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The area to the south-west of Hove station could become a retail and business hub, with independent shops, rooftop bars, and affordable apartments.

That’s if ambitious new plans by Matsim Properties are approved by planners. The scheme for the area between Conway Street and Ellen Street - renamed Hove Gardens by developers - will be unveiled next week.

The site is currently home to warehouses,

Garden vision for eyesore revealedHomes, offices, shops, and bars are all part of masterplan to give ‘pleasant village-like feel’ to run-down area

including Furniture Village, but developers are keen to revitalise the area, and to act as a catalyst for the regeneration of surrounding sites - such as the bus depot.

Plans include apartments with balconies, a public-roof terrace with pop-up bars, and small retail spaces for start up businesses.

The proposals for the site, aim to make it a more pleasant place for people to work, live, and play.

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Excerpts from the recently-published book

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On This Day

Moshi Monsters companycloses ‘Candy Labs’ officeMind Candy, the companybehind the Moshi Monstersphenomenon, is closing itsoffice in Brighton.

The decision comesafter the company failed toproduce another computergame to equal the globalbest-seller - even thoughWorld ofWarriors,the latestproduct,achievedsignificantsuccess, with millions ofdownloads and was pickedas Editor’s Choice on theglobal App Store. It has notbeen disclosed how manyjobs will be lost as a resultof the closure of the “CandyLabs” offices in North Road.

ButMichaelActon-Smith,the founder and former chiefexecutive of Mind Candy,

confirmed there would beredundancies.

MindCandyexplainedthedecision was part of a widerplan to bring the company’sstaff together under a singleroof in Shoreditch, London.

Mr Acton-Smith toldthe gamesindustry.bizwebsite: “I don’t thinkit’s any secret that MindCandy has been having adifficult few years. We hadsuch extraordinary successwith Moshi Monsters, butwith the switch from web-business to mobile, thecommercial engine whichdrove the business was justno longer there.Theamazingrevenues which we had havejust declined dramatically

and we, and a lot of otherkids’webproperties,haven’tbeen able tobuild successfulbusinesses on mobile for awhole hostof reasons,whichI think the industry is prettyaware of. I really feel for thepeople we have to let go, it’sobviouslyahorrible,horriblething to do, but we’re tryingto manage it in a respectfuland professional way.”

Mind Candy was set up in2003andmadeitsnamewithMoshiMonsters,aninternet-based game,in 2008.In 2012,it announced it had acquiredthe Origami Blue gamesstudio - set up by threeformer Disney Blackrockemployees - to create “CandyLabs” in Brighton.

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On This Day

1987 | Friday, November 13

A block of flats collapsedwithout warning in MarineParade, Kemptown.

At approximately threein the morning, the wallscrumbled in seconds as avast hole appeared directlybeneath the terrace.

Tons of rubble smashedinto vehicles and pipesf r a c t u r e d , c a u s i n g apotentially lethal cocktail asemergency services battledto cut off supplies.

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Brighton i360 pod takes shape

Four pieces of the 24segments that make up theglass pod set to adorn theBrighton i360 have beenslotted into place at theWest Pier site.

The pod was designedand built in France by thesame manufacturers whocreated the London Eyecapsules.

In the next fortnight, itwill take between 20 and30 lorry-loads to bring theentire pod over to the UKvia the Channel Tunnel.

The first two pieceswere put into place onWednesday, with anothertwo added yes terday(Thursday).

David Marks, architectand chairman of Brightoni360 Ltd, said: “Poma’sglazed pod is absolutelyamazing.The quality of theglass is superb,and Poma’swork so skillful,you have topinch yourself to realise it

is all handmade.”The Brighton i360 tower,

which was completed inAugust, is 162 metres high.

There are 24 segments,made up of a floor sectionand a top section, eachof them represent ing15 degrees of the 360degree circle. The 24 floorsegments weigh 1.8 tonseach,and the top segmentsweigh around one ton each.

The observation podwill rise to 450 feet, withviews expected to stretchas far west as Chichester,and Bexhill-on-Sea to theeast.

The i360 will be thetallest observation toweroutside London, and allow200 visitors at a time toenjoy the surrounding view.

The visitor centre,whichis under construction,incorporates a 400-seatrestaurant,shop,children’splay zone,exhibition space,tea rooms, and conferenceand event facilities.

The attraction is set toopen next summer. Pieces of the glass pod are being slotted together at the West Pier site

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Homes, retail, cinema and barsare a ‘catalyst for regeneration’

As you walk from Hove Railway Station, down the steps towards Conway Street, you are greeted by warehouses and graffiti.

But under a new scheme, it could be transformed into Hove Gardens - an area boasting modern office and retail space, apartments, and even a pedestrianised zone.

Matsim Properties, the developer of the failed Hove Square scheme - which fell apart in 2012 - has come back with a new design for the space between Conway Street and Ellen Street.

S i m o n L a m b o r o f Matsim Properties said: “A lot of thought has gone in to the design of this scheme to ensure that it complements and enables the future development of the surrounding sites and area in general. We hope that this initial scheme will act as a catalyst to the regeneration

of the area providing desperately needed homes, employment space and much improved public realm.”

The plan, if approved, is for 178 apartments, 21,500 square ft of employment space, and 2,500 square ft of “small flexible space” for start up and small businesses.

A large roof terrace on the fifth floor would be created for public use - with pop-up bars and a cinema.

A Section 106 payment - money paid to councils to reduce the impact of developments - would be “used to improve the surrounding streetscape

with the hope of Conway Street eventually being pedestrianised and the area having a pleasant village-type feel”.

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Children’s centres set to be merged

Last week, the Brighton & Hove Independent revealed city council proposals to cut children’s centres in the city.

The council report to the children, young people and skills committee was released on Friday.

I t r eve a l e d t h e 1 2 ch i ldren ’s centres in Brighton and Hove serve a population of 14,745 children under five, but set out plans to reduce designated chi ldren’s centres from 12 to seven.

Four of the remaining centres however, would still be used as “outreach” centres for children - but would not be “designated” as children’s centres.

The seven sites that will remain as children’s centres are: Roundabout (Whitehawk); Moulsecoomb; Ta r n e r ; H o l l i n g d e a n ; Hangleton Park; Conway Court (in partnership with Sussex Community NHS Trust); and Portslade (but with reduced opening hours).

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

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

Councillor Tom Bewick, chair of the council ’s children, young people and skills committee, said: “The review makes clear that it will not be possible to provide the same level of services with the reduction in funding to the children’s centre budget. I would encourage everyone to respond to the consultation so that the committee can take account of people’s v i ews when we make decisions about the future of children’s centres in January.”

Councillors will consider the plans for children’s centres on Monday, ahead of the consultation, which will start on Tuesday.

Councillor Tom Bewick urged residents to air their views

The Royal Pavilion could be run by a charitable trust as soon as April

City’s cultural assets could form trust

The Royal Pavilion and the city’s museums could be moved from council management to a charitable trust, to save the assets from cuts. This comes as Brighton and Hove City Council is looking to save £68 million in four years.

Warren Morgan, leader of the council, said: “The Royal Pavilion is the jewel in our city’s crown.”

He added: “Our aim is to put the Pavilion and museums into a trust that will preserve and enhance these cultural assets for future generations.

“They cannot be put at risk because of government cuts, so a trust is the safest option. It isn’t privatisation, the council will retain ownership of the buildings and have places on the board to ensure our Pavilion and museums are run for the benefit of the public.”

The sites that could fall under the new trust include: the Royal Pavilion and Garden, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Hove Museum and Art Galley, Preston Manor, Booth Museum, the Old Courthouse, 4/5 Pavilion buildings, North Gate House, William IV Gate House, and the India Gate.

There are also proposals to move the Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival into the trust at a later date.

The move was discussed at last night’s economic development and culture committee, as the Brighton & Hove Independent went to press, but it has been in the pipeline for years.

The city council has been looking at moving the assets into a trust for some time, with a report commissioned in June 2013, on the future of the Royal Pavilion Estate.

But the council said it is vital the group of cultural assets move into a trust soon, “in order to safeguard its services and continue to

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support the city’s economy, at a time when the council is facing challenging economic circumstances”.

If agreed, a business plan will be drawn up - and if all goes to plan, the Royal Pavilion and museums could transfer to the trust by April 2016. Existing staff would transfer to the trust.

The risk of the services r e m a i n i n g u n d e r t h e council’s remit, it claims, is the closure of sites, reduced services, and eventually the loss of “a nationally recognised museum service”.

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Sussex Police could be £11m better off

An admission of error by the policing minister, described as a “shambles”, could see Sussex Police £11 million better off next year.

An erroneous funding formula resulted in a predicted £7.7 million cut in government funding for the force, which covers Brighton and Hove - but the Home Office has since said Sussex could actually get a £3 million funding boost in 2016/17.

Katy Bourne, police and crime commissioner for Sussex, said: “I would like to thank Sussex MPs for their valuable support around raising this issue and for joining me in making strong representations to the Home Secretary for fairer funding, on behalf of Sussex residents.”

The police force is funded in two ways, through government funding, which is the more substantial

figure, and council tax. Sussex Police is the 10th largest force in England and Wales by population - but the erroneous funding estimate would have left it with the 14th lowest government grant per head in the country. It also has the 4th lowest income from council tax.

The incorrect formula would have seen Sussex, a m o n g o t h e r r u r a l communities, the worst hit with funding for the county set to be cut by 5.1 per cent, while neighbouring Surrey would have received a 3.9 per cent increase in funding.

Peter Kyle, MP for Hove, addressed this imbalance in the House of Commons last week, and said: “Would the Home Secretary say that is fair, and that a city such as Brighton and Hove, which has very specific challenges, could cope with another 5.1 per cent cut?”

The error was discussed in Parliament this week, where policing minister Mike Penning apologised


for the “statistical error” in the funding formula, and said the calculations would be revised. Labour MP Keith Vaz, the chairman of the home affairs select committee, called the

mistake a “shambles”.The announcement on

police funding for 2016/17 has now been delayed, and the correct figures will now be revealed in December - instead of later this month.


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Tackling rising food poverty in our city

In an age of austerity, it is no surprise that new figures released this week show an increase in food poverty in Brighton and Hove.

The Brighton and Hove Food Partnership said there are now 15 food banks in the city and two thirds have seen an increase in demand in the last year. Food parcels were given to approximately 289 households per week, an 8 per cent increase on 2014 figures.

But they have a plan. A new initiative was unveiled on Wednesday, bringing together more than 50 organisations in the city – from council departments to community lunch clubs and food banks - in a concerted effort to tackle food poverty.

Vic Borrill, director of Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, said: “Food poverty is undeniably a problem in Brighton and Hove and we’ve come together to say that ‘food poverty is unacceptable’.

“For any one organisation, this problem would be i n s u r m o u n t a b l e , b u t

together we can reduce the impact of food poverty on the health and wellbeing of local people.”

The Brighton and Hove Food Poverty Action Plan offers a vision of Brighton and Hove becoming “the city that cooks and eats together”, recognising the vital role that sharing food - whether between neighbours or in lunch clubs. Shared meals and lunch clubs are the city’s unsung heroes, tackling the long term, not just emergency food poverty.

The plan also focuses on prevention by looking at the root causes of food poverty; identifies who is most at risk of food poverty in the city and commits to involving those people in designing solutions.

Caroline Henderson, Hove Lunch Club organiser, said: “Our Lunch Club provides a hot meal for over 60 older people each week. For many of these people, it’s the only hot meal they’ll eat - many are isolated through poverty, ill health, or loss of family and friends. As our population ages and food prices rise, many older people can’t afford to eat well. For some, they simply can’t carry food shopping home.”


A Brighton mum who uses CHOMP, a lunch club that provides a free healthy meal and activities to children and their families, said: “I can afford to buy fruit and veg, but high quality protein is expensive. I bring my daughter regularly to CHOMP for a healthy warm meal. The cost of everything has gone up. It’s not easy.”

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Fly-by-night: A unique Brighton mode of conveyance

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

One can be seen in old prints of Mahomed’s seafront baths, parked near the entrance, probably awaiting a fare. Others are visible in the foreground of old views of the Royal Pavilion, being

trundled along. This curious wheeled sedan chair was called a “man-fly”, “hand-fly”, “fly-by-night”, or just a “fly”. And it is a lexicographical fact that this use of the word “fly” - which later became common parlance for a one-horse cab - originated in Brighton.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines “fly” thus: “The name of a light vehicle, introduced at Brighton in

1816, and originally drawn or pushed by men; but a horse being soon employed, the name was gradually extended to any one-horse covered carriage, as a cab or hansom, let out on hire. Perhaps short for ‘fly-by-night’.”

The earliest usage cited is from Charles Wright’s B r i g h t o n A m b u l a t o r (1818), which records: “A nouvelle kind of four-wheel vehicles, drawn by a man and an assistant, are very accommodating to visitors. They are denominated Flys, a name given by a gentleman at the Pavilion, upon their first introduction in 1816.”

Wright claims they had superseded sedan chairs, though in fact the latter were still in use in 1833. Fares began at a shilling, “from the Castle, Chapel Royal, Theatre, or Royal and Old Baths, not exceeding the distance of West Street”, and went up to two shillings, if you went as far as the Royal Crescent, “not exceeding Crescent Cottage”.

An hour’s “airing” in a fly cost 1s 6d, or 2s for an hour and a half. If two adults took a chair or fly together, “the fare shall be a half fare extra”. “The Chairmen or Flymen to be entitled to half

fare additional after two o’clock in the morning.”

The historian J.A.Erredge casts light on this innovative vehicle’s origins. While the royal stables were being built in 1809, he records, a carpenter named John Butcher, of Jew Street, “accidentally fell and injured himself. Upon his recovery, not being able to resume the heavy work of his trade, he constructed a machine of similar make to the sedan chair, and placed it upon four wheels. It was drawn by hand, in the same manner as Bath chairs, while an assistant, when the person was heavy, pushed behind.

Its introduction was quite a favourite feature among the nobility, and a second fly, in consequence, was soon constructed. These two vehicles were extensively patronised by the Prince of Wales and his noble companions; and from being employed by them on special occasions of a midnight ‘lark’, they received the name ‘Fly-by-nights’.”

The most remarkable of the Brighton man-flies, says Erredge, was one customised for George Battcock, surgeon, and known as “Dr Battcock’s Pill Box”.

When Butcher sent a fly to Blaker the coach-maker to be repainted, Blaker, “having an eye to business, purloined the design, and improved upon it by making two or three to be drawn by horses”, so extending the meaning of the term “fly”.

I quote Sir Walter Scott, in 1828: “We then took a fly, as they call the light carriages, and drove as far as the Devil’s Ditch.” And Thackeray in 1853: “No flys so pleasant as Brighton flys.”

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Youth serviceProposals for restructuring youth services in Brighton and Hove will be considered by councillors on Monday.

The council wants to create a more flexible service that is easy to access, during an era of shrinking council budgets.

C o u n c i l l o r s w i l l consider the findings of a city-wide review, which involved four young people as part of the review group.

I t proposes a co-operative approach for the city, to attract and d e ve l o p a l t e r n a t i ve revenue streams that could sustain the provision of youth services, possibly through a Youth Trust or Foundation for the city.

Councillor Tom Bewick, chair of the children, young people and skills committee, said: “I believe a more co -operat ive approach with our partners across the city, possibly through a Youth Trust or Foundation, is the best way of putting our youth services on a sustainable footing for the future.”

Jobs

Get ready to workJob seekers are being offered the opportunity to attend Get Ready to Work, a free workshop run by Albion in the Community (AITC) in partnership with American Express.

Delivered over two days, the workshop takes place on November 19 and 26, at the American Express Community Stadium and Amex, 1 John Street.

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Participants will receive support analysing their aspirations, exploring job opportunities, CV writing, interview techniques and role play.

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For more information contact AITC on 01273 878260 or email: [email protected]

Politics

The EU debateKeith Taylor, Green MEP for the South East, is to speak at a public meeting today (Friday), about why the Greens are campaigning to remain in the EU.

He said: “I look forward to speaking with my constituents in Brighton and Hove about the upcoming EU referendum, and hearing their views.”

The meeting will be held from 11am at the Dialogue Society Brighton Office, 201A Church Road, Hove.

The council was set to support a second runway for Gatwick Airport last night (Thursday).

Warren Morgan, leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, tabled a motion at the economic, development and culture committee, supporting the expansion of Gatwick over Heathrow, due to the “associated economic and regeneration benefits that the city and Greater Brighton region would enjoy should Gatwick be chosen”.

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Project

Getting Brighton talkingA photographer is making it his mission to capture the diversity and friendly nature of Brighton, by quite literally getting residents talking.

Jerry Syder, 35, embarked on project - Taken Word - which sees him travelling a r o u n d B r i g h t o n a n d approaching strangers to capture their unique story to share with the world through his blog. He said: “Brighton is such a rich tapestry of people, but it’s often only a few voices that are heard. I’ve so far spoken to homeless people, lonely people and those suffering with depression. I want to give them a voice by sharing their story, as well as showcasing some of the weird, wonderful and unique characters that live here.”

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Ice rink

Get your skates onDreams of a white Christmas came true for guests at Brighton’s Royal Pavilion’s Ice Rink VIP launch party. A surprise snow shower followed a stunning ‘Get Happy’ solo ice dancing display by Cheryl Cathcart from Holiday on Ice.

The ice-rink opened to the public on Saturday.

Warren Morgan, leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “We are delighted to welcome back the rink this year – it has become Brighton’s star winter attraction and

something of a Christmas tradition. It draws people from far and wide to visit Brighton and enjoy the city’s unique Christmas appeal.”

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Charity

Pudsey visits the pier

BBC’s The One Show was filmed live at the Palace Pier on Wednesday, as part of a Children in Need special.

Pudsey turned up for the programme, which saw the Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge pass through Brighton and Hove.

Back for a fifth year, this year’s team are taking on a 470 mile journey from Land’s End to the East End.

For the six young riders pedalling the rickshaw, it was day six, and they made it all the way from Winchester, through Sussex, and down to Shoreham-by-Sea, before arriving in Brighton.

It was 17-year-old Amira who rode the rickshaw into Brighton, joined by Mods

who led her into the make-shift The One Show studio at the pier.

She was greeted by presenter Matt Baker, and a large audience that had gathered around the pier.

T h e n e x t m o r n i n g (Thursday), the rickshaw riders set off on the next leg of their journey - aiming to arrive at Chatham Dockyard in Kent by the evening.

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Obituary

Jack ReeceThe police officer who brought the perpetrator of the Brighton bombing to justice has died.

Jack Reece, was chief superintendent in charge of Sussex Police CID when he dealt with the bombing of The Grand Hotel in Brighton on October 12, 1984.

He led the investigation, which eventually led to the arrest and conviction of IRA bomber Patrick Magee.

Mr Reece died aged 86 on November 2 at Hastings Court care home, after suffering from dementia.

Event

Rock schoolBrighton College was treated to a once in a lifetime musical moment when Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour performed alongside students, in honour of the opening of the new Music School.

The event marked the official opening of the Eastern Road school’s new music school, designed by Eric Parry Architects. The building has a double-height recital hall, a floating roof, and full-height glass wall overlooking the sports fields.

It also houses a percussion and rock room, a recording control room, additional music practice and teaching rooms, a seminar room for teaching and private study, and a music library housing all orchestra, choral, instrumental and band music.

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Xmas fair for hospiceMartlets Hospice will hold its annual fundraising Christmas Fair tomorrow (Saturday).

There will be a variety of stalls, roasted chestnuts, as well as the chance to try a complementary therapy session, face painting, and the Martlets Hospice Choir, Good Vibrations will perform.

The fair will be held at the hospice, on Wayfield Ave n u e , H ove , f r o m 10.30am until 3.30pm.

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Happiness trainingOne in six people find their work very stressful.

Sam Zubaidi, a mentor for entrepreneurs at the University of Brighton, has developed a training course to address this.

The course covers emotional intelligence, how to harness its power in a job search, and the significance of early life events. The next course is running on Sunday, at £49 at ticket. Visit: bit.ly/iwantanewjob

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Arthur CaveT h e t e e n a g e s o n o f musician Nick Cave fell to his death after taking the hallucinogenic drug LSD, an inquest heard on Tuesday.

Arthur Cave, 15, suffered a “catastrophic” head injury after plunging from a cliff at Ovingdean Gap, on July 14.

Arthur and a friend had earlier taken LSD, also known as acid. Veronica Hamilton-Deeley, senior coroner for Br ighton, recorded a conclusion of accidental death.

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Climate changeA host of activities will take place in the city to mark Time To Act week - which will highlight the need for more urgent action on climate change in the run-up to the UN climate talks in Paris.

Brighton Climate Action Network (Brighton CAN) has organised film screenings, public meetings, and workshops which will take place next week. Its week of events will culminate on November 21, with a Time to Act Conference at Brighton’s Synergy Centre, launched by Caroline Lucas. This will be followed by a Celebration for Action benefit gig with local bands. The full programme of the week’s events can be found at www.BrightonCAN.org

Brighton and Hove Friends of the Earth will also hold a public meeting on Wednesday at 7.30pm, from the Synergy Centre in Brighton called Changing the Climate in Paris? ahead of the international climate change talks. National Friends of the Earth campaign-leaders Guy Shrubsole (Climate and Energy) and Rachel Kennerley (Climate Security) will lead a panel focusing on the issues, tensions and likely outcomes from the United Nations sponsored COP 21 meeting. Local members of BHFoE and a leading climate-scientist will illustrate the ́ global to local´ impacts of climate-change and their practical concern for meaningful agreements in Paris. The event is free to attend.

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If beauty comes from the inside, it begins with the way you feel about yourself.

During TEDx Brighton, a disparate crew of innovators shared their outsider journeys at The Dome. A confessional thread emerged in response to the theme of “losing control”.

A b s o r b i n g y o u n g peoples’ tragic stories took its toll on the Save The Children communications pro, Cat Carter. Her “eureka moment”came during a flight safety announcement. The bit about fitting your own oxygen mask before helping others struck a chord; Cat saw that she was out of steam, before she took back control.

When the going gets tough, we either refocus to optimise our energy, or risk burnout. In small ways, a nurturing self-care routine at home can help. It might not seem that relevant in a war zone, but if beauty and calm are to come from the inside,

they start to manifest with how you feel about yourself each day. Commit to making the time to slow down, and to notice the differences.

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Dr Laura Marshall -Andrews, principal GP, and Chris Dance, acupuncturist at Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Centre, were also at TEDx to discuss how the centre has become one of the first NHS GP practices to integrate with complementary therapies and healing arts. They won the General Practice Award

for Innovators of the year in 2014, and deservedly so. It is my surgery and I am delighted to be registered there. The Wellbeing Centre runs free talks for an hour some Saturday mornings. I learned how to boost my immunity with nutrition and vitality coach Rani Louise Don (you don’t need to be a patient to pop along).

Back at TEDx, Jo White was eloquent about the inspired use of music for kids and the elderly in hospital or care (dementia was an omnipresent sub-theme). The Happyologist made good sense of her unusual job, and whimsy, sound, and colour were in force at the creative arts section upstairs at the Ideas Lab.

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Rockinghorse Children’s Charity has always been intrinsically linked with the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital (the Alex) and the Trevor Mann Baby Unit (TMBU) in Brighton, ever since Dr Trevor Mann founded the charity back in 1967. He recognised there was a real need for additional resources to improve healthcare services for sick children and babies.

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funding and relies on the generous support of individuals, community groups, companies, and trusts.

We aim to help provide what the NHS simply cannot afford, and have already given away £250,000 worth of funding for the Alex and TMBU this year, on top of ongoing projects to support paediatric services across Sussex.

We’ll be celebrating our Golden Jubilee in 2017 by acknowledging 50 years of service to improving the lives of sick children in Sussex.

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In the lead up to Christmas, the Brighton & Hove Independent will invite local charities to write about the work they do throughout the festive season, and how you can help. Ryan Heal, CEO of Rockinghorse Children’s Charity, tells us more about the charity and the work it does.

n Dress as an Elf! That’s right, the festive fundraiser returns on Friday, December 11, for its third year, encouraging local businesses, schools and community groups to get involved in the dress-down day. Donate £1 to wear red and green and help raise money for sick children this Christmas. All funds raised will go towards the charity’s Toy Box Appeal to provide young patients at the Alex with presents over the festive period. n Those looking for more of a physical challenge can join Rockinghorse for the Brighton Santa Dash on Saturday, December 12. The 5k fun-run begins at Hove Lawns and includes a children’s 400 metre race before the main event at 10am. Registration is £20 (including your Santa suit) and runners are encouraged to raise £50 each in sponsorship, which will be donated towards the charity’s Toy Box Appeal. n Supporters can also donate to Rockinghorse’s dedicated Christmas appeal, which is supporting the maternity ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. They are raising funds to purchase a bilirubin machine that will detect jaundice in newborn babies. If left untreated, jaundice can cause brain damage, so it is vital that nursing staff are able to assess a baby as quickly as possible, as early diagnosis and treatment of the condition can make all the difference. To find out more about any of the above fundraising initiatives, visit: www.rockinghorse.org.uk/get-involved/christmas.

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We strive for a world-class special needs provision

One of the first visits I made as a newly elected councillor in May was to Downs View Special School. At the annual awards event celebrating the achievements of pupils and staff, it was awe-inspiring to witness the passion and commitment of all those involved.

I t w a s a s a l u t a r y reminder of why we live in a compassionate, civilised society, where progress is measured in terms of how we support the most vulnerable. A physical or learning disability should never be a barrier to achieving a person’s full potential.

At Brighton and Hove City Council we have taken this principle to heart in guiding our review of special educational needs provision. Looking at the local coverage of our proposals, however, generated by some vociferous anti-austerity campaigners, you would think the council was actually proposing to cut special educational needs provision in the city.

Let’s be clear: we’re not cutting provision. It’s time to set the record straight and ensure parents are informed by the facts. The decision by councillors this week to put proposals out to statutory

Cllr Bewick said changes will improve special needs services

Downs View School in Woodingdean is set to expand under the council’s plans

consultation marks the beginning of a dialogue of how we transform and modernise this important public service.

Currently we spend in the region of £40 million on special educational needs and disability across the city. The planned savings of £1.5 million are not being driven by central government’s austerity cuts. They will be achieved over the next four years by transforming and modernising the way parents and children access support. At the moment there are six special schools and two pupil referral units, all provided in separate buildings with multiple layers of management.

The falling rolls in some of these schools means that in the last few years the council has had to spend nearly one million pounds buying empty places. This is wasted money not spent on teaching and learning. Our proposals to amalgamate some of the buildings will release resources to reinvest back in the provision.

That investment includes extending the age range of support to parents from birth up to the age of 18, and 25 in some cases. It also includes offering integrated health, care and education support for children.

Despite the claims of campaigners, we actually plan to increase provision in terms of the number of places. Pupil-teacher ratios will not increase. Many parents have told us they want more control over the budgets. They want to access support through one front door, instead of being

bounced around several different services, as is the case at present. Greater personalisation, integration, a n d c o n s o l i d at i o n o f services are what these proposals are about. Parents of deaf children or those on the autistic spectrum will continue to access the support of specialist advisers. It is simply untrue that we are planning to

leave parents to fend for themselves. Of course, we will be asking some staff to work differently, including during the school holidays. And the integration of some teams will require fewer managers. Above all, we want to deliver a world-class service to children with special educational needs. It should be both inclusive and cost-effective.

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Health charity, The King’s Fund, this week announced that cuts to council social care budgets are “adversely affecting” NHS services. In the light of severe cuts, many councils have decided to privatise services.

I w a n t t o e x p r e s s my concern about how privatisation of services has the potential to harm communities. Whatever its face, be it “commissioning”, “integration”, or “alternative d e l i v e r y m o d e l s ” , privatisation is not the panacea that its many evangelists profess it to be.

Private care workers receive lower average pay and poor terms and conditions, with many on zero hour contracts.

A 2013 report by the Resolution Foundation found that up to 220,000 care workers are likely to be paid less than the national minimum wage. The effect of this can often be poor quality care from a disillusioned workforce. Take the case of Suffolk, where the council handed over its care homes to private health firm Care UK. The Care Quality Commission slammed Care UK for failing four out of five care standards at one of the homes last year.

Beyond the realm of social care , countless examples show what a poor deal the private sector often represents. Decisions to outsource often leave councils picking up the pieces later.

n In Barnet, the council r e c e n t l y h a d t o p ay thousands of pounds for “emergency” IT services after its privatised provider went into administration.

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outsourcing deal with Capita in 2008 failed to deliver the £70m savings promised, leaving the council to return the work in-house.

n In our own city, a private finance initiative deal on Jubilee Library has incurred massive costs up to 2028, effectively subsidising the private sector and stymying

our ability to support our libraries today. The notion that we must embrace privatisation as a response to the economic crisis is a myth. Private companies’ primary objective is to fill the pockets of shareholders; accountability, providing value for money, or meeting the needs of residents

come second place. The only winners here are the private companies and their shareholders. This is the ideological agenda of the wealthy Conservative elite, who were arguing for privatisation long before the crash. Greens reject privatisation not out of some ideological “purity” but because it has long-lasting and damaging effects on the community and because it moves public services out of the accountability of the public. It drives down pay,

working conditions and often means trade unions are no longer recognised.

As David Cameron hit the press this week for not actually knowing what cuts were happening in his local council, it’s clear the national government have no idea where their privatisation agenda will lead. My fear is that the obsession with privatisation will bring us a dystopian future where public services and, critically, democratic accountability, disappear.

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Partial-victory for ‘Stop the Poor Tax’ campaigners Anti-austerity campaigners have welcomed news of a softening of the council tax blow for 15,000 local residents on low incomes.

But they say the new proposals still mean the poorest households are being asked to chip in more than richer residents to meet the council’s funding gap, and are calling on the council to go further.

Under new proposals, announced on Friday by council leader Warren Morgan, people on low incomes will have to pay a third more than they currently pay in council tax, from next April.

Initial proposals for the council tax reduction scheme would have seen a 67% increase in the council tax bill for the city’s poorest residents.

Rose Rickford, a member o f B r i g h t o n Pe o p l e ’ s Assembly Against Austerity, said: “We are pleased to see that the council have listened to our campaign and moved away from their original proposal. But a 33% increase for the poorest households in the city is still unfair, when you consider that people with much more to spare will only be asked to pay an extra 2%.”

As the Brighton & Hove Independent went to press (Thursday), campaigners held a meeting to discuss the issue.

Cllr Morgan, said: “The government is again cutting nearly £2 million this year from the support we give to residents on the lowest incomes to help pay their council tax. Despite this, we are proposing to continue to pay 80% of their council tax bills, more than many similar councils do. Despite government cuts of almost £2 million to the fund that pays the discount, we will still be paying 80% of the council tax of those on the lowest incomes, and be asking no-one to pay more than £1.65 extra a week.

“Most will pay less than £1 extra per week. We’d like to do more but this subsidy will cost us £3 million, twice as much as this year, at a time when our budget is being cut severely. We have listened to residents, and we will do all we can to ensure people have access to advice, support and additional funds if they are experiencing hardship.”

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At 2 .55am on a foggy morning just over 92 years ago, a Brighton woman, clad only in a swimsuit, dipped her toes into the sea in Calais. Her name was Mercedes Gleitze.

A typist by day, Mercedes was of German origin but had been born in 1900 in Freshfield Road. On this cold day, during which the sea temperature never rose above 15 degrees, she was making her eighth attempt to become the first British woman to swim the Channel.

The going was tough. The fog was so dense that a fishing boat from Folkestone had to lead the way, sounding its horn to warn her of passing ships. But 15 hours, 15 minutes l a t e r w h e n M e r c e d e s staggered, triumphant, up the beach in England, her place in history was secure.

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In 1928, just a year after her Channel conquest, Mercedes travel led to southern Spain with the aim of becoming the first person

ever to swim the notorious Strait of Gibraltar from Tarifa to Morocco.

From the tourist beaches on the Costa del Sol, just a stone’s throw away from where Mercedes began her historic swim, this stretch of sea is the stuff of holiday brochures.

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e Gibraltar Strait Swimming Association’s website, however, “unpredictable and changing currents, p l u m m e t i n g w a t e r temperatures , sudden sea fog, vomiting and passing out from excessive consumption of sea water, exhaust fumes from boats, oil spills, pollution,” are just some of its hazards.

Despite the catalogue o f h o r r o r s , M e r c e d e s succeeded, reaching the Moroccan coast in just under thirteen hours.

To this day, just over 500 people have swum this crossing, including, notably, David Walliams and Ben Cracknell for BBC Sport Relief in 2008.

Most now manage it in around four hours but I’m sure even the strongest swimmer would agree that developments in sports nutrition since 1928 and better knowledge of how the body works have helped.

At a time when female sports celebrities were rare, Mercedes’ career took her a l l over the w o r l d , c o m p e t i n g i n over 50 endurance tests and swimming some of

the world’s most iconic stretches of water, such as Sydney Harbour, Capetown to Robben Island in South Africa, and the Irish Sea. She drew crowds wherever she went and became a newsreel star.

Closer to home, she broke the British endurance swimming record in 1933 at Worthing Baths, swimming a staggering 46 hours.

At a time when many believed that a woman’s place was the home and that excessive physical exercise

could be injurious to a woman’s health, Mercedes stuck to her guns, showing a steely single-mindedness.

Rejecting one fiancé because, as she told a newspaper, “What is the use of letting a man make a home for me when in my thoughts the sea spells ‘Home Sweet Home’ to me?” when she did eventually marry, the newsreel footage shows her moving the reporter’s congratulations swiftly on to excitedly tell him she’s just about to set

off for Turkey to swim the Hellespont.

Breaking these amazing swimming records wasn’t Mercedes’ only legacy, however.

Known for her generosity - she once shared the prize money of an endurance contest she’d won with a hard-up runner-up - she used her prize money to set up a homeless refuge in Leicester, and the charity that bears her name , Mercedes Gleitze Relief in Need continues today.

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adult members, Brighton Tri Club has recently expanded to create a junior club section (based in Ringmer), named Sussex Tristars.

This group provides the opportunity for eight to 13-year-olds to take their first steps into the swim-bike-run event.

Rachel Perry, chair of the club, said: “Since the success of Team GB in the 2012 Olympics, triathlon has become a rapidly growing sport.

“It is truly accessible to all ages and all abilities

and as a club we aspire to facilitate this.

“Contrary to popular belief, a lot of expensive kit is not needed at the outset.

“A swim suit and goggles, a bike and helmet and something in which to run in is all that is required - and of course, a sense of fun and adventure.

“We are very grateful to the Montefiore Hospital for supporting our inaugural children’s triathlon at Ringmer, which was a resounding success.

“It was so inspirational watching nearly 200 children

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Montefiore Hospital kits out clubcomplete the race with big smiles, pride and passion. We are also excited to be able to provide branded club t-shirts for the members of Sussex Tristars supplied by the Montefiore Hospital.”

Kathryn Cooke, business development manager at the Montefiore Hospital said: “We are delighted to support a local club that provides such great activity opportunities for young people.

“Aside from providing the comprehensive diagnostic and surgical services that we do, it is very important to us

to be actively involved in the local community.”

The Montefiore Hospital is a private hospital in the heart of the city, based at 2 Montefiore Road, Hove.

To find out more about the Montefiore Hospital and the services it provides, visit www.spiremontefiore.com

Brighton companies given £10,000 at Entrepreneurial Spark awards

Entrepreneurs from across Brighton and Hove won prizes totalling £10,000 at the Entrepreneurial Spark Acceler8 awards on Tuesday.

The event, hosted by the world’s largest free business accelerator in conjunction with NatWest and KPMG, celebrated entrepreneurs across the region who have achieved business success.

The Acce ler8 event brought together Chiclets who are currently based at the Entrepreneurial Spark Hatchery in Brighton with an entrepreneur enablement day, focussing on leadership, followed by the awards ceremony.

At Tuesday’s event, the entrepreneurs were given the chance to hear from business leaders Daryl Gayler, regional director for commercial and private banking at RBS ussex and SW Surrey, and Andy Parsons, CEO of YELO Architects.

Al Start and Double Six were awarded £2,000 each for the #GoDo Award, which is given to the Chiclet best demonstrating the mindsets and behaviours of a successful entrepreneur.

Melanie Lawson from Bare Biology also walked away with £3,000 to help grow her business, after winning the Acceler8 award.

Winners of the Entrepreneurial Spark Acceler8 awards on Tuesday evening

Jim Duffy(Photograph: Sam Stephenson/Vervate)


Ms Lawson said: “The Acceler8 event is a fantastic opportunity to get together with the other Chiclets based in Brighton and with such great prizes up for grabs it made the day even more interesting! I’ve learnt so much already from my time at Entrepreneurial Spark and with learning days such as this, I’ve got loads more ideas on how to improve my business.”

Jim Duffy, founder of Entrepreneurial Spark said: “The Acceler8 Awards are a tremendous way of rewarding the hard work and determination we see from our Chiclets across the country. The day was a fantastic way to celebrate the #GoDo attitude we see on a daily basis and I’d like to pass on my congratulations to all of the winners in Brighton.”

F i o n a A n d e r s o n , a n e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l development manager at NatWest, said: “It’s been fantastic to see how much the Chiclets have progressed over the past three months and recognising the hard work that these aspiring businesspeople have put in through the Acceler8 Awards is very important. The Chiclets have shown a tremendous amount of passion, creativity and c o m m i t m e n t t o t h e i r businesses . I t can be daunting starting your own business but the entrepreneurs working in the Brighton Hatchery have had fantastic support from all the partners involved and are proving to be a wonderful reflection of Brighton’s vibrant start-up community.”

Entrepreneurs in the Brighton Hatchery are provided with expert advice and guidance on how to develop their business, with free office space, phones and internet, regular Temperature Checks with their dedicated Enabler and a fortnightly Wednesday #GoDoEventNight.

The Acce ler8 event provided Chiclets with an opportunity to reflect on how their business has grown during their time with Entrepreneurial Spark, and plan for the coming months.

Applications for the Entrepreneurial Spark February intake is now open.

A network delivering growth support to green businesses in Sussex now has more than 500 businesses signed up.

Launched last June, the University of Brighton’s Green Growth Platform is more than halfway to its target of working with 1,000 businesses by 2018.

The Platform delivers one- to -one bus iness support , innovat ion , research and development support, events, and skills development. Funded by the Higher Education Funding Counci l for England, services are free or heavily subsidised.

Par t o f the Green Growth Platform’s mission statement is to help Sussex businesses capitalise on the opportunities in the low carbon and environmental economy sector. To date the Platform has contributed to the development of 40 local jobs and 13 new environmental products or services. Last month, the Platform ran Next Level Thinking 2015, a

conference focussed on green business growth. Attendees heard talks from green entrepreneurs, i n c l u d i n g f o r m e r Apprentice contestant Syed Ahmed. He shared insights on how he had grown his company Savortex, through developing and commercialising an energy efficient hand dryer that uses smart technology to monitor and report on electricity usage.

Delegates were also able to take advantage of a range of business growth seminars. One business owner said: “Next Level Thinking was thought provoking and held in superb facilities. It gave me an opportunity to meet local business people that I would otherwise never see and to contemplate issues in a way that may not have occurred to me independently.”

Platform and support for green businesses

Syed Ahmed at the conference (Photograph: Jim Holden)

For more on the Green Growth Platform, contact [email protected]


Housing crisis: What can we do about private rented housing in our city?

You don’t need to tell private tenants about the housing crisis - many are living it. With av-

erage rents typically half of average incomes and still ris-ing, tenants are seeing hard-earned wages swallowed up. The average rent for a one-bedroom flat is £867 a month, while the median take-home wage is £1,693 a month.

There is no security, with many on six month tenan-cies, and many tenants fear to report repairs in case the rent gets put up or the ten-ancy isn’t renewed. This is great for letting agents who can charge a new set of fees every six months, and for buy-to-let landlords who have seen returns from rent-ing outstrip all other types of investment - but for ten-ants living under a cloud of insecurity and high costs, it makes it hard to have a set-tled family life.

The gulf between those renting and buying is one of the great modern day in-equalities. Sons and daugh-ters cannot afford to live in the city they grew up in. Some are being forced away from home and community, just to be able to afford enough space to start a family.

Some solutions to the housing crisis require ac-tion at the national govern-ment level, such as reforms to tenancy law and ending

Right to Buy.

Solutionsn Ending the Right to Buy and the housing shortage - invest in council housing at social rentsPeople sleeping on the pave-ment are the most visible reminder of the housing shortage, but many more camp and sleep out of sight or move from sofa to sofa. We need more homes and to bring empty homes back into use. Due to the Right to Buy and voluntary trans-fers under previous govern-ments the number of council houses has reduced nation-ally by two million from 1994-2014. In Brighton and Hove, even though tenants voted against Labour plans to transfer council housing to a housing association, the city has still lost over 1,342 council houses to the Right to Buy. On average 38% of these right to buy properties are being rented privately at a charge of double or treble a social (council) rent. This is crazy. Rents in the private sector are so high that each year around £10 billion is paid in housing benefit to landlords. Research shows over the long run, rather than subsiding high rents at huge cost, it’s much more efficient to invest public money in building homes so rents can be truly affordable. Nation-ally, Greens are calling for

100,000 new social-rented council houses to be built each year and the new La-bour leader is also keen on this approach.

While these reforms require national legisla-tion, there are also steps the council can take to ease the problems locally, by im-proving the standards and conditions in private rented properties and expanding the supply of decent housing.

n Reform of tenancies - bring back fair rentsIn 1988, Thatcher’s govern-ment brought in six-month assured shorthold tenancies to replace fair rent tenancies, dramatically skewing the balance of power in favour of the landlord. It doesn’t have to be like this - countries like Germany have got the law and financial arrangements right, with controlled rents and decent conditions. Ten-ants choose private renting and enjoy the security need-ed to flourish. Landlords see renting as a long term lower return investment and prefer happy tenants who are much more likely to look after their property.

Improving standards n Landlord licensingSome 37 per cent of privately rented homes are non-de-cent, many lack fire safety or are hard to keep warm. Standards can be improved

David Gibson, a Green Party city councillor for Hanover and Elm Grove, and a housing campaigner, writes in the Brighton & Hove Independent about solutions to the housing crisis.


Housing statistics – Brighton and Hoveby licensing schemes. The previous council adminis-tration made an important start by licensing Houses of Multiple Occupation. In the first two years alone HMO landlords were required to undertake 2,514 fire works, install 1,483 life-saving fire alarms, undertake 1,347 re-pairs and insulate 970 lofts. These are real improve-ments to living conditions that we can achieve locally, but we need to reach more of the 34,000 private rented homes. By licensing more private-rented properties we can make them more de-cent, cheaper to heat and fire safe. It’s a no-brainer and it seems that all the three main parties on the council want to see licensing extended, so let’s do it!

n Ethical lettings agencyThe university has set up a small not-for-profit lettings agency which doesn’t charge letting fees to tenants. The council could help this to expand or even set up its own agency which covers all rented homes, not just stu-dent housing. Council staff already have the expertise

and it could provide an al-ternative to the high street agents, many of whom dis-criminate against tenants on benefits and rack up costly charges for both landlords and tenants.

n Good landlord schemesOur city is desperately short of properties. Most land-lords own a single property; they may have inherited a family home or may have a bit of money and no pension. I believe that some would be interested in a good land-lords scheme, whereby they are matched with a tenant and offer longer security and lower rents. A few landlords do this already, but having a scheme will make it easier and offer a clear choice for landlords who want happy tenants and greater secu-rity. If you are an interested landlord please contact me at [email protected];

Expanding supply of decent housingn Private sector leasing to provide security for homeless householdsWith the housing shortage in our city, more and more

people are becoming home-less. Increasingly, homeless families are having to move away from schools and com-munities. The council offers to guarantee landlords a good rent all year round, in return for being able to lease their property and house a homeless family in Brighton and Hove. Under this scheme a family can stay in the city with security for three, five or seven years at rents that are regarded as “affordable” by the government (around the local housing allowance rate) and are similar to the

new build council housing. Whilst the number of land-lords offering their proper-ties has increased, however, it hasn’t kept pace with the increase in need, so more landlords are desperately needed for this scheme. De-tails of the scheme are on the council website.

n Promoting lodgers for spare roomsThere are many more spare rooms nationally than people without homes. The govern-ment have recently increased the amount of tax-free rent

people can earn by letting spare rooms. With increas-ing student numbers in the city and increasing demand from single people, the coun-cil could be encouraging homeowners to take in lodg-ers to help ease the pressure on new homes.

n Building new council houses/ Living rent homesThe previous administration set in train the building of many new council homes on council-owned land. While only a few are completed

so far, there are around 300 in the pipeline. However, at present council properties lost to the Right to Buy still outstrip new builds. One so-lution is the council’s joint venture proposals to work with a housing association to produce “Living wage rent” properties for rent and sale. The details are not yet clear, but it is promising and as a co-founder of the Living Rent campaign, I am delighted to see the council putting the principle of truly affordable (as opposed to market) rents into practice.

n “The assessment of affordable housing need report (2012) identified 88,000 households (72%) in Brighton and Hove who cannot afford to (either buy or rent) without some kind of subsidy or spending a disproportionate level of their income on housing costs”n House prices in the city are 44% above the national averagen One-bed rent average was £811 in December 2013, and estimated at £867 in October 2014 (Brighton: home.co.uk)

n Brighton and Hove is the 4th most housing-deprived area outside London in Englandn From 1997/8 to October 2014 Brighton and Hove City Council has lost 1,342 homes to the Right to Buy, estimated to be around 81 a year by April 2015 n Private rents across the UK increased by 8.2% in 2014n Average three-bed house to rent in December 2013 was £1,449 per month, but it increased to £1,537 in October 2014. December 2013 was

£1,449per monthin December 2013

£1,537per monthin October 2014

AVERAGE THREE-BED HOUSE RENTAL


Book Early for Christmas

IT’S NEVERTOO EARLY TO BOOK

OUR 8-PAGE GUIDE TO BOOKING YOURFESTIVE CELEBRATIONS THIS YEAR.

Win a pair of tickets to the Royal PavilionIce Rink and warm up with free hot drinks!

We are giving away 10 pairs of tickets tothe most exciting ice rink in the UK...One of the jewels in Brighton’s crown, the most beautiful winterrink in the South East, the ice rink has the former Royal pleasurepalace as backdrop and 880 square metres of real ice, offeringchildren penguin stabilisers and a learners’ area, as well as bootsavailable in sizes from ‘just walking’ to adult sizes.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer thefollowing question:Which King created the Royal Pavilion?

A. King George IIIB. King George IVC. King William IV

To enter, visit: www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/competitionAnd whether you’re a skater or not, everyone is welcome to enjoy deli-cious food and drink by day and night at the rinkside Bar & Kitchen, whichserves heart-warming food with a great bar, for skaters and non-skatersalike. The ice rink is open November 7 to January 17. Skate tickets costfrom £10 for adults and from £7 for children under 12.

Terms and Conditions: 1.Adult tickets only (18 or over)2.The prize can be taken Sunday through Thursday during the dates which the icerink are open (November 7 to January 17), subject to availabilityFor full Terms and conditions, see www.royalpavilionicerink.co.uk for details.


Our menus are availablefrom £10 and can be adaptedto suit your budget or to

include drinks.

Parties from 10 - 200.You can select from your chosen

menu on the evening -no pre-ordering.

For further informationor to book please call

01273 771190(9am - 5pmMon-Fri)

or look online

Book yourChristmas partyat Donatello or

Pinocchio and wecan guarantee it willgo with a swing!

Christmas Menu£10 - 2 Courses

Select any 2 courses from below:(not available Friday & Saturday after 6.30pm)

£12 - 3 Courses

********************************************************Prawn Cocktail

*Mixed Salad

*Bruschetta alla ToscanaCiabatta with tomato, olive oil, garlic & basil

*Minestrone Soup

*Garlic Mushrooms

Antipasto al PomodoroSalami, tomato, olives

********************************************************Tacchino Milanese

Breast of Turkey fried in breadcrumbsserved with Spaghetti Pomodoro

(Alternative vegetables or pasta will be an extra £1.50)

*Melanzane alla ParmigianaAubergine baked with tomato, mozzarella, bechamel & parmesan

Spigola alla GrigliaGrilled fillet of Seabass served with French fries

Spaghetti DonatelloTomato, cream, Parma ham, mushrooms, garlic & parmesan

Tagliatelle Funghi e ProsciuttoCream, mushrooms, ham, butter

Fusilli al BalotelliChicken, tomato, chilli, garlic & herbs

Lasagne PasticciateBaked pasta layers with meat sauce, tomato, bechamel & parmesan

*Lasagne di MagroBaked pasta layers with mushrooms, spinach, tomato, mozzarella cheese & parmesan

*Rigatoni al Quattro FormaggiCream, butter and four kinds of cheeses

*Fusilli alla SicilianaAubergine, green peppers, garlic, olives, capers, tomato, parsley

Pizza Funghi e ProsciuttoTomato, mozzarella, ham & mushrooms

Pizza American HotTomato, mozzarella, spicy sausage & chillies

*Pizza CapricciosaTomato, mozzarella, artichokes, mushrooms, egg & peppers

Pizza NettunoTomato, mozzarella, tuna, onions & black olives

********************************************************Tiramisu

Donatello speciality

Gelato MistoMixed ice-cream

Macedonia di Frutta FrescaFresh fruit salad

Bigne al CioccolatoProfiteroles with patisserie cream & chocolate sauce

Creme CaramelTorta al Tartufo

Chocolate truffle gateau********************************************************

* These dishes are meat/fish free.Our desserts may contain traces of nuts.

A 10% Service Charge will be added to the bill.

Our menus are availablefrom £10 to £20


Coggings &Co is all about great burgers, madewith local ingredients sourced with care,

prepared with skill and served with warmth.

Monday – Saturday12noon to 11pm.Sunday 12noon to 7pm.

0127322022087-93Dyke Rd, Brighton, East Sussex BN13JE

www.coggingsandco.com

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Where could be more perfect for a Christmas party?With December now just around thecorner, Coggings & Co have beeninundated with enquiries for theirChristmas menu, which featureswonderful burgers with greatsharing board starters and fantasticdesserts, all for £21.95 a head. Thismenu has been particularly attractiveto groups of up to 30 who wish touse the semi-private rear area ofthe restaurant for their festive get-together. But even for a smaller

Christmas party, where could bemore perfect than this fantasticSeven Dials restaurant?

10 days ago, Coggings & Co wonthe title of “Best Burger’ at TheBrighton & Hove Food and DrinkAwards, following on from havingbeen chosen as the best burgerrestaurant by The Brighton and HoveIndependent News earlier this year.Considering that Coggings & Co has

only been open for 18 months, these awardsdemonstrate just how quickly the restauranthas taken off and why it is now undoubtedlyone of the most popular restaurants for milesaround.

It’s not only beef burgers which are a hit atCoggings & Co. The menu features free-range chicken breast burgers as well as twovegetarian options at all times & all specialdiets can be catered for, including wonderfulgluten free buns.

Open from midday -10pm, Monday-Saturday& Midday – 6pm on Sunday, more

information, including their Christmas menu,can be found at www.coggingsandco.com.

This November sees the openingof brand-new restaurant, 1847

Brighton, at 103 North Road. Namedafter the year the Vegetarian Societywas formed, 1847 Brighton will spe-cialise in high quality, locally producedvegetarian, vegan & gluten free diningwithin their North Laine restaurant.The basement will house a super-chicbar area, named Dandelion, servingbotanically-based cocktails where cli-entele can have an aperitif or just dropin for a drink or two.

1847 will be the latest addition toBrighton’s thriving vegetarian restau-rant scene as well as the most recentopening from the By 1847 restaurantgroup, started by Damien Davenportin 2011 when he opened the first sitein Manchester, to critical acclaim.Openings in Birmingham and Bristolhave followed.

1847 will be offering modern dishesacross four menus; á la carte, taster,Sunday lunch and express lunch.Dishes will include Beet Bourgui-gnon; a twist on the classic made withbeetroot, Merguez and mash; a puylentil sausage, and ‘Fish’ and chips,with ginger ale battered halloumi. Thewine list has been carefully curated to

not only complement the dishes, butto comprise of vegan only bottles. Aselection of champagne, spirits andbeers will be available and the botaniccocktails in Dandelion have been con-cocted with the help of expert mixolo-gists.

The stylish, sixty four-cover restaurantis spread over three floors with cleanand contemporary décor, featuring a liveherb wall, spiral staircase and mono-chrome herringbone flooring.

“Brighton has grown such a greatreputation recently for brilliant restau-

rants, we’re delighted his cosmopolitancity is the location of our latest opening,”says Davenport. “We look forward towelcoming customers and serving themsome delicious vegetarian food.”

1847 Brighton opens on November 13thon 103 North Road. www.By1847.com

New vegetarian restaurant, 1847 Brighton, to open in North Laine


THIS CHRISTMASIn the heart of the Lanes

A free aperitif per person for allChristmas bookings that quoteBrighton & Hove Independent

Try authentic

Thai

FOR BOOKINGS/ENQUIRIESCALL OUR OFFICE ON01273 771190(Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm)Or look online www.streetthai.co.uk

Street Thai5 & 20 Brighton SquareBrightonBN1 1HD, 01273 207444

Lamai Green Tea CheesecakeGreen tea cheesecake with a crunchy coconut base served with vanilla ice-creamOR

Kao Neaw MamuangCreamy coconut sticky rice with sweet fresh mango topped with vanilla ice-creamOR

Mixed Ice-cream

Kaeng Keaw Wan GaiGreen Chicken Curry served with Jasmine RiceOR

Chu Chee PlaShallow fried salmon with a mild creamy red curry sauce Served with jasmine riceOR

Kaeng Phed Pumpkin (v)Red Pumpkin Curry served with Jasmine RiceOR

Pad Thai GaiRice noodles with chicken, egg, beansprouts & spring onionOR

Nua Phad Prik Thai DamStir fried beef with onion and pepper in garlic & black pepper sauce served with Jasmine RiceOR

Pad Mee Kati Jay (v)Vermicelli rice noodles in coconut milk with tofu, bean sprouts, topped with shredded omelette

£15.95 per person10% service will be added

Thai TasteThe following selection of our most delicious appetiserswill be served buffet style for you to share:

Chicken Satay - Grilled chicken with peanut sauce and fresh cucumber relishPrawn Tempura - Prawns deep-fried in a tempura batterMoo Ping - Thai style BBQ pork on skewers with sweet chilli dipSom Tam (v) - Spicy green papaya saladPor Phia Pak (v) - Vegetable spring rolls

Christmas 2015 Party Menu


The Regency Restaurant is the oldest seafoodrestaurant on Brighton seafront.The Restaurant is a Grade II listed building andwas originally build as the palatial seasidehome by Thomas Coutts the founder of Coutts Bank in the early part of the 18th century,so that his wife could eat her favourite dish of King Prawns looking out at the sea.WhenMr Coutts died, leaving his wife Harriet the richest woman in Europe, she remarriedthe Duke of St Albans and they lived at the house throwing lavish parties by the seaside.It was turned into a restaurant in 1930. The building still maintains all its original features.

THE REGENCY RESTAURANT, 131 Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2HH • For reservations please telephone: 01273 - 325014Email: [email protected] • www.theregencyrestaurant.co.uk

ALL MAIN COURSES SERVEDWITH POTATOES & SEASONAL VEGETABLES • SERVICE CHARGE 10% EXTRA

MENU-ATwo Courses £9.95Three Courses £12.95

STARTERS• Garlic Bread

• Prawn Cocktail• Minestrone Soup• Calamari Fritta

• Houmous & Pitta Bread

MAIN COURSE• Fish and Chips and Mushy Peas

• Roast Sussex Turkey Traditionally Garnished• Grilled Haddock in a Sesame and chilli sauce

• Roast Beef• Spaghetti Mussels

• Spaghetti Bolognese• Spaghetti Napoletana (veg.)

• Grilled Chicken with lemon and Dill• Vegetarian Lasagna

DESSERT• Apple pie & Custard• Fresh Fruit Salad

MENU-B £14.95STARTERS

• Fish soup • Melon with Port • Pate Mackerel • Pate Maison• Tzatziki/Houmous/Taramosalata

• Scottish Smoked Salmon• Prawn Cocktail with Maryrose Sauce

• Avocado and Fetta Cheese Salad Garnish

MAIN COURSE• Fresh Scottish Salmon in a Lemon and Dill• Roast Sussex Turkey Traditionally Garnished

• Fish Pie with Mushy Peas• Mussels in a wine and garlic sauce• Regency Deep Fried Seafood Platter

• Chicken in a Cream and Mushroom and Port• Grilled King Prawns in garlic sauce

• Spaghetti Vongole (clams)• Spaghetti Mediterranean

with Fetta and Olives

DESSERT• Tiramisu

• Profiteroles• Fresh Fruit Salad

• Chocolate Brownie with ice-cream• Christmas Pudding and Brandy

MENU-C £ 19.95STARTERS

• Pate Maison • Grilled Sardines • Avocado Prawns• King Prawns in Garlic • Smoked Scottish Salmon

• Mussels inWine and Garlic• Tzatziki/Houmous/Taramosalata• Deep FriedWhitebait and Tartare

• Avocado and Fetta Cheese Salad Garnish• Crispy Deep Fried Brie with Cranberry

• Melon with Drambui

MAIN COURSE• Fresh Halibut in a Mornay Sauce

• Roast Sussex Turkey Traditionally Garnished• Grilled Seabream in a Lemon and Olive Oil

• Grilled Skate in a Caper Sauce• King Prawns In Garlic

• Fish Pie with mushy peas • Crab Salad• Mussels in a traditional Italian Sauce• Grilled Fish and King Prawn Skewer• Scottish Salmon Steak Hollandaise

• Grilled Fish Medley• Regency Traditional Seafood Pasta• Grilled Seabass in a Shellfish Sauce• Grilled Sirloin steak in a Peppercorn• Grilled Aubergines Parmigiano (veg.)

DESSERT• Tiramisu • Fresh Fruit Salad• Apple pie with Custard

• Banana Fritti with butterscotch and Amaretto Sauce over Ice-cream• Christmas pudding with Brandy Sauce

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ABERDEEN STEAK HOUSE27-28 Preston Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2HP, Tel: 01273 326892

Christmas Menu£23.95 Per Person

Enjoy a cocktail on arrivalStarters

Calamari in tomato, garlic and white wine sauceParma Ham with Melon and FigsPrawn Cocktail and PineappleSpicy/BBQ Ribs and Orange

Soup of the DayMains

Whole Seabass,black olives,cherry tomatoes&carrotsTraditional Turkey with all the trimmings

Rib Eye SteakKing Prawns with garlic lime butter

Half Roast Chicken with all the trimmings

DessertsBanoffie Pie

Apple Pie and cream or Ice creamChristmas Pudding

Serving Roasts every day till 5pm:(Beef, gammon, lamb, chicken, turkey).. from just £5.99 ..and we are open for breakfast from 8.30am!


Get the festive season off to a greatstart with some fantastic food andwine.

Hotel du Vin has an array of festive menusto suit every taste. Our menu includesa variety of dishes, spanning traditionalfavourites and bistro delights. Each crea-tion is inspired by seasonal ingredients,prepared and served by our attentive andknowledgeable team.

The Christmas Party menu is availableto book from 24th November, with avail-ability in the Bistro, Pub or function roomsand from just £29.95 per person for lunchor £39.50 per person for dinner. We arealso open on Christmas Day, offering aChristmas lunch at £109 per person in theBistro. Alternatively, if you would preferto spend your Christmas day at the Pub duVin, three courses, coffee and mince piesis just £70.

The Sunday brunch will be making anappearance on Boxing Day with a BloodyMary or Bucks Fizz at £39 per person.

Why not see in the New Year with us?We’ll be celebrating in style by hosting ablack tie dinner followed by an eveningof live entertainment. Tickets are priced at£129 per person.

See our events calendar for the New Year,with plenty of themes to choose fromwhy not treat someone you love to giftvouchers, from £25 per person.

01273 855221www.hotelduvin.comHotel Du Vin & Bistro BrightonShip Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD

0127 385 5221www.HOTELDUVIN.com

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Nordic Giants

Nordic Giants embark on their latest UK headline tour, 7 Depths Of Consciousness, taking in The Old Market, Brighton on November 18.

Spokesman Ed Grunill said: “The imposing live presence of Nordic Giants became a word-of-mouth sensation on their previous sold-out headline tour earlier this year, which saw the band ignite London’s Village Underground with their short films of charming animation, dark stories and twisted comedic sentiments.

“Now Nordic Giants have expanded their ever-evolving live show into an even more emotive and captivating experience. The band will be premiering brand-new short films from acclaimed directors and unleashing reworked/remixed songs taken from their previous releases and their debut album A Séance Of Dark Delusions, released earlier through Kscope this

year to huge praise.“The enigmatic Nordic

Giants provoke a wondrous spectacle that bombards the senses in an intense and gripping experience.

“On the 7 Depths Of Consciousness tour, Nordic G i ant s ca l l upon t he awareness of man to bring

Nordic Giants aim to create a wondrous spectacle that bombards the senses

to light the hopes of human discoveries and the dark political and environmental questions that surround them.”

Tickets for the show cost £15.

Visit theoldmarket.com or call the box office on 01273 201801.

Compelling harmonies and moving, honest lyrics

After their sold-out headline tour in May, country music duo Striking Matches – Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis – will be playing at Concorde 2 in Brighton on Saturday, November 14 (6.30pm).

Spokesman Ed Grunill said: “You may be familiar with the band if you watch the hit US drama series Nashville where the duo’s songs have been a staple of the soundtrack.

“To celebrate the recent release of the latest season, the band took their music to new heights playing a special in-flight performance from Nashville to New York.

“The band’s acclaimed debut album Nothing But The Silence topped the UK

iTunes country chart in March earlier this year and rose back up to the top spot again last month.

“The album is produced by T Bone Burnet and the band are being compared to the likes of Civil Wars, Black Keys and Fleetwood Mac alongside the more traditional country stars.

“Their latest single ‘Missing You Tonight’ is out now.”

This single is a beautiful, country anthem that aims to take the listener deep into the heart of Nashville, with the staple diet sounds of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, syncopated bass lines, laid back drums and vocal harmonies to die for.

Both Sarah and Justin take care of vocal duties that spout the most honest, heartfelt of lyrics; “I was just missing you tonight”.

Justin Davis and Sarah Zimmermann – Striking Matches

Striking MatchesConcorde 2

The track aims to occupy the sweet spot at the intersection of country, rock and blues, where all of the elements blend to form an authentically raw and rootsy sound.

The band have been busy touring the US playing with the likes of Vince Gill, Ashley Monroe and country sensation Hunter Hayes.

Hunter himself has raved about the duo saying: “Seriously, I don’t know how these two can get any more talented but they just keep getting better.”

After a phenomenal sold-out headline tour in May and further shows in July, Striking Matches are returning to the UK this November for their third UK headline tour of 2015.

Tickets cost £12.50. Visit www.concorde2.co.uk or call 01273 673311.


Tickets cost £10.Visit www.thehauntbrighton.co.uk or call 01273 736618.

Creating their own take on Celtic folk, Ferocious Dog takes the traditional instruments ( f iddles , whistles, mandolins) and mixes them up with rock n’ roll attitude.

On the back of their second album, they play The Haunt, Brighton, on Saturday, November 14 (doors 7pm; tickets [email protected]).

As band member Dan Booth explains, the name comes from his late brother: “My stepdad used to make a growling noise at my brother when he was younger and say ‘What was that?’ and then say ‘Rottweiler!’ and then he would do it again and say ‘Ferocious dog!’

Tragically Lee Bonsall, one of our soldiers haunted by PTSD, took his own life. The album is dedicated to his memory… and it’s an album which sees the band taking things to the next level.

For many years Ferocious Dog appeared at small venues and pubs until in 2009 the band were given the opportunity to play at Bearded Theory Festival. They went down a storm, were asked to return the following year and ultimately played the main stage in 2012. After this opportunity,

gig and festival offers from all over the county starting coming in thick and fast.

“The band was a covers band for years and then we decided to take ourselves seriously about four years ago,” Dan says. “We got sick of doing covers, and we decided to write our own stuff. We were doing covers of Irish stuff, The Pogues, The Saw Doctors, The Levellers, The Dubliners, stuff like that, all the obvious party stuff, but we just got fed up of doing the covers. We did an album of our own and released it a couple of years ago, self-titled.”

‘We got sick of doing covers and decided to write our own stuff’

Ferocious Dog

Dan continues: “There are six of us in the band. Myself and Ken are the main writers. We have written our own songs and we sit together and write as well, more so for the second album which we have just released, called From Without. You would have to delve deep into Karl Marx to understand that. We have left it a bit cryptic so that people can figure it out for themselves!”

A global mix of movie premieres

CINECITY, the 13th Brighton Film Festival (November 13-29), promises the very best in world cinema and a packed programme of premieres and previews, installations and treasures from the archive as well as free education screenings and special events, which take place right across the city.

Tickets for all screenings are now on sale.

Spokeswoman Debbie Plentie said: “First features, co ming o f age and a celebration of love are at the heart of this year’s ambitious p r o g r a m m e . D r a m a s , documentaries and artists’ films exploring cinema itself also form a special festival focus. A Best of British strand features work by notable Brighton-based directors Ben Wheatley and Grant Gee. And there is a major celebration of legendary BBC arts strand Arena marking its 40th anniversary and more than 600 programmes.

“CINECITY 2015 opens on Friday, November 13, at the Duke of York’s Picturehouse with a special preview of Todd Haynes’ highly-

anticipated, Carol. Starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, this is a stirring and stunningly realised adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt, set in fifties New York. Therese (Rooney Mara) is an aspiring photographer, working in a Manhattan department store where she first encounters Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring older woman whose marriage is breaking down.

“The Closing Night film is Dheepan, winner of the top prize, the Palme d’Or, at this year’s Cannes from director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone).

“Our world cinema strand presents a host of award-winning titles from around the globe. Fresh from leading international festivals they are being shown, often several months ahead of release in the UK or have been brought over for special one-off screenings. This year’s line-up includes cinematic offerings from a diverse list of countries including

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Ethiopia, Guatemala, Chile, Japan, Mexico, Hungary and many more.

There will also be a first features section.

“Bringing a real sense of discovery and highlighting the new talents that help keep

cinema fresh and inventive, CINECITY 2015 has a clear focus on first features.

“In a particularly strong line-up this year notable debuts include: brilliantly o r i g i n a l H u n g a r i a n Holocaust drama Son of Saul, winner of the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes; The Witch – an unsettling, supernatural horror set in the 1600s, awarded Best Director at Sundance Film

Festival; and Lamb, a rich multi-layered drama set amid the breathtakingly beautiful mountains of Ethiopia.

“There is also Ixcanul Volcano, which was the winner of a Silver Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and lauded by a host of other major international film festivals. This distinctive debut, set in Guatemala, focuses on a young Mayan woman living with her family

First features, coming-of-age and a celebration of love are at the heart of

this year’s ambitious programme“

near the edge of a volcano. “Chloé Zhao’s Songs

My Brothers Taught Me is a beautiful drama set on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation about the bond between a brother and his younger sister.”

To find out more about CINECITY 2015 visit: www.cine-city.co.uk

Carol


What’s onFRIDAY

Krater Comedy Club7pm/8pm/10.30pm, £5-£36.50Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN@KomediaBrightonUntil November 15. Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians. Acts include: Paul Mc-Caffrey, Stu Goldsmith, Mike Wilmot, MC Stephen Grant, Ian Smith, Ro Campbell.

Reasons to be Pretty7.45pm/2.30pm, £7-£9New Venture Theatre, BN1 2PT @nvt_brightonUntil November 21. This contempo-rary tale follows two young American couples as they struggle with the reality of modern relationships. This is an unexpectedly empathetic Neil LaBute at his comedic best.

John Grant8pm, £25.50, £24Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdomeLauded singer-songwriter John Grant heads to Brighton Dome Concert Hall.

Carnival Collective11pm, £5Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN@KomediaBrightonCarnival Collective Presents: The Chainska Brassika Album Tour plus

Carnival Collective Live and guests. Brighton’s favourite party animals return with a brand new night.

The Treason Show8.30pm, £13.50Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE@Rialto_BrightonBrrr, it’s getting cold out there. Time to warm up your diaphragms with some satirical silliness. Expect salacious songs and scintillating sketches with a topical twist.

Whitney – Queen of The Night7.30pm, £27.90 Theatre Royal, BN1 1SD@TheatreRoyalBTNA celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of our time. This award-winning production features a stellar line-up with rising West End star Rebecca Freckleton delivering a powerhouse perform-ance as Whitney Houston.

SATURDAY

London Philharmonic Orchestra 7.30pm, £10-£32.50Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdomeRobin Ticciati leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra in this celebration of exquisite orchestral craftsmanship.

Naomi Bedford presents:

A History of Insolence7.30pm, £10Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN@KomediaBrightonNaomi bedford is an English folk/roots singer. Her new album A History of Insolence was in Mojo Magazine’s top ten folk albums of 2014.

Bangin Lemz x Pink Week11pm, £4Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN@KomediaBrightonPink Week is a week of events around Brighton aimed at raising money and awareness for Breast Cancer care. It launches with a night of funk and soul at Komedia in association with Bangin Lemz music collective.

Optical2pm, £5 (£3 in advance)Latest MusicBar, BN2 1TF@latestmusicbarOverhead Wires Music presents: Optical, Hardcore Troubadour and Silver Rose. A matinee show of ‘brain gougingly good’ rock ’n’ roll from the heart of Brighton.

SUNDAY

Pam Ann Queen of The Sky8pm, £24.90-£30.90Theatre Royal, BN1 1SD@TheatreRoyalBTNThe world’s favourite International Air Hostess, Pam Ann is back in the UK

with a new show for 2015. Pam Ann’s caustic wit knows no boundaries so fasten your seat belts.

The Fairy Tale Fair 11am, freeBrighton Open Market, BN1 4JU@BrightonOpenMktJoin the Fairy Tale Fair at Brighton Open Market in central Brighton for a festive special. The market will be filled with more than 40 stalls, and with lots of magical extras, face paint-ing and more, there is something for everyone.

Nitin Sawhney7.30pm, £20Concorde 2 BN2 1EN@concorde_2Nitin Sawhney is one of the most dis-tinctive and versatile musical voices around today, firmly established as a world-class producer, songwriter and cultural pioneer.

MONDAY

CHVRCHES7pm, £24.50Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdomeSupport from Mansionair. UK based, Electro-pop cohorts CHVRCHES head to Brighton to make music you can dance all night long to.

The Last Tango

In association with:

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Phi lharmonic Orchestra re turns to Brighton for its 2015/16 season of Saturday night concerts , s tart ing on Saturday, November 14.

Spokeswoman Anna O’Connor said: “Opening the season is a French-themed programme led by Robin Ticciati, in what is sure to be a celebration of exquisite orchestral c r a f t s m a n s h i p . T h e orchestra is joined by Louis Schwizgebel to perform Ravel’s toe-tapping Piano Concerto.

“We welcome in the New Year on January 16 with a performance of Brahms’s i n t i m a t e ye t w h o l l y magisterial Piano Concerto, p e r fo r m e d by p r i z e -

winning pianist Stefan Ciric, alongside a piece so controlled and driven by rhythm, Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.

“ O n F e b r u a r y 2 7 principal guest conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts Stravinsky’s luminous Firebird Suite alongside Khachaturian’s rhapsodic Violin Concerto, performed by Kristóf Baráti.

“Closing the season on April 16 is a programme of musical storytelling, including excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.”

Musicians celebrate exquisite craftsmanship

Tickets for November 14 cost £10 to £32.50. Call 01273 709709 or visit: brightondome.org.


7.45pm/2.30pm, £22.90-£55.90Theatre Royal, BN1 1SD@TheatreRoyalBTNThe nation’s favourite Strictly Come Dancing stars in their ultimate fare-well show. Fresh from their sell-out hit shows Midnight Tango and Dance ’Til Dawn, Strictly superstars Vincent Si-mone and Flavia Cacace have created their most moving production yet.

Andreya Triana 7.30pm, £12.50The Haunt, Pool Valley, BN1 1NJ@HauntBrightonAndreya Triana plays The Haunt on the back of her new album Giants.

TUESDAY

Brit Floyd8pm, £29.50 or £39.50Brighton Centre BN1 2GR@BrightonCentreThe World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show. Space & Time World Tour 2015. An amazing journey through five decades of Pink Floyd.

Martin Harley7.30pm, £12Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN@KomediaBrightonMartin Harley is a phenomenally talented guitarist, singer and song-writer. He fronts the highly praised UK-based acoustic trio The Martin Harley Band.

Mercury Rev + Nicole Atkins7.30pm, £22.50Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN@KomediaBrightonSupport from Nicole Atkins. Avant pop, New York-based Mercury Rev return with their critically revered psych-tinged and beautifully spacey indie music.

Teetotum8pm, £5 (£3 in advance)Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF@latestmusicbarOverhead Wires Music presents Teetotum, Orange Yellow Red, Stray Sunshine, Solid Birds Flying. A midweek platter of finest pop/rock delicacies for your enjoyment.

WEDNESDAY

The Mountain Goats, The Weather Station and The Hornblower8pm, £20Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN@KomediaBrightonNorth Carolina indie-folk three piece The Mountain Goats return with new album Beat The Champ.

Disco Pigs7.30pm, £12 (£10 concessions)Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdomeDarren and Sinead, aka Pig and Runt, live in a fantasy world of their own in

Cork city. Trash TV, disco beats and cheap booze have fuelled this obses-sive friendship. But as they go for their 17th birthday binge, reality violently collides with their fantasy.

Hiatus Kaiyote7pm, £15Concorde 2, BN2 1EN@concorde_2Hiatus Kaiyote strikes the perfect note merging poetry and polyr-hythms.

New Plays Scratch Night8pm, £3Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, BN1 3FE@Rialto_BrightonThe Rialto is holding the second of three regular ‘scratch nights’. Four playwrights will produce a rehearsed reading of a 15-minute extract of their play. The audience can then vote for their favourite of the night. The overall favourite will then win a slot at the Rialto Theatre for next year’s Brighton Fringe.

THURSDAY

Alan Carr: Yap, Yap, Yap! 8pm, £31Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdomeThe ever-popular stand-up come-dian and TV host Alan Carr is at the Dome’s Concert Hall from November 19 to 21.

The Vaccines6.30pm, £25Brighton Centre BN1 2GR@BrightonCentreWith support from Palma Violets and Sunflower Bean. Justin Young (vocals, guitar), Freddie Cowan (guitar), Arni Arnason (bass guitar) and Pete Rob-ertson (drums) are The Vaccines.

The Spoken Herd presents8pm, £4Komedia, Gardner Street, BN1 1UN@KomediaBrighton

Ten-piece hip hop ensemble The Spoken Herd team up with chap-hop extraordinaire Professor Elemental to bring an eclectic blend of live music ranging from hip hop to soul and funk.

Cringe @ Mass Observation7.30pm, freeLatest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF@latestmusicbarThe Mass Observation Archive joins Cringe UK, and researchers from the University of Sussex for an evening of

readings from young people’s diaries ranging from the 1940s to present day.

Herbert (Live)8pm, £14Brighton Dome, BN1 1UG @brightdomeFor this show Matthew revisits his Herbert incarnation from the mid-nineties and goes back to the roots of house music in all of its forms – from the deep, intimate end, to the jump around end.

Andreya Triana

Andreya Triana plays The Haunt in Brighton on Monday, November 16, on the back of her new album Giants.

Spokeswoman Dulcie MacKechnie said: “Hailing from South London, Andreya has already collaborated with highly-acclaimed artists and producers, including Flying Lotus and

Bonobo who went on to produce Andreya’s debut album Lost Where I Belong. Breach remixed her original track ‘Everything You Never Had’, and the track reached the top ten of the UK single charts in November 2013 and was A-Listed at BBC Radio 1.

A n d r e ya w a s a l s o celebrated in the Evening Standard’s Power 1000 List of Most Influential Londoners.

The show starts at 7.30pm. To find out more visit www.counterrecords.com/artist/andreya-triana.

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Brain Gym No.248

Each number in the grid represents a different letter of the alphabet and every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter(s) to the right of the main grid to start you off.

Last week’s solutions:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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How you rate:

15 words - average;25 words - good;35 words - very good;40 or more - excellent.

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Give yourself ten minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the grid. Each word must use the central letter and at least 3 others, and letters may be used only once. You cannot use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns, but verb forms ending in ‘s’ are permitted. There is one 9-letter word to be found.

cheesy, chef, chief, epic, espy, eyes, fiche, ices, piece, pieces, psyche, seep, sheep, spec, specie, specify, speech, speechify, spice.

Last week’s solutions:

Scribble pad ✍

Fill in the grids below so that every column, every row and each of the 3x3 boxes contains all the digits from 1 to 9.

Double Crossword

Across Down

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Quick Clues:

Cryptic Clues:Choose either quick or cryptic clues.

1. Crucial examination for detective force appearing in a trial (4,4)

5. Got back a classical piece of attire (4)

9. More than one mischief-maker is surrounding the politician (4)

10. Try a seal for old time’s sake (4,4)

11. A publication for the family (5)

12. Steelworks discovered near the railway (7)

13. Fails to keep calm and gets axed (5,4,4)

18. Being warlike, I fired in army manoeuvre (8)

19. A style on holiday (4)

20. One isn’t upset by stress (7)

21. See 2 Down22. Did artistic work

and proved an attraction (4)

23. Dreadfully enraged by eastern apostate (8)

2 & 21Ac. Makes an appearance, as the moth invariably does (5,2,5)

3. Being positioned in the wrong side will produce argument (7)

4. It provides an opening for employees (5,8)

6. Description of late train should have been settled (7)

7. Equipped for an attack, we hear (7)

8. Bends down, we hear, for the water vessels (6)

13. Restricted cover round small child (7)

14. Lack of sound selenic arrangement (7)

15. Fixed offence against the church becomes prevalent (4,2)

16. Being informed about judicial proceedings (7)

17. In a wicked setting she is put to shame (7)

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2. Set free (7)

3. Double (3-4)

4. Reverse fortunes (4,3,6)

6. Pattern (7)

7. Profits (7)

8. Refinement (6)

13. Encourage (7)

14. Antiquated (7)

15. Painful experience (6)

16. Utter (7)

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CirclegramReplace the question mark with a letter so that the letters within each circle can be arranged to form words on a common theme. What are the three words, and the letter represented by the question mark?

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Ever since Starbucks put cold coffee in a can and threw it on the supermarket shelves, it has become an easily accessible, reasonably p r i c e d , p e r f e c t l y a c c e p t a b l e w ay t o consume cold coffee.

Therein lies the only fault - it’s cold. And it’s Starbucks. There are a few faults but let’s focus on the temperature - it’ll sew the column together more neatly.

In Japan, coffee in a can is a $14 billion industry, but there’s a significant improvement on the Starbucks version - it’s hot. And it’s not Starbucks. Again, let’s not do the “Starbucks is the devil” thing. At least not today.

In America, there’s a show called Shark Tank. It’s like Dragons’ Den but not as good because it’s American and Theo, Duncan and Peter aren’t in it. A man called Danny Grossfeld went on the show and tried to gain an investment for his version of the Japanese hot-coffee-in-a-can thing.

His product is called HotShot and consists of a Hotbox (which looks like one of those little tabletop fridges from Argos), and the actual cans of coffee which he’s calling HotShots. HotShot is a brand of ant killer.

A bright future for pop-up restaurant

The simple act of going out for a meal has evolved over the years. While there is nothing wrong with simply grabbing a bite to eat, for many of us this is no longer sufficient.

Luckily for those diners who demand something more, the growth of pop-up restaurants and exclusive food events meets their needs. Isaac At promises an event that will last all evening. The restaurant is only open on Friday and Saturday evenings offering an ever-changing five-course seasonal taster menu. The chefs - headed by the Isaac Bartlett-Copeland - personally source all the produce locally and build each week’s menu based on what they find.

The food is contemporary British fine-dining served in an intimate and somewhat different space – in a former life the building was the office of a financial advisor.

The chefs take centre stage - in their small open kitchen - allowing for an interactive experience that breaks down the barrier between kitchen and diner.

I was invited to one of their regular pop-up events; this time in association with Bison Beer - a craft beer shop located on East Street in Brighton. The taster menu had a classic pub food theme and was matched with three ales from Bison.

My friend and I took our seats at a table of eight; the space is small and so table sharing is a necessity. This would normally put me off but it actually added to the experience as we chatted to the other diners at our table.

We started with a lagerita cocktail and a pre-nibble of a salty pork scratching with lager hollandaise.

The starter had caught my eye since I first glimpsed the menu. A perfectly executed Scotch egg with crisp breadcrumbs coating rich gamey venison and a runny egg yolk; add to this

A real meat feast slow-cooked for two days

Mackerel parfait, an exquisite dish

a beautifully crafted pie packed with a dense pork filling and a homemade piccalilli. As starters go this was quite something although I felt the piccalilli was slightly too sharp. This was paired with Bison Beer’s own Beast Street IPA which was a surprisingly smooth and hoppy ale.

Next up the unexpected star of the evening. A mackerel parfait that was nothing short of exceptional.

This was served with a juicy sweet-tomato terrine and basil dressing. The crisp mackerel skin was the only element of the dish that did not quite work; but otherwise it was exquisite.

Pork belly came next. Slow-cooked for two days this was a joy, with a texture unlike any I had tried before.

This was served with a pork shoulder croquette beetroot ketchup and smoked apple puree. A veritable meat feast that was washed down with a Saison ale from local brewers Burning Sky. With elderflower and tart fruit notes this was perhaps the most wine-like of the beer on offer.

After a refreshing palette cleanser of Brighton gin and cucumber sorbet we tucked in to our dessert of sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice-cream and pickled apple. The pudding itself delivered

what you would expect although the pickled apple divided opinion.

It was matched with a stout-style ale from Three Legs Brew Co. based in East Sussex. A complex ale that I have had before and was as good as I remembered.

As a dining experience this really did hit the spot. Not only was the food excellent, the level of service was also top notch. Restaurant manager Sofia previously worked at a Michelin-star restaurant and has brought that level of service with her. There was a bright, buzzy atmosphere and all of the guests were chatting.

At £50-a-head including drinks I felt this was excellent value especially as there were a couple of extra desserts thrown in.

I was very impressed with the level of cooking from this very young team. There is definitely a bright future ahead for Issac At; so watch this space and grab a table.

The chefs take centre stage allowing for an interactive experience that breaks down

the barrier between kitchen and diner. “

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

Isaac At

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HotBox is a bar and grill in Spitalfields. Just saying.

Danny didn’t get an investment from the Sharks, but after the show a i red , pr ivate investors offered to fund the project. Mark Cuban is like the American version of Deborah Meaden, except he’s worth $3 billion (versus Meaden’s measly £40 mi l l ion ) and he graduated from Indiana’s Business School (Debs went to Brighton’s Technical College). Mark agreed to trial Danny’s HotShots in his movie theatres. Deborah hasn’t got any movie theatres.

HotShots are available for pre-order. For $69.99 you can order a starter kit (Argos mini-fridge and 12 cans), delivery of which will be fulfilled in January. Initial flavours will be espresso, caramel, hot chocolate, and vanilla frappe (yawn). Perhaps they’ll make the leap across the pond and when you desperately require a hot vanilla frappe or a tinned espresso, you can buy a HotShot. Until then, your only option will be the terribly archaic act of venturing into a coffee shop. Maybe Danny could expand the range - perhaps with chocolate teapots, parachutes for seagulls, or little furry jackets for cats.

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BH2015/03379 & BH2015/0338019 Waterloo Street Hove Householder Planning & Listed Building Consent – Replacement of existing flat roof withinsulated mineral felt flat roof.

BH2015/03711Flat 1 44 Brunswick Place Hove Listed Building Consent – Installation of double glazing to existing timber patio doorsand window frames to rear elevation.

BH2015/0392628 Brunswick Terrace Hove Listed Building Consent – External repair and remedial works to balcony, stonework andbalustrades on front elevation.

BH2015/036332 Victoria Street Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from furniture restoration (B1) to mixed use retail/workshop(A1/B1). (Retrospective).

BH2015/0384836 Montpelier Road Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout at upper ground floor level andalterations to front steps to basement.

BH2015/038966 Montpelier Villas Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal damp proofing works to basement.

BH2015/0365027A Ventnor Villas Hove Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of 2no UPVC windows and double door torear elevation with 1no double and 2no single timber doors.

BH2015/0359677 The Drive Hove Listed Building Consent – Re-formation of ground floor level entrance forecourt, terracottabalustrade and replacement of tiling. Alterations to first floor bay roof to front elevation and internal alterations toFlats 1, 2 & 4 including damp proofing works.

BH2015/03864The Colonnades 160-161 North Street & 1-4 New Road Brighton Advertisement – Display of internally illuminatedfascia signs, hanging signs and window lettering. Display of non-illuminated fascia signs and awning.

BH2015/03865The Colonnades 160-161 North Street & 1-4 New Road Brighton Full Planning – Alterations to shop frontincorporating replacement awning.

BH2015/038666 Bond Street Brighton Advertisement – Display of non-illuminated fascia and hanging signs.

BH2015/0388324 Ainsworth Close Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of single storey rear extension, roofextension incorporating side dormers and rear rooflights and alterations to fenestration.

BH2015/0390211 York Avenue Hove Householder Planning Consent – Roof alterations incorporating rooflights and removal ofchimney. Demolition of existing conservatory, conversion of garage into habitable space, alterations to fenestrationand associated landscaping.

BH2015/038887 Clermont Terrace Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of orangery to rear.

BH2015/03881Bestwood Works Drove Road Portslade Full Planning and Demolition in a Conservation Area – Replacement ofconcrete and clay roof tiles with corrugated sheet metal.

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BH2015/0393856 Rugby Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Installation of 2no rooflights to front roof slope.

BH2015/03930Media House 26 North Road Brighton Full Planning – Alterations to main building to facilitate the conversion fromoffice/general industry (B1/B2) to from 4no residential dwellings (C3) with associated works.

BH2015/03673148A Kings Road Arches Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from storage unit (B8) to retail (A1) with alterationsto shopfront.

BH2015/0391340 Tongdean Avenue Hove Householder Planning Consent – Remodelling of house incorporating erection of twostorey extension to front, two storey extension to side and rear, alterations to roof, revised fenestration and otherassociated works.

BH2015/0380218 Circus Street Brighton Full Planning and Demolition in a Conservation Area – Demolition of existing building anderection of three storey building comprising 3no one bedroom flats (C3).

BH2015/03856St James Mansions 16-18 Old Steine Brighton Full Planning – Change of use of basement from storage (B8) to dentalsurgery (D1).

BH2015/039086 Derwent Court 16 Dyke Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of 1no existing timber singleglazed window with white UPVC double glazed window.

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BH2014/03394Land adjacent 6 Falmer Avenue Saltdean BrightonI give notice that Hyde New Homes is applying to Brighton & Hove City Council for planning permission for:Demolition of exiting house and stables and construction of 32 no. dwellings comprising of 4 two bedroom flatsand 28 two storey two, three and four bed dwellings incorporating open space and landscaping works, parking andcreation of access road from Falmer Avenue with other associated works. Creation of new pedestrian link betweenFalmer Avenue and South Downs Footpath. (Revised description and amendments). The proposed development/usewould result in major development affecting a building or buildings where: The number of dwelling houses to beprovided is 10 or more and the site area is 1 hectare or more.You can view the applications on the Council website www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/planning applications.Any representations should be made in writing tothe Planning and Building Control Applications Manager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove,BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of this notice, quoting the application number.Please note that all representations received will be open for public inspection and laterepresentations may not beconsidered.

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Model shown is AYGO x-play 3 door 1.0 VVT-i Manual at £10,045. Price excludes White Flash paint at £250. Prices correct at time of going to press. *0% APR Representative available on new retail orders of AYGO (excluding X grade) whenordered between 1st October and 17th December 2015 and registered and financed through Toyota Financial Services by 31st March 2016 on a 2 year AccessToyota (PCP) plan with 0-32% deposit. ^Payment shown is based on a 2 yearAccessToyota contractwith £1,448 customerdeposit andGuaranteed FutureValue/Optional Final Payment. Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC; registered officeGreat Burgh, BurghHeath, Epsom, Surrey, KT185UZ. Authorised and regulated bythe Financial Conduct Authority. Indemnitiesmaybe required. Finance subject to status to over 18s. Other finance offers are available but cannot be used in conjunctionwith this offer. Excessmiles over contracted charged at 8p permile. ToyotaCentres are independent of Toyota Financial Services. Terms and conditions apply. Affordable finance through AccessToyota. 5 year/100,000mile manufacturerwarranty subject to terms and conditions.

AYGO x-play 3 door 1.0 VVT-i Manual. Official Fuel Consumption Figures in mpg (l/100km): Urban 56.5 (5.0), Extra Urban 78.5 (3.6), Combined 68.9 (4.1). CO2 Emissions 95g/km.Thempg&CO2 figures quoted are sourced fromofficial EU regulated test results. These are provided for comparability purposes andmay not reflect your actual driving experience.

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MOTORS

The innovation-led online clas-sified network, Motors.co.uk, is calling on dealers to join it in leveraging what it terms the ‘Spotify effect’.

With platforms like Spotify and Netflix, as well as mobile phone companies, changing the way in which consumers think about paying for tech-nology products and services, Motors.co.uk is encouraging dealers to increase their pro-motional emphasis on month-ly payment.

While some consumers are still interested in the headline price of their next car, a grow-ing number are taking a lead from the technology com-panies and considering the monthly impact of changing vehicle on their disposable income.

With more than three quarters of consumers now using dealer-sourced finance to purchase their new car, and PCP deals on used cars also in-creasing, the ability to shop by monthly budget is becoming a more important part of the

vehicle search process. This is a trend which has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers, with the majority capitalising on competitive finance deals by focusing on monthly repay-ments in their advertising.

However, despite the rec-ognition of the important role finance offers have played in boosting new car registrations to record levels in the UK, there has been a disconnect in how this consumer needis met online.

M o t o r s . c o . u k identified a gap in the resources avail-able which enable consumers to define their new and used vehicle search results based on these criteria, and has re-sponded with a brand new way to search for a car, cou-pled with a fresh TV creative.

T h e f i r s t - t o - m a r k e t monthly payment search functionality is the latest in a line of enhancements from Motors.co.uk to help car buy-ers find the right car for them,

quickly and efficiently. The tool enables drivers

to find cars on the basis of their monthly cost and has been supported by a major TV campaign which launched in August, introducing a new Motors.co.uk character, Miss Smart Finger, and mirroring the consumer experience of using the monthly payment

search function by showing the benefit of finding a nicer car than expected.

The ad has now been shown more than three thousand times and seen over 80 million times. Phill Jones, managing director of Motors.co.uk, com-mented: “We have invested significantly throughout this year in innovative new tools

and functionality to make the process of searching for a car as straightforward as possible for consumers.

“I’m delighted we are see-ing the success of this in terms of the response we have been able to generate for our ad-vertisers. Importantly, we have supported all develop-ment with an advertising

campaign created to drive additional traffic to the web-site and, ultimately, increase sales for our dealer network. We strongly believed that of-fering a monthly payment search would be vital to im-proving the efficiency of the car search process and our traffic figures support this. The fact that consumers have

seen our new TV ad and have followed our call to action to use the monthly payment search is a real testament to our hard work.”

Looking at the figures in more detail, more than half (53%) of consumers to date have searched for vehicles with a £0 deposit contribu-tion, while one in ten (11%)

were looking for a contribution of just £500.

Almost a fifth (17%) of users were happy to contribute £1,000 as a deposit on their next vehicle.

While the most popular (34%) month-ly payment option of

‘any’ shows consumers are willing to see what’s on the market, almost one fifth (19%) of searchers thought £200 was an appropriate monthly pay-ment.

A total of 16% chose £150, while 12% were looking for cars at the £100 level.

Jones added: “It is still early days for the search by payment

functionality, but the figures clearly show that there is strong demand from consum-ers looking to find the best car for their monthly budget.

“For dealers, the message is to provide choices at all ends of the financial spectrum.

The data shows that depos-its of up to £1,000 and monthly payments of up to £200 prove the most popular, but there is still a wide variation in in-dividual customer require-ments.”

The Motors.co.uk monthly payment search technology is powered by iVendi, which pro-vides dealers with an easy set of tools to control their rates and the ability to upgrade to receive qualified finance ap-plications.

With history-checked cars and innovative search options, there are many ways Motors.co.uk can help you to find your next vehicle.

We list a wide range of new and used cars from trusted dealers, so you can be confi-dent of finding the right car for your needs.

MOTORS.CO.UK

Harnessing the ‘Spotify’ effect


Official Fuel Consumption Figures for the Suzuki Celerio range mpg (litres/100km) and CO2 emissions (g/km): Urban 55.3-68.9 (5.3-4.1), Extra Urban 76.3-83.0 (3.7-3.4), Combined65.7-78.4 (4.3-3.6), CO2 emissions 99-84 g/km and for the Suzuki Swift range mpg (litres/100km) and CO2 emissions (g/km): Urban 41.5-57.6 (6.8-4.9), Extra Urban 57.6-72.4 (4.9-3.9),Combined 50.4-65.7 (5.6-4.3), CO2 emissions 128-99 g/km and for the Suzuki Swift Sport range mpg (litres/100km) and CO2 emissions (g/km): Urban 33.6-33.6 (8.4-8.4), Extra Urban54.3-54.3 (5.2-5.2), Combined 44.1-44.1 (6.4-6.4), CO2 emissions 147-147 g/km and for the Suzuki SX4 S-Cross range mpg (litres/100km) and CO2 emissions (g/km): Urban 39.7-55.3(7.1-5.1), Extra Urban 55.3-76.3 (5.1-3.7), Combined 47.8-67.2 (5.9-4.2), CO2 emissions 135-110 g/km.The above fuel consumption figures are based on an EU test for comparative purposes only and may not reflect real driving results. For full details contact your local participating Suzuki Dealer. Offer subject to availability for vehicles privately registered between 1st October 2015 to31st December 2015 from participating Authorised Suzuki Dealers only. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers. All prices and specifications correct at time of going to print. †ALLGRIP 4-wheel Drive is an optional extra on SZ-T & SZ5 models only. Model(s) shown*Celerio 1.0 SZ4 available at £8,999 on the road (Metallic paint available at £415). Celerio range – Celerio 1.0 SZ2 Petrol Manual available at £6,999 to Celerio 1.0 SZ4 Petrol AGS available at £9,799, *Swift 1.2 5dr SZ4 available at £12,199 on the road (Metallic paint available at £430). Swiftrange – Swift 1.2 SZ2 3dr Petrol Manual available at £8,999 to Swift 1.2 SZ4 5dr Petrol Dualjet available at £12,699, *Swift Sport 1.6 3dr available at £13,999 on the road. Swift Sport range – Swift Sport 1.6 3dr Petrol Manual available at £13,999 to Swift Sport 1.6 5dr Petrol Manual availableat £14,499, *SX4 S-Cross 1.6 SZ5 available from £20,499 on the road (metallic paint available at £430). SX4 S-Cross range – SX4 S-Cross 1.6 SZ3 Petrol Manual available at £13,999 to SX4 S-Cross 1.6 DDiS SZ5 ALLGRIP at £23,799.

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MERCEDES

New C-Class Coupé on saleThe new C-Class Coupé is now available to order, priced from £30,955 OTR, ahead of first UKdeliveries in December.

With four engine options and two model lines, the new C-Class Coupé builds on the specification of the best-sell-ing C-Class Saloon and Estate. The range starts with the C 200 petrol engine, which pro-duces 184 hp and is available with a six-speed manual (123 g/km of CO2) or 7G-Tronic seven-speed automatic gear-box (125 g/km). The new C 300 engine produces 245 hp and comes only with the 7G-Tron-ic gearbox, with CO2 from 146 g/km.

Two diesel engines are available: the 170 hp C 220 d, with a six-speed manual (106 g/km) or 9G-Tronic nine-speed automatic gearbox (106 g/km), and the C 250 d, which produces 204 hp and comes with a 9G-Tronic gearbox

(109 g/km). Two model lines are available: Sport and AMG Line. Standard equipment includes LED headlights and tail-lights; Active Park As-sist; PARKTRONIC parking sensors; a reversing camera; sports seats with ARTICO upholstery including heat-ed front seats; 7-inch colour screen; Garmin navigation; electrically folding mirrors; and Collision Prevention As-sist Plus automatic braking system.

The C 300 model also fea-tures as standard a sports exhaust system with switch-able sound. The Sport model comes with a gloss black in-terior trim with aluminium inlays in the doors, 17-inch alloy wheels and a diamond grille with black-painted pins. The AMG Line includes black ash wood trim, an AMG sports steering wheel with flat bottom,brushed steel sports pedals and a black roof lin-ing. The exterior features an AMG bodystyling kit, 18-inch five-spoke alloy wheels, a diamond grille with chrome pins and 15mm lowered sports

suspension. Two key options packages are available: Pre-mium and Premium Plus. The £1,695 Premium Package in-cludes a panoramic glass roof, keyless go, seat memory pack-age and ambient lighting. To this the £2,995 Premium Plus

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Package also adds a Burmester surround sound system and COMAND online with 8-inch screen. A £1,695 Driver’s As-sistance Package includes DISTRONIC Plus with stop and go (adaptive cruise con-trol); Active blind spot and

lane-keeping assist, Pre-safe with pedestrian detection (an-ticipatorysafety system).

Topping the range is the £61,160 Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupé. With a 4.0-litre bi-tur-bo V8 engine and AMG Speed-shift MCT 7-speed automatic

gearbox, the C 63 produces 476 hp and 650 Nm, and can accelerate from standstill to 62 mph in 4.0 seconds. The £66,910 Mercedes-AMG C 63 S produces 510 hp and 700 Nm, with zero to 62 mph taking 3.9 seconds.


In a previous incarnation, Imade a lot of fuss about beinga responsible grown-up anddeciding that life was best en-joyed at a more sedate pace,allowing the world aroundto rush and fuss without get-ting caught up in it yourself.However, I have since had toadmit this may not actually bethe case.

I may be nudging my 40thyear on this planet, but in allthose decades I’ve never hadtheopportunitytoexperiencethehighsandpotentiallowsofrunning a hot hatch as a dailydriver. The first car I boughtwith my own money was a Fi-at Cinquecento Sporting, andkeen though it was, an outputof 53bhp could never really becalled hot.

B ut t h e H o n d a C iv i cType-R, now sitting on mydriveway, could never be de-scribed as anything otherthan scorching hot. It’s worthremembering that not solong ago hot hatches turnedseriously weedy; crippled byinsurance premiums and joy-riders having too much fun,they became modest in theirpower outputs and almostapologetic in their appear-ance. The Type-R shows ex-actlyhowfarwe’vecomesincethose dark days.

In fact the super-hatch isnowathing,todistinguishbe-tweenthosecarsthatmakedowith ‘just’ 250bhp or so. Un-like key rivals in the 300-plusclub, the Civic Type-R doeswithout four-wheel drive,and instead relies upon a me-chanicallimited-slipdifferen-tial and electronic control tokeep the wheels feeding pow-er to the Tarmac.

That power comes from

The Jaguar E-Type is the bestBritish car in history, accord-ing to a global vote held by theorganisers of Classic & Sport-scar – The London Show.The show, which ran over theHallowe’en weekend, sawthousands of votes cast byguests from all over theworld.

And it was the famousJaguar that came out on topin a field that included theMcLarenF1,theoriginalMini,the Bentley Speed Six and the

original Range Rover.John Edwards, managing

director of Jaguar Land Rov-er Special Operations, said:“This a fantastic accolade forone of Jaguar’s most recognis-able models ever built.

“The Jaguar Heritage busi-ness aims to support loyal andpassionate customers so thatmodels such as the E-Type cancontinuetobemaintainedandenjoyedacrossthegenerations.

“The fact that it has cap-

turedthemostvotesinaglobalpublic vote is a testament toits status as one of the world’smost iconic sports cars andnow,officially,asthebestBrit-ish car Ever.”

James Elliott, Classic &Sports Car magazine groupeditor, said: “The E-Type hasit all, looks to stop traffic eventodayandadrivingexperiencethat has stood the test of time.More importantly than that,though, was that at the time

you could not have boughtmore style and performancefor the price.”

The car was officially un-veiled at the 1961 Geneva Mo-tor Show and was an instanthit.

Such was the E-Type’spopularity it attracted manywell-known celebrity andVIP owners such as Steve Mc-Queen,GeorgeBest,SirJackieStewart, Brigitte Bardot andFrank Sinatra.

MOTORING NEWS

LONG-TERM TEST MONTH 1: HONDA CIVIC TYPE-R

by Matt JoyPA motoring writer

the first high-performanceH o n d a V T E C Tu rb o e n-gine, which can still rev past7,000rpm but now has lotsof torque to go with it. A topspeed of 167mph is complete-ly bonkers (faster than a Lam-borghini Countach 5000 S)and0-62mphisdespatchedin5.7 seconds, which is enoughto worry significantly moreexpensive cars. It’s also cur-rently the lap record holderat the Nurburgring Nordsch-leife for a front-wheel-driveproduction car, so you’d havetosayitsperformancecreden-tials are solid.

It also looks the part. Eve-ry box on the ‘hot hatch vis-ual requirements’ list hasbeen ticked, with a big fat redmarker pen. Huge rear wing,pumped-up arches, tyres thatare so low-profile they looklike they’ve been drawn on tothe huge alloy wheels – it’s allhere. Whether that appeals toyouornotisentirelydifferent,butthere’snodenyingitcatch-es the eye.

But – and it is a sizeable‘but’ – what will it be like tolive with? As the meme goes,can it do it on a wet MondaynightinStoke?It’sallverywellbeing able to lap the ’Ring inunder eight minutes, but if ittakes 10 minutes to get it offyour driveway of a morning,thenit’snohothatch. Becausethe great appeal of a hot hatchhas always been that they arebased on humble cars in thebeginning, just after a seri-ousmakeover,anddespitethespeed and performance, theystill need to be able to do theboring stuff; otherwise theymake no more sense than asvelte coupe.

So that’s the size of thetask that the Civic Type-R hasto deal with. Yes, it will get ex-ercised as a good hot hatchshould and tested on somechallenging B-roads. It will

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have its acceleration timerutilised to see if it can matchthe claimed 5.7 seconds, andit may even pay a visit to a Ger-man autobahn to see if we can

hit the reputed 167mph. But itwill also be used for commut-ing, the school run, shopping,holidays, be driven in the in-evitable torrential rain and

the snow (should we get any)with no sympathy given. We’lleven see if it can match or beattheclaimedfuelconsumptionof 38.7mpg, because some

people will drive it that way.The Civic Type-R could be theultimate hot hatch, but only ifit can pass the ultimate test;life.

FACTFILEPRICE: £29,995ENGINE: 2.0-litre unit producing306bhp and 295lb/ftTRANSMISSION: Six-speedmanual driving the front wheelsPERFORMANCE: Top speed167mph, 0-62mph in 5.7 secondsECONOMY: 38.7mpg combinedEMISSIONS: 170g/km

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Fiat re-launch historic Tipo nameFIAT’s new C-segment con-tender, as previewed by the FIAT Aegea Project unveiled in May at the Istanbul Motor Show, is to be known as the new FIAT Tipo. The historic name has been used by FIAT since its earli-est days and is now making a comeback on a global model designed to tackle the chal-lenges of the future.

The new FIAT Tipo saloon measures 4.5m in length, 1.78m in width and 1.48m in height.

It has a wheelbase of 2.64m and boot capacity of 510 litres, meaning it can accommodate five passengers and their lug-gage with ease.

As is the case with all FIAT products, a range of reliable, muscular and efficient en-gines will be available.

There will be two MultiJet II turbo-diesel engines and two petrol units.

Power outputs will range from 95hp to 120hp, offered with manual and automatic transmissions (depending on engine).

Inside, the new FIAT Tipo is not only styled and built to the highest standards.

It is also available with the latest technological features including FIAT Chrysler Auto-mobiles’ touch-screen Ucon-nect™ infotainment system with hands-free Bluetooth calling and audio streaming; a rearparking camera and Tom-Tom satellite navigation.

The new FIAT Tipo saloon sports beautifully balanced proportions and a distinctive and perfectly-resolved design, yet even with its sophisticated styling and exceptional levels of build quality, the new FIAT Tipo will be a member of the “Functional Family” within the FIAT Brand.

There will be an empha-sis on value for money and practical features, as well as a straightforward model range and pricing structure.

It has been designed in It-aly at the FIAT Chrysler Auto-

mobiles CentroStile.It has been developed in

Turkey together with Tofaş R&D, one of FCA’s largest re-search and development cen-tres.

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The new FIAT Tipo will be manufactured in the Bur-sa plant in Turkey which has been designated Gold Medal status by World Class Manu-facturing in recognition of its

efficiency, quality and eco-friendliness.

It will retain the FIAT Ae-gea name in the Turkish mar-ket only.

The new FIAT Tipo saloon

has not been confirmed for the UK market at this time.

For more information on the FIAT range of vehicles vis-it the company website www.FIAT.co.uk


Brighton and Hove Albions 2, MK Dons 1: Picture specialPhotographer Angela Brinkhurst was at the Amex on Saturday as the the Albion beat MK Dons 2-1. Here is a selction of her photos.

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Should there be video technology for key decisions?

Should there be video t e c h n o l o g y f o r k e y decisions in football? It’s a debate which rears its head every now and again.

Goal-line technology, of course, came in at the start of the 2013/14 season in the Premier League but should other key decisions also be reviewed in the professional game?

Watching Brighton’s home game with MK Dons on Saturday, the visitors had what appeared to be a stonewall penalty appeal turned down when Lewis Dunk challenged Samir Carruthers.

Both the referee and his assistant deemed Dunk got a part of the ball and awarded a corner.

Replays suggested it could easily have been a penalty and Albion manager Chris Hughton said afterwards he would not have been surprised if a spot-kick had been awarded.

MK Dons boss Karl Robinson was furious his

side were not awarded the penalty which, if scored, would have made it 2-2 with more than half an hour to play.

Speaking afterwards, he said the decision was terrible and that manager’s jobs are in jeopardy when their teams lose football matches.

He has also since said he is a massive advocate for video footage to aid referees in the final third of a pitch.

Obviously, the decision was in Brighton’s favour and they were already on course to set a new club

record of 17 league games. But what if that decision

had happened at the other end and the unbeaten run ended because of it?

A number of sports now have video technology. In rugby, the referee will use the Television Match Official (TMO) when there

is doubt if the ball has been grounded for a try, or when there is doubt if a kick at goal is successful.

Each s ide has two reviews in cricket for Test matches and tennis players can also review decisions.

S h o u l d f o o t b a l l managers have reviews too?

With video replays so easily accessible as soon as an incident has happened, it would not hold up the game too long.

For example, the time it took for MK Dons to take the corner after their penalty appeal was turned down and the subsequent remonstrations, a video review, which the fourth official could watch, would have resolved the matter.

I ’m not suggest ing several reviews per game but would one review per team, per game – even if it’s only for penalty decisions – really hold up a game?

I can understand views not in favour of video reviews but will it just be a matter of time until this happens anyway, especially with the amount of money now involved in football?

Decisions, generally, over the course of the

Bobby Zamora challenges MK Dons’ Kyle McFadzean on Saturday. Picture by Angela Brinkhurst

I’m not suggesting several reviews

per game, but would one review per team, per game really hold up a game?

season, even themselves out. But, let’s hope MK Dons are awarded a penalty

they don’t deserve against another team, rather than a debatable spot-

kick against the Albion in Buckinghamshire on 19th March 2016!

I can’t remember a time when a number of major global sports appear collectively in disarray. Will cycling ever manage to lift the cloud of Lance Armstrong?

The multiple Tour De France winner, soon to be the subject of a feature film, was, after his brave fight with cancer, a poster boy for people all over the world until his cheating was exposed.

But whilst he was rightly stripped of titles, it’s the related almost unseen damage that can never be repaired.

He won the Tour on seven consecutive occasions from 1999 to 2005, and whilst no doubt a number of other riders were at it as well, how much income through endorsements and sponsorship have the highest finishing clean riders in the seven respective years missed out on?

It’s probably effectively life-changing money, and can never really be calculated but I’m sure the clean riders know who they are, and no one could really blame them for being bitter about the whole thing. The same can almost said for athletics, another sport currently

under the microscope and embroiled in a scandal.

Russia, and before it the entire Eastern Block, have been allegedly cheating for years in a number of sports through performance enhancing drugs, British swimmer Sharron Davies was robbed of gold at the Moscow 35 years ago, a wrong partly righted retrospectively years later but like the clean cyclists is it almost a case of too much, too little, too late?

Lord Coe as head of World Athletics now has a gargantuan task to return his beloved sport to some of credibility, made all the more difficult with the fact that with it no longer being the Corinthian sport of yesteryear there’s so much money on offer the drug cheats will try to continue to use technology to stay one step ahead of detection.

Which brings us on to football, and the circus that is FIFA. With what appears to be an almost weekly revelation many ask can footballs governing body sort itself out? At first I thought it was a joke when I read that it had been suggested that the United Nations former head Kofi Annan had been approached to sort out world football, but when I googled it, it wasn’t

a hoax he actually had, and he’d turned it down!

Will we ever learn the true level of the corruption within football? And has the time come to effectively disband FIFA and start again?

Without wishing to sound xenophobic or like the archetypal ‘L i t t le Englander’, but I would like to see Russia and Qatar stripped of hosting the next two World Cups and then reallocate the tournaments to countries who have the ability to host them, and yes in my opinion one of those countries is England.

n And finally it’s time for another international weekend so with no Albion game it’s the chance for Worthing-based Amex regulars to take in a game at Woodside Road.

Third placed Rebels take on East Grinstead in another Ryman South Sussex Derby, for those who have made it down to Woodside this season they will know that entertainment is almost a given, for those who’ve yet to watch a game on the new state of the art surface, where have you been?

It’s nearly Christmas! Kick-off is 3pm and all Albion season ticket holders get in for a fiver on production of the said ticket.

Written by Ian Hart

Whitehawk draw Daggers or Shrimps in FA Cup

Whitehawk will face either Dagenham & Redbridge or Morecambe away in the second round of the Emirates FA Cup.

Brighton-based Hawks are semi-professional and play in the Vanarama National League South, two divisions below their full-time opponents.

They are the last team in Sussex l e f t in the competition other than Brighton & Hove Albion.

The two League Two clubs drew 0-0 on Saturday and will be playing a replay on a date to be confirmed.

Th e s e c o n d r o u n d matches will be played over the weekend of December 5-6.


Jake Forster-Caskey in action

Albion trio look to make England impact at the Amex

With qualifying for the 2016 European Championships all but complete, the latest international break has a different feel to it.

None of the Albion squad will take part in the play-off games to determine which third-placed sides make it to France next year, but that doesn’t mean there will be no interest in what members of Chris Hughton’s squad will be getting up to over the two-week period.

In fact, the international spotlight will be nearer to home than ever, with Brighton taking centre stage as Gareth Southgate’s England under-21 side look to continue their strong start to qualifying for the 2017 European Championships. The Three L ions p lay Switzerland at the Amex in a

5:45pm kick-off on Monday, November 16.

T h e A m e x w i l l b e unfamiliar territory for most of the squad, but not for the three included Seagulls players.

Jake Forster-Caskey is now among the most capped members of the current team, with Solly March and Christian Walton seeking their second and first appearances, respectively, at under-21 level.

For the Amex to be chosen to host the game is another accolade fans can boast about when talking about the reputation of their stadium.

To have some of the current Albion squad pull on the England jersey on home turf is an equally great achievement in the club’s efforts to bring through more young players as the academy set-up in Lancing continues to grow.

by Brad Stratton@BradStrat

The Albion Roar

It has been a brilliant a c h i eve m e n t by t h e players and management of Brighton & Hove Albion this season, currently on an unsurpassed 17-match unbeaten run, eclipsing the previous club record set 85 years ago. For a club which has spent

70% of its history in the third tier, to break this record while in the second tier is an even more impressive feat.

It’s indicative of the fine lines between success and failure, especially in this division that, where we losing matches last season by one goal (save Derby County and Ipswich Town away), we are winning games by one goal now. We are in the most competitive division in England, and at present are dealing mostly in triumph, (while getting the rub of the green maybe).

Yet we know we can do better. And if that’s the case, who knows what we could achieve?

Exciting times.It’s worth remembering

if the season were to finish now, this would equal our fifth-highest finish ever.

Congratulations to C h r i s H u g h t o n , a n d

everyone in the team. Here’s to many more.

A reminder that top sports journalists Paul H a y w a r d a n d N i c k Szczepanik will be joining Ady and Al on stage at the Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, Brighton on Thursday 3 December. Tickets are £7 and £5, and available from the Rialto Theatre Box Office on 01273 725230.

Saturday’s goalscorer Jamie Murphy takes a touch (image - Paul Hazlewood, BHAFC)

Robinson appointed head coach of England WomenThe ECB has announced that Sussex’s professional cricket manager Mark Robinson has been appointed as the new England Women’s Head Coach.

Following an ongoing review of the professional cricket coaching structure, Sussex can confirm that Mark Davis will become the county’s new head coach with Robinson departing.

Robinson, who first came to Sussex as a player in 1997, went into coaching at the club in 2003 and in his first season as head coach in 2006, Sussex achieved the double, by winning both the County Championship and the C&G Trophy.

Sussex retained the Championship in 2007, with

Robinson then guiding the county to an unprecedented period of one-day success, winning the Pro40 leagues in both 2008 and 2009, and the Twenty20 Cup for the first time in 2009.

Robinson, who will join the ECB next month in time to take charge of the England Women’s team before the tour to South Africa in the New Year, said, “I’m obviously hugely excited about my new opportunity, but it goes hand in hand with a lot of sadness too. To leave a job I enjoy, a club I love and so many people I respect and admire is going to be a wrench.

“There are so many people I need to thank in the next few weeks who have made

my time at the club since 1997 a special one.

“ Th e c l u b a n d t h e supporters will always have a special place in my heart and I wish the club stability and every success for the future.”

Sussex chairman Jim May said, “I would like to pay tribute to Mark for the outstanding contribution he has made to Sussex Cricket. As a player he was an invaluable member of the team who laid the foundations for our success in the early 2000s.

“Since his appointment, Robbo has been the most successful coach in Sussex Cricket history, winning the County Championship twice and many one-day

competitions including our first T20 trophy. Mark leaves with our grateful thanks and best wishes.”

Sussex’s chief executive Zac Toumazi said, “Today’s news has mixed emotions for us as a club. We are sorry to see Mark Robinson leave us as he has been a loyal servant to Sussex Cricket. I am sure he will be a fantastic asset at the ECB. Following an ongoing review of our professional cricket structure, we are delighted to announce that Mark Davis will assume the role of head coach. This is a fantastic opportunity for Mark and chance for him to work closely with our newly-appointed captain Luke Wright.”

SportDon’t miss the latest news about the Seagulls via Twitter @BHIndyAlbion Next up at the Amex…

Brighton and Hove Albion v Cardiff City in the Championship on

Saturday, October 3, kick-off 3pm

Tickets available online at www.seagullstickets.com

or by calling 0844 327 1901

Next up at The Amex...Brighton and Hove Albion v Birmingham City in

the Championship onSaturday, November 28, kick-off 3pm

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or by calling 0844 327 1901

Alan Wares@albionroar


Solly March celebrates his stunning early strike against MK Dons (image - Paul Hazlewood, BHAFC)

They say history is written by the winners – but it is certainly true that winners make history.

Last weekend Albion secured their record of 17 unbeaten league games.

Then 24 hours later Whitehawk wrote their own new chapter with a win in their first-ever FA Cup first-round tie.

It has been an incredible rise for the club based at the Enclosed Ground and they certainly enjoyed their day in the limelight, as highl ighted in the extensive BBC coverage over the weekend.

It all kicked off with another non-league side, Salford City, and their win on Friday.

Having watched the Class of 92 series charting the backing of the Neville b r o t h e r s , B u t t a n d Scholes to the club, it was

interesting to watch the debate on whether they had put non-league on the map.

The Manchester club now has big backers, which in a way goes against the hundreds of clubs full of volunteers who struggle to stay in business each week.

The new high-profile owners have targeted the Premier League and, of course, all clubs should aim to further themselves. Some owners may chase

the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

However, others just want to evolve. Lewes and Horsham are just a couple of other clubs that can reminisce but Football League clubs also want a cup run that generates valuable revenue and additional local interest in their club. Crawley Town has moved up through the pyramid with a very special FA Cup pedigree.

Accrington Stanley, often depicted as the epitome of a club battling against the odds, has now received considerable investment.

A t B B C S u s s e x w e were given a reminder of Albion’s special FA Cup day (and special run) in 1983 by former midfielder Jimmy Case who spoke to us this week.

He said he’s pleased

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with the club’s progress since the stadium troubles and believes they just need to be more ‘streetwise’ if they are to make the Premier League.

The Seagulls’ focus is on becoming History Boys in the league but any cup run will leave memories for players and fans alike. Good luck to the Hawks in the next round against either Morecambe and Dagenham and Redbridge.

Wouldn’t it be nice if two Brighton sides were in the black bag for the third-round draw.

Two big ties possibly against top flight sides – or even each other – would help us all of through the January blues.

How much of your life can you attribute to the Albion?

Following on from my article on Milton Keynes Dons in last week’s Indy, I’ve always found it fascinating just how big a part your chosen football club can play in your life, whether by choice, or simply association.

How many aspects of your life can you attribute to the Albion?

My Albion history began when my dad and granddad took me to the Goldstone Ground in the late 1970s. In those days, we were a First Division side so many of my schoolmates were fans too.

I bonded more with them – as opposed to the Liverpool, Everton and Manchester United ‘gloryhunters’ – and I still count many as friends today, nearly 40 years later.

At secondary school in Wales my friends tended to support ‘unfashionable’ (I really dislike that term) clubs such as Hull City, Oxford United and Rotherham.

O n m o v i n g t o Hertfordshire in the mid-1980s, Arsenal fans – on the whole – respected the fact I was loyal to Brighton while the Tottenham lot mainly derided me. I’m assuming it was for football reasons!

At a Hertfordshire college in 1989, a 16-year-old me got chatting to a classmate because he spotted ‘BHA’ scrawled a l l over my rucksack.

He was an Ipswich fan and we soon attended a game at Portman Road with his fellow Town fan from Littlehampton, and his Albion-supporting mate. Fast forward 25 years and we sit next to each other at Falmer.

T h r o u g h r e g u l a r Gillingham trips we met

other fans who became friends and together we set up the Scars & Stripes fanzine in 1997.

This opened numerous doors, including meeting local press from Surf FM (now Juice), which in turn led to a job at a local PR firm where I became a copywriter. I still am today, 15 years later.

Supporting your local football club, and sticking with them when you move away – and through fallow times – is one of the most rewarding things you can do.

The game may be awash with cash these days but, fundamentally, the ethos remains the same – it’s about community and feeling part

Dan Tester@BHIndyAlbion

An aerial shot of The Amex. Picture by Paul Hazelwood

of something; an extended family that stretches far and wide. If you are introduced to a stranger as an Albion fan, there is an immediate bond.

I wonder how many m a r r i a g e s , b a b i e s , friendships, companies, ideas and various other col laborations can be attributed to the existence

of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club?

The Albion is the biggest ‘ ice-breaker’ I ’ve ever known!

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

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