft,£2.50 each. 4" x 2" x 8ft,£3 each. 2" x 1½" x 8ft,£2 each. 01903 230741

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Almost a fifth of UK driversadmit they probably wouldn’tpass the driving test if re-test-ed today – equivalent to almostseven million people.Young Driver, which offersadvance driving tuition to10-17-year-olds, quizzed 1,000people about what they finddifficult about some of themost common – and feared –manoeuvres.

More than a quarter (28per cent) said they can’t par-allel park easily, while 25 percent said they preferred notto reverse into a parking bay,despite it being the best andsafest way to enter a space.

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By Steve TealeMotoring writer

Any car business which de-livered a threefold increasein fleet sales in three yearscould be excused for dancinga merry jig.

Given the competitive na-ture of this industry and thesheer quality which is offeredtotoday’scustomers,especial-ly in the mid-market sector, itmakes Mazda’s success all themore phenomenal.

It’s only a generation agothat this Japanese brand wasselling mediocre models withmodeststylingand humdrumengineering.

But my, how things have

changed. Mazda remains oneofthesmallerplayersinworldmotoring,outgunnedbyJapa-nese compatriots Toyota andNissan but it is succeedingagainst its bigger rivals.

Mazda has adopted an in-teresting policy which is pay-ing dividends. At the heart ofits success is Skyactiv, whichis a brand name for a seriesof technologies developed byMazda which increase fuelefficiency and engine output.Skyactiv was first launched in2011 and has gone on to trans-form the brand.

Secondly, it has made itscarsinterestingtolookat.CarssuchasMazda6,CX-3andCX-5are stylish and sporty and areoften prettier than key rivals.

Thirdly, Mazda has made

Mazdaisstillapredominantlyretailbrandwith70percentofsales going to private custom-ers and 30 per cent to fleets.

Mazda’s success is downto so-called ‘user-choosers’,peoplewhogettochoosetheircompany car. Mazda say com-panycardriverschooseaMaz-da because their cars meetboth their work and personalneeds,inthewaytheylookandthe way they drive.

Mazda6 is the company’smost successful model in thatmarketbuttheMazda3isakeyplayer, too.

Certainly, the 1.5 litre die-sel engine adds to the ap-peal. It’s a refined and willingengine which takes the car to

60mph in a respectable 11 sec-ondsand it is smooth and veryeconomical, returning morethan 74mpg on average.

It’s a classy-looking carwhich stands comparisonswith its rivals. It is low, well-built and well-equipped.Some say the cabin is plas-ticky but I found it neat andefficient.

I’mnottoosureofthepointof the speed being projectedon to a plastic screen, to behonest. The idea is that it iseasier to focus on than a tra-ditional speedo on the fascia,but it seems to be more of agimmick than anything else.

I do like the traditionalhandbrake,though,giventhat

somanycarsarenowgoingforelectronic push-button ones.

Also good is the ‘i-stop’system, which cuts the en-gine and restarts it when youpress the accelerator. It is, ac-cording to Mazda, the fastestre-start diesel system on themarket.

Addtothatfeaturessuchas18-inchalloywheels,reversingcamera,Bosesurroundsoundstereo, parking sensors and aterrific cruise control.

Overall, the Mazda3 hasturned from a dull machineinto a very likeable modelwhich rides and handles aswell as anything in its classand offers terrific economyinto the bargain.

ROAD TEST: MAZDA3

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itscarsattractivelypricedandhas won sales from both pri-vate and company customers.

Tested here is one of Maz-da’s best cars in recent yearsand one which illustrates whythe brand is doing so well.

It’s a Mazda3, a mid-market model which com-petes against the likes of FordFocus, Vauxhall Astra and KiaCee’d. The Mazda3 costs fromjust over £17,000 on the roadand comes well equipped.

But this is no ordinary car.It’s the Mazda3 1.5 Skyactiv-D, a diesel model which is thecompany’s first sub-100g/km. That means it’s relatively‘green’andisexcusedroadtax.

Mazda UK’s fleet saleshave more than trebled in thelast three years. Despite this,


A rare Aston Martin that hasbeen owned by the same fam-ily for almost 60 years is to besold for only the second timesince it left the showroom.

The DB2/4 Mk III, original-ly sold to a Mr W Griffith ofSomerset in 1958, was boughtby a Mr Marcus Green in 1960.

The car is still in his garagetoday,albeitnowownedbyhisson-in-law, a skilled mechan-ical engineer who has com-pletely restored the car.

The restoration took placeover more than two years andcomes with a photographicrecord charting its progress.

With 69,000 miles on theclock from new, the DB2/4 hasa history documented withreceipts and invoices datingbacktothe1960s.Theoriginaltool kit is still in place underthe bonnet.

Commenting on the sale,Silverstone Auctions salesmanager, Will Smith, said:

“This car has been a signifi-cant part of family history forover 50 years.

“It is now time for this As-ton Martin to find a new keep-erwhowillhopefullypreserveit for many future generationsto come.”

It is to be sold at the RaceRetrosaleovertheweekendofFebruary 27-28, at StoneleighPark in Warwickshire. Theestimate? A cool £160,000-£180,000.

MOTORING NEWS

FIRST DRIVE: FORD FOCUS RS

The Focus RS is a blue-collarhero. Since its introduction in2002, the RS – which standsfor ‘Rallye Sport’ – has beenthe halo model for fast Fordfans in the UK. It’s a nod tolegendary cars like the EscortRS1600 and the Sierra Cos-worth, both of which wereattainable and immenselyquick.

Prices for this car start atjust under £30,000, and itsdriving dynamics and sheerpower would challenge carscosting three times that. It’sall-wheel-drive, it hits 62mphin 4.7 seconds, and it soundslike an angry lion. Ridiculous.This is the kind of car youcould fall in love with – and

then lease for £299 a monthfromyournearestForddealer.

From the outside, it’s pret-ty subtle until you notice themore aggressive bodywork,the spoiler above the rearwindscreen, and the sculpt-ed front and rear. Thlaunch colour is NitrouBlue, which accounts fomost of the orders currently placed, but optinfor a quieter colour wicreate an understate‘sleeper’ car.

Ford has used sominterior space to build aunique all-wheel-drivesystem. You lose around60 litres from the (alreadymediocre)boot,andthestand-ard seats are bulky and eat in-to rear passenger legroom.Splash out on the shell seatsfor a more comfortable cabin.

Despite being a perform-ance-oriented car, the RS hasall the mod cons you’d expect.A couple of 12v charging sock-ets up front, loads of stowagespace, and some USB ports.

Ford has built a brilliant

driver’s car. They even havea metric for how ‘fun’ it is torev the engine (very), and theyteamed up with stunt driverand world- renowned boy rac-

erKenBlocktomakeacarthatyou can mess around in.

The RS has four main driv-ing modes. Normal, Sport,Track and Drift. If those lasttwo words don’t excite you,thenyoushouldprobablystop

reading, as the RS isn’t foryou.

‘Drift’modeenablesyouto drive sideways in a cloudof tyre smoke. The amountof technology that has gonento creating this prepos-erous toy is staggering, es-ecially considering it has

no real-world applicationutside a deserted carparkt2am.It’shugefunandvery

controllable,artificiallycre-ating predictable oversteer.

‘Track’ mode is wherethe RS really shines. Built toflatter amateurs and satisfyprofessionals, it really does

make you look good on thetrack – ham-fisted drivingis smoothed out by the car’scomputer. If you want trackday success, but lack talent,this could be the car for you.

That’s not to say it’s forbeginners. If you know whatyou’re doing, you’ll be able toget the most out this perform-ance Ford – and goodness me,it’s capable.

It costs around £30,000,going up to £33,000 if you tickevery option. For this you getone of the best-handling carscurrently for sale, and themost versatile performancehatchback ever. All in a sensi-ble,five-door,familycarpack-age that you can use every day.

Anyone who wants eve-ryday driving fun and has£30,000 to spend on it shouldbuy this car. You can drive it

like a vanilla Focus for themost part, but every otherSaturday, this family wagonwill turn into a monster onthe track. If you’re the kind ofperson to occasionally take alonger, twistier, more inter-esting route home, then thisis the car for you.

Rare Aston to fly family nest after 58 years

FACTFILEPRICE: £29,995ENGINE: 2.3-litre turbochargedpetrol producing 345bhp,324lb/ft (347lb/ft on transientoverboost)TRANSMISSION: Six-speedmanual driving all four wheelsPERFORMANCE: Top speed165mph, 0-62mph in 4.7 secondsECONOMY: 36.7mpg combinedEMISSIONS: 175g/km of CO2

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ROAD TEST: DS5

By Rob AuchterlonieMotoring writer

1955 – a memorable year thatsaw my first birthday, and inwhich Winston Churchill re-signed as PM due to ill health,the legendary Dam Bustersfilm was released, ClarenceBirdseyebegansellingfishfin-gers in the UK, and across thechannel in Paris a car calledthe DS made its debut at theirmotor show.

Which was the most no-table occasion can be arguedin pubs the length of the M25,but with the sad exception ofBritain’s greatest PM, we’re allstill around.

The DS, though, has beensubject of a renaissance in re-cent times. It’s been an icon-ic tag over the years since itsbirth, with fans of a classychassis and sleek styling ap-preciating offerings like thebig Bertone styled DS Safa-ri, an estate car in the truestsense of the word. The DS

6dieselengines.Iwon’tgointotoo much detail here but theysay it’s the most efficient die-sel emission control systemcurrently available but for allits worthy ‘saving the planet’attributes you can’t help feel-ing the overall package would

be enhanced and at its abso-lute best ambling round withasilkypetrolengineprovidingthe propulsion.

That’s not an attempt toput the diesel down – merelyan observation thrown in forconsideration…

was the first mass producedcar with disc brakes and self-levelling suspension.

On that debut day in 1955,12,000DS19sweresoldasmo-torists bought into its avant-garde styling and engineeringinnovation.

That’s kind of evident to-day with the latest DS5. Youcan argue that the stylingmaybe doesn’t quite cut thehaute couture cloth but it isa refreshing look in a sea ofhatchbacks – and what othermainstream car gives you areal cockpit feel with a largeoverhead console dissectingthe panoramic roof so thatdriver and passenger havetheir own individual glassarea.

In front of you there’s awindscreen that sweeps awayand necessitates the need fora biggish quarterlight glassarea that is classic Jekyll andHyde. On a clear day it givesyou a great view of the insideedge of a roundabout. But failto clear it on a damp mistymorning and I guarantee you

won’t see through it at all andthat has a big effect on yououtward vision.

You’ll notice a large cowatopofthemainpanelinfronof you, and that keeps any reflectionfromtheinstrumentonto the big screen above tzero.

As I said, it gets high markfor style, as its forefather di60 years ago, with a noticeable use of chrome highlighton the exterior and the usuacollection of toys inside –seven-inch touch drive interface, front and rear parsensors, a reversing camerathree-partglassroofwithelectric sunblinds, noise reducinfront windows (a sensible addition here), blind spot montoring and a stylish retro-looanalogueclockthatharksbacto the 50s.

Interiorspaceforallisgoodandthosewithoutthewheeltohold onto need it to be able toput their fingers in their earswhen the start/stop buttonis pressed. The common railturbochargeddieselunderthe

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SATURDAY 13TH FEBRUARYQPR v Fulham 12:30Blackburn v Hull 15:00Brighton v Bolton 15:00Bristol City v Ipswich 15:00Charlton v Cardiff 15:00Derby v MK Dons 15:00Nott Forest v Huddersfield 15:00Reading v Burnley 15:00Rotherham v Birmingham 15:00Sheff Wed v Brentford 15:00Wolves v Preston 15:00

MONDAY 15TH FEBRUARYLeeds v Middlesbrough 19:45

TUESDAY 16TH FEBRUARYBlackburn v Fulham 19:45Hull v Brighton 19:45

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Albion recorded a thirdsuccessive win last Fridaywhen they defeatedBrentford 3-0 at the Amex.

First half goals fromthe excellent AnthonyKnockaert and TomerHemed, who scoredfor the first time sinceearly December, and aninjury-time third fromJamie Murphy saw theSeagulls close the gap onthe automatic promotionplaces.

It was the first timeBrighton had won by morethan one goal this season,with all of their other13 league victories thiscampaign by the odd goal.

Albion had a greatchance to take the leadinside 90 seconds whenMurphy’s shot wasblocked and Knockaertcould only poke the ballwide.

Just a minute later,Brentford’s Alan Judgebroke clear down the rightbut blazed over in a livelystart.

Knockaert againthreatened on six minutesbut his shot was deflectedwide after a driving run,before Seagulls keeperDavd Stockdale produceda superb save diving highto his left to keep outJudge’s stinging shot from15 yards.

After a quiet periodin the game, Brightonwent agonisingly closeto taking the lead on 24minutes when Murphy’s

left-wing cross reachedBruno at the back post andhis goalbound shot wasdeflected on to the bar byBrentford defender HarleeDean.

The Seagulls wentahead just three minuteslater when Knockaertfed Murphy out wide, heplayed the ball back insideto Knockaert, who took acouple of touches and thendrilled the ball home low

inside the far post from 15yards for his goal for theclub.

Albion could have thendoubled their lead on 29minutes as Beram Kayalsent Hemed racing clear ongoal but he could only fireinto the side netting.

The visitors had anexcellent opening tolevel on 37 minutes whenJudge’s corner reachedLasse Vibe at the back post

but he was unable to divertthe ball goalwards.

The Bees were made topay two minutes later asBrighton doubled theirlead when Knockaert senta free kick out wide toKayal, who skipped downthe right and crossed forHemed to head home.It was just the Israelistriker’s second goal in22 games and first for tenmatches.

The hosts had a coupleof opportunities to grab athird early in the secondhalf, before they almostscored a sublime goal on 62minutes when Murphy fedWilson, who drove downthe left and crossed forKnockaert but he volleyedover from ten yards.

Brentford, the topscorers away from homein the Championship,had much more of the

possession in the secondperiod but failed to createany clear openings.

Albion looked to catchthe Bees on the counter-attack and Knockaert wasjust unable to get on theend of Murphy’s low crosson 83 minutes, beforeMurphy got through ongoal and coolly side-footed home Albion’s thirdjust inside the far post ininjury-time.

Seagulls are buzzing after victory at home to Bees

Anthony Knockaert skips past Ryan Woods before firing Albion into the lead against Brentford (above, left). Right (from clockwise; top left): Knockaertcelebrates his goal; Tomer Hemed is congratulated after scoring; James Wilson is tackled; Beram Kayal challenges John Swift. Photographs: Pro Sports Images

Steve Bailey@SteveBailey67

TWO days before the19th anniversary of theinaugural Fans United dayat the Goldstone Ground,Liverpool fans embarkedon a much-publicised77th-minute walk-out atAnfield in protest at ticketprice rises.

With the extensivemedia coverage, it againbrings the issue of thetreatment of supportersthe length and breadthof the country. TheLiverpool issue is overthe proposal to charge£77 for certain seats nextseason. Initially, one pointthat was almost certainlyoriginally put out by theReds PR department, wasthat it’s the same price towatch the Rolling Stones.

Then again, thatargument is almostimmediately shot down.I’d love to see Mick andthe boys churning out thehits and probably wouldpay that kind of money,but not 20 or so times innine and a half months.

Seeing the archivefootage of the Fans Unitedfixture not only makesme feel old but showshow far the football fansmovement has come. I dowonder how many of theLiverpool fans of a certainage who walked out wouldhave either been awareor have supported FansUnited 19 years ago?

After years of elitism,are even the PremierLeague fans realising thatthey are not immune fromharsh treatment?

The 1997 footagealongside the Anfieldprotest also highlightsthe inevitable move fromsupporters to customers.A move not reallywanted and to a degreealmost done without anyrealisation until it wasalmost irreversible.

According to the OxfordEnglish Dictionary, asupporter is a personactively interested and

wishes success to aparticular sports team. Aswe all know, in the case offootball, it’s sometimesa lot more than that. It’s,ultimately, outside yourfamily, your first reallove, before any girl orboyfriend, while you canif desired change those,you very rarely changeyour football team.

From early visits toWoodside Road in 1972and the Goldstone in1973, I find myself over 40years later still ‘following’both clubs, but even mysituation has changed toa degree.

Despite being a club

director, I still considermyself a Worthingsupporter. But with theAlbion, this sadly haschanged, my love, and thatis not too strong a word,will always be there, butI realise now, like fansacross the nation. thatI am a customer, ratherthan a supporter.

So when did thishappen for me at theAlbion? Probably whenthe club moved fromWithdean to the corporateValhalla that is the Amex.In layman’s terms, wewent from a £3.49 carveryto a pie for nearly a fiver.

Don’t get me wrong,while part of me neverwanted to leave theGoldstone, the move toFalmer was essential forthe progression of theclub. But that doesn’tdetract from the Liverpooland other related protests.Has the time come nearly20 years after Fans Unitedwhen the club ownersrealise how important

the fans/supporters/customers actually are?

In footballing terms,theGermans are perhaps theenvy of the rest of Europe.Without exception, everyprofessional club isGerman-owned, thereforethe teams have an affinityand accommodate thenational side.

Perhaps the mosttelling are the wordsof Bayern Munichpresident Uli Hoeness.In the nicest way,he describes fansas cows, constantlymilked by the clubsand their owners,however there will alwaysbe a danger that if youmilk a cow too much, itstops producing.

Part of me cannot waitto see the Albion in the topflight but how much moreof a customer will weall become with PremierLeague football at theAmex? And what happenswhen, or if, the milk runsdry in Sussex?

I am now a customer, rather than a supporterWritten by Ian Hart

I realise now,like fans

across thenation, that I am acustomer, ratherthan a supporter


Tomer Hemed celebrates his goal against Brentford.Photograph: Pro Sports Images

Bees performance abenchmark for Albion

Albion manager ChrisHughton believes his side’sperformance in the 3-0 winover Brentford last Fridayhas set a benchmark for therest of the season.

T h e S e a g u l l s w o nwith goals from AnthonyKnockaert, Tomer Hemedand Jamie Murphy andHughton said: “You wantcertain standards in theteam and what the playerswill certainly be saying inthe changing room is thathas got to be the benchmark.

“You can’t always havethat level and if we win themajority of our next gameswith scruffy 1-0 wins, thenof course we’d take that.However, there has to bea level of performance togenerally be able to wingames and I thought it wasa real good standard.

“I thought earlier in theseason we had some verygood performances and thiswould be right up there.”

Fourth-placedAlbion arenow just three points behindsecond-placed Hull andwhen asked about gettinginto the top two, Hughtonsaid: “Theperiodthatwehadwhere we didn’t win makesit more difficult and whatalso makes it difficult is theteams that are there.

“Certainly in the top two,in Middlesbrough and Hull,mostwouldperhapsseethemas favourites now. They’restrong and Middlesbroughstrengthened with JordanRhodes, which is incrediblygood business by them andHull just have a know-howand strength in the squad.

“We can only try andthe fact that we’ve got thatlittle bit more competitionfor places, with somemore hopefully back frominjury soon, will give us anopportunity to push.

“But there’s a long wayto go and there are a lot ofteams in the mix.”

B r i g h t o n e n t e r t a i nstrugglingBoltonWandererstomorrow looking for afourth successive win.

Steve Bailey@SteveBailey67

SportDon’tmiss the latest newsabout the Seagulls viaTwitter@BHIndyAlbion Next up at the Amex…

Brighton andHoveAlbionvCardiffCity intheChampionship on

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“And I’ve just got be three.Three. THREE-EE-HE…”So sang Deniece Williamsin 1976.*

The season-long recordof winning by a singlegoal went up in smoke asthe Albion recorded theirbiggest league win sinceApril, 2014, after beatingBrentford.

Three wins in a rowhave put the promotionpush back on the agenda,especially after the club’srivals at the top of the tablehave taken to stutteringlike Wilfried Zaha upagainst Wayne Bridge.

W h a t w a s m o s tsatisfying was, not onlydid three of the four frontplayers manage to be ontarget (poor Bobby,though,you could hear his jointscreaking likeanoldgalleonpitching and tossing in astorm), it’s that the Albionlooked capable of gettingmore.

Chris Hughton said asmuch,and actually offeredup a sense of frustrationthat three wasn’t six orseven. Wilson lookedlively too and, when not

decorating the pitch withhis own natural wastage,could be a key ingredientin the run-in.

And so we enter thefinal third of the season.The weather improves, thedays get longer and thebums get squeakier.This isourbestopportunityyet forglory.But I still think we’rea season away...

* Alright it’s ‘Free’, butit’s a brilliant soul balladanyway, produced byMaurice White, who sadlyrecently passed away.

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Bobby Zamora in actionagainst BrentfordPhotograph: Pro Sports Images

The Albion RoarAlan Wares@albionroar

Albion have another chance fora high-scoring performance

Chris Hughton will wantto see his Brighton sidecontinue their resurgentrun of form on Saturdaywhen they take on a Boltonside still in the thick of arelegation battle at theAmex.

Albion picked up theirthird consecutive win lastFriday with a resounding3-0 win over Brentford,their first victory by morethan one goal in the leaguethis season. AnthonyKnockaert continued thefine start to his Seagullscareer with a first goal fortheclub,withTomerHemedand Jamie Murphy also onthe scoresheet.

Recent wins have seenAlbion cut the pointsgap at the top of the

games against sides in thebottom half of the table.

A l b i o n w o n ’ t b eunderestimating theTrottersafterthe2-2drawbetweenthesides in September, howevertheywillbeconfident that themomentumtheyhaveathomewill give them every chanceof making it four wins on thebounce.

Championship, howevertheystill lagbehindthelikesof Middlesbrough and Hullin terms of goal difference.

Hughton will know thatto compete with those sidesfor automatic promotionplaces, they will need toscore more.

To m o r r o w ’ s g a m eprovidesagoodopportunityto do that against a Boltonside who have been thedivision’swhippingboysformost of the season, pickingup only one win in their first23 games. Neil Lennon’sside have improved as oflate, with three victoriesin their last seven league

Bradley Stratton@BradStrat

Chris HughtonPhotograph: Pro Sports Images

Brighton & Hove Albion v Bolton Wanderersin the Championship on

Saturday, February 12, kick-off 3pm

Tickets available online atwww.seagulls.co.uk

or by calling 0844 327 1901

Next up at The Amex...

Hawks frustrated after Bath washout

A waterlogged pitch causedWhitehawk’s game to bepostponed on Saturday

Whitehawk Football Clubwere left frustrated aftertheir National LeagueSouthclashatBathCitywaspostponed on Saturday.

Heavy rain heading intoSaturday’s clash meantthe game had to be calledoff owing to a waterloggedpitch.

Dartford’s 2-0 leaguewin over StAlbans City sawthem remain in fifth and thefinal play-off place.

Hawks sit in 12th, eightpoints of the play-offpositions.

Whitehawk are still inthe hunt for silverware thisseasonaswellandare inthesemi-finals of the SussexSenior Cup.

They face two-divisionslower and Ryman Southoutfit Worthing in the lastfour at Culver Road onWednesday, February 24.

Hawks, who are the

current holders, will belookingtobookanAmexdatefor the second successiveseason.

S t e v e K i n g ’ s s i d eovercame Ryman Premierside Lewes 5-0 at Brighton’shomegroundinthefinal lastyear.

Shouldtheybookanotherdate, they could face stiffopposition in the final.

Ryman Premier pairBurgess Hill and Bognorface off in the competition’squarter-final onTuesday.

The winners of that willthen meet Hawks’ fellowNational League South sideEastbourne Borough.

That semi-final willbe played the day beforeWhitehawk’s encounterwith Worthing , , once

again at the Sussex FA’sHeadquarters inCulverRoad.

Hawks return to leagueaction on Saturday whenthey host Hemel Hempsteadas they look for a first leaguewin in six matches.

Lewis Mason@_LewisMason


Has the price to watch football gone too far for fans?

Seventy seven quid.What doyou think you could do withit? What would you do withit?

Twentypintsofthestrongstuff? Off-peak day return toLeicester? New pair of footyboots? A year’s supply ofcaramel lattes? Flash mealat a restaurant? Cheekynecklace for the other half?A pair of West End theatretickets?

Okay, so it’s not really onoffer (I’m not that generous!)but it’s a number that hasprompted a huge amount ofcontroversy in recent days.

In protest at the £77top-price in the new standnext season, Liverpool fansstaged a walkout after 77minutes with their side 2-0up against Sunderland (theydrew 2-2).

So, could the club affordto offer tickets for less?Well,of course they could butshould they?

The focus has shiftedimmediately onto the sheersize of the new TV deal thatcomes in next year. Theriches are well documentedand there is an inevitabledisparity between someclubs (and different seats)but where do we draw theline?

Somemightarguethatthegames offer value for moneybut for many the cost hasgone too far.

Leicester City havefollowed the model of staticprices and the stadium as a

result is full to the brim andcan be a cauldron (seems tobe working!).

I also think West HamUnited will reap the benefitsof adult season ticketsfrom £289 and kids from£99, albeit aided by theirunique relationship with theOlympic stadium.

A l b i o n t h e m s e l v e sannounced last week thatthe club would beraising theprices by, on average, a fewpounds for next season nomatter which division theyare playing in.

I think many currentlyfeel they have a good dealwith thebenefits of travel etcbut,of course,it may change.

At the time of writing,the Merseyside club arelooking at the issue but it’sheartening that the fans canstill make a difference.

If there was ever a weekto remind us of supporterpower it is this one.

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Asthe19thanniversaryofFans United passed, we canremember how importantit was to Brighton & HoveAlbion.

The Goldstone was soldbut the struggle continuedfollowing the day that fansfrom across Europe cametogether to show theirsupport for the Seagulls.

The principles remainthe same. Whether it is abanner, a hen on the pitchat Blackburn, Cardiff’s redkit,Everton’sbadge,orgreenballoons across Brightonand Hove, fans can make adifference.

They may not have totalcontrol,they may not be ableto fund the running of a cluband they may not be ableto sway everyone but theirvoicesmustalwaysbeheard.

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Some mightargue that

games offervalue for money but

for many the cost hasgone too far

Albion’s wing wizards give defenders nightmares

All football fans love thetype of player who can getyou on the edge of your seat.

Techn ica l ly g i f t ed ,talented and with plenty ofskills, it’s probably fair tosay Albion fans have beenspoiled with these type ofplayers in recent years.

Intheearlyseasonsat theAmex,SpanishinternationalVicente graced the turf andCraig Noone was also a boxof tricks. Will Buckley wasmore pace than trickerybut provided plenty ofhighlights – namely the twogoals in the first ever leaguegame at the Amex Stadium.

Kazenga LuaLua is amixture of tricks and pace.His early season form was ahuge factor in the Seagullswinning six of their openingseven matches in theChampionship.

Solly March also has abundle of potential and willhopefully get back to hisbest when he returns froma knee injury next season.

Now, Anthony Knockaertis the type of player to excitefans and give nightmares toopposition defenders.

At 24, he is just goingto get better. His first halfdisplay in the 3-0 win overBrentford on Friday eveningwas simply outstanding.Being overly critical, hemaybe should have scoredmore than one but hisperformances also seem tohave lifted Jamie Murphy’sform, after the Augustsigning from SheffieldUnited had struggled for afew games.

Murphy,when on song,isalsoahandful foropponentsandhewasexcellentagainstBrentford. With Knockaertand Murphy starring andLuaLua waiting for hisfirst start since returningfrom a long-term groininjury, Albion have plentyof options on the wing to

frighten full-backs.The Seagulls, so far

this year, are looking moredangerousandscoringmoregoals at home, while notenjoyingsomuchpossessionin games.

Their pace and skill onthe counter-attack allowsthem to let their opponentshave more of the ball andthen hit them on the break.

Brighton failed to scorein three successive homegames prior to Knockaertsigning, despite having65 per cent of possessionagainst Wolves, 59 per centagainst Ipswich and 62 percentagainstMiddlesbrough.They also had 47 shotsat goal across the threematches.

Knockaert’s arrival hasnow given Brighton realimpetus on the break. Justlook at Bobby Zamora’s goalagainst Huddersfield lastmonth when the Seagullsbroke fromaTerriers corner,and also Knockaert’s strikeagainst Brentford, whichcame from a swift move

Jamie Murphy scores Albion’s third goal against Brentford. Photograph: Pro Sports Images

forward and an exchange ofpasses with Murphy.

The Seagulls had just35 per cent of possessionagainstBrentfordand38percent against Huddersfield

and only 20 shots on goalin the two games. However,they scored five goals in thetwo matches.

If this has been due to asubtle change in Albion’s

formation, let’s hope itcontinues and they recorda fourth successive leaguewin at home to Bolton onSaturday to keep pace at thetop.

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