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The council has spent £15million on agency staff in thelast two years, according toBrighton and Hove UNISON.

The union claims it hasseen council documentswhich reveal more than £8million was spent in the year2014-15, while £7 million wasspent from 2015-16.

This comes at a time whenthe local authority is set toslash its budget by £65m by2020 as a result of governmentcuts.

Sue Beatty, the UNISONbranch secretary in Brightonand Hove, said the union was‘really concerned’.

She said: “While weacknowledge that there willalways be occasions thatpossibly require short termagencystaffinordertoprovidecouncil services effectively,such as in cases of unexpectedevents or vacancies that occurand need filling quickly in theshort term, it is clear that suchsubstantial amounts of moneyfrom the public purse arebeing wasted unnecessarily.

“When we look at how eye-watering amounts of moneyacross the council are, inour view, being wasted andpoorly spent, it is up to us asa trade union supporting ourmembers, many of whom faceredundancy or lower gradedpay, to flag such poor vacancycontrol practices up.”

A Brighton and Hove Citycouncil spokesperson said:“The council, in common withmost organisations, needs tohave a supply of temporarystaffing to be able to coverkey positions for absences orpending recruitment.

“Our usage of agencystaffing has been reducingannually with over £600,000saved during last financialyear.

“The council is facing asignificant financial challengeover the next three years and anumber of our services will bereviewed. While we will still berecruiting, we will also needto continue to balance ourworkforce planning with theuse of temporary and agencystaffing, as appropriate.”

‘Eye-watering’ figures revealed by unionIsabella [email protected]@BrightonIndy

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A shortage of drivers led tothe recent disruption to busservices in the city, Brightonand Hove Buses has said.

The company apologisedto customers for delays, andsaid it is taking action toresolve the problem.

This includes employing30 additional bus drivers toits 800-driver team.

It said it has also teamedup with other local busoperators to minimisedisruption, and from July

20 Compass Travel will beoperating route 7X, andfrom July 23 Seaford andDistrict will be operatingroute 77. The bus timetablewill remain the same underthe new operators, and thisarrangement will be in placeuntil September.

Metrobus in Crawley is alsoset to provide Brighton andHove Buses with additionaldrivers in the short term.

Martin Harris, managingdirector of Brighton and

Hove Buses, said: “I sincerelyapologisetoallourcustomersfor the current dip inservice levels and absolutelyrecognise the need to put ourcustomers first, as we alwaysendeavour to do.

“I would also like to thankmy colleagues who aremaking a tremendous effortto minimise disruption forour customers, and expressmy appreciation to our fellowtransport operators who arehelping us.”

A helping hand for bus company

Brighton and Hove’s planningcommittee gave the go aheadfor ambitious plans toregenerate a run-down areaof the city.

Councillors votedunanimously in favourof London and RegionalProperties’ plans to builda hotel and flats on WestStreet, Middle Street andSouth Street.

The committee met atPortslade Town Hall onWednesday, to considerproposals that woulddemolish the existingbuildings to make way fornew hotels, a ‘high-quality’restaurant, an extension toa backpackers hostel and

residential flats.Architect firm the Morgan

Carn Partnership said theplans would transform the‘tacky’ area into ‘Brighton’sequivalent of the Ramblas in

Barcelona’.Cllr Carol Theobald, said:

“It will be an improvement tosuch a scruffy area. This willenhance the street, createjobs and it will be great forour city.”

The 133-room hotel at 78West Street, 91-room hotelat 8-12a South Street and11 additional rooms to theexisting backpacker hostelwould help the touristeconomy and provide a rangeof accommodation optionsfor tourists, a planningofficer said.

Cllr Julie Cattell, whochaired the meeting, said:“This design is raising the barfor Brighton and Hove.”

West Street regeneration planwill improve ‘scruffy area’

What West Street will look likeunder developer’s plans

Corbyn supporters take topjobs on city’s Labour partyThe election of JeremyCorbyn supporters to theexecutive committee ofBrighton and Hove’s Labourparty prompted a defiantresponse from the leader ofthe city council.

Brighton, Hove and DistrictLabour Party’s annualmeeting on Saturday saw topjobs go to candidates backedby Momentum – the factionof Labour which supports thenational party leader JeremyCorbyn.

But Warren Morgan,leader of the Labour Groupon Brighton and Hove CityCouncil, made it clear heand his fellow councillorswould not be pushed out. Hereleased a defiant statementfollowing Saturday’s meeting:“My colleagues and I willcontinue to lead the citycouncil in the best interests

of everyone, ensuring all havethe opportunity to benefitfrom the city’s continuedprosperity. We are electedby residents, we make ourown decisions and we willcontinue to work as we havedone for the past 14 months,as a credible, responsibleand mainstream politicaladministration.”

Alluding to fears ofdeselection, Cllr Morgansaid: “Only the Labour andCo-operative councillors canchange their leader, only the54 members of council canchange the administration,and only the voters decidewho is elected in 2019.”

Cllr Morgan has madeno secret of the fact that hesupports a change in Labourleadership, and Peter Kyle,MP for Hove has also openlybacked Angela Eagle in herchallenge against Corbyn.

But Labour’s local partyelected Corbyn-supportingmembers to its executive

committee. Mark Sandelltook over as chair, GregHadfield became secretary,Anne Pissaridou becamevice-chair, and Claire Wadeywas elected as treasurer.

Greg Hadfield, thenewly-elected secretaryof the Brighton, Hove andDistrict Labour Party, said:“Momentum has not ‘takenover’ the Brighton, Hove andDistrict Labour Party. Sixtysix per cent voted for me andother officers.”

He added: “I have attendeda lot of meetings not just inthe last weeks and months,but I’ve never once heardthe word deselection,expect from journalists,commentators and peoplewho do not have the bestinterests of Labour Partymembers at heart.”

See page 14 for articles by MrHadfield and Hove MP PeterKyle, and page 18 for a piece byCllr Morgan.

Bex [email protected]@BexBastable

Corbyn with former chair of the local Labour party Lloyd Russell-Moyle

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The impact ofBrexit on cityA Green councillor is to putforward a motion at nextweek’s Full Council meeting,to ensure the wellbeing ofthe city in the face of Brexit.Cllr Lizzie Deane will askthe council to maintain EUprotections for workers andfor the environment. She willalso ask that officers look intothe full impact of Brexit onthe city.

Kirby’s ‘delight’over new PMThe Conservative MPfor Brighton Kemptownexpressed his delight overTheresa May’s appointmentto Prime Minister onWednesday. Simon Kirby,said: “She is absolutely thebest person to lead and uniteus in these difficult times.Following the referendum,our country needs strong,proven leadership – to steerus through this period ofeconomic and politicaluncertainty, and to negotiatethe best possible terms as weleave the European Union.”

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The RMT has offered tosuspend industrial actionfor three months if transportbosses delay controversialconductor proposals.

The National Union of Rail,Maritime and TransportWorkers (RMT) has pennedan open letter to GoviaThameslink director in anattempt to progress theimpasse between the parties.

Theunion’sletter,bygeneralsecretary Mick Cash, read:“The RMT will suspend calling

any further industrial (action)for the next three months ifyou will also suspend yourproposals for a similar period.

“This will then allow us thetime and space to sit downtogether and try and exploreoptions that will seek to deliverthe lasting improvements toservice and reliability we allwant.”

In response to the offer,GTR welcomed talks.

A spokesman said: “Wewelcome the offer of talks

and a new approach from theRMT. We have been trying toactively engage them for thepast six months. We welcomethe suggested suspension ofindustrial action, but we don’tneed three months to resolvethis.

“We are ready to sit downwith the RMT and discuss away forward that we believethey, our employees andcustomers will welcome,and can bring an end to thisdispute.”

‘Union offers an olive branch’

‘We are competent to runrailways’, insists train bossOliver [email protected]@BrightonIndy

Passenger services director Alex Foulds

‘There is no way that we everdeliberately cancel a train’GTR will introduce a tempo-rary reduced timetable fromMonday, with 341 servicescancelled each day in thehope of providing a morereliable service. Mr Fouldssaid there were ‘no plans’ tocut the timetable further.He acknowledged the con-gested network would beextremely busy and advisedpassengers would need towork in partnership withthe operator to help preventsevere overcrowding.He said: “We have got waysof dealing with severeovercrowding. But to somedegree it is a partnershipwith our customers. It’s go-

ing to be a busy time.”Mr Foulds denied staffwere banned from takingovertime or that manage-ment deliberately cancelledtrains.He conceded there werea small number of caseswhere crews were availableto staff part of a servicebut GTR ‘hadn’t managedto organise ourselves wellenough’ to run them.A spokesman for GTRexplained passengerssometimes reported seeingcrews at platforms but oftenstaffing issues down the lineprevented services running.Mr Foulds said: “There is no

way that we ever deliber-ately cancel a train that wecould have run. Our job is torun a service and we wouldnever contemplate that for asecond.”The Department for Trans-port served a remedial plannotice to GTR last year, fol-lowing continued perform-ance issues.DFT has responded to a13,000-signature petition,stating the situation is‘unacceptable’ but criticisedunion bosses for strikeaction it said was ‘in no wayjustified’.It dismissed calls for GTR tolose the franchise.

Stripping Govia ThameslinkRailway of its Sussex railfranchise would be a‘retrograde step’, one of its topdirectors has claimed.

Passenger services directorAlex Foulds has insisted heand fellow railway bosses arefit to run services, despiteheavy criticism of poorperformance.

In an interview withthis newspaper, Mr Fouldsadmitted he did not ‘feellike I am part of a successfulbusiness at the moment’.

But he said directors ofGTR, which runs Southern,Thameslink and GatwickExpress services, werebest-placed to improveperformance.

He said: “I think anytalk about change of themanagement would be aretrograde step. If a new teamcame in to run this contractthey would still be faced withall the constraints that weneed to resolve.

“We (the GTR team) havehad a lot of successes in thepast so the experience andcompetence is there in theteam’s CVs, so we feel we arethe right people.”

This newspaper haslaunched a campaign, callingfor GTR to lose its franchise,joining the likes of BrightonPavilion MP Caroline Lucasand thousands of peoplewho signed a petition callingfor change. GTR is lockedin a bitter dispute with theRMT union over the futureof conductors’ roles, withpassengers experiencingmonths of delays andcancellations due to unofficialstrikes and staff shortages.

Southern plans to introduceDriver Only Operation trains,

meaning drivers will useCCTV to monitor platformsbefore closing the doors.

The RMT argue this wouldcause serious safety issues –but Mr Foulds disputed this,while assuring no-one wouldlose their job as a result of thechanges.

He said GTR wouldprogressively introduce thenew measures if an agreementwith the union could not bereached.

“We are keeping peopleon the trains to do differentthings,” he said.

“We have made as manyassurances as we can inwriting to anyone who willlisten that we are not reducingany jobs through this.

“Frankly, I find it very hardfor anyone to see how this is away to make money becauseI don’t feel like I am part ofa successful business at themoment.”

When asked where he

thought public sympathyfell, Mr Foulds believed itwas ‘mixed’ but, on balance,more people he spoke tosympathised with GTR’sposition.

He said it was unfair tosuggest most staff wereunhappy with the changes,adding GTR had guaranteedworkers would not lose theirjobs.

Mr Foulds said it was‘important to say sorry’for ongoing delays, whichHove’s Labour MP Peter Kyleclaimed had led to commutersreceiving written warningsfrom work.

He added: “It makes me feelincredibly frustrated and verydetermined to try and makethings better.

“It makes me wonderwhether the RMT share mylevel of frustration and feelingof accountability but it mainlymakes me want to try harderto do the best job that we can.”

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Three topcity counciljobs are upfor grabsCan you navigate Brightonand Hove through Brexitunscathed? Or connect witha community of 250,000people? Are you an expert inmanaging adult social carebudgets? If so, Brighton andHove City Council may have ajob for you.

The local authority islooking for the UK’s besttalent to head up three of thesix executive director roles.Each comes with a salaryof between £106,000 and£116,000.

Geoff Raw, chief executiveof the council, said therestructure was down todirectors retiring, but alsofunding reductions fromcentral government.

He said: “The way we usedto operate, we can’t operatelike that anymore. But wewant to remain relevant topeople.”

One way he hopes to achievethis, is through an impressivenew neighbourhoods,communities and housingdirector. They will be incharge of creating half adozen neighbourhood hubsacross the city in places likeWhitehawk, Hangleton,Hanover and Moulsecoomb.

Mr Raw said the hubs wouldprovide a ‘lean way of tryingto provide communities withsomewhere to go so theycan get some of the basicinformation and signposting’.

The executive director ofeconomy, environment andculture has a big job on theirhands. They will head uptransport, devolution (theGreater Brighton project),business rates, culture, andseeing the city through Brexit.

The last part is crucial.Mr Raw said: “We are aninternational city anyway, andour service economy, tourismsector and the public sectordoes rely quite heavily on aninternational labour force. So Ithink it’s important we remainan open and welcoming citythat celebrates diversity.”

The health and adult socialcare role is also a challenge.With social care costs anddemand increasing, alongsidefunding challenges for theNHS, this job will involvebringing the two departmentstogether and improving theservice on tighter budgets.

Budding council directorshave until July 23 to apply,and Mr Raw anticipatedappointments by September.

“We are really keen toattract the best candidatesthat we can get for this,” hesaid.


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Campaign over school catchment areasA 1,300-strong petitionopposing plans for newsecondary school catchmentareas will be presented tocouncillors next week.

Naomi Reilly, who headsup the ‘Kids not Commuters’campaign, said: “We believethat every child in Brightonand Hove should have accessto quality local education.What we don’t believe is thatthe council’s new proposalsfor secondary schooladmissions that include

wide catchment areas andtiebreaks for popular schoolsbased on a lottery, notdistance, will do anything toimprove the situation. Thesechanges would split Brightonand Hove children from theirfriends and many wouldbe faced with up to 10-milereturn trips to school.

“We are campaigning forBrighton and Hove childrento have access to their localcommunity schools - and notbe bussed across the city.”

Earlier this year, the citycouncil unveiled three draftoptions for secondary schoolcatchment areas in responseto rising student numbers,and a new school set to openin the east of the city.

It also hoped to givechildren who receive freeschool meals priority in theadmission process.

But the plans provedcontroversial, as two popularschools, Dorothy Stringerand Varndean, are in

different catchment areas onall three proposed options.

The council asked forparents’ views on theproposals throughout Marchand April, and is expected tolaunch a formal consultationlater this year on the plans.

The final school catchmentplan is expected to be inplace for the academic yearstarting on September 2018.

The petition will bediscussed at Full Council onThursday.

Brighton and Hove’s council leader Warren Morgan hasjoined calls for Govia Thameslink to be stripped of theSouthern franchise. He joins the likes of Green MP forBrighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas, and Labour’s Mayor ofLondon Sadiq Khan, alongside hundreds of passengers whohave staged demos. See page 18 for an article by Cllr Morgan.

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Award nomination for city’sfundraising selfie queenA breast cancer survivor,whose inspirational hatchallenge has raisedthousands for charity overthe last two years, has beennominated for a Women ofthe Year award.

Sara Cutting is among 400women from around theworld selected to attend theawards in October, presidedover by writer and activistSandi Toksvig.

Sara said: “When I receivedthe invitation on Saturday Iburst into tears. It really isfabulous.”

When Sara was diagnosedwith breast cancer shedecided to start a ‘headgearchallenge’, which involvedtaking a selfie in a quirkyhat each day. She has raised£18,000 for MacmillanCancer Support to date.

The part of the awards sheis most looking forward to ismeeting the other nominees,and she is of course, already

thinking about a hat to wear.Sara also plans to run the

London Marathon next yearand will help to open theMacmillan Horizon Centre inBrighton, providing supportto people affected by cancer.

“People think that whenthe treatment stops, you’rebetter, but its not necessarilythe case,” Sara said. “Thecancer might be on holdbut the long-term effects onyour body, for many people,

are huge. Macmillan offersnon-clinical services thathelp people emotionally andpsychologically.”

To donate, visit: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ChemoSnoodHead

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Gearing up forBrighton PrideThe UK’s largest LGBTcelebration returns toBrighton and Hove, and thisyear’s Pride event is set tobe bigger than ever with thecreation of the Pride PleasureGardens.

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The event will join thefamous Pride Parade,alongside the festival inPreston Park at this year’sLGBT celebration, whichtakes place from Friday,August 5 to Sunday, August 7.

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diner, food market, and barsat Old Steine and VictoriaGardens.

It will host a specialticketed benefit concert,Pride Unplugged, for TheRainbow Fund – which givesgrants to LGBT organisations– with performances fromHeather Peace and LucySpraggan on Friday, August 5.

Victoria Gardenswill feature the PrideCommunity Stage withspecial performancesover the weekend. Showsinclude cabaret and discoby Dynamite Boogaloo, SinkThe Pink and English DiscoLovers.

On Sunday, the PleasureGardens will host the linedance tent from 1pm onSunday.

This year’s theme forPride’s famous communityparade is ‘Uniting Nations’.More than 200,000spectators are expectedto turn out for the paradewhich starts at Hove Lawns,through the city, to PrestonPark, where the PrideFestival will take place.

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The Bridge CommunityEducation Centre inMoulsecoomb has won amajor grant from the BigLottery Fund.

The £188,000 award willenable the centre to developits volunteer reading coachscheme, which provides one-to-one support to help adultsdevelop their reading, writing,communication skills.

This comes as chiefexecutive Jayne Rossannounced she is steppingdown from her role. Shesaid: “I have greatly enjoyedmy time at The Bridge. Iregard this latest grant awardas further evidence of thepassion, skill and sheer hardwork staff and volunteers haveput into making The Bridge anessential contributor to adulteducation, support and adviceservices – not only in theMoulsecoomb area but acrossthe wider city.”

She will be replaced bySofie Franzen as directorof community services andSam Courtney as director ofcommercial services.

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News

New vision for ‘the ugliest buildingin Sussex’ could provide 229 homesNew plans could see thetransformation of whatdevelopers have calledSussex’s ugliest building intoa modern development withhomes and workspaces.

Proposals by developersFirst Base would see AnstonHouse, at the southern endof Preston Park, demolishedto make way for 229 privateand affordable homes andworkspaces for around 283small to medium enterprises.

New 12-storey towerswould replace the existingnine-storey building, whichwas originally built as officesand has been abandoned formore than 25 years.

First Base said theproposals includecontributions of £450,000 offunding towards additionalschool places, £180,000for public transportimprovements and £450,000towards improving Brighton’sopen spaces.

They will create 344construction jobs and give a£139m boost to the economyduring construction,according to the company.

The developers said theyhad received good levels of

support for the proposalsfollowing a consultation withresidents, businesses andcommunity representatives.

Eeva Paasiaro,development manager atFirst Base, said: “We take the

views of local residents andbusinesses very seriouslyand we have respondedwith a scheme that willbring significant benefits tothe Preston Park area andBrighton.

“We want to thankeveryone who hascommented on the proposalsand provided their support.We look forward to workingclosely with stakeholders andthe council over the comingmonths as the applicationprogresses and to deliveringthese much needed homesand workspace for Brighton.”

The proposals aim to createa landmark on the entranceinto Brighton from the A23and the railway line.

The Brighton Society andThe Preston and PatchamSociety said the newbuildings should not be anytaller than Anston House, norovershadow Preston Park’srotunda and rose garden.Formal planning applicationsare expected to be submittedlater this month.

Between 2000 and2014 there were eightdifferent applications forthe 1.5-acre site. The two-tower residential schemeenvisioned by Urban Splashand Investec was rejected bythe council in 2013.

Isabella [email protected]@BrightonIndy

First Base have unveiled proposals for Anston House


Albion in the Communityannounced this week that twofree football sessions for girlsare being held this summer.

The official charity forBrighton and Hove Albion,with funding from AmericanExpress, has set up theGirls’ Football initiative, toencourage more girls to playfootball. Sessions are for up to50 girls, aged six to 13.

The free fun days of warmups, shooting, dribbling andteam games kick-off from9.45am to 3pm on Tuesday,August 2 at Hassocks SportsCentre, and on Tuesday,August, 16 at the CommunityPitch at the American ExpressElite Football PerformanceCentre, Lancing.

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The Girls’ Football initiative started in April, and will host two summersessions in the school holidays

Children enjoyed a day offoamy fun as they ran through4ft walls of coloured bubblesin a fundraising challenge.

More than 1,500 peopletook part in the event atPreston Park in aid of DemelzaHospice care on Saturday, July9.

The Mayor of Brighton andHove, Councillor Pete West,joined in with the afternoonfilled with live entertainmentand photos. There weret-shirts, medals and goody bagprizes for everyone who gotinvolved. The event has raised£30,000 so far for the charity,which provides hospice athome care for children acrossEast Sussex.

‘Fun, laughter andmaking memories’

Emma Middleton, thecharity’s events manager, said:“The event sums up the ethosof Demelza – fun, laughter andmaking memories.”

The Delmelza Bubble Rush inPreston Park

The Big Heart Auction, acharity event with more than200 artworks donated byartists, raised £38,500 forchildren’s hospice ChestnutTree House and BrightonDome and Festival.

The online auction ranon eBay from July 1-10, andincluded a collection of

works from artists includingchildren’s illustrator SirQuentin Blake, and abstractcolourist David Armitage, anumber of Sussex celebritiesincluding actors JulieGraham, Carol Cleveland,Chris Ellison and HughBonneville, and even piecesfrom children at the hospice.

Big Heart Auctionraises thousands

The auction raised £38,500 for Chestnut Tree House and Brighton Dome

PHOTOGRAPH: GRAHAM FRANKS

Schools in Brighton andHove are among the best inthe country at supportingLGBT students.

Stonewall has awardedthe council second placein its Education EqualityIndex 2016 for its effortsto tackle homophobicbullying in schools.

Cllr Emma Daniel, leadmember for equalities,said: “I’d like to thankour schools, the council’seducation team and ourpartners for going theextra mile to support ourchildren and young peoplein this vital area.”

Supportfor LGBTstudentsrecognised

Best-selling novelist PeterJames will be making anappearance at ChurchillSquare on Saturday,signing copies of his latestbook.

The Brighton-basedauthor has teamed up withhis friend, and long-servingSussex police officerGraham Bartlett, for ‘DeathComes Knocking: PolicingRoy Grace’s Brighton’,which gives real lifeaccounts of the city’s mostchallenging cases.

The pair will be in WHSmith from 12.30pmSaturday.

Novelist tosign copiesof Brightonbased book

The University of Sussexhas been ranked the topuniversity in the southfor student nightlife, andone of the most politicaluniversities in the UK.

In a survey of 11,000undergraduates by Which?Sussex is rated higherthan London and Bristolfor its nightlife. Studentsalso score the universitystrongly for its politicalscene as one of the top fourin the UK.

Annie Pickering, theuniversity’s Students’Union president, said:“Sussex is known for itspoliticalactivismandbeingpart of such a happeningcity as Brighton, it’s nosurprise we’ve rankedhighly.”

Universityis top fornightlifeand politics

The council has won anaward recognising the highquality of its reports onparking services.

It was awarded BestReport at the ParkingAnnual Report Awardsby Councils, hosted at theHouses of Parliament.

Jamie Macrae, chair ofthe awards committee,said: “Brighton and HoveCouncil have consistentlyproduced an outstandingreport for the past sevenyears. This year they havemaintained their highstandard – the report isattractive and easy to readwith plenty of appropriateillustrationsanditprovidesall the information that aresident or visitor needs toknow about parking.”

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Coronation Street actor IanKelsey, and his two daughters,officially reopened the PostOffice’s Islingword Roadbranch on Friday.

The Hanover branchhas been revamped into a‘modernised’ branch with anextra 46-and-a-half openinghours a week.

PeterWilkinson,PostOfficearea manager, said: “We aremaking it easier for customersto get their cash, send and

collect their mail and do theirbanking because we knowhow important these servicesare to local residents. We areconfident that this vibrantnew-style Post Office at theheart of the local communitywill meet customer needs.This modernisation ispart of a major investmentprogramme, the largest in thehistory of the Post Office andwill secure services for thefuture.”

‘Modernised’ postoffice opens doors

Ian Kelsey and his two daughters opening the Post Office in IslingwordRoad, Hanover

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The Brighton Table TennisClub has won the first nationalCommunity IntegrationAward for its work, whichbrings local children andyoung refugees together toplay the sport.

The club has led tofriendships between Brighton

children, trafficking victimsfrom Vietnam and orphanedrefugees from Mosul andAleppo. Chair of the judgingpanel Sue Lukes said: “Theclub works with everyonebut reaches out to the mostdeprived and vulnerable in allcommunities.”

Table tennis clubis handed award

The club has been recognised for its work in community integration

The seafront will be awashwith mermaids, mermen andsea creatures for the fourthyear running in a fin-filled,family-friendly day of fun.

The popular March of theMermaids returns to Brightonon Saturday, July 23.

Run in collaboration withBrighton-based organisationWhaleFest, the event will raisefunds for the World CetaceanAlliance, which protectswhales, dolphins, porpoisesand their habitats.

Participants areencouraged to dress up andbring a picnic to the MermaidMini Fayre by the Peace Statueon Hove Lawns from 11am.

Entertainment will include

an Ocean Storytelling Bus,performances and face-painting from the ShorehamAllstars, ghost net braceletweaving, banner painting,stalls and installations.

The mermaid parade willbegin at 3pm, followed bya family-friendly event atPatterns until 6.30pm whereprizes will be awarded for thebest children’s costumes.

The Mermaid Fayre willcontinue at Hove Lawns until5pm.

Tickets for the parade are£3, or £4 for the parade andafter-party at Patterns. Bothevents are free for under 12s.

For more information, visit:marchofthemermaids.com

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March of the Mermaids will take place on Brighton’s seafront

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An ‘Afro Jazz’ and ethicalfashion show will be heldon Friday, July 22, to raisemoney for Brighton Voicesin Exile, which supportsrefugees living in the city.

The event will showcaseoutfits from at almost adozen countries, includingBangladesh, Bolivia,Guatemala, Kenya, India,Indonesia, Nepal, Senegal,Ghana, Tibet. There willbe West African music,Fairtrade wine, and worldsnacks.

The fashion show will beheld from 8pm to 11pm atthe Unitarian Church, NewRoad, Brighton. Ticketsare £7.50 for an early-birdticket. Visit: bit.ly/29In05a

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A 24-hour service thatsupports people withmental health needs hasbeen rated ‘good’ after anunannounced inspectionby the Care QualityCommission (CQC).

Shore House, aBrighton HousingTrust service, providespersonalised support andaccommodation to helppeople progress towardsmore independent livingwithin 18 months.

The CQC said: “We sawpeople were supportedby staff that knew themwell, gave them individualattention and providedadditional assistance asand when required.”

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S o we have a new prime ministerand government. My dad textedme last Wednesday as thestrange constitutional processof anointing a new head ofgovernment unfolded with

all the ruthless efficiency that we Brits dothese things. He said, ‘what a momentousday to be in The Commons’.

But in truth it didn’t feel momentous.It felt more like a sentence being handeddown by a judge. Everyone in the Commonsthat day knew that David Cameron wasbeing prized away from the despatch boxbecause he got things so terribly wrong, notbecause he’d served his time. Its becomecustomary to give a standing ovation to aprime minister departing PMQ’s for the lasttime, but I just couldn’t manage it. I knowit sounds churlish, but getting to my feetfor the man who, through sheer politicalarrogance and incompetence, has broughtour country to the brink just seemedinappropriate. A few limp claps of the handwas all I could muster.

Cameron’s forte at the despatch box wasbarbed humour and his parting shot was apainful one for us on the Labour benches.He said, “We have both been havingleadership elections. We got on with it. We

had a resignation, nomination, competitionand coronation. The opposition have noteven decided what the rules are yet”.

Indeed they did get on with it. Thecountry looked on, some impressed othersstartled, as the Tories went about theirruthless business and pronounced Theresa

May the winner. I must admit, her firstspeech as prime minister, on the stepsof Number 10, was an impressive one. Iwas struck by how much of the agendashe outlined was a direct continuationof Labour’s term in office, not DavidCameron’s.

Educational under attainment, healthinequalities, and social mobility were thedriving mission behind Labour in office. Itis an irony that Theresa May’s governmentis now going to have to undo so much ofthe damage done by David Cameron’sgovernment before even getting to work.

The relentless focus on academisationinstead of investment in teaching qualityis holding students back. Disastrous NHSreforms have transformed the way wedo health not into a model 21st Centurycommunity-based and preventative system,but one with dysfunction hardwired intoit. And the cuts to the country’s mostvulnerable, to local government services,and to adult social care have merelyturned poor people and communities intovulnerable people and communities.

But the optimism offered by May’sspeed was soon shattered by the news ofBoris Johnson’s appointment as foreignsecretary. Is she actually trying to humiliateour country in the eyes of the world? Inone afternoon our new prime ministerwent from hero-to-zero, a journey shewill struggle to change direction fromwhile surrounded by so many gaff-proneministers at exactly the time we need themost serious, capable talent on offer.

Labour MP Peter Kyle was impressed by the new Prime Minister’s first speech.

Peter KyleFrom hero to zero - PM May’s first day

Labour MP for Hove

Opinion

I n turbulent times like these, it isdifficult to avoid clichés. So I mightas well get the first one out of theway: A week is indeed a long time inpolitics.

It was an historic day fordemocratic socialism last Saturday (July9), when more than 6,000 members ofBrighton, Hove and District Labour Partyhad the chance to elect a new leadershipteam.

And, in case anyone is in any doubt, itwas a day characterised by the commondecency that underpins our party’sdemocratic values.

The vast majority of our members know- and regularly show - how we can disagreewithout being disagreeable. Even whensome attendees at our annual meetinghad to queue for an hour or more becauseCity College’s main hall simply wasn’t bigenough to accommodate them in a singlesitting.

Some prominent individuals want toclose their eyes to this groundswell ofsupport for a party capable of exciting andinspiring a generation that is fed up withpolitics as usual. In Brighton and Hove,some 4,000 people have joined the Labour

Party in the last year - 490 of them since theEuropean Union referendum.

Why have they joined? Well, JeremyCorbyn’s leadership has been the catalyst.

More than 700 people attended a KeepCorbyn rally before our annual meeting onSaturday.

This is not because today’s Labour Partyis a cult - with 600,000 members! Notbecause it is being infiltrated by an army ofsecret - or not-so-secret - revolutionaries.

Not because a few individuals are trying to‘take over’ the Labour Party.

It is because grassroots members arefed up with a ‘political elite’ disconnectedfrom their party, disconnected from themembers who helped them get elected tooffice, and disconnected from the massof ordinary people whom the LabourParty was created to represent. It is themembers who are taking back the partyfrom a minority of professional politicians

who seem more interested in managingausterity, bombing in the name of peace,and wasting billions on weapons of massdestruction like Trident.

I am honoured to have been elected asparty secretary, with a 66 per cent shareof the vote. I look forward to workingwith friends and colleagues - led by MarkSandell, the new chair - as part of a teamthat reflects all shades of opinion withinthe party. Locally, I hope - optimisticallyperhaps - we can put behind us the vilesmears triggered by the parliamentaryplotters and their long-planned,incompetently-executed attempted coup.

The Labour Party must be a party ofprotest. Always. But it must also be aparty of power. It must ensure that LloydRussell-Moyle, our candidate and formerchair, wins the council by-election in EastBrighton on August 4. He will be a breath offresh air at meetings of our Labour Group ofcouncillors. I urge all socialists to get on thedoorsteps of East Brighton to show whatour party can achieve.

Greg Hadfield publishes his personal viewson his political blog: www.medium.com/@greghadfield

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The city council’s planning staff are preparing for a return to Hove Town Hall.

JulieCattell

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I t’s a pity that Cllrs Nemeth andWares didn’t speak to me beforethey penned their article aboutthe city council planning servicethat appeared in last week’sBrighton & Hove Independent.

I could have told them that I havebeen working hard to turn the servicearound since the day I was sworn in asa councillor and appointed chair of theplanning committee.

It was clear at the time that theservice needed urgent attention; anunprecedented backlog of applicationsto be registered and cleared, key staffmoving on to better paid jobs elsewhereand an IT system that had not beenupdated for over 12 years.

Knowing how crucial a role planningplays in delivering economic growth andnew homes, I had the full backing fromthe Labour administration to instigatethe changes required to create a fit-for-purpose planning service. Here are someof the key measures that have been putinto place since last summer.

n Use of temporary staff andovertime to clear backlog and all butone vacancy filled. Progress on clearingthe backlog is going well and we arecurrently set to achieve new governmentperformance indicators that will beintroduced in September. In recentmonths we have been operating in topquartile performance as the servicehas introduced robust and sustainableapplication case managementprocedures.

n Admin support for the enforcementservice and a dedicated officer toinvestigate HMO (houses with multipleoccupation) complaints.

n Re-structure of the planning team.n Introduction of new ways of

prioritising applications to ensure thatthey are determined in a timely fashionand introduction of agreed extensions oftime to allow time for negotiations.

n Commissioning of a full peer reviewby the Local Government Association’sPlanning Advisory Service (PAS). Thiswas carried out in March and involvedofficers, councillors and stakeholders.The report raised a number of keyrecommendations, some of which werealready underway. An interim head ofplanning has been in place since Apriland his primary task is to oversee thePAS Report recommendations. I meethim weekly for progress updates.

n A project to upgrade the ITservice that was started by the GreenAdministration had been shelved.We put that back as a top priority lastyear and the new system goes live inSeptember. This will bring about afundamental change to the way theofficers work and will streamline all ofthe processes involved in delivery of thedevelopment management service.

n Planning committee takes up a lotof officer time. Now that the committeesare monthly rather than every threeweeks, officers can balance their caseloads and output more efficiently.

Alongside the implementation ofthese measures, the process for City PlanPart 2 has begun. Staff are also preparingto move back to Hove Town Hall and theintroduction of flexible working. Despiteall the pressures and changes, staffmorale is excellent and I am very proudof the way they have pulled together inwhat has been a very difficult period.

Cllrs Nemeth and Wares seem to thinkthat the Conservative group has ‘addedweight’ to bringing about these changes,but as you can see I firmly disagree.


I t has certainly been and eventfulcouple of weeks. For most of lastweek I was in Bournemouth at theLocal Government Association,where representatives fromcouncils across the country

gathered to discuss the issues common tous all. I was able to hear from the newlyelected Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees, andchat to the former leader of Plymouth, twocities with whom Brighton and Hove has agreat deal in common.

I attended a meeting of the Key Citiesgroup, of which we are a member,representing cities like ours withpopulations of around 250,000, whichheard about the work of the InclusiveGrowth Foundation. Chaired byStephanie Flanders, it will look at howall communities and regions can sharein the benefits of growth, and aim we arepursuing here in the city.

I talked to the Leader of the LGALabour Group Cllr Nick Forbes, wholeads Newcastle City Council, aboutthe challenges we face, and I waselected to the LGA Labour Executive torepresent colleagues from across theSouth East. Steve Reed MP spoke on the

need to strengthen and empower localcommunities (as I set out in my column lastweek), and outgoing Secretary of State forLocal Government Greg Clark gave a goodspeech on the need for solidarity againsthate crime and discrimination followingthe EU Referendum.

While in Bournemouth the chiefexecutive and I liaised with the othertwo group leaders to put out a message

reassuring the city that market turbulencefollowing the Brexit vote would not harmmajor projects particularly our Waterfrontscheme with Standard Life to create a newarena and extended shopping centre.

Back to Brighton and Hove this week andI have been busy meeting with the localCitizens Advice Bureau about how theyand the city council can work more closelytogether, and the Federation of SmallBusinesses on supporting and growing ourvital SMEs in the city. The general secretaryof the Co-operative Party paid a visit totalk about how mutual solutions and co-operative principles can help in designingbetter local services.

Our neighbourhoods, communities andequalities committee approved our strategyto tackle rough sleeping, as well as receivingthe report of the Fairness Commission,both of which we will crack on with overthe summer. Our health and wellbeingboard approved plans to allow our city’scare home sector to become a BrightonLiving Wage employer, in line with Unison’sEthical Care Charter.

Behind the scenes we are focusingon how we can help put pressure on thegovernment to improve the rail service

to London. We are bringing a motionto Full Council next week, and I’msupporting Chuka Umunna’s CommonsBill to strip GTR (Govia Thameslink Rail)of the Southern/Thameslink franchise.Some form of co-operative, or control byTransport for London are both appealingsolutions, but there is no doubt urgentchange is needed for the good of commutersand our economy.

In our newly renamed policy, resourcesand growth committee this week we votedon the plans to restore our iconic MadeiraTerraces, including the bid for £4 millionfrom the Coastal Communities Fund,plans to protect our seafront and parksfrom anti-social behaviour, and approvedfunds to replace our ageing parking meterswith ones that take payment by card orcontactless phone/card transactions tomake it easier to pay.

Despite changes and challenges, aturbulent political situation and muchuncertainty, please be assured that we areleading the council as we have done for thepast year, putting residents and the cityfirst, and jobs, homes and economic growthat the heart of what we do. We will continueto do that in the weeks and months ahead.

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The new Prime Minister Theresa May must keep her word when she says ‘when it comes toopportunity we won’t entrench the advantages of the fortunate few’

PhelimMacCafferty

We need a newapproach for afairer society

Convenor of theGreen group

A s the Prime Ministermoves into 10 DowningStreet without a mandateon the nature of the UKpost-Brexit, the nation’sinterest is focused on

what happens next and it’s all too easyto notice little else. A lot has beenhappening when the cameras havestopped filming in Westminster:

The Association of Directors of AdultSocial Services revealed on Wednesdaythat councils need almost a billionpounds more (£940m) to keep social careoperating at the same level as last year.We are at a tipping point with social care,so when the new Prime Minister says‘when it comes to opportunity we won’tentrench the advantages of the fortunatefew’, we expect her to keep to her word.Despite the valiant efforts of many,cumulative cuts to the council’s budgetcontinue to harm some of our mostvulnerable people in our city.

A fortnight ago the United NationsCommittee on Economic, Social andCultural Rights expressed ‘seriousconcerns’ about the Conservativegovernment’s austerity measures andgrowing inequality in the UK. The UNstates that the UK has to conduct areview of the impact of cuts on disabledpeople, women and younger people.

The devastating impacts of austeritycontinue. The Child Poverty ActionGroup last month reported that thenumber of children living in povertygrew by 200,000 in the last year. Thatmeans that in the sixth richest countryin the world, four million children livebelow the breadline.

On the environment, the government’srecord fares no better. Tuesday’sreport from the Committee on ClimateChange found that the government is

unprepared to deal with the effects ofclimate change. Despite the floods thathit our country over Christmas, thisreport predicts that global warming willhit the UK with heatwaves, flooding andwater shortages.

And finally, at local governmentlevel, this week the Local GovernmentAssociation published a reportdocumenting an annual shortage innational house building of 90,000-120,000 homes.

What has become obvious over thelast few weeks is that those governingdon’t actually have a plan when whatwe desperately need is a vision foran alternative society. A plan wherewe alleviate climate change, andbattle inequality and corporate greedsimultaneously. The vision is called aGreen New Deal.

At a national level the GreenNew Deal works by re-regulatingthe financial industry to distributefunding more fairly, grow investmentin renewable energies, build tens ofthousands of energy efficient homes;strengthen sustainable industries andinfrastructure.

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Set in 1893, get ready for awonderful bit of historicalfiction.When Cora Seaborne’shusband dies, she steps intoher new life as a widow withas much relief as sadness: hermarriage was not a happy one,and she never suited the roleof society wife.Accompanied by her sonFrancis – a curious, obsessiveboy – she leaves town for Essex, where she hopesfresh air and open space will provide the refugethey need. When they take lodgings in Colchester,rumours reach them from further up the estuarythat the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roamthe marshes claiming human lives, has returned tothe coastal parish of Aldwinter.Cora, a keen amateur naturalist with no patiencefor religion or superstition, is immediatelyenthralled, convinced that what the local peoplethink is a magical beast may be a previouslyundiscovered species.As she sets out on its trail, she is introduced toWilliam Ransome, Aldwinter’s vicar.Like Cora, Will is deeply suspicious of the rumours,but he thinks they are founded on moral panic, aflight from real faith.As he tries to calm his parishioners, he and Corastrike up an intense relationship, and althoughthey agree on absolutely nothing, they findthemselves inexorably drawn together and tornapart, eventually changing each others lives in waysentirely unexpected.

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Junction, London to Haywards Heath;September 21 1841: the final section fromHaywards Heath to Brighton.

1940 | Monday, July 15The first air raid of World War II flew overthe two towns. The last was on March22 1944 and during the conflict therewere 1,058 siren warnings and 685 local

alarms. A total of 56 air raids took place,381 high-explosive bombs were droppedand incendiary bombs too numerous totally. Civilian casualties were as follows;198 fatalities, 357 seriously injured, and 433slightly injured. Over 5,000 houses weredamaged with 200 completely destroyed.Kemp Town, south Whitehawk and aroundthe Old Steine incurred the worst of theGermans’ wrath.

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of etiquette. Between the 1760s, when thefirst was appointed, and 1855, when the lastdied, there were only three.

Brighton’s first Master of Ceremonies,Captain William Wade (he had abandoneda military career when he married anheiress) had previously held the position atBath.

Described as tall, handsome and refined,he was known there as “the Bath Adonis”and was painted by Gainsborough, butresigned after involvement in a divorcescandal.

He transferred to Brighton, where hehad already officiated part-time, and heldsway for more than 30 years, enforcing thecodes of behaviour his predecessor BeauNash had established at Bath. “Motherswith marriageable daughters were anxiousto stand in his good graces,” says historianJ.G.Bishop; “the unprotected maiden ofuncertain age, the lone dowager, reluctantto relinquish her waning opportunities of

shining in society, each sheltered herselfunder his aegis; portionless sons, or it maybe needy adventurers, seeking prizes in thematrimonial market, assiduously soughthis favour.”

Residing at 53 East Street, he oversawthe weekly balls in season at the Castle andthe Old Ship, as well as card assembliesand promenades. At a ball in October 1782,

he had to intervene diplomatically whenthings became heated between SamuelJohnson and the vicar, Henry Michell.

Increasingly authoritarian, Wade wouldpost orders and prohibitions, such as one inJuly 1787 forbidding foot races, fights or ballgames on the Steine (the very next week,as if to spite him, a “grand foot race” wasadvertised there). In return for his duties,he did very nicely, since every visitor had onarrival to pay a guinea to register with him,while some of the balls were designatedexpressly for his benefit. According toa newspaper report of 1796: “Mr Wade’sbenefit ball, on Friday last, they say, nettedhim a clear £500, a convincing proof that wemust teem with fashion, taste and spirit.”

When Wade died in 1808, William Forthwas elected to replace him – “but howdifferent was his status from that of hispredecessor,” observes Bishop. The Ship,refusing to recognise him, appointed theirown M.C., then a third M.C. took over thenew West Cliff assembly rooms. Forth,about whom little seems to be known,struggled on for 20 years, before resigningin 1828.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Eld, ourlast M.C., is described by Bishop as “an

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Sydney Smith memorably followedEld one day. “He pointed out his toes likea dancing- master, but carried his headlike a potentate. As he passed the stand offlys, he nodded approval, as if he ownedthem all. As he approached the little goatcarriages, he looked askance over the edgeof his starched neckcloth and blandlysmiled encouragement. Sure that infollowing him I was treading in the steps ofgreatness, I went onto the pier, and thereI was confirmed in my conviction of hiseminence; for I observed him first lookover the right side, and then over the left,with an expression of serene satisfactionspreading over his countenance, whichsaid, as plainly as if he had spoken to thesea aloud, ‘That is right. You are low-tideat present; but never mind, in a couple ofhours I shall make you high-tide again.’”

William Wade, Brighton’s first Master of Ceremonies

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The ceremony took placeat the Pangdean Old Barn inPyecombe and was hosted bythe charity’s president, the RtHon Lord Egremont.

The awards recogniseand reward high-quality

conservation, restorationand good design of newly-built projects, as well asencouraging the use oftraditional skills and crafts.

There were 20 awardsand 14 highly commendedannounced this year at thesold-out awards luncheon.

Brighton and HoveProgressive Synagogue tookhome the Ecclesiasticalaward after its recentredevelopment, and MelHowse’s Friese Greene House

in Portland Road was handedtwo awards - one for BuildingCraft,and anotherintheLargeScale Residential category.

Other winners in the cityincluded: The Level, Brighton;the Music School, BrightonCollege, Brighton; 39/40Arundel Place, Brighton; andGrantham Road, Brighton.

One highly commendedproject in the small-scaleresidential category was anew four-bedroom familyhome in Old Fort Road,

Shoreham Beach. The judgesnoted that the “fun seasidearchitecture matched theclients’ requirements of beachlifestyle living on a restrictedbudget’.

Dr John Godfrey, SussexHeritage Trust chairman,said: “These awards really areabout excellence and highquality. Buildings and gardenshave to be the very best to wina hand-crafted slate plaque,designed for display on or atthe winning site.”

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The judges noted that the ‘fun seaside architecture matched the clients’ requirementShoreham Beach

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The restoration of Mockford, a 16th-century listed building in ParkminsterThe Music School at Brighton College won a Public and Community awardat the Sussex Heritage Trust ceremony

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BUILDING CRAFTWinner:Mel Howse, glass installa-tion Successions of Light,Friese Greene House,Hove

COMMERCIALHighly Commended:Old Stone House, EastGrinstead

ECCLESIASTICALWinner:Brighton and Hove Pro-gressive Synagogue, HoveHighly Commended:St Mary the Virgin Churchof England Church, East-bourne

LANDSCAPE ANDGARDENSWinner:The Sheep House, BredeHighly Commended:Landscape Water Garden,St Mary’s House, Bramber

PUBLIC ANDCOMMUNITYWinners:The Level, BrightonMusic School, BrightonCollege, BrightonUTC @ HarboursideNewhavenBarns Green PrimarySchool, Barns GreenLanguage and ResourceCentre Building, Christ’sHospital School, HorshamHighly Commended:Big Parks Project, Peace-havenThe Congress Theatre,EastbourneThe Edwardian Building,Chichester

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LARGE SCALERESIDENTIALWinners:King Edward VII Estate,MidhurstFriese Greene House,Hove

MID SCALE RESIDENTIALWinners:53 Cinque Ports Street,RyeCourtlea, PetworthFormer Chichester Dis-trict MuseumHighly Commended:39/40 Arundel Place,Brighton

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A local music entrepreneurwho made it to the semi-finalsof a national competition formusic business professionalsplans to discover and developmusicians through videocontent.

Harriet Jordan-Wrench,31, from Brighton, beatthousands of entrants tomake it through to thefinal 40 of the Virgin MediaBusiness VOOM competition.And thanks to this platformand support from Good Storycharity, is now looking to takeher business to the next stageof growth.

After previously workingwith top industry namesincluding Ed Sheeran andJessie J, Harriet launchedSecret Sessions on YouTubefive years ago, giving filmingopportunities to upcomingartists.

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Two years ago, Harrietapproached Good Story,a Suffolk based charitythat helps ambitiousentrepreneurs with fundingand mentoring.

After receiving investmentto launch a new website,Harriet launched ArtistAccelerator this month -allowing artists to uploadcontent and interact directlywith fans. Artists also havethe chance to win investmentfrom brands including TheHospital Club.

The entrepreneurparticipated in RichardBranson’s VOOM competitionearlier this month which sawher fight off thousands ofpeople to make it to the final40. The process includedpitches, a public vote and a29-hour Pitchathon to findBritain’s brightest business.

Harriet, who has alreadybeenapproachedbyanumber

of investors during theprocess, saying: “Becominga semi-finalist has reallybenefited my business as ithas been a great experienceto work through the structureof putting a five-year businessforecast together.”

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“Everyone at Good Storyis incredibly proud not onlyof Harriet, but also how wehave helped her take SecretSessions from an idea in herhead to the current website.We think big things lieahead for Secret Sessions asHarriet is really passionateabout supporting upcomingmusical talent. We aredelighted that our charitycould be a part of Harriet’sjourney too.”

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Caroline Lucas, MP forBrighton Pavilion, met someof the most unique businessesin Brighton when she visitedFIELD at Preston Barracks.

The refurbished formerTerritorial Army buildingis home to eight start-upsthat won residency thereagainst stiff competition,representing some of thebest creative ‘maker’ talentin the city, in a project fundedby the Coast 2 Capital LocalEnterprise Partnership,created and managed by U+IPlc.

Ms Lucas called in on TheBug Boys, a sustainable foodmanufacturer, innovatingthe farming of edible insects;Play Talk Learn, an educationtech company developingchildren’s toys that bringmathematical patterns tolife; and Intrepid Camera,producers of handmadewooden film cameras thatcombine traditional craft anddigital fabrication.

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Motion, an engineeringgroup revolutionising theproduction of electricmotorbikes; and Makerclub,which creates robotic kits forinventors of all ages.

Ms Lucas said: “These arethe businesses creating thenew products and businessmodels that will change theway we live in years to come.”

Shaping the city’s future

with Sarah Springford,Director of Brighton Chamber

I f there’s one thing thatunites the residents of ourcity, it’s caring about thefuture of Brighton and Hove.

What that future – andour city – may look like

is possibly a little less united,with hundreds if not thousands ofdifferent ideas, opinions, hopes,designs and ambitions.

Much of that future, in terms ofthe built environment, lies withBrighton and Hove City Council,who have to listen to those myriadopinions and try to shape a strategythat takes account of competingneeds and desires.

They have to think about theneed for housing but balance it withthe shortage of workspaces, or theambitions of our two universities togrow and expand balanced with the

general populations ambivalent (atbest) views on living cheek by jowlwith yet more students.

The latest Construction Voiceevent (organised jointly by TheBrighton and Hove Chamber ofCommerce and event partnersHaydon Consulting, Graves

Jenkins and Robinson LowFrancis) played host to the unveilingby the City Council of City PlanPart 2 – the latest part of a majordocument that will map out thefuture city and the city’s future up to2030 and possibly beyond.

Part 2 will involve some of thehardest decisions for the counciland all local stakeholders as this partof the plan looks at site allocationsand development managementpolicies, i.e. determining what getsbuilt – and where.

For example, we’ve got to findspace for 13,200 new homes in thecity and spaces for the additionalresidents to work and study.

A key discussion topic at theevent was whether the plan woulddeliver the amount of workspace tomeet the requirements of a growingeconomy and identify sufficientland for this purpose.

If not, both employers andworkers would be obliged to leavethe city as they grew.

We asked whether land owned bythe council could be better used andutilised and whether there shouldbe a bid to make coordinated andstrategic use of all public assets inthe city region.

For the full summary see www.businessinbrighton.org.uk/events/construction-voice

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A devious methodfor uncoveringa woman’s killer

Ben Nealon (in the leather jacket) stars in Rehearsal For Murder

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After a decade promoting theQueen of Crime’s theatricaloutput, The Agatha ChristieTheatre Company turns intoThe Classic Thriller TheatreCompany, offering RehearsalFor Murder as its firstproduction.

The tour takes inBrighton’s Theatre Royal untilSaturday, July 16.

Having appeared in eightout of nine Agatha Christieproductions, Ben Nealon(Soldier, Soldier) slipsseamlessly into the newcompany.

In a sense, it’s a case of jobdone as regards Christie,Ben believes: “Producer BillKenwright had the rights andthen the rights expired andso he has carried on in thesame vein, with more murdermystery.

“I think the joy of AgathaChristie was that she wasso incredibly underrated.(Agatha Christie TheatreCompany artistic director)Joe Harmston used to saythat the Agatha Christiesweren’t so much ‘whodunits’as ‘whydunits’. She gives youreally 3D characters, andyou are trying to understand

what is it that pushes thesepeople to kill, just trying towork out why. This one nowis much more of a ‘whodunit’,and it’s a different pleasure,the joy of trying to work outwho the hell the killer is. Theway the killer is revealed isbeautifully done.”

Playwright Alex Dennisonis left heartbroken whenhis fiancée and leading ladyMonica Welles is found deadfrom an apparent suicideafter the opening night ofher stage debut. On theanniversary of that ill-fatednight, Alex assembles thesame cast and crew for areading of his new play.

But as the readingprogresses, the play’ssimilarity to actual eventsbecomes increasinglyuncomfortable for theparticipants. Alex believesMonica was murdered andhis new play is a deviousattempt to uncover her killer.

“I am playing the juvenilelead, even after all theseyears!” Ben says. “He is ayoung actor who was lookingfor his great break but theplay flopped on its openingnight. In the interim, he reallyhas not had much work atall while his girlfriend hasbecome very successful, andthen they are thrust backtogether again, and there is a

lot of nastiness with that.“It is safe to say that I am

one of the chief suspects. Itlooks like I could be the killer,but everyone has got a verygood motive…”

As for Christie, Ben feelsshe is perhaps now betterregarded as a dramatist,as a result of the theatrecompany’s ten-year span:“She is the country’s mostsuccessful female playwrightand maybe the mostsuccessful playwright everwith the exception of WilliamShakespeare.”

“I ended up doing eight outof the nine productions thatthe company did, and I thinkinevitably some are strongerthan others, but year afteryear, the audiences built andbuilt. When we did the firstone, The Hollow, people wereperhaps not quite sure whatthey were coming to, but aswe developed, the audiencejust got bigger and biggerand the tours got longer andlonger and before we knew itwe were doing a whole yearand selling out lots of venues.

“The Mousetrap has sincegone on tour all over thecountry, and I think one ofthe reasons it has done sowell was as a result of theAgatha Christie TheatreCompany.”

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Regarded as one of the oneof the most ground-breakingindie-acoustic musicians inSouth Africa today, ElandGray is currently betweencountries.

Eland, who plays the RialtoTheatre in Brighton on Friday,July 15, says his most recenthome was Spain, but SouthAfrica might reclaim him yet.

“I am from Durbanoriginally, but I moved to CapeTown about nine or ten yearsago and started doing a lot ofmusic there and then startedtouring around the countryand then doing the biggerfestivals. I developed a bit of aname for myself.

“My wife is Spanish. Wemarried in 2010, and we dida small tour in Europe in2012. We played eight showsin a few countries and thengot back to South Africa for acouple of years, carrying ondoing festivals and shows, but

a year and a half ago we hadto leave the country becauseSouth Africa created thesereally bizarre visa laws, and along story short, my wife hadto leave South Africa to sortout her visa and they wouldnot give a visa to our baby boy.I thought ‘Why don’t we takethis chance to go to Europe?’

“Spain is our most recenthome, and we will go backthere after this tour but thenwe will think about goingback to South Africa eithersemi-permanently or at leastfor a very long visit. We arejust weighing it up. We arebalancing the choice betweenCape Town and Barcelona.

“My wife was in Cape Townfor almost ten years, and Iwas in South Africa all my life.We have lots of friends there,people that know us. We caneasily click back in there andwork. My wife was makingporcelain there and had quitea good career, and also SouthAfrica is super-beautiful.

“The cons are that SouthAfrica is obviously not thesafest place to be. They say

that South Africans live inthis sub-conscious state ofpermanent fear, lookingover their shoulder, alwaysworried about being secure,not walking down darkalleys. But it is not like everyneighbourhood is a war zone.”

All the family have had carsstolen, though returned 90percent of the time. Elandknows plenty of people thathave been burgled too. But onthe other hand, he says theclosest he has come to beingmugged was in Berlin.

“You have just got to weighit all up. You have got tocompromise. I have enjoyedthe safe environment of beingin Spain, of being able to walkback at 2am or 4am and besafe, that there are childrenand grannies out, that you canleave your bike and expect itto be there, that people don’tbother to lock their houses.But there are so many greatthings about South Africa aswell.”

As for the music, Elandstudied classical guitar onand off at high school before

going on to study jazz, doing amusic degree at Durban: “Andthen after that in Cape Town, Ihad an acoustic guitar career.I take a lot of elements of allthat, and also improvising ispart of what I do.”

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ALSOATTHERIALTOThe oldest surviving memberof the Dad’s Army TV series iscoming to The Rialto.

Frank Williams offers aunique glimpse behind thescenes in More Tea Vicar?which is at the venue onSaturday, July 16 (3pm).

He will provide storiesabout the celebrated TV andfilm casts of Dad’s Army, aswell as a host of other TVclassics, including EmergencyWard 10, All Gas & Gaiters,Morecambe & Wise and TheTwo Ronnies.

Frank will be interviewed byauthor Chris Gidney for thisafternoon of nostalgia.

Tickets cost £14.50 (£12.50concessions).

Ex-Chief Superintendentwrites about city’s real crimeBooks

Debut author and ex-Chief Superintendent forBrighton and Hove, GrahamBartlett has teamed up withinternationally-bestsellingcrime novelist Peter Jamesto reveal the true crimestories behind James’ RoyGrace crime series.

One of the youngestto head the BrightonPolice Force, uniquelyhaving served in everyrank, Graham brings hisexperience to the book DeathComes Knocking: PolicingRoy Grace’s Brighton,published by Macmillan thismonth (£7.99).

Once known as the crimecapital of Britain, Brightonhas provided some shockingcases. Graham has facedeverything from drug ringsto mass-murders in his risethrough the ranks.

While writing DeathComes Knocking, Grahamtook the unusual step ofvisiting some of those he hadlocked away.

From dangerous careercriminals to the almostcomical slip-ups of amateursto the initiation of life-changing policy, Graham willreveal all.

Graham Bartlett and PeterJames offer an account of the

city’s most challenging cases,taking the reader from crimescenes and incident roomsto the morgue, introducingreal-life detectives whoinspired Peter James’scharacters.

As Peter says: “Mostpeople say that when theCold War ended, crimewriting became moreprominent than thrillers.But I think we have alwaysbeen fascinated by crimewriting because it looks at ascary world. The thing with acrime novel is that you havea detective who will leadyou through the horror. Youare entering a world that ismirroring the world we live

in, but there is a steeringhand there and the world ishopefully a slightly-betterplace at the end of it. It’s a bitlike going on a ghost train!

“But there is a secondlevel. Part of what makesgood detection in a crimenovel is that it is a puzzle.Good detection is basicallygood puzzle-solving, anda lot of people enjoy thechallenge of reading that. Butby far the most importantreason is that people like tobe entertained and equally tolearn about the world.

“I think that the police arethe glue that holds civilisedcountries together.”

Peter aims for totalaccuracy in his depiction ofthe way in which the policework.

“To most readers of crimefiction, it does not matterprovided you are tellinga good story with goodcharacters. But to me, itmatters a lot.

“I have a lot of readerswho are police officersthemselves. When I amwriting I want to think thatwhen a police officer readsit, he won’t say ‘this idiothas got it wrong!’ Mostpolice officers won’t watchcrime on TV because theirwives get fed up with themscreaming at the set!”


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GIGSELAND GRAY: £12.50 (£10 conces-sions), 8pm, Rialto Theatre, DykeRoad, 01273 725230. Eland Grayis one of the most celebrated andground-breaking indie-acousticmusicians in South Africa today.See page 35.

STAGELOVE AND INFORMATION: ByCaryl Churchill, directed by KirstyElmer, 7.45pm, until July 23 (2.30pm

matinee on July 17), £9, NewVenture Theatre, Bedford Place,Brighton, 01273 476118. A show ex-ploring the private as well as publicconsequences of living in the digitalage, where access to information isboth instant and changeable.REHEARSAL FOR MURDER:£18.15-£39.40, 7.45pm until July 16(Thurs/Sat mat 2.30pm), TheatreRoyal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650.Playwright Alex Dennison isheartbroken when his fiancée andleading lady Monica Welles is founddead from an apparent suicide.On the anniversary of her death,Alex assembles the same cast andcrew in the same theatre, for areading of his new play. But as thereading begins, it becomes clearthat Alex believes that Monica wasmurdered.

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STAGEATCL DIPLOMA IN ACTING SHOW-CASE 2016: 8pm (7.15pm), The OldMarket, 01273 201801. A showcasefeaturing the best and brightest of

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GIGSJAM BRIGHTON LIVE: £3, 2.30pmLatest MusicBar, 14-17 ManchesterStreet, Brighton (01273) 687171. A

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STAGECHAPLIN: £12.50-£15.40, 7.45pm,Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 8717650. The Charlie Chaplin Story.Bryan Hodgson stars as CharlieChaplin in a heart-warming and hi-larious musical about the first trueBritish icon of cinema. He is joinedonstage by Steven Arnold (AshleyPeacock in Coronation Street),Rachael Wood (Emmerdale), HelenaGullan (Once, London’s West End)and a cast of West End actor-musicians who play more than 20instruments live onstage.

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GIGSMAL WEBB: £7-£8, 7.30pm, Latest

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STAGELET IT BE: £25.65, 7.45pm until July23 (Thurs/Sat mat 2.30pm) TheatreRoyal, Brighton 0844 871 7650. TheInternational hit show celebratesthe music of The Beatles.

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COMEDYJASPER CROMWELL-JONES ANDMATT GREEN: £8, 7.30pm, Komedia,44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton,0845 293 8480. Edinburgh Previewdouble bill.

STAGEHAPPILY NEVER AFTER: £8,7.45pm, 88 London Road, Brighton(formerly The Emporium) www.emporiumbrighton.com A dark andtwisted musical tale by The May-days, inspired by the warped imagi-nations of film director Tim Burton(The Nightmare Before Christmas,

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COMEDYSTAND UP AND SLAM: £5-£8, 8pmKomedia, 44-47 Gardner Street,Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Stand-upcomedy and poetry.

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COMEDYEDINBURGH PREVIEW: £8,7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 GardnerStreet, Brighton, 0845 293 8480.Triple bill. George Lewis, Tom Lucyand Maggie Thatcher’s Game Show.

GIGSEASY STAR ALL-STARS: £17.50,7.30pm, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive,01273 673311. Easy Star All-Stars re-turn to Europe this summer to playa number of shows and festivalscelebrating the 10th anniversaryof their iconic album Radiodread– the reggae/dub reworking of

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O n the week of theSummer Solstice,signalling the officialstart of British Summertime, and GlastonburyFestival what better time

to enjoy a taste of the Mediterranean inBrighton.

The Olive Grove is an oasis of summergoodness in the heart of The Lanessituated on the site that used to be YumYum Ninja.

I strolled in on a day which hadsteadily started to take a turn for theworst but took a seat in the courtyard toenjoy a beer whist waiting for my friend– a number of others had chosen to dothe same.

The team behind The Olive Grovetook over in September havingpreviously run Vinopolis in London.

The style is Mediterranean and so amix of Italian, Spanish and Greek foodand focuses on the simple fresh dishesthat those countries are known for.

They have done a really great jobtransforming the site into a pleasantplace to be. I sit and sip my beerand I really feel as though I could besomewhere in Spain or similar – evenmore authentic as I am surrounded byEnglish speaking people.

My friend arrives and we decide todine al fresco – there might be a fewclouds and a faint rumble of thunderbut that’s not going to deter us – and arebrought a selection of dishes to enjoy.

I start with a Kolokithokeftedes whichis a courgette and feta fritter which islight, crisp and delightful.

This is followed by some potatoballs with anchovy – sort of likesavoury zeppole or pallotte – which aresurprisingly light.

The thunder is getting slightly moreregular at this point and it is spitting alittle so we put up our umbrella.

We then tuck into two types ofbruschetta starting with a classictomato, basil and garlic followed byParma ham and artichoke.

The artichoke is the better of the twobut I enjoy both and the combinationof sweet basil and tomato is a classic. Atthis point all hell breaks loose and weare in the middle of a storm of Biblicalproportions – perhaps time to go inside.

We are presented with some friedcheese called Mastelo from the Greekisland of Chios.

It is similar to a mild and less rubberyhalloumi and better in my opinion as aresult.

Next up are stuffed mushrooms withfeta and a balsamic glaze which arenicely balanced and the right side ofjuicy with a little bite.

Chef then prepares a dish of gambasand squid ink risotto followed by agriddled squid salad.

As my friend doesn’t eat shellfish it isup to me to eat both.

The risotto is wonderfully simple andthe prawns are equally straight forward.It is a dish of simple pleasures that hasbeen prepared with skill.

The squid salad is equally humbleand yet delivers meaty chunks of fleshwith a hint of barbecue smoke that isreminiscent of a meal I had by the sea inCroatia.

I’m starting to fill up, the rain isceasing a little and we have a chat withthe owner Alex.

He tells us a little about the history ofthe restaurant and their aim of bringingMediterranean food to the people ofBrighton.

He pours us a shot of Mastiha whichis a Greek spirit produced form the resinof Mastiha trees – hence the name. Ithas a really earthy and yet sweet flavourand puts Ouzo to shame for ever havingbecome so popular.

We finish our Mediterraneanadventure with a dessert platter oftiramisu, baklava and a Greek yoghurtmousse.

It is a fantastic end to the meal andI particularly enjoy the coffee-richtiramisu and the light and refreshingmousse.

The rain has pretty much stoppednow – so much for the start of summer.

The Olive Grove is a fantastic additionto Brighton’s food landscape. They arenot out to produce over the top “wow”food as that would not fit with theconcept.

Instead they offer the diner a littleescapism. I walked away with a smile onmy face after enjoying a meal of simple,fresh and light food.

It would be the perfect spot to stop offfor a sunny tapas lunch in the courtyardor evening meal with a glass or two ofwine.

If the weather does let you down theinterior is very nice too.

Tapas dishes range from £2.90 upto £5.90 with mains around £10 and atasting menu for £19.90 per head.

The Olive Grove15-18 Meeting House Lane, Brightonwww.olivegrove-brighton.co.uk

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

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NOTICE is hereby given that Brighton & Hove City Council (“the Council”)proposes to make the above named Order under the relevant sections of theRoad Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, which if it comes into force willintroduce the following changes:

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PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) REGULATIONS 1990The following applications involving or affecting the setting of Listed Buildings or affecting the character of aConservation Area were registered during week ending 08/07/2016:

BH2016/0216633 Mighell Street and 70a Carlton Hill Brighton Removalor Variation of Condition – Application for variation ofconditions 8, 9, 20 and 21 of application BH2012/04086(Demolition of existing garage and flint wall. Rebuildingof flint wall and construction of new part five and partfour storey building comprising of office space on thelower ground floor and part of ground floor and 9noflats on the ground, first, second and third floors andassociated works) to require the development to meetthe current standards for energy and water.

BH2016/022937A Leicester Villas Hove Householder Planning Consent– Erection of single storey rear extension with associatedworks.

BH2016/02183Flat 4 8 Grand Avenue Hove Full Planning – Creation ofenlarged terraced area to rear with new fencing andinsertion of flue to south elevation.

BH2016/02184Flat 4 8 Grand Avenue Hove Listed Building Consent –Internal alterations to flat. Creation of enlarged terracedarea to rear with new fencing and insertion of 2noextractor fans to South elevation.

BH2016/02208 & BH2016/022093 Kings Mews Hove Householder Planning Consent &Listed Building Consent – Installation of vent to the rear.

BH2016/02116Flat 2 30 Brunswick Terrace Hove Listed BuildingConsent – Installation of gas central heatingincorporating internal pipe work and flue.

BH2016/02312 & BH2016/023136A Brunswick Terrace Hove Householder PlanningConsent & Listed Building Consent – Erection ofextension to basement level, alterations to existingrailing, insertion of gate, opening in existing wall andcreation of access stair.

BH2016/0219415 Clifton Terrace Brighton Listed Building Consent –Internal and external alterations including alterations tolayout, installation of rear rooflight and lantern rooflightto flat roof and rebuilding of existing front dormer.

BH2016/0227112 Montpelier Crescent Brighton Listed BuildingConsent – Internal alterations to ground floor .Replacement of existing single storey rear extensionwith new single storey extension with bifoldingdoors,installation of balustrade and associated works.

BH2016/02302Basement Flat 38 Osborne Villas Hove HouseholderPlanning Consent – Erection of single storey rearextension.

BH2016/02161Flat 5 Fitzharding House 84-85 Marine Parade BrightonListed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layoutof flat including replacement of 3no existing steelwindows with timber windows.

BH2016/02277Car Park At 18-19 Manchester Street Brighton FullPlanning – Erection of replacement fencing.

BH2016/0234774 St Georges Road Brighton Householder PlanningConsent – Replacement of existing UPVC window andfrench doors with timber window and french doors torear at basement level.

BH2016/02466Sussex House 1 Abbey Road Brighton TelecommunicationApparatus – Installation of telecommunicationsequipment on roof incorporating 3no antennas,replacement of existing equipment cabinet with newequipment cabinet and associated works.

BH2016/0217750 Goldstone Villas Hove Full Planning and Demolition ina Conservation Area – Demolition of existing garages anderection of 1no two storey, two bedroom dwelling (C3)with off street parking accessed from Livingstone Road.

BH2016/02165The Bungalow 11 Hangleton Lane Hove HouseholderPlanning Consent – Alterations to boundary wall atnorth and west elevations.

BH2016/02033Flat 3 The Chambers 16 Ship Street Gardens BrightonListed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layoutof flat and installation of 2no light tunnels to flat roof.

BH2016/02035Flat 3 The Chambers 16 Ship Street Gardens BrightonHouseholder Planning Consent – Installation of 2nolight tunnels to flat roof.

BH2016/0219742 East Street Brighton Listed Building Consent –Installation of externally-illuminated and non-illuminatedsigns to front and side elevations. Internal alterations tolayout and installation of HVAC system.

BH2016/0229049 West Street Brighton Advertisement – Display ofinternally-illuminated fascia sign and hanging sign andnon-illuminated vinyl logo signs.

BH2016/02238Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts GardnerCentre Road University of Sussex Falmer Brighton ListedBuilding Consent – Installation of cable tension systemand low level kicker/cable box to internal balustradingat second floor level.

BH2016/02384Ewanrigg House 22 Pembroke Crescent HoveHouseholder Planning Consent – Erection of singlestorey rear extension.

BH2016/0233716 Chester Terrace Brighton Householder PlanningConsent – Installation of 1no rooflight to front elevationand 2no rooflights to rear elevation.

BH2016/0235518 Chester Terrace Brighton Householder PlanningConsent – Replacement of existing UPVC windows withtimber sliding sash windows to front.

BH2016/02367193 Havelock Road Brighton Full Planning – Alterationsto existing storage area including re-roofing from felt tosedum, replacement of existing door with timber sashwindow and cladding and other associated works.

BH2016/023651 Preston Village Mews Middle Road BrightonHouseholder Planning Consent – Conversion of existinggarage into habitable living space, replacement ofgarage door with window and existing french doorswith window to rear and installation of window to side.

BH2016/02251Flat 4 146 Kings Road Brighton Listed Building Consent– Internal alterations to layout of flat.

BH2016/02261 & BH2016/0226235 Russell Square Brighton & 9 St Margarets PlaceBrighton Full Planning & Listed Building Consent –Demolition of existing building and erection of 1no parttwo, part three storey dwelling (C3).

BH2016/02379Royal Pavilion Pavilion Buildings Brighton Full Planning– Temporary ice rink on Royal Pavilion Eastern Lawnsannually during winter months. Structure to includeancillary buildings for a restaurant, cafe, toilet facilities,skate hire, learners ice rink and associated plant andlighting.

BH2016/02356Flat 2 25 Guildford Road Brighton Householder PlanningConsent – Erection of conservatory to rear.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990(as amended)

Town and Country Planning (DevelopmentManagement Procedure) (England) Order 2015

NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13

BH2016/02323Proposed development at: 9 -16 Aldrington Basin/LandSouth of Kingsway Basin Road North PortsladeI give notice that Harbour View Developments (Sussex)Ltd is applying to Brighton & Hove City Council forplanning permission for: Application for variation ofcondition 37 of application BH2015/04481 to allow forcontaminated land site investigations to be carried outand approved in a phased manner.

BH2016/02379Proposed development at: Royal Pavilion PavilionBuildings BrightonI give notice that Laine Ltd are applying to Brighton &Hove City Council for planning permission for:Temporary ice rink on Royal Pavilion Eastern Lawnsannually during winter months. Structure to includeancillary buildings for a restaurant, cafe, toilet facilities,skate hire, learners ice rink and associated plant andlighting.You can view the application on the Council websitewww.brighton-hove.gov.uk/planning applications. Anyrepresentations should be made in writing tothe Planning and Building Control ApplicationsManager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove,BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of thisnotice, quoting the application number. Please notethat all representations received willbe open for public inspection andlate representations may not beconsidered.

Planning andBuilding ControlApplicationsManager

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Keeping a cool head in a strange marketWith all the political shenanigans since Brexit,it would be remarkable if the property marketwas unaffected but of course, it has been.But, how much is based on facts and howmuch is based on myths going the roundsboth on the net and in newsprint?

Brexit seems to have been fuelled as much bysurmise as by facts, and now, with nearly allthe main players jumping ship, it may beimpossible to discover who really believed thestory they were telling us.

So now, in property, who should we listen to?It would seem sensible to believe that MarkCarney, the Governor of the Bank of England,has a vested interest in clarity, given his job isto keep the ship steady. He seems to havebeen the only person with a plan ready. With aMonetary Committee meeting due thisThursday 14th July, he is under pressure tocut rates, making borrowing even moreaffordable. I thought we would have to raiserates but, in this immediate period, loweringthem seems to be the plan. Borrowing isbeing loosened up too. Will this help in themortgage market?

Estate agents typically ignore national orinternational factors affecting their localmarket but maybe this time, they will thinkseriously about what advice they should offerto prospective sellers and buyers.

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Salesofelectricandplug-inhy-brid vehicles are about to takeoff, and the AA predicts thatmore than 500,000 of thesealternatively-poweredcarswillbe on UK roads by 2020.

TheAAbelievesthatdispel-lingthemythssurroundingthecosts associated with runningthese sorts of vehicles couldhelp increase these estimatessignificantly.

To aid this process, the AAhas partnered withcharging

infrastructure providerChargemaster to provide sup-port and access to a growingnetwork of UK charge points.

AA president, EdmundKing, said: “We think that theEV revolution is about to takeoff and we want to help con-sumers understand the ben-efits of low-cost, low-emissiondriving and to show them it isaccessible and affordable.

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The organisations will alsobegin expanding the numberof do mestic and publiccharging points around thecountry.

AA research reveals thereare a number of barriers andmisconceptions surroundingEV ownership, such as theirhigh purchase price, battery

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David Martell, Chargemas-ter CEO, points out that avail-ability of charging points at adestinationisasignificantbar-riertoEVownership,aconcernthat worried 81 per cent of AArespondents.

“Wewanttochangethatper-ception. This new relationshipwith the AA will see hundredsmore AA branded chargingpoints installed,” he said.

“They’llgoinatAA-ratedho-telsandotheraccessiblepublicplaces such as supermarkets,and town centres, while we

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ROAD TEST: TOYOTA VERSO

The Toyota Verso is certain-ly not the newest kid on theblock but, if you are in themarket for a solid, reliablepeople carrier in which tostorein-laws,outlawsandoff-spring this could be just whatyou are looking for.

Designed and engineeredinEuropeandbuiltinTurkey,the Verso is roomy, comfort-able and well-built. And, be-ing a Toyota, it comes from amarque that has a one of themost loyal band of customersin the business.

The range has been keptvery straightforward – eithera five or seven-seater, threeengines, two transmissions,four trims and 10 exteriorcolours including Plati-num Bronze, a new metal-lic shade introduced for the2016 model year.

The entry-level Activehas air con, electric frontwindows, four speakers,power mirrors and frontfog lamps as standard.A step up to Icon adds16-inch alloys, ToyotaTouch 2 multimedia andsatnavsystem,DABtuner,two more speakers, Blue-tooth, rear view camera,electricrearwindowsandcruise control.

The optional Sky-view panoramic roof (standard on Design and Excel) iswell worth considering asit brightens up the cabinconsiderably and adds an-other dimension to the in-evitable I Spy so beloved byfive-year-olds.

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Versatility is a virtue

p/technology wins the rosettefor best economy – 62.8mpg,119g/km CO2; the 1.6-litrepetrolhasclockedup41.5mpgand 154g/km CO2 in tests; and1.8-litre petrol with a CVTtransmission has managed42.8mpg with CO2 measuredat 153g/km.

It is worth noting that the

g g qa degree of finesse to achievea smooth gear change. Unlikethe DSG offering from somerivals, this set up is not at allforgiving to hefty right feet –hammeringittothefloordoesno good at all. Gentle depres-sion and fractional lift is theorder of the day to extract thebest progress.

The exterior of the Versohas been given a few tweaksover the years with bumpers,grille and headlight clustersall benefitting from a refreshbut the interior is very muchasitalwayswas–plainandun-cluttered with no fancy high-lights or ooh, aah moments.That said the high driving po-sition and excellent all-roundvisibility make this a very at-tractive choice for the familybuyer.

A word of praise must begiven to the sat nav which istotally brilliant. Not only isit easy to understand but itkeeps up with the car andthe flow of traffic thus doingaway with the need to make

multiple circuits of rounda-bouts while it sorts out theexit. It also offers alternativeroutes way before the journeyhasgroundtohaltintheinevi-table traffic jam.

The Easy Flat seatingmeans seats can be droppeddown easily, giving multipleoptions for the accommoda-tion various leg lengths andluggage requirements – 32different configurations inall. The individual seats in thesecond and third rows can befolded flat without having toremoveheadrests.Inaddition,those in the second row canslide back and forth–byacou-ple of millimeters – and thosein third recline very slightly.

But the rearmost seats arereally only suitable for thosewith short legs, little feet andvelcro-fastening shoes.

Withallseatsinplacethereis 114 litres of luggage space;with the third row folded thisincreases to 399 litres; andwith all rear seats down thetotal adds up to 968 litres.

On the road the Verso of-fers an undemanding drive– which is not as bad as itsounds. With a car full of minichatterboxes, bags and babieswho needs a sporty, straightlining performance vehicle?A composed, unruffled, thor-oughly reliable experience isjust what is needed and that iswhat the Verso delivers.

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European Tour is thetarget for golfer TomFormer Brighton Collegestudent Tom Haywardis targeting a spot on theEuropean Tour followinghis maiden professionaltournament win.

Hayward produced anunflinching display to comeout on top in the Jamega ProGolf Tour at Leatherhead lastweek.

The 28-year-old, whobecame a father for the firsttime four months ago, onlytook up the sport in 2010 andis linked to Wildwood andCottesmore golf clubs.

Following his triumph,Hayward is now looking formore success with a view atjoining the sports elite.

He said: “It was great toscore my first win and I’vefollowed that up with a goodperformance in my nextcompetition at Wychwood.

“To gain a spot on thetop tour in golf you haveto be consistent and that’ssomething I want to be in thefuture.

“Hopefully this victorywill provide me with thatspringboard that I need tohave even more success now.It’s tough at times but I want tokeep kicking on and performbetter and better.”

The nine-under-par totalof 133 left Hayward two shotsclear of Steve Surry andwas reward for a rock-solidperformance that saw himdrop just two shots over the

two days. Hayward, who isnow in his third professionalyear on the tour, said: “It’s a bitof a monkey off my back, witha young family, it means a lot.

“I’ve won a lot of pro-amsbut this is my first proper winin a two-day event.”

Hayward started thesecond round in a three-waytie for the lead with HenrySmart and Ryan Hinsley, andafter birdies on 11, 13 and 15led Hinsley by a shot on the17th tee.

He added: “It felt a littlebit like match-play. We werejostling for position.

“I have been in the lead in

the past but haven’t managedto get over the line, so it wasnice to learn from thosemistakes and build on thatexperience.”

Hinsley’s challenge fad-ed with two bogeys overthe closing holes, leavingSomerset’s Surry to pinchthe runners-up spot after aphenomenal back nine of 28that included six birdies.

Hayward progressed to thesecond stage of Q School forthe European Tour last year,but admitted to strugglingin 2016 before the birth ofRupert to partner Lily.

“When I’m not playing well,

it’s nice to have my familythere to take my mind offthings.

“Golfers have a tendencyto be gloomy after badresults. I didn’t struggle withmotivation before but thismakes it even easier to graft.”

His late introduction tothe game was virtue of aschool sports scholarshipin Brighton that saw himdevoted to football, cricketand particularly rugbyunion. As a budding fly-halfhe continued with rugbyat Exeter University beforegolf became a focus aftergraduation.

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Tom Hayward scored his maiden Jamega Pro Golf Tour tournament win at Leatherhead last week

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Brighton & Hove AlbionFootball Club’s AmexStadium will host two of theworld’s top darts stars inOctober.

In what is set to be athrilling encounter, 16-time world champion PhilTaylor will take on currentPDC world champion GaryAnderson in a World DartsBlockbuster.

Top darting stars JamesWade, Simon WhitlockRaymond van Barneveld andRobert Thornton all tookpart in a competition held atAlbion’s home ground backin April.

This time around, darts

fans will be treated to an epicclash on Thursday, October20.

Taylor is relishing takingon Anderson at the Amexand told www.seagulls.co.uk: “I’m really lookingforward to coming to theAmex.

“Gary and I rarely playeach other outside of thePDC – so this will be a terrificevent and I’m sure the homeof the Seagulls will create acracking atmosphere.”

Fans must be over the ageof 18 to attend. A standardticket is priced at £29 perperson, while a VIP packageis £65 per person, withtickets on sale now.

LEWIS MASON

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Phil Taylor will face off against Gary Anderson at the Amex in October

Brighton’s National Bangerteam are all set to host theirsecond ‘Bears Big Bash’ eventon Saturday.

The competition, whichwill take place at ArlingtonRaceway, will see more than100 of the sport’s top racersdescend on Sussex. Onceagain a stellar field will beracing, with a number ofEurope’s top drivers ready tofight it out with Britain’s best.

Last year’s meeting wasa huge success with greatnumbers in attendance, and inexcess of £20,000 was raisedfor The Royal Alexandra

Children’s Hospital. BrightonBears, who are the largest andmost respected team in thecountry, have been planningSaturday’s meet for sevenmonths.

Bears captain Nigel Rileycannot wait for this year’smeet to get under way andsaid: “Simply, we are going forit this year.

“It was great last year tohave so many people say somany good things about usand the sport but we have nointention of sitting on ourlaurels. We want an eveningthat race fans simply won’tforget.”

LEWIS MASON

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Brighton Bears captain Nigel Riley is excited ahead of Saturday’s second ‘Bears Big Bash’ meeting at Arlington Raceway


Albion ready for firstpre-season friendlyAlbion ramp up their pre-season programme onSaturday when they travelto Crawley Town for theiropening friendly.

It is just over two monthssince Albion suffered theheartbreak of missing out onpromotion to the PremierLeague on goal difference,before they lost in the play-off semi-finals to SheffieldWednesday.

The squad returned totraining two weeks ago andthen headed to Tenerife lastweek for a training camp.

Seagulls assistant managerColin Calderwood said:“The players are all readyfor a game now and it’s adifferent section of our pre-season training. They’ve hada chance to build up to thisgamefor along time, althoughwe’ve had 11-a-side matchesbetween ourselves which hasbeen good competition.

“This match takes things tothe next stage and it will be 45minutes each for the majority

of the players.” Brightonkeeper David Stockdale willnot be involved after missingthe Tenerife training campwith a toe injury, but he hasnow started ball work intraining.

Seagulls fans could witnessGlenn Murray’s first gamefor the club since 2011 afterhe returned on loan fromBournemouth.

Calderwood says Murrayhas quickly fitted in with thesquad: “He knows the cluband although he might notknow too many of the players,it certainly helps that he’sbeen here before. He’s settledin very quickly and looks verymuch part of the fabric of theclub. The players who we’vesigned quickly become partof the group as everyone ishere to help one another be asuccessful club.”

Steve Sidwell, who hasjoined permanently fromStoke after a loan spell lastseason, Ben Hall and TylerHornby-Forbes are the otherpre-season additions so far.

After Saturday, Brightontake on Championship rivalsFulham at Aldershot onTuesday.

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Steve Sidwell signed for Albion on a one-year deal from Stoke thissummer after a loan spell with the Seagulls last season

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Having come so close topromotion last season, it wasalways inevitable that otherclubs would start sniffingaround the Brighton squadsometime in the summer.

While up until this week ithad been quiet in that regardahead of the start of pre-season games, numerousreports in the national andlocal press recently havelinked other clubs with movesfor Albion players.

Unsurprisingly, themidfield pairing of DaleStephens and Beram Kayal areamong those being targeted.

Midfield duo attractinginterest from the top flightBrighton & Hove Albion The duo were the backbone

of the team last year andlosing either one would be amassive blow to the Seagulls.

After their performancesin the Championship lastseason, it should be nosurprise that two of therecently-promoted PremierLeague sides have showninterest. Burnley are believedto have had two bids – thelatest in the region of £4m– for Stephens rejected,with Hull believed to beconsidering a move for Kayal.

Both players have a year torun on their contracts, andAlbion will be keen to getthem tied down to new deals

to fend off further interestLast season’s top scorer

Tomer Hemed is believed tohave rejected the chance toreturn to his home country ofIsrael, with Maccabi Tel Avivhaving shown interest in the29-year old striker.

Another staying put isJake Forster-Caskey, whohas turned down the chanceto join fellow Championshipside Rotherham. The 22-year-old spent a large part of lastseason on-loan at MK Dons,and could still move on thissummer if he doesn’t fit intoChris Hughton’s plans.

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Brighton-based duo CharlieGrice and Seb Rodger haveboth been named in TeamGB’s athletics squad for theRio Olympics.

The pair will be competingin their first-ever Gamesafter the 80-strong teamwas unveiled on Wednesdayafternoon.

Grice, 22, races forBrighton Phoenix and willcompete in the 1,500m race,while Brighton-born Rodger,25, will be part of the 400mhurdles team.

Rodger could not containhis excitement following hiscall-up and wrote on Twitter:“I am so happy and excitedto finally announce that Iam officially going to theOlympics! This is a dreamcome true!

“Thank-you my team,family, coach, physio, friendsand sponsors, for all yourcontinued support, you allplay such a big part in thisjourney.”

The pair were also partof the GB team at theCommonwealth Games inGlasgow two years ago.

Brighton duo namedin GB squad for Rio

Seb Rodger has been named in the GB team for Rio

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Albion fans’ favourite InigoCalderon has signed forAnorthosis Famagusta.

The 34-year-old full-backwas released by the Seagullsat the end of last season andhas penned a one-year dealwith the Cypriot club, withthe option of another year.

Calderon featured 231 timesfor Brighton after making hisdebut in 2010 and played akey role in Albion lifting theLeague One title in 2010-11.

Another former Seagull,Andrea Orlandi, playedfor Anorthosis last seasonbefore he moved to Cyrpriot

Calderon heads to Cyrpusas Albion bring in defenderFootball

champions APOEL thissummer.

Brighton this week signed20-year-old offensive-mindedfull-back Tyler Hornby-

Inigo Calderon has joinedAnorthosis Famagusta in Cyprus

Forbes from Fleetwoodon a two-year deal for anundisclosed fee.

He will initially link upwith Albion’s under-21 squadand on the move said: “I hada look at the club, researchedit a bit more and it was too bigan opportunity to knock back.This is a big step in my career.

“I first heard about theopportunity a couple of weeksago. I had to sort things outwith Fleetwood and thesituation there, but in the endit was the right decision forme to come here.

“Hopefully I’ll get myopportunity if I do everythingright.”

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I n or out. It’s been decided. We’re outof the European Union. The falloutpolitically has been incredible.

There is a new PM in place. I’mno economics expert but I assumewe will only be able to assess the

economical fallout in years to come, goodor bad.

So, what about the impact on football?I guess to a certain degree the sport is stilldigesting the implications and any majoralterations may not come into play foranother two years.

On BBC Sussex, I spoke to football financeexpert and Albion fan Kieran Maguire, fromLiverpool University, who gave his initialreaction to the news.

In general, he felt the fall in the value ofthe pound would mean the price of playersfrom abroad will be higher, citing clubs likeJuventus. According to research, 65 per

cent of players in the top flight are fromabroad, however the blow of higher priceswill be cushioned by the new TV deal somany may still be prepared to pay top dollar,(well pounds or euros!).

On the flip side, according to Maguire,English players will be more valuable butthe reluctance of UK players to head abroadis unlikely to change in my view.

Wages are often a key factor here.Another issue for attracting players hereis work permits. There is still a period ofcalm before Article 50 is invoked but ifthe current rulings for players outside theEU are adopted for those inside it, clubssuch as the Albion would not have beenable to take individuals such as Leo Ulloa,Bruno or Inigo Calderon due to their lack ofinternational appearances – a figure that isbased on a country’s FIFA ranking.

It’s certainly food for thought. It

will certainly be challenging times forChampionship clubs. The Seagulls’Category One status should help them facethose challenges but it is still to be seenwhether many of those younger players canmake the grade after moving up through thesystem.

Brighton & Hove Albion have alreadysigned Ben Hall from Motherwell andFleetwood Town defender Tyler Hornby-Forbes. These deals are maybe more aboutthe changes to the loan system that comeinto play this season but if they can makethe transition from the under-21s it willhave been a smart move.

I expect them to feature in the EFL Cup,so we won’t have long to find out. You wouldhope the promotion of young English talentin the Football League may help strengthenthe international set-up but there is ofcourse no guarantee. We are already seeing

the impact of the vote on parliament andNumber 10 but it seems the implicationsfor football may be somewhat further downthe line.

The Seagulls have themselves had afairly turbulent few years with changesat the helm but supporters may be happythat their leader looks set to stay and theircabinet are planning for the future.

I’m never sure if it was Benjamin Franklinwho said ‘we live in interesting times’ buthe is accredited with the thought that ‘byfailing to prepare, you are preparing tofail’. Mind you, he’s also thought to havemuttered ‘In wine there is wisdom, in beerthere is freedom, in water there is bacteria.’so maybe we are better off just biding ourtime!

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same total.With four group games

left, Sussex will be hoping tobolster their hopes of bookinga spot in this season’s quarter-finals.

Sussex head into thisevening’s game on the backof a three-day tour matchagainst Pakistan.

That match provided thetourists with their final action

before the opening Test withEngland got under way atLord’s yesterday.

A youthful Sussex sideincluded two debutants, withArcher and Abindine Sakandeboth making their firstappearances.

Archer starred as he took4-49, before Pakistan declaredon 363-5 from 99 overs.

Harry Finch smashed 103,

while Luke Wells fell sevenshort of a century as Sussexcalled time on their inningshaving reached 291-5.

Pakistan then reached 71-1before rain intervened withno more play possible on thesecond day. Disappointingly,heavy rain on the third andfinal day meant no playwas possible and the gamefinished in a draw.

Sussex all set to go in‘El Classicoast’ derbySussex will do battle withrivals Hampshire in what isbeing billed as ‘El Classicoast’at Hove this evening (7pm).

The fierce rivals lockhorns in a Natwest T20Blast encounter with Sussexlooking to enhance theirchances of securing a quarter-final place.

Sussex welcome backChris Jordan and Tymal Millsfollowing their internationalexploits with England but theyare still without Bangladeshseamer Mustafizur Rahman,who was due to play.

Former Hampshire spinnerDanny Briggs is likely to facehis old club and young JofraArcher has made Sussex’s 14-man squad after taking fourwickets against Pakistan.

Demand is high with Hovealready sold-out for tonight’sfixture.

The match at Hampshireearlier in the season wasabandoned without a ballbeing bowled, after a heavyshower caught Hampshire’sgroundstaff out.

Sussex’s South Group istight at present, with fourteams locked on ten points.

Mark Davis’ side sit in fifthwith that tally, while sixth-placed Kent Spitfires, fourth-placed Surrey and EssexEagles in third are all on the

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Luke Wells hit 93 in Sussex’s tour match against Pakistan

Brighton Dolphins walkingfootball team have beencrowned Sussex Leaguechampions.

Dolphins, who endedunbeaten in the six-gameseason, saw off LancingWanderers in their finalgame of the season.

Brighton were dominantthroughout and liftedthe title without losing agame.

In a rampant campaign,they conceded just one goalin six matches and managedto find the net 12 times.

The only blemish was adraw early in the seasonbut other than that it was afaultless effort.

Dolphins met LancingWanderers in the final game– with both teams unbeaten

Dolphins crownedSussex walkingfootball championsWalking football

Brighton Dolphins’ walking football team

and each knew a win wouldsee them become Sussexchampions.

Despite going a goaldown, Dolphins fought backto win 2-1 and secure theleague title.

Brighton’s manager andcaptain Jobe Berrington feltit was a highly-competitivecampaign and said: “Whilewe have lifted the trophy, Iwant to say well done to allthe teams involved. It hasbeen great fun to play everyside in a highly competitiveleague.”

For more informationabout the sport or to find outwhen the next competitiontakes place visit www.s o u t h d o w n s l e i s u r e .co.uk or call WorthingLeisure Centre on 01903905050.

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