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MAYOR’S NO SHOWExclusive: Official portrait of the Mayor of Brighton and Hove will

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CASH AND GRABOscar Garcia looks to grab Cherries star striker Lewis Grabban for the Seagulls >> PAGE 38

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Brighton and Hove City Council’s minority Green Party administration will attempt to trigger a citywide referendum to push through a 4.75% increase in council tax.

Councillor Jason Kitcat, leader of the city council, revealed the surprise move yesterday in what appeared to be a successful attempt to put political opponents - especially Labour - on the back foot in the run-up to this year’s council budget.

The referendum - the first of its kind in the country - is required under legislation for any proposed tax increase above a government-imposed threshold, currently 2%

- although there are fears this could be reduced to 1.5% in future.

The vote is due to take place on May 22, the same day as the European Union elections, which will help cut democratic costs.

Previously, Cllr Kitcat has said - in a webcast interview - that the cost of a referendum would be “a waste of money”. He said in the interview in July last year: “The referendum rule is mad. It’s not really workable and would cost about £300,000 to run.”

Yesterday, however, in a carefully-choreographed move, he said:

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Go hang! What council officers told the Mayor to do with her specially-commissioned portrait

The portrait of Councillor Denise Cobb will be unveiled tonight at The Naked Eye Gallery

It began with a moment of serendipity, not an act of vanity.The Mayor of Brighton and Hove found herself in the seafront home of Paul Tash Ostrer, a professional photographer turned portrait artist.

For Councillor Denise Cobb, the gathering in September last year - connected to the appearance in the city of Sir Terry Pratchett, the author - was just one of countless civic engagements in her year of office, which ends on

May 15. Inspired by the many self-

portraits hanging on the walls of the artist’s flat, Cllr Cobb had a sudden idea: why not re-instate the tradition of having a portrait of the Mayor painted for hanging in an appropriate public place. It is thought that the last one was completed more than 30 - or is 50? - years ago.

She mentioned it briefly - too briefly, as it turns out - to her officials; she thought little more about it. After all, she was paying for the commission out of her own pocket. She was not even distracted from her duties by the need for studio sittings; Mr Ostrer was content with painting from a well-taken photograph.

Fast forward to last week and the sizeable work was complete and framed. All that was left was to decide was where - in Brighton Town Hall, outside the council chamber preferably - it could be hung. A meeting with officials was organised. And that is when the project ran into trouble.

There are rules. There are processes. There are cross-party discussions to be had. So Cllr Cobb was told, in no uncertain terms.

A late-night six-point email

from Paula Murray, the city council’s assistant chief executive no less, explained the obstacles: there was no discussion or agremeent before the commission; there certainly was no agreement about it being hung in Brighton Town Hall, about which there would have to be “some decision-making process of some kind”; there would be the risk of precedent (every future mayor might want one!); there had been no information about “the nature, content or quality” of the portrait; hundreds of other local artists would “quite legitimately”

ask why there was no proper tendering of the project. And so it went on.

In brief, as things stand, the oil painting - a photograph of which we are publishing for the first time - is not going to brighten the walls of Brighton

Town Hall any time soon. The dark and dirty images of long-dead mayors, aldermen and town clerks - all men - that dominate them can look down from on high knowing that no arriviste intruder will disturb their mothballed quietude.

Cllr Cobb is disappointed: “I am not doing it as a big-headed thing. It’s very disappointing. It’s spoiled my whole year.”

There is, however, a bright spot. The official - or is it semi-official? – portrait will be unveiled at 7pm this evening (Friday) at The Naked Eye Gallery, Farm Mews, Farm Road, Hove. And Cllr Cobb is determined to press her point with councilors and council officers.

If you are unable to make it tonight, you can see it as part of a “Reflections” exhibition of Paul Tash Ostrer’s work, which runs until January 31. The exhibition is sponsored by Graze Restaurant (www.graze-restaurant.co.uk).

In this exhibition, the artist is showing his self-portraits that represent the emotive key stages in his life. He said: ‘We all paint ourselves in one way or another, but the images are not necessarily of us. Introspection is a necessary process not to be confused with narcissism.

“Being conscious of my own mortality, self-portraits leave a reference behind, more lasting than photographs in a cupboard. Added to this, with self-portraiture you choose your own narrative, you’re unrestricted by someone else’s constraints.”

Paul Ostrer, a former professional photographer, began painting in 2005

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Darker storm clouds ahead for Brighton and Hove, because of Eric Pickles (Main photograph: Antony Mayfield – flickr/antony_mayfield)

Readers will know that public services have for the last few years seen significant government cuts. Here in Brighton and Hove, we have so far been successful in protecting essential services by saving tens of millions of pounds through genuine efficiencies.

But darker storm clouds are on the horizon.

Councils are facing what many are calling “a cliff edge” in funding and, as a result, huge chunks of services could disappear.

Simply put, we can no longer absorb all of the government’s cuts while also meeting the increasing demand for our services from a growing yet ageing population.

Nationally, councils have seen a 38% reduction in funding, compared with government

trimming only 8% off Whitehall departments.

And, sadly, per head of population, Brighton and Hove has been one of the worst-hit councils in the country.

We want to offer you, the residents of our city, a choice: accept the full weight of austerity cuts imposed on Brighton and Hove by Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, or else cast a vote for

a fairer and more compassionate society.

Let the coalition cuts take their toll, or agree to pay a little bit extra each month to fund care for older and disabled people in our

community and protect funding for the city’s charities.

The increase in council tax we are asking of residents will not only save services this year, but also improve their security for years to come. If agreed, the money will specifically go towards supporting home care, residential community care, day services, support for those with learning disabilities looking for work - as well as protecting grants to the

city’s third sector. The elderly

have worked hard all their lives and deserve our continued support in their old age.

And the city’s charities, social enterprises and not-for-profit organisations also provide essential services across all our city’s communities. We know that investment in our third sector benefits the city

and residents many times over. Without additional funding, the coalition’s cuts will seriously impact upon some of the most vulnerable people in our city.

We think it is right that we trust the residents of Brighton and Hove to decide what they want from local services - particularly given the drastic changes to the financial situation since the 2011 election.

So we want to hold a citywide

referendum in May 2014 on whether we should raise council tax by 4.75% for the coming financial year.

We ask the people of the city to vote in favour; to reject austerity in Brighton and Hove, and to help us to preserve a more compassionate society, one which cares for older and disabled people, supports social enterprises and protects the not-for-profit sector that is so vital to so many in our community.

We want to offer citizens a choice:accept austerity in all its awfulnessor vote for a fair, compassionate city

‘‘We think it is right that we trust the residents of Brighton and Hove to decide what they want from local services”

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Bold move by Greens to make budget add up

“The coalition’s cuts mean we cannot deliver the services we were elected to provide and which our consciences say we should provide. We have no choice but to seek the views of local people on funding these services through a tax increase.

“Westminster’s ideologically driven cuts to local councils are huge and relentless while demand for our services continues to grow. Vulnerable people who depend on our services are being threatened from Westminster like never before.

“We have so far been successful in saving tens of millions of pounds but we can no longer find enough efficiencies to absorb all the cuts. Without today’s proposal, I fear for the serious impacts on the most vulnerable in our city from the coalition’s cuts.”

The Greens argue that a significant council tax increase is needed to funding local services threatened by government cuts, including care for the elderly. They insist proceeds from a 4.75% council tax increase would be used directly to fund adult social care services, including care for the elderly, and grants to third-sector organisations.

A 4.75% council tax increase would raise an additional £2.75m more than last December’s draft budget - which assumed 2% tax increase.

For a household in a Band C property, it is estimated the council tax bill would rise by £5.30 a month; for a Band D property, the monthly increase would be £5.97.

Yesterday’s announcement follows reports that some Green councillors were unwilling to support the party’s draft budget, with the brunt of £24 million of cuts being borne by the most vulnerable people in the city.

Party sources emphasised that the referendum call was a unanimous decision of Green councillors, made with the full support of Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion; Keith Taylor, the southeast Green MEP; and Natalie Bennet, the Green Party leader.

The Labour and Co-operative Party immediately called for a motion of no confidence in the

Green administration.Councillor Warren Morgan,

group leader, said: “It is the basic duty of a council administration to set a budget. The Greens have absolved themselves of that responsibility and put forward a 4.75% council tax increase that they know will not be supported by opposition parties at council or by the public in a referendum.

“We cannot support such a huge increase when people are finding hard to meet rising bills. Instead, they have handed the responsibility of dealing with the cuts to others. They cannot now remain in office playing these political games rather than running the city effectively. I am calling on the Greens to resign

and allow a cross-party caretaker administration to run the council till the elections in 400 days.”

C o u n c i l l o r Geoffrey Theobald, leader of the C o n s e r v a t i v e group, said his party opposed a referendum and condemned it as a waste of money. He said: “It’s a political stunt. We don’t think residents will go along with this. It’s money down the

drain.”For the Greens, Dr Lucas said:

“This is a bold move and one that I know the council is taking very reluctantly. The people have not voted for austerity. They have not chosen to have services they rely on destroyed by draconian cuts. This is an appalling situation, for which the coalition government is alone to blame. A referendum would allow the people of Brighton and Hove, including my constituents in Brighton Pavilion, to decide on the best response.”

Last night, there were clear signs that the referendum call was designed to put Labour opponents on the spot. Cllr Morgan and his party must now decide either to support a referendum or face being blamed for cuts imposed as a result of government funding.

Cllr Kitcat told Brighton & Hove Independent: “The other parties, especially Labour, will need to decide whether they trust the people of Brighton and Hove to make this decision. The Green administration I lead did not seek an election mandate to raise taxes in this way and in previous years I have opposed going down this route.”

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It is 75 years - and a few months - since Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock was first published.

It is the book that to this day remains the most celebrated and seminal novel of Brighton. If places do not fully exist until they are recreated in the crucible of a great artist’s imagination, then one could claim Brighton did not fully exist on the world’s imaginative map until July 1938.

The symbiosis between Greene and Brighton was exceptionally strong. You could say Brighton was waiting for Greene, just as Greene needed Brighton.

The most globetrotting of writers, he set fictions in Haiti, Havana, Liberia, Mexico, and other exotic locations. Yet his association with Brighton was one of his longest; he once claimed no city had such a hold on his affections.

He first came to Brighton in 1910, aged six. Taken to see a silent movie, it was here that he began his lifelong relationship with the world of film.

In 1926, he came to recuperate from an appendix operation, staying at 32 Regency Square. Sitting in a seafront shelter, he got into conversation with a muffled figure who claimed to be a “royal Romany”.

In Brighton Rock, Hale’s murder occurs in the same shelter. Later, one of Pinkie’s gang gets into conversation with a muffled figure there.

While here, Greene researched the background to his first novel, The Man Within (1929), a tale of smugglers set on the Downs.

Brighton Rock itself was researched during several visits. Hale is based on Lobby Ludd, of the News Chronicle; his kidnapping by the pier is based on a real-life kidnapping in Madeira Drive; Pinkie’s gang is based on the Sabini gang; and the hotel where Colleoni stays is probably based on the old Bedford.

In the book, the pre-war Brighton Greene knew and loved comes vividly alive: the pier with its penny amusements, where Pinkie spills vitriol on the deck and where he records on a novelty gramophone his real feelings for Rose; Sherry’s nightclub in West Street; the racecourse where Black Boy wins by a whisker and Pinkie is slashed by Colleoni’s mobsters while “the four-thirty went by in a drumbeat of hoofs beyond the rail”; Snow’s restaurant where Rose works; the slums of Nelson Place, where both she and Pinkie were born; the dingy lodgings near Montpelier Place, where Spicer falls to his death. The blind musician Pinkie forces off the kerb, the gulls flapping

like lost souls below the pier, the beachcomber prodding the shingle, the “dark poison-bottle green” sea itself, that “sucked and slid like a wet mouth round the piles”.

All build up a typically “Greeneland” impression of Brighton as seedy, threatening, damned.

Greene continued to visit in later years. In 1959, he and Carol Reed took a suite at the Metropole while working on the screenplay for Our Man in Havana.

Greene often stayed at the Royal Albion while working on novels, speaking of “the crowd of memories which surrounded me there”. His favourite pub was The Cricketers, and in those days there were lots of secondhand bookshops for him to browse in. In Travels with my Aunt (1969), the retired bank manager and his eccentric aunt, Augusta, visit Brighton at the start of their travels together, and once again there is a scene in a shelter.

I know there is a bus with Greene’s name on, but I am going to stick my neck out and suggest there ought to be some more permanent memorial to him.

There was talk not long ago of redesigning the junction by the pier to incorporate a monument of some kind.

Dare I suggest such a location, opposite his favourite hotel, would be ideal for a statue or sculpture to commemorate this man whose spirit came to be entwined in so many ways with that of our city?

Graham Chainey is a freelance writer living in Brighton.

Graham Greene, Brighton’s premier novelist, deserves a proper memorial in our city

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(Above) the first edition of Brighton Rock (below) a Penguin modern classic in 1963

The first edition of Brighton Rock (above) and a Penguin modern classic in 1963 (below)

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In a recent interview, Tristram Hunt, Labour’s shadow education secretary, said the United Kingdom’s schools system is failing “white British boys” - and that they are being damaged by immigration from the European Union accession states.

Hunt admitted to journalist Mary Riddell that Labour under Tony Blair “did not focus on vocational education and the FE (further education) sector to the degree that [it] should have done”; he commented: “What we can do in the education sphere is to [show] that there is a growing issue of white British boys not getting the education they want.”

Riddell noted that this group “seemed to preoccupy him above all others”. She asked whether he “sees them as the cohort most failed by a migrant influx”. He replied: “None of this is to say there isn’t more work to do with black Afro-Caribbean boys and in urban areas. But we do know…there is a strand of low-attaining, not necessarily poor, boys in suburban coastal districts...who are not being challenged or served effectively enough by the education system.”

What is remarkable about this – apart from the belated recognition that neglect of technological education did a disservice to Britain’s children – is Hunt’s complete indifference to the needs of girls.

The lives and job prospects of working-class girls, in particular, have been damaged as much as, or more than, those of boys – and girls’ long-term financial prospects are worse.

In addition, young girls experience discrimination, prejudice and sexist bullying and harassment in schools and places of training and work, which by and large do not affect

white boys.Hunt ignores evidence that

females are being hardest hit by current economic policies. He fails to mention that women’s traditional public-sector sources of employment are being slashed, while wages in the private sector are driven down by low-paid EU labour and government failure to enforce the minimum wage – especially in the care sector, where many jobs are now advertised only abroad.

Hunt makes no reference to last November’s report by Professor John Perkins, chief scientific adviser to the Department for Business, which revealed that less than 10% of Britain’s engineers are women – the lowest figure of all European countries.

Prof Perkins stressed that more must be done to encourage British schoolgirls to take

engineering qualifications. Vince Cable, the business secretary, warned that many companies had a “psychological barrier” against female engineers, saying: “Half of all state schools don’t have a single girl doing physics”.

Tristram Hunt recognises disillusionment in unemployed young men. He would do well to note recent research by the

Prince’s Trust, based on 2,161 interviews, which reveals that one in three young women – twice as many as their male counterparts – have thought about committing suicide, while almost as many have self-harmed.

Some 54% of women aged 16 to 25 have experienced feelings of self-loathing, with one in six having been prescribed anti-depressants. They are also significantly more likely to suffer panic attacks and feelings of inferiority than men their age.

Almost one in five young women have faced mental health problems as a direct result of being unemployed, while one in four believe they have “no talent”. They are also more likely to feel unhappy with their employment prospects. Around 30% of the girls questioned said they were unhappy with their mental health

and were significantly more likely to feel like a failure if they asked for help.

Martina Milburn, chief executive of the Prince’s Trust, said: “Unemployment is driving young

people to despair, with many facing significant mental health problems – particularly young women.”

The response from both government and Labour has been deafening silence.

Labour’s only declared large-scale plans for job expansion involve a proposed house-building programme with

apprenticeship schemes, which - unless there are radical changes in policy - will benefit unemployed British boys and young men. Any vacancies are likely to be filled by male workers from abroad.

Given Labour’s declared commitment to gender equality, we might have hoped for a strategy to retrain British girls and women in non-traditional skills – committing a future Labour government to ensure that at least 50% of new apprenticeships are reserved for females and supporting them in countering sexism and harassment in training schemes and the workplace. There is no sign of this.

Given the care crisis that

faces the nation - and the fact that thousands of older women workers lose jobs or work-hours because of caring responsibilities - we might have hoped for investment in high-quality care facilities for frail elders, thus creating jobs and allowing older carers to remain in work.

Again, nothing like this seems to be under consideration.

Of recent years, governments of all stripes have abandoned working-class and non-academic girls to early motherhood or inadequate training for low-paid or non-existent work in “beauty” or child care.

In respect of declared policies, Ed Miliband has yet to show that a government under his leadership would be any different.

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Swap your seeds at Seedy Sundayand help promote biodiversity

More than 3,000 people attended last year’s event at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

My Life in Agony by Irma Kurtz

Do you remember when Cosmopolitan was in full

swing? It was the magazine to buy. To be fair, it was pretty much the only magazine.

But it was bang on the money, with the first naked double-page spread of a man and wildly-sexualised models and articles about multiple orgasms, cooking fresh tuna (how exotic), and how to buy your own beach house in Malibu. Yeah, right! And we just thought you drank it.

Anyway, in those pages, the voice of reason and common sense prevailed - thanks to the hippest-ever agony aunt, Irma Kurtz.

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She tells of her unshockable character and her ways of dealing with us Brits being

snooty. And the trials of going shopping with her best friend: “Buy the beige dress, not the red one; it’s too flashy and you’ll never wear it.” She bought the beige and never wore that, but the lesson was learned.

She has dealt with every possible problem that tends to confuse us all, from mother-daughter relationships, eating disorders, office politics and, of course, those perennial areas of interest: love and sex. And she has always maintained her sense of humour and compassion.

And, lucky us, she’s coming to Brighton! Do you want to write your own agony letter to the Queen of Advice? You can do so and bring them along.

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Seedy Sunday is a community seed swap, the largest and longest-established of dozens of such events held across the United Kingdom.

Last year, about 3,000 gardeners, allotment-holders, and those interested in sowing and growing, came along to the aptly-named Corn Exchange for a day of swapping seeds, stalls and speakers.

Seed swaps are a brilliant way to find things to grow this year, whether you want to grow fruit and vegetables, or flowers and foliage. But they also have an important role to play in keeping seeds in use. Seed swaps also keep older varieties of seeds - often referred to as heritage varieties - especially vegetable seeds, in circulation.

Seed companies have to license any variety they want to sell, which costs thousands of pounds. So if a seed does not sell well, they won’t pay for the license and

the seed disappears from their catalogues - even if it is a tastier or hardier variety than the newer one.

Local seed swaps are also important as a chance to find seeds that thrive in your area. If a plant does particularly well in your neighbour’s garden, it obviously likes the soil, climate and other conditions.

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Ecostream, Brighton’s eco-store, is a green beacon in a green city. It sources the majority of its goods from Sussex farmers and suppliers. A breath of fresh air in a busy urban environment, this British store is well supported by its ever-growing clientele.

Unfortunately, for 18 months, Ecostream has seen an anti-Israel protest outside its front door. The protesters seek the closure of the shop and an end to Sodastream, Ecostream’s Israel-based parent company.

A year-and-a-half ago, a Christian and a Jew - both supporters of Israel’s right to exist - met by chance outside the store and witnessed the hate-filled rhetoric and wilful distortions spouted by groups associated with last week’s Brighton & Hove Independent columnist (page 8, January 10).

In response, they literally took to the pavement and decided to stand up for the shop, its Sussex suppliers, and its locally-employed staff.

A rally in support of the shop has grown since those early days. Now, a wide network of supporters from not only the Jewish and Christian communities, but also the local gay community as well as unaffiliated but concerned supporters, gather weekly outside the store to hand out literature that provides some balance and lets passers-by make up their own minds about Israel.

The shop has also grown, stocking a growing number of locally-sourced goods from suppliers across Sussex and the United Kingdom. Its customers arrive with empty cartons and bottles; they re-fill with everything from oils and vinegars, detergents and soaps, to nuts and locally-produced fudge.

Sodastream, like many international companies, has one of its factories in the industrial

zone of Mishor Adumim, just outside Jerusalem. In the 1995 Oslo Peace Accords, this was designated as Area C, whose final status is to be determined as part of a final international agreement. As an economic bridge towards that goal, the factory employs 600 Palestinian workers, working side-by-side with their Israeli colleagues.

All Sodastream staff benefit from good salaries, health care and a friendly and safe working environment without prejudice. They share the same rights, attend universities, own their own land, use the same public transport, restaurants and hospitals. Whether Israeli or Palestinian, all Sodastream employees enjoy the same rights and opportunities.

This is the spirit of equality and acceptance - living together in harmony while finding ways to acknowledge and resolve differences - which lies at the heart of the pro-Israel/pro-UK-business rally at Ecostream. It affirms a solution that provides for two states, a safe and secure environment for all who live in Israel and, above all, the balance in debate that allows everyone to make up their own mind and not be swayed by those who shout loudest.

Boycotts simply do not work.

The UK is now Israel’s biggest export market after the United States. In 2012, two-way trade and services stood at over $8 billion - up a massive 34% on 2011.

Last week, Britain’s Ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, said: “These flourishing bilateral links between both our countries are the most eloquent answer to those calling for boycotts of Israel. The British government rejects those calls for boycotts. Boycotts divide people. Our collaboration brings people together.

“Our partnership is about building a better, more prosperous, healthier future for both our people. Our cooperation means sharing innovation, creating jobs, and achieving more through working together than we could achieve apart. This is the real headline of our relationship”.

Rather than painting a picture of the store in monochrome, Tony Greenstein and his supporters should add some colour.

Ecostream is a green store, a green beacon in a green city, with green credentials second to none. His boycott will never work.

Neil Duncanson is director of Sussex Friends of Israel. For more information, visit: www.sussexfriendsofisrael.org

Boycotts simply do not work and certainly not in ‘green’ Brighton!

The Ecostream store in Western Road has been the scene of protests and counter-protests

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Arguments rage after call to boycott Ecostream store

For the boycott

Congratulations to the Brighton & Hove Independent for printing the article “Why I support the boycott of Sodastream” by Tony Greenstein (page 8, January 10).

His article makes very clear why protesters are recommending a boycott of Sodastream products. While governments stand by and do nothing to curb the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, it is up to people of conscience to stand up against Israel’s defiance of international law

In this, the United Nations year of Solidarity with the Palestinians, we note also that there are still over 60 Israeli laws that discriminate

against the Palestinian Arabs who make up 20% of Israel’s population. This makes nonsense of Israel’s claim to be a democracy.

These truths are unpalatable to the Zionists who turn up to oppose the protesters. The protesters have been appalled by the sheer hatred and vilification and abuse which the supporters of Israel express towards Muslims and Arabs - abuse which goes unchecked by the police on duty at the protests.

Jill Matthews, Brighton and Hove Palestine

Solidarity Campaign

I was delighted to read the excellent article about the boycott of Sodastream. As someone who has stood on the pavement outside Ecostream on Western Road, come rain or shine, every week since the shop opened, I can confirm that the general public are curious and very interested to know why we feel so strongly about this.

The article gives an excellent explanation. When anyone stops for long enough for us to explain

our reasons for wanting to boycott this shop, the vast majority are extremely sympathetic, not wanting to have any part in the further brutalisation and disposession of the Palestinians.

The very vigorous group who oppose our actions have no real counter-arguments. They descend to personal abuse and attempts to block out our message in any way they can.

Penny Porter

Congratulations on your publication, which is already bringing a breath of fresh air to this modern and vibrant community.

Your article on the shame of Sodastream was both interesting and stimulating, and - as a member of Jewish Voice for Peace - I feel it’s important for everyone to know the truth about what is behind this local business.

I hope everyone will boycott Sodastream in Brighton and everywhere else, as much of its production is based in an illegal

settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Since the colonisation has been declared illegal under international law, those profiting from it should also be subject to justice in my opinion.

Please keep up the good work. And let’s have some positive stories about business and services in our city and why we should support them. But not this one.

Agnes Brown, Sudeley Street, Kemptown



The death of Nelson Mandela was symbolic of the struggle for liberation in Africa, the scene of terrible massacres and genocide.

Apartheid South Africa was in a league of its own because you cannot change your colour or “race”.

Israel has entrenched apartheid within the law. Benjamin Netanyahu was the only leader not to attend Mandela’s commemoration. Apparently, he could not afford the fare!

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize winner wrote: “I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and I have witnessed the racially-segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of apartheid.”

Chris McGreal showed (The Guardian, May 24 2010) that Israel was South Africa’s closest political and military ally. PW Botha asked Israel for nuclear warheads and Shimon Peres, now Israel’s president, offered them “in three sizes”.

My first political demonstration was against the whites-only 1970 tour of the Springbok rugby team. Apartheid’s supporters also argued that there worse black African regimes.

Israel claims to be the “only democracy” in the Middle East, despite ruling over four million Palestinians. On the West Bank, there are two systems of law: one military and another for Jewish settlers. Thousands of Palestinians are put in administrative detention where Palestinian children are shackled by the feet in military courts. It would not happen to an Israeli Jewish child. The “peace talks”, after more than 40 years, are about preventing peace by giving Israel an excuse.

Israel is a state of all Jews, wherever they live, not its citizens. I can “return” to Israel, but Palestinian friends of mine cannot. In Tamarin and Uzi

Ornan, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no Israeli nationality. In most states, citizenship and nationality are coterminous. In Israel, one-and-a-half million Israeli Arabs are tolerated at the

very best. In 2005, the Supreme Court

ruled, in Kadan, that refusing to lease land to Israeli Palestinian citizens was illegal. The Jewish National Fund

controls 93% of “Jewish” national land. Britain’s Jewish Chronicle ran a debate August 2 2007) entitled: “Is it racist to sell Israeli land only to Jews?” All you have to do is substitute “Jews” for ‘Arabs.

This is betrayed in popular attitudes. In March 2007, 75% of Israeli Jews did not approve of shared apartment buildings; more than half believed the marriage of a Jewish woman to an Arab man is equal to “national treason”; and 60% would not allow an Arab to visit their home. More than half agreed that Israel should encourage its Arab citizens to emigrate and 55% said “Arabs and Jews should be separated at entertainment sites”.

The Orthodox Rabbis are Israeli Ayatollahs. They have state power in personal matters. Alone among western democracies, there is no

civil marriage in Israel. In 2010, Rabbis Yitzchak Shapira and Yosef Elitzur wrote a book on when a Jew is permitted to kill a non-Jew “Torat Ha’Melech”.

It was claimed: “There is justification for killing babies, if it is clear that they will grow up to harm us.” Israel’s Military Chief Rabbi, General Ronski, did likewise. There are even Orthodox rabbis who advocate sending Arabs to the gas chambers.

In the Talmud, it is forbidden to save a non-Jew’s life on the Sabbath and murder of a Jew is more serious than a non-Jew.

All this became obsolete as Jews adopted the emancipation. Israel has reverted to the Middle Ages. The Chief Rabbi of Safed, Shmuel Eliyahu, banned the letting of apartments to Arabs and the worst bigot, settler Rabbi Dov Lior, told the Israeli army: “There is no such thing as civilians in wartime… A thousand non-Jewish lives are not worth a Jew’s fingernail! and

captured Palestinian militants could be used to conduct medical experiments.”

For over a year, there has been a boycott, which I support, of Sodastream, maker of home-carbonated soft drinks.

Because boycott is a weapon of the oppressed. It was used against slave-grown sugar, the siege of Nazi shops, and apartheid.

Sodastream’s main production facilities are based in Mishor Adumim, on confiscated Palestinian land. It benefits from the labour created by the occupation. It is a small sacrifice not to purchase its products.

Is soda water worth the lives of the Palestinians?

Tony Greenstein is secretary of the Brighton and Hove Unemployed Centre, Frank Elvy House, 4 Crestway Parade, Hollingdean, Brighton BN1 7BL. For more information visit: www.bhuwc.org

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Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians - Nelson Mandela”

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The article by Tony Greenstein (page 8, January 10) is the work of a very disturbed man.

Firstly, he does not substantiate any of his outrageous claims about Israel with any solid evidence. So there can be no legitimacy for his wild accusations. The whole piece is a list of slurs and wild imaginative statements. This is the work of a man so filled up with hatred that he does not quite know what to do with it.

Someone only has to visit Israel to see, immediately, that there is absolutely no form of apartheid

existing there. It is a pluralistic, democratic country that offers the kind of freedom to all its citizens, men and women, Gays, Muslims, Christians and Jews.

Fourteen members of the Knesset are Arabs. The most senior judge in the land is an Arab. Israeli Arabs do not want to live in a Palestinian-controlled state. That speaks for itself.

Jordan has the largest number of Palestinian refugees, but refuses them citizenship.

Abbas has stated over and over that he will not recognise Israel as a Jewish State, which is the total reason for the obstacle to peace. And he will never allow any Jew to step foot inside Palestine. Gaza fires rockets at Israel on an almost daily basis. Christians are persecuted and driven out of their lands, and mass slaughter is visited on Syria. But Mr Greenstein turns the world’s moral compass upside down and scapegoats Israel.

Sylvie Schapira

Against the boycott

Tony Greenstein has long been one to lay strong and negative views on Israel.

His attempt to tar Israel with such a slew of misdemeanours and errors, ultra-extremist ills and the like reminds me of one who seems happy to attack one’s enemy knowing he is safe from prosecution.

The fact is that he can do so happily both in Brighton and in Tel Aviv, for both in the United Kingdom and in Israel freedom of speech, freedom of expression exist. As he himself says, he - as a

Jew, albeit one who despises the Jewish state - can settle in Israel should he wish to do so. He could even stand for Israel’s parliament, as do a number such as a number of Arabs whose aim is to deny the Jewish nature of the state.

But, if Mr Greenstein tried to criticise almost any Arab country from within any of those lands he would be given short shrift: Indeed, as a Jew he would be denied citizenship in most.

Charles Wallach,Hove

Tony Greenstein has his facts wrong about Israel having “entrenched apartheid within the law”. Yes, like other states in the Middle East, Israel has its share of bigots, religious extremists and hardliners. But Arabs in Israel have full civil rights. Of course, there is discrimination there, but bear in mind that Israel has been subjected to conflict and the threat of annihilation ever since its independence.

I don’t condone the situation in the West Bank, but even there, while it’s true that Palestinians suffer many restrictions, it should be seen in the context of the many Israel-Arab wars and decades of

suicide terrorism. The Palestinians there are not Israeli citizens and the situation has nothing to do with the repugnant racial policies of South Africa until 1994 (as Desmond Tutu has wrongly claimed).

Mr Greenstein even drags the Talmud into his rant. These teachings are 2,000 years old and I don’t doubt that they’re not as politically correct as a Borgen script. But if he is trying to convince us that Israel is a theocracy based on ancient prejudices, then I suggest he looks elsewhere in that region.

Robert Glick

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As someone who has been a residential landlord for the past 40 odd years, I was astonished to read a report written by one of our city politicians claiming rents had gone up in the past year by 25%.

I would be the first to agree that rents in our city are way too high and that some landlords are just plain greedy. Most of these, however, will be people who have taken a chance and bought a couple of buy-to-let properties. They will have been buoyed up by young, eager and inexperienced agents chasing commission and will have been led to believe that some ridiculously-high rent is the norm.

An experienced landlord by contrast will steer well clear of eager agent Justin, aged 12, and pitch rents just below what is the expected norm for their area. It is much better to keep tenants happy and not have lengthy void

periods - while Justin, aged 12, tries to convince some other poor mug that they are getting value for money.

With the virtual abolition of empty rates, it is in everyone’s interest not to have lengthy voids – because landlords not only are unable to pay their mortgage, but also face a hefty rates bill.

It is my experience that there is a huge disparity in rents caused by misinformation coming from our politicians and, consequently, the press. It is extremely irresponsible for a politician to be misleading people by making

wild statements such as those made in another local newspaper recently.

Silly scaremongering simply encourages impressionable new landlords to demand even larger sums of money than Justin has already insisted are achievable.

It is my experience that, since housing benefit caps were introduced, real rents locally have actually gone down. Savvy tenants know this and will now negotiate with you, because they know no landlord wants an empty property.

In this environment, it is indeed true, though, that some inexperienced landlords are listening to all this claptrap about rising rents and are chancing their arm.

So here is an idea for our wonderful local politicians to mull over. Why not lead the way

for Brighton and Hove and do something truly useful for both landlord and tenant alike. We all know rent controls don’t work, because there immediately becomes a

shortage of property.Therefore, why not add onto

your rating department a rent advisory section. It would not be compulsory for landlords to register – but, for a small fee, they could have their property accredited. The advice could be

that a fair monthly rent in our city may be deemed to be £600 for a one-bedroom flat, for example.

When advertising that flat to let, you would advertise your flat as accredited at £600 - but available to let at, perhaps, an additional £50 because it is in good decorative order, and so on.

The prospective tenant would be better served and the uncertainty would be taken out of the market, especially for

those starting out and moving into rental accommodation. It would also stop Justin from misleading wannabe landlords into thinking they can get ridiculous rents, thereby fuelling equally-ridiculous remarks by politicians.

We need politicians with business acumen who can actually think outside the box and come up with innovative ideas, not political whingers.

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‘Blue Monday’ is behind usWell few of us can say that 2014 has got off to a bright start. The weather in Sussex has been truly awful and pouring rain day after day soon washes away any feelings of optimism. Our resolve to stick to those well intentioned New Year Resolutions of getting fitter and giving up the comfort food are being really tested; I for one haven’t managed it! But there is some good news – according to mood experts the worst day of the year is already behind us. January 6th has been touted as Blue Monday, D Day, Divorce Monday. The name is more than a marketing gimmick it has gained currency for a number of reasons. Post Christmas debt, miserable weather, January payday being a long way off. All are factors that contribute to a spike in the number of divorce cases. Ask any lawyer and they will tell you January – particularly the first two weeks is a hectic time. People are looking to get out of unhappy relationships at exactly the time of year when most of us would far rather just go into hibernation and not face up to problems. Change takes energy and that’s something that’s in rather short supply this month. But as a Collaborative Family Lawyer and Family Mediator I prefer to focus on the possibilities for growth and change that January can bring. When couples come and see me I encourage

them to focus on what lies ahead – that like Blue Monday maybe with some hard work the worst days are behind them. This isn’t just empty optimism. Whereas the Adversarial law route focuses on the negative and pits couples against each other Collaborative law is a more positive and fair approach to separating from your partner. We look forward not back and try and do things differently. The process is built on trust and transparency; all advice is given openly, meaning there is less confusion and expectations are managed. As with any big change or loss to make something good out of something difficult takes hard work but change is possible. Like Blue Monday when you recognise you have hit the lowest point sometimes there is only one way to go. January is the month when we often take stock of how our lives are shaping up and it’s a natural time to assess relationships. The work I do with separating couples builds on this I help couples particularly those with children see that whilst their romantic relationship may be over they can move on and have a new sort of relationship based on love for their children and looking forward to the future not back at past unhappiness.

To make a request to Brighton and Hove City Council under the FoI Act or to browse responses, visit: www.foi.brighton-hove.gov.uk

You can find out with the help ofFreedom of Information requestsWhat do they know?

FoI requests to date

Total: 844 requests

705 are in progress

130 were successful

9 were unsuccessful

Right-to-buy statistics

■ Number of properties sold through the Right to Buy (RTB) for each year since 2010;

■ Number of one-bedroom properties sold since for each year since 2010 through the RTB;

■ Number of two-bedroom properties sold since 2010 through the RTB.

Date: January 15

From: Brighton & HoveDate: January 15

The number of properties sold for each year since 2010

■ All sales 2010/11: 16, 2011/12: 14, 2012/13: 25, 2013/14: 56*

■ One-bedroom sales 2010/11: 7, 2011/12: 5, 2012/13: 4, 2013/14: 14*

■ Two-bedroom sales 2010/11: 8, 2011/12: 6, 2012/13: 12, 2013/14: 27*

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Housing benefits cap

1 Of the households affected by the benefits cap, what is the number and percentage who rent their property in the private rented sector?

2 Of the households affected by the benefits cap, what is the number and percentage of those who were in receipt of housing benefit of:

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■ Between £20,000 and £25,999;

■ £26,000 and over?

Date: January 14


1 As at January 14, the total number of capped claims is 166; 59 - or 35.5% - rent their home from a private landlord.

2 ■ Between £13,000 and £19,999? 90 - or 54%;

■ Between £20,000 and £25,999? None;

■ Between £26,000 and over? None.

Number of dog-fouling complaints

Date: January 15


2012 March 26: Prohibited area, Brunswick Gardens; penalty unpaid; prosecution

May 23: Fouling, East Brighton Park; penalty unpaid, withdrawn due to insufficient evidence

June 18: Dog off lead, Upper St James Street, penalty paid

Date unknown: Prohibited area, Brunswick Square; penalty unpaid; prosecution

July 30: Fouling, Goldsmid Road; penalty unpaid; prosecution

July 30: Dog off a Lead, Goldsmid Road; penalty unpaid; prosecution

July 31: Dog off a lead, St James’s Street; penalty unpaid

November 8: Prohibited Area, Brunswick Square, penalty paid

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA) gives a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities. Brighton and Hove City Council has an agreement with mySociety, a charity to help people “become more powerful in the civic and democratic parts of their lives”.As a result, all FoI requests are now published online. The following are some recent requests and responses, both of which are edited because of space.


A Week in the CityRoads

Vogue Gyratory schemeWork is due to start on a new road layout at the Vogue Gyratory in the late spring or early summer. The work is expected to take about four months to complete and is intended to make the junction safer and simpler. Before work can start, people will have a chance to object to details of the £600,000 scheme, which includes a continuous two-metre wide northbound cycle lane.

Education

Outstanding Ofsted reportWest Hove Infants’ School is celebrating a notable double achievement: retaining its outstanding Ofsted rating even after expanding onto a second site. The school’s base in School Road was supplemented in 2011 by a second site on Connaught Road.Ofsted identified “outstanding” teaching, an “inspirational” headteacher and a “dynamic” senior leadership team as the key reasons why pupils make outstanding progress.

Tourism

City championsVisitBrighton, the city’s official marketing body, is looking to harness some of London 2012’s sporting spirit by introducing its own band of on-street volunteers to provide information to visitors.People with passion, knowledge and enthusiasm for Brighton and Hove are being recruited.The “City Champions” will be provided with a branded uniform to make them easily recognisable and approachable. They will be stationed at key locations throughout the city.

Traffic

Old Town planPavement café tables, better shopping and fewer accidents are the hopes for a scheme for car-free streets in Brighton’s historic heart.The city council has approved measures that would exclude vehicles most of the day from key parts of the Old Town, the area surrounding the Town Hall.Main changes include prohibiting traffic from East Street between 11am and 7pm each day.

Books

Reading WellThe city council’s public health team is co-sponsoring a “Happy Book” scheme this month. Libraries are making a wide range of mood-boosting titles available.They are also asking people to tell them about their favourite feel-good novel or poetry, so they can share the city’s top 20 feel-good book titles. Mind, the mental health charity, and the national Reading Well campaign have supported the scheme.

Parking

Coaches in RoedeanResidents in the Roedean have made a fresh plea for the city council to relieve a problem with coach and lorry parking in the area. Victor Mower, of Roedean Residents’ Association, presented a petition signed by 159 people asking for lorries and coaches to be banned except for access.Councillor Pete West was concerned any change might displace the problem: “Alternative sites have proved elusive.”

Planning

Nursing homeA nursing home in Hove on the edge of the Downs would address genuine local need, a planning inquiry was told.Harriet Townsend, the barrister representing the company behind the proposal, accused the council of being unreasonable in opposing the plans. Mike Holland, the property developer, wants to demolish Court Farm House and build a 58-bed nursing home and five houses at the top of King George VI Avenue.

Police

Stolen propertySussex Police want to trace the owners of dozens of stolen items. The paintings, signs, brass fittings, antiques, ephemera, ornaments and similar items were stolen in about 30 burglaries between March and October last year. Detective Constable Richard Valder-Davis said: “Most of the properties targeted were large, historic apartment blocks in Brighton and Hove. The items recovered are all unique and identifiable.” Recovered items can be viewed at: property.sussex-police.co.uk.


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Eggs

Joke journalismThe Argus newspaper devoted most of page 3 to its disclosure that a Hove couple bought half a dozen eggs that had double yolks. It illustrated the article with Julia Warnes holding a box of eggs. “It was a funny old experience,” she said. The couple were, of course, “shell-shocked”, according to headline-writers – who, presumably, rejected “cracking story”. As the article said: “It’s enough to scramble your brains.” Yolk yournalism!

Housing

Investment plansThousands of tenants will see improved homes under a £65 million investment plan. More than £37 million is earmarked in 2014/15 for managing, maintaining and improving the city’s 12,000 council homes. A further £28 million is planned for estate regeneration, new lifts and windows, fire safety improvements, a major rewiring programme, energy efficiency and solar panels, upgrading older sheltered housing, and council house buildings.

Royal

Princess AnneThe Princess Royal visited the city yesterday (Thursday) to open the new offices of Kineo, an e-learning company in Church Street in Brighton, and to visit the Carers Centre in Hove. Princess Anne is president of the City & Guilds London Institute, which bought Kineo in late 2012. The Carers Centre for Brighton and Hove, in Bedford Place, is a local charity created as a drop-in centre in Hove in 1988.

Women

Inspiring studentsMike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove, has called on city schools to take part in a national campaign to highlight the role of “Inspiring Women”.The Inspiring Women campaign will see 15,000 women from a wide range of occupations going into state schools over the coming year to speak to 250,000 young women. Schools can register at: www.inspiringthefuture.org.uk.

Buses

Better sheltersBrighton & Hove Friends of the Earth (BHFOE) is calling for better bus shelters as the city council is going out to tender for their installation, maintenance and cleaning. BHFOE said many shelters were not fit for purpose, with no guttering and little protection, or narrowed pavements because of advertising hoardings. It said a radical approach was needed to accommodate large numbers in busy shopping areas, such as Churchill Square.

Homeless

Christmas thanksBrighton Housing Trust (BHT) has thanked donors for their generosity this Christmas and for helping to bring homeless men and women in from the cold over the holiday period. Donations can still be made online at www.justgiving.com/alliwant. Andy Winter, BHT chief executive said: “We feel very grateful that people have been so generous at a time when, economically, things are incredibly tough.”

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Collective supportBrighton and Hove Youth Collective have won the hearts and minds of the BrightonandHoveJobs.com team, which has decided it will support the organisation throughout 2014. The collective is made up of eight charities: including the Young People’s Centre (YPC) Crew Club, Deans Youth Project, Brighton Youth Centre, Tarner Community Project, Hangleton and Knoll Project, The Trust for Developing Communities, and Sussex YMCA all of which are charities.

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Low-emission zoneProposals to tackle pollution hotspots in North Street and near the Clock Tower have been given cross-party support by councillors.A “low emission zone” will regulate vehicles entering a particular area. This would mainly apply to regular bus services. Councillor Pete West said: “We’re pleased that our work with the bus companies will help clean up our air for all who visit, work, and shop on these streets.”

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The suspended head of housing of Brighton and Hove City Council has acquired a private property portfolio that is valued at up to £2 million.

Jugal Sharma - sometimes involving members of his family, including his brother, Ashley Parker (formerly Ashone/Ashoni Sharma and Ashoni Parker) - is named on the deeds of at least four properties in Brighton, East Sussex, and London. He does not live in any of them.

Mr Sharma’s properties include a 30-acre farm that is occupied

by a tenant, who happens to be a senior colleague in the city council’s housing department - and who is paying a reported £1,200 a month.

Perrylands Farm - at the end of a mile-long unmade dirt track at the end of Hackhurst Lane, Lower Dicker, East Sussex - was bought by Mr Sharma for £535,000 on January 25 2005.

Six days earlier, his younger brother - then known as Ashone Sharma and describing himself as “self-employed” - joined him as a director of a company called Perrylands Farm Limited. The company was dissolved on October 17 2006, without having filed accounts with Companies House.

Today, the farm’s value, with grazing, is estimated at about £1 million.

The current tenant was alerted to the property after what is reported to have been “a chance conversation” in 2006 with Steve Bulbeck, then head of housing needs and social inclusion with the city council.

One source said: “Jugal’s original plans for the farm with his brother didn’t work out.” The property has to be used for farming purposes.

Mr Bulbeck is now chief executive of Brighton and Hove Seaside Community Homes, the not-for-profit charitable company - financed with a £28 million loan from Santander -

that was controversially set up by the council to raise investment to help improve all council tenants’ homes to the government’s Decent Homes Standard.

The Perrylands Farm tenant is Dennis Watts, who cares part-time for his elderly mother at the isolated three-bedroom bungalow; he is the city council’s supported accommodation services manager, with responsbility for hostels for the homeless.

Although there is no evidence of any wrongdoing, the disclosures raise further questions about Mr Sharma, 53, and his relationship with his 51-year-old brother, who owns KEM Property Services Limited (KEM).

Sussex Police have launched an investigation into alleged fraud at the city council. Mr Sharma joined the council in 2002 from the London Borough

Perrylands Farm, Hackhurst Lane, Lower Dicker BN27 4BP: A 30-acre farm, tied to agriculture, was bought by Jugal Sharma for £535,000 on January 25 2005. Six days earlier, his younger brother - then known as Ashone Sharma and describing himself as “self-employed” - joined him as a director of a company called Perrylands Farm Limited. The company was dissolved on October 17 2006, without having filed accounts with Companies House


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Title Number : ESX81475

This title is dealt with by Land Registry, Coventry Office.

The following extract contains information taken from the register of the above titlenumber. A full copy of the register accompanies this document and you should read thatin order to be sure that these brief details are complete.Neither this extract nor the full copy is an 'Official Copy' of the register. Anofficial copy of the register is admissible in evidence in a court to the same extentas the original. A person is entitled to be indemnified by the registrar if he or shesuffers loss by reason of a mistake in an official copy.This extract shows information current on 12 JAN 2014 at 16:51:22 and so does not takeaccount of any application made after that time even if pending in the Land Registrywhen this extract was issued.

REGISTER EXTRACT

Title Number : ESX81475

Address of Property : 17 Guildford Road, Brighton (BN1 3LU)

Price Stated : £295,000

Registered Owner(s) : JUGAL SHARMA and AUDREY FERN SHARMA of 17 GuildfordRoad, Brighton BN1 3LY.

Lender(s) : Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC

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17 Guildford Road, Brighton BN1 3LU: Jugal Sharma and Audrey Fern Sharma, his wife, bought the property for £295,000, with a Bank of Ireland mortgage, on September 21 2001

of Hillingdon, where he served for four years as housing needs manager. Suspended in late October, his salary is £82,500. Neither he nor his brother could be contacted for comment.

Last week, Brighton & Hove Independent exclusively revealed that KEM had received up to £20 million in taxpayers’ money to provide homes for the homeless in a 10-year agreement with the city council.

Mr Parker became a director in March 2008; he became a shareholder in February 2009. By which time, KEM owned at least six houses in the city - using mortgages with the Royal Bank of Scotland that totalled more than £3 million.

A number of properties sub-let by KEM were reportedly owned at the time by Mr Parker, but the company paid the mortgages on them.

This newspaper published details of more than 400 council

payments to KEM Property Services - totalling more than £8.3 million in only 43 months - an average of about £193,000 a month. The biggest single payment was £137,669 on June 29 2012.

It estimated that the company - which was founded in 2003, shortly after Mr Sharma’s appointment in Brighton and is nearing the end of a 10-year agreement with the council - may have received as much as £20 million of taxpayers’ money. The city council, however, did not disclose the actual total.

Today Brighton & Hove Independent can reveal three properties - in addition to Perrylands Farm - in which Mr Sharma has an interest.

Although it is believed Mr Sharma - and his wife, Audrey, an environmental health officer with the city council - live in Holland Road, Hove, they do not appear on the latest electoral roll. For six

months, until May 2013, they rented a house - for unknown reasons - at 23 Capenors, Burgess Hill, at a monthly rent of about £950.

The properties owned by Mr Sharma include:

17 Guildford Road, Brighton BN1 3LU

Jugal Sharma and Audrey Fern Sharma, his wife, bought the property for £295,000, with a Bank of Ireland mortgage, on September 21 2001; the property is currently occupied by tenants who report that Mr Sharma is “a good landlord”, although they deal mostly with Mrs Sharma - “who always fixes things if anything

goes wrong”;121 Balfour Road, Ilford IG1

4HSJugal Sharma is the registered

owner of this property, with Satesh Sharma - whose relationship to him is unknown. The property was bought for an unknown amount, with a Lloyds Bank mortgage, on July 17 2009; it has a restriction, dated August 7 2006, that it be not sold without written consent by Ashley Parker, “care of Reeve Fisher & Sands, Estate Offices, Coronation Drive, Elm Park, Hornchurch, Essex RM12 5BL.”;

106 Newark Street, London E1 2ES

Jugal Sharma is - with Ashone Sharma - registered as owner of this property, which was bought for £135,000 - with a Bank of Scotland mortgage - on October 5 2000. Again, it has a restriction, dated July 3, 2006, that it be not sold without written consent by Ashley Parker, “care of Reeve Fisher & Sands, Estate Offices, Coronation Drive, Elm Park, Hornchurch, Essex RM12 5BL.”

A Sussex Police source close to the investigation said enquiries were continuing and no arrests or charges were imminent.

Title Number : EGL48812

This title is dealt with by Land Registry, Birkenhead Office.


REGISTER EXTRACT


Address of Property : 121 Balfour Road, Ilford (IG1 4HS)

Price Stated : Not Available

Registered Owner(s) : JUGAL SHARMA and SATESH SHARMA of 121 Balfour Road,Ilford, Essex IG1 4HS.

Lender(s) : Lloyds Bank PLC

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121 Balfour Road, Ilford IG1 4HS: Jugal Sharma is the registered owner of this property, with Satesh Sharma - whose relationship to him is unknown. The property was bought for an unknown amount, with a Lloyds Bank mortgage, on July 17 2009


This title is dealt with by Land Registry, Wales Office.


REGISTER EXTRACT


Address of Property : 106 Newark Street, London (E1 2ES)

Price Stated : £135,000

Registered Owner(s) : JUGAL SHARMA and ASHONE SHARMA of 106 Newark Street,London E1 2ES.

Lender(s) : Bank of Scotland PLC

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106 Newark Street, London E1 2ES: Jugal Sharma is - with Ashone Sharma - registered as owner of this property, which was bought for £135,000 - with a Bank of Scotland mortgage - on October 5 2000

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Jugal Sharma is understood to live in Holland Road, Hove - but is not on the electoral roll

23 Capenors, Burgess Hill, RH15 9QL: Jugal Sharma and his wife rented this three-bedroom semi-detahced house for £950 a month for six months until May 2013

Ashone Sharma became a director of Perrylands Farm Limited on January 19 2005

In recent years, there has been much talk about “open data” - particularly in the field of democratically-accountable organisations.

Increasingly, organisations - especially those that are funded or part-funded by taxpayers’ money - are being required, voluntarily or not, to publish data in a machine-readable open format. That is, in a format that computers can understand and interpret.

There are many reasons for this: one relates to the creation of new digital applications and services; the other relates to transparency and accountability.

Brighton & Hove Independent’s ongoing investigation into KEM Property Services, its contracts, its directors and shareholders, and those associated with them

would not have been possible - or would have certainly been more difficult - had it not been for open data. The starting point was Companies House, the Land Registry and the electoral roll. Not that long ago, hard copies inspected in person were the only means by which investigative journalists could discover truths. Now, there is the internet.

More importantly, perhaps, there is the approach of national government and local authorities to open data. It is only in the last few years that councils have been required to publish openly details of payments over £500 to contractors. It was because of this that this newspaper was able to identify how KEM Property Services Limited had received more than £8.3 million in 43 months.

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Three organisations within the NHS in Brighton and Hove have signed up to the city’s Living Wage campaign.

Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) marked the start of 2014 by announcing its support for the campaign- ensuring that anyone working for the organisation will earn at least £7.65 per hour.

Dr Xavier Nalletamby, chair of the CCG, said: “This is absolutely the right thing to do. As a responsible organisation, we are working hard to ensure that we support the people who work for us.

“We believe that by adopting the living wage, we are setting a powerful example to other organisations in the area to do the same.

“At present, 18% of people working in Brighton and Hove live in relative poverty and all organisations need to play an

active role in reducing that number for the benefit of the community in which we live and work.”

The group’s governing body has also endorsed changes to its commissioning and procurement processes by aligning them with the Public Services (Social Value) Act.

The act, which came into full effect on January 31 2013, sets out guidelines to ensure that the CCG - and any other public

body - is obliged to make sure that everything it does, whether that be commissioning and designing services or procuring goods or services, is done in a way that has a benefit socially.

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Shortly after the

CCG sign-up, Futurehealth - a new wellbeing centre on the proposed King Alfred site - also joined the campaign endorsing the statement, along with the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Centre.

Dr Sarah Andersen, of Futurehealth, said: “We are proud to be first GP surgery to sign up to the Living Wage Scheme which is so essential to the health and wealth of our seafront city.”

It is hoped that the Living Wage will be introduced in other GP surgeries and other areas of the NHS locally.

The Living Wage Campaign aims at encouraging local

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Set independently and updated annually, the Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK and is the amount that allows a person to live, rather than just survive. It is currently £7.65 an hour.

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In February 2012, Brighton Chamberheld a Big Debate to enable the city’sbusinesses to voice their views directlyand, when it came to the vote, theLiving Wage received overwhelmingbusiness endorsement.

What is the Living Wage?In April 2012, the Living Wage Commission announced that a business-led,two year campaign for a Living Wage would be spearheaded by theBrighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce with the goal of making the city agreat example of how the Living Wage can become the normal andaccepted minimum level of payment for all employees.

The Brighton & Hove Living Wage Campaign aims to encourage localbusinesses to voluntarily pay all employees a decent hourly rate.

Set independently and updated annually the Living Wage is calculatedaccording to the basic cost of living in the UK and is the amount that allowsa person to live, rather than just survive.

The Living Wage hourlyrate as at 4th Nov 2013

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LoveLocalJobs.com - the leading southeast jobs board - has backed a new national report that suggests job growth is at a four-year high.

Gary Peters, founder of the LoveLocalJobs.com family of job boards and chair of the Brighton and Hove Economic Partnership, said national findings were reinforced by evidence of what is happening across Sussex and beyond.

Visits to BrightonandHoveJobs.com have risen by more than a third in the last 12 months, while visits to GatwickDiamondJobs.com have more than doubled - rising by a remarkable 109% in the same period.

The recent KPMG/Recruitment and Employment Confederation Report on Jobs highlights signs of a strengthening job market across the United Kingdom.

December saw permanent placements growing at their fastest rate since March 2010,

while temporary billings increased at their fastest rate for 15 years.

Salaries are also improving, the report states, with the highest level of permanent salary growth since October 2007.

Demand increased for every type of permanent job, most strongly in the executive/professional category.

In terms of temporary/contract sectors, the strongest demand was for IT/computing staff. As expected, demand for staff remained stronger in the private sector than in the public sector.

According to Mr Peters, the same picture is being seen in the Sussex region, with a surge in the number of professional positions being advertised on LoveLocalJobs.com and a lack of suitable candidates in certain areas. Locally, some sectors are growing faster than others, such as aviation, engineering, legal, IT and education.

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seen a 52% rise in enquiries on BrightonandHoveJobs.com, with a 22% rise in engineering related enquiries. In Gatwick, IT has seen a 58.7% rise in enquiries.

Mr Peters said: “There is no doubt our job boards across the whole region are also seeing a sharp year on year rise in activity, both from companies posting job opportunities and from candidates. Most notable is the rise in professional and technical employment positions in sectors such as education, legal, IT and advanced engineering, which would suggest local companies are experiencing rapid growth in line with an improving economic climate.

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Long-serving Peter marks 40 yearsPeter Falconar not only remembers the days of mental maths accounting and carbon-copy orders. After 40 years in wholesaling, he is so good with numbers he does not own a telephone book.

Peter now holds the title of the longest-serving head-office-based employee at Palmer and Harvey, the UK’s No1 delivered hholesaler .

His experience in the industry started at Plymouth-based WC Griffiths and Sons as a trainee accountant where his ability with numbers shone.

“I used to have a competition with a colleague in the office,” says Peter. “She’d add up figures on a calculator and I would read them from a long list upside-down from the opposite side of the desk. We’d have a race to see who could come up with the right answers first. I usually won!”

Sadly, he added, the wager was often just 10p!

After Peter’s 10 years’ service, Palmer and Harvey acquired WC Griffiths in 1984 to complete their network of warehousing and he moved to the company head office in Portslade.

City council aims at providing 70 apprenticeships to help people gain vital skills Residents are gaining vital work experience working across services provided by Brighton and Hove City Council services - including in children’s nurseries and as trainee electricians - as part of the council’s apprenticeships drive.

As well as necessary work experience, apprentices are eligible for government bursaries to provide added incentive to those following the apprenticeship route.

Two apprenticeships at Roundabout Nursery have both received a £3,000 bursary from the National College for Teaching and Leadership.

Daisy Lane, one apprentice said: “With the money, I will be buying a laptop so I will be able to do my college work at home. This will allow me to stay on top of my college work and stay organised.”

Working alongside JobCentre Plus, the council is supporting people into work-placements and apprenticeship. This means not only work experience, but also a nationally-recognised qualification.

With 23 apprenticeships already in place, a further 46 will be created by April.

Penny Thompson, chief executive

of Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “One of the biggest difficulties entering the job market for the first time is trying to break the cycle of no experience.

“So it’s important that as the city’s biggest employer we offer residents the opportunity to gain vital skills and experience to prepare them for work. At the same time we need to recruit, train and develop local young talent that will help us find innovative ways to deliver the 800 services we provide everyday.

“We want to support young people to make a successful transition to independent living, helping them to meet their potential, achieve their abilities, hopes and aspirations.”

Council-organised sessions have helped inform job-seekers and care-leavers about apprenticeship opportunities giving a better understanding of the role as well as crucial encouragement to apply for future opportunities.

Jack Weallans, a housing apprentice, said: “I think the

apprenticeship is an amazing opportunity. It has introduced me to a field that I previously knew nothing about and developed within me a passion and interest that will stay with me forever. I have gained in depth knowledge and have felt like a valued member of the team throughout.

“I am now certain that I want to pursue a career in housing, and with the hands on experience I am currently gaining, along with the qualification I will receive; I feel this goal is well within reach.”

Headquarters of the National College for Teaching and Leadership, which is giving £3,000 bursaries

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Vince Vaughn gets a chance to branch out of his comfort zone

Ken Scott’s American remake of his own French-Canadian comedy has all the same problems as the original film, but remains an enjoyable, feel-good comedy with a likeable performance from Vince Vaughn.

What’s it all about?Directed by Ken Scott, Delivery Man is an American remake of Scott’s French Canadian comedy Starbuck, which was inspired by the same newspaper reports that

lead to the documentary Donor Unknown. Vince Vaughn stars as meat truck driver David Wozniak, a 40-something slacker who suddenly discovers that he’s the biological father to 533 children (thanks to his enthusiastic visits to the sperm bank in the 1980s) and that 142 of them want to

meet him and are filing a suit for his identity to be revealed.

After filing a counter-suit with his lawyer friend Brett (Chris Pratt) to try and protect his identity (he’s only known

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pregnant and there’s also the small matter of the loan sharks who keep popping round to violently retrieve the $80,000 he owes them.

The GoodVince Vaughn slightly tones down his usual fast-talking screen persona and plays things relatively straight, which is effective.

That said, what he loses in comic impact and manic delivery, he gains in general sincerity, generating a series of touching relationships without descending into forced sentimentality.

The BadIt’s probably fair to say that remaking the film has highlighted some of the problems of the original, most notably the less convincing moments, such as the daughter who makes the world’s fastest recovery from heroin addiction because she gets a job in Bloomingdales, or the emo son

who seems like a character from a different film.

Worth seeing?The remake lacks some of the scruffy charm of the original, but remains an entertaining and emotionally engaging comedy-drama with a strong central performance from Vince Vaughn.

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FRIDAYLunchtime ConcertsGerman soprano Eva Rustige and pianist Joe Ward perform a varied programme including works by Mozart and Schubert.12:30pm-1:15pm, £3.50Brighton Unitarian Church, New Road, BN1 1UF

MasqueradeAdorn yourself in your finest gowns and find yourself a vintage mask. Whisk yourself away in the ballroom where passion, glamour and illicit behavior meet. 7pm, £34 per personProud Cabaret Brighton, 83 St Georges Road, BN2 1EF

Old TimesHarold Pinter’s darkly erotic and tantalisingly enigmatic drama explores many of the themes that characterised his finest works.7.45pm Matinee: Sunday December 8 at 2.30pm. £7 - £10New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place, BN1 2PT

Too Darn Soulful Expect floor shakers and foot stompers - all part of the talcum powered beatin’ rhythm that is Northern Soul!11pm, £5Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN

SATURDAYBikram Yoga Brighton Open Day - New Year fitness resolution? Try out hot yoga classes for free at Bikram Yoga Brighton’s purpose built ‘hot’ studio. Classes at 9:00 and 11:30am. Free entry (call 01273 289485 to reserve your place)Olugbenga House, 26 - 28 Franklin Road, Portslade, BN41 1AF

Dome Discovery ToursGet up close and personal with Brighton Dome past and present on this special behind-the-scenes encounter. 10.50am, £8.50 (£7.50 concessions)Church Street, BN1 1EE

I’m Sorry I Haven’t a ClueJoin Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy and host Jack Dee for an unmissable evening of inspired nonsense. Colin Sell provides piano accompaniment.2.30pm & 7.30pm, £26, £23Brighton Dome, Church Street, BN1 1EE

SUNDAYCall my BluffWine Tasting Event @ Ten Green Bottles. Fun wine tasting and quiz team event with prizes and a booby prize. No wine knowledge necessary.4pm start. £15 each (Call 01273 567176 to book)Ten Green Bottles, 9 Jubilee Street, BN1 1GE

Royal Pavilion Annual Free DayTo celebrate the purchase of the Royal Pavilion by the town of Brighton in 1850, admission charges are waived one day a year.Royal Pavilion, 4/5 Pavilion Buildings, BN1 1EE

Terry Garoghan: The Man in SlacksTerry ponders the meaninglessness of middle-age angst and his fatal attraction to the gentleman’s clothing of Marks and Sparks1pm, £6Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN

Brighton Dome & Strings Attached Coffee ConcertHand-picked senior students of the Royal College of Music come together to perform works of the chamber music repertoire.11am, £17.50/£15Brighton Dome, Church Street, BN1 1EE

MONDAYCatalyst ClubMonthly event which blends the old traditions of a French Salon with debating societies.8pm, £5Latest Music Bar, 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF

Fire and sculptureInternationally acclaimed French sculptural artist Denis Tricot gently transforms landscapes and buildings across the world with his wooden sculptures.Nymans, Staplefield Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EB

Turner in BrightonAn exhibition in the Prince Regent Gallery, Royal Pavilion centred on our recent acquisition of J M W Turner’s watercolour Brighthelmston, Sussex (1824). 10am–5.15pm (last admission 4.30pm)Royal Pavilion Gardens, New Road, BN1 1UG

TUESDAYCafe ScientifiqueMonthly talk.Doors 7.30 Price Free, collection made to cover costs.Latest Music Bar, 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF

ReflectionsPaul Tash Ostrer is offering you a chance to see his striking exhibition ‘Reflections‘. Paul is showing his self portraits which represent the emotive key stages in his life. Naked Eye Gallery, 5 Farm Mews, Farm Road, Hove, BN3 1GH

WEDNESDAYRobin Cousins’ ICE ShowRobin Cousins’ ICE will draw you into its unique world. One where world class skaters glide, soar, flip and fly to a dynamic musical score in a truly theatrical setting.Various times, £11.25 - £80Brighton Centre, Kings Road, BN1 2GR

THURSDAYWarpaintIn follow up to their critically acclaimed 2010 album The Fool, Warpaint return to Brighton to mark the release of their self titled second album released on Rough Trade on 20 January 2014.8pm, £17.50Brighton Dome, Church Street, BN1 1EE

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7.00 The Voice UK. EmmaWillisand Marvin Humes front thesecond round of the all-singing, chair-spinning talentcontest, with coaches KylieMinogue, Tom Jones,Will.i.am and Ricky Wilson.

8.20 The National Lottery: WhoDares Wins. Nick Knowleshosts the game show inwhich two pairs of strangerscompete by listing as muchas they know about givensubjects. Including the Lottoand Thunderball draws.

9.10 Casualty. New doctor Calgoes to the rescue of a girl ina limo hanging precariouslyoff a bridge, while Ethanuncovers the truth about astudent whose sight isendangered by flying glass.

10.00BBC News; Weather.10.20Match of the Day. Gary

Lineker presents highlightsof the latest Premier Leagueclashes, including Arsenal vFulham at the EmiratesStadium and Liverpool vAston Villa at Anfield;National Lottery Update.

11.45The Football League Show.1.05Weatherview. 1.10 BBC News.

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.45 Film:Sodom and Gomorrah. (1962)Biblical drama, starring StewartGranger. 9.10 Life on Earth. (R)10.05 Life on Earth. (R) 11.00 FredDibnah’s Made in Britain. (R) 11.30Great British Railway Journeys. (R)12.00 The Great Sport Relief BakeOff. (R) 1.00 The Great Sport ReliefBake Off. (R) 2.00 The A to Z of TVCooking. 2.45 Film: Ensign Pulver.(1964) Navy comedy, starringRobert Walker. 4.30 Live Snooker:The Masters. The first semi-finalfrom Alexandra Palace, London.6.00 Flog It! Paul Martin meets

people in Derby who hope tomake money selling theirantiques at auction, andvisits the Marmite factory inBurton-upon-Trent,Staffordshire. (R)

7.00 Live Snooker: The Masters.Hazel Irvine presentscoverage of the secondsemi-final from AlexandraPalace, London, where theline-up for the final will beconfirmed. Subsequentprogrammes subject tochange.

10.30QI XL. Extended edition. LizaTarbuck, Susan Calman andSandi Toksvig join AlanDavies, with host StephenFry asking questions on akaleidoscope of topics. Lastin the series.

11.15Film: Howl. (2010) Fact-based drama recreating theobscenity trial of beat poetAllen Ginsberg alongside ananimated adaptation of hiscounter-culture epic. StarringJames Franco and ToddRotondi.

12.35 Snooker Extra. Hazel Irvinepresents extended highlights of theopening semi-final of the Mastersat Alexandra Palace in London.2.35 This Is BBC Two.

6.00 CITV: Pat & Stan. 6.25 DinoDan. (R) 6.40 Dino Dan. (R) 6.50Canimals. (R) 7.10 Om NomStories. (R) 7.15 Sooty. (R) 7.25Om Nom Stories. (R) 7.30Scrambled! 9.25 ITV News. 9.30Dinner Date. (R) 10.30Murder, SheWrote. (R) 11.30 ITV News;Weather. 11.45 ShowMe the Telly.(R) 12.45 Film: Columbo: TheMurder of a Rock Star. (1991) 2.45Midsomer Murders. (R) 4.45Regional Programme; Weather.4.55 ITV News; Weather. 5.10Film: Despicable Me. (2010)7.00 Splash!Musician Paul

Young, TOWIE star DanOsborne, comic PatrickMonahan, model DanielleLloyd and MP PennyMordaunt vie for the nexttwo semi-final spots underthe tutelage of Tom Daley.

8.30 Take Me Out. A PE teacherfrom Scunthorpe, a farmerfrom Inverness, aBirmingham student and aTeam GB taekwondo athletetry to win a date with one of30 single women. PaddyMcGuinness presents.

9.45 The Jonathan Ross Show.The host is joined bycomedian and actor RussellBrand, X Factor host DermotO’Leary, film star GoldieHawn and musician JamesBlunt, who also performs inthe studio.

10.45 ITV News; Weather.11.00Film: Burn After Reading.

(2008) Two gym employeesgain possession of themanuscript for a CIA agent’stell-all book and try to sell thesecrets it contains. Coenbrothers comedy, with BradPitt and George Clooney.

12.45 Jackpot247. 3.00 Ladette toLady: Australia. (R) 3.45 ITVNightscreen.

6.15 The American Football Show:Road to the Super Bowl. (R) 7.05TransWorld Sport. 8.00 TheMorning Line. 9.00 Everybody LovesRaymond. (R) 9.30How IMet YourMother. (R) 10.00How IMet YourMother. (R) 10.30 The Big BangTheory. (R) 10.55 The Big BangTheory. (R) 11.25 The Simpsons.(R) 11.55 The Simpsons. (R) 12.25The Taste. (R) 1.30 Channel 4Racing. 4.00 ComeDine withMe.(R) 4.25 ComeDine withMe. (R)5.00 ComeDine withMe. (R) 5.35ComeDine withMe. (R)6.05 Channel 4 News.6.30 Speed with Guy Martin. For

his second adrenaline-fuelledchallenge, the racer tries toset the world record forriding a motorcycle on water,with the help of a Cambridgeprofessor and marineengineers. (R)

7.30 Britain’s Killer Storms.Feature-length documentary-drama telling the story of fivemajor storms that batteredthe nation during 2012,hearing from people whosurvived them. (R)

9.00 Hostages.When Ellendisobeys Duncan’s orders,he threatens to kill a memberof her family and the surgeonrealises she cannot trustanyone – not even thoseemployed to protect thepresident.

10.00Film: Knowing. (2009) Anastrophysicist decodes apage of numbers revealingthe dates of a series ofdisasters and tries to preventthem happening. Mysterythriller, starring Nicolas Cageand Rose Byrne.

12.20 Film: Panic Room. (2002)2.15 Southland. (R) 3.00Hollyoaks. (R) 5.05 Deal or NoDeal. (R)

6.00Milkshake! 10.10 PowerRangers: Megaforce. 10.45Slugterra. (R) 11.10 Access. 11.20Celebrity Big Brother: Live Eviction.(R) 12.40World’s Worst HolidayHorrors. (R) 1.45 PoliceInterceptors. (R) 2.45 Film:Columbo: Murder Under Glass.(1978) 4.10 Diagnosis Murder. (R)5.10 Diagnosis Murder. (R)6.10 Mr &Mrs Murder.7.00 CSI: Crime Scene

Investigation. A student fallsto her death. (R)

7.45 NCIS. The team investigatesthe death of a lance corporal,whose body has been foundin an empty house, andmakes a startling discoveryregarding the man’s personallife. (R)

8.40 NCIS. Kidnappers strike onHalloween, wounding amarine sergeant andsnatching his daughter, whileAbby surprises everyone byturning up at the lab in arevealing fancy-dresscostume. (R)

9.35 5 NewsWeekend.9.45 Celebrity Big Brother.

Highlights of the famousresidents’ past 24 hoursunder the all-seeing eye ofBig Brother, including asecond chance to seeFriday’s eviction.

10.45Celebrity Big Brother’s Biton the Psych. Psychologicalanalysis of the housemates’behaviour.

12.00 SuperCasino. 3.05 BabyFace Brides. (R) 4.00Wildlife SOS.(R) 4.25Make It Big. (R) 4.50Roary the Racing Car. (R) 5.00Angels of Jarm. (R) 5.10 Hana’sHelpline. (R) 5.20 Angels of Jarm.(R) 5.25 The Funky Valley Show.(R) 5.40 Roary the Racing Car. (R)5.50 Hana’s Helpline. (R)

BBC Three7.00 Great Movie Mistakes:Revenge of the Fifth 7.15 Top Gear8.20 Film: The Chronicles ofNarnia: The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe (2005) 10.30 RussellHoward’s Good News 11.00 FamilyGuyBBC Four7.00Wild China 8.00 A Very BritishMurder with Lucy Worsley 9.00 TheBridge 11.00 Slade at the BBCITV22.00 Film: The Sisterhood of theTraveling Pants (2005) 4.20 You’veBeen Framed! 6.50 Film: TheIncredible Hulk (2008) 9.00 Film:The World Is Not Enough (1999)11.35 The Magaluf WeekenderITV32.45 Film: The Pure Hell of StTrinian’s (1960) 4.40 InspectorMorse 7.00 Rosemary & Thyme8.00 Doc Martin 9.00 AgathaChristie’s Poirot 11.00 PrimeSuspectITV43.10 Film: The Cimarron Kid (1952)4.55 Film: Horizons West (1952)6.35 Film: The Horse Soldiers(1959) 9.00 Film:Memphis Belle(1990) Second World War drama,starring Matthew Modine. 11.10Film: The Howling (1981)E43.30 Film: Dragonball Evolution(2009) 5.10 Rude(ish) Tube 6.05How I Met Your Mother 7.00 TheBig Bang Theory 8.00 TheTomorrow People 9.00 Film: TopGun (1986) 11.10 The Big BangTheoryFilm42.45 Nacho Libre (2006) 4.35Bugsy Malone (1976) 6.25 Stardust(2007) Fantasy adventure, starringCharlie Cox and Claire Danes. 9.00Runaway Jury (2003) 11.30 FerrisBueller’s Day Off (1986)

The Voice UKBBC1, 7pmGiven Jeremy Renner andChristian Bale’s rendition ofTom Jones’s classic Delilahin acclaimedmovieAmerican Hustle, we doubtthe Welsh recording legendwould have turned roundfor them had theyauditioned for this show,but plenty of otherwannabe stars haveimpressed his ears. Thisweek it’s round two of thecontest to find the nation’sbest new vocal talent.Coaches Kylie, Tom,will.i.am and Ricky Wilsonaim is to build a team of adozen singers or actsapiece, all chosen on theirvocals alone. EmmaWillisandMarvin Humes host.

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series. Fiona Bruce andPhilip Mould investigatepotentially valuable works ofart, helping a man whobelieves he owns a paintingby French post-impressionistEdouard Vuillard.

7.00 Countryfile Winter Special.The team explores thecountryside during winter,searching for hardy wildlife,revealing how farmers copeand unveiling a sculpture bylandscape artist AndyGoldsworthy.

8.00 Call the Midwife. Newseries. The nuns andmidwives move into theirnew premises, Jenny isconcerned about a patient’smental state and Chummystruggles to adjust to life as ahousewife and mother.

9.00 The Musketeers. Newseries. Swashbucklingadventure set in 17th-century Paris.

10.00BBC News; Regional News;Weather.

10.25Match of the Day 2.Including highlights ofChelsea v ManchesterUnited.

11.25The Revolution Will BeTelevised.

11.55Film: Shifty. (2008) Drama,starring Riz Ahmed.

1.20Weatherview. 1.25 BBC News.

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.45 Film:Blessed. (2008) Drama, starringJames Nesbitt. 8.05Monty Don’sFrench Gardens. (R) 9.05Countryfile. (R) 10.00 SaturdayKitchen Best Bites. 11.30 The GreatSport Relief Bake Off. (R) 12.30The Great Sport Relief Bake Off. (R)1.30 Live Snooker: The Masters.Hazel Irvine presents coverage ofthe opening eight frames of thefinal from Alexandra Palace,London, where the best-of-19-frames match takes place.Subsequent programmes subjectto change. 5.15 Ski Sunday. Thefirst semi-final from AlexandraPalace, London.6.00 Flog It! From Derby. (R)7.00 Live Snooker: The Masters.

Hazel Irvine presentscoverage of the secondsemi-final from AlexandraPalace, London, where theline-up for the final will beconfirmed. Third seed MarkSelby prevailed over 12thseed Graeme Dott with a 6-5victory in last year'sconcluding semi-final,earning him a chance toclaim the title in a contestagainst Neil Robertson. Withcommentary by DennisTaylor, Ken Doherty, StephenHendry and John Virgo, andanalysis by Steve Davis andJohn Parrott. Subsequentprogrammes subject tochange.

11.00Film: A Serious Man. (2009)A mild-mannered professorseeks spiritual advice as aseries of disasters disruptshis life. The Coen brothers’1960s-set black comedy,starring Michael Stuhlbargand Richard Kind.

12.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile. (R)1.35 Holby City. (R) 2.35 This IsBBC Two.

6.00 CITV: Pat & Stan. 6.10 Pat &Stan. (R) 6.20 Pat & Stan. (R) 6.25Dino Dan. (R) 6.40 Dino Dan. (R)6.50 Canimals. (R) 7.00 Canimals.(R) 7.05 Canimals. (R) 7.10 OmNom Stories. (R) 7.15 Sooty. (R)7.25 Om Nom Stories. (R) 7.30Scrambled! 9.30Murder, SheWrote. (R) 10.30 Dickinson’s RealDeal. (R) 11.20 ITV News; Weather.11.30 Inside the National Trust.12.25 The Crocodile HunterDiaries. (R) 1.25 Catchphrase. (R)2.10 Splash! (R) 3.40 Film: Dr No.(1962) 5.50 Regional Programme ;Weather.6.00 ITV News; Weather.6.15 Dancing on Ice. Having

progressed from the firstround of performances, the10 remaining celebrityskaters now go head to headon the ice. Presented byPhillip Schofield andChristine Bleakley.

7.45 All Star Family Fortunes.With Birds of a Feather starLesley Joseph and comedianStephen K Amos.

8.30 Dancing on Ice: The SkateOff. One celebrity hangs uptheir skates for good.

9.00 Mr Selfridge. New series.Lady Mae’s husband arrivesunexpectedly in London.

10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather.10.15Birds of a Feather. Sharon

makes a discovery in the loft.(R)

10.45Piers Morgan’s Life Stories:Neil Morrissey. The actordiscusses some revealingtopics. (R)

11.45River Monsters. JeremyWade investigates thealligator gar fish in Texas. (R)

12.10 The Store. 2.15 The JeremyKyle Show USA. 3.40 ITVNightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy KyleShow. (R)

6.00 The Treacle People. (R) 6.10The Hoobs. (R) 6.35 The Hoobs.(R) 7.05 Snowdon Race. 8.00Will& Grace. (R) 8.30 Everybody LovesRaymond. (R) 9.00 Frasier. (R)9.30 Sunday Brunch. 12.30 How IMet Your Mother. 1.00 How I MetYour Mother. 1.25 The Big BangTheory. (R) 1.55 The Big BangTheory. (R) 2.25 The Big BangTheory. (R) 2.55 The Simpsons.(R) 3.25 The Simpsons. (R) 3.55Film: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.(1989) 5.45 Deal or No Deal.6.40 Channel 4 News.7.00 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday

Night Feast. Actress SiennaMiller shares her recipe forTuscan duck ragu, JamieOliver cooks a whole salmonin salt and Jimmy Dohertycreates a DIY hog roast forthe ultimate crackling. (R)

8.00 Speed with Guy Martin. Theracing fan builds a prototypetoboggan and heads to thePyrenees, where he attemptsto break the record for theworld’s fastest gravity-powered sled. Last in theseries.

9.00 Don’t Look Down. Thedeath-defying new craze ofurban free-climbing, wheredaredevils scale cranes andbuildings without safetyequipment and hanghundreds of feet above theground.

10.00Film: Haywire. (2011)Premiere. Action thriller,starring Gina Carano.

11.45Film: Domino. (2005)Thriller, starring KeiraKnightley and MickeyRourke.

1.55 Southland. (R) 2.40 Film:Internal Affairs. (1990) 4.30 PhilSpencer: Secret Agent. (R) 5.25Kirstie’s Vintage Gems. (R) 5.30Deal or No Deal. (R)

6.00Milkshake!: Peppa Pig. 6.05Roary the Racing Car. (R) 6.15 Fifiand the Flowertots. (R) 6.25 BubbleGuppies. (R) 6.40 The Mr MenShow. (R) 6.50 Chloe’s Closet. (R)7.05 Roobarb and Custard Too. (R)7.10 Bananas in Pyjamas. (R) 7.25Make Way for Noddy. (R) 7.35 Bertand Ernie’s Great Adventures. (R)7.40 City of Friends. (R) 7.55 LittlePrincess. (R) 8.05 Olly the LittleWhite Van. (R) 8.10 TheAdventures of Bottle Top Bill andHis Best Friend Corky. (R) 8.25Angelina Ballerina. (R) 8.40 RupertBear. (R) 9.00 Ben and Holly’s LittleKingdom. (R) 9.15 Jelly Jamm. (R)9.30 LazyTown. (R) 10.00 PowerRangers: Super Samurai. (R) 10.35Slugterra. (R) 11.00 HighlandEmergency. (R) 11.30 Celebrity BigBrother. (R) 12.30 Film: The In-Laws. (2003) 2.25 Film:Something’s Gotta Give. (2003)4.55 Film: Sweet Home Alabama.(2002)7.00 Film: Legally Blonde.

(2001) Comedy, with ReeseWitherspoon and LukeWilson. Edited for language.

8.55 5 NewsWeekend.9.00 Celebrity Big Brother. The

remaining housematesembark on their final week.

10.00Film: The Lake House.(2006) Romantic fantasy,starring Sandra Bullock.

11.55Autopsy: Whitney Houston’sLast Hours. Dr RichardShepherd investigates thedeath of the singer inFebruary 2012. (R)

12.55 SuperCasino. 3.05 Livingwith ADHD: Louis Smith. (R) 4.00Wildlife SOS. (R) 4.20Make It Big.(R) 4.50 Roary the Racing Car. (R)5.00 Angels of Jarm. (R) 5.05Hana’s Helpline. (R) 5.20 Angels ofJarm. (R) 5.25 The Funky ValleyShow. (R) 5.40 Roary the RacingCar. (R) 5.50 Hana’s Helpline. (R)

BBC Three7.00 Great Movie Mistakes:Revenge of the Fifth 7.15 The VoiceUK 8.35 Film:Monsters vs Aliens(2009) 10.00 Family Guy 10.45Uncle 11.15 American Dad!BBC Four7.00 The ManWho DiscoveredEgypt 8.00 Hidden Histories:Britain’s Oldest Family Businesses9.00 Film: Point Blank (1967)10.30Me and Me Dad: A Portrait ofJohn Boorman 11.20 Nelson’sCaribbean Hell-Hole: An EighteenthCentury Navy Graveyard UncoveredITV23.10 Film: Free Willy (1993) 5.30Film: The Perfect Storm (2000)8.00 You’ve Been Framed andFamous! 9.00 The MagalufWeekender 10.00 Film: The Fastand the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)ITV32.45 Film: Columbo: NegativeReaction (1974) 4.40 AgathaChristie’s Marple 6.45 AgathaChristie’s Poirot 9.00 Film: Ray(2004) Biopic, starring Jamie Foxx.ITV43.15 Film: Captain Newman MD(1964) 5.45 Film: Lonely Are theBrave (1962) 8.00 Dirty Britain 9.00Film: Kull the Conqueror (1997)11.00 Hell on Wheels 11.55 Film:The Big Lebowski (1998)E44.00Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD5.00 The Tomorrow People 6.00Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6.30 The BigBang Theory 8.00 Film: BigMomma’s House (2000) 10.00Rude Tube 11.00 The Big BangTheory 11.30 How I Met YourMotherFilm43.00 The Producers (1968) 4.45The Jewel of the Nile (1985) 6.50Step Up 3 (2010) 9.00 The Sentinel(2006) 11.10MacGruber (2010)

Dancing on IceITV, 6.15pmThe atmosphere betweenHollyoaks actress JorgiePorter and her professionalpartner SylvainLongchambonmay haveseemed rather icy, but it wasstill a shock to see the 2012runner-up become the firstcelebrity to be voted off theshow. Judge Jason Gardinerand the voting public havemade it clear that the celebswon’t be able to glidethrough on their pastglories, but whowill impressthis week,? At least hostsPhillip Schofield andChristine Bleakley will be onhand to give the unluckycouple a consoling hug onwhat has been dubbed the“kiss and cry” step.

Phillip Schofield

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SATURDAY’S TV 18.01.14BBC1 BBC2 ITV CHANNEL 4 CHANNEL 5 DIGITALCHOICE6.00 Breakfast. 10.00 SaturdayKitchen Live. 11.30 The GoodCook. (R) 12.00 Football Focus.12.45 Saturday Sportsday. 1.00BBC News; Regional News;Weather. 1.15 Live Snooker: TheMasters. 4.30 Final Score. 5.15BBC News; Regional News;Weather. 5.35 Dynamo: MagicianImpossible.6.15 Reflex. Shane Richie hosts

the game show in whichfamilies from Blackpool andCarlisle battle each other in aseries of physical and mentalchallenges, withcommentary by Ken Bruce.

7.00 The Voice UK. EmmaWillisand Marvin Humes front thesecond round of the all-singing, chair-spinning talentcontest, with coaches KylieMinogue, Tom Jones,Will.i.am and Ricky Wilson.

8.20 The National Lottery: WhoDares Wins. Nick Knowleshosts the game show inwhich two pairs of strangerscompete by listing as muchas they know about givensubjects. Including the Lottoand Thunderball draws.

9.10 Casualty. New doctor Calgoes to the rescue of a girl ina limo hanging precariouslyoff a bridge, while Ethanuncovers the truth about astudent whose sight isendangered by flying glass.

10.00BBC News; Weather.10.20Match of the Day. Gary

Lineker presents highlightsof the latest Premier Leagueclashes, including Arsenal vFulham at the EmiratesStadium and Liverpool vAston Villa at Anfield;National Lottery Update.

11.45The Football League Show.1.05Weatherview. 1.10 BBC News.

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.45 Film:Sodom and Gomorrah. (1962)Biblical drama, starring StewartGranger. 9.10 Life on Earth. (R)10.05 Life on Earth. (R) 11.00 FredDibnah’s Made in Britain. (R) 11.30Great British Railway Journeys. (R)12.00 The Great Sport Relief BakeOff. (R) 1.00 The Great Sport ReliefBake Off. (R) 2.00 The A to Z of TVCooking. 2.45 Film: Ensign Pulver.(1964) Navy comedy, starringRobert Walker. 4.30 Live Snooker:The Masters. The first semi-finalfrom Alexandra Palace, London.6.00 Flog It! Paul Martin meets

people in Derby who hope tomake money selling theirantiques at auction, andvisits the Marmite factory inBurton-upon-Trent,Staffordshire. (R)

7.00 Live Snooker: The Masters.Hazel Irvine presentscoverage of the secondsemi-final from AlexandraPalace, London, where theline-up for the final will beconfirmed. Subsequentprogrammes subject tochange.

10.30QI XL. Extended edition. LizaTarbuck, Susan Calman andSandi Toksvig join AlanDavies, with host StephenFry asking questions on akaleidoscope of topics. Lastin the series.

11.15Film: Howl. (2010) Fact-based drama recreating theobscenity trial of beat poetAllen Ginsberg alongside ananimated adaptation of hiscounter-culture epic. StarringJames Franco and ToddRotondi.

12.35 Snooker Extra. Hazel Irvinepresents extended highlights of theopening semi-final of the Mastersat Alexandra Palace in London.2.35 This Is BBC Two.

6.00 CITV: Pat & Stan. 6.25 DinoDan. (R) 6.40 Dino Dan. (R) 6.50Canimals. (R) 7.10 Om NomStories. (R) 7.15 Sooty. (R) 7.25Om Nom Stories. (R) 7.30Scrambled! 9.25 ITV News. 9.30Dinner Date. (R) 10.30Murder, SheWrote. (R) 11.30 ITV News;Weather. 11.45 ShowMe the Telly.(R) 12.45 Film: Columbo: TheMurder of a Rock Star. (1991) 2.45Midsomer Murders. (R) 4.45Regional Programme; Weather.4.55 ITV News; Weather. 5.10Film: Despicable Me. (2010)7.00 Splash!Musician Paul

Young, TOWIE star DanOsborne, comic PatrickMonahan, model DanielleLloyd and MP PennyMordaunt vie for the nexttwo semi-final spots underthe tutelage of Tom Daley.

8.30 Take Me Out. A PE teacherfrom Scunthorpe, a farmerfrom Inverness, aBirmingham student and aTeam GB taekwondo athletetry to win a date with one of30 single women. PaddyMcGuinness presents.

9.45 The Jonathan Ross Show.The host is joined bycomedian and actor RussellBrand, X Factor host DermotO’Leary, film star GoldieHawn and musician JamesBlunt, who also performs inthe studio.

10.45 ITV News; Weather.11.00Film: Burn After Reading.

(2008) Two gym employeesgain possession of themanuscript for a CIA agent’stell-all book and try to sell thesecrets it contains. Coenbrothers comedy, with BradPitt and George Clooney.

12.45 Jackpot247. 3.00 Ladette toLady: Australia. (R) 3.45 ITVNightscreen.

6.15 The American Football Show:Road to the Super Bowl. (R) 7.05TransWorld Sport. 8.00 TheMorning Line. 9.00 Everybody LovesRaymond. (R) 9.30How IMet YourMother. (R) 10.00How IMet YourMother. (R) 10.30 The Big BangTheory. (R) 10.55 The Big BangTheory. (R) 11.25 The Simpsons.(R) 11.55 The Simpsons. (R) 12.25The Taste. (R) 1.30 Channel 4Racing. 4.00 ComeDine withMe.(R) 4.25 ComeDine withMe. (R)5.00 ComeDine withMe. (R) 5.35ComeDine withMe. (R)6.05 Channel 4 News.6.30 Speed with Guy Martin. For

his second adrenaline-fuelledchallenge, the racer tries toset the world record forriding a motorcycle on water,with the help of a Cambridgeprofessor and marineengineers. (R)

7.30 Britain’s Killer Storms.Feature-length documentary-drama telling the story of fivemajor storms that batteredthe nation during 2012,hearing from people whosurvived them. (R)

9.00 Hostages.When Ellendisobeys Duncan’s orders,he threatens to kill a memberof her family and the surgeonrealises she cannot trustanyone – not even thoseemployed to protect thepresident.

10.00Film: Knowing. (2009) Anastrophysicist decodes apage of numbers revealingthe dates of a series ofdisasters and tries to preventthem happening. Mysterythriller, starring Nicolas Cageand Rose Byrne.

12.20 Film: Panic Room. (2002)2.15 Southland. (R) 3.00Hollyoaks. (R) 5.05 Deal or NoDeal. (R)

6.00Milkshake! 10.10 PowerRangers: Megaforce. 10.45Slugterra. (R) 11.10 Access. 11.20Celebrity Big Brother: Live Eviction.(R) 12.40World’s Worst HolidayHorrors. (R) 1.45 PoliceInterceptors. (R) 2.45 Film:Columbo: Murder Under Glass.(1978) 4.10 Diagnosis Murder. (R)5.10 Diagnosis Murder. (R)6.10 Mr &Mrs Murder.7.00 CSI: Crime Scene

Investigation. A student fallsto her death. (R)

7.45 NCIS. The team investigatesthe death of a lance corporal,whose body has been foundin an empty house, andmakes a startling discoveryregarding the man’s personallife. (R)

8.40 NCIS. Kidnappers strike onHalloween, wounding amarine sergeant andsnatching his daughter, whileAbby surprises everyone byturning up at the lab in arevealing fancy-dresscostume. (R)

9.35 5 NewsWeekend.9.45 Celebrity Big Brother.

Highlights of the famousresidents’ past 24 hoursunder the all-seeing eye ofBig Brother, including asecond chance to seeFriday’s eviction.

10.45Celebrity Big Brother’s Biton the Psych. Psychologicalanalysis of the housemates’behaviour.

12.00 SuperCasino. 3.05 BabyFace Brides. (R) 4.00Wildlife SOS.(R) 4.25Make It Big. (R) 4.50Roary the Racing Car. (R) 5.00Angels of Jarm. (R) 5.10 Hana’sHelpline. (R) 5.20 Angels of Jarm.(R) 5.25 The Funky Valley Show.(R) 5.40 Roary the Racing Car. (R)5.50 Hana’s Helpline. (R)

BBC Three7.00 Great Movie Mistakes:Revenge of the Fifth 7.15 Top Gear8.20 Film: The Chronicles ofNarnia: The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe (2005) 10.30 RussellHoward’s Good News 11.00 FamilyGuyBBC Four7.00Wild China 8.00 A Very BritishMurder with Lucy Worsley 9.00 TheBridge 11.00 Slade at the BBCITV22.00 Film: The Sisterhood of theTraveling Pants (2005) 4.20 You’veBeen Framed! 6.50 Film: TheIncredible Hulk (2008) 9.00 Film:The World Is Not Enough (1999)11.35 The Magaluf WeekenderITV32.45 Film: The Pure Hell of StTrinian’s (1960) 4.40 InspectorMorse 7.00 Rosemary & Thyme8.00 Doc Martin 9.00 AgathaChristie’s Poirot 11.00 PrimeSuspectITV43.10 Film: The Cimarron Kid (1952)4.55 Film: Horizons West (1952)6.35 Film: The Horse Soldiers(1959) 9.00 Film:Memphis Belle(1990) Second World War drama,starring Matthew Modine. 11.10Film: The Howling (1981)E43.30 Film: Dragonball Evolution(2009) 5.10 Rude(ish) Tube 6.05How I Met Your Mother 7.00 TheBig Bang Theory 8.00 TheTomorrow People 9.00 Film: TopGun (1986) 11.10 The Big BangTheoryFilm42.45 Nacho Libre (2006) 4.35Bugsy Malone (1976) 6.25 Stardust(2007) Fantasy adventure, starringCharlie Cox and Claire Danes. 9.00Runaway Jury (2003) 11.30 FerrisBueller’s Day Off (1986)

The Voice UKBBC1, 7pmGiven Jeremy Renner andChristian Bale’s rendition ofTom Jones’s classic Delilahin acclaimedmovieAmerican Hustle, we doubtthe Welsh recording legendwould have turned roundfor them had theyauditioned for this show,but plenty of otherwannabe stars haveimpressed his ears. Thisweek it’s round two of thecontest to find the nation’sbest new vocal talent.Coaches Kylie, Tom,will.i.am and Ricky Wilsonaim is to build a team of adozen singers or actsapiece, all chosen on theirvocals alone. EmmaWillisandMarvin Humes host.

EmmaWillis

SUNDAY’S TV 19.01.14BBC1 BBC2 ITV CHANNEL 4 CHANNEL 5 DIGITALCHOICE6.00 Breakfast. 7.35Match of theDay. (R) 9.00 The Andrew MarrShow. 10.00 The Big Questions.11.00 Sunday Politics. 12.15MOTD2 Extra. 1.00 BBC News;Weather. 1.15Moving On. (R) 2.00Bargain Hunt. 3.00 Escape to theCountry. (R) 3.45 Lifeline. 3.55Songs of Praise. 4.30 HiddenKingdoms. (R) 5.30 BBC News;Regional News; Weather.6.00 Fake or Fortune? New

series. Fiona Bruce andPhilip Mould investigatepotentially valuable works ofart, helping a man whobelieves he owns a paintingby French post-impressionistEdouard Vuillard.

7.00 Countryfile Winter Special.The team explores thecountryside during winter,searching for hardy wildlife,revealing how farmers copeand unveiling a sculpture bylandscape artist AndyGoldsworthy.

8.00 Call the Midwife. Newseries. The nuns andmidwives move into theirnew premises, Jenny isconcerned about a patient’smental state and Chummystruggles to adjust to life as ahousewife and mother.

9.00 The Musketeers. Newseries. Swashbucklingadventure set in 17th-century Paris.

10.00BBC News; Regional News;Weather.

10.25Match of the Day 2.Including highlights ofChelsea v ManchesterUnited.

11.25The Revolution Will BeTelevised.

11.55Film: Shifty. (2008) Drama,starring Riz Ahmed.

1.20Weatherview. 1.25 BBC News.

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.45 Film:Blessed. (2008) Drama, starringJames Nesbitt. 8.05Monty Don’sFrench Gardens. (R) 9.05Countryfile. (R) 10.00 SaturdayKitchen Best Bites. 11.30 The GreatSport Relief Bake Off. (R) 12.30The Great Sport Relief Bake Off. (R)1.30 Live Snooker: The Masters.Hazel Irvine presents coverage ofthe opening eight frames of thefinal from Alexandra Palace,London, where the best-of-19-frames match takes place.Subsequent programmes subjectto change. 5.15 Ski Sunday. Thefirst semi-final from AlexandraPalace, London.6.00 Flog It! From Derby. (R)7.00 Live Snooker: The Masters.

Hazel Irvine presentscoverage of the secondsemi-final from AlexandraPalace, London, where theline-up for the final will beconfirmed. Third seed MarkSelby prevailed over 12thseed Graeme Dott with a 6-5victory in last year'sconcluding semi-final,earning him a chance toclaim the title in a contestagainst Neil Robertson. Withcommentary by DennisTaylor, Ken Doherty, StephenHendry and John Virgo, andanalysis by Steve Davis andJohn Parrott. Subsequentprogrammes subject tochange.

11.00Film: A Serious Man. (2009)A mild-mannered professorseeks spiritual advice as aseries of disasters disruptshis life. The Coen brothers’1960s-set black comedy,starring Michael Stuhlbargand Richard Kind.

12.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile. (R)1.35 Holby City. (R) 2.35 This IsBBC Two.

6.00 CITV: Pat & Stan. 6.10 Pat &Stan. (R) 6.20 Pat & Stan. (R) 6.25Dino Dan. (R) 6.40 Dino Dan. (R)6.50 Canimals. (R) 7.00 Canimals.(R) 7.05 Canimals. (R) 7.10 OmNom Stories. (R) 7.15 Sooty. (R)7.25 Om Nom Stories. (R) 7.30Scrambled! 9.30Murder, SheWrote. (R) 10.30 Dickinson’s RealDeal. (R) 11.20 ITV News; Weather.11.30 Inside the National Trust.12.25 The Crocodile HunterDiaries. (R) 1.25 Catchphrase. (R)2.10 Splash! (R) 3.40 Film: Dr No.(1962) 5.50 Regional Programme ;Weather.6.00 ITV News; Weather.6.15 Dancing on Ice. Having

progressed from the firstround of performances, the10 remaining celebrityskaters now go head to headon the ice. Presented byPhillip Schofield andChristine Bleakley.

7.45 All Star Family Fortunes.With Birds of a Feather starLesley Joseph and comedianStephen K Amos.

8.30 Dancing on Ice: The SkateOff. One celebrity hangs uptheir skates for good.

9.00 Mr Selfridge. New series.Lady Mae’s husband arrivesunexpectedly in London.

10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather.10.15Birds of a Feather. Sharon

makes a discovery in the loft.(R)

10.45Piers Morgan’s Life Stories:Neil Morrissey. The actordiscusses some revealingtopics. (R)

11.45River Monsters. JeremyWade investigates thealligator gar fish in Texas. (R)

12.10 The Store. 2.15 The JeremyKyle Show USA. 3.40 ITVNightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy KyleShow. (R)

6.00 The Treacle People. (R) 6.10The Hoobs. (R) 6.35 The Hoobs.(R) 7.05 Snowdon Race. 8.00Will& Grace. (R) 8.30 Everybody LovesRaymond. (R) 9.00 Frasier. (R)9.30 Sunday Brunch. 12.30 How IMet Your Mother. 1.00 How I MetYour Mother. 1.25 The Big BangTheory. (R) 1.55 The Big BangTheory. (R) 2.25 The Big BangTheory. (R) 2.55 The Simpsons.(R) 3.25 The Simpsons. (R) 3.55Film: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.(1989) 5.45 Deal or No Deal.6.40 Channel 4 News.7.00 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday

Night Feast. Actress SiennaMiller shares her recipe forTuscan duck ragu, JamieOliver cooks a whole salmonin salt and Jimmy Dohertycreates a DIY hog roast forthe ultimate crackling. (R)

8.00 Speed with Guy Martin. Theracing fan builds a prototypetoboggan and heads to thePyrenees, where he attemptsto break the record for theworld’s fastest gravity-powered sled. Last in theseries.

9.00 Don’t Look Down. Thedeath-defying new craze ofurban free-climbing, wheredaredevils scale cranes andbuildings without safetyequipment and hanghundreds of feet above theground.

10.00Film: Haywire. (2011)Premiere. Action thriller,starring Gina Carano.

11.45Film: Domino. (2005)Thriller, starring KeiraKnightley and MickeyRourke.

1.55 Southland. (R) 2.40 Film:Internal Affairs. (1990) 4.30 PhilSpencer: Secret Agent. (R) 5.25Kirstie’s Vintage Gems. (R) 5.30Deal or No Deal. (R)

6.00Milkshake!: Peppa Pig. 6.05Roary the Racing Car. (R) 6.15 Fifiand the Flowertots. (R) 6.25 BubbleGuppies. (R) 6.40 The Mr MenShow. (R) 6.50 Chloe’s Closet. (R)7.05 Roobarb and Custard Too. (R)7.10 Bananas in Pyjamas. (R) 7.25Make Way for Noddy. (R) 7.35 Bertand Ernie’s Great Adventures. (R)7.40 City of Friends. (R) 7.55 LittlePrincess. (R) 8.05 Olly the LittleWhite Van. (R) 8.10 TheAdventures of Bottle Top Bill andHis Best Friend Corky. (R) 8.25Angelina Ballerina. (R) 8.40 RupertBear. (R) 9.00 Ben and Holly’s LittleKingdom. (R) 9.15 Jelly Jamm. (R)9.30 LazyTown. (R) 10.00 PowerRangers: Super Samurai. (R) 10.35Slugterra. (R) 11.00 HighlandEmergency. (R) 11.30 Celebrity BigBrother. (R) 12.30 Film: The In-Laws. (2003) 2.25 Film:Something’s Gotta Give. (2003)4.55 Film: Sweet Home Alabama.(2002)7.00 Film: Legally Blonde.

(2001) Comedy, with ReeseWitherspoon and LukeWilson. Edited for language.

8.55 5 NewsWeekend.9.00 Celebrity Big Brother. The

remaining housematesembark on their final week.

10.00Film: The Lake House.(2006) Romantic fantasy,starring Sandra Bullock.

11.55Autopsy: Whitney Houston’sLast Hours. Dr RichardShepherd investigates thedeath of the singer inFebruary 2012. (R)

12.55 SuperCasino. 3.05 Livingwith ADHD: Louis Smith. (R) 4.00Wildlife SOS. (R) 4.20Make It Big.(R) 4.50 Roary the Racing Car. (R)5.00 Angels of Jarm. (R) 5.05Hana’s Helpline. (R) 5.20 Angels ofJarm. (R) 5.25 The Funky ValleyShow. (R) 5.40 Roary the RacingCar. (R) 5.50 Hana’s Helpline. (R)

BBC Three7.00 Great Movie Mistakes:Revenge of the Fifth 7.15 The VoiceUK 8.35 Film:Monsters vs Aliens(2009) 10.00 Family Guy 10.45Uncle 11.15 American Dad!BBC Four7.00 The ManWho DiscoveredEgypt 8.00 Hidden Histories:Britain’s Oldest Family Businesses9.00 Film: Point Blank (1967)10.30Me and Me Dad: A Portrait ofJohn Boorman 11.20 Nelson’sCaribbean Hell-Hole: An EighteenthCentury Navy Graveyard UncoveredITV23.10 Film: Free Willy (1993) 5.30Film: The Perfect Storm (2000)8.00 You’ve Been Framed andFamous! 9.00 The MagalufWeekender 10.00 Film: The Fastand the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)ITV32.45 Film: Columbo: NegativeReaction (1974) 4.40 AgathaChristie’s Marple 6.45 AgathaChristie’s Poirot 9.00 Film: Ray(2004) Biopic, starring Jamie Foxx.ITV43.15 Film: Captain Newman MD(1964) 5.45 Film: Lonely Are theBrave (1962) 8.00 Dirty Britain 9.00Film: Kull the Conqueror (1997)11.00 Hell on Wheels 11.55 Film:The Big Lebowski (1998)E44.00Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD5.00 The Tomorrow People 6.00Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6.30 The BigBang Theory 8.00 Film: BigMomma’s House (2000) 10.00Rude Tube 11.00 The Big BangTheory 11.30 How I Met YourMotherFilm43.00 The Producers (1968) 4.45The Jewel of the Nile (1985) 6.50Step Up 3 (2010) 9.00 The Sentinel(2006) 11.10MacGruber (2010)

Dancing on IceITV, 6.15pmThe atmosphere betweenHollyoaks actress JorgiePorter and her professionalpartner SylvainLongchambonmay haveseemed rather icy, but it wasstill a shock to see the 2012runner-up become the firstcelebrity to be voted off theshow. Judge Jason Gardinerand the voting public havemade it clear that the celebswon’t be able to glidethrough on their pastglories, but whowill impressthis week,? At least hostsPhillip Schofield andChristine Bleakley will be onhand to give the unluckycouple a consoling hug onwhat has been dubbed the“kiss and cry” step.

Phillip Schofield

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6.00 Breakfast. 9.15 Wanted DownUnder. 10.00 Homes Under theHammer. 11.00 The Sheriffs Are

Coming.11.45Helicopter Heroes Down Under. (R)12.15 Bargain Hunt. (R) 1.00 BBC News;Weather.1.30 Regional News; Weather. 1.40 Doctors. 2.10Father Brown. (R) 3.00 Perfection. 3.45 Escape tothe Country. 4.30 Antiques Road Trip. 5.15Pointless. 6.00 BBC News; Weather. 6.30Regional News Programmes; Weather. 7.00 TheOne Show.7.30 EastEnders; BBC News;RegionalNews. 8.00 Holby City. Jac fails to support herdaughter as she undergoes surgery.9.00Death inParadise. The filming of a horror movie ends inmurder. 10.00 BBC News. 10.25 Regional News;Weather; National Lottery Update. 10.35 TheNaked Rambler.11.25 Film 2014.11.55 Film:WhiteMischief. (1987) Fact-based drama, starringCharles Dance. 1.40 Weatherview. 1.45 BBCNews.

6.00 This Is BBC Two. 6.05 HomesUnder the Hammer. (R) 7.05 The

Sheriffs Are Coming. (R) 7.50 Helicopter HeroesDownUnder. (R) 8.20SignZone:Paul Hollywood’sPies & Puds. (R) 9.05 Antiques Roadshow. (R)10.05Britain’s Empty Homes. (R) 10.35HARDtalk.(R) 11.00 BBC News. 11.30 BBC World News.12.00 Daily Politics. 1.00 Live International Bowls.The World Indoor Championships. 5.15 Flog It!(R) 6.00 Eggheads. 6.30 Great British RailwayJourneys. 7.00 The Great Interior DesignChallenge. 8.00 Winterwatch 2014. 9.00 TheSearch for Alfred the Great. 10.00 House of Fools.10.30Newsnight;Weather.11.20Operation GrandCanyon with Dan Snow. (R) 12.20 InternationalBowls. 1.20 Sign Zone: The Midwives. (R) 2.20This Is BBC Two. 3.55 BBC Learning Zone.

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine. 9.25 TheJeremy Kyle Show. 10.30 This Morning.

12.30 Loose Women. 1.30 ITV News; Weather.1.55 ITV News London;Weather. 2.00 Dickinson’sReal Deal. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show. 3.59ITV London Weather. 4.00 Britain’s Best Bakery.5.00 The Chase.6.00 ITV News London;Weather.6.30 ITV News; Weather. 7.00 Emmerdale. 7.30River Monsters. 8.00 Weight Loss Ward. 9.00Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans. 10.00 ITV Newsat Ten; Weather. 10.30 ITV News London;Weather. 10.35 Chris Eubank: Sports Life Stories.11.35 The Crocodile Hunter Diaries. (R) 12.05Jackpot247. 3.00 Loose Women. (R) 3.45 ITVNightscreen. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show. (R)

6.25 Countdown. (R) 7.10Will & Grace. (R) 7.35 Will &

Grace. (R) 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R)8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R) 9.00Frasier. (R) 9.30 Frasier. (R) 10.00 The SecretMillionaire Australia. (R) 11.00 Sarah Beeny’sSelling Houses. (R) 12.00 Channel 4 NewsMidday Summary. 12.05 Come Dine with Me. (R)12.40 Come Dine with Me. (R) 1.10 Come Dinewith Me. (R) 1.40 Come Dine with Me. (R) 2.10 APlace in the Sun: Winter Sun. 3.10 Countdown.4.00 Deal or No Deal. 5.00 Come Dine with Me.(R) 6.00 The Simpsons. (R) 6.30 Hollyoaks. 7.00Channel 4 News. 8.00 Location, Location,Location.9.00 TheTaste.10.00 Ramsay’s KitchenNightmares USA. 11.00 The Undateables. (R)12.00 Random Acts. 12.05 Poker. 1.00 KOTVBoxing Weekly. 1.30 Trans World Sport. (R) 2.25Beach Volleyball. 3.20 Snowdon Race. (R) 4.20Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. (R) 5.15 Hugh’s 3Good Things: Best Bites. (R)

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Open in the heart of Hove is your new favourite French bistro: the masterpiece of Pascal Benamari, who has previously worked at La Fourchette, Havana Spoon, Terre a Terre and, of course, Braserie Pascal, his former stomping ground just down the road.

Situated just past Palmeria Square, opposite St John’s Church, Bistro Nantais has a gloriously welcome feel to it, while retaining a modern and refreshing interior.

Long gone are the days of Harry’s and Forty One, with their large oak tables. Bistro Nantais is contemporary and classy with light grey walls, candles and a well-thought-out floorplan, incorporating many tables without making you feel as if you are dining on top of one another.

Open from 9am, Bistro Nantais hosts a wonderful collection of French and English breakfasts and brunches, starting at £3.75

for fresh fruit salad. A traditional plate of croissants, French bread, confiture, freshly-squeezed juice plus coffee starts at £5.95.

Pascal offers a signature dish, ’Pascal’s Breakfast’, consisting of l’oeuf à la coque (soft-boiled eggs to you and me), smoked salmon and a beurre nantais sauce, for only £6.95. With a south-facing patio, it is easy to picture spending many a morning here, basking in the sunshine, watching the world go by.

The lunch menu runs from noon to 5pm and is already proving to be a popular choice. During my visit, there was not a spare table going and I would recommend checking availability or booking ahead if you plan on visiting. Two courses are priced at £8.95, with three coming in at £10.95. Superb value for money and, after sampling the menu, it was easy to see why Pascal’s food is so popular.

Ordering the soup of the day - which happened to be a classic French onion - followed by the beef bourguignon proved to be a winning combination. The soup

was served in beautiful, ornate bowls and was laced with silky and sweet slathers of slow-cooked onion. Topped with a slice of cheese-coated bread, I marvelled in watching the slice of loaf saturate with the warm, mellow broth. Filling and a meal in its own right, the starter was a sure-fire indication that Pascal can truly cook excellent traditional French cuisine.

The beef bourguignon came with a side of smooth, creamy and luxurious mashed potatoes and a generous helping of tender green beans. The bourguignon was dark, rich and contained some of the most tender chunks of beef I have recently encountered. Swimming among the red wine sauce were bites of earthy mushroom and the whole dish was a further

delectable example of Pascal’s cooking. Generous portions meant no room for dessert, however tempting they may have been.

Bistro Nantais is a fantastic addition to the Brighton and Hove dining scene: affordable, bustling and welcoming, serving beautifully-cooked French cuisine throughout the day.

Whether you are looking for a leisurely brunch, a relaxing lunch or a high quality evening meal, Bistro Nantais can accommodate for any occasion. Why not give them a whirl this Friday and take advantage of their two-for-one cocktail offer before enjoying some of the best French cooking this side of Sussex.

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Grape of the Week

The Merlot grape - in France since the late 18th century - is by far the most widely-planted grape in French vineyards and the fifth most common variety worldwide.

It takes its name from the French word merle, meaning blackbird, perhaps due to the grape’s distinctive dark-blue/black hue - or possibly to the fact that the sweet, early-ripening fruit is a favorite of young blackbirds that inhabit the vineyards of southern France.

A central figure in the production of the famous wines of Bordeaux, it thrives in the heavy clay/limestone soil of the Pomerol and St Emilion regions.

Some of the finest wines in the world are produced there. A good example is Petrus, which regularly sells for upwards of £1,000 a bottle and is made entirely from Merlot grapes.

The wines it produces are soft and mellow with a delightful fruitiness to them. Deep-red and tasting of dark fruits, these wine are a favorite at both the lunch and dinner table. They also make excellent drinking wines.

Try matching Merlot wines with meat, lamb, veal and stewed dishes. Mushrooms, chicken and pork also work very well.

Without question, it is one of the best varieties to accompany a good cheese board.

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The highs and lows of a marathon in breathtaking Bhutan is bound to test the endurance of runners

Sandwiched between the two economic powerhouses of India and China, the comparatively-poor kingdom of Bhutan is a nation defined by its Himalayan mountain spine.In this most uncompromising of environments, visitors who are so inclined – and who are perhaps a little unhinged - are invited now to experience the mountains in the country’s first international marathon.To be held on Sunday, February 23, the Bhutan International Mountain Marathon also features a half-marathon event; both courses will take in the highs and lows of this unique mountain kingdom.Bhutan’s ancient Buddhist culture and its towering environment make it an alluring destination. In 2008, monarchic rule in the country gave way to a two-way parliamentary

democracy and with it came a desire to open more widely its doors to the international tourist.The Bhutanese name for Bhutan, Druk Yul, means “Land of the Thunder Dragon”. With such a dramatic moniker, it is no surprise that the course is characterised by peaks and

plunges of breathtaking beauty. Both the marathon and half-marathon will start at Gasa Dzongkhag in Punakha at 7.30am; Gasa, set in the north of the country, spans the middle and high Himalayas. It is the least-developed of the districts and home to pristine rainforests and natural hot springs. Starting at 6,700 feet, runners will follow a route along the Mo Chhu River, through the rural surroundings of the Punakha Valley, along a mixture of dirt paths and roads.The Mo Chhu river is a major tributary in Bhutanthat begins its life in Gasa, close to the border with Tibet. Culturally, Bhutan shares much in common with Tibet, which is reflected in dress, customs and the working life of the Bhutanese through which runners will pass on their way.A country famed for its high altitudes, the Bhutanese race will test runners’ endurance as they ascend and descend hills throughout the course.

Passing through the Punakha Valley rainforest, runners will travel past temples, monasteries, paddy fields, villages and the Chorten memorial.Punakha is one of the lowest-lying valleys in the kingdom and its temperate climate lends it the title of the market garden of Bhutan.Used by many Bhutanese as the winter capital of the country, the valley is home to the incredible Punakha Dzong, a majestic structure of temples and administration that was once the centre of the nation until its capital city was moved. Here, the competitors will finish their journey. For those taking on the full marathon distance, a little over 26 miles will have been run through imposing scenery and age-old Himalayan culture.The event is organised by the

Bhutan Olympic Committee, which hopes that runners will be attracted by the adventurous nature of the race and touched by its spiritual heart. Registration for international runners competing in the Bhutan International Marathon and Half-marathon is now open and costs US$150 (about £91) for the full marathon and US$110 (about £67) for the half-marathon.

Tom Gallagher is a Brighton-based freelance journalist interested in travel and sport. He is founder and publisher of Sussex Active, the online magazine for anybody looking to discover new ways to get active. Visit: www.sussexactive.co.uk

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The good, the bad and the ugly in your bathroom cabinet

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I have been reluctant to get all preachy about going natural and organic - because the products are always a no-brainer for performance, and often on price as well.

For me, however, choosing organic is an easy avoidance strategy to dodge trouble down the line: I really do not want to damage the planet, or compromise my own health with any unwelcome or aggravating toxins.

Put simply, your skin is a major organ and it absorbs most of what you put on it.

I do not want to layer mine with petrochemicals and nasties that could interact with me in unknown ways over time, then flush them down the plughole. These are not new concerns; I should emphasise that organic personal care already has a long legacy.

The lesser-known facts about high-street cosmetic ingredients might be new to some readers. I used to work for Green People in Sussex, and they have made a pretty little infographic about the big ugly details. See their website; www.greenpeople.co.uk.

Some of the early brands do

enjoy founder status: Aubrey Organics, for example, has handcrafted natural products to scale since 1967. I have a great little directory by Aubrey Hampton that describes common terms and definitions in a really accessible way. It lists amazing natural ingredients across 200 products, made over 40+ years in the business.

Aubrey’s personal advice to consumers is characteristically simple. He said: “Learn to read labels and refuse to settle for half-natural hair and skin care.”

The booklet also lists the 10 synthetic cosmetic ingredients to avoid. The most commonly-known baddies include Parabens, Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate (SLS) Petrolatum – petroleum jelly, synthetic colours and synthetic fragrances, and PEGs (Polyethylene Glycol).

We are also exposed, of course,

to a huge array of products beyond our personal care. Think about the fire retardants in your couch and bedding, the damp course in your home, the wipes for your computer gear, dry cleaning, the detergents used at work or on public transport. I could go on and on.

So many hazardous compounds! It is actually quite a relief to live by the seaside and enjoy fresh air.

And after a weary day at the coalface, it sure feels good to bathe in pure nature. Let us wash the hazards of modern life clean away.

A mixture of dirt paths and roads

Green People; a pretty little infographic about the big ugly details


Codeword

Brain Gym No.153

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

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

digs, dislodge, dislodged, dodge, dodged, dodges, doge, dogs, geld, gelid, gels, gild, gilded, gilds, glide, glided, glides, goes, gold, legs, lodge, lodged, lodges, loge, logs, ogle, ogled, ogles, slog.

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

Double Crossword

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Cryptic Clues:Choose either quick or cryptic clues.

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10. This may hold the wine for a tradesman, we hear (6)

11. He is involved in a dubious act (5)

14. There will be a time-lag if this is too slow (5)

15. Record part of the scale (4)

16. Part of the score a choir manage to achieve (5)

18. A curse the witness may be under (4)

20. Superfluous letter disclosed to the public (5)

21. Ground with unlimited space all round (5)

24. Natural tendency to make a great effort (6)

25. Exactly locates the golfer’s target with compass directions! (3-6)

26. Look over southern vessel (4)

27. Bringing about a lowering of French classification (9)

1. Cane out! I’d change what goes on in school! (9)

2. Deadlock produced by a companion out of condition (9)

4. Bring up right close to a sound receiver (4)

5. This will provide a light competitive encounter (5)

6. Painting in brown material is checked (6)

7. The ego is trodden underfoot, we hear (4)

9. A key for the army officer (5)

11. Violent impact producing commercial failure (5)

12. Patience that gives a certain range of latitude (9)

13. This clue is appropriate to the subject (9)

17. They entertain the crowds (5)

19. Basket to prove an obstacle to progress (6)

22. Made an effort, but produced an irritating effect (5)

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closest engagements (4)

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1. Wrong (9) 2. Swollen (9) 4. Impel (4) 5. Big (5) 6. Number (6) 7. Consumes (4) 9. Donkeys (5) 11. Supernatural being (5) 12. Reluctant to believe (9) 13. Anticipate (9) 17. Drops (5) 19. Tray (6) 22. Blunts (5) 23. Rid (4) 24. Unsullied (4)

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

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The letter represented by the question mark is L. Fletcher, Scholes, Neville, all Manchester United players, past and present.

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Last week’s solutions:CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Fact; 3 Laven-der; 8 Airs; 9 Contempt; 11 Rein-vestment; 13 Cheers; 14 Clothe; 17 Treating with; 20 Couriers; 21 Spar; 22 Dredging; 23 Arid. Down: 1 Flat-race; 2 Carmine; 4 Arouse; 5 Entomology; 6 Demon; 7 Rate; 10 Overlaying; 12 Tethered; 15 Tripper; 16 Citron; 18 Route; 19 Aced. QUICK - Across: 1 Cove; 3 Penchant; 8 Note; 9 Standard; 11 Inconsistent; 13 Canopy; 14 Stu-por; 17 Discourteous; 20 Initiate; 21 Weir; 22 Extended; 23 Edge. Down: 1 Convince; 2 Vatican; 4 Entail; 5 Con-stitute; 6 Again; 7 Tidy; 10 Inspection; 12 Preserve; 15 Proceed; 16 Subtle; 18 Idiot; 19 Rife.

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Motoring

Let’s accelerate into 2014 with gusto in a bright and breezy supercar.

The year has barely begun and there’s already enough doom and gloom around to last the full 12 months.

But what better way to banish the blues than to contemplate - subject to a lottery win - having some fun behind the wheel of the new Lamborghini Huracán?

With a price tag of £165,000, the new Lambo is powered by a mighty 5.2-litre, V10 engine developing 602 bhp - about the same as half a dozen Ford Fiestas. It will accelerate from rest to 62 mph in a mere 3.2 seconds with a top speed in excess of 202 mph.

This beast will even hit 124 mph in just 9.9 seconds - faster than it takes many family saloons to reach half that speed.

The Huracán is named after a legendary Spanish fighting

bull of the late 19th century and created from lightweight, but super-strong, carbon fibre and

aluminium. The Huracán is set to replace the long-standing

Gallardo range - aiming to take on rivals, including Ferrari’s 458 Italia and Britain’s McLaren 12C.

It’s due for launch at the Geneva Motor Show in spring and should reach these shores by the autumn. But to fill the order books, Lamborghini will this month embark

on a series of 130 private preview events in more than 60 cities world-wide.

Inside, the driver is cosseted in fine Nappa leather and suedelike Alcantara. A 12in full-colour instrument panel delivers all key information to the driver - from the speedometer and rev counter to navigation maps, entertainment and information.

It’s still a bit of a gas-guzzler, returning around 22 mpg. But stop-and-start technology has brought CO2 emissions down to around 290 g/km.

The model is being built at Lamborghini’s HQ in Northern Italy.

The new Lamborghini Huracán - a whirlwind of a car

A beast: The car’s engine has about the same bhp as half-a-dozen Ford Fiestas

Dynamic Pilates classes can help

Health

Jaguar motors into new year with record sales in 2013The UK’s largest car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has reported record breaking global sales for 2013, the company has said.

Together the prestige UK brands sold 425,006 vehicles in 2013 – up 19 per cent on 2012 – setting new sales records in 38 international markets.

In the UK, Jaguar sales were up 15 per cent and Land Rover sales were up 13 per cent.

Globally Land Rover is proving the firm favourite among customers representing the largest share of sales with 348,383

sold in 2013, an increase of 15 per cent.

But demand for the luxury Jaguar has surged over the last 12 months, almost doubling its international sales to 76,668.

Dr Ralf Speth, chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, said: “2013 has proven to be a very positive year for Jaguar Land Rover thanks to continuing strong demand for vehicles across the range.

“Our unrelenting focus on design, technology, innovation and quality has seen Jaguar Land Rover reach global consumers in

more markets than ever before thanks to its most desirable product line-up, enriched further in 2013 by the Jaguar F-TYPE and all-new Range Rover Sport”.

The glowing sales report comes just days after the car giant launched the first phase of a recruitment drive to take on employees at its new engine manufacturing centre.

Jaguar Land Rover hope to create about 600 jobs over the next four years at the firm’s site near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.

Get smarter this year with realistic goals that you can share with your friends and family

We are well into January now. Is the dry month you penned in the diary going according to plan? Or are you as dry as the peninsula that is Brighton Pier?

This week, we pose the question: Why do we make New Year resolutions? And how do we keep them?

In such a health-conscious, active and fitness-oriented region - trust me, I’m from Yorkshire - I’m sure many of your New Year promises and plans are based around beginning a new health-and-fitness kick or upping your existing one.

The origins of the practice of New Year’s resolutions can be traced back as far as the Babylonians.

One recent study estimates that nearly half of us will set them for ourselves – but, shockingly, only about 8% of us will succeed in keeping them.

Another telling statistic suggests that men achieved their targets 22% more often when they engaged in goal-setting, (a system where small measurable goals are being set: such as, a pound a week, instead of saying “lose weight”) - while women succeeded 10% more when they made their goals public and got support from their friends.

Therefore, it does not take a genius to work out that the most realistic way of fulfilling all those fitness wishes is to be realistic and to share them.

Partner up with a friend, colleague or family member: Spotting, sparring, and socialising.

In an attempt to set genuine and achievable New Year’s resolutions, try this acronym, or as we like to say in the health-and-fitness industry, this mnemonic:

SMARTER:■ Specific■ Measurable■ Achievable■ Realistic■ Timed■ Exciting■ Recordable You can apply this to a set

plan, regardless of ambition or scale.

You may have something in mind that can be achieved from the comfort of your own home, or the local park.

If you want something a little different, group Dynamic Pilates classes run six days a week with us in Preston Village. It may be the perfect way to channel your New Year’s resolutions and to keep on track and focused; we encourage sets of friends to come and challenge each other to tighten up those core muscles, stretch out those arms or address that niggling injury.

So, this year, make sure you don’t become part of the 92% group.

Paul Coneyworth is master trainer at BeauPilates, 14 Bavant Road, Brighton BN1 6RD. For more information, visit: www.beaupilates.co.uk

Paul Coneyworth

This beast will even hit 124 mph in just 9.9 seconds - faster than it takes many family saloons”

The driver is cosseted in fine Nappa leather and suede-like Alcantara


JOHNNY CANTOR @johnnycburger

Straight from the commentary box

I think everyone was gutted when Albion midfielder Andrew Crofts punched the ground as the whole Amex stadium realised his season was over through injury. He has been back at his best and back in the goals this season. Of course we wish him well but fear not, he will be in good hands.

The man who will oversee his recovery is head of sports medicine and science, Helge Riepenhof. The German doctor has been far too busy for his liking since he joined with long-term injuries to Tommy Elphick, Gary Dicker, Adam El Abd, Will Hoskins and Craig Mackail-Smith. It would be reasonable to expect him to adopt a glum disposition bearing in mind his job but I have found him, exact, practical and above all, positive. He arrived from the BG Trauma clinic in Hamburg which specialises in sports-related injuries and methods

of recovery. He has a wealth of experience in cycling having worked with riders like Mark Cavendish at the HTC cycling team and is now an integral part of the Albion. He remains with the team full-time and suggests the return of Hoskins and Mackail-Smith may not be too far off.

He also has a huge task to oversee the implementation of the training ground and academy at Lancing. The benefits of the facility are clear

to all but it is the doctor who is ensuring all the necessary needs are met. The training ground will have pitches identical to the Amex but we must hope that the soft top and hard underside

that plagued the Amex in year one will not recur. The venue looks to be state of the art and represents another step on the

path to the top-flight. Once the bulldozers have moved on it will be the amiable German who will care for the team, prepare their regimes and oversee their routines

at what will effectively be their new home.

I’m sure the players will be delighted to officially move into the ground in June. Riepenhoff will too if he is afforded time to watch them train once he has emptied his busy treatment room. He may yet prove to be one of the club’s best signings. I wish him and Crofty all the best in the next few months and look forward to seeing them at the new training ground this summer.

Follow all the action, home or away, on BBC Sussex Sport or via Twitter @BBCSussexsport | @johnnycburger | @BrightonIndy.

Albion were expected to sign Lewis Grabban yesterday

NORTH STAND CULT HERO#26:Junior LewisKarl Junior Lewis was a divisive figure during his short spell at the Albion – who he joined on loan from Leicester City in 2002. A decent enough midfield player, Lewis is best remembered for the fact he appeared to follow former Brighton boss Peter Taylor wherever he went. Lewis played for Taylor at six different clubs – he went on to work for him as a coach at both Wycombe and Bradford.

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£1million or more for a player – with the attacker joining Will Buckley, Craig Mackail-Smith and Leo Ulloa at the top of the Albion’s list of outgoings.

Having lost Ashley Barnes to Burnley last week, Oscar will have recognised the need for attacking reinforcements despite signing John Obika on loan from Spurs.

And in Grabban – who is not only used to playing in a lone striking role but boasts some much-needed pace and an eye for goal – the Albion have identified a versatile player.

He is also capable of playing out wide, in attacking midfield or in a second central slot.

Grabban has plundered ten goals from 24 appearances this season – more than any Albion player – clocking up 73 shots, two assists and 21 key passes.

The 26-year-old would be the Seagulls’ second signing of the week after Oscar added Preston winger and one-time Arsenal youth player Jeffrey Monakana for an undisclosed fee. The youngster will join Brighton’s development squad.

Brighton’s cash and Grab raid on AFC Bournemouth

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SportProud supporters of

Brighton & Hove Albion Don’t miss the latest newsabout the Seagulls viaTwitter @BrightonIndy

PLAYER PROFILE

Name: Junior LewisDoB: October 9 1973

Place of birth: WembleyPosition: Midfield

Career statisticsAppearences: 189

Goals: 6

Albion statisticsSeasons: 2001-2002

Appearences: 15Goals: 3

Homeless football project returns to The Amex

Albion’s doctor, Helge Riepenhof

Brighton and Hove Albion were expected to secure the signing of Bournemouth goal-getter Lewis Grabban yesterday (Thursday) after the Seagulls triggered a release clause in the striker’s contract.

The Albion moved for the former Crystal Palace prospect late on Wednesday evening – lodging a £1.1million bid with the Cherries.

That forced Bournemouth’s hand because of a clause in the forward’s contract and the player travelled to The Amex yesterday to discuss personal terms. Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers were rumoured to be showing late interest but Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe seemed resigned to the fact his striker would be leaving for a new life in Sussex.

If the Seagulls do secure Grabban’s services, it will be just the fourth time in the club’s history that the Albion have paid

The venue looks state of the art and represents another step on the path to the top-flight”

Brighton and Hove Albion and Albion in The Community (AITC) have been selected for the second year running to host a regional football training centre for young homeless peo-ple. Albion has been selected with nine other professional clubs for the Homeless FA programme.

The football and personal development programme involves an accredited Sports Leaders qualification and football sessions led by AITC coaching staff.

Last year four young people from the programme at the Amex went on to represent the England national homeless teams with Nicole Webley skippering the women’s side at the Homeless World Cup in Poland. Players on this year’s course could be selected for this year’s tournament in Chile.

AITC head of inclusion Stuart Christie said: “We are delighted to be one of the Homeless FA’s 2014 regional training centres and we hope to build on the success of last year’s centre

here.”Applications are open to

those who have experienced homelessness in the last year. Organisations working with the local homeless community are also being encouraged to recruit possible participants.

Applications can be made through the Homeless FA website; www.omelessfa.org/the-football/training-centres, before 28th February 2014.The programme will take place between the 16th April and 14th May.


Position: MidfieldSquad No: 4Age: 33Height: 6ft 0inBrighton Statistics:games/goals: 14/1

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Albion Statistics:

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League position:

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MCCORMACK (Leeds United) 17

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Next 3 league fixturesDerby 18/01/14 ABurnley 28/01/14 AWatford 02/02/14 A

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With widespread rumours surrounding the immediate future of Liam Bridcutt, Keith Andrews has shown signs he is more than capable of filling any void in the Albion’s deep midfield role. Encouraging recent performances have shown the Irish international to be not only a player who enjoys being in possession of the ball, but one willing to work hard to win it back.

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Brighton head to high-flying Derby County for the first in a run of away games which Oscar Garcia hopes will cement his side’s place in the play-off pack.

The Rams have climbed the division since the arrival of former England umbrella boss Steve McClaren but go into tomorrow’s (Saturday) match on a run of three defeats on the bounce.

A home loss to Wigan was followed by a predictable FA Cup exit at the hands of Premier League Chelsea before McClaren’s outfit were humbled 4-1 at home to Midlands rivals Leicester City.

They have no fresh injury concerns and will be looking to recapture the form which saw them win eight and draw one in the nine games before the Wigan reverse.

Brighton will likely continue to do without Liam Bridcutt – in the starting eleven at least. The official reason for his absence is a slight knock, but supporters could be forgiven for thinking it might have something to do with his recent failed transfer request and continued interest from Sunderland.

With Andrew Crofts – the Albion’s Mr Consistency this season – now a long-term casualty, Bridcutt may make the bench. Keith Andrews

– who was superb last time out against Birmingham City – will almost certainly start alongside Rohan Ince. The 21-year-old midfield enforcer has now clocked up 16 first team appearances and only been on the losing side once – in the home match against Derby County back in August.

And, in the nine games in which Ince has completed a full 90 minutes, the Seagulls have seven wins and two draws.

The back four will almost certainly remained unchanged while Leo Ulloa will again start in the central striking position after Oscar backed his talisman to come good after a rusty return from long-term injury.

Kemy Agustien, Jake Forster-Caskey and David Lopez will compete for the third and final

midfield slot should Oscar decide against re-introducing Bridcutt. Kazenag Lua Lua – man of the match last weekend – will consider himself hugely unfortunate if he doesn’t make the starting line-up on the left.

Andrea Orlandi, Solly March, John Obika and – if signed in time – Lewis Grabban will likely fill the remaining gaps on the pitch and bench.

A win could move Brighton into fifth place above Nottingham Forest, who entertain Blackburn Rovers.

Subsequent away games with Watford and Burnley – and the speedy reunion with Ashley Barnes – represent a tricky run of fixtures for Oscar, with an FA Cup tie with Port Vale on January 25 the only chance for Oscar to rotate and rest.

Richard Morris

Brighton will be without the impressive Andrew Crofts after he picked up an injury

Albion Team News

Likely starting XI: Kuszcak, Bruno, Greer, Upson, Ward, Andrews, Ince, Agustien, Lua Lua, Ulloa, Lopez.Likely subs: Brezovan, El Abd, Chicksen, Forster-Caskey, March, Orlandi, Obika.Out: Hoskins (achilles), Mackail-Smith (knee), Bridcutt (slight knock), Crofts (knee).

Brighton start difficult road trip of away games at Rams

Fan’s predictionMichael Taylor(Brighton)

2 - 3Latest match oddsHome 11/10Away 12/5Draw 12/5Worth a fiver...Brighton to win 2-0: 6/1

Big match preview: Derby v Brighton & Hove Albion

League Table (top) PL GD PTS

1 Leicester 25 19 54

2 Burnley 25 19 50

3 QPR 25 14 49

4 Derby 25 15 44

5 Nottm Forest 25 10 41

6 Brighton 25 8 39

7 Reading 25 3 38

8 Blackburn 25 3 37

9 Ipswich 25 7 36

10 Wigan 24 5 36

11 Leeds 25 1 35

12 Huddersfield 25 5 34

The goal saved me! I had seen Solly was coming on, maybe for me, but I had my one chance and I scored.

“I am feeling better with every game but I need more games, more training and to keep working hard so in the upcoming games I can help the team.

“It was a good day for me, not only because of the goal, but also because it was good for the team.

“We needed the three points and it was very important for us to win here in front of our fans.”

“At the start of the season we were aiming for the play-offs and today is the first time we are there, so we need to keep winning and these next four away games are very important for us.”

DavidLopezAlbionMidfielder

‘‘(Talking after win over Birmingham)

At Maycroft Manor, industry-leading residential, nursing and dementia care are just the beginning. We really get to know our residents too - it’s how we support them to enjoy all the little things that make a big difference to their day.

From picking up the paper from the corner shop each morning, to the sights and sounds of the cinema and the taste of fresh coffee and homemade biscuits in the cafés, it’s all about living life to the full within our community.

To see for yourself what makes Maycroft Manor a care home with a difference, go to hallmarkcarehomes.co.uk, call our Customer Relationship Manager on 01273 859790, or drop by for a visit at 2-8 Carden Avenue, Brighton BN1 8NA.

Every morning, Bill used to enjoy picking up the papers.

He still does.

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