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AN EXCLUSIVE analysis by Brighton & Hove Independent has given the clearest insight yet into the boom in city house prices. The unique analysis - based on more than 19,000 property transactions in Brighton and Hove since 2009 - sheds new light on the £1 billion-a-year market. It reveals that the average price of a home in the second quarter of this year (April-June) was £298,407 - close to the record of £299,834 set in the third quarter (July-September) last year. There is incontrovertible evidence that the market is picking up again after relative stagnation, although detached homes at the top end of the market are still short of their peak. The aggregate value of all 973 properties sold in the second quarter of this year was £290.4

The most expensive home - sold for £2.75 million in August last year - is 7 Western Esplanade, in “Millionaires’ Row”, home to celebrities such as Zoe Ball and Norman Cook

million, compared with the record of £390.5 million set in JulySeptember 2010, when there were 1,359 transactions. Other headline findings of the analysis, the most comprehensive of its kind, include (figures for

April-June, Q2 2013): • The average price of a detached was £471,668 - significantly below its peak of £520,351 in the second quarter of last year. • The average price of a semidetached was £345,942 - close to

its peak of £347,367 in the third quarter of last year. • The average price of a terrace was £349,552 - beating the previous record of £339,523 set in the third quarter of last year. Continued on page 20

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Feminism 3.0: Is social media friend or foe? DOES SOCIAL media make it easier to be misogynistic? Are Facebook and Twitter good platforms for serious debate? Brighton Digital Festival and Brighton Dome tackle the pros and cons of social media for contemporary feminism, when activist, writers and commentators come together for an interactive panel debate: Feminism 3.0. This event follows a spate of high-profile trolling and cyberbullying incidents dominating the headlines in recent weeks, with several involving the targeting of female commentators. Some of the often-quoted commentators will join the discussion. The highly-charged, topical debate will be discussed by the audience and panel members, including Guardian columnist and Twitter abuse target, Suzanne Moore, and the "No More Page 3" campaigner, Lucy-Anne Holmes. They will be joined by 15-yearold blogger Lilinaz Evans (Lilipop) and comedian Bridget Christie, recipient of this year’s Foster’s Comedy Award at Edinburgh Fringe - whose comedy series for Radio 4, Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, has grappled with modern

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Brighton Mini Maker Faire September 7-8, 10am, The Corn Exchange The interactive Mini Maker Faire is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, with exhibitor highlights including a giant knitting robot, laser-printed trains, a 3D body-scanner, and a social-mediapowered photo-booth.

feminist questions, Helen Lewis, deputy editor of the New Statesman and chair of Feminism 3.0, said: “The debate on feminism is as important in 2013 as it was in 1913, when the suffragette Emily Davison was killed by the King’s horse. Yes, we now have the vote, but women are still paid less for the same jobs, still bear the most of the burden of the caring responsibilities, still do most of the unpaid work needed to run a family, and are still injured, raped and killed at an astonishing rate.

"Feminism has won some huge battles in its short history, but there is still a huge amount of work to do.” Feminism 3.0 Is Social Media Friend or Foe? Is at Brighton Dome at 7.30pm on Saturday, September 14. Tickets cost £10, or £8 with concessions. If you would like to attend the debate and explore the relationship between people and technology, visit: www. brightondigitalfestival.co.uk/ events

Own Documentary star Nathan Penlington, Austentatious star Joseph Morpurgo, and stand-up Phil Lucas. All proceeds will go to Brighton & Hove Community Radio.

Short Circuit – When disability and digital collide September 10, 6pm, Lighthouse Arts An interactive, mixed-media Faulty Sound & AV Night exhibition that looks at what it September 9, 7.30pm, Mrs might be like if the internet had a Fitzherberts, New Road breakdown and how music can be The returning Faulty Sound & AV mapped to create new, accessible Night offers a relaxed and intriguing choreographic forms. selection of performances from local and international musicians and AV Brighton SEO artists, who use digital technology September 12-13, 10am, The Dome, to explore sound and visuals in their Corn Exchange live performances. The festival’s free one-day conference, Brighton SEO, is Charity Chuckle expecting more than 2,000 of September 10, 8pm, Komedia Europe’s best digital marketers. Dubbed the entertainment highlight Aimed at agency delegates, of the festival, Charity Chuckle marketing teams, business-owners is comedy with a digital focus, and freelancers, the line-up will combining professional comedians feature a range of speakers from with new stand-ups, such as award the digital marketing industry nominee David Trent, Choose Your covering a number of hot trends.

Brighton SEO: Interest – and free! Jon Norris IN MY experience, conferences fit into one of two categories: interesting, or free. There’s some brutal capitalism at work on the conference circuit the best speakers come with a hefty price-tag, and attendees must foot that bill (plus a little extra sugar for the conference organisers). The TED Conference - often seen as the high watermark of moustache-twirling, intellectual getaways - will set you back the price of a decent family car (although the independentlyorganised TEDxBrighton, in October, will cost you only £30). For those of us without thousands to burn on conferencegoing, Brighton’s own Kelvin Newman has hit upon a model that keeps the quality high, but eliminates the price of entry altogether. The model is - for lack of a better term - a love-in. Speakers do not take a fee, attendees are not charged, and those companies that can afford to sponsor the event cover the cost of the venue, plus a kitty for a few drinks afterwards. The model seems to be working. Newman now has three bi-annual conferences on his calendar. On Friday, September 13,

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BrightonSEO, the lbiggest of the three, will once again take up residence in the Dome, forming one of the tentpole events of the Brighton Digital Festival. The conference attracts attendees from around the country, some from even further afield, and is one of the few must-attend event in the industry.

director of Brighton-based Metranet, said: “We’re thrilled to be working with Brighton Dome and Facebook in upgrading the Dome’s internal Wi-Fi infrastructure and providing a 100Mbps wireless fibre connection." He added: “Essentially, we have made the Wi-Fi experience within the Dome much faster, bringing the internet experience to the standard that this stunning venue deserves.”

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Frank le Duc THE COUNCIL wants to sell its Grade II listed seafront headquarters for housing and move staff into a refurbished Hove Town Hall.

It also plans to let about a quarter of the town hall for commercial use and build a rooftop extension, adding a floor to the northern part of the building, as part of a multi-million-pound redevelopemrnt. Premises used

for social care in Buckingham Road would also be sold. But questions about the future of the Citizens Advice Bureau - currently based in Hove Town Hall - are likely to be raised. And the proposals for King’s House HQ, a prime site, are certain to be controversial. They have already been criticised by a leading Conservative councillor. Councillor Andrew Wealls, Conservative spokesperson on children and young people, called for plans to include a muchneeded primary school. If the council headquarters were used for housing, Cr Wealls said the shortage of primary places in Hove would be exacerbated. (See page 5) Brighton and Hove City Council said the changes – which could save up to £700,000 a year - were the third phase of its “Workstyles”

project, aimed at making better and more efficient use of its property portfolio. Councillor Leo Littman, the ruling Green Party’s lead member for finance, said: “This proposal to move offices will help modernise the council and allow us to better serve the needs of the community. “It will allow us to deliver services more efficiently and make better use of our buildings. “Combining this move with the more effective use of technology it will make possible will save money. “Not only will this benefit the people of the city, it will also give our staff extra flexibility, allowing them to achieve a better worklife balance. It will also help to improve energy efficiency.” New technology was installed at Bartholomew House in 2011 in the first phase of the Workstyles programme. About 500 staff were able to use the new technology work more flexibly across three of five floors in the refurbished building in Bartholomew Square, opposite Brighton Town Hall. The ground floor was extended to create a customer service centre. The second phase consisted of

three major projects, involving 700 staff and the opening of a new customer service centre at Hove Town Hall in February this year. The customer service centre brought together council staff and Sussex Police after the force closed the old police station in Holland Road. It was sold to the council for use as a school. Another element of phase two involved bringing the vast majority of the Children and Families Service Team together on one site. By basing them at the Moulsecoomb Hub, the council said that it had increased collaboration at modern facilities for staff and customers. The rest of Bartholomew House has also been renovated. A decision about whether to sell King’s House, a grade II listed building in Grand Avenue, Hove, will be made by the council’s policy and resources committee on Thursday next week (September 12). Frank le Duc is founder and editor of Brighton and Hove News, the leading daily online news service for Brighton and Hove. Visit: www. brightonandhovenews.org.

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h sea views; would suit housing developer What is being proposed? A REPORT to next week’s special meeting of the council’s policy and resources committee sets out the proposals. The council says: “King’s House could be sold in proposals to improve the way the council works while delivering big savings to invest in efficiency measures. “Selling the building, valued at an estimated £9 million, would raise funds for better IT systems, energy efficiency and digital communication. “It would also help reduce the authority’s property portfolio costs. “The change is being proposed under phase three of the “Workstyles” project that looks at modernising the council’s business. “The authority aims to change the way it works to improve customer access and service

delivery, make best use of office space, save money and cut its carbon footprint.” Three options are being considered. The preferred option involves selling King’s House, a Grade II listed building, to complete the Workstyles programme. “It would include refurbishing outdated offices at Hove Town Hall to modern standards and equipping them with modern technology. Empty space in the building would become offices. “Around a quarter of the building would also be released for commercial use which would generate further income for service improvements and smarter working methods. “It is estimated the changes could save approximately

Conservatives question King’s House proposals CONSERVATIVES were the first to question proposals for King’s House. Councillor Wealls said: “We have been arguing for some time that it is not possible to justify keeping King’s House as office accommodation for council staff. “However, while we agree that it should be sold, we certainly do not agree with the Green administration’s proposals that the proceeds of the sale should be spent entirely on sprucing up other council buildings for staff. “The shortage of new school places in Hove has now gone beyond crisis point and, therefore, we shall be submitting a proposal at the Policy and Resources Committee meeting that the newer rear part of King’s House should be set aside for a new three-form entry primary school. “We strongly believe that the need for new school places is much greater than the need for revamped office accommodation for council staff.” He said that fellow councillors should remember a number of facts: • the King’s House location for a primary school is ideal; • there is sufficient play space at ground level beneath the building; • there is ample car parking space underground; • accessibility is excellent with

many major bus routes along nearby Church Road; • the school would be in an area of extremely high demand, with the south central Hove zone being short of 168 reception places in September 2013 and with the shortage forecast to rise to 225 places by 2016; • nearby infant and primary schools are heavily over-subscribed; for September 2013, Davigdor Infant School received 367 applications (first, second and third choice) for 120 places, St Andrew’s CE Primary received 282 applications for 60 places and West Hove (Connaught) Infants received 343 applications for 120 places; • the administration’s City Plan allows for 400 homes at the King Alfred Leisure Centre and a further 600 homes at Hove Station, but the projected shortfall in places in south central Hove take no account of this substantial number of new homes; • children are directed to schools as far away as West Blatchington and Moulsecoomb placing an incredible strain on local families with infant children; • any traffic arising from the use of the building as a school is unlikely to be greater than from the current staff and visitors to King’s House; • there are no other possible sites for primary schools anywhere nearby.

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Raise a glass to the best of Sussex Nick Mosley With the Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Festival "Autumn Harvest" in full swing, festival director NICK MOSLEY takes a look at the upcoming Brighton Beer & Cider Festival. WE HAVE got a lot to be proud of with our local ales. As well as the likes of the famous Harveys in Lewes, with a heritage stretching back centuries, we have an exciting emerging micro-brewery offering in and around the city, created by a new generation of beer-makers. The new generation is keen to experiment with new recipes - while also reinventing some of the drinks that have fallen out of favour, such as barley wines and double stouts. Sussex beers and ciders have always been an important part of the festival every Easter and September. Battle Cider, WJ King and Hepworth's have been longstanding supporters of the festival organisation; in recent years, we have welcomed the likes of Wobblegate Cider and the brilliant Brighton Bier Co. to showcase at festival markets and events such as Bitter & Twisted. 2013 sees an exciting new event to the Autumn Harvest line-up - and it’s one that we hope will be part of all our future festivals: the Brighton Beer & Cider Festival. Although we've run beer festivals in the past, this time we're really pulling out all the stops to create an event that will do the city, and the county, proud. The beer festival is being run in conjunction with our friends at Pub du Vin in Ship Street, who have been an integral part of the food festival for the past three years offering unerring support and resources – and an endless supply of pork scratchings and scotch eggs – to the festival team. Pub landlord Matt Denny has been a huge help in co-ordinating breweries and stock levels for the event. As I write, we've just ordered about £4,000-worth of beer and cider – that’s over 50 types of drinks from 20 or so brewers and cider-makers. We're also welcoming a few exhibitors

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from outside of Sussex, too including the award-winning Hallets Cider, from Caerphilly; the Little Beer Company, from Surrey; and Pope's Brewery, from Worcester, which was set up 18 months ago by former Pub du Vin landlord Alex Pope. It’s always good to see things come full circle, and welcome old friends back to Brighton. We're really pleased to be working alongside some members of the local CAMRA branch, who are helping pull the pints; many of the brewers themselves will be at the event, so you can chat to them about their beers and methods. Adding a little humour to our event, our experts Sister Cider and Doctor Beer will be pointing real ale and cider newbies in the right direction, based on taste preferences, in return for a donation to Rockinghorse children's charity. Keeping those hunger pangs at bay, Hove's favourite Frenchman, Jean-Christophe Martin, of L'Eglise, will be serving up a delicious Sussex hog-roast all night, plus, on the Saturday evening, we've got the Brighton

Marina Chilli Shop's Chilli Challenge and local band Swell live on stage. In keeping with the ethos of the wider festival, we're making the beer festival as accessible as possible. Entry is just £5, which includes your first tasting ticket. Prices are being kept low, with a half pint at just £1.50 or a pint at £3. So you can sample beers and ciders that perhaps you'd otherwise not try. We've also got a small selection of award-winning wines from our local vineyards, and there will be the opportunity to sample the new Blackdown artisan spirits from West Sussex. Whether you are a real-ale-lover or simply looking for a fun festival night out, the beer festival has plenty to offer everyone. So join us and raise a toast to the best of Sussex! The Brighton Beer & Cider Festival runs from 5.30pm on Friday, September 13 and Saturday, September 14 in the festival marquees, as part of the Sussex and The World weekend of activities on Hove Lawns. Access to daytime events is free. Advance tickets for the evening beer festival are £5 from the bar at Pub du Vin, or from www. brightonfoodfestival.com.

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Syria: Back from the Brink Jean Calder LAST WEEK was personally and politically momentous. Our daughter turned 21 - and parliament stepped back from the bombardment of Syria. The daughter held many celebrations and opened many gifts. Perhaps the greatest of these is that she will be able to remember her birthday without associating it with British involvement in another bloodbath. Her birthday was two days before the crucial vote. I wrapped presents anxiously listening to the news and thinking about people in Syria engaged in the minutiae of daily life, cooking, cleaning, giving birth and dying, even trying to celebrate birthdays. In this way, wherever we are, we “civilians” live our lives in the context of a wider political reality over which we have little control. There are times in history, however, when - just occasionally - we the people are able to influence events. Thursday, August 29 2013 was such a day. It was clear that the prime minister and his deputy arrogantly believed they understood the mood of the House of Commons and the country, and could persuade or bend both to their will. Parliament proved the opposite. While, over many months, an increasingly-bellicose William Hague has strutted the international stage like a small peacock calling for military action on Syria, and while - just last year - Cameron unsuccessfully tried to send arms to the rebels, many fellow MPs have been quietly listening to their

constituents. These constituents - sickened by deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan and perplexed by the increased power of al-Qaeda in those countries - want no further involvement in pointless bloodshed. The British public have learned the lessons of Iraq, when Britain went to war on false reports and Tony Blair, as prime minister, misinformed Parliament about American secret intelligence. People responded with horror to Syrian photographs of chemical attack, but were deeply sceptical about Cameron’s demands for intervention without UN backing. The truth is, they no longer trust politicians either here or abroad. The vote will do MPs no harm. A recent BBC poll indicated that seven in 10 people (71%) agree with the decision, while even more (72%) don’t think the move will damage UK-US relations. Interestingly, two-thirds said they would not care if it did. It seems British people, unlike their government, are tired of hanging on US coat-tails. Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, voted against intervention, while Tim Loughton, the Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, abstained. Norman Baker, the Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, with Mike Weatherley and Simon Kirby, the Conservative MPs for Hove and Brighton Kemptown, respectively, did not. I don’t condemn them for that; they must have come under enormous pressure. But I do wonder why. It’s hard to be cool-headed when confronted with the suffering of civilians, especially children. Governments, however, have always used alleged enemy atrocities to manipulate public opinion and to force the hand of reluctant colleagues. Terrible atrocities have happened on both sides in this conflict and many war crimes have taken place. The response

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should be to gather and preserve evidence and prosecute those responsible through international courts - not carry out a collective punishment, which is illegal under international law. Cameron insults the public’s intelligence by arguing that the government is not taking sides in this war - and by his assertion that any bombardment of Assad, though a punishment, would not be an attempt to alter the balance of power or promote regime change. It’s hard to understand why the British government should be so ready to intervene in a complex civil war between Sunni and Shia Muslims - nor why, following the US government, it should so often support deeplyconservative rebel forces with links to extreme islamism. The Syrian opposition is dominated by foreign jihadists. There’s no doubt that Bashar

al-Assad is a dictator, who poses a local threat to many Syrian people. His government, however, provides some protection to women, religious minorities and secularists - and poses little threat to Britain. Every peaceful and diplomatic effort should have been made to work with members of the UN security council, including Russia, to secure peace, promote democracy and protect human rights. In fact, diplomatic efforts have been actively undermined, because the US, Britain and France want regime change. Yet the Islamist-dominated forces they support pose an even greater threat to democracy and human rights than Assad. They reject equal rights for women, religious minorities and secularists - and because they support the idea of a supra-national caliphate, pose a serious threat to other nations, including Britain.

Over the last few decades, the USA and UK have colluded with, armed and funded some of the most undemocratic and dangerous political forces in the world, arrogantly assuming they could contain the monsters they helped to create. The truth is the forces they’ve unleashed and the ideas they represent now have a foothold in our country and could, over time, destroy our own imperfect democracy. Last week’s vote gives me hope that a hitherto-supine parliament may at last be waking up to the danger. I look at my daughter, at the start of her adult life, and hope that by the time she is my age, her legal right to equality as a woman, will remain. I hope against hope that Britain - which was once a beacon of human rights and equality to immigrants like me - will still be a democracy.

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Small wonder: Charleston is the place to be Laura Lockington CHARLESTON: home of the Bloomsbury lot in Sussex; every bit of furniture decorated within an inch of its life; orchards, barns, art, quite a racy history - and the most swoonable gardens that you ever did see. It’s also home to the fabulous Small Wonder Literary Festival. And on Friday, September 27, the coolest poet and playwright that ever stalked the planet will be on stage hosting a very special event indeed. Lemn Sissay. Even his name is cool. He’s associate artist at the Southbank Centre. He’s the first poet commissioned to write for the 2012 Olympics. His poem “Spark Catchers” is etched into a Transformer. He’s an honorary Doctor of Letters. He curated the world’s first Literature Festival of The Sea. His Landmark Poems in London adorn the Royal Festival Hall. He travelled to the Arctic - with Jarvis Cocker, Laurie Anderson, Martha Wainwright, KT Tunstall, and Lesley Feist. He is featured in Burning Ice, a film of the voyage. In short: he’s a star and he’s coming to Sussex to host Creative Future

Literary Awards, Brighton-based charity - alongside Ros Barber, award-winning poet and Brighton author, who has won critical and popular acclaim with her book The Marlowe Papers. The event is indeed special indeed, as Dominique De-Light, project manager for Creative Future, explained: “In April this year, we launched a nationwide competition for marginalised and disabled writers. We wanted to show the world that having a disability or being sociallyexcluded doesn’t stop you from being a great writer. "We were overwhelmed with the entries. We laughed, we cried, we were transported to other planets, countries and times. It’s been as fantastic as we hoped it would be.” The theme for the competition was "The Spark". And it seemed to hit the right nerve with all the writers that entered. One of those writers said: “Writing changed my life for the better. It is as simple as that”. There has been fantastic support for the project with Brighton publishers, Myriad Editions, offering editorial support - and with Kingston University Press agreeing to publish an anthology of the short-listed stories.

Laura Lockington My Bass and Other Animals, by Guy Pratt WHEN picking up dog food from the pet shop, or waiting for a plumber to arrive, or any of those really irritating humdrum chores that life seems some days to be endlessly made up of, I sometimes wonder what do rock stars do? Perhaps the thrill of playing a 10,000-seat stadium with Pink Floyd or Madonna take your mind off the mundane. Or you have staff to do those little shopping trips for you. Now we can find out. My Bass and Other Animals is a hilarious account of Guy Pratt’s life. He was bass player to the stars including David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Robert Palmer, Womack & Womack, and Bryan Ferry. He was in The Smiths for a week and has travelled through an airport in a wheelchair after a flight with Jimmy Page. Maybe the humdrum chores don’t seem too bad now?. The stories of Madonna are priceless and I now know that it’s

really not very easy at all to smash up a guitar on stage (terribly wellconstructed, don’t you know?). And when he tries to do so at Wembley, the results are truly funny. The charm of the book relies heavily on the brilliant ability of Pratt to be self-deprecating in a world of massive egos. I bet that’s quite a rare thing in the music business. He’ll answer any questions you might have about Madonna, plumbers and anyone else when he reads at The Bookish Supper Society on Wednesday, September 18, at The Naked Eye Gallery, Farm Mews, Farm Rd. For tickets, telephone Brighton Dome ticket office: 01273 709709

The aim of Creative Future is simple: they provide training, mentoring and the chance to publish or exhibit talented people who lack opportunities due to mental-health issues, disability, health or social circumstance. And what a fantastic aim that is. The entries have been shortlisted and we’ll find out the winners on the night. The event is open to everyone and tickets - £8 (or £7 concession) - are available

from Brighton Dome ticket office. Telephone 01273 709709 Don’t forget, there’s a charming shuttle bus to and from every event from Lewes train station right up to Charleston’s front door. Tickets are just £3 return and can be exchanged for a free bottle of Harveys beer on arrival. Lemn Sissay. Ros Barber. Some very talented writers. And Charleston. Prepare to swoon.

Lemn Sissay, poet and playwright

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The price of houses just went up PROPERTY prices are a source of endless chatter at middle-class dinner tables. They are also of immediate concern to thousands of families in our city. Between the sea and the Sussex Downs, Brighton and Hove is partly defined - and physically constrained - by its geography. It is an attractive city with a relatively-thriving economy, but one that has too many unemployed and too many on low wages. It is within easy reach of London - where an estimated one in three of its workers travel to work. Londoners look here to cash in on even higher property prices. Is it really true that the value of homes in Kensington and Chelsea is greater than the value of all the homes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland? Apparently so. Inevitably, supply and demand exerts its own pressure on house prices in Brighton and Hove. Some of us celebrate. Especially those baby-boomers who have already inherited - or stand shortly to inherit - from home-owning parents. For some of us, our homes are our pensions. Provided we “downsize” - or move out of Brighton and Hove entirely. Perhaps you saw our feature last week that included property prices in Barnsley - where a three-bedroom semi-detached house, with garden front and back - costs a little over £100,000. That’s not the case in our city, as our exclusive analysis today shows. Interestingly, in our city, barely half the households (53%) own their own homes, compared with nearly two in three (63%) in England. Of course, when we say “own”,

we often mean part-own - with a mortgage. Fewer than one in four Brighton and Hove household (23%) own their own homes outright - compared with three in 10 (30%) in England. So the middle-classes can devour our analysis of property data in time for the next dinnertable conversation. But perhaps they should consider a few other facts. How can a first-time buyer maybe your son and/or daughter - get on the property ladder, when an average flat or apartment costs £214,512? In a city, where three in 10 households live in private rented accommodation compared with fewer than two in 10 (16%) in England. If King’s House, the city council’s headquarters, is sold for housing (see pages 4 and 5), how many will be affordable for our fellow citizens? Let us leave the last words to Andy Winter, chief executive of Brighton Housing Trust, who knows more than most about housing and homes - and homelessness. Speaking about our exclusive analysis, he said: “These latest figures reaffirm what we already know: that in Brighton and Hove rented accommodation in the private sector has become the only option for many people - and it too has become unaffordable for many. “The city is characterised by low wages and high costs, particularly in housing. “Anecdotally it seems that the most people buying properties in the town centre have a current address in London - and local people are being pushed out to areas on the outskirts, out of town and out of contention for housing altogether.” Time for dinner?

Assad is a fascist who will go on killing I CONTINUE to be surprised by the those on the left who oppose "fascism" at home by demonstrating against the idiots from the EDL, but are utterly and implacably opposed to any action against fascism abroad. President Assad and his father are (and were), by any description, fascists. The Baath Party is rooted in fascism. The victims of that fascism are the rebels, the children of Syria, Sunnis and anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby when he drops bombs. He is using chemical weapons (in the end it’s a judgement call; but, in my view, the evidence is compelling) and gas - which has been a war crime since the 1920s. I do understand the concerns about the Islamists in the opposition - but I do not think that means we stand by and let Assad gas people. Assad is indeed relatively protective of Christian

minorities. The same cannot be said of Jews, though. In common with most fascists, he would be happy to see the Jews and the state of Israel wiped out. The isolationist right and the pacifist anti-war left have formed an unholy alliance. That happens. I disagree with them, but they are also entitled to their opinion. The people who have lost my respect are those at a senior level in the Labour Party who clearly do think we should intervene to try to prevent genocide in Syria, but voted against simply to cause Cameron and Hague embarrassment. Indeed, Miliband showed last week why he is unfit to be prime minister. There are times for playing politics, for opposition for opposition’s sake. This issue was not one of them. This same ambivalence to fascism abroad on the pacifist left was present during the Falklands conflict. The invasion was

undertaken by a fascist Argentinian government. Fortunately, on that occasion, Labour was led by Michael Foot, who - for all his faults - was a man of considerably more principle than Ed Miliband. Of course, one indirect consequence of that conflict was the end of fascist government in Argentina - something which would not have happened had we followed the pacifist left line. Yes, there are consequences when the west intervenes under the duty to protect. Some of those consequences are unknown or unforeseen. But there are also consequences to not intervening the most extreme recent example being seen in Rwanda. In Syria, we can be fairly confident that Assad will go on killing and gassing until he wins. Graham Cox Conservative councillor, Westbourne

No “Robin Hood” Draft lobbying bill seeks to stifle free speech I AM writing to express my serious legislation looks like a deliberate tax in our city concern about the draft legislation on attempt by a Conservative-led I DO NOT agree that there should be a so-called “Robin Hood” tax (page 19, August 30). In this country we are taxed on our earnings, 20% VAT on purchases and services, together with higher rates on alcohol, tobacco and petrol. Everyone living in the city enjoys the same amenities and, therefore, the current system should remain. Just because successive local governments spend money that is simply not there - or waste what is available - does not mean that they can simply target those they think are "well-off". Most of these people, and I include myself, just get down to working hard and grafting for a living. A “Robin Hood” tax? Robbing most certainly! Paul Johnston BG Finishings Ltd, Middleton Avenue, Hove

lobbying, the parliamentary debate on which began on Tuesday (Sept 3). The effect of the draft bill would be to prevent all kinds of charitable as well as lobbying groups from legitimate comment on political matters in the year prior to a general election. I believe this to be an unacceptable restriction on free speech and political debate. This is a major threat to participatory democracy. This restriction on legitimate political activity is all the more unacceptable when one considers the huge amount spent at elections by political parties on propaganda. At the last general election total spend was £56m as against a non-party spend of a mere £3m. The Conservative Party spent more than all the other parties put together. In this context, this

government to protect themselves from legitimate scrutiny and preserve for themselves a large campaigning advantage in terms of spend. This is completely unacceptable and an affront to democracy. It is also, I believe, a backhanded compliment to campaigning groups such as 38 degrees. This group has managed to do what political parties no longer do - and that is mobilise mass opinion on key issues, and they have won some important policy concessions along the way. I urge MPs to vote against the compressed timetable proposed for the debate of the lobbying bill, and against all provisions that could stifle political debate in the run-up to a general election. Howard Spencer Somerhill Road, Hove

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Is the tide turning against alcohol? AT WORK in the 1980s, I was regarded as an unreasonable extremist for asking that just one person smoked at a time during team meetings. It was not uncommon for four or five people to smoke at the same time within a small office. It was in January 1983 that the Cannon-ABC chain of cinemas made all its premises totally smoke-free, the first chain to do so. Until December 1992, you could still buy tobacco from hospital shops. Smoke-free regulations covering all indoor workplaces in England, including bars, clubs and restaurants, came into force as recently as July 2007. Some places, such as certain smoking hotel rooms, nursing homes, prisons and submarines (!) were initially exempted, as were Royal Palaces. Just six years later it is hard to imagine ever returning to an era where offices and cinemas had a fog of cigarette smoke and the smell of tobacco smoke sat heavily on people's clothes and hair, even of non-smokers. In 1985, I would not have predicted that there would come a time when to light up in a closed environment, on public transport, or in a restaurant, would be regarded as very antisocial and would, in fact, be banned by law. But the health arguments have been won and public opinion has turned. Today, I might be regarded as an unreasonable extremist for questioning the role, cost, health consequences, and anti-social nature of alcohol in society. But the health arguments are powerful, and public opinion might just be

on the turn. The report published on Sunday by the Centre for Social Justice, No Quick Fix, highlighted the growing problem associated with alcohol: "While frequent alcohol consumption has decreased, dangerous drinking is on the rise. The most widely-abused drug in the UK, alcohol, is causing increasing harm to society. Currently, the bill stands at £21 billion a year. Alcohol-related deaths have doubled since 1991 and liver disease is now one of the ‘Big Five Killers’ and the only one which is increasing. "Serious drinking has increased: alcohol-related admissions to hospital have doubled in a decade and are continuing to rise. Increasing readmissions to hospital show that treatment is not working." The Health Count survey 2012, found that 13% of the population never drink, 27% drink less that once a week, and 28% drink once or twice a week. For the majority, 68%, alcohol plays little or no part in the their lives. Yet alcohol dominates cultural attitudes and social settings, just as cigarettes once did. I wonder whether, in 20 years, we will look back with amazement at today's libertarian attitude to alcohol. Increasing anti-social behaviour, an alcoholfuelled epidemic of health problems, and the increasing cost to the public purse, will force something to be done. I just hope it won't take 20 years. Andy Winter Chief executive, Brighton Housing Trust

I DISAGREE with Mike Holland’s opinions on Brighton’s public conveniences, described as “filthy, disgusting, urine-infested hovels” (page 8, August 30). The seafront public toilets are clean and do their function well. Why spend money upgrading when new duel-flush toilets do not work effectively most of the time in my experience? The modern-day sensor taps don’t switch on. Handdriers that don’t dry hands.

If they break, what would be the maintenance cost in repairing? The public toilets next to the Brighton Wheel are my favourite public toilets, because they are a piece of history - with pulling the chain of the flush-down toilets, wooden doors and metal sinks. They look reliable, long-lasting and seem to have a sense of durability. We are lucky to have free public toilets. Danielle Cordell

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@BHarmsworth Arrive back at Brighton station, noting that it has changed more in the past few months than Chichester station has done in 40 years.

@Nommer88 Get train to Brighton, chill out on the beach, get nose pierced, drink cider on the seafront!!! #goodday

@geogabe23 At an exhibition of Jon Burgerman tonight in Brighton, so good to be here

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@Benkelly118 Saw the funniest thing today -Some guy opened a coca cola bottle & poured it over his head on the pier #Brighton

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RESTAURANT WEEK

Celebrate the Autumn Harvest food festival with a choice of Sussex menus and special dining offers at restaurants, food pubs and cafés citywide from Monday 9 - Friday 13 September 2013 AguaDulce

3 for 2 on selected tapas Cheapest dish free. Maximum 4 persons.

Enjoy an authentic taste of Spain without the plane, at Brighton’s family-owned AguaDulce restaurant. 10-11 Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 1NE • 01273 328 672 • www.aguadulce.co.uk

Boho Gelato 3for2 on Gelato & Sorbet Cheapest product free

Boho Gelato produce an ever growing list of over 450 flavours on site with 24 available in their cabinet at any time.

GB1 at The Grand During Restaurant Week, visit GB1 Restaurant for lunch and receive a FREE Amuse Bouche or enjoy a FREE glass of bubbles with Afternoon Tea Just quote “”Restaurant Week””. Offers subject to availability. For full terms and conditions and menus visit The Grand’s website.

From the stylish GB1 Restaurant which offers the south coast’s finest and freshest fish caught daily to the hotel’s famous Sussex Cream Tea served in the beautiful Victoria Lounge and Terrace, The Grand, Brighton has it all. 97-99 King’s Road, Brighton, BN1 2FW • 01273 224 300 • www.devere-hotels. co.uk/thegrand

6 Pool Valley, Brighton, BN1 1NJ

Garden Room Restaurant Busby & Wilds Complimentary glass of house wine or pint of draught beer with each main course ordered Busby & Wilds is a food led pub, that uses fresh local produce to create a menu with quality and excitement. 8-9 Rock Street, Brighton, BN2 1NF • 01273 696 135 • www.busbyandwilds. co.uk

Carluccio’s A complimentary bottle of delicious Sicilian Sicani wine when two main courses are ordered One offer per party.

For complete information visit www.brightonfoodfestival.com

Holiday Inn, 137 Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2JF • 01273 828 262

Graze Restaurant Complimentary glass of Gremillet Brut Champagne with either the a la carte or tasting menu

Carluccio’s caffè provides great quality, authentic Italian food at sensible prices, accompanied by informal but excellent service. Jubilee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE • 01273 690 493 • www.carluccios. com/restaurants/brighton

42 Western Road, Hove, BN3 1JD • 01273 823 707 • www.graze-restaurant. co.uk

Sussex produce led Indian Thali throughout Restaurant Week

Featuring Big Sussex Market Children’s Food Festival Sussex & The World Market Live Food Show Brighton Beer & Cider Festival Regency Food Tour Champagne & Wine Festival Restaurant Week Extreme Food Challenge International Chef Exchange Make Your Case Curry Chef of the Year Bitter & Twisted Mix Off cocktail competition Food Awards Final and many more FREE & ticketed events for all ages!

The recently re-opened Garden Room Restaurant at the Holiday Inn offers a wide range of dishes from all over the world, from South American to Asian classics.

Situated in the heart of Regency Brunswick, Graze is a fine-dining independent restaurant with an outstanding reputation for contemporary British cooking.

The Chilli Pickle

Running citywide from 5-15 September 2013

Restaurant Week menu including a lovingly-crafted cocktail, 20% discount and kids eat free (max 3 children per table)

A local favourite with national standing combines traditional Indian methods with local produce and individual style. 17 Jubilee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE • 01273 900 383 • www.thechillipickle.com

The Coal Shed Restaurant Sussex inspired special lunch menu running throughout Restaurant Week The Coal Shed are an independent restaurant, based in the heart of the lanes and specialise in grilled steaks and fish. They are the first restaurant in Sussex to have a charcoal Josper oven. 8 Boyces Street, Brighton, BN1 1AN • 01273 322 998 • www.coalshedrestaurant.co.uk

Coast to Coast 2 Breakfasts for £10 OR 2 courses from the lunch menu for £9.95

The Hove Kitchen Two course ‘Taste of Sussex’ menu with glass of sparkling wine for £20 (three courses £25) All the menus at The Hove Kitchen reflect the seasons and showcase the exciting array of local ingredients from the South Coast. 102-105 Western Road, Hove, BN3 1FA • 01273 725 495 • www.thehovekitchen. com

Hove Place Bistro Menu will be inspired by Sussex and offer some fabulous dishes all using local produce Stylish basement bar providing a relaxed atmosphere with a strong emphasis on excellent bistro pub food and offering great customer service. 35/37 First Avenue, Hove, BN3 2FH • 01273 738 266 • www.hoveplace. co.uk

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Coast to Coast American restaurant and bar has been created by people who genuinely love good quality food, drinks and good times! When it’s cooked well using fabulous ingredients, nothing beats authentic American food.

20% discount of your total bill when dining on the a la carte menu

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Terms & Conditions: You must quote “Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival restaurant week offer” and present the voucher strip to your server prior to placing your order. You can download further vouchers from the festival website at www.brightonfoodfestival.com. Offers and special menus run Monday 9 - Friday 13 September 2013 inclusive unless otherwise stated. Maximum table size 6 people unless otherwise stated. Not valid with any other offer or promotion. Offers and menus are subject to availability – we recommend you call ahead and book to avoid disappointment. All promotions are offered directly by the participating venue and not by the food festival. The manager’s discretion is final.

L’Eglise Special Sussex 3-course menu during Restaurant Week L’Eglise offers classic French cuisine prepared for contemporary tastes by Chef owner Jean Christophe. 196 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2DJ • 01273 220 868 • www. legliserestaurant.co.uk

Moshimo All vegan food will be discounted by 25% when ordered from the menu or from the conveyer belt, to help celebrate the festival’s Vegan Maki Challenge This offer cannot be used with the Moshimo Monday and Tuesday offer. You must order a drink as part of the offer.

Moshimo are renowned for their handmade sushi, the authenticity of their hot Japanese dishes, and the sustainability of their fish, for which they have won a brace of prestigious national and international awards. Bartholomew Square, Brighton, BN1 1JS • 01273 719 195 • www.moshimo. co.uk

Pelham House A Sussex inspired two course menu plus local Harveys beer to pair with the main course for a special price of £15.50 per person Pelham House restaurant focuses on simple and delicious food, using good quality seasonal and locally sourced produce. St Andrews Lane, Lewes, BN7 1UW • 01273 488 600 • www.pelhamhouse.com

Pub du Vin 2 mains from Landlord’s Lunch menu for £15

Seattle Restaurant A Sussex inspired menu will be offered and to ensure as many as possible enjoy the local experience all main courses will be 2 for 1 Cheapest dish free

The Restaurant at Hotel Seattle combines contemporary British menus and stunning surroundings to create somewhere brimming with life. The Waterfront, Brighton Marina, BN2 5WA • 01273 679 799 • www. hotelseattlebrighton.com/restaurant/ welcome

Stanmer House Bar & Restaurant A complimentary glass of house wine with every main meal ordered as part of Restaurant Week A beautiful Georgian manor house set in the heart of the Sussex countryside beautiful parkland yet only minutes from the bustling city of Brighton, open for breakfast, coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Stanmer Park, Brighton, BN1 9QA • 01273 680 400 • www.stanmerhouse. co.uk

Terre a Terre Two for one on main courses ordered from the a la carte when both guests enjoy 3 courses each Cheapest dish free

Born out of a desire to deliver innovative meat free food 20 years ago, Terre à Terre has now become a Brighton Institution attracting tourists from afar, but also proudly serving its regulars and locals. 71 East Street, Brighton, BN1 1HQ • 01273 729 051 • www.terreaterre. co.uk

Valid Monday - Friday 12-5pm

Pub du Vin has Sussex at its heart with a wide range of local beers and ciders, and a growing selection of Sussex wines. 6 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD • 01273 718 588 • www.hotelduvin.com

the restaurant at drakes Complimentary glass of Ridgeview sparkling wine with every main meal ordered Having achieved the highest score of all Brighton restaurants in The Good Food Guide 2013 for the fourth year running, the restaurant at drakes ensures outstanding quality and an elegant but unpretentious backdrop for intimate lunches and romantic dinners. 43-44 Marine Parade, Brighton, BN2 1PE • 01273 696 934 • www. drakesofbrighton.com

Sam’s of Brighton

VBites Café & Store 20% discount when ordering a main menu dish and a drink VBites Café & Store offers a delicious selection of vegan food & drinks to eat in or takeaway. 14 East Street, Brighton, BN1 1HP • 01273 747 371 • www.vbites.com

Waterhouse Bar & Terrace Enjoy 20% discount off the total food bill when dining in the Waterhouse Bar and Terrace Relax in style in the Waterhouse Bar and Terrace and experience their glorious hospitality whilst enjoying sumptuous delights which include cocktails, Champagne, the finest gins and whiskies. Hilton Brighton Metropole, Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2FU • 01273 775 432 • www.hilton.com/brightonmet

30% off your total food bill when dining from the a la carte best of Sussex menu Valid for up to 9 guests, two courses and a drink per person must also be ordered, not valid Friday.

This award-winning restaurant produces ever-changing seasonal dishes often locally sourced. 1 Paston Place, Brighton, BN2 1HA • 01273 676 222 • www.samsofbrighton. co.uk Restaurant Name Date of Visit Your Name Your Email (if you wish to be added to the festival monthly e-newsletter)

RESTAURANT WEEK Please complete this voucher and present to your server prior to ordering to take advantage of your Restaurant Week offer.

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Two wheels good - but two legs better! Mike Holland IT SEEMS unlikely that our council are going to alter course - or even slow down - with their plans to discourage motorists from visiting our city. As more and more cycle lanes spring up, it is even more unlikely that any new administration will have the will to reverse much of this in spring 2015. Indeed, I believe they will pander to the very vocal cycling brigade. Even David Cameron seems to think we should all be getting on our bikes. Putting aside all the arguments for and against cycle lanes, bikes are here to stay. To my mind, it is simply a question of how we use them. It is everybody’s right to decide whether they drive, cycle or walk around our city. Monumental steps are being taken to ensure that cyclists are as protected from cars

as they possibly can be. According to our council, which apparently conducts random surveys, the majority of people are happy with the administration’s efforts. One thing that is blatantly apparent to me is that pedestrians have rights, too. And, despite the fact that walking is the greenest and oldest means of transport, no real thought is given to their safety. Certainly, on our seafront - just as cyclists need protecting from cars - pedestrians need protecting from cyclists. If we are to keep cyclists on our promenade, then they need separating from pedestrians with some sort of agreeable looking barrier. The crossing points should be where they are now. But to protect both cyclist and pedestrian, each crossover needs a simple pedestrian crossing light system. There should also be an agreed speed limit, with it being compulsory to have a simple speedo fitted to your bike. Each and every cycle should have an annual or bi-annual MOT and insurance must be compulsory.

Currently, most cyclists have no insurance whatsoever despite it being available. Basic membership of both the Cyclists Touring Club and British Cycling Federation give this cover. Currently, if - as a pedestrian you are injured by a cyclist, your only two options are to let it go or bring a civil case against the cyclist and hope she or he has assets other than the bike. Next time you are on the seafront and it is a nice sunny day, conduct a small exercise and count the cyclists within your visual area and then count the pedestrians, especially on the section between Regency Square and the Palace Pier. Despite the fact that, in places, the cycle lane takes up 50% of the promenade, you will find that at peak times cyclists are outnumbered 50 to1. Foreign tourists, especially from China, really do not understand that, as pedestrians, they do need to keep away from the cycle lanes. It must be extremely frustrating for cyclists - as it is rarely possible to cycle along the front without someone stepping in your way.

Promenading: Pedestrians have rights, too

The fact, however, is that the pedestrian has always been - and must remain - the priority on our

promenade. The clue, dear council, is in the name: Promenade. @RealMikeHolland

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Air quality: Politicians must engage with citizens – not lecture them Dr Stuart Newton COUNCILLOR Kitcat reminds us that something needs to be done to improve air quality (Page 4, August 30). But, he is using the wrong strategy. It is simply not good enough for politicians to say "Something Must Be Done", with the implication that they will be deciding what is to be done - and then telling us to do it. Let’s assume that Cr Kitcat and his colleagues want to get counciltax-payers on side. How might they do it? The process will start with sharing information and a willingness to have a two-way discussion. Let’s start with carbon dioxide. Poor air quality is the result of increases in the concentrations of other gases as well - for example, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. But carbon dioxide, which is undoubtedly harmful to us and

the environment, is a good starting point. It's a pity that we cannot see, taste, or smell carbon dioxide. Why? Whether you have a Ferrari or a hybrid car, when you use one litre of petrol in your car, about two kilograms of carbon dioxide are produced. That’s a little less than the mass of a brick (see photographs). The distance you can travel with one litre of petrol depends on the size of the car and the speed at which you are driving. Most cars can travel from 7.5 to 12.5 miles. An east-west journey across the city is about nine miles, so the return journey will require between 1.5 and 2.5 litres of petrol. That return journey will produce from three to five kilograms of carbon dioxide. That’s about the mass of two of the biggest bottles of lemonade that you can buy. So, who cares? If cars deposited a lump of carbon dioxide the size of a brick, every time they used one litre of petrol, we would begin to care a lot. But they don’t. Instead, they produce two kilograms of carbon dioxide and it spreads in the air. Then we ignore it.

If cars produced two kilograms of a gas with a smell or colour or taste like chlorine, every time they used one litre of petrol, we would not be able to ignore it. We would choke and our eyes would sting, and the local air would quickly become unbreathable, as chlorine (2.5 times heavier than air) accumulated at the bottom of the atmosphere. Where we are. Carbon dioxide is not as heavy as chlorine, and it has no smell, colour or taste. So we don’t notice it. If brick-sized lumps of carbon dioxide were left on a pavement, and had the appearance and smell of dog mess, we would have bins all over the place, with demands that motorists carry sacks so that they could clear up after their cars. There would, rightly, be serious penalties for those who do not. Even though we live in an age in which science and technology dominate our lives, as far as most of us are concerned, if something has no colour, no smell and no taste, it is not there. How many cars travel into the centre of Brighton in one day?. Let’s suppose it is, say, 10 000. If each car uses about one litre to get into the city, and one litre to get out, that’s

This photograph shows a piece of polystyrene - the same size as a one-kilogram block of carbon dioxide - placed next to three £20 notes, to give some idea of the size

20 000 litres of petrol used - and 40 000 kilograms (40 tonnes) of carbon dioxide passed into the air. You don’t see it, because it’s a gas. If it were solid, like the lump in the photographs, there would be enough carbon dioxide produced every four days to fill a doubledecker bus. Is that excessive for the centre of a city? That’s a matter of opinion. But we ignore 40 tonnes of carbon dioxide produced each day, because we cannot see it. We are

merely content to allow it to pollute the air we breathe. What a pity the one Green council in the country has not set about the task of raising public awareness of the nature of what we do to our atmosphere. What a pity that they are talking about "Something Must Be Done", rather than trying to take people with them. This policy of deliberate alienation will take the environmental agenda back by 20 years.

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Brighton says hello to Japan Nicholas Röhl

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How did a small, independent restaurant like Moshimo end up creating the biggest annual Japanese cultural festival in Europe? It’s a question we often get asked. And, as we prepare to open this year’s festival, it seems a good point to attempt an answer. It was, in fact, in an interview with a local journalist five years ago that the idea for doing a Japanese festival suddenly sprang, unbidden and unpremeditated, from the lips of my business partner, Karl Jones. He had only just come into Moshimo as my partner - after having bought out my ex-partner and thereby saving the restaurant from ruin - and was being asked what plans he had for Moshi. On the spur of the moment, that was all he could think of to say. And there it was in black and white, announced to the public: a Japanese festival in Brighton. And we had no way of getting out of it. One morning, three months later, the Brighton & Hove Japanese Club turned up in the square of Moshimo with origami papers, traditional Japanese toys and calligraphy pens to set up shop. A gaggle of sharp-elbowed stallholders came to pitch their stalls selling Japanese goods. Hundreds of young people dressed as their favourite cartoon characters - Brighton’s first-ever outing of the cult of Cosplay - suddenly turned up out of the blue. And soon the air was pumping with J-pop. Anyone who came to that first incarnation of the festival will remember it for the concert given by an under-sized rock singer who pranced on the stage like a deranged dwarf, producing the most ear-splitting music imaginable. The music truly was grotesque. And yet…the show was brilliant. That show seemed to encapsulate everything that Brighton Japan was going to be: chaotic, kaleidoscopic and out-there - a true slice of Japanese culture brought into the

heart of Brighton. Our festival is created out of the left side of the brain. It’s irrational, creative, and yet somehow it works. It is a true celebration of Japan. Anyone who has experienced a Matsuri street festival in Japan will recognise what I am talking about: the profusion of colour and sounds, and the repetitive movements of the street dancing; there is something hypnotic and counterintuitive about it all that seduces you. Chris Marker’s film “Sunless” makes this a running theme throughout his masterpiece. If you haven’t seen this film, make sure you see it before you die. What’s great about organising Brighton Japan is the way we can funnel the passion of so many people into the programme. When we announced this year’s festival, I received an email from Aisa Ijiri, an international concert pianist and Steinway artist, who wanted to play at the festival. Within a few weeks, Aisa had augmented her performance which is to be themed on the revered Japanese cultural icon of the cherry blossom - by inviting her mother from Kyoto, so that she could serve a very rare Cherry Blossom tea to the audience. She then invited her grandmother, a very famous calligraphy artist, to come over as well so that she could do a calligraphy performance by writing a haiku poem based on the cherry blossom as Aisa played. As if that wasn’t enough, we then had an offer from Sake Samurai UK to give our guests complimentary saké that was

worth thousands of pounds. Where else could we pull off something like that? Talking of saké, we are honoured to have Suntory whisky down again this year for the Dave Broom whisky evening - where their wonderful whiskies will be matched with Moshimo food. Even if you think you don’t like whisky - even if you think you hate whisky - you should come to this evening. Dave Broom must be one of the funniest and most charming people I have met - and the idea of matching whisky with Japanese food is a revelation. Another favourite of the festival this year will be the Taiko Theatrical performance by Taiko Meantime on Wednesday, September 18. Which happens to be my birthday! So come and celebrate it with me by seeing this amazing show. In a few days, we will be transforming the entire Old Steine Gardens into a veritable Japan City, the likes of which Brighton has never seen with a great bar, great food, great events and great performance, all for a full, hurtling, crazy 10 days. Now. Have I answered my question about how we ended up creating Brighton Japan? Whether I have or I haven’t, you should definitely come and see what we’ve made of it. Nicholas Röhl is director of the Brighton Japan Festival. The festival, which has moved to Old Stein Gardens this year, runs from September 13 to September 20. For more information, visit: www.brightonjapan.com. Twitter: @brightonjapan13 #BrightJapan

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The ups and downs of Brighto Average Brighton and Hove property prices

2009 - 2013

The most expensive sold so far this year – for £1,825,000 in April - is 21A Lloyd Road

Paul Bonett Over the last five years or so, buyers have felt that local property prices were over-cooked. So sellers, not getting the prices they were promised, took properties off the market. This lack of available properties affected the confidence of buyers and gradually prices subsided. Hence, transaction levels were down. Over time, this has led to pent-up demand. And it seems that, in the last three months or so, many people have started actively looking and buying. Sellers who have stayed off the market are now trying to sell. Prices have moved back up somewhat, but we still have a large batch of property not selling because the prices are too strong. We have been talking to surveyors and valuers. They need comparable evidence for property prices, nearby,

recent and relevant "sold properties". If these are not available, the selling price will not stack up. Therefore, sellers need to be realistic to achieve a sale. Given the demand, there is a push on prices. But it seems to us that all parties - sellers, agents, surveyors, buyers, and lenders - need to exercise caution to avoid the risk of creating a bubble. That would pop. Just like it did in 1989 and in 2008. In Brighton and Hove, flats and terrace houses are most in demand. Hence the pressure on those property types. In conclusion, there is more demand, not quite enough supply - but, even with the new lending schemes coming on line, first-time buyers are struggling. Without them balancing the market from bottom to top, it is hard to have a steady market. The buy-to-let investor is still the ignition of many local transactions. So local property is an "investment" for an older person's pension - rather than a younger person's "home". These remain challenging times.

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Continued from page 1 • The average price of a flat or apartment was £214,512 - secondhighest behind £218,462 in the third quarter of last year. Patrick Kneath, of Beaumonts, said various factors had driven the increase in prices: low interest rates for mortgages, more availability from lenders, and improved employment rates – coinciding with limited availability of properties coming to the market. “We are seeing increasing numbers of buyers being registered who obviously have confidence that the property market is on the up and want to buy. “It’s a rising market so people should buy now, or they should be selling now and getting more properties on the market. There are some really good vibes coming from the government and from lenders.” Chris Sawyer, director of Sawyer & Co, reported a distinct boost to the market and said confidence was returning. Mr Sawyer said: “Not since 2007

Overall • The average price of a home in Brighton and Hove in Q2 of 2013 was £298,407 - close to the record of £299,834 set in Q3 2012. • Based on 973 transactions in Q2 2013, the average price is 3.5% higher than the same quarter last year, when there were 927 transactions. Since the start of 2009, the average price has risen by 31.2%, during which time there have been 19,157 transactions. • The aggregate value of all properties sold in Q2 of 2013 was £290.4 million, compared with the record of £390.5 million set in Q3 in 2010, when there were 1,359 transactions. have we seen this many buyers - firsttime buyers in particular. “For those that can get borrowing, there have also been some very attractive mortgage products and rates available. As a result, prices have been growing. Although available properties are in short supply” James Epps, director of Oakley Residential and president of Brighton and Hove Estate Agents Association, said: “Demand to buy is

strong and homes are in short supply, as a result we have experienced a rise in achievable sale prices. These are comparable with levels prior to the recession in prime locations” Warren Clark, Elliotts, in Hove, forecast the current upward trend would continued into next year. Mr Clark said: “It’s definitely a seller’s market. The market is booming but there is a lack of properties.” Source data provided by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2013

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on and Hove property prices Detached homes

Semi-detached homes

• The average price of a detached home in Q2 of 2013, was £471,668 - significantly below its peak of £520,351 in the second quarter of last year.

• The average price of a semidetached home in Q2 of 2013, was £345,942 - close to its peak of £347,367 in the third quarter of last year.

• Based on 107 transactions in Q2 2013, the average price is 9.4% lower than the same quarter last year, when there were 91 transactions. Since the start of 2009, the average price has risen by 33%, during which time there have been 1,917 transactions.

• Based on 160 transactions in Q2 2013, the average price is 9.1% higher than the same quarter last year, when there were 154 transactions. Since the start of 2009, the average price has risen by 30%, during which time there have been 3,286 transactions.

• The aggregate value of detached properties sold in Q2 of 2013 was £50.5 million, compared with the record of £72.4 million set in Q3 in 2011, when there were 153 transactions.

• The aggregate value of semi-detached properties sold in Q2 of 2013 was £55.4 million, compared with the record of £81.7 million set in Q3 in 2011, when there were 248 transactions.

Terrace homes

Flats or apartments

• The average price of a terrace home in Q2 of 2013, was £349,552 - beating the previous record of £339,523 set in the third quarter of last year.

• The average price of a flat or apartment in Q2 of 2013, was £214,512 - second-highest behind £218,462 in the third quarter of last year.

• Based on 245 transactions in Q2 2013, the average price is 11% higher than the same quarter last year, when there were 254 transactions. Since the start of 2009, the average price has risen by 40.4%, during which time there have been 4,920 transactions.

• Based on 461 transactions in Q2 2013, the average price is 0.9% higher than the same quarter last year, when there were 428 transactions. Since the start of 2009, the average price has risen by 22.8%, during which time there have been 9,034 transactions.

• The aggregate value of terrace properties sold in Q2 of 2013 was £85.6 million, compared with the record of £122.8 million set in Q3 in 2010, when there were 382 transactions.

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• The aggregate value of flats or apartments sold in Q2 of 2013 was £98.9 million, compared with the record of £141.9 million set in Q4 in 2009, when there were 732 transactions.

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Buildings went right up to Brighton Station when this old photograph was taken.You can just see the sign for the Terminus Hotel on the lefthand side of Queen’s Road. Today, modern buildings abound as the station and its surrounding area receives a significant re-development (Old photograph courtesy of Step Back in Time, of Queen’s Road, Brighton.)

A Superhero Family Fun Day has raised over £3,000 for a local children’s charity THE EVENT held at Brighton Racecourse on Sunday (1 September) helped raise £3,200 for Rockinghorse – the official fundraising arm of the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital (the Alex) and a vital supporter of the Trevor Mann Baby Unit (TMBU) – including a donation from Santander and a cheque presented by NCP for £2,000. Sponsored by Gatwick Airport, seven races were held across the course of the afternoon, preceded by a mascot race which was won by Muppet character Rowlf the Dog. There was plenty of family entertainment on offer, including fairground rides, face painting and the chance for kids to meet superheroes Batman, Catwoman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Brighton-based Rockinghorse raises money for life-saving and cutting-edge medical equipment, whilst ensuring that children are treated in an environment better suited to their needs. The charity recently purchased two portable ultrasound machines for both the

The Rockinghorse team meet Superman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Batman. (Stephen Johnson at Digital Photo Magic.)

Children’s A&E Department at the Alex, and the TMBU. Ryan Heal, Chief Executive of Rockinghorse Children’s Charity, said: “Brighton Racecourse has been a long-term supporter of Rockinghorse and the Superhero Family Fun Day has continued our longstanding partnership. “Every family I spoke to on the day had a great time and it was heartening to see so many patients and families who use the facilities at the Alex and TMBU come along to support us.” For further information about Rockinghorse and the work they do, visit rockinghorse.org.uk or call 01273 330044.

Albion make Juicy signing... JUICE 107.2 are delighted to announce that Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club will be the new sponsors of the Juice Breakfast Show. The agreement will run over the next 3 years and marks a new chapter for Brighton’s Local commercial radio station as their association with the Club moves to the next level. With a growing listener base, the Show’s Presenters Dan Gasser and Hanna Neter are rapidly becoming ‘the best way to wake up in Brighton’. Hanna said “The Show will still include all the usual fun and games that people are used to and having always supported the Seagulls here at Juice, we are thrilled that they’ve chosen to sponsor our show. In mine and Dan’s time at the radio station we’ve seen the Albion go from strength to strength and we can’t wait to see the switch board light up when we also have

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tickets and loads of other great Albion prizes to give away. It’s only a question of time before we’ll be in the Premier League I’m sure!” Managing Director of Juice 107.2, Laurence Elphick added, ”We are looking forward to being further associated with the Seagulls and having one of the biggest brands in Sussex on board. For us this is a massive step forward and shows that Dan and Hanna are doing a fantastic job!” Laurence also paid tribute to the

support of the previous Breakfast Show sponsor, Buddies 24 Hour Cafe Bar, ”I would like to also say a special thank you to Buddies for their tremendous support of the Breakfast Show over the last 6 years and I look forward to a continuing association with a true part of Brighton’s fabric”. Seagulls Striker Craig Mackail Smith commented, “Juice are great supporters of the club, and I regularly listen to Dan & Hanna on the drive into training”

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A Week in the City Compiled by

Richard Morris

Health

Government

Environment

Brighton and Hove Albion

Waiting times for accident and emergency treatment at the Royal Sussex County Hospital are coming down – and will continue to improve, according to NHS management. Figures show the hospital has not breached the 12-hour time limit in the period since April.

Brighton and Hove’s three MPs did not see eye to eye when it came to voting on whether the Government should consider military intervention in Syria. Mike Weatherley (Hove) and Simon Kirby (Brighton Kemptown) voted for, while Caroline Lucas voted against action.

Pet-owners are being asked to stop pinning posters to trees because it can put them at risk of infection. The small holes left by tacks can also attract pests; anyone putting up posters is asked to use string instead. The city council says trees are also being damaged by careless motorists.

Hundreds of Seagulls supporters went to the Amex to get up close and personal with new Albion boss Oscar Garcia. The Spaniard, who replaced Gus Poyet, was shocked by the turn-out, saying: “It was great to meet so many of the fans in person.”

Industrial action

Cycling

Religion

Firefighters in Brighton and Hove could join a national strike in a dispute about pensions. The Fire Brigades Union has not confirmed the date of any possible action, while East Sussex Fire and Rescue has reassured local people that provisions will be in place to weather any strike.

Caroline Lucas, the MP for Brighton Pavilion, led calls for the Government to help get Britain cycling. The Green politician sponsored a Commons motion that urged the Coalition to earmark funding for cycling and establish an action plan. It was passed.

A church group re-enacted the feeding of the 5,000 by handing out tuna, prawn and salmon sandwiches to sun-worshippers soaking up the sun on Brighton beach. A spokesman said: “If Jesus were here today, we think he’d be on Brighton beach sharing his generous message.”

Business

Food

Music

BRIGHTON has lost its crown as the best city for vegans. Animal rights charity PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) now ranks Glasgow as the most vegan friendly place in the UK because of its growing range of restaurants catering for those who shun all animal produce.

Talented Elli Ingram has been nominated for “Best Newcomer” at the forthcoming MOBO awards. The singer-songwriter has enjoyed an amazing few months after joining Chase and Status on their European tour and appearing alongside them at Glastonbury.

Hospital waiting times improving

Brighton and Hove Albion

Fans banned after homophobic taunts

A pair of Derby County fans have been banned from attending football matches for three years after being responsible for homophobic abuse of Brighton supporters. The two brothers were arrested when the two sides met at the Amex earlier this season. Politics

Council wants to sell HQ for housing Brighton and Hove City Council may sell its seafront headquarters to housing developers. The local authority hopes to shift staff into a revamped Hove Town Hall, in a move which would also see part of the building leased out for commercial use.

Waiting times are down at the Royal Sussex County Hospital

City split in MP Syria vote

Use string not pins, if you’ve lost your dog

Firefighters may Green MP wants strike over pensions British bike plan

City no longer tops for vegans

Yogurt shop to close The popular Lick frozen yogurt shop will close on September 29. Despite being a favourite hang-out for locals, the owners have decided to focus their efforts on supplying supermarkets with their much-loved take-home tubs.

Fans queue to meet head coach

Feeding the 5,000 on Brighton beach

Brighton songwriter’s MOBO nomination

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Clockwise from top left: Hairdresser Anna Chapman - from Trevor Sorbie, Brighton - scooped the The Fashionista title at this year's star-studded It List Awards; Juice 107.2 presenters Dan Gasser and Hanna Neter, with Seagulls players Leo Ulloa and Andrea Orlandi, celebrate the Albion's sponsorship of the station's breakfast show (Photograph: Paul Hazlewood, club photographer); Abion defender Adam El-Abd and goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak dropped in to surprise children on a two-day coaching session in Hove; "Brighton Remixed" is at Clearleft's new temporary exhibition space in Middle Street; More than 60 women bared all for "Leap for Love" to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

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T.H. Baker opens new store in Brighton New “Entrepreneur in Residence” for City College CELEBRATED jeweller T H Baker continues to offer customers nationwide the best in prestigious watches and jewellery, with the official opening of its relocated Brighton store. Situated at its new premises at 63 Churchill Square, the new store opened its doors to customers on Saturday 31st August. The new store location occupies 2000 square foot overall and visitors continue to be aided by a team of knowledgeable staff, headed by Store Manager Zoe Evans. The new store also helped to create several new jobs to ensure customers have the best advice and service possible. T.H. Baker Brighton boasts specialist boutiques dedicated to names such as TAG Heuer and Breitling as well as Pandora, Links of London, Gucci and Thomas Sabo - offering customers the ultimate one-stop experience for all fashion accessory requirements. These special boutique areas are complemented by the store’s range of other bestselling jewellery brands and some of the most renowned timepieces on the market today.

The opening weekend was termed a great success by manager Zoe Evans, who said: “It was a great start for a new store that we think offers our customers, old and new, a great shopping experience.” An official launch event in support of the opening is soon to follow. Following the store’s debut weekend, Director Phillip Higgs commented: “It is with great delight that our new store in Churchill Square is now officially open for business. The opening weekend was a fantastic success and far exceeded our expectations. I must say a special thank you to all our staff and customers who came to celebrate the opening with us and made it such a memorable day. We are very much looking forward to a long and prosperous future within Brighton and to be able to welcome customers both old and new.”

Founded in 1888 by Thomas Henry Baker, the family business is currently in its 125th year of business and continues to welcome new customers in experiencing quality, choice and value for over a century. Although T H Baker Brighton is part of the company’s network of Southern stores, the past ten years has seen the business expand into Worcestershire, Shropshire and the West Midlands, with plans for more stores in effect. Visit us at: 63 Churchill Square, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2RG For more information on T H Baker, find us online at www.thbaker.co.uk.

CITY COLLEGE Brighton and Hove has announced that its new "Entrepreneur in Residence" will be local businessman Gary Anderson. Following on from Nigel Lambe, managing director of WJ King Brewery and executive chairman of Small Batch Coffee, Mr Anderson's role will be to represent the college’s commitment to enterprise and innovation, supporting students and staff in developing entrepreneurship in practice and planning. He will have an office at the college in central Brighton and attend surgeries to give advice and guidance. During his career, he has been directly involved as an owner-manager in the purchase, development and sale of companies. In addition, he has run his own advisory business for the last six years, where he uses his broad and varied career experience gained from both direct ownership and advisory perspectives to guide owners

and managers of high-growth or distressed businesses when times are tough. Since 2007, Mr Anderson has advised 13 different companies in a variety of sectors, ranging from telecommunications to recruitment consultancy. Location and size of client companies has also varied; he has worked with both small and large businesses operating in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and Switzerland. As well as supporting businesses, he mentors entrepreneurs and senior executives individually, helping them to realise their personal goals. He is passionate about business and has been a member of the Institute of Directors for 20 years, serving as chair of the Sussex branch from 2008 to 2011. Mr Anderson is married and has two daughters, is an avid fan of Brighton and Hove Albion, and enjoys travelling, wine-tasting and indoor-rowing.

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Does someone you know deserve the best care? A new care home in Brighton is to open its Show Suites this weekend, giving local residents a first peek at what they can expect from the state-of-the-art home. Maycroft Manor Care Home on Carden Avenue will be opening its doors in late autumn 2013, offering residential, nursing and dementia care. The 99-bed home is the first in the area from Hallmark Care Homes, an award-winning care provider with homes across England and Wales. Outstanding Facilities The home will include two cafés where residents can relax with a cup of coffee or enjoy time with their friends and relatives. There will also be a corner shop enabling residents to continue a daily routine of picking up everyday essentials. Residents will be able to do their own laundry, if they wish, in one of the home’s laundry rooms or treat themselves to a new hair cut in the hair salon and a manicure in the spa therapy room. The library and cinema will offer the chance to get lost in a whole new story while the roof top terrace gives the opportunity to get a bit of fresh air and enjoy views of the surrounding landscaped gardens.

RelationshipCentred care Maycroft Manor provides nursing, residential and dementia care, so if the needs of a loved one change, they won’t have to move home. The home’s Show relationshipNow cantered care 7 days approach means placing the in Brighton. I look forward to 10am individuals’ needs at the very welcoming many people over the centre of the care provided. This weekend and I’m excited to show means building a relationship with everyone just what we have to offer every resident, listening to their at Maycroft Manor.” To see for yourselfThere’s what makes Maycroft Manor a care home with a differen stories and learning about their such excitement about go to hallmarkcarehomes.co.uk, call our Customer Relationship Manager lives. Maycroft Manor isAvenue, your Brighton BN on 01273 799622, or drop by for a visit–atand 2-8 this Carden Dementia Community chance to see why. Get in touch The home will have a separate today to make an appointment or dementia community with its for more information on our Show own range of facilities, including Suite Open Weekend, Saturday 7th a residents’ laundry room, corner and Sunday 8th September, 10am shop and café. Residents living – 4pm with a form of dementia are Don’t miss your opportunity enabled to continue to live an to discover why Maycroft active and independent life. Manor is a care home with a New opportunities difference. Please speak to Home Manager Lesley Melinda, Maycroft Manor’s Standing said, “I feel in a very Customer Relationship Manger privileged position to be given on 01273 799622. Our on-site this opportunity to deliver a new information suite is now open model of care for this care home seven days a week, 10am – 4pm.

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Business

Brighton duo has frozen yogurt licked While still at school, KY WRIGHT and OWAIN WILLIAMS sold homemade frozen yogurt from a tricycle during summer holidays. Now their business is booming – and their shop in the North Laine is closing. They explain why. IT’S 2008 in Brighton – and we have just opened the first frozenyogurt shop in the country, called "Lick". The nation’s "fro-yo" boom is about to begin. Five years on and there are hundreds of copycat stores thriving all over the United Kingdom - with more opening every week. Lick has just been named by The Times as the No1 frozenyogurt shop, described by Conde Nast as “the original and still the best”. If America is anything to go by, then the popularity of frozen yogurt in the UK is still due to increase significantly. Lick’s following has never been bigger, and the queues in-store get longer

every year. So why is Lick closing? In March last year, we launched our take-home tubs. They were in development for three years, during which time we developed an etirely new production method in order to make the worlds first pure frozen yogurt - 100% yogurt - that was both fatfree and indulgent. The tubs quickly collected two Great Taste Gold awards, have been described as “exceptionally good” by The Guardian, and were named as the No1 frozen yogurt by Short List magazine. Lick tubs are on sale in Ocado, Wholefoods, LEON, COOK, Picturehouse Cinemas, Holiday Inn, Southern Co-operative and more. The instant success and

continuing growth of the Lick tubs means that we have to now dedicate 100% of our time to production and distribution, rather than on the shop floor. Knowing from experience that a manager would never be able to run Lick with the same love and dedication as ourselves, we have decided to close the store on a high rather than let it become a less good version of what it once was. We are holding a closing party on Sunday, September 29 at the shop at 19 Gardner Street, Brighton - where free Licks will

Ky and Owain (right) met in school at 11. Free Licks for all at the closing party on Sunday, September 29

be served until they run out. Customers waiting in line will be entertained by live bands and DJs, art installations, film projections, and dancers. The last six years in have been incredible. We never imagined that it would be possible to develop such close relationships with our customers and everyone involved with Lick, who over the years have become genuine friends. It has been a tough decision, and difficult for some people to

understand when they see the long queues stretching out of the shop door, but we have to focus our energy and time on manufacture and distribution so that Lick will be available across the whole of the UK (and further). We are still going to be hosting Live music events and other fun happening. But these will happen in places that stock Lick rather than say Lick above the door For more information, visit: www.lickyogurt.com

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British cheese tastes broaden BRITISH cheese tastes are broadening out latest retail sales data can reveal. While British Cheddar and Stilton still hold their own as shopping basket staples nowadays shoppers are also picking up what not so long ago were considered fancy continental cheeses. And it’s varieties such as Manchego, from Spain, Comté, from France and Taleggio, from Italy, that are soaring, making continental cheese the fastest growing area of the UK cheese market. In the last year, sales of continental cheeses have grown by eight per cent (Kantar data July 2013) which for a market worth £375 million is strong growth. At Tesco, the UK’s biggest seller of cheese, the trend is even more pronounced with demand up by 13 per cent. The most popular continental cheeses in the last year have been: • Chaource – sales up 350 per cent • Comté – sales up 180 per cent

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Langres – sales up 160 per cent • Cave Aged Emmental – sales up 120 per cent • Ossau-Iraty – sales up 60 per cent • Reblochon – sales up 50 per cent Tesco cheese category buying manager David Chamberlain said: “During recent harder times people have entertained more at home and that has led to shoppers trying new cheeses as well as picking up their British favourites like Cheddar and Stilton. “While the likes of Brie, Camembert, Emmental, Gruyère and Gouda are all established top sellers and have graced the cheeseboards of UK cheese connoisseurs for many years, it’s lesser known varieties such as Chaource, Comté and Reblochon which are starting to win new fans in the UK.” Continental cheeses that have seen strong growth in the last year at Tesco include: Chaource – a creamy French soft cheese made with cow’s milk

cheese and similar to Camembert though with a hint of mushroom. Comté – a hard French cheese made from cow’s milk with a nutty, sweet flavour not dissimilar to Gruyère. Langres – a strong French soft cheese made from cow’s milk that is similar to Epoisses. It has a

distinctive orange brown rind. Reblochon – a soft unpasteurised cheese made in the French Alps from cow’s milk with a nutty taste and Brie like texture. Ossau-Iraty – a smooth French cheese made from sheep’s milk that is slightly nutty with complex flavours

Cheese expert Nigel White, secretary of the British Cheese Board said: “The UK economy is improving and some households are becoming more adventurous total cheese consumption appears to be rising and imports have been assisted by a weakening of the Euro.”

Simon Rogan’s Cumbrian restaurant, L’Enclume, reaches top spot as the Waitrose Good Food Guide announces best restaurants in the UK CHEF Simon Rogan’s Cumbrian restaurant, L’Enclume, has achieved the top spot in Waitrose Good Food Guide 2014 for the very first time, it is revealed today, as the bestselling restaurant guide publishes its annual ranking of the UK’s Top 50 restaurants2. Restaurants in the Good Food Guide are awarded a cooking score out of ten, with L’Enclume achieving the top score for the second year in a row. In the number two spot is Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck, which has scored a perfect ten for six years in a row - longer than any other restaurant since the guide adopted its current scoring system3. Currently, L’Enclume and The Fat Duck are the only two restaurants in the UK to achieve such a score. Elizabeth Carter, Consultant Editor of the Good Food Guide, explains what makes L’Enclume so special: ‘After achieving the top score in last year’s Guide, Rogan and his team haven’t missed a beat, despite the pressures of the past year – from opening the French at the Midland Hotel in Manchester to overseeing a pop-up restaurant in London. Rogan rightfully takes his place as leader of the pack

when it comes to modern British cooking. His fantastic way with seasonal ingredients from the Cumbrian land and coast brings dishes that are a joyful celebration of this county’s magnificent diversity. L’Enclume is truly deserving of the number one spot.’ Simon Rogan, head chef at L’Enclume, comments on his success: 'I'm so proud of my staff and this phenomenal achievement with The Good Food Guide. This is something we have always dreamed about. We have received this accolade because of our focus on both the food product and the customer - keeping it natural and fresh in the kitchen, and friendly but professional in the dining room. The development of the infrastructure behind the scenes has also been a key factor to our success as we are constantly evolving and improving what we have in place, and will continue to do so.' The Good Food Guide’s annual Top 50 restaurant ranking is highly regarded by chefs and restaurantgoers alike, with particular attention paid to those chefs and restaurants who make it into the Top 10. The 2014 edition has seen all ten restaurants from 2013 hang on to

their Top 10 ranking, with Cornish favourite Restaurant Nathan Outlaw rising to number three. Restaurant Sat Bains, in Nottinghamshire, and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London are at the number four and five respectively. Jason Atherton’s Pollen Street Social in London remains at number six. Hibiscus, The Square and The Ledbury, also in London, have risen to spots seven, eight and nine respectively. Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons is

ranked at number ten. Full details of the top 10 restaurants, including cooking scores, are as follows: Cooking scores are between one and ten. Last year’s Top 50 ranking is shown in brackets. 1.L’Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria. Cooking score 10. (2) 2.The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire. Cooking score 10. (1) 3.Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Rock, Cornwall. Cooking score 9. (5) 4.Restaurant Sat Bains,

Nottingham. Cooking score 9. (3) 5.Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London. Cooking score 9. (4) 6.Pollen Street Social, London. Cooking score 9. (6) 7.Hibiscus, London. Cooking score 8. (8) 8.The Square, London. Cooking score 8. (9) 9.The Ledbury, London. Cooking score 8. (10) 10.Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire. Cooking score 8. (7)

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Fashion and lifestyle

A fifth of families feud over the will of a loved one ONE IN FIVE deaths now spark family rows over the will, new research has shown. The shocking figure was revealed in a report which found millions of families end up feuding over everything from property to cash, to who keeps the urn after the death of a relative. The research also revealed many families end up arguing – even before a relative has died – over the will and issues around how someone is cared for. The study of 2,000 adults by wills specialist Slater & Gordon revealed a fifth of deaths in Britain now spark a bust-up between families. Lawyer Keith Etherington said: “The death of a loved one is always a difficult time, so it is a shame that so many families end up sustaining further emotional trauma by becoming embroiled into disputes over a will. “Money, property and items of sentimental value are all argued over far too frequently and these disputes have resulted in many families being torn apart with relatives ruining relationships forever. “What makes these situations so tragic is that this heartache can easily be avoided by making sure all loved ones have an up-to-date will which leaves everyone in no doubt as to their final wishes.” It also emerged one third of

Brits have suspected other family members of taking more than was rightfully left to them in the will following the passing of a loved one. One in four people have disagreed with how a will has been allocated, feeling certain family members were given more than they deserved. In fact, a quarter of the study had witnessed other family member or friends being more attentive to a sick or frail relative and suspected they were doing this because they knew it might benefit them financially once the person passed. The same number have actively avoided someone at a funeral to avoid clashing with them, while one in twenty have had a physical fight with someone at a funeral or wake. While one in five Brits has someone they no longer talk to after things went sour following the death of a loved one. More than half the study felt that if you do more for a person in their life you become entitled to more in their will. Mr Etherington added: “Disputes over a will can create long term problems with certain family members who may feel they’re entitled to more than others because of their close relationship to the deceased or the care they gave in their final days. “But these feelings are usually

subjective and only serve to show the importance of leaving a thorough will to ensure their lovedone’s wishes are clear. “There is a general misconception that making a will should only be relevant when the person making it is of substantial wealth. “But a will is not just about dividing up money and assets, it’s also important to set out the final wishes of the deceased; this could extend to who should look after surviving children, what form the funeral should take or who should

inherit sentimental items of little monetary value. “It is also important that people make their intentions known to their loved ones before they die to allow everyone to fully understand the thought process behind the will and save relatives from potential arguments.” Top fallouts following a loved one’s death 1. Money 2. Who inherits property/ how ownership divided 3. Who pays for the funeral 4. Who gets invited to the funeral

5. Whether to sell a property 6. What music to play at the funeral 7. How the money is best spent 8. Where to host the funeral 9. The burial method – cremation or burial 10. Where to spread ashes 11. Other burial arrangements/ methods 12. What readings to have at the funeral 13. Pall bearers 14. The order in which the hearse is followed 15. What flowers to have at the funeral

Marks & Spencer invites you to ‘Meet Britain’s Leading Ladies’ MARKS AND SPENCERS has revealed their line up of women to showcase the new Autumn collections in a campaign. Shot by acclaimed fashion photographer, Annie Leibovitz, the campaign, billed under the strapline ‘Meet Britain’s Leading Ladies’, celebrates 12 British women from very diverse backgrounds and professions. The full line up is: • Nicola Adams Olympic Gold Winning Boxer • Monica Ali AwardWinning Author • Helen Allen Nurse of the Year 2011 • Darcey Bussell Retired Principal Ballerina at The Royal Ballet • Grace Coddington

Creative Director of US Vogue • Karen Elson Supermodel and Singer • Tracey Emin Artist and Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy • Ellie Goulding Multiplatinum global recording artist/Brit Award winning Singer/Songwriter • Helen

Mirren Multiple Award-Winning Actress • Laura Mvula Breakthrough Singer/Songwriter • Katie Piper Burns survivor, television presenter and charity campaigner. • Jasmine Whitbread CEO of Save the Children International

Horoscopes from Kimi

7th September - 13th September Aries 21 March – 20 April You are a bit of a social butterfly and are in great demand this week. Make sure you get to enjoy the events you are invited to, as well as the attention. That secret you’ve kept and feel a little uncomfortable about. Don’t worry this will resolve itself you don’t have to break any ones trust or feel disloyal. Taurus 21 April – 21 May It may be you or someone close to you who is in search of intellectual expansion this week and this could involve searching out courses or simply indulging in the reading of some heavy tome. You are feeling particularly light about your career and achieve results effortlessly and are seen as a rising star. Bank this with your superiors! Gemini 22 May – 21 June Financial issues are high on the agenda. And things on that front are looking good. You could be moving up the financial ladder career

wise or investing in a project or just rescheduling your current debts. Anything involving the written word will also prove to be profitable both emotionally and financially. You could be publishing, educating or writing. Cancer 22 June – 22 July You have been putting off change for so long it has become a bit of a habit. Now you are beginning to question the logic of your reticence and ask yourself why have I waited so long. Don’t worry change will gather apace once you have set the wheels in motion. Exciting times are ahead either on many fronts! Leo 23 July – 22 Aug Keep a weather eye on your finances. This is not a time for splashing the cash. That said some past investments should prove to bring profit, if not substantial then certainly sizeable. If you are in a partnership, looking is okay but don’t get caught having a roving eye. If single, then the look is

likely to be returned. Virgo 23 Aug – 23 Sept Now the door is open, walk right through. There are so many opportunities out there just waiting for you. Some suggestions made by friends may at first seem a little bizarre and pushes you outside your comfort zone but you need to adopt the why not approach if you are to fulfill your true potential creatively and emotionally. Libra 24 Sept – 23 Oct Watch your diet and get yourself down the gym or at least take yourself for a bit of stroll. Have a makeover. You will need to feel fighting fit and look your best this week as you are you will be attracting lots of attention. Could even be an old flame that is getting you all worked up! Scorpio 24 Oct – 22 Nov Travel is on your mind and I don’t

mean a trip to town. You are beginning to think far and wide and perhaps not just for a holiday! You can think big because fortune favours the brave. There may be issues surrounding children, ones already here or prospective! These issues won’t go away so you need to talk things through. Sagittarius 23 Nov – 21 Dec Your family is in need of some TLC this week. They may be feeling ever so slightly left out. Spend a little time with and reassure them of your continued love and support. As you will need theirs over the coming weeks if you are to put into operation what was once a dream and is now a feasible plan. Capricorn 22 Dec – 20 Jan You are sometimes fearful of putting into words what you want to achieve for fear of being seen as fanciful. Don’t be so diffident these projects should be successful particularly if they involve others, as anything community based

is well favoured. There is nothing wrong with you making a profit from a project that benefits others! Speak up! Aquarius 21 Jan – 19 Feb This week could find you being propositioned by people you feel uncomfortable about. Though not illegal the ventures they are proposing are by your standards unethical. These projects you know will swell your bank balance but can you really live with the compromise your conscience will have to make? Only you know the answer to this! Pisces 20 Feb – 20 March Children and young people should be your focus. Whether it is helping out with a youth group or simply doing a bit of babysitting for a friend your services will be in demand. Being philanthropic will not only earn you Brownie points amongst your friends, colleagues but should also throw you in the path of a new and important connection!

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No.134

Double Crossword

Last week’s solutions:

CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Archipelago; 9 Exactor; 10 Worse; 11 Pitch; 12 Threats; 13 Nicest; 15 Demean; 18 Heroine; 20 Legal; 22 Nears; 23 Torment; 24 Antecedents. Down: 2 React; 3 Hitches; 4 Parity; 5 Lower; 6 Garbage; 7 Helping hand; 8 Personality; 14 Curtain; 16 Enlarge; 17 Settle; 19 Issue; 21 Great. QUICK - Across: 1 Advancement; 9 Lattice; 10 Lemon; 11 Bloat; 12 Plaudit; 13 Ensure; 15 Psyche; 18 Gainsay; 20 Aesop; 22 Sense; 23 Tribute; 24 Temperament. Down: 2 Ditto; 3 Aviator; 4 Creepy; 5 Malta; 6 Nomadic; 7 Flabbergast; 8 Unattempted; 14 Science; 16 Stadium; 17 Oyster; 19 Steep; 21 Spurn.

Choose either quick or cryptic clues.

Cryptic Clues:

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

Last week’s solutions: 1

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Across Down 1. Gave beer as a 1. An animal for a drink (8) dollar (4) 2. Craft of many a 3. Cheeky chappie at wise man (7) university (8) 4. Tell a minister off 8. She’s never after a quietly (6) part (4) 5. Is little skill 9. Something heard required to sail in court, without them? (5,5) doubt, gives 6. Cast down (5) gratification (8) 7. You want to be in it 11. Go over - to the (4) enemy once more? 10. Expanding, (12) becoming more 13. They’re for putting Quick Clues: communicative on vegetables (6) Across (7,3) 14. It is barred (6) 1. Wander (4) 12. The most 17. Result of refusing admirable debtor is 3. Fraud (8) to take things lying one who gives (8) 8. Muddle (4) down? (5-2,5) 15. U.S. soldier in 9. Adherent (8) 20. Exits? (8) a pub? That’s 11. Shows (12) 21. A direction to lower reasonable! (7) 13. Attack (6) a boat (4) 16. Enough to prevent 14. Coma (6) 22. Mislaid one’s parting without 17. Student of insects (12) watch and was meeting (6) 20. Lift (8) held up? (4,4) 18. Of course they’re 21. Greet (4) 23. An indistinct better devices (5) 22. Scatter (8) impression of 19. A spring I pass speed? (4) 23. Refuse (4) round (4)

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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.

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Last week’s solutions:

acts, asthma, cant, cast, chant, chants, chanty, chat, chats, cyst, hast, hasty, manta, mast, match, maths, mayst, myth, nasty, satan, scant, scanty, scat, shanty, snatch, stanch, stay, tanh, tans, tansy, than, yacht, yachtsman.

1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 10. 12. 15. 16. 18. 19.

Curative (8) Adopts (7) Genial (6) Magnetism (10) Result (5) Fire-arms (4) Animate (10) Cruelly (8) Secret (7) Spongy (6) Wants (5) Loan (4)

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Replace 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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Last week’s solutions: The letter represented by the question mark is P. Pancreas, Appendix, Pharynx, all organs of the

Alphamuddle Rearrange the letters in the grid B to make five words that read both across and down. Five letters have been placed to start you off.

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Motors

Rivervale MG welcome MG3 ultra low insurance rating

THE NEW MG3 has been awarded a class leading Group 4E insurance rating – making it the cheapest supermini to insure with this level of style and performance features. It will be particularly good news for young drivers who usually find the cost of car insurance prohibitively high. Martyn Brown at Rivervale MG in Victoria Road, Portslade said: “This is more great news about the MG3 which has got to be one of the most exciting new cars to hit the market.” But all customers will find that the new 106PS MG3 costs a lot less than similarly powered cars, has class-leading chassis and driving dynamics making it great fun to drive and the big, big bonus of ultra-low insurance ratings. The stylish MG3 goes on sale in mid-September and pre-order deposits are being taken now. Prices range from £9,999 for the highly equipped top-of-the-range MG3 3STYLE to £8,399 for the MG3 3TIME entry model. But the exciting MG3 has not compromised on power or dynamics to achieve the low

insurance rating. The MG3 has a healthy 106PS power output, offering considerably more power than many of its competitors. Despite being great fun to drive, the MG3 sits in the same insurance group as much lower powered models including: the 1.2-litre 84PS Hyundai i20 ‘Classic’ which costs £9,995; the 1.2-litre 60PS VW Polo ‘S’ which costs £11,395 and the 1.0-litre 69PS Toyota Yaris ‘T2’ and ‘TR’ models which start at £10,695. The new MG3 is also in a much lower insurance group than most similarly powered cars such as many Vauxhall Corsa models (Group 8 and 9) and many VW Polo models ( Group 9). Martyn said: “MG has made a car that’s very affordable, fantastic fun to drive and probably offers more personal styling options than any other car in its class. Now the low insurance groups have been added as the icing on the cake – it’s great news. “Only the MG3 can offer these levels of style, features and personalisation with such a low level of insurance.”

30% of drivers auto-renewed their last car insurance policy WITH the release of the new ‘63' registration plate, September will see an increase in car sales, and with this comes one of the busiest months of the year for car insurance quotes and renewals. But new research by Gocompare.com reveals that 30% of UK motorists allowed their insurer to automatically extend their policy for another year at their last renewal - potentially paying out hundreds of pounds more than they need to. The survey found that 37% of drivers have stayed with the same insurer for three years or more, while 18% have stayed loyal to their insurer for five years or more. And, while two thirds of drivers shopped around for a better deal when their car insurance came up for renewal, 30% simply allowed their insurance to continue for a further year with the same insurer. Of the UK drivers who rolled-over their car insurance policy at their last renewal: 37% believed that because their insurer was cheapest last year they would offer good value again this year 26% auto-renewed out of loyalty to the insurer 22% didn't want to change their direct debit 15% said they had stuck with the same insurer because they thought

that it was too much hassle to get new quotes Saving money was the main reason for customers not just accepting their insurer's renewal offer. Of those not auto-renewing, nearly half (48%) said that they shopped around to get cheaper cover, while 38% said that they didn't trust their existing insurer to offer them the best deal year after year. A third thought that they got a better deal as a new customer, 7% had reviewed their insurance arrangements because their personal circumstances had changed, and 5% had switched because their existing provider had made changes to their policy terms and conditions. Scott Kelly, head of car insurance at Gocompare.com, commented: "Over the last year we've seen some major changes taking place in the insurance market, including gender-neutral pricing and changes in the law restricting the activities of claims management firms, which have resulted in a fall in car insurance premiums. So whether you're switching cars this September or not, it may be a good time to consider switching your insurer, because shopping around is the easiest way to make savings on your car insurance costs.”

All MG3 models benefit from signature front LED daytime running lights, electronic hill hold as standard, with all but the entry model featuring a high quality DAB audio system. The sporty exterior style conceals an interior that offers one of the largest and most spacious cabins in the supermini class. With six airbags, electronic stability control, corner brake control and traction control,

there is the full suite of the latest technology safety equipment standard on all MG3s. But a key attraction for many people will be the fun that can be had in creating a model to their particular taste and style thanks to a huge range of colours, exterior graphics, interior colour packs and part-leather upholstery available. The whole range has been created by the UK design team and inspired

by the British fashion industry. There are four models of MG3 to choose from and a full range of options and accessories priced as keenly as the car itself, to ensure that specifying and buying an MG3 is as much fun as owning and driving it. Rivervale MG can be contacted on 01273 707007 – or see our website for more details www. rivervale.mg.co.uk.

Out of date maps cause one in three UK drivers to arrive late DRIVERS in the UK continue to drive with out-of-date maps, causing them to be late on a regular basis, according to research from TomTom. From weddings to funerals to job interviews, more than one in three drivers have been late for a big occasion and 34 per cent of motorists have underestimated how long a journey would take - making them late for theatre productions, work events and even flights. 42 per cent of people using a paper map say they get lost on a car journey. This may not be surprising as one in four (24 per cent) motorists relies on a map that is more than three years old. Just one in 10 motorists has a map that is less than 12 months old. The research among 1000 people showed that virtually everyone who owns a sat nav agrees it makes them more confident where they're going and leads to less arguments in the car. But 21 per cent of drivers admitted that the maps on their sat nav are never updated or are out of date. "Britain's road network changes by up to 15 per cent a year yet it seems that many mapbooks used

by drivers are years out of date - so relying on them to find your way around could cost you both time and money,” says a TomTom spokesman. “However, it's just as important to keep the map up-to-date on your sat nav - which is why all TomTom devices such as the new GO series now come with four complete map updates every year, totally free, for the lifetime of the product." Other key findings included: 36% lost their way after following someone else's directions 33% have gone wrong being directed by a partner in their car

12% have missed the start of a wedding because they mistimed their journey 7% have been late for a funeral for the same reason 27% got lost after stopping and asking someone for directions 51% use a sat nav for directions compared with 19% relying on help from a fellow passenger, although 47% still use an old-fashioned map "More motorists now use sat navs than don't use them, so they've become an automatic accessory for millions of car owners,” added the TomTom spokesman.

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For three glorious years whenever the ball hit the net like a flying rocket it had, more often than not, been despatched by the foot or head of Bobby Zamora. Signed for £100,000, the goal-grabber clocked up 83 goals in just 136 league and cup appearances. The talisman helped the Seagulls to two successive league wins before departing for Tottenham Hotspur for a cut-price £1.5million.

BBC Sussex Sport OFTEN teams face a big week that determines the fate of their season. And often it comes in January. However, by a quirk of the fixtures computer and TV scheduling the Albion face 3 massive games in a week, each for different reasons. Liverpool wednesday : The game against Liverpool in the Carling Cup has the drama and the history. The Reds have Steven

Albion’s injury stricken squad is on the mend

Gus Poyet marks 100 games in charge just to add another twist. If the game emulates clashes in the 80s and 91 we could be in for a cracker Gerard back for the first time since march, straight of the back of a spanking from Spurs. Vicente may well get his first outing against a club he beat when with Valencia. Noone the roofer is a story well documented aswell. Gus

Albion years: 2000-2003 Albion league stats: Appearances: 119 / Goals 70

if Liverpool win but after the defeat on saturday the faithful will be hoping confidence isn’t dented especially with Ipswich, West Ham and Birmingham WILL IT BE RED, will it be white, will it all be on light theblue, will it be faded grey? It’s a question I ask myself every time England play. horizon. The colour of the shirt that is. This week a far deeper It has to berooted said though, every time Gus question has been debated by players, managers, andbeen tested since Poyet andjournalists his team have course punters. How do we national the the midas tou took over, hegame seemsand to apply Poyetofmarks 100 games in charge justimprove to add the another twist. team If the game emulates clashes in and they pass with flying colours. It may b national ? theismost high profile week the 80s The and 91 we who couldhopes be in for cracker. man to afind the remedy Greg Dyke. Can he of his fledgling managerial career, and, Leeds friday : 3 points on offer. 3 points succeed? Well he’s not steeped in football history but that maylike Albion fans, h will be hoping thatfortune after the 7 days and 3 on offer. offer.He does love sport though. not 3bepoints a badon thing. I had the games, it’s safe passage Palace tuesday : 3 points yes but also a to play a few cricket matches with him in the past and despiteto the last 16 and 6 fierce, if sometimes misunderstood rivalry. The points in the bag. first clash between the two sides at the Amex. Glenn Murray returns to his former club. Whenever you look at games in isolation they Listen to Johnny Cantor and BBC Sussex Sport for all your sports have a certain significance but when you look coverage of Brighton & Hove Albion at the 7 days and 3 games together this period football club and Sussex County could become a pivotal point in the season. Cricket Club. No-one (not Noone) would be suprised

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Richard Morris ALBION’S crippling injury list is easing – with head coach Oscar Garcia delighted to see his squad returning to full health. Oscar’s opening weeks as Brighton boss have been hamstrung by knocks to key players. So far the Spaniard has had to cope without the club’s reigning player of the year, its record signing, the squad’s creatorin-chief and make do with a single fit striker. And although Will Hoskins is likely to miss the season and Craig Mackail-Smith has suffered a setback in his recent rehabilitation, Andrea Orlandi, Liam Bridcutt and Bruno are all on the mend. Orlandi managed 45 minutes in last weekend’s draw and should be

pushing for a starting place by the time the Albion return to action after the international break. The creative midfielder helped stimulate a vastly improved second half display against a dogged Millwall side and lead the team in assists last season, clocking up 11 set-ups. It is no wonder Oscar was pleased to see him back in the stripes. Speaking in the wake of the 1v1 stalemate, Oscar said: “It was good to have Andrea back but we need the other injured players as soon as possible. Once we have a full squad then we will start to play in the way that we want.” Orlandi played through the pain barrier against Millwall and Oscar confirmed earlier this week that his player had been sent to see a specialist amid fears surgery would

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Albion reject four Crystal Palace offers ALBION’S arch rivals Crystal Palace bid for four Seagulls players during the final days of the transfer window. The Seagulls confirmed they had rejected bids from the Selhurst Park outfit for Leo Ulloa and Liam Bridcutt, with figures thought to be around the £5million mark for the Argentinian and £2million for the Scottish international. However, the Brighton and Hove Independent has learnt that Ian Holloway also made approaches for Ashley Barnes and Kazenga Lua Lua. The newspaper learnt this week that there had been definite interest in the pair and it is believed bids were lodged for both the forward and the left wing flyer. This followed suggestions by a Mirror journalist with close links to the Eagles that the Brighton quartet had been serious transfer targets for the Premier League side. Barnes was also the subject of considerable interest from fellow Championship side Burnley, who are hunting for a cut-price replacement for the recently departed Charlie Austin. Nottingham Forest also contacted the Albion to ask about Bridcutt’s availability but were told the same as Crystal Palace – that the two-time player of the year was not for sale unless the offer was substantially greater than the

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Oscar Garcia Talking post Millwall… “In the second half we played with the right mentality and attitude; and we had chances to win the game in the last ten minutes. “That is the way I want the team to play this season, but we have to improve on the first-half display, which was disappointing. “It takes time, but I am really happy with the players. They understand what we are trying to do. We need to play the way we did after half-time for the entire 90 minutes.

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physical game and would be difficult to beat. After their goal we showed good spirit, we wanted to win the game.

“It was good to have Andrea back but we need the other injured players as soon as possible. Once we have a full squad then we will start to play in the way that we want. “We need this international break to recover some of our injured players. The number of injuries is overwhelming, but that is the life of a head coach.

“We knew that Millwall came for a £2million tabled by Palace and afforded Bridcutt Premier League football. Tony Bloom has so far resisted the temptation to sell the family silver meaning, despite the fact head coach Oscar Garcia was unable to add new reinforcements to his squad, most fans will be pleased with how the club negotiated the window. Brighton had been relatively busy earlier in the summer, bringing Kemy Agustien, Adam Chicksen, Stephen Ward and Keith Andrews to the south coast as well as re-signing crowd favourite David Lopez. However, with Craig MackailSmith’s rehabilitation suffering a recent set back and Barnes still sitting out training as a result of a hip injury he picked up during the away win at Birmingham City, Oscar will almost certainly look to exploit the loan window to add

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another attacking player to his roster. With Championship clubs now on an international break, Oscar has targeted a loan signing by the time his charges return to action away to heavily-fancied Reading. The Albion have also reiterated the fact that any money generated from potential player sales would be ploughed back into Oscar’s budget rather than used to take a chunk out of the club’s projected £8million annual loses. Nobody though will be leaving until January at the very earliest. Elsewhere this week Bloom had to reject an approach from Spanish outfit Osasuna who asked the Albion for permission to speak to Oscar about their recently-vacated manager position. The move was immediately rebuffed and Osasuna appointed Javi Garcia instead, although Oscar was believed to be their first choice.

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Blackpool QPR Burnley Nottm Forest Leicester Bournemouth Watford

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ACTION MAN 88% PASS COMPLETION RATE

2 GOALS

10 TOTAL SHOT

Statistics for league appearances this season only.

ANDREW CROFTS Squad number: 8

25 – CAPS FOR WALES

Position: Midfield

Age: 29

Height: 5ft 9in Career League Apps/goals: 71/7

142 TOTAL PASSES

KEY PASSES

Andrew Crofts has enjoyed a fruitful start to the season after occasionally struggling to show his best form last term. The experienced midfielder has impressed in Oscar’s new style and his endeavour was rewarded with a call up to the Wales squad.

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