Brighton & Hove Independent - 11 November 2016

Friday, November 11 2016

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Brighton and Hove councillor calls for ‘a fairer housing deal for everyone’ Bex Bastable

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Brighton and Hove is second only to Hastings in a study revealing the most deprived parts of Sussex.

The study by the Sussex Community Foundation said Moulsecoomb and Bevendean had the highest level of deprivation in the city – and it was ranked third in Sussex overall. The study said almost two-thirds of children living in the ward were considered deprived.

Despite the soaring house prices and apparent affluence in large parts of the city, areas

such as Hollingdean and Stanmer and East Brighton were high on the poverty list, with almost half of the children living in those wards considered to be deprived.

The report also showed a nine-year difference in mortality rates between men living in deprived wards and those living in what would be considered more ‘wealthy’ areas.

Cllr Emma Daniel, chair of the neighbourhoods, communities and equalities committee at Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “We really welcome the work of the Sussex Community Foundation in continuing

to highlight deprivation and inequality across Sussex, including the extent of child poverty in many areas.”

She said reports like this is the reason the council set up its Fairness Commission, to combat inequality.

Cllr Daniel added: “Alongside this we are asking everyone to support desperately needed more affordable housing options in the city, and a fairer housing deal for everyone – high housing costs are a key driver of poverty in our city, and affect young people’s life chances.”

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A dozen homes to be built over North Laine graffiti Bex Bastable

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City planners granted permission for 12 new homes at the city’s well-known ‘graffiti alley’ in the North Laine this week.

The plans are for the three small separate plots in Kensington Street, which are currently used as car parks, and is an area used as a canvas for graffiti artists.

Among the graffiti is Laurie Anderson’s ‘dog mural’ created as part of this year’s Brighton Festival.

Historically the plots were occupied by terraced buildings, but these are though to have been demolished in the 1980s.

At Wednesday’s meeting on the planning committee at Hove Town Hall, council officerssaidthe12newhomes would be earmarked for local people on the housing list.

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The new homes would be made up of two one-bedroom houses, one two-bedroom house and nine one-bedroom flats. One of the flats would be wheelchair-accessible, planning officers said.

After the plans were approved Cllr Julie Cattell, chair of Brighton and Hove City Council’s planning committee, said: “In approving this application we will be able to create vital new homes for local people, on brownfield sites, in a central, sustainable location.

“It also means the holes in these traditional terraces will be filled, improving the look of the street, bringing new life and enhancing the conservation area.”

The Kensington Street scheme is part of the council’s New Homes for Neighbourhoodsprogramme, which aims to build at least 500 new affordable homes on council-owned land.

MP takes aim at retailer for secret filming Hove MP Peter Kyle has criticised under-fire retailer Sports Direct, after he said MPs discovered a secret camera hidden in the room where they were having a private meeting.

Mr Kyle is part of a Commons committee, which made an unannounced visit to Sports Direct’s Shirebrook Warehouse. Six MPs were given a tour of the site, before meeting in private to deliberate.

A member of staff bought sandwiches into the room, but Amanda Solloway, the MP for Derby North who sits on the committee, soon discovered the filming device.

Mr Kyle took to Twitter to criticise the move, and said: “Anyone for a cam & cheese sarnie?! At a private meeting of MPs after a visit to Sports Direct, we found this camera.

Stupid and disappointing.”

Sports Direct has been a cause for concern by MPs, over reports of ‘Victorian’ working practices, with some staff paid below the minimum wage.

The popular graffiti site is currently used as a car park, but will make way for 12 new homes

Developer asks to give council cash instead of affordable homes A developer of 47 homes in Hove has asked the council if it can make a financial contribution instead of providing affordable homes, after its plans with a housing provider fell through.

Crest Nicholson is currently building a housing block at 121-123 Davigdor Road, which was approved

by Brighton and Hove City Council last year, with the agreement that it would include eight affordable homes.

But the city’s planning committee was told on Wednesday that the chosen affordable housing provider had pulled out of the scheme,

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and no other providers were interested in operating the affordable homes.

Instead the developer offered the council £1.2 million to be spent on building new affordable homes in the city.

Members of the committee asked the planning officers where and when the money would be spent, but officers said although the money would have to go towards the cost of new affordable homes, it could not pinpoint an exact project.

Labour councillor Lloyd Russell-Moyle asked why the council could not take on the affordable homes itself, and the planning officer said it was a case for the housing strategy team.

Cllr Littman (Green) said the decision should be deferred to explore the options, and this was agreed by the committee.

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Poppy projections on the i360 Images of poppies will be projected onto the British Airways i360, to mark Armistice Day. The light show will take place tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) from 5pm to 9pm.

The seafront attraction is holding an Armistice Day flight, free to war veterans at 10.45am today. Services will also be held at the Old Steine War Memorial and at the Hove War Memorial in Grand Avenue from 11am today.

There are a range of remembrance events taking place across the city on Sunday, starting with a Royal Sussex Regimental Association service at 9am in Regency Square.

A Royal British Legion parade will depart from outside the Sea Life Centre at 10.40am, marching to the west side of the Old Steine War Memorial for a twominute silence at 11am.

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Commission aims to reduce inequality as city ranks second for deprivation in Sussex

by Joshua Powling

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The level of deprivation in Brighton and Hove ranks second highest across the county, according to a new report by a Sussex charity.

‘Sussex Uncovered 2: Bridging the Gap’, released by the Sussex Community Foundation ranks the city second across Sussex behind Hastings against indicators of multiple deprivation, and 102nd out of 326 areas in England.

East Brighton, Queen’s Park, and Moulsecoomb and Bevendean rank in the top ten per cent nationally for deprivation, all of which are in Tory MP Simon Kirby’s Brighton Kemptown constituency.

Mr Kirby said: “This government’s driving mission is to build a country that works for everyone, not just the privileged few and it is vital to do everything possible to help people with the cost of

living. I passionately believe that the surest route out of poverty is through work and am delighted that the government has overseen falls in unemployment, got the deficit down and helped more people into work than ever before.

“I am also particularly pleased that millions of the lowest paid have been taken out of income tax, a new National Living Wage has been introduced, one and a half million more children are now in good or outstanding

schools and there are three million new apprenticeships.

“However, more needs to be done to put the government at the service of ordinary working class people – focussing on the good that government can do.”

Meanwhile Labour councillor Emma Daniel, chair of the neighbourhoods, communities, and equalities committee at Brighton and Hove City Council, said the report showed that much more government action is

Child poverty in Brighton The report also ranks 999 small areas of 1,500 people across Sussex on the proportion of children living in income-deprived families.

Using the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index, parts of the Moulsecoomb and Bevendean ward ranks third-highest in Sussex with more than six out of ten

children living in poverty.

Brighton and Hove has 13 places in the top 25 with areas in the wards of Hollingdean and Stanmer, East Brighton, St. Peter’s and North Laine, Hanover and Elm Grove, and Hangleton and Knoll. Child poverty in the city is lowest in parts of Preston Park.

needed, not least on in-work poverty and the national housing crisis, as high housing costs were a ‘key driver’ of poverty in Brighton and Hove, as well as affecting young people’s life chances.

She said: “The reality of significant deprivation in some parts of the city is why Labour – as one of our first acts when coming into administration established the city’s Fairness Commission. We wanted to listen to residents’ real life experiences and also get the views of as many organisations as possible about what might be effective local actions to reduce inequality in the city.

“We are now reaching cross-party support for the next steps from the Fairness Commission, one of which intends to provide more support to families in the city struggling on low incomes – which is to poverty proof the school day.”

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Passengers urged to unite over rail saga Annie Hopkins

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Commuters were encouraged to unite to challenge the government over Southern Rail at a meeting in Brighton on Wednesday evening.

Emily Yates of the Association of British Commuters (ABC), Green MP Caroline Lucas and RMT representative Garry Hassell, told their audience the train issues far pre-date the strikes.

Mr Hassell said: “RMT members are fatigued and worn out. We need more staff.”

Summer Dean, the Brighton-based co-founder of ABC, said: “This is not just a punch-up between the union and management. The department for transport plays an integral role.”

The ABC hopes to take legal action against the government, covering four keys areas in a judicial review.

These are: the department for transport’s lack of transparency, failures of the secretary of state to properly address the issue, failure to ensure equality of access

for disabled passengers and receiving unlawful state aid.

The ABC promoted its passenger unity campaign at the Jury’s Inn meeting, handing out badges encouraging commuters to form friendships and communicate on the issue, with the support of MP Caroline Lucas. She said: “The government is far more involved than it would have you believe.”

Leo Littman, Green councillor for Preston Park, said: “Rail users are quite aware of how Govia are treating the union, how the government and Govia are working together, but outside, people aren’t hearing that.

We need to reach out to the country and explain what the root of this is.”

Sharon Hamlin, a former commuter from Fiveways, wants to avoid directing anger and frustration on to the drivers and railway staff.

She said: “My grandfather was a train driver and union member and would never have come out on strike unless there was a safety issue or an issue relating to conditions of service.”

Transport Level crossing collision PHOTOGRAPH: EDDIE MITCHELL

Corbynites want to control three-way split Left-wing Labour members will argue that only the Corbyn-supporting committee elected at the local party’s controversial annual meeting should oversee the three-way split of the Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party.

The move comes after a meeting on Wednesday of Brighton and Hove Momentum – the local branch of the left-wing faction of the party – where

members discussed the national party’s decision to split the city party back into three constituency groups.

The move by Labour’s top officers follows an investigation into the local branch following its annual meeting. Corbyn supporters were elected to officer roles locally, but the results were soon annulled after allegations of abuse, that ballots were not properly reached, and that the

meeting was unsafe due to the high turnout.

After the investigation, Labour officials concluded the party had become ‘unmanageable’ – as it now has 8,400 members – and should be split into three.

A steering committee of 19 members has been created to manage the ‘split’, including new and old members of the local committee, council leader Warren Morgan, Hove MP Peter Kyle, and regional

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But Momentum members said only local party officers elected at the July meeting should oversee the move.

Clare Wadey, who was elected as treasurer of the local party before the results were annulled, said: “The steering committee is clearly undemocratic.”

She did, however, support the idea of the party being split into the three constituencies.

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Family-run shop closes its doors after three decades Annie Hopkins & Luca Van Dresh news@brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk @BrightonIndy

A popular Hove newsagent has closed after 30 years of business, leaving many of its regular customers heavyhearted.

Western Newstore on Western Road closed last Friday, as its owners Pravin and Ranjan Limbachia retired from the business they ran for three decades.

“It is very sad as we have been a part of the community for so long,” said Mr Limbachia.

He and his wife said they formed a warm bond with many of their customers, some of whom had been regulars since the shop opened.

“I’m going to miss them and it’ll be horrible,” said Carol Wells of Thornwood Launderette, who had brought a goodbye card and flowers.

“Where am I going to buy my lottery ticket now?”

Ranjan Limbachia with Carol Wells a regular customer and friend

Mrs Limbachia, who might take on part-time or volunteer work in her retirement, will keep in touch with many of the customers she’s befriended.

“We’ve got numbers and addresses. We send Christmas cards, presents and everything” she said.

The couple’s son 35-yearold Mukesh – who grew

up with first pick of the chocolate in his parents’ shop – said it was a natural moment for them to retire, but cited 24-hour supermarkets as a factor in the decline of smaller businesses.

“It’s always more of a struggle when you’re on your own trying to compete with big chains,” he said.

However, the family said the area was livelier and more thriving than it had been ten years ago.

“When I came here we were one of two newsagents,” said Mrs Limbachia.

“Now there are about ten or 20 doing the same thing, and there’s Sainsbury’s, Tesco and the Co-op.”

Mukesh believes independent stores can survive in the area.

“A lot open late, even 24 hours. They pay extortionate rent so the only way to maximise business is to open all the time,” he said.

“They just have to be shop savvy.”

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The company running patient transport services in Sussex has denied suggestions it had been ‘stripped’ of the contract, describing the move as a ‘friendly divorce’.

Coperforma had been running patient transport services in Sussex since April, but last week doctors announced that they would be handing back the contract to an NHS trust.

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Michael Clayton, chief executive officer at Coperforma, countered any suggestion the company had been ‘stripped’ of the contract. In fact, he blamed ‘largely politically inspired publicity’ for the decision.

Although the service ‘ran in to trouble’ at the launch he said the problems were rectified and ‘the service began performing better than it had ever done under the previous provider’.

But the negative press and social media storm had hindered the contract, according to Mr Clayton.

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that we were facing an unwinnable battle and there came a point during October when the board feared the service would break down completely threatening the safety and well-being of patients and we concluded that the right and only course of action was to raise with the commissioners the notion of stepping back from the contract.

“The commissioners had come to a similar conclusion and contrary to media reports, we have not been ‘stripped’ of the contract but what is best described as a ‘friendly divorce’ was agreed, importantly with ‘no fault’ attached to either Coperforma or the commissioners.”

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Stars grace the ice at rink’s VIP launch PHOTOGRAPH: SAM STEPHENSON

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The Royal Pavilion ice-rink opened once again for the festive season last weekend, and held a party to celebrate the launch.

Olympic skating hopefuls Zoe Wilkinson and Christopher Boyadji graced the ice-rink launch party on Thursday, November 3, introduced by Olympic figure skating champion, Robin Cousins.

The skating duo treated guests to a display on the ice, before the rink was opened to guests for the first time this season.

The pair hope to compete together at the 2018 Olympics inPyeongchang,SouthKorea, but are currently focused on the World Championships taking place in Helsinki, Finland in Spring 2017.

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Olympic skating hopefuls Zoe Wilkinson and Christopher Boyadji

the ice rink, and said: “The Royal Pavilion Ice Rink is stunningly beautiful with its Regency Palace backdrop and it was great to see Zoe and Christopher perform in such a lovely setting.

“We hope that visitors to the rink will be inspired to go on and skate more in the future.”

Cllr Pete West, the Mayor of Brighton and Hove, said: “My family and I have had a

really wonderful time at the launch of the Royal Pavilion ice rink. We always love it here, both taking a spin on the ice and enjoying the restaurant.

“The city is so lucky to have the rink here every winter and in such an amazing location.”

Guests were also treated to a performance from talented young figure skaters Sophia and Curtis Elton, who have ice danced and played music on TV as well as for royalty.

With the former Royal pleasure palace as the backdrop, the rink is lit up at night, and also includes a rink-side bar and restaurant with a 40 metre terrace.

It’s the seventh year the ice rink has taken its place on the Royal Pavilion’s East Lawn, and it will be in place throughout the festive season, until Sunday, January 15.

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One of the jewels in Brighton’s crown, the ice rink has the former Royal pleasure palace as backdrop and 880 square metres of real ice, offering children penguin stabilisers and a learners’ area, as well as boots available in sizes from ‘just walking’ to adult sizes.

The ice rink is open November 5 to January 15. Skate tickets cost from £10 for adults and from £7 for children under-12.

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Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne says she wants to hear residents’ views on proposals to raise the police element of council tax by around £5 per household to fund over 100 new police officers and specialist staff.

“We need the right people, with the right skills in the right place to protect you and fight crime. That’s why I want to invest in 100 new officers and staff in specialist teams to strengthen local policing and keep our communities safe.

“I am responsible for setting the policing element of council tax in Sussex. I would like to ask households if they would be prepared to pay on average - an additional £5 which would create an extra £3m for policing each year.

When that is added to the £2m savings already identified, it allows Sussex Police to invest in over 100 police officers and specialist staff in the following areas.” l Community Priority Crime Teams: to investigate local crime problems, dismantle organised gangs and remove repeat offenders and provide a reassuring community presence. l Expert Youth Teams: to target and support those younger people most at risk of committing crimes or becoming a victim of crime. l Specialist Firearms Officers: for counter terrorism deterrence and response. l Public Protection Investigators: to provide appropriate response and more capacity to deal with the increased reports of sexual offences and child protection cases.

“Sussex Police is modernising its services to meet the local policing and security needs of the 21st century. This new way of working has been acknowledged as ambitious and positive by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.

“Whilstthattransformation is under way across all areas of policing and will take time, I want to make sure Sussex residents can see local policing being strengthened now. “ The consultation is now underway on the website http://www.sussex-pcc.gov. uk and at public engagements across Sussex, and will close in January 2017.

The PCC will then present her recommendations on whether to propose a rise in the precept to the Police and Crime Panel in January.

Last week, a special investigation by this newspaper via a Freedom of Information request made to Sussex Police revealed that officers worked 190,463 hours of overtime in 2015-16.

This is nearly the same amount that an extra 100 officers would do in a year, based on a 37 hour working week.

“We haven’t got enough police officers, it is as simple as that,” said Matt Webb, chairman of the Sussex Police Federation, the staff association representing police officers in Sussex.

“Tired officers make tired decisions,” he added.

Overtime is only worked by the lowest two ranks of police officer, police constable and sergeant.

“They are the ones who are delivering the service, working themselves into the ground,” said Mr Webb.

“It means they don’t spend as much time as they should with their families and they don’t spend as much time as they should recovering

from their service.” This year Sussex Police’s core grant from the government was cut by £871,000 (0.6 per cent) from last year, despite George Osborne promising in autumn last year there would be ‘no cuts in the police budget at all’ and ‘real terms protection for police funding’.

A small portion of local police funding comes directly from council tax paid by Sussex residents, known as the Police Precept.

Following public consultation, the Sussex Police and Crime Panel approved a motion earlier this year that raised the share of each household’s council tax going to the police. This works out at an extra £5 per year for Band D households.

Sussex Police is currently implementing its Local Policing Model that will see 500 officer posts cut from the workforce, as well as 500 other staff.

The four year plan, announced last year, aims to cut £56 million as part of its vision for policing in 2020.

The Freedom of Information request also revealed a change to working regulations has meant more than £175,000 of overtime has gone unpaid.

Per national police regulations, officers working unscheduled overtime are not paid for the first 30 minutes of extra time. The remaining overtime can be claimed as either extra pay or time off in lieu at officers’ discretion.

The first half hour was disregarded on 21,070 occasions in 2015-16, adding up to 11,450 hours, Roger Brace, information officer for Sussex Police, confirmed.

Added up, these hours had a monetary value of about £179,700, according to Mr Brace.

Asked about the impact of such a high amount of officers’ work going unpaid, Matt Webb confirmed that the view of the Sussex Police Federation was that ’officers are paid in accordance with regulations’.

He added that officers had received an uplift in salary to compensate for the new overtime regulation but that it was ‘certainly cheaper to do it that way’.

“Some people are going to be winners in that scheme and some are going to be losers,” he added.

Following the Freedom of Information request, our reporter contacted Sussex Police and Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne for comment.

As Police and Crime Commissioner, Ms Bourne is responsible for setting the strategic direction and priorities for Sussex Police.

A Sussex Police spokesperson said: “Officers have the choice to claim for pay or time if the overtime is authorised and carried out within Police Regulations that entitles them to compensation.

“The force endeavour to notify officers as far in advance if they will be required to work a rest day or other overtime, so that gives officers and staff ample time to plan their personal lives, it reduces overtime costs and importantly, complies with Police Regulations.

“Departments and divisions request and authorise overtime depending on operational need.”

Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, said: “As the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner, I agree the budget with the chief constable who determines what resources are needed to deliver effective and efficient policing for the performance and delivery of the Police and Crime Plan. At my monthly performance and accountability meeting I hold the chief constable to account on behalf of residents in Sussex for the performance and delivery of the Police and Crime Plan.”

What do you think about the tax proposal and policing in your area? Email your letters for publication to ct.letters@jpress.co.uk.

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Behind the Headlines Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne

The Sussex Police service is rated as ‘good’ by inspectors Sussex Police is ‘good’ at keeping people safe and reducing crime, according to the latest assessment by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in their Efficiency report.

The force said it welcomed the independent scrutiny being consistently judged as ‘good’ in the service it delivers.

Deputy Chief Constable Bernie O’Reilly said: “We have made the HMIC fully aware of our change and investment plans to provide an efficient and effective service against a challenging financial backdrop.

“We are changing the way we do things, built on a good understanding of the needs of the public and the skills of our staff. Our plans are flexible so that we can review and invest

where needed in the future.

“We have made significant savings of £56m over the last five years whilst fully protecting neighbourhood policing. We have a further £35m we need to save over the next four years.

“The force is increasing the number of firearms officers across Sussex and the number of investigators who help protect vulnerable adults and children.

“It is by enhancing roles, working differently and collaborating with partners, that we will respond to and resolve issues more quickly, reduce wasted effort and work to provide a more effective and consistent service for victims and the local community as we become a smaller organisation.”

He added: “Our refocused Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) role has only been in place since July, with them working flexibly and providing an effective presence based on where crime occurs. They have been using their new powers and enhanced skills to help reduce crime and antisocial behaviour.

“More recently as an example in Tarner Park in Brighton they have brought residents and teenagers who use the park together to come up with solutions to help resolve some of their issues and complaints.

Their proactive problem solving skills are brought into effect wherever needed.

“To continue to keep people safe and ensure resilience, where there are vacancies,

we are actively recruiting.

We have recently run a recruitment campaign for police constables and from 14 November PCSO recruitment will go live, with 30 being sought. By January 2017 we will have 196 PCSOs in the force, which will be the full complement under our new model.

“Sussex Police is an emergency service and we will be there 24/7, preventing crime by working more effectively, embracing technology and working closely with the community and partners.

“It’s important to stress that the number of officers who respond to emergency calls for help remains the same we will always be there when people need us.”

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Opinion

David Gibson

Green councillor for Brighton and Hove

Let’s make living wage rents a reality

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adly in Brighton and Hove many residents are all too familiar with this nation’s housing crisis. Our city is one of the most expensive places in the UK to rent a home, with statistics showing that our rents are more than 46 per cent above the national average.

So when the council proposed a joint venture with Hyde Homes to produce ‘ground-breaking’ development of affordable homes for the city, as a long time campaigner for living rents, I was delighted and one of the first to congratulate council leader Warren Morgan for supporting something so badly needed.

Yet, to my dismay, when you peel away the spin, the proposals for living wage rents are not what they seem. In fact, rents in the scheme are set at almost double the cost of regular council house rent. Not quite as ‘ground-breaking’ as has been spun to the press after all!

How can this be, you might ask? Aren’t ‘affordable’ rents are linked to people’s real wages? Well they are, ‘kind of’. These rent levels for the smallest studio flats are being based on 40 per cent of what the ex-chancellor has said the living wage will become – in 2019! While this is welcome for some, it will still not be truly affordable for those on low wages who the scheme

Campaigners have their fingers crossed for truly ground-breaking living rents

is supposed to help. Take John (name changed) a City Clean worker earning above the minimum wage but currently only able to afford a private rented studio with his teenage son. He needs a one or two-bed flat, and has budgeted up to a third of his wage on rent (equating to around £500 a month).

Yet the joint venture studio rents would cost roughly the same as he pays now in the private sector, and for the one-bed flat he actually needs, the rent is too much.

So what should living wage rent really mean? Housing experts recommend that

people’s housing costs should amount to no more than 25 per cent of household gross income. The concept of living wage rent is all about ensuring that people can afford to rent based on their salaries, at the true cost of living – not what private landlords get under market conditions. It is about giving working people the ability to maintain and rent the roof over their head, without choosing between rent, heating or eating. Yet under the joint venture a person on the living wage would be spending on average 54 per cent of their income on rent.

Robert Nemeth

(The council’s own assessment assumes 25 per cent of gross household income to be the most that should be spent on housing costs.)

So it is disingenuous of Cllr Morgan, to pretend that this joint venture offers truly affordable housing. None of the 40 per cent lowest earning households in our city (judged as those on £24,500 or less) can afford any of these so called ‘living wage rents’ on offer It is true that the proposed rents are better than the private rented market, and there are a lot of positives in the joint venture. But it is also right that the council should be making truly affordable housing a bigger priority. Currently under these proposals, the council and Hyde project a big profit. Since this partnership is supposed to meet the chronic need for truly affordable housing, not be a housing business, surely the venture should lower rents and forgo some of this profit for social good?

The joint venture will be discussed at housing committee on Wednesday. Please consider emailing your local councillor and members of the housing committee and urging the to be truly ground-breaking, and vote for genuine living wage rents. If this happens, I’ll be first to congratulate the council.

Conservative councillor for Brighton and Hove

Boundary proposals lack local knowledge

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any residents of Hove have been shocked by the release of Boundary Commission proposals to chop up the parliamentary seat of Hove.

The principle of the overall exercise is sound. Simultaneously reducing the number of Members of Parliament from 650 to 600 and equalising constituency sizes is pure common sense. The problem is that the Boundary Commission is not blessed with local knowledge and has put forward an entirely unsuitable proposal for the town that many of us love.

If enacted, we would no longer have a dedicated Member of Parliament for Hove (or ‘Hove and Portslade’ as successive MPs have dubbed the seat). The proposal would see the Hove Park area removed and slung into a new ‘Brighton North’ seat. More bizarrely, the centre of Brighton would be added to what remains to create a ‘Brighton Central and Hove’ seat.

At a national level, the Labour Party would lose its in-built advantage of small urban seats which it has enjoyed unfairly for years. The Isle of Wight seat (Conservative) had 108,804 electors in 2015.

Newport East (Labour) had just 55,224.

Campaigners saved this vital part of Hove - the Carnegie Library

Each sent one Member of Parliament to Westminster. It’s not on.

Locally, the situation would be rather different, which is why we’ve heard nothing about the destruction of Hove from the local Labour Party nor the town’s Member of Parliament. The proposals would create two Labour strongholds rather than a Labour/Conservative marginal and a relatively safe Green seat (for as long as it is

contested by Caroline Lucas).

As a parliamentary seat, Hove was created in 1950. As a distinct settlement, it is certainly over 1,000 years old and for much of that time was perfectly able to stand on its own feet. The proposals will take us one step closer towards the complete assimilation of Hove by Brighton.

Regular readers will know that I’ve thrown myself into trying to save Hove

Library from a particularly vindictive attempt from Labour to close and sell it.

I’ve also done my best to highlight the lack of investment that goes into Hove’s infrastructure (such as our crumbling seafront railings). In seeking improvements for Hove Lagoon, I had to personally fundraise for improvements! Getting action on the King Alfred has been like pulling teeth. In each case, the battles have been bloody.

Hove means different things to different people. For me, it’s all about the physical environment and that means wide treelined streets, generous lawns, regimented beaches, villas, Brunswick Square, Furze Croft, the Lagoon and the Library. It’s a shame that the town doesn’t have a single focal point in the way that Brighton has the Palace Pier, the Royal Pavilion and the i360.

In walking around Hove, it is upsetting that it is being allowed to change for the worse. The Great Hall in Hove Town Hall has been turned into offices. Attractive houses are still being demolished in favour of uninspiring blocks of flats.

‘Floreat Hova’ is the motto of our town. If Hove is to flourish, I urge residents to make strong representations to the Boundary Commission as a matter of urgency.

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The Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. The NHS Trust which managewas placed into special measures in August this year.

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ealth provision in Brighton and Hove is currently under incredible strain.

With so many of our key services in special measures, we need to see clear leadership from the Department of Health to reassure patients and help get services back on track.

That’s why I’ve written to Jeremy Hunt to ask him to appoint a senior health professional to conduct a thorough review of all NHS provision in Brighton and Hove. The current situation is deeply concerning.

Our hospital trust, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust, has been in special measures since August.

In addition, it was placed into financial special measures last month with media reports suggesting an overspend of £60million for this year.

Our ambulance trust, SECAMB, is also in special measures and the operator of patient transport services for the area were stripped of their contract today after numerous failings over the past six months. In addition, the local mental health trust, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, has been severely criticised in an independent report published last month following several homicides committed by patients and former patients connected to the Trust.

There have also been issues with Primary Care provision with several GP practices closing over the last year including Goodwood Court which was closed by the CQC on the day of

inspection.

These failings have occurred over a number of different services so it seems clear to me there are deepseated problems in the health economy of Brighton and Hove that go beyond any one provider or service. CQC, NHS Improvement, NHS England, CCGs and providers all regulate, inspect and provider parts of our health economy in Brighton and Hove, but in such a complex environment no single body seems able to stand above the landscape and say what, overall, is wrong with our area and what can be done to join it up better and improve standards across the board.

It’s because of this complex environment that I have contacted the Health Secretary directly to ask him to consider appointing one individual with responsibility for conducting a holistic review of all NHS health provision in Brighton and Hove to investigate exactly what is going wrong and where and what steps must be taken to fix it.

My experiences beyond politics before coming an MP taught me that organisations that are failing or under immense stress become inward-looking and focused on immediate challenges.

This characterises the health and social care landscape in Brighton and Hove today at a time we most need providers to be outward-looking.

Patients, residents and hardworking frontline health staff all rightly want and deserve the best so I am urging the Health Secretary to engage with my proposal and meet with me as soon as possible.

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Opinion

Daniel Yates

Labour councillor and lead member for health and wellbeing

The challenge of keeping people warm

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s winter approaches, and there are warnings this week that it may be a cold one, we want to highlight local action to try to ensure residents have a warm home.

Cold homes lead to many bad impacts on people’s health – from respiratory problems to falls and injuries, as well as affecting people’s mental health.

In 2014/15 there were 43,900 excess winter deaths in England and Wales, the highest number this century.

At least 14,000 of these deaths are attributable to cold homes.

In 2015 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provided guidance on how to reduce the risk of death and ill health associated with living in a cold home.

National Energy Action has just produced a report detailing progress among Health and Wellbeing Boards in implementing this guidance and the 12 recommendations.

Our City Health and Wellbeing Board’s actions were graded against a set of criteria with each board receiving a score out of six.

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SK is doing Christmas BIGGER and BETTER this year–and it all starts on the weekend of November 19 and 20.

Managing Director Bob Beevis is proud to declare that ESK does Christmas in a very BIG way.

He has been planning since January how best to make the festive season that extra bit special for the customers of Sussex.

And next weekend is not to be missed at the massive discount superstore in Courtlands Road, Eastbourne.

The fun starts at 9am on Saturday November 19 and continues throughout the weekend.

But, of course, from then on Christmas will be on every day at ESK–open seven days a week.

Bob says: “Super we most certainly area–and ESK has built up a wonderful reputation over the years for

Of the 152 Health and Wellbeing Boards across the country we are one of only thirteen to be evaluated as meeting all six measures of taking action to tackle coldrelated ill health.

This shows that in the city we are not only monitoring important indicators on fuel poverty and excess winter deaths through our needs assessments and health and wellbeing strategies, but that we are also applying the recommendations from NICE about tackling cold homes so that we can help protect residents health.

We have particular problems in Brighton and Hove in ensuring warm homes, which is why we have worked with partners across the city to develop a shared Fuel Poverty and Affordable Warmth Strategy.

Our housing stock is fairly old, which makes it more difficult to make homes energy efficient.

We also have one of the highest percentages of households living in the private rented sector compared to the rest of England and Wales.

Households in the private rented sector have been shown to have higher rates of fuel poverty.

We hope that the rating that we have been given by National Energy Action confirms the commitment we have made locally to overcome these problems.

For example, with support from the council and the Clinical Commissioning Group, Citizens Advice Brighton and Hove is leading a local partnership of organisations delivering the Warmth for Wellbeing programme, funded through a successful bid to the British Gas Energy Trust.

The Warmth for Wellbeing programme running across the city throughout 2016 and into Spring 2017 aims to help people whose health is at risk from living in a cold home.

The programme offers a Freephone helpline, personalised, face-to-face appointments and home visits – providing practical advice and support around a number of fuel poverty issues.

The programme is aimed at those people most at risk, such as those aged over 65, with long term health conditions, disabled, pregnant or on a low income.

Residents at risk or with family and friends at risk can call the Freephone local Moneyworks helpline 0800 988 7037 and

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how we do Christmas.

“And–make no mistake about it–this year we are going to be celebrating the festive season like nowhere else.

“Our launch weekend is always a great day–a great day of fun and shopping for all the family.

“But it’s not just the launch– it’s every day in the run up to December 25. ESK is the place to come.”

he will be at ESK every day.

It’s an experience not to be missed.

• Our huge animated grotto with the North Pole scene is as attractive and exciting as ever. It really is something not to miss.

• There will be live music both days. On Saturday Diggery Pokey will be playing from noon until 2pm and then from 2.30pm until 4pm the great Luch Stefano. There will also be music on Sunday.

These are the main attractions for November 19 and 20: • Father Christmas will be in the amazing winter wonderland grotto from 10.30am both Saturday and Sunday.

• There will be fruit and veg He will return each weekend stalls plus a fruit stall, pancakes until the school holidays when and a glorious hog roast.

ask for advice on warm homes.

The council’s annual Warm Homes Healthy People Programme depends on a range of partners across the city to support vulnerable residents – over the last few years there have been 186 emergency winter grants made, 434 financial inclusion assessments carried out and 150 winter home checks made to ensure homes are safer and warmer.

Financial inclusion checks are estimated to have benefited residents by on average £1,700 per household.

There have also been outreach workshops and information events, as well as thousands of awareness raising leaflets and room thermometers provided to residents.

The assessment received from National Energy Action is welcome recognition of all the hard work going into delivering the Fuel Poverty and Affordable Warmth Strategy locally by all partners.

What matters is that by working together we are making a difference to residents, and hopefully ensuring less health and wellbeing impacts over time as more residents are able to benefit from a warm home and lower bills.

• The popular Belgian cafe will be serving German beer and sausage.

• There will be live animals, including real donkeys, rabbits, goats, chickens, and ducks for the youngsters.

• Meet Mother Xmas and Santa’s elves.

There will also be characters from the popular Frozen around for the weekend.

Bob is also very keen to support local charities, and Eastbourne AM Rotary Club will be bag packing all weekend for charity.

He said: “What a package. Do not miss ESK next weekend.

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Geoffrey Theobald

Leader off the Conserva ative Group p on Brighton and Hove City Cou uncil

Elm tree guide has showcased our young digital talent Last week I attended the launch event for a new guide and a children’s activity map for the city’s National Collection of Elm Trees hosted

by David Sewell which was held at the popular Pavilion Gardens Café.

The guides have been produced by Graphic Design students from the University of Brighton in partnership with the Friends of Pavilion Gardens Café, the Brighton and Lewes Downs UNESCO World Biosphere Region and the Council’s VisitBrighton tourism arm. It has also received sponsorship from First Base who are the developers involved with the Anston House scheme.

The guides are beautifully designed and an excellent idea that will help shine a spotlight on the city’s vitally important National Collection, of which many visitors to the city, and indeed residents, are unaware.

There arecurrentlyover17,000 elm trees in the city which were originally planted in large numbers by the Victorians and Edwardians.

The trees include the remarkable “Preston Twins”, considered the largest and oldest surviving English Elms in the World.

Brighton and Hove is unique in that it survivedthedevastatingoutbreakofDutch Elm Disease in the 1970s relatively unscathed,thankslargelytoahighlyeffective councilcontrolprogrammesupervisedby excellentofficersandthecity’sphysicallocationsandwichedbetweentheseaandthe South Downs. Because of this, the city was granted full National Collection status

by Plant Heritage in 1998 and the council continuestocarryoutvitalworkinstaving offthisdestructivedisease.

But back to the launch… I had a very interesting conversation with the Graphic Design course tutor from the University of Brighton who has been

supervising the students who produced the guide.

We were talking about how students were attracted into choosing Graphic Design as a degree course, how many come from Brighton and Hove and indeed how many stay here and work within the city’s important digital and creative industries sector.

He said that despite attracting to the University of Brighton an excellent number of well-educated students from around the country, graphic design is a discipline that many people both young and old (including me!) don’t know an awful lot about but can lead to so many different and interesting careers.

This is an issue which is particularly pertinent in Brighton and Hove where we have such a burgeoning digital and creative industries sector that would benefit from nurturing local young people who could then go on to contribute to the sectors continued development in our city.

City College Brighton & Hove has one of the most highly regarded Further Education Visual Arts departments in the country and I know that they are also very keen to establish much closer links with the city’s burgeoning commercial creative industries sector.

Judging by the fantastic work that the University of Brighton students have done in producing the Brighton’s Elm Tree Collection Guides, and I very much recommend that you pick up a copy from any of Brighton and Hove’s tourist information hubs, these students have a great deal to offer in the future.

We therefore must encourage such talent and help develop links between the city’s schools, colleges and universities and the commercial creative industries sector to retain their talents in our city in the future.

The launch of the National Elm Collection illustrated map for Brighton.

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On This Day 1992 | Wednesday, November 11

Jamaican reggae performer Buju Banton was to be dropped from the multi-cultural WOMAD festival in Brighton.

The 19-year- old’s Boom Bye Bye song contained lyrics encouraging people to kill homosexuals. Gay and

lesbian activists were furious at the prospect of the Rastafarian on stage the following month at the Brighton Centre.

Initially, WOMAD stated Banton would appear as the organisation ‘did not vet artists on the basis of political, sexual or religious beliefs’ but changed their stance when Banton refused to alter the track’s content.

Banton told WOMAD; “I do not advocate violence against anyone and it was never my

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By Gill Meller (Quadrille)

You will have seen Gill on River Cottage with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on TV, doing that wonderful rustic easy style cooking.

Well, he has a new book out and I am here to tell you it is wonderful. It’s divided into sections entitled; Farm, Seashore, Garden, Orchard, Field, Woodland, Moor and Harbour.

He makes the valid point that we don’t all have time to go round picking berries or searching for field mushrooms but what we can do is still assemble ingredients – a loaf of bread, fruit from the greengrocers, a jar of honey, we gather them and take them home to cook. This is food to treasure and cook for friends and family and the recipes are sensational in their simplicity and multi layers of flavour.

Simple things put together with big, bold tastes.

This is a book to keep in the kitchen and revel in seasonal delights. The very first recipe in the book is one I tried – and people were begging for more. It was blue cheese with honey, thyme, dates, fried onions and seeds. Heavenly! Then I got more adventurous and made his home made cheese with herbs, lemon and olive oil. It’s so easy to do and so satisfying to make that I’m hooked. I am beyond thrilled that he’s coming to Brighton and can’t wait to meet him. You can too, you’d all be most welcome!

Gill Meller will be at Bookish Supper Salon on December 15 . Tickets from Tabl.com.

Community groups’ funding opportunity Community groups in Brighton and Hove have the opportunity to put themselves forward for £1,000 of funding.

The money is on offer from the housing provider Sanctuary and the community groups can get their hands on the money if they can demonstrate projects that will make a difference to the lives of Sanctuary Housing’s residents.

Sanctuary is looking for applications for up to £1,000 from community and residents groups, registered

charities, schools, social enterprises or parish/town councils.

The Grand Ideas Fund has previously supported Creative Future in Brighton with funding to provide creative workshops, including creative writing and social media, for people who are homeless or living in supported living accommodation.

To find out more about the Grand Ideas Fund, call Sanctuary 01905 335 411 or email community@ sanctuary-housing.co.uk

written by Dan Tester @DJDanteBrighton Excerpts from the book Brighton & Hove On This Day (signed by the author) available exclusively on eBay intention to incite violent acts with Boom Bye Bye. However, I must state that I do not condone homosexuality as this lifestyle runs contrary to my religious beliefs.” WOMAD dropped the Jamaican and three other acts from his label, Penthouse.

A spokesman from OUTrights said loud opposition had got the decision overturned.

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Graham Chainey The Ripper visited Brighton – or Hove

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y a curious coincidence, at the very time of psychical researcher Edmund Gurney’s mysterious demise in the Royal Albion Hotel (as recounted in a previous article), Jack the Ripper was staying a short distance away, at the Cricketers in Black Lion Street. Or so claim certain of that obsessive tribe, the Ripperologists.

I confess Ripperology has never appealed to me. I find the subject sordid and uninteresting. I’ve never read a single book on the subject – of which by now there must be many hundreds – disliking the way the horrific murders of women tend to be forgotten in the scramble to adumbrate clever conspiracy theories and romanticise with a kind of villainous aura glamorous male suspects – the Duke of Clarence, Lewis Carroll, J.K.Stephen, Walter Sickert and so on; in the latest, the 864-page They All Love Jack (2015) by film director Bruce Robinson,the villain is the popular singer Michael Maybrick, and the whole thing is revealed to be a Masonic cover-up by the Establishment.

I don’t know whether Maybrick, who toured widely, ever visited Brighton – quite

The Cricketers in Black Lion Street.

possibly – but the man staying in June 1888 at the Cricketers – then a notorious drinking den and hangout for prostitutes – was Roslyn D’Onston, also known (everything about him tends to be unstable) as Robert Donston Stephenson. Aged 47, he was an occultist, former military surgeon and journalist, who had apparently come to Doctor Brighton to recover from fatigue, stress and sleeplessness, or neurasthenia.

Little more is known about this visit,

except that the cure seems to have been ineffective, since in July he returned to London and signed in as a private patient at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, from which, according to some Ripperologists, he climbed out at night to perpetrate the murderous horrors. This factual paucity doesn’t prevent fantasists from speculating that he may have been sent down by Madame Blavatsky to do away with Gurney, whom he knew, and who had become critical of her séances. The unidentified letter summoning Gurney to Brighton was therefore, presumably, from D’Onston.

Fanciful, far-fetched, but typical.

Another suspect with Brighton connections was Sickert, though he first came here 25 years after the murders.

Sickert certainly took a keen interest in the killings, and even painted a picture entitled “Jack the Ripper’s Bedroom”; and Jean Overton Fuller (1990) and Patricia Cornwell (2002) wrote books endeavouring to prove his culpability. (Cornwell reportedly spent millions acquiring Sickert’s artworks in an attempt to obtain traces of his DNA, even allegedly destroying one in the process.)

It is DNA tests that have more recently nailed Aaron Kosminski, a more credible

(though still far from certain) candidate.

According to Russell Edwards in Naming Jack the Ripper (2014), the Polish Jewish hairdresser was the police’s prime suspect and was brought down to Hove under guard to be identified by someone staying at the Convalescent Police Seaside Home at 51 Clarendon Villas. This witness attested he had seen Kosminski with one of the victims, Catherine Eddowes, shortly before her murder (but was he merely a client?).

The police in charge of the investigation were convinced they had the right man, though they lacked evidence to convict.

So Kosminski was consigned to a lunatic asylum, and the killings ceased.

One further local connection with the Ripper is the bus bearing the name Wynne Baxter. Born in Lewes, educated in Brighton, Baxter was the coroner for the murders. In the course of a career in which he held some 30,000 inquests, he must have seen few more grisly sights. He was also, of course, like both the police chiefs and so many others involved in the case, a Freemason.

All in all, it’s no surprise the 2005 Jack the Ripper Conference was held in Brighton – at the Royal Albion Hotel.

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ack in 2008, Laura Hoy graduated from Neals Yard Remedies with a diploma in Aromatherapy and Essential Oil Science.

Laura managed NHR Organic Oils for several years, while operating as a local massage therapist and working with the charity Active LightWorks, who bring massage to the Brighton community.

Laura’s current business, ‘Essential Oils and You’ helps everyone to use essential oils for support, care and nurture in every day life.

I caught up for a sneak preview of Laura’s exciting new range of hand-picked, high quality pure and organic essential oils.

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All-round support for those affected by cancer in Sussex Macmillan Horizon Centre will provide a range of holistic and practical services

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Cancer patients and their families from across Sussex will now have a one stop shop for support and advice as they go through treatment, as it was largely paid for through donations from the public.

The Macmillan Horizon Centre, which provides holistic cancer support, opened its doors just a stone’s throw away from the Sussex Cancer Centre at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, and the centre’s manager said he expects 26,000 visits over the next year.

The official opening on Monday was marked with a cake cutting ceremony, and speeches by local supporter and former cancer patient Sara Cutting, along with representatives from Macmillan, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH) and the Sussex Cancer Fund.

Ms Cutting, who has raised thousands with her headgear challenge, said: “This centre really is something special and fantastic that it is just across the road from the Brighton and Sussex University Hospital. You come over the road from a clinical setting and it feels like a huge supportive warm hug.”

The centre has been designed to give off a relaxing and tranquil feel. The main waiting area at the centre has views out over the sea, and one relaxation room was designed by musician Brian Eno. There are a range of therapy rooms, a hair salon, cafe and meeting rooms for support groups, as well as a studio for exercise classes.

You come over the road from a clinical setting and it feels like a huge supportive warm hug.

SARA CUTTING Macmillan fundraiser and cancer survivor Services at the centre will include specialist advice, help with welfare benefits, counselling and psychological therapies, complementary therapies exercise classes, hair and wig services, a skincare and body image advice, and practical support and dietary advice.

The Macmillan Horizon Centre is a partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support, Sussex Cancer Fund and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH), and was made possible by £3.7 million worth of donations from the public, topped up by £1.6 million from the Sussex Cancer Fund, and a further £500,000 from BSUH, who also donated the site.

Geoff Brown, centre manager, said: “It’s fantastic that the centre is now open.

We have a warm and friendly environment here where anyone affected by cancer can seek the support they need.

“We are opposite the Sussex Cancer Centre at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton where a lot of

patients receive their expert clinical treatment. Patients can literally walk across the road and get support at the right time, whether that’s at the point of diagnosis, as their treatment is ongoing or when they visit for follow-up appointments.

“I am very excited that the centre is now open and look forward to being able to provide vital support to people affected by cancer.”

Helene Poursain, Macmillan regional fundraising manager said: “It is thanks to the amazing people of Sussex for their amazing support that this centre is now open. They raised £3.7m and supporters have done some incredible things, from running marathons, launching social media campaigns to holding fundraising balls.

“We hope the people of Sussex will continue to support us and keep the momentum going.”

David Bloomfield, incoming chair at the Sussex Cancer Fund and clinical oncologist at BSUH, said: “The Horizon Centre can complement the clinical work we do at BSUH and support the complex emotional needs of the patients and their loved ones.

George Deutsch, former Sussex Cancer Fund chair and the longest-serving NHS consultant had the inspiration for the centre – and it is wonderful his idea has been achieved.”

The centre already has 100 volunteers on board, but it is hoping to expand its volunteer base. If you want to volunteer, or you would like to use the cancer support service, call 01273 468770 or visit: www. macmillan.org.uk

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Review: Holistic treatments at new luxury seafront spa Bex Bastable

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The Brighton Harbour Hotel opened its doors on the seafront this summer, taking on one of the city’s famous Victorian buildings, and renovating it with luxury rooms, a spa, restaurant and pool.

Located at the busy Kings Road junction with West Street, when you walk into the hotel and close the doors behind you, it feels as though you have left the noisy hustle and bustle of the city behind.

The spa is downstairs, and as you walk in, you instantly start to feel relaxed, with the interiors and dimmed lights giving off a warm and cosy feel. I’m greeted at reception and taken to one of the treatment rooms to try out a 60-minute ESPA personalised facial.

The therapist explains that the treatment will be tailored to me, and the products she

uses will not only be chosen from a detailed skin analysis, but also by the scent of the different products – the client chooses which one suits. ESPA uses natural products and its treatments are holistic, she explains.

Very Brighton and Hove.

We talk about what I wanted to get out of the treatment – I was set to go on holiday, so my aim was clear and glowing skin – and she got to work.

When the right products were chosen, the therapist began the treatment, with ESPA’s ‘double cleansing technique’, exfoliation, facial massage, serums, face masks and finally a relaxing Oriental headmassageusingahairand scalp mask. The combination of facial massage, and the aromatherapy scents from the products made for a truly relaxing treatment.

An hour later, and I felt well and truly pampered, and my skin felt healthy and hydrated.

One of the treatment rooms at the Brighton Harbour Hotel

I left the spa vowing to return, and felt as though the therapist took time to understand my needs in order to make the treatment the best it could be. The ESPA spa

at the new hotel is a welcome addition to Brighton and Hove’s beauty scene.

To find out more, visit: www.brighton-harbourhotel.co.uk/

Team-building fun - newsroom style It’s team-building with a twist — local BBC TV presenter and reporter John Young has turned daily newsroom life into an adrenaline pumping workshop of relentless deadlines, quick decisions and reading off an autocue.

Broadcasters and journalists for the day are put into teams of four and are given nine news stories, but there is only room in their programme for five.

John said: “My workshops aren’t media training, and they’re not a BBC product — but they are an away-day without needing to send a team away, or a networking experience that goes beyond small talks and business cards.

“My aim is to make them fun, but challenging.

“We use voting cards to decide what is, and what isn’t news — and then two people are picked to debate it.

“We think hard about the power of writing, by composing headlines of just 25 words.

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Trio of writers launch a new way to read and publish great stories

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A new way to read and publish great stories was launched in Brighton & Hove earlier this month.

More than a hundred booklovers came together at the Park View Pub to meet authors, buy books and take part in literary-themed competitions.

Storyland Press is the brainchild of three local authors, Amazon bestseller, Shani Struthers and new writers Corinna EdwardsColledge and V K McGivney.

They hope to create new opportunities for themselves and other writers to get their novels published outside of the traditional publishing route which they say can be restrictive.

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A campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the symptoms of cancer in Brighton and Hove has received a welcome boost from one of the city’s taxi firms.

Speak Up Against Cancer is a pioneering awareness project run by the health department at Albion in the Community (AITC), the official charity of Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Commissioned by Brighton & Hove City Council and NHS Brighton & Hove CCG, Speak Up Against Cancer has proved particularly successful at raising awareness of the symptoms of a range of a range of different cancers.

Volunteers from the project have met face-to-face with more than 9,000 people throughout the city in the last 12 months alone.

Now they will be able to reach even more people by teaming up with local taxi company City Cabs.

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Storyland Press is there to help readers find great, professionally produced novels direct from the author.

“Similarly, many great authors are being turned down by the big five publishers and literary agents, who are struggling with the competition and often only taking books by well-known authors or that have very commercial themes.”

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“The novels we publish are not restricted by genre but can span everything from romance to sci-fi and horror.”

Details for all of Storyland’s current range of books with brief descriptions and links to reviews and sales can be found at www. storylandpress.com.

The authors are also taking part in a range of events including book sales and signings at Brighton Craft Fair at the Unitarian Church on New Road on Saturday 17 December and will be holding readings at local libraries in the new year. The press will also be open to submissions from authors in 2017, and will send out a e-newsletter for more information.

Left to right: Speak Up volunteer Clare Towner, Sue Brown, Albion in the Community Speak Up coordinator, and City Cabs’ Barry Cook.

The local firm has donated a minibus taxi and driver to work with the Speak Up team for one day every week.

And, according to AITC’s Sue Brown, this will mean the project’s all-important messages can be spread to parts of the city previously not covered by the campaign.

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For more information call Sue Brown on 01273 878261, email: sue.brown@ albioninthecommunity.org. uk.

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Will Varley unveils his new album Kingsdown Sundown – and heads to Brighton’s Komedia on November 17 straight after its release to play the new material live.

Spokesman Thom Williams said: “Will has reached an unstoppable velocity since signing with Xtra Mile Recordings in 2015 and shows no signs of slowing

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down. With the follow-up to Postcards From Ursa Minor, an album that propelled Will into unexplored territory, return tours with The Proclaimers and unbelievable summer festival sets, he continues to build upon broken spirits with this set of almost unbearably-raw songs. First track to be lifted from the album is ‘To Build A Wall’ – an unnervingly timely indictment of simplistic solutions to incredibly complex problems on both sides of the pond.

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“Recorded underneath a pub by the sea in Deal, Kent, as the waves roared outside, Kingsdown Sundown is a bleak and uncompromising critique of the human condition, journeying deep into our dreams, faults, regrets and politics.

“The songs are more visceral and uneasy than before, with fights in KFC descending into world wars, the all too real plight of refugees and the recent rise in hate crime.”

Visit www.komedia.co.uk.

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Funk The Format presents Club Tropicana Christmas on Saturday, December 10, at The View, Western Esplanade, Kingsway.

Partygoers can throw off their cashmere and grab a flamingo for a totally tropical Christmas party by the sea.

This is not your average festive celebration. There will be funk, lilos, Latin and

much more. Going against the traditional festive grain once again, Funk The Format’s Club Tropicana aims to transport people to a balmy beach party for just one night.

Following two sold-out Club Tropicana events, Funk The Format is opening a second room to accommodate even more people.

DJs are set to play a mix of funk, soul, disco, hip-hop, house, Latin and even a little

jungle in the jungle.

Acts include: Soul Casserole, Balearic Mike, Sophie Callis, Nick Maxwell, Odyssey, Steve Seck and Funk The Format’s founder Lucy ‘Elle J’ Small. Plus, there’s a Giant Fancy Dress Box, glitter body-painting, the Big Dance-Off and a ‘Best Dressed’ competition with a coveted golden pineapple to be won.

Limited advance tickets cost £13.50 from www.skiddle.com.

A fresh Nine Below Zero sound Music

Nine Below Zero take in The Concorde 2, Brighton, on November 11 on their 13 Shades of Blue tour.

Spokesman Ethan Beer said: “Nine Below Zero tour with a line-up of three original members; Dennis Greaves (guitar/vocals), Mark Feltham (harmonica), Mickey ‘Stix’ Burkey (drums) and Ben Willis (bass) as well as additional horn section, keyboards, violin and backing vocalists.

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Suzi’s stand-up looks at working class upbringing Comedy

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Stand-up Suzi Ruffell started out intending to be an actress, taking a theatre course at Chichester College before going on to the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, ALRA. “The teaching was great in Chichester and I loved it, and I loved it at ALRA. But I was always interested in the comic roles, and it was only a couple of years after I left drama school that I realised that what I really wanted to do was comedy. Growing up my heroes were people like French & Saunders and Victoria Wood.”

Then Suzi did her firstever open spot as a stand-up.

“I caught the bug. I would say that in every comic there has to be an element of misplaced confidence. That’s for sure. But there is just something so fantastic about it. The other day I was writing in my kitchen, and I came up with an idea, which I thought I would put into the show that night, and I did, in front of a group of people that I would never see again, that would never be together again – and they were all laughing. That’s the fantastic thing: you can have an idea at your kitchen table and four hours later, everyone is laughing.”

She continues: “My show is called Common. It’s about being from Portsmouth, being from a working-class

Suzi Ruffell

family. I grew up with an awful lot of loving, but we never had trust funds. None of us had been to university.

It feels like we are all run

by Etonians or people from Oxbridge. I wanted to give a voice to young, workingclass people. The story is about me growing up in Pompey and I suppose I have gone from being a workingclass girl in a working-class family in Portsmouth to being a middle-class person

working in the arts. But also I am gay, and the show deals with different aspects of homophobia I have come across. Sometimes people assume working-class people are bigoted and not massively open-minded, but I wanted to show that I haven’t found that to be the case at all.”

Suzi performs with Tom Allen at Brighton’s Komedia on Saturday, November 12 (7.30pm). Visit www.komedia. co.uk.

A breathtaking Brahms double-bill Review by Tom Sayer

Brighton Philharmonic & Festival Chorus, Brighton Dome, November 6 With around 200 musicians on stage and in the choir stalls, the sheer force of the Brighton Philharmonic and the Brighton Festival Chorus combined was truly impressive.

The repertoire was a double-bill of Brahms, opening with ‘Schicksalslied’ before the star attraction ‘Ein Deutsches Requiem’ after the interval. The Requiem was last performed by the BPO and BFC in 1972, which

is unsurprising as this work can last up to 80 minutes.

In a novel approach to leading the concert, conductor James Morgan gave an insight into the pieces before they were performed, including using extracts to demonstrate some of his favourite sections from the Requiem. These markers were useful and I hope this approach will be considered for future concerts. It would really help to engage with both younger and more experienced audiences.

The Requiem was quite a challenging piece for both audience and orchestra

alike. It featured seven long sections, often with particular instruments omitted for minutes at a time.

The soloists roles were rather minor in this gargantuan work but at least they had great seats to listen to the rest of it from, sat either side of the conductor’s podium.

The ensemble gave a tremendous performance, filling the auditorium right to the back with Brahms’ music, showing an impressively tenacious control over two of the composer’s finest and most daunting works.

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Classical violinist Nigel plays some electrifying Hendrix hits Music

Nigel Kennedy Plays Hendrix Brighton Dome Friday, November 25

Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival presents Nigel Kennedy Plays Hendrix at Brighton Dome this month.

The world’s biggest selling classical violinist of all time will perform the music of the rock legend at the venue on Friday, November 25.

Nigel’s performances have ranged from straight classical interpretations to collaborations with Stéphane Grappelli, Kate Bush, Robert Plant and Paul McCartney.

However, from early on in his career there has been one composer to whom he keeps on returning: Jimi Hendrix.

In 1967 a young and emerging Jimi Hendrix performed at the Brighton Dome, almost 49 years ago.

This makes this unique

event even more poignant as Nigel, who was born in Hove, is a lifelong Hendrix fan and has been heavily influenced by the man’s music.

This Brighton concert sees the virtuoso work with a brand new international lineup, including guitarist Doug Boyle (regular collaborator with Robert Plant), 18-yearold guitar prodigy Julian Buschberger, vibraphonist Orphy Robinson (founding member of The Jazz Warriors) and leading European rhythm section Tomasz Kupiec and Adam Czerwinski (the Jarek Smietana band).

“What attracts me to Jimi Hendrix’s music is the amazingly open mind that he had,” said Nigel.

“This was reflected in many ways. He was always gracious and never insulting to anybody and this showed through the music. There were any number of

influences that you can hear through his compositions.

These ranged from rock, blues and Celtic through to trance and experimental styles.

“Maybe that’s why I find it so natural exploring his music, having been involved in so many similar styles myself.”

Nigel’s performance includes both electric and acoustic renditions of Hendrix’s hits and features ‘Purple Haze’, ‘Hey Joe’, ‘The Wind Cries Mary’, ‘Crosstown Traffic’, ‘Fire’, ‘Drifting’ and ‘1983’.

This concert is a special opportunity to admire the impressive musicianship of Nigel and his incredibly talented band that join him from across Europe.

The show starts at 8pm (doors open 7.15pm).

Tickets cost £32-£70. Call 01273 709709 or visit www. brightondome.org.

‘You only learn your lessons by being on stage and failing’ Interview by Phil Hewitt

So did a degree in linguistics prepare comedian Josh Widdicombe for a lifetime playing with language on stage?

“I can’t say it did,” says Josh who tours to Brighton Dome on Saturday, November 12 (01273 709709; www.brightondome.org).

“I went to university because I wanted to live in Manchester and get drunk for three years.

“There was no attempt to be an academic, and I think with comedy you only really learn your lessons by being on stage and failing. I don’t think you can learn about stand-up any way apart from actually doing it, by doing a bad gig, doing it again, having a good gig, doing it again and having a bad gig.”

And you accept comedy’s great irony: your first gigs will always be your toughest.

“You will be gigging above a pub to eight people, but once you progress, you are gigging in better places and people know who you are, and it just gets easier and easier.”

And eventually, you reach the point where everything comes good.

Josh embarks on the

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current tour on the back of repeated TV success.

He has just returned from Rio with the award-winning The Last Leg as part of the Paralympic coverage on Channel 4, and the trio will be returning to their usual Friday night slot in October for their ninth series.

Josh has also penned his own critically-acclaimed sitcom JOSH, which aired on BBC 3 and BBC 1 last year, and which returns for another eight episodes on BBC 3 this autumn.

“But it is good to be back on the road. When you do your first gig of a tour, you think ‘Yes, this is my job’.

You realise this was why you wanted to do it in the first place. You wanted to be a

stand-up. You go on to other things, and I really enjoy all the doors it opens up, but you get into a room and you do stand-up, and you realise this is what it is all about.

“It is difficult to explain.

I just enjoy it once you are on tour.

“The first gigs when you are trying out the stuff can be difficult, but I like the fact that every gig is individual.

You would struggle to write a new show every night, obviously, but I think you have got to respond to the audience in front of you.

“When you are doing stand-up, that’s the most pure version of what we do in comedy. When you do TV, you are being yourself talking about something or on a panel show talking about music or whatever.

But with stand-up, that’s the exciting thing, when you are really free.

“I started in 2008, and if I had known how much work it was going to be! But I didn’t want an office job.

Now I am working far more than I would have done if I had ever been in an office.

But you never feel you have got where you are going. You are always thinking that the next gig is important. You never relax.”

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Tense ’60s thriller at small-scale theatre Stage

Wait Until Dark will be staged by regular 88 London Road collaborators, Talking Scarlet, at the venue from November 2-19.

This claustrophobic tale was made famous by the 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn.

The version touring to Brighton lines up Anna Brecon, Harry Hart, Peter Lovstrom, Nigel Fairs, Sam Clemens and Carly Day and will be directed and produced by Patric Kearns.

A drug-filled doll has disappeared from a London flat and three petty crooks are looking for it.

They plot to compel the owners to reveal the doll’s whereabouts, so they lure the husband away leaving his blind wife and her only companion, a little girl who lives in the flat above…

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The Listings TODAY COMEDY KRATER COMEDY CLUB: Until Nov 13, 7pm/8pm/10.30pm, £5-£36.50, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480.

GIGS NEW YORK BRASS BAND: £7, 11pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Funk, drum and bas, hip hop and swing.

STAGE THE CLEAN HOUSE: £9, 7.45pm, until Nov 12, New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place, Brighton (01273) 476118. A play about love, death and the messiness of life.

SATURDAY COMEDY JOSHWIDDICOMBE: £19, 8pm Dome, 01273 709709. What Do I Do Now? GIGS DIRTY DC: 7pm, Concorde 2,

Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. The AC/ DC night is back by popular demand with Dirty DC commemorating the 40th anniversary since AC/DC first toured the UK. Support from Triple Chicken Combo.

GOGODISCO: £4, 11pm, Komedia, 4447 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Club Night.

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Juan María Solare and Johan de Cock. Tickets from jdcremixes@ yahoo.co.uk, 07804160089, www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/tango-a-pianoand-the-south-tickets-27523601834.

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COMEDY NATHAN CATON: £10-£12, 8pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Straight Outta Middlesex.

GIGS AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM: 7pm, £22.50, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311.

ANIAS MITCHELL: £14-£18, 7.30pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. Plus Jarlath Henderson.

TANGO, A PIANO AND THE SOUTH PERFORMERS: 4pm-6pm, £7.50 (£5 students, OAPs), Brighton Unitar-

GIGS CRYSTAL FIGHTERS: £17.50, 7pm, Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Plus support.

DOOMSQUAD: £8, 7.30pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. The trio create experimental dance music.

FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES: 7.30pm, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311.

STAGE BLEEDING HEARTS CLUB: 8pm, donoation on the door, Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, Brighton. Leave this increasingly trippy reality behind

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TUESDAY GIGS BRIAN FALLON & THE CROWES: 7.30pm, £22, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311. Performing songs from his debut solo album Painkillers. Support from Dead Swords (Alex Rosamilia of The Gaslight Anthem playing solo).

IT IT ANITA: 7.30pm, Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. Plus support. Tickets at www.wegottickets. com.

MATTHEW & ME: Free, 8pm, Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, Brighton. South Devon alt-folk duo Matthew and Me, release their new single ‘Joy’, the first to be taken from their latest.

MICHAEL BALL AND ALFIE BOE: £55-£75, 7.30pm, Brighton Centre, 0844 8471515. Two legends of the stage together for the first time.

NATIVE PEOPLE: £5, 7.30pm, Kome-

STAGE ANTARCTICA: £10, 7.30pm, Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. With Chris Dobrowolski.

LADY CHATERLEY’S LOVER: £17.50£20.40, 7.45pm, until Nov 19 (Thurs/ Sat mat 2.30pm), Theatre Royal, Brighton, 0844 871 7650.

WEDNESDAY COMEDY NISH KUMAR: £12-£14, 8pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout the Words Real Loud.

STAND UP AND SLAM: £5-£8, 8pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street,

Brighton, 0845 293 8480. Stand-up comedy and poetry.

THURSDAY GIGS CRYSTAL CASTLES: 7.30pm, £16.50, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, 01273 673311.

MARTIN HARLEY: £13.50, 7.30pm, Komedia, 0845 293 8480. Plus guests.

PAPERCUTTING WORKSHOP: 6pm8pm, Maple Cafe, 19 Chatham Place, Brighton, www.silvinapapercutting. eventbrite.co.uk. Are you looking to explore your artistic side and develop a new practical skill? Papercutting might be for you. This is a fastgrowing trend and a great way of creating designs to brighten up your home, create decorations for special occasions or make personal gifts for friends and family. Info: silvina. design@gmail.com, www.silvinadevita.com.

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Banter, burlesque and magic at Lena Mae’s risqué variety show Review

Emily Turner

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Hundred Watt Club, The Old Market, November 5 Old-school mischief and timeless raunchiness collide at the Hundred Watt Club.

Lena Mae Lenman’s variety and burlesque cabaret is always a crowd-pleaser – the November 5 show was the second Club I’ve attended this year and I’m making plans to hit the next one in March.

I love a variety show, particularly a burlesque club – high energy and interactive, these events always leave you with a buzz.

Held at The Old Market, this month’s show was hosted by vintage singer Lili La Scala.

Characterised by a large, grey, sparkly bouffant, a penchant for the risqué, and the use of the term ‘darlings’

The Hundred Watt Club team from the November show

at least once in any given sentence, Lili kept the crowd’s energy high in between acts.

The appropriately named Didi Derriere opened the Club with a classic burlesque dance, and returned later with a perfect cabaret interpretation of Madonna’s ‘Vogue’ dance.

Griffin and Jones, the selfdescribed ‘award winning idiots’ of slapdash magic, kept the banter fast and off-the-wall

while performing their sleightof-hand and escapology tricks for the audience, who they occasionally roped in to read minds or help strap them into straightjackets. Their jiggerypokery kept the audience both impressed and laughing.

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Stetson-wearing, poncho-clad performer led two whipcracking, gun-slinging, knifethrowing performances with astonishing skill and style.

A final shout-out has to go to Rubyyy Jones. ‘Stage presence’ doesn’t quite do Rubyyy justice – she’s hilarious, bold, high-octane brilliance. She had quite the following in the audience on the night, calling out her name in anticipation of her entrance, stage right.

Her final act, and the performance that stuck with me after the Club finished, started with a dance/lip sync rendition of ‘I Feel Pretty’, Maria’s iconic tune from West Side Story. True to form, the flower hair clips and bright tutu soon got stripped away and Rubyyy launched into what is best described as a social justice rant set to music.

The aggressive drums of The Gossip’s indie classic ‘Standing in the Way of Control’ were

spliced with audio clips from the notorious online video ‘Potty-Mouthed Princesses Drop F-Bombs For Feminism’.

In this video, wage inequality, high levels of sexual assault and female objectification are addressed in a barrage of verbal anger, and juxtaposed with the outspoken feminist Beth Ditto’s song about resisting LGBT+ inequality, Ruby certainly creative a powerful and exhilarating – and occasionally hilarious – performance.

If the rest of the Hundred Watt Club served up vintage naughtiness and enduring smuttiness, then Ruby certainly brought the modern inspiration for civil disobedience.

Hats – and corsets – off to Lena Mae for an excellent night of entertainment.

The Hundred Watt Club returns to Brighton on March 10, 2017.

Post-punk heroes play innovative new album Music

Family Ents present The Pop Group and guests at Komedia, Brighton, on Tuesday, November 15.

Spokeswoman Kairen Kemp said: “Legendary post-punk provocateurs The Pop Group will be performing their new studio album Honeymoon On Mars on a seven-date UK tour in November, following its release on October 28.”

She continued: “The Pop Group upheld their reputation for incendiary spectacle during last year’s extensive worldwide tour, which witnessed performances in Japan, Australia, United States and Europe, as well as emphatic gigs on home turf, including Banksy’s Dismaland.

For tickets to this gig call 0845 293 8480.

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Food and Drink

By Tom Flint

A fab new addition to the city’s seafront dining scene Brighton Harbour Hotel, 64 King’s Rd, Brighton BN1 1NA www.brighton-harbour-hotel.co.uk

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Quality ingredients in Fruits de Mer

By Philippa Kelly

brightonbakery@yahoo.co.uk

Brighton Bakery

100% VEGAN

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The Jetty

e’ve got pretty much everything in Brighton when it comes to places to eat, drink and sleep. With a huge variety of venues, it is easy to see why the city is one of the top leisure and tourism in the country. This appeal has not passed unnoticed as the city attracts more and more business into its midst further boosting its appeal.

A recent addition that is aiming high in its ambitions is the Harbour Hotel.

Situated on Brighton’s iconic seafront, with panoramic coastal views, the location could not be more perfect. Aiming to be the top hotel in the city it incorporates a luxury spa and will feature Brighton’s very first rooftop infinity pool in 2017. The hotel also boasts a stylish cocktail and lounge bar, the HarBAR, and an award winning restaurant called The Jetty. Given that this is a food column, these last two are where my attention will be focussed.

I have paid the HarBAR numerous visits in recent months and I must say that their cocktail menu is one of the best in the city. This claim is backed up by their recent win at the 2016 Brighton Bartender awards for Best New Bar. With some of the city’s top mixologists on hand to create whatever your heart desires it is a definite destination bar.

I’ve worked my way through a selection of the menu from classic martinis and gin fizz, through to their smoked salt negroni and “Apples & Bees”; which is a great calvados-based cocktail. The bar is a place to while away a few hours taking in the views and the atmosphere. There is a relaxed and upmarket feel to the space, and the bar staff are extremely friendly and attentive.

The Jetty restaurant is situated within the same space as the bar making for a simple transition from drinks to dinner.

Bakery Bulletin

A main course of skate wing created food envy

Given the name of both the hotel and restaurant you will not be surprised that they specialise in the bounty of sea and river. For those who are not keen on our fishy friends you will also find vegetarian and land based proteins on offer.

There are a number of dining options to choose from based on the time of day of your visit or whether you want to go a la carte or with a set menu. This can be a little daunting but the waiting staff are more than happy to go through the options with you. Some of the set menu and lunch/ early evening offers represent excellent value so it is well worth looking into these.

We kick off proceedings by sharing a cold fruits de mer and some cockle popcorn with malt vinegar dressing. If you’ve never had cockle popcorn you need to put that right immediately. The Jetty’s offering is as fine as you will find and the malt vinegar dressing adds a classic chippie feel; although they get a little soggy towards the bottom so eat them quick.

The fruits de mer looks the part with all the usual suspects in attendance. The main thing that strikes me with this is the quality of the ingredients used. Large juicy mussels of the like I’ve not had in a while sit alongside a firm pan fried shrimp and beautifully fresh oyster. Potted crab

and shrimp are both rich and luscious, with silky smooth smoked salmon and a perfectly cooked scallop to boot. The only weak point is some slightly tough squid in what is a lovely selection of seafood.

For my main I opt for the stone bass with creamed leeks and bacon which comes with a mini shellfish pie on the side.

I add a side order of sautéed courgette with tomato and chilli for some extra greens.

My dining companions Nick and Andrew decide on whole plaice and the skate wing with caper sauce from the “Catch of the day” menu. We go for a bottle of the 2013 Trimbach Riesling to go with the mains which I have to say is one of the best white wines I’ve had in some time.

My stone bass is a solid and enjoyable plate of food with the highlight being the shellfish pie that adds a luxurious feel to the dish. My only criticism is that it feels a little bit safe, I think they could be a little bolder with the flavours. The other mains look fantastic and Andrew waxes lyrical about his skate, which I admit I had some food envy at the sight of.

I cannot resist a dessert after perusing the rather wonderful options. I settle on the most over the top sounding; the Espresso Martini sabayon. I feel immediately like a child when this ostentatious dessert is placed before me.

Grinning, I barely speak a word until it is gone. Most people would probably be defeated by this, and indeed Nick was, but I could’ve done another.

The Harbour hotel has certainly got a number of things right in its quest for Brighton glory. The bar is a great place to meet with friends and enjoy a few quality drinks and The Jetty has a great menu and utilises quality ingredients. The prices are at the higher end of the scale, but there are some fantastic deals available and the food is on par with other restaurants within the same bracket.

The Jetty is well worth a visit and is a top addition to the city.

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

’m getting married today. Literally, today. As long as you’re reading this on the actual day it’s printed, then today is my wedding day. I know you don’t care, and I’ll take that and raise you a big fat I don’t care that you don’t care.

In Ancient Rome, the groom would break a loaf of bread over his bride’s head. In a sweeping statement that proves the falsity of the horseriding scare-story, it signified the “breaking of the bride’s virginal state and the subsequent dominance of the groom over her”. Those pesky Romans and their chauvinism had inadvertently invented the wedding cake, yet also destroyed their bride’s most treasured asset. No, not her independence or womanhood or anything quite so melodramatic; her hair, silly.

In medieval England, wedding cakes were stacked as high as possible, and the idea was that if the bride and groom were able to successfully kiss each other over the top of the cake pile then their relationship would flourish. Yet more proof that it’s not what you do with it that counts; size really does matter. Height, people, I’m referring to height.

A wedding cake used to be called a Bride’s Pie. In the 17th century, the bride would cut and serve her pie to all the guests. It was considered very rude not to accept the offer of a bite of her pie. Inside the groom’s portion of pie, the bride would hide a ring which would symbolise her acceptance of his proposal. Bit late for that if they’re already eating the cake. And really awkward if the groom doesn’t find a ring. Worse than that, the bride would place a glass ring inside one of the maiden’s portions, and that was the old fashioned version of the tossing of the bridal bouquet. If I’d known I could put shards of glass in their food, I’d have invited many more people to my reception.

Eventually, Bride’s Pie adopted the less innuendo-ridden title of Bride’s Cake.

There used to also be a Groom’s Cake (it was smaller and brown. No, really) but then everyone realised that a wedding has nothing to do with the groom, so his cake died out and Bride’s Cake became Wedding Cake .

When Queen Victoria iced her cake in white icing, we all started saying royal icing.

When Prince Leopold, the Duke of Albany married in 1882, he commissioned the first ever totally edible wedding cake. What were they eating before? Think crude pillars made of broomsticks covered in icing and you’re there. Back in the day - the really disgusting day - bridesmaids would keep their portion of wedding cake under their pillow in the hope that they’d find Mr Right.

Before doing so, they’d pass their piece of cake through the bride’s wedding ring.

Put the cake down and back away from my family heirloom, you skank.

I’m not having a wedding cake. I’m having a deconstructed banoffee pie with a chocolate soil and banana foam. 64 degrees is making it. Again, you not caring doesn’t bother me. Happy Wedding Day to me! I love you, Mr Halpin xxx

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TENNIS racket-Dunlop, good cond., £12 includes KEYBOARD with multi 28 tennis balls, used STRONGLY built cycling functions, stand, manual, machine, as new, hardly charger / adapter, ex. once. Felpham 01243 used, £50 01903 731274 cond, £60. 01243 820017 870466 motorbike HONDA jacket as new large size with armour, £40. Bognor 01243 827678 KENWOOD Prospero machine/processor/liquid balance 854 NEW iser/citrus press Exellent Boats' women's trainers size 6 x condition £80 Tel 01403 'CLASSIC two pairs, new £50 for magazine, 50+ copies, £1 730367. per copy, mint cond. both pairs. 07807626988 HALOGEN oven large 07751 587767 SEAT METAL three with all accessoies £10.

Chichester 01243 527090 CLASSIC Car magazine, legged as a shooting Autosport magazine, four stick. £2 - 01403 242981. boxes 1980 1990, any offers. 01903 717621

KITCHENS

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

LADIES CLOTHES

DUFFLE coat, camel from M&S, one year old, size 8, £40 ono. 01243 788622 ITALIAN navy and gold embossed superb leather handbag, perfect cond., £95. 01243 774725 DRESS chinese satin brand new, size 18, £5.

Bognor 01243 827678

NON FICTION BOOKS

ROCKING horse Mamas & Papas, L43" x H32", £35. 01243 866061

TEDDY Bears, large, good condition, £5 each, PERSIAN painting , gold 01903 771113 framed, very detailed, decorative, 65cm x 90cm £99 01903 810424

PLANTS & SHRUBS

FRIDGES & FREEZERS

TOYS & GAMES

ANNABELLE dressed dolls for sale, £10 each, CHINESE PRINTS outfits only £5 each.

'Horse' by Zhao Fu 1254- 01243 530488 1322 23"x14", 'Girl delux Goatherder' 16"x27" DOLLS large nicely framed. £45 - pushchair £40, doll plus extras, £10.

01243 01403 249213.

827678 VICTORIAN OIL IN DOLLS HOUSE large, period gilt frame pink with furniture. Good d e p i c t i n g condition. £50 - 01273 E l i z a b e t h i a n / Tu d o r 831097 (Albourne). homes by W.H. Spokes. £45 - 01403 249213.

ROCKING HORSE wooden, old fashioned PAINTING cottage scene style , suit 2-4 year olds, with garden and trees, £5. Tel 01444 235212.

28" x 24" framed, £20, (cost £95). Felpham. ROLLY pedal tractors 01243 870466 with trailer, one large, £55, one small, £38, good PAINTING framed, cond., 01243 573461 superb coastal scene, W41" x H21", £18 (cost COSY COUPE car £5, £85). Felpham 01243 Little Tikes seesaw £5.

01403 822771.

870466

CAT FLAP new, large PINE nest of tables, £10 NEW shirts, short / long size. Microchip and lockable suitablitlity. £40 01903 731274 sleeves, size XL, 9 for - 01273 812102 evenings BEECH VENEER desk £15.

Bognor 01243 please.

W1600 x D800 x H760.

827678 Free to collector. 01903 742814 (call guardian will NEW trousers x two intercept). pairs, size 38/40, beige colour, £10 for both.

GARAGE DOOR cedar Bognor 01243 827678 wood, vertical up & over, 2424 x 2194, like new, MEN'S XXL clothes, ex. JUBAEA Chilensis palm £100 bargain. 01243 condition, some brand in large pot, 4ft tall, good 531667 / 07805671976 healthy plant, £40, new. 01243 264716 FROST FREE fridge with Trithrinax Campestris glass shelves, D560 x GREENHOUSE GLASS palm in pot, £25. Large W550 x H840, must be 24" x 24" cleaned, ten Cacti £40 01903 810424 seen, £65 ono. 01243 sheets, £1.50 per sheet, can deliver locally.

266583 PALMS JUBAEA MENS HUSH PUPPIES Barnham 01243 552466 Black Casual Shoes 9 1/2 CHILENSIS in large pot Trithrinax new, Cost £95. Bargain £40. £60 Can deliver 01323 Campestris in pot £25.

Large Cacti £40.

01903 847216 810424

VELETTA W/MOUNTED electric fire, various settings 90cm w x 56cm KITCHEN /bar table for h x 9.5cm d £65. Tel stools, dia 60cm with 01403 240588 adjustable height, black, chrome pedestal.

07887870586

FOR SALE

LADIES CLOTHES

MENS CLOTHES

GALVANISED SHEEP STYLE HURDLES Four x large CHINESE 6' x 3', Three small 3' x 3' CURIO CABINET wall mounted, Rosewood, suit £50. Tel 01293 871259 collector for display.

36"x22"x4". £45 - 01403 249213.

DIMPLEX log effect, electric stove heater, VGC, black with 2 heat settings, W50cm x H59cm x D31cm, £40 01903 851103

FURNITURE GENERAL

LAMP TABLE with drawer, pine, H45cm x LADIES CROCS size 5 55cm sq, £10. 01243 Fresail style as classic but neater mid blue worn ONE 6FT xmas tree with 790213 once £20 Tel 01293 100 lights. Boxed, from LOVELY SOLID 532817.

Wilko's, bought last year. coffee table WOODEN £20 ono - 07790 260303.

62" x 19" x 18" VGC £30 SKETCHERS LADIES shoes, style 22468, size 4 SEASON affected 01273 832932 (small). Black, like new, disorder daylight lamp, S.A.D. brand new, £25 MAHOGANY glass door boxed. £30 ono - 01798 bookcase with cupboard 873083.

01903 726167 below, good cond., £80.

SEED TRAYS extra large 01243 607988 and strong, 16" x 11" x MAHOGANY coffee 3", £1 each. 01243 table, 45 x 95 x 54H great 583594 GENTS shirts, trs, hugo condition £20 boss, polo, ralph laren, A THULE roof bars with 01903 520406 & F, Aubin Wells, Diesel, keys to fit roof rails £30. OLD FRENCH cupboard all exc. cond. £5 and £10.

Chichester 01243 base approx. 67"L 24" W Tel 07772779604.

948666/ 07722480610 34" H three doors two yellow HONDA ANVIL small 16½ inches shelves Tel 01435 864081 motorbike jacket winter, but weighs a ton! £50. DINING table and chairs, perfect cond., size large, Arundel 01243 555673 dark wood, £40 matching £20.

Bognor 01243 827678 BLACK electric stove, unit £35. 01243 266038 new, hardly used, £35 EXCELLENT glass tiered MEN'S Dunn & Co winter ono 01903 731274 TV stand bargain £30. mac, size 38/40 as new, Chichester 01243 781856 £5.

Bognor 01243 PAIR leather motorcycle gauntlet gloves, large size TABLE round chip with 827678 £4. 01243 583594 cloth, good condition, £5 MOTORCYCLE jacket 01903 771113 black, 42/44 new unworn, PINE dresser and circular great present, £20. 01243 table £60. 01243 266038 827597

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SKIWEAR mens medium black salopettes, anorak, gloves, overtrousers, m u l t i c o l o u r e d 'BOOK OF BUTTONS' windcheater. £30 - 01403 coloured £5 - 01273 265202.

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JODHPURS size 32" EXPLORING BRITAIN'S long, excellent condition, Canals - Paul Atterbury Never used, £5 01903 771113 £5 - 01273 890041.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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PUBLIC NOTICES BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL

FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES.

PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) REGULATIONS 1990 The following applications involving or affecting the setting of Listed Buildings or affecting the character of a Conservation Area were registered during week ending 06/11/16 BH2016/05295 10 Norfolk Street Brighton Full Planning Replacement of timber windows with UPVC windows and replacement of timber door with composite door.

BH2016/05583 21A – 21B Bedford Place Brighton Full Planning Demolition of existing two storey retail unit (A1) and erection of four storey building comprising of 2no three bedroom maisonettes with work space, 3no two bedroom flats and 2no one bedroom flats (C3).

BH2016/05654 Flat 2 70 Brunswick Place Hove Removal or Variation of Condition Application for variation of condition 2 of BH2014/0289 (Demolition of existing timber framed structure and erection of single storey extension to rear at ground floor level) to allow amendments to approved drawings.

BH2016/05688 1-4 Marine Parade Brighton Advertisement Display of 2no internally illuminated hanging signs, 2no internally illuminated other signs and 1no non illuminated fascia sign.

BH2016/05770 Holy Trinity Church Blatchington Road Hove Listed Building Consent Internal and external alterations including installation of internal cladding, removal of brick piers to boundary treatment, changes to hard landscaping and installation of security gates in association with conversion of the church into medical practice.

BH2016/05784 70 St Georges Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent Erection of single storey rear extension, formation of balustraded roof terrace over first floor flat roof and revised fenestration.

BH2016/05814 & BH2016/05815 5 Powis Villas Brighton Listed Building Consent & Householder Planning Consent Installation of solar panels to flat roof areas.

BH2016/05825 Flat 2 21 Chesham Place Brighton Householder Planning Consent Installation of external gas pipe.

BH2016/05829 6B Tongdean Road Hove Householder Planning Consent Erection of two storey side extension with roof alterations incorporating dormers and rooflights to front and rear elevations.

BH2016/05831 9 Selborne Road Hove Householder Planning Consent Installation of handrail to front steps.

BH2016/05833 Holy Trinity Church Blatchington Road Hove Advertisement Display of internally-illuminated and non-illuminated fascia signs.

BH2016/05834 Holy Trinity Church Blatchington Road Hove Listed Building Consent Display of illuminated and non-illuminated signage in association with the conversion of the church into medical practice.

BH2016/05835 Holy Trinity Church Blatchington Road Hove Full Planning Installation of external condenser unit to pharmacy building that is associated with conversion of the church into a medical practice.

BH2016/05836 Holy Trinity Church Blatchington Road Hove Listed Building Consent Installation of external condenser unit to pharmacy building that is associated with conversion of the church into a medical practice.

BH2016/05854 20 Victoria Terrace Hove Full Planning Partial conversion of existing retail unit (A1) into one bedroom flat (C3) at ground floor level.

BH2016/05858 33 Westbourne Villas Hove Full Planning Creation of 1no two bedroom flat at second floor level, creation of front dormer and installation of front rooflights and rear window.

BH2016/05866 22-23 St Georges Road Brighton Advertisement Display of internally illuminated fascia signs and projecting sign and non-illuminated fascia sign and wall mounted panel.

BH2016/05874 9 Second Avenue Hove Full Planning Installation of handrails to entrance steps.

BH2016/05877 13 West Hill Street Brighton Householder Planning Consent Erection of single storey rear infill extension.

BH2016/05892 88 - 92 Church Road Hove Advertisement Display of illuminated fascia sign, 2no externally illuminated hanging signs, 2no non-illuminated signs.

BH2016/05898 2A Regency Mews Brighton Full Planning Conversion of existing offices/workshop (B1) to 1no three bedroom dwelling (C3) with associated alterations.

You can view the application on the Council website www.brighton hove.gov.uk/planning applications Any representations should be made in writing to the Planning and Building Control Applications Manager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of this notice, quoting the application number.

Please note that all representations received will be open for public inspection and late representations may not be considered.

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Property Contact: cliff.palmer@jpress.co.uk or 01903 283350

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Buying a second home

Buyers can still achieve a good yield from the right properties, writes Kirsty McLuckie

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uying a second home has become a lot more expensive this year.

In April the governmentintroducedtaxchanges meaning those purchasing anadditionalproperty–whether to let out or to use as a holiday home – will have to pay an additional tax on the purchase price.

An extra three per cent is a hefty sum to hand over to the Exchequer, and after the rush in sales to get deals completed before the tax was applied, the market in certain types of property went quiet.

But Mark Hayward, MD of the National Association of Estate Agents, says that after a somewhat turbulent year for second home buyers, activity is now returning as investors see that such circumstances could make this a good time to buy.

He says: “We know that in terms of buy-to-let investing, it isstillanattractiveproposition.

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“Ourfiguresshowthatthere are ten tenants for every property advertised for rent and the undersupply of good rental accommodation is not going to be solved any time soon.”

He says in comparison to recordlowinterestratespaidin savings accounts, cash buyers can achieve a good yield from the right properties, although capital gains should no longer be relied upon.

“Many people are investing in property for the income and notdependingonpricerisesfor a profit.”

In terms of what to buy, if a second property is purely for investment then Hayward says it can often pay to look outside your local area to see where you

Coastal property can make for a sound holiday let investment

might get the best returns.

“For example, there are good markets in large universitytownsacrosstheUKforstudent properties.”

He says that warning signs for a location include a smaller town with one primary employer.

“Ifanythinghappenstoabig company in a small town, the economy can be devastated.”

Instead, he recommends househunting in good commuter locations.

Not all investors will see a second property as purely a business purchase however.

An increasing number of thoselookingforasecondhome are considering the holiday letting market hoping to use it themselves for weekends away, while making it pay the rest of the time.

Hayward says: “If you are looking at the holiday market, then think coastal, or an established holiday area such as the Lake District.”

Cornwall, rural Wales and the Highlands of Scotland also have huge numbers of tourists – but Miles Shipside of Rightmove says that second home buyers need to work out exactly what it is they want their purchase to do before deciding where to buy.

“If you are fortunate enough to be able to afford exactly what you want, with a view to letting it out occasionally to offset costs, then you can please yourself.

“But if you need the income from holiday lets, then it may be too difficult to suit yourself

and your family while trying to appeal to tourists.

“You have to be really clear about why you are purchasing and not get carried away with idyllic cottages.”

He says such runaway enthusiasm instead of pragmatism can lead to problems. “You don’t want to be stuck, for instance, with an older property, a long way from where you live, which costs a lot of time and money to maintain but doesn’t attract holidaymakers.”

Themostsuccessfulholiday cottages are in areas with an established tourist market, easily accessible – within a couple of hour’s drive – of major population centres.

Withpricesacrosstheboard still sluggish because of the effects of the tax changes and the reaction to Brexit, Shipside believes that now is a good time to consider a second property purchase. “Sellers are being realisticandmanyarepreparedto negotiate on price.”

Mum sells up after being smacked on bottom by ghost It might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But a ‘For sale’ sign has been hoisted on a former medieval prison by a mum who says she got smacked on the bottom there by a ghost.

Owner Vanessa Mitchell, 43, told Zoopla the incident happened while she was getting ready for work alone at the haunted property in St Osyth, Essex.

She explained: “I was bending over the sink brushing my teeth and something gave me a

smack. It wasn’t a tap - I got hit so hard. A smash! I screamed and the toothpaste went everywhere.”

She also claimed to have seen numerous ghosts, been mysteriously pushed over while eight months’ pregnant with her son Jesse, now 8, and found blood splattered across the floor in broad daylight.

And just last week, the ghostly vision of a satanic goat was spotted roaming around on a CCTV camera. The goat is

considered by some to represent the Devil.

Tragedy, suicide and death have reportedly plagued owners and residentsof thecottage, dubbed The Cage, over the past 400 years.

It was once home to the notorious witch, Ursula Kemp, who was hanged in 1582 for witchcraft.

Mitchell bought the cottage in 2004 for £148,000, unaware of its reputation as one of England’s most haunted homes.

And the paranormal activity started almost immediately, with taps running, doors slamming, and the sound of women whispering and footsteps upstairs.

She lived at The Cage for three years - until the ghost of a man appeared standing close to her son’s cot. It was the final straw and she moved out.

Mitchell said: “In the end, I was living in the upstairs bedroom. I was confined there for the last six months with my

baby son.”

The two-bedroom cottage comprises two reception rooms, kitchen, entrance lobby and cloakroom.

The kitchen window looks outontoCoffinAlley,whichwas used many years ago to bring dead bodies from the church to the cemetery.

Sinceshe moved out, Mitchell has hired The Cage out for paranormal investigations from 6pm until 2am. And there are also tours for visitors in the

relative safety of daylight.

Selling agent Lawrence Antony Homes said it was “a unique opportunity to purchase this well-known cottage as a place of residence or business investment”.

The Cage has a £269,000 price tag for those that dare...

Mitchell said: “That house is so haunted. I don’t know a human being that would put themselves through it unless they wanted it as a business.”

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Just Lets

01273 208020 www.justlets.co.uk | info@justlets.co.uk 87 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BB

Brunswick Place, Hove £900 PCM

Kingsway, Hove £900 PCM

Woodland Avenue, Hove £2,300 PCM

■ One bedroom, refurbished building 2014 ■ Central Hove minutes walk to City Centre ■ Very high standard throughout ■ Available 14/11/16

■ A large one bedroom flat, Hove Seafront ■ Large open plan kitchen and lounge with oblique sea views ■ The rooms are of a neutral décor and carpeted throughout ■ Available Now!

■ Newly modernised three bedroom family home ■ Located in a much favoured area of Hove ■ The main feature of the house being the huge private rear garden ■ Available Now!

York Road, Hove £995 PCM

Tivoli Crescent North, Brighton £1,600 PCM

Third Avenue, Hove £1,600 PCM

■ Newly modernised LGF, own entrance ■ Convenient city centre location adjacent to Western Road ■ Two level private patio ■ Available Now!

■ Spacious three bedroom with spectacular open views over Brighton ■ Charming garden perfect for entertaining in the summer months ■ Modernised throughout with a touch of the key period features ■ Available Now!

■ Extremely high standard luxury two bedroom LGF flat ■ Currently under redecorated and modernization ■ Two large double bedrooms both with fitted storage ■ Available Now!

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The Drive, Hove £900 PCM

Springfield Road, Brighton £875 PCM

Bristol Gardens, Brighton £1,700 PCM

■ One bedroom newly redecorated TF apartment ■ Grade II listed building in a popular area of Central Hove ■ Bright open plan lounge and kitchen area

■ TFF large one bedroom flat, GFCH ■ Located a few minutes' walk from London Road Station ■ TO BE FITTED a NEW kitchen with space for a washing machine

■ Brand new three bedroom house in central Brighton ■ Extremely high quality, GFCH, DG ■ Patio doors leading to the private patio area

With interest rates still at an all time low, have you considered purchasing property and entering the rental market? We can guide you into buying in the right locations and point you in the right direction with local financial advisors. Please contact us today! All rents quoted exclude other charges/fees which may be payable. For more information please contact us on 01273 208020

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www.maslen.co.uk Open until 8pm every Thursday

New to the market

New price

SCHOOL ROAD

MEDINA PLACE

£260,000 Share Of Freehold

Offers in excess of £500,000 Freehold

● Split Level Maisonette

● 3 Bedroom House

● 3 Bedrooms

● Close to Hove Seafront

● West Facing Garden

● Single Garage

● No Onward Chain. EPC: D66.

● Courtyard Garden, EPC: C76.

Call Hove Office 01273 321000

Call Hove Office 01273 321000

FARM HILL £410,000 Freehold A CHARACTER PROPERTY IN NORTH WOODINGDEAN IS A RARE FIND....A good size three bedroom semi detached family home with a garage and private off road parking with a lovely rear garden. Energy Rating D64.

Call Woodingdean Office 01273 278866

STANFORD AVENUE

GRANTHAM ROAD

£895,000 Freehold

£625,000 Freehold

● 4 large double bedrooms

● Three double bedrooms

● Wealth of period features

● Popular location

● Substantial Victorian home

● Spacious accommodation

● South aspect rear garden, EPC D57.

● NO ONWARD CHAIN, EPC E53.

Call Fiveways Office 01273 566777

Call Fiveways Office 01273 566777

“David Maslen Estate Agents - Experts in everything we do” New to the market

Cash Buyers Only

WHIPPINGHAM ROAD

DEWE ROAD

FALMER ROAD

KIPLING AVENUE

£480,000 Freehold

£330,000 Freehold

£125,000 Leasehold

Offers in excess of £390,000 Freehold

● Smart 4 double bedroom house

● 2 bed terraced house

● Patio Terrace Garden

● 3 bedroom family home

● 25'5 lounge/dining room, 18’7 kitchen

● Lounge, dining area and kitchen /bf room

● 1 Bedroom Top Floor Flat

● Good size garden, private drive to garage

● Polished floor boards, open fireplace

● Bathroom, gas heating

● Close to Local Shops and Bus Stop

● Views towards the Downs

● Bathroom & en suite shower room. EPC C69

● Sash windows, c40' garden. EPC D59

● Off Road Parking EPC D63.

● NO ONWARD CHAIN EPC: D64

Call Lewes Road Office 01273 677001

Call Lewes Road Office 01273 677001

Call Woodingdean Office 01273 278866

Call Woodingdean Office 01273 278866

See all our current property listings at: www.maslen.co.uk LEWES ROAD 01273 677001 • WOODINGDEAN 01273 278866 • CHURCH ROAD 01273 321000 • FIVEWAYS 01273 566777

Motors

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Mid Sussex Times brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk

BRIGHTON & HOVE

Classic Lamborghini up for sale by staff reporter

Preparing for its final classic car auction of the year, specialist auction house Silverstone Auctions is offering more than 120 highly collectible cars in its sale at the Classic Motor Show, at the NEC, Birmingham this weekend (12/13 November).

International classic car enthusiasts and collectors

looking to take advantage of favourable exchange rates may be tempted by a number of significant left-hand drive cars on offer in the auction.

Headlining the sale is a stunning 1981 Lamborghini Countach LP400 S, estimated at between £350,000 and £400,000. This Series II example is one of just 105 cars built by the factory. It was purchased by the current vendor from Italy in 2014 and has just completed a superb restoration to original specification.Alsoonofferisatruly amazing and world class 1957

Porsche Speedster, estimated at between £280,000 and £320,000. The highly correct 356AT1Speedsterwithcoachwork by Reutter has spent most of its life in Colorado before being returned to the UK in 1996.

Apart from the large service and history file, it is supplied with fitted luggage, a ‘Concours’ tool kit, and its originaljackandowner’smanual. This magnificent, matching numbers, Speedster will suit the needs of an enthusiast seeking a highly collectable classic that can be shown

with pride or put to full use on the road. Above all, a Speedster is a simple and pure expression of the classic sports car, a delight to both drive and to admire.

A very special 1964 Chevrolet Corvette ‘Sting Ray’ C2 Coupé,purchasednewbysenior vice president of Gulf Oil Corporation, Grady Davis, is estimatedatbetween£55,000 and £65,000. Other American classics available include a 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback, estimated at £26,000 to £30,000, and a 1965 Ford Thunderbird.

THE NEW ALFA MITO & GIULIETTA AVAILABLE WITH 0 % APR REPRESENTATIVE. Now is the perfect opportunity to fuel your passion for style & Performance with 0% APR Representative available on both the New Alfa MiTo & Giulietta this autumn. Both feature a new sporty exterior with the distinctive honeycomb grille & beautifully crafted Italian interiors. Discover the New Alfa MiTo three-door at £169 per month with £1,600 Deposit Contribution ^ or the Alfa Giulietta five-door for only £199 per month with £2,500 Deposit Contribution.^^ Book a test drive today.

PDH CARS LTD LONDON ROAD, HASSOCKS, WEST SUSSEX BN6 9NZ. TEL: 01273 845544 WWW.PDHCARS.COM

Models shown are New Alfa MiTo 875cc TB TwinAir 105 hp incl. metallic paint at £475, OTR £15,135 & Alfa Giulietta 1.4 TB 120 hp at £19,225 OTR incl. metallic paint at £525. Range of official fuel consumption figures for the Alfa MiTo & Giulietta range: Urban 29.7 – 64.2 mpg (9.5 – 4.4 I/100km); Extra Urban 54.3 – 97.4 mpg (5.2 – 2.9 I/100km); Combined 41.5 – 80.7 mpg (6.8 – 3.5 I/100km). CO 2 emissions 157 – 90 g/km. Fuel consumption and CO2 figures are obtained for

comparative purposes in accordance with EC directives/regulations and may not be representative of real-life driving conditions. ^Customer deposit is £1,710. Optional Final Payment is £3,882. Contract Term is 48 months. Offer available on New Alfa MiTo 875cc TB TwinAir 105 hp incl. metallic paint at £475 between 1st October and end of December 2016. ^^Customer deposit is £1,999. Optional Final Payment is £5,373. Contract Term is 48 months. Offer available on Alfa Giulietta 1.4 TB 120 hp incl. metallic paint at £525 registered between 1st October and end of December 2016. Alfa Deposit Contribution only available in conjunction with Alfa Romeo Preferenza PCP. With Alfa Romeo Preferenza you may return the vehicle instead of making the final payment. It must be in good condition and if you exceed the agreed annual mileage, you will be charged 6p per mile for exceeding 6,000 miles p.a in this example. Subject to status.

Guarantees may be required. Ts&Cs apply. At participating Dealers only. We work with a number of creditors including Alfa Romeo Financial Services. Alfa Romeo Financial Services, PO BOX 4465, Slough, SL1 0RW. We reserve the right to change any offer without prior notification.

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MOTORING/ROAD TEST

LEXUS RX450H F SPORT

Perfect for:

A car of distinction

Buyers who want a large luxury SUV without the associated running costs

Steve Teale finds the latest luxury SUV from Japan making a name for itself

ALTERNATIVES

Another luxury 4x4? That’s just what the motoring world needs now on top of Range Rover, Audi Q7, BMW X5, VolvoXC90andInfinitiQX70,not to mention contenders from Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and others.

But wait. Before you dismiss the Lexus as just another ‘yummy mummy’ chariot, think again.

TheLexusRX450hisactually a very advanced piece of machinery. It is a hybrid SUV powered by a 3.5-litre petrol engine and an electric motor, a rare combination.

It means it can offer the performance of a hot hatch and the economy of a supermini for the size of a Range Rover. Intriguing.

And this is a performance variant, the F Sport, which means it feels more like a sports car than an SUV. It’s not everyone’s cup of

tea, though. While Range Rover and Porsche offer elegance and sexiness respectively, the Lexus is very much aMarmitecar:Youeitherlove it or hate it.

I’mintheformercampbut I can see why some think it’s too outrageous. It’s certainly distinctive with its bold space-age lines which is unusualatatimewhencarsofthis ilk can be dull.

So, can a £50,000 car really be a bargain buy? It’s all relative of course and next to a Range Rover (£75,000) or Porsche Cayenne hybrid (£64,000) it is a bargain, not that anyone ever pays up front for these cars. They are invariably company cars or personal contract plan (PCP) purchases, but the Lexus is still a cost-conscious option.

So, how does it compare?

It is an incredibly easy car to drive. It feels more like a

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For such a well-appointed car,it’seasytogettogripswith.

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Ride and handling is good, too. It doesn’t quite corner like a car, though, but it is impressive.

Lexus, of course, might be a ‘new’ brand but it is an old master at this size of car, having first launched RX in 1998.

Anditwasthefirstinthesector toofferhybridpower,in2005.

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Cup controversy over and done with – Hill PICTURE BY DAVID PILLMAN

Whitehawk Football Club Steve Bailey

steve.bailey@jpress.co.uk Twitter: @SteveBailey67

Whitehawk Football Club boss Richard Hill says Saturday’s FA Cup controversy is now over and done with.

Hawks drew 1-1 at home to Stourbridge in the first round as the referee blew the final whistle a second before Javier Favarel volleyed the ball home from outside the penalty area from a Whitehawk attack.

The replay takes place on Monday evening, with the winners at home to League One Northampton – a club Hill played for in the 1980s – in the second round.

Saturday’s late drama was highlighted on the BBC website and Hill said: “It is what it is and the matter is over and done with now – it’s happened, what can you do about it?

“It was very frustrating as if we’d played for one second longer, we’d have won.

“I’ve seen people’s viewpoints on social media about it and there’s a lot of different opinions but people won’t know their own opinion of what happened until something like that happens to their team.

“The referee blew his whistle, there’s no question about that but the ball was still active and if one more second had been played, we’d be through.

“But I want to put it to bed now and I didn’t even watch

The Fleming sisters all played for Brighton College on Saturday

Family affair for hockey sisters Hockey

Whitehawk celebrate taking the lead in their FA Cup tie with Stourbridge on Saturday

the cup draw on Monday as we’ve still got work to do.

“It’s like an old quiz show at the moment ‘look what you could win’. We’ve still got a job to do and we’re now potentially 120 minutes away from the next round when we were one second away from going through.”

Glen Southam’s stunning strike gave Whitehawk a tenth-minute lead on Saturday but Stourbridge levelled through Dan Scarr seven minutes into the second half.

Favarel’s volley came a second after referee Robert Whitton blew the final whistle, after which Hawks keeper Ross Flitney was shown a red card.

Hawks’ six-game unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end on Tuesday when they lost 4-2 at home to Truro City in National South.

The visitors were 3-0 up, before Paul Reid and Reece Connolly scored either side of a fourth for Truro.

Hill said: “We took a step back as we didn’t play

All-rounder van Zyl signs three-year deal with Sussex Cricket

South African all-rounder Stiaan van Zyl has put pen to paper on a three-year deal with Sussex Cricket.

The 29 year-old will arrive at Hove for the 2017 season after first completing the South African domestic season this winter with Cape Cobras.

Van Zyl, born in Cape Town, has played 12 Test matches for his country and made an unbeaten century on debut in 2014, as South Africa beat the West Indies by an innings and 220 runs at Centurion.

The left-hander has played 131 first-class matches,

scoring almost 8,000 runs in the process, including 18 centuries and averages 42.78.

His medium-pace has also yielded more than 50 wickets in first-class cricket, with a best of five for 32.

Van Zyl said: “I am very excited to be joining such a prestigious club as Sussex and can’t wait to be contributing on and off the field, especially with the youngsters coming through.

“I look forward to scoring plenty of runs and taking plenty of wickets in the new county season and aiming to help Sussex towards silverware next season.”

well and didn’t deserve anything.”

The defeat saw Whitehawk remain 13th in the table and looking ahead to the rest of the season, Hill said: “I said to the players after the Truro game that I will get things right at this football club.

“If they want to be part of it, fine, because they can be and hopefully it will be this season as there’s plenty of games left.

“I’m ambitious and I want us to keep progressing.”

Three sisters made their school’s hockey match a family affair last weekend when they were all chosen to play in the first XI. And just to make the match all the more special, the eldest scored a goal to save the team from defeat.

Brighton College’s Flo Fleming, 18, was delighted to hear she had been picked to play arch rivals Cranleigh School in Surrey on Saturday but even more so when she heard that her younger sister Claudia, 16, would be joining her, despite being two years younger than the rest of the team.

Then they realised that their younger sister Ursula,

15, had also been playing so well that she had been selected too.

Brighton College started withpaceanddetermination but Cranleigh attacked hard.

Brighton had an effort disallowed, before Cranleigh went ahead ten minutes from time.

However, Flo fired a shot home to earn Brighton College a point in the closing stages.

She said: “I was excited to find out that Claudia and I were selected to play in the first team at the start of this season, but to then also play with Ursie was incredible; and to top it all off scoring the goal in the last ten minutes was an unimaginable feeling.”

PICTURE BY GETTY IMAGES

New Sussex signing Stiaan van Zyl

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Albion v Aston Villa in the Championship on Friday, November 18, kick-off 7.45pm

Tickets available at www.seagulls.co.uk or by calling 0844 327 1901

Albion dedicate Robins victory to Knockaert Brighton & Hove Albion

Steve Bailey

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Anthony Knockaert described his team-mates as unbelievable after they travelled to France this week for the funeral of his father.

Knockaert’s father, Patrick, died last Thursday and Brighton’s French winger then missed Albion’s 2-0 win at Bristol City on Saturday.

Steve Sidwell scored a stunning 45-yard lob to give Albion the lead and all of the team then held up Knockaert’s shirt to dedicate the goal to their team-mate, which Knockaert said on Twitter made him cry. Jamie Murphy added a second before the 20-minute mark as the Seagulls remained second in the Championship table.

The Albion players are a tight-knit group and members of the squad not on international duty, along with manager Chris Hughton, travelled to France on Tuesday to support Knockaert and his family at the funeral.

He tweeted afterwards: “I

will never forget that day! The respect of this football club is too much. You are not just my team-mates but my friends forever.

“Coming all the way from England, it’s just unbelievable from them, and my dad had the best tribute ever, he’s so proud of you.

“And thank-you to all @OfficialBHAFC! In my heart forever, best football club ever.

“They give me the power to be where this club has to be.

Road to the Premier League, let’s do it for my dad.”

Speaking after Brighton’s win at the Robins, Seagulls boss Hughton had said: “It’s affected them greatly because Anthony is a very popular player, he’s one that enjoys being around the club and enjoys training.

“He’s never late and is a great professional. The players’ performance showed that this win was dedicated to him, certainly on Siddy’s goal.

“This is an individual that means an awful lot to us, it’s been a tough period for Anthony and the lads felt it for him. They dedicated that goal and win to him.”

PICTURE BY PHIL WESTLAKE (PW SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY)

Albion’s players dedicated Saturday’s win at Bristol City to winger Anthony Knockaert (pictured above)

Netball Thunder up for team award

Defensive dynamos are keeping it tight PICTURE BY PHIL WESTLAKE (PW SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY)

Brighton & Hove Albion

While there is still a long way to go in the season, Brighton’s standing after the first 16 games is impressive to say the least.

Albion and league leaders Newcastle have stood head and shoulders above the rest, both in terms of points and in goal difference.

Scoring more has certainly been a major part of this early success, however the defensive aspect of the Seagulls’ game is as strong as it’s ever been.

The Seagulls have conceded only nine goals – the fewest of all 72 Football League sides – and have kept clean sheets in 11 Championship games.

Some eyebrows may have been raised when the club broke their transfer record to sign Shane Duffy in the summer, but the 24-year old has proved his worth since settling into the starting line-up with Lewis Dunk.

Add in Connor Goldson and Uwe Hunemeier as options from the bench, and you’d be pushed to find a better group of centre halves at any club in the division.

Skipper Bruno has continued where he left off last season, with Gaetan

Bong re-establishing himself at left-backinLiamRosenior’s absence and David Stockdale, once again, has been a steady hand between the sticks.

Recent games against Wigan and Wolves have highlighted how Albion’s defence have and will continue to make the difference in tight contests.

When the goals aren’t flowing as freely, being able to absorb pressure and come away with one-goal wins in games that, on another day, might have ended in a draw, will be crucial to where Albion finish at the end of the season.

BRADLEY STRATTON @BradStrat

Nash to host testimonial T20 game in Horsham PICTURE BY PHIL WESTLAKE (PW SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY)

Cricket

Sussex Thunder Netball Club have been nominated for the Sussex Sports Awards team of the year prize after an outstanding season. After two years of fighting to remain in the National Premier League, the team finished second and in a promotion play-off position last season.

The Sports Awards take place at The Grand Hotel, Brighton, on November 25.

Shane Duffy has impressed since joining Albion in August

Top-class cricket is set to return to Horsham next summer when county stalwart Chris Nash takes a Sussex All-Star XI to play a Horsham Past and Present XI. The T20 match will form part of the former Horsham player and Tanbridge House School pupil’s testimonial year. It’s great news for north Sussex cricket fans as 2016 was only the second time in 34 years that Sussex have not played a match at Horsham.

The Festival of Cricket did not take place this

Sussex batsman Chris Nash has his testimonial year in 2017

year because of financial reasons, linked with a lack of a headline sponsor and limited support from local businesses through

hospitality. However Nash is hopeful that by bringing his testimonial game to the town he can prompt a future return for the regular and popular festival.

He said: “Playing a really big game will be good for the people of Horsham, being able to see Sussex legends in action.

“It will really boost the club and might allow a return of the Horsham Cricket Festival the following year.”

A date for the match is still to be confirmed.

To find out more about Nash’s benefit year, check out www.chrisnash2017.co.uk

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Johnny Cantor

Fighting Talk

Straight from the commentary box

with Brighton boxer Lloyd Ellett

Albion’s respect and togetherness shown across the country

I

t’s certainly been a tumultuous 2016 already on this planet and this week was no different.

Events in the US have certainly shaken the globe. With Brexit in this country, there has also been a pattern of pollsters being proved wrong. The world of sport has also seen the odd upset in the past 18 months, with Leicester taking the biscuit and the Premier League title.

Last weekend’s trip to Bristol City, on November 5, was certainly emotional if not explosive for Brighton. As I began to describe the respectful applause from supporters in the 11th minute for missing Albion winger Anthony Knockaert, who had lost his father in the days preceding, Steve Sidwell not only delivered one of the goals of the season but a perfectlytimed celebration in the 11th minute for The Seagulls’ No 11.

The scenes of respect and togetherness have been captured across the country on network TV channels, as well as by those of us who were there.

Then this week the manager Chris Hughton and the players made the effort to travel to France for the funeral to pay their respects and support their friend.

As anyone who experienced the events at Shoreham last year will remember, the club has much to be proud of and once again Brighton & Hove Albion have shown what many have described as ‘class’.

In the build-up to the game, opposition manager Lee Johnson said the Sussex side were the one for his team and club to emulate on and off the pitch.

He felt City were a few years behind but with a new extended stadium they are hoping to follow in the Seagulls’ footsteps. He is not alone. You might argue that the mid-table clubs in the Championship are historically ‘bigger’ clubs (yes, I hate that description; what does it mean?).

However, fans of Leeds, Derby and Nottingham Forest may feel they have more history at the top level. They may be right. However, they too would like to be where Albion are (second) in the table.

PICTURE BY PHIL WESTLAKE

Steve Sidwell (right) dedicated his goal at Bristol City to Anthony Knockaert

Also this week, League One Rochdale named five-year-old Joshua McCormack on the bench for their 2-1 win at Hartlepool. The youngster was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year and was told it was terminal in September.

After the opening goal, Dale players ran over to the bench to get a shirt with ‘McCormack 55’ printed on it and held it aloft, just as the Seagulls players did.

Whatever the level you play at, there is a right way of doing things and this week we have seen two examples of just that.

As we stand and pay our respects on Remembrance weekend, it’s heartening to see the touching gestures. ‘Let’s do this’? No, ‘Let’s do this right’. Have a great weekend everyone.

Follow all the action, home or away, on BBC Sussex Sport or Twitter: @BBCSussexSport or @johnnycburger To read more by Johnny Cantor, visit www. johnnycantor.com

My next fight could be a defining moment

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won’t be fighting this Saturday in Brighton because a bigger opportunity has come along that I can’t quite announce at the moment.

Hopefully, if it all comes off, then I should still be fighting this month but for a bigger belt than the WBC International Silver title – and it will be televised live on TV. I was scheduled to fight for the WBC strap at the Brighton Metropole on Saturday but when this chance came along, I decided to take it with both hands and I’m just waiting for the contract and tickets to arrive before I can declare it.

All I can say is that this next fight is potentially the big fight that will open doors for me and take my career to the next level. Win or lose, it could be the defining moment that elevates my career after five hard years of work as a professional boxer.

The training has been going well, I’ve been doing lots of sparring with Nick Jenman, who defends his Southern Area middleweight title this weekend against Kent’s Grant Dennis.

Today, I’m sparring with my manager Scott Welch’s son, Tom. He won the Southern Counties tournament recently and he’s a 21-yearold heavyweight.

It sounds like amateur boxing is a bit disjointed at the moment as there’s a new body that has been set up recently that some clubs are leaving the ABA to join. I hope it works itself out for the best.

I’m still training with former British, Commonwealth, European and undisputed world champion Lloyd Honeyghan.

The training is always intense but has been particularly hard the past few weeks with the intention of fighting on Saturday. It was a bit of an easier week last week, being close to fight week, so it eased off a bit, but now I’ve got a new date to work towards at the end of the month, I’m going to have another two hard weeks of training now.

Brighton boxer Lloyd Ellett is looking forward to his next fight

There’s not many people around for me to spar with this week as a few of the lads are fighting this weekend but hopefully I won’t need it anyway.

I’ll still be going to the show to support the lads, so I hope to see a big turnout from the local area. It will be a great night of boxing and the main event will be cracking.

Hopefully, by then, I’ll be able to tell people my exciting news, so if you see me, feel free to come and say hello.

Tickets will be available on my website www.lloydellett.com n Follow Lloyd Ellett on Twitter, @lightningbolt07 Team Lightning would like to thank sponsors Jade Global and The Shore Group and Pingala Media and manager Scott Welch and agent Tim Rickson.