Brighton & Hove Independent - 6 May 2016

Friday, May 6 2016

Let’s get behind the Albion Promotion within Seagulls’ grasp Steve Bailey

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The city is backing Brighton and Hove Albion for a game which could see the team propelled into the Premier League.

The Seagulls travel to Middlesbrough tomorrow (Saturday), and must win the game to finish in the top two and clinch automatic promotion.

But Albion will still be in the promotion race if they lose or draw, by going into the play-offs to fight for the last place in the top English football league.

The whole city is getting behind the Seagulls, with the club’s flag being flown across Brighton and Hove.

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Chaos for commuters as conductor dispute rages on Bex Bastable

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‘Virtually all’ direct railway services between Brighton and Southampton were cancelled this week, after an ‘unusually high’ level of sickness among conductors.

This had a knock-on effect on other Brighton services, and Southern said the chaos was expected to last until this evening (Friday).

This follows an RMT conductors’ strike on Tuesday last week (April 26), which saw reduced train services to and from Brighton and Hove, and another strike is planned on Friday, May 20.

The union is taking strike action over plans from Southern’s owners Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to replace all its conductors with on-board supervisors – a new role with fewer safety responsibilities.

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Dyan Crowther, chief operating officer of GTR, said on Tuesday: “We are extremely disappointed and frustrated that, due to an unusually high level of sickness among some of our conductors, we are unable to run the full service between Southampton and Brighton.

“We know this will come as an added blow after last week’s conductors’ strike by members of the RMT union.

“When our plans to evolve the role of conductor are implemented this type of cancellation and disruption to passengers will be vastly reduced.”

Speaking about the upcoming strike, Mick Cash, RMT general secretary, said: “Southern GTR should be under no illusions, the union will not bend to their bullying and threats and we will be out there building on the huge public support we have already mobilised

in a campaign that pitches the demands for increasing private profits against safety on our railways.

“Southern GTR fleeces its passengers for a fortune in fares for unreliable and overcrowded services and RMT will not allow safety to be the next thing sacrificed in the dash for fatter and fatter profits on this rail franchise.”

A spokesman for Southern said: “This strike is totally unnecessary. All we are doing is making our staff more accessible and more able to give better customer service to passengers on board our trains, by removing the need for them to close the doors.

This is how 40 per cent of Southern services operate already.

“No one will be made compulsorily redundant and no one will lose salary.”

For up to date information on rail disruption, visit: www. southernrailway.com/

Children’s Parade Carnival of colour to open festival

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Sussex Police boss elected Sussex wakes up to a newlyelected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) this morning (Friday), as the county went to the polls yesterday.

The candidates were: incumbent Katy Bourne (Conservative), Patrick Lowe (UKIP), Michael Jones (Labour), James Walsh (Liberal Democrat), and James Doyle (Green Party).

The role of a PCC is to hold the police force to account and set the police authority’s budget.

Fate of Bingo Hall to be determined

There was severe disruption to services from Brighton this week

Moulsecoomb Bingo Hall was once ‘top of the shop’, but now the complex might become a mixed-use facility for a pharmaceuticals company.

The planning application,

by Custom Pharmaceuticals Ltd, will be determined by planners on Wednesday. The proposals are recommended for approval by council officers.

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The Children’s Parade opens this year’s Brighton Festival, with 5,000 local schoolchildren taking part in the vibrant procession of dance, organised by local charity Same Sky. Around 10,000 spectators are expected to line the streets of Brighton at this year’s event on Saturday (May 7). The parade starts at 10.30am in Kensington Street and winds down to Madeira Drive on the seafront by way of Jubilee Street, New Road, North Street, East Street and Grand Junction Road. Visit: brightonfestival.org

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Homegrown festival now bigger than ever Bex Bastable

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Brighton Fringe kicks off today (Friday), with more than 930 events over the next month, at 170 venues across the city.

We spoke to Fringe director Julian Caddy on his hot tips for the festival, and why it’s growing year on year.

He said: “This year it is bigger than ever. There is a lot more confidence in Brighton Fringe than there has ever been. We’ve had a 40 per cent increase in pre-sale tickets which is absolutely unprecedented. It really has made Brighton Fringe a national event rather than a local or regional one.

“We have 75 shows from 26 different countries. This weekend my hot tips are international shows. There is a show called El Blancho – Tales of the Mariachi. It is going to be a stand-out show in terms of international

Julian Caddy

quality. Really outrageous story telling and lots of laughs.”

Mr Caddy also recommended Huldebiet, a show which opened at Amsterdam Fringe.

He said: “It’s about exploring emotions. When you should be feeling happy but you feel sad. It is quite a confusing experience which is very interesting to watch.

“They are two shows which stand out for me.

“There is also some amazing cabaret and

circus, and a very strong theatre programme with a venue coming down from Edinburgh Fringe called Sweet Venue. That’s an important development for Brighton Fringe; a venue that has come from Edinburgh and sees Brighton as an important place to them as well.”

More than 300 shows are shared by Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe. But does Brighton match up to its famous Scottish equivalent? Mr Caddy thinks so. He said: “There is such a diverse artistic community in Brighton. I worked for nearly 20 years in Edinburgh before this. The difference is marked.

Edinburgh is largely an imported festival. In Brighton most of the producers are based in Brighton. That is an important difference.”

Brighton Fringe starts today (Friday), and closes on June 5. Visit: www. brightonfringe.org

Exhibition Exploring fashion in African cities

The first major UK exhibition dedicated to contemporary African fashion opened at Brighton Museum on Saturday. Exploring fashion and style in four cities – Casablanca in Morocco, Lagos in Nigeria, Nairobi in Kenya and Johannesburg in South Africa – the exhibition includes images, film and sound evoking the drama, creativity and dynamism of these cities. The exhibition runs until January 2017. Visit: brightonmuseums.org.uk

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City to be worst-hit in council house sell-off Brighton and Hove is to take a significant hit from the government’s new housing policy, a report by homeless charity Shelter has revealed.

The report said Brighton and Hove City Council would have to sell off 108 of its council houses a year, raising £28 million annually.

The policy is a result of the government’s Housing and Planning Bill which is going thorough parliament, and would force local authorities

Children holding up placards at the Brighton event on Tuesday

Preston Park protest over stressful SATs tests Angelika Rusbridge

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Hundreds of parents and children gathered at Preston Park on Tuesday to protest against exams for six and seven-year-olds.

Protestors rallied around the slogan – and the name of the campaign – ‘Let our kids be kids’.

The national movement opposes SATs tests for Year 2 students, and saw children across the country taken out of school to protest with their parents.

Naomi Alexander, parent and an organiser of the Preston Park event, said: “It’s already having a detrimental effect on the children. We want to support the teachers, the local schools, the local children, to say ‘enough is enough’ the SATs need to stop now; not next year, not in a few years, now.”

Gareth Griffiths, parent of Alice, 10, and Reese, eight, said: “Alice is very stressed about the SATs. It’s unsettling to see. I just want there to be more of a focus on creativity in the curriculum, and PE, because the kids miss it and there’s definitely less of it now.”

Robb Johnson, a former teacher from Brighton, said: “I couldn’t stomach it any longer, doing things that way.

It was a job I cared a lot about, but the whole testing culture, reducing children to statistics, it isn’t something I could participate in.”

Lisa Cory, parent and hypnotherapist, said she had seen an increase in children as patients in the last year, and that most of her patients are now children.

She said: “Almost all of them are feeling stressed or anxious, and it seems obvious why that is.

“Some of the kids are brainwashed into thinking this is absolutely necessary for their future, even some parents who wanted to be here were told no by their kids, because the children were worried they wouldn’t do well on the test.”

Parents who had taken their children out of school for the protest faced the possibility of a £60 fine.

Fun and educational activities were put on by parents and volunteers, including yoga, arts and crafts, and even small workshops, and Chris Riddell, Children’s Laureate and Brighton local, made a speech at the event.

to sell off a proportion of their council houses on the open market once they become vacant. The money would then be used to fund discounts for housing association tenants taking up the Right to Buy. Brighton and Hove is set to be one of the areas hardest hit by the move, with only Milton Keynes and Southampton worse off.

Cllr Anne Meadows, chair of housing and new homes

committee, said: “We will do what we can to protect affordable housing in the city through our joint venture with Hyde housing. But Shelter are rightly concerned that the government is seeking to fund its extended Right to Buy policy through local authorities – this will reduce our ability to tackle housing problems in our local areas.”

Shelter said the Housing Bill means council homes

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Brighton Rocks: Creating a new democracy in the city Bex Bastable

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Two Brighton and Hove MPs will speak at ‘Brighton Rocks!

Power Sucks?’, a Fringe event set to explore democracy in the city and beyond.

Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, and Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove, will join the event led by Brighton and Hove Compass – a group for progressives in the city.

Billed as a ‘day of creative engagement’, the event aims to bring together a widerange of people to ‘create a new democracy for Brighton and Hove’.

One of the topics on the agenda, is that communities often feel excluded and ignored when important decisions are made – but councils and other authorities argue that they do make efforts to consult people.

Nick McMaster, one of the event organisers, said:

“A problem can be with consultations themselves.

They are often not so much a creative conversation about the issues and possibilities, but the presentation of a series of pre-decided options whereyouhavetoagreetoone or the other. At other times centralised government takes the decision away from even the councils, such as the proposal to turn all schools into academies. This further disenfranchises communities.”

Other speakers at the event will include: Katie Ghose from the Electoral Reform Society; Dr Andrew Blick, author of ‘Beyond the Magna Carta’; Davy Jones, cochair of Brighton and Hove Green Party; Kate Bielby and Pippa Goldfinger from Frome Council in Devon, which has developed ideas on how the people can be involved in planning and decision making; and Emma Daniel, lead councillor for communities on Brighton

The Brighton and Hove Compass event takes place on Saturday

and Hove City Council.

Compass said the day will be ‘about people engaging in conversation and developing ideas about what we’d like to see develop in our towns and cities especially in Brighton

and Hove’.

Brighton Rocks! Power Sucks? takes place at the Brighthelm Centre on May 7 (11am to 4,30pm). Tickets cost £2-£10. See www. brightonfringe.org

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An artist’s impression of the Sea Lanes complex at Madeira Drive

The battle of the seafront pools

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Approval of a new open-air swimming pool at Brighton seafront has sent ripples through supporters of Saltdean Lido.

Brighton and Hove City Council gave the go-ahead for the £4.5 million project ‘Sea Lanes’ at Madeira Drive, at its policy and resources meeting on Thursday (April 28).

Saltdean Lido CIC representatives countered a statement by a council officer that the development would be ‘complementary’ and not ‘competitive’ for their pool three miles down the coast.

The Lido group also refuted claims that they had

been consulted on the plans.

Rebecca Crook, Saltdean Lido CIC director, said: “We were not consulted

by Brighton and Hove City Council or given any information regarding the proposed plans for the outdoor seafront pool which is disappointing.”

She said Saltdean Lido is ‘arguably the most iconic in the country’ – and the only Grade II-listed – and its opening in Easter 2017 will be a major boost for locals and tourism.

“It is a pity local volunteers have had to step in to save this landmark when Brighton Council are the freeholders,” she said, referring to the £2.8 million spent on refurbishing the Saltdean landmark.

The Sea Lanes project is a joint initiative between Brighton-based design and architecture studio We Like Today, Copsemill Properties, SwimTrek and Swimmergy.

The privately-funded development would include the 50m, eight-lane heated pool, as well as a sauna, cafe, and shops, in brightlycoloured huts along Madeira Drive.

Warren Morgan, leader of the council, said: “I would very much like to see some form of ticketing perhaps in the future discussed where there could be a ticket that works in our swimming pools, in the Lido, in the Sea Lanes development, but obviously that’s a discussion for the parties involved.”

Lib Dems set out EU benefits The Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats said its research shows ‘the EU provides prosperity and security to local residents while protecting Brighton’s environment’.

The group surveyed residents in the city over their attitudes to the European Union, ahead of the referendum in June.

Its report, entitled Europe is Working for Brighton and Hove, focuses on the opportunities offered to Brighton and Hove residents thanks to the EU. It details how local schools and

universities benefit from EU funding, how Brightonians benefit from living and working in Europe, and how the EU’s Erasmus programme provides opportunities for University of Sussex and University of Brighton Students.

Using data gathered from Freedom of Information requests, the Liberal Democrat report gives examples of how the EU supports the city’s two universities. It said the University of Brighton was put in charge of a €7.88 million science project

which placed it at the centre of a global network used by 130 countries. And at the University of Sussex, up to 20 per cent of annual research income is provided by EU funding, the report claims.

Hilary Ellis, of the Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats, said: “This report provides excellent, positive reasons why people should vote to remain in the EU. “Our membership provides opportunities that our young people need in a changing world.

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Tom Bewick

Labour councillor and chair of the local Vote Leave campaign

Time is running out to save our democracy

T

he starting gun has gone off in the EU referendum campaign. Drawing support from all political persuasions and none, it is an honour to lead the official Vote Leave campaign locally.

With my campaign colleagues, we want to bring a voice to those residents in the city who find themselves disenfranchised by a political establishment that has simply stopped listening to their concerns.

We’re told that if residents don’t vote to remain in the EU then the equivalent of economic Armageddon will ensue for every household and small business.

Everything is under threat, it seems, from our Sussex wine growing industry to the popular student Inter-rail card (despite the fact this has nothing to do with our membership of the EU). Strange that the Prime Minister was telling us just a few months ago that the UK would manage perfectly well outside the club if we decided to leave.

As a successful small business owner that trades internationally I can tell you that all these scaremongering claims are complete bunkum.

We should trust the British Chambers of Commerce on this one. They found that the cost of EU regulations on small business was in the order of £80 billion per annum.

Over 95 per cent of businesses in Brighton and Hove do not trade with the EU. But all of them must comply with Brussels diktats, including complying with additional VAT reporting rules. These are particularly burdensome for our thriving digital firms.

Business will prosper in a post-EU Britain because we will take back control of our ability to do trade deals with the rest of the world.

Most voters are probably not even aware that we run a healthy trade surplus with non-EU countries, whereas in the EU, these countries sell nearly £100 billion more goods to us than we sell to them. In other words, the EU will not want to put up tariff barriers once we leave because of the fact it would be completely self-defeating for them to do so. Neither will we impose visa travel on our beloved continental neighbours another example of ‘project fear’ put out by the remain camp.

As a councillor, I have seen close hand the stultifying effect the EU has on our ability to promote jobs and growth in the city. Only

recently your locally elected representatives were obliged to pass into the council’s contracting rules the latest EU directive on procurement thresholds for public tendering. In practice, this means the council is largely prevented from awarding work to local firms without first going through an opaque and complex tendering process, as happened with the new King Alfred leisure centre.

Once again, this adds burdens and costs that could be spent instead on our frontline public services.

June 23 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to tell the faceless bureaucrats in Brussels that enough is enough.

Why should our democratic wishes be continually overridden by people that we have never heard of and who are not directly accountable to us for the decisions they make? As the father of bilingual children that celebrate a European heritage with family relatives in Spain, Switzerland and Sweden, I have no issues with the idea of close ties with Europe. Indeed, we need to welcome and celebrate the people who have come here to work hard, sustaining many of the local services we rely on. It’s very important too that centuries of trading

and cultural links continue, as they will when we vote to leave the EU. But what an increasing number of British people resent, and rightly, is the way an elite in Brussels seems to have no regard for the sovereignty of our Parliament. Some MPs were petitioned recently about the fact women’s sanitary products attract VAT. Instead of our lawmakers being able to respond, as they should, to a preposterous tax, campaigners were told that the EU was in charge of these decisions.

This can’t go on. Remember, when you vote in the referendum on June 23, it’s not just about registering your views on the European Union as it is today. You’re actually casting a ballot for the British people not yet born.

If you’re comfortable with our country being dragged headlong into a European superstate – with a vision of cultural assimilation not too dissimilar to that of the former Yugoslavia – then vote remain.

But if you care passionately about your hard fought democratic freedoms, the sovereignty of the British Parliament, then vote to leave this failing political experiment. Only you can send that message loud and clear.

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Final turn for the Brighton Wheel The Brighton Wheel is set to close on Sunday, in anticipation of the British Airways i360 launch in June.

The iconic structure has been part of Brighton’s skyline since its opening in 2011, but now it is set to be replaced by a zip wire ride. The new ride will include two 300m wires

stretching across the beach from a 20m jump tower, with a safe landing zone below.

Delso Da Silva, Brighton Wheel general manager, said: “It’s something we’ve really enjoyed doing, and I’m sad that it’s going, but excited about our new project. It’s been a Wheel pleasure!”

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Know your neighbour in new city initiative

The council is exploring how it can make holidays cheaper for families, by altering school terms in the city.

Two options, including co-ordinating inset days to make a long weekend, or creating an additional week off when holidays are less expensive, are being considered. Brighton and Hove City Council is asking residents for their views, in a consultation running until Friday, May 20.

Feedback will be taken into account when the council looks at the issue in June. To take part in the consultation, visit: w w w. b r i g h t o n - h o v e . gov.uk/school-holidayconsultation

Morethan20organisations across the city have teamed up to tackle social isolation and loneliness in Brighton and Hove by encouraging residents to get to know their neighbours.

TheKnowMyNeighbour scheme will be hosting a series of events over the next month including a panel discussion at the Brighton Dome on Sunday.

It will also hold a popup Neighbour Cafe, with a programme of free entertainment and activities from May 21 to 27, at One Church Brighton, Gloucester Place.

To find out more about events around the city, visit: www. knowmyneighbour

Campaigner is handed award A campaigner from Brighton has been crowned ‘Inspiration of the Year’ at the MS Society Awards, hosted by Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills in London last week.

Shana Pezaro, aged 37, was handed the accolade for campaigning tirelessly at the local, national and internationallevelstoimprove treatment and support for

people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Shesaid:“Noneofthethings I do are because I set out to campaign. It was because things needed sorting, and I decided to be the one to demand a change. But being recognised as the ‘Inspiration of the Year’ by the MS Society is an absolute honour. It was such an amazing surprise!”

Brunswick parking charges increased

Honey bees take centre stage at free talk

Parking charges in the Brunswick area of Hove changed this week.

The tariffs, in the Area M parking zone, are now: £2 for one hour, £3 for two hours, and £4 for four hours. The city council said the move was in response to residents being unable to park in the area, as non-residents were ‘dominating’ pay-anddisplay bays. It said the price changes would help protect residents’ spaces.

For parking charges across the city, visit: www. brighton-hove.gov.uk

The Friends of Hollingbury and Burstead Woods will host a free talk on honey bees by Heather McNiven, from the Sussex Beekeepers Association.

Peter Jarman, chair of the Friends group said: “We know that people in Brighton are interested in bees and Heather has a wealth of knowledge. It is fascinating to find out more about what they do.”

The event, at Dorothy Stringer School, is on Saturday (May 14), from 2.30pm. Visit: www.fhbw. org.uk

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Girl raises cash for homeless A seven-year-old girl has raised £477 for the Clocktower Sanctuary, a charity which supports young homeless people.

Matilda Gardener wasupset by the situation of homeless people she saw in the street in Brighton and Hove, so she decidedtodosomethingabout it. Last Saturday, she scooted, ran, cycled and roller skated for 12 laps, or 5,748m, around Preston Park cycle track, raising enough to support the Sanctuary – whose running costs are £500 a day.

She has been in contact with the charity to bring in the donation herself, and will use the opportunity to witness the

Matilda Gardener on her scooter in Preston Park

work they do.

The Clocktower Sanctuary had 1,000 visits from young homeless people in the city this winter alone.

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Faces of Brighton photo exhibition DJ Norman Cook, a drag artist, and a daily sea swimmer are just some of the characters who appear in photography exhibition Faces of Brighton.

The free exhibition at Brighton Station is by Brighton-based photographer Danny Fitzpatrick.

He said: “Faces of Brighton began as a personal project at the beginning of 2015. I wanted to take portraits of a handful of people from in and around Brighton who help make the city the unique place it is.

“There’s a lot of spontaneity about these images, although I carefully chose the location of each particular portrait,

based on who exactly I was photographing.

“Most of the photo shoots had to be set up and shot in just a few minutes so any preplanned ideas often weren’t possible; I just worked with whatever the situation and location offered.”

On the exhibition location, Danny said: “It’s a fantastic place. The open space of the Victorian architecture, along with the accessibility for both local residents and city visitors, makes this the perfect place for this collection of images.”

Faces of Brighton will be exhibited until June 5 at Brighton Railway Station.

Volunteers clean up city’s beaches

The beach clean-up last week

More than 150 people got together to clean up Brighton’s beaches on Friday.

ZST architects and volunteers from the University of Brighton, with support from CityClean, ran a survey and clean-up of the beach as part of the Marine

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The clean up started at the Palace Pier at 8.30am and lasted three hours.

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Martlets Hospice is welcoming people to a bereavement support day on Wednesday, at the Unitarian Church in New Road, Brighton.

The Good Grief event, from 10am, is for anyone who has ever experienced loss or for those who would like to learn more about grief. Visitors will be able to meet with people from support groups including Cruse and Winston’s Wish as well as counsellors and volunteers from the hospice’s own bereavement service.

The event is free and there is no need to book – just turn up on the day.

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There will be a chance to take part in the 10k event, or the shorter 3k event for families, starting from 2pm at the Royal Pavilion Gardens.

Entertainment at the Pavilion Gardens will include performances by Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and an award-winning spoken word

artist. The ‘garden party’ starts at midday and goes on until 6pm.

The aim of the event is to raise £40,000 for the charity to send LGBT role models into schools around the country to share their stories with students and teachers.

Tickets to join the walk are from £10.

To register, and find out more, visit: www.stonewall. org.uk

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Opinion

No consultation on NHS plan Councillor Daniel Yates, Chair of the health and wellbeing board is right to complain about the lack of consultation in the new Sustainability and Transformation Plan which is being drawn up for the NHS in Sussex and East Surrey.

But while this response is welcome it is inadequate in addressing the real issues which now face people living in this area using the NHS. The Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for this area is one of 44 STP regions across NHS England.

Our region will have to pay off the £37 million deficit recently announced by our local hospital trust together with our local portion of the £25 billion in cuts to the NHS by 2020.

All of this will be taken into account and will be deducted from the total NHS England allocates to our region. One wonders if we will get any money for NHS services at this rate.

These detailed plans are already in train as they have to be submitted to NHS England by June this year.

New models of care are being imposed although in many cases they are

@BrightonIndy unproven clinically and organisationally.

The impact on staffing levels and the ability to deliver effective services to patients is of huge concern.

While the public have not been consulted, neither have the professionals delivering the NHS services and Parliament itself has not given approval.

On top of all this, the composition of the STP boards will include private healthcare providers and consultants, thus ensuring that the profit motive will be well represented in the decision making process.

Aneurin Bevan must be turning in his grave.

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Ice rink hope for the city I was very pleased to read that the leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, Mr Warren Morgan, suggested that a new stand-alone stadium for ice sports was a distinct possibility for our city.

Every Christmas the lawn on the Pavilion Grounds is taken over by an ice area and hundreds of skaters have made use of this facility every

year.

This leads me to the conclusion that if we had an indoor ice rink this would be heavily supported throughout the year.

It is interesting that ice hockey in North America has expanded in the last 40 years and there are now 30 teams in the National Hockey League, each of their stadia being able to house in average 20,000 spectators in high class indoor facilities.

To enable these stadiums to be built large corporations have put vast sums of money to build such and the newest of these arenas, the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York, the new home of the New York Islanders. While there is no way we could have indoor stadia for such numbers, the experience of having Rugby Union at the Amex Stadium in which there were full houses for the two World Cup games and 12,000 for the under-21 international, suggests that a ‘non-Rugby Union County’ could house such crowds suggest that a 5,000 capacity indoor area would meet the needs of our great city.

In the 1950s and 1960s the Brighton Tigers ice hockey team were amongst the best teams in Great Britain and every Sunday, home game capacity crowds of 2,800

crammed in he S.S. Brighton at the bottom of West Street.

If we were to re-invent the Tigers again I am convinced large crowds would attend their fixtures.

There is a lot of space in the ‘Black Rock’ complex and a stadium there could prove ideal and with consultation with the local bus company services could be provided east, west, and north of the complex.

After all the consultation and setting up services for The Albion at the Amex have proved successful and there is no reason why the same couldn’t apply at Black Rock.

Since 2000 Brighton and Hove has moved forward as a sports hub and with Sussex County Cricket Club and Brighton and Hove Albion being major names in British sporting awareness we could become the major sporting hub on the South Coast with a new indoor arena.

With new technology and modern planning new stadiums can ‘change’ for other sports ie tennis, boxing, basketball, table tennis, snooker and athletics.

However the most important thing for this new stadium would be for children to be able to learn to skate and this facility when not being used for ‘major’ events could

be hired out to clubs and schools. This really could be our jewel in the city’s crown. I hope some major companies read this letter and take on board the sponsorship of ‘our new stadium’.

I therefore look forward to the day the first brick is put in place.

KEITH SMITH Ingram Crescent East, Hove

Hove Library delay welcome Councillor Bewick is wrong when he says that residents won’t take kindly to the Conservatives delaying the closure of Hove Library. I’ve yet to meet anyone who’s not pleased.

If the council has had to delay the decision due to inadequate information, how can ‘popular’ support be claimed from the rest of us, as we have been more poorly informed than they?

What we don’t take kindly to is the false impression that Hove library must go or (seven other libraries) because there’s suddenly an insistence to replace an out of sight concrete roof with expensive slate.

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Opinion

Peter Kyle

Labour MP for Hove

One year on as Hove and Portslade MP

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t’s a year since I was elected as MP for Hove and Portslade and it’s really flown by. It’s been an incredible honour to represent you in Parliament. In that time, I’ve met so many residents, seen many fantastic and innovative local businesses and charities as well as visited our excellent local schools.

Right from day one, I’ve sought to put politics back in the heart of our community.

My office on Church Road is there to make it much easier for people to come in and see me. And over 2,600 residents have been in to express a view, meet me or ask for help.

I love the fact that so many people get in touch over the issues which matter to them.

I’ve used my role in Parliament to champion the issues which have come up on the doorstep across Hove and Portslade.

That’s why I was so pleased to be elected to the Business Select Committee, providing me the opportunity to champion the self-employed and small businesses which both play a vital role in the local economy. I’ve also had the chance to grill ministers on major policy issues like creating enough high quality apprenticeships for young people.

Campaign over rail fare increase at Hove Railway Station

In my maiden speech to Parliament, I spoke of the importance of second chances in the education system, having gone back to school myself aged 25 to get the qualifications I missed out the first time around.

That’s why I was so pleased to be become chair of Parliament’s cross-party Further Education Group, giving me the opportunity to highlight how important

Peter Kyle in Parliament

colleges are and the need to offer people a second chance for to get qualifications.

Obviously the biggest disappointment I’ve had over the past year is the reality of the Conservatives winning the last election.

That has allowed them to continue with their chaotic and ill-thought policies which are wreaking havoc with our public services.

It further underlines to me the absolute

necessity of reaching out to those who didn’t vote Labour last year to give us the best chance of winning the next election.

Over the next year, I’ll continue working hard on issues that matter to you like improving rail services, standing up for our NHS and supporting the building of more affordable homes locally. If you think there’s an issue I should be championing, please let me know.

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Opinion

Warren Morgan Together we can make a difference Labour councillor and council leader

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hile many welcomed the news in my column last week about a billion pounds of investment coming in to the seafront and elsewhere, in response many began comments with “what about…”.

While these huge projects are vital in terms of providing new facilities, new infrastructure, new jobs, new homes and new funding for our essential council services, it isn’t the only thing we are focussed on.

On the first anniversary of taking office, my Labour administration will set out an ambitious programme of work for our second year, building on the foundations of the past 12 months.

We will press ahead with our New Homes for Neighbourhoods project, with 250 of the first 500 new council homes either finished or on the way.

We will launch our Living Wage Housing venture to provide over a thousand affordable rented homes at 60 per cent of market rates, within reach of the key workers our city needs.

Our Fairness Commission will report

The Labour-led administration has pledged there is a secure future for the Royal Pavilion

next month on how we should make the city a better and fairer place to live, how we can work together as communities and neighbourhoods to tackle poverty and inequality.

As council funding is cut, we will lead

the way in bringing people and partners together to harness the people power we have in our city, working to ensure that actions of government don’t necessarily mean decline and decay.

We are making changes in the council so

that our services are easier to access online, that you get the response you need and the information you want, that processes like planning work better and that the measures we have introduced to make the streets cleaner continue to have an effect.

We will make sure that a future for our Royal Pavilion, our museums and our libraries is secured.

We will continue to work on our strategy and actions to tackle rough sleeping, reduce youth unemployment, improve the traveller situation, get our city’s transport network working in a joined-up way, and make sure all children have access to excellent schools where parents have a say.

The list of jobs to tackle is huge, and is added to every day by residents who contact me. It will be challenging to deal with it all given that we will have hundreds of millions of pounds less to do it with than we had before.

It is easy to say it can’t be done, that nothing changes and that things are getting worse. It is hard to roll up your sleeves and pitch in. We must not give in to those who say that Brighton and Hove’s best days are behind us. They are not. Together we can make a difference.

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Opinion

Alex Phillips

Deputy convenor of the Green Group

Our children must learn more than one exam technique

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his week saw hundreds of parents and children in the city join a nationwide protest against tougher exams for six and sevenyear-olds.

Labour councillor Tom Bewick was quick to reprimand parents seeking to skip school to join the rally in Preston Park.

While I share the councillor’s view that we don’t want to see kids taken out of school where it may harm their education, focusing on the single missed school day seems to spectacularly miss the point.

I truly empathise with parents on this issue. These new tests are just one part of a whole-scale government agenda to turn our schools into nothing more than conveyor-belt exam factories, sponsored by the private sector with a single goal, to get our young people into work.

We have been moving closer to a one-dimensional education system for the last few decades. Yet most parents, teachers and young people know it has gone too far when six and seven-year-old children are increasingly burdened with exam stress.

We know that this is a terrible approach to learning. The experts in our young people’s learning are the teachers, and according to the NUT, 86 per cent of primary school teachers oppose these tougher SAT tests.

The stress of continuous testing is also damaging to the health and wellbeing of our young people. In Brighton and Hove, council figures show that self-harming by young people in the city has increased by 40 per cent between 2010 and 2013, with headteachers reporting that the emotional and mental health of pupils is

an ‘increasing concern’ .

Yet somehow, in the face of increasing criticism and mounting evidence, the government has become more determined to push its warped view of what education should look like upon us.

Latest proposals will see schools removed from local authority and parental influence by forcing them all to become academies, and abolishing parent governors.

That’s why the protests this week were encouraging. They show that parents, teachers and young people are willing to fight for a better system, with better outcomes and experiences for our children.

Greens advocate a wholescale reform of the education system which prioritises local accountability and focuses on holistic learning to teach our young people how to live well, to actively participate in their community and to care about their fellow citizens.

I firmly believe in the value of diversity in our education system. One part of this is to create an environment where kids from a range of different backgrounds can mix and form friendships. Hand-inhand with this goes diversity of content and experience – meaningful learning of life skills like sex and relationships education, and political engagement, as well as teaching of sports, languages and music.

The evidence is on our side on this.

We cannot continue to burden our young children and destroy any passion or excitement for learning, particularly among children who may not excel in an exam environment. We need a system that nurtures the value of every child and, in the words of the recent campaigners, ‘let kids be kids’.

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Awards

Chance to nominate your favourite food and drink producers for prestigious local awards Online nominations can now be made for the Sussex Food and Drink Awards 2017.

The public are being invited to put forward their favourite farmers, producers and venues in the county, and businesses can also nominate themselves.

Paula Seager and Hilary Knight co-directors of Natural Partnerships CIC, run the awards as a not-forprofit scheme to boost the local and artisan food and drink industry.

Ms Seager said: “Sussex Food and Drink Awards is the only awards scheme which highlights, recognises and supports Sussex farmers and producers and the businesses that sell and promote their produce.

“Over the last 11 years the awards have encouraged more and more people to discover and explore local markets, food shops and restaurants where they can sample the very best local produce and see for themselves why it tastes so

Olympian Sally Gunnell with the 2016 Sussex Food and Drink Award winners

much better.”

There are ten categories in the awards, sponsored by a range of businesses and bodies such as Harveys Brewery, Wealden District Council, and, new for the 2017 awards, Plumpton College, which will co-sponsor the butcher of the year category.

Ms Knight added: “Nominations are so important to these awards, without them a hidden jewel in the crown might just be missed, so make sure your favourite is on the list at www. sussexfoodawards.biz.”

Nominations for the Sussex food producer,

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Brighton-based Troll’s Pantry won a gong in the 2016 awards

drink producer, butcher, food shop, farmers’ market and eating experience categories will close on Wednesday, June 8.

All entries will be reviewed by the judging panel, chaired

by Sussex farmer and Nuffield Scholar William Goodwin, with a shortlist

announced for public voting in July. Last year more than 10,000 people voted.

The other four categories – Sussex newcomer, street food, farmer and young chef of the year – will remain open until Thursday, September 8.

The grand finalists of all categories will be announced

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On This Day 2010 | Thursday, May 6 The people of Brighton Pavilion voted in the UK’s first Green MP. Caroline Lucas polled 1,250 votes more than Labour and said of the historic victory; “After the recession, after people’s faith in politics has been trampled into the mud after the expenses scandal, it was not the best time to ask people to take a

risk and put their faith in politics, but that is what the people of Brighton Pavilion have done.”

Caroline was born in Malvern, Worcestershire, in 1960, to Conservativevoting parents, attended Malvern Girls’ College before graduating from the University of Exeter with a first-class BA (Hons) in English Literature.

She was active in the early 1980s

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The Wolf Border

by Sarah Hall

OK, I put my hands up, I do have a thing a bit about wolves.

They are the most magnificent creatures and much maligned.

When I see a book about them, I usually grab it and devour it.

This was no exception.

It’s a fascinating tale, about a very wealthy landowner that has a dream of releasing a pair of wolves onto his land on the borders between England and Scotland.

He poaches Rachel, a wolf behavioural expert, who is working on a reservation on Canada, tempting her home to her original roots where her mother is dying. Rachel is torn between admiring his aims, and yet despising his wealth and his privilege.

But it’s the wolves themselves that are the stars of his book. Their stealth and intelligence shines out and from the very beginning they are the most intriguing and beguiling of animals.

Of course, there is an uproar in the press and by the local people who are convinced that the massive steel fence that keep the wolves in won’t be enough – and indeed it can hardly be described as an enclosure – as it covers acres and acres of land.

There is a wonderful twist in this book towards the end that had me racing to finish this story.

But the thing that stayed with me long after I’d finished the book was the wonderful, breath taking creatures that are still being hunted and maimed and trapped. Shame on us.

Immersive theatre at ‘Something Street’ This summer you’ll be able to travel in time simply by walking along the Brighton seafront. An immersive theatre experience ‘Once Upon a Time on Something Street’ will see Madeira Drive transformed.

On Something Street visitors can expect to find themselves anywhere at any time, from the war torn 40s to the turn of the millennium. Towering hedges will shield mysterious houses ready to be explored, as the secrets of the people inside

them are revealed. Visitors will themselves become characters in the play as they move along the lamplit pavement, piecing together the stories they have been told.

Alongside this interactive play – organised by Whizz Bang productions – there will also be a specially designed food court.

‘Something Street’ will run from June 1 until September.

For tickets, visit: www. somethingstreet.co.uk Written by Kathleen Johnston.

written by Dan Tester @DJDanteBrighton Excerpts from the book peace camps at Greenham Common and Molesworth, where NATO decided to house 64 cruise missiles.

Unlike Greenham – famously occupied by women only – Molesworth was also home to male protestors. One aim of the occupation was to goad the Conservative government by claiming the fence could be dismantled faster at night than it could be erected by day, and provoke an

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Opinion

Beauty

Pretty Good Thinking with Sarah Morgan @sarah_morgan

Learn more of the wonderful world scents

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y favourite Christmas book had golden covers. ‘Perfume: A Century of Scents’ by Lizzie Ostrum, (aka Odette Toilette) includes one hundred stories about the key perfume houses of the last century. It perfectly evokes the very personal ways that fragrance plays a part in memory.

A Century of Scents is an irreverently social read through girlhood to good taste and flags most of the brands we have loved (and loathed!) in between.

When appearing live, ‘Odette’ speaks wittily on fragrant topics from perfume’s place in history to the scent of space. I hope we can lure her to our ozone coast soon. In the meantime, check out her top ten scents of every decade from 1900 to 1999. Another lovingly produced guide is The Perfume Bible, a beautifully illustrated world of perfumery

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Helping to develop a talent-pipeline for the city’s employers The University of Sussex is backingBrightonandHoveIndependent’s Business Awards bysponsoringacategorywhich recognises the brightest and bestyoungbusinessperson.

Linda Buckham, director of the Careers & Employability Centre University Sussex, said: “The Careers and EmployabilityCentre, University of Sussexisdelightedtobe involved with the Brighton and Hove Independent Awards, supportingtheYoungAchiever Award and contributing to developing the talent-pipeline for Brighton and Hove employers.

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sense of all the opportunities is central to our mission when working with students and graduates at the University of Sussex.

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The Brighton & Hove Independent Business Awards ceremony will take place at the Bupa Lounge, Amex Stadium on June 17.

Ticket price includes a drink upon arrival, a threecourse meal with wine and a DJ. Individuals, businesses, partnerships and organisations based in Brighton and Hove can nominate a business by May 11.

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Winners short-listed for Business Awards The Brighton & Hove Independent Business Awards are a JP South Events Johnston Publishing regional award ceremony, all winners from this event are automatically shortlisted into the JP South Business Awards held in

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Brighton historian

Mr Nice, dope fiend, and ‘Balliol by the sea’

H

e was the Welsh boy from the valleys who got into Balliol College, Oxford, and who subsequently deployed his brilliant intellect, Cambrian charm, and rockstar looks, to become one of the world’s biggest drug dealers.

At the height of his activities, Howard Marks had 43 aliases, each with its own passport, 89 phone lines, and owned 25 money-laundering companies.

He used to smuggle cannabis by the ton, enabling him to fly on Concorde and eat caviar omelettes for breakfast.

Already at Oxford he was a major supplier. I remember in my second year going to visit one of my fellow English students, Humph, and following my nose to his digs in Wellington Square. Inside, the air was as thick as a Chinese fumerie, people were comatose on the floor, the Beatles’ Strawberry Fields LP was blasting away, and Humph was perched blankeyed like some psychedelic Buddha. No surprise to find Humph mentioned on page 56 of Marks’s bestselling memoirs, Mr Nice (1997). Now I know where the stuff came from. Another friend, Chris,

Howard Marks and a few refreshing drinks.

inherited the unauthorised digs in Paradise Square that Marks describes (page 47). And another, the author Philip Pullman, spent his final year in the Garsington cottage that Marks in turn took over (page 57). I quote Pullman’s August 1968 letter to me: “People who took cottage gave me hashish to smoke and it gave me a rubber face. Oh yes! and mild euphoria. But my face was

infinitely expandable and distortable. But so euphoric I couldn’t even laugh.”

In 1969 Marks and his Latvian first wife Ilse Kadegis moved from Garsington to Brighton. Through the poet Christopher Logue they found a cheap seafront flat, and spent time with Logue and Johnny Martin, an anthropologist at the newly opened Sussex University: “We all had similar interests: marijuana, LSD, rock music, and after-eight philosophy”. Marks also played Go with a brilliant mathematician, Richard Lewis, “who had a beautiful wife, Rosie.

I couldn’t take my eyes off her.” Marital musical chairs began.

While Ilse taught at a convent school in Worthing, Marks nominally studied for a BPhil at Sussex, supposedly “Balliol by the sea”. But he hated the place. “Every room had a number rather than a name. There was no romance about studying in an office-block library. One couldn’t lie back and think this was where, in the past, great minds produced great ideas.” Nor did he get on with his supervisor, a Polish logician called Jerzy Giedymin. He didn’t complete the course, nor did his marriage – any more than Johnny Martin’s or Richard Lewis’s – survive.

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Marks enjoyed Brighton, however, and as his drug-dealing in London prospered (he was soon earning £7,500 per week) he and Rosie rented a ground-floor flat at 14, Lewes Crescent for weekends.

There is mention of the Weavers, “Brighton’s best-known criminal family”, and of “Nicky” Hoogstraten. Marks’s second wife, Judy, was the sister of a Brighton friend of Rosie’s.

The next time Brighton is mentioned, the year is 1982, Marks has just come out of Wandsworth Prison after serving two years, and Judy drives him home to Brighton. (One of the book’s illustrations shows the family on Brighton seafront at this date.) Judy begs him not to return to dealing: “I couldn’t stand another two years on my own.”

He promises. But the book is only half written. All those aliases, phone lines and companies – and a seven-year stint at Terre Haute Penitentiary, Indiana – are still to come.

“Britain’s favourite bad boy”, whose giddying adventures are colourfully recounted, died last month at the ripe age – for someone who smoked 20 joints a day, and had run-ins with the IRA, the CIA, the Mafia, and Colombian traffickers – of 70.

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Students win funding to kick-start businesses Independent reporter

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Threebuddingentrepreneurs received grants to develop their business ideas after winning awards at StartUp Sussex, the annual enterprise competition run by the University of Sussex.

The winners, from a pool of more than 50 students, were revealed at an award ceremony held at the Sussex Innovation Centre.

The teams presented their business plans in a pitch to the StartUp Sussex judges, a Dragons’ Den-style panel consisting of local investors, entrepreneurs and representatives from the university.

After much deliberation, the panel awarded the first prize to fourth year Business and Management student Darren Tenkorang and his team for their app, TRIM-IT. As well as earning the title of Sussex’s Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Darren received £10,000 to spend on business support services. TRIM-IT aims to revolutionise the barbering industry by helping barbers to manage appointments and promotions,reducingwaiting times for their customers.

The winners: Simone Riddle, Darren Tenkorang, and Laurence Stephens

Darren said: “It’s amazing to have won, and the support TRIM-IT has been getting is truly moving. We’ve been swamped with kind messages and words of encouragement.

Taking part in StartUp Sussex hashelpedustotailortheidea to what the market wants.

We’ve interviewed hundreds of potential customers, and now we know that we’re building something our users and barbers really want.

“The majority of the money will go towards promoting the app and getting that initial

traction we need – we’ve built a team of ten people, and we’re all really excited for what’s coming next!”

In second place, MSc Business Management and Entrepreneurship student Laurence Stephens received £5,000 for his product Vanguard – a compression suit which can be adapted with weights, padding and hot or cold gel packs, designed to enhance training and recovery regimes for players of high-impact sports.

He said: “I plan to spend

the money on further product development, as well as intellectual property protection.”

In third place, MA Participation, Power and Social Change student Simone Riddle received £2,500 for her web platform Global Food Connections – an interactive recipe platform intended to help western consumers discover global recipes and ethically-sourced food products.

This was the fourth StartUp Sussex competition, and the third year in its current format, which sees business mentors from the Sussex Innovation Centre deliver a series of workshops for over 50 students during the autumn term. Over eight weeks the candidates learned how to evaluate business opportunities, perform market research and understand their customers, and the basics of finance and operational budgeting, creating a business model from an initial idea.

In December, 20 teams submitted their ideas, of which six finalists were selected to progress to the second phase of the competition - with the top three taking home awards and funding.

The man behind the city’s digital festival Brighton Digital Festival is the UK’s largest celebration of digital arts and culture taking place throughout September.

We spoke to Jon Pratty, chair of the festival, about how it all began.

Tell us about your approach to leadership?

Leadership in the arts and culture world is a sensitive subject for many. More and more digitally-adept people are climbing into leadership positions. This is a great thing because there are still plenty of dinosaurs managing our museums and galleries. In the arts very low wages are normal, and we also have plenty of big egos in leadership positions who micro-manage.

Ironically, outside of the arts good management practice, rather than leadership skills, is held in high regard. And that for me is where leadership begins. It’s key to productivity to keep the people-side of any business working smoothly.

That means thinking – all of the time – about how you find new talent, how you promote talent giving responsibility where it’s due, and how you encourage career development.

What inspired you to set up Brighton Digital Festival?

Some Arts Council funding for the south east was unspent, and I saw Gateshead Digital Summer being promoted in 2010. This got me thinking about extending a digital arts

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season around the big creative industry conferences like dConstruct and Flash on The Beach. I took the idea to our Arts Council, who liked it, thenwentandtalkedtopeople like Honor Harger, (director of Lighthouse Arts, at the time) and Andy Budd from Clearleft.

The inspiration has always been to mix up the digital arts and creative industries in the city, like binary stars, orbiting around each other.

Is Brighton a good place to facilitate creative projects?

Come along to a BDF meeting or one of our regular monthly meet ups. You’ll be amazed at the way all kinds of people come together and hatch ideas. Brighton is a great place for creativity. Way back in the 1980s, Ned Hoskins and his friends set up the Artists Open Houses scheme. Fast forward to the 2010 and Donna Close was running the amazing White Nights festival in the city. There’s creativity here – you’ll find it overflowing out of every venue in the city during BDF 2016.

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I was first uncertain about whether Rieker would be able to offer a shoe style to my liking. The company prides itself on creating shoes for comfort, and sensible shoes aren’t usually my thing... surely style and fashion would be compromised in a ‘comfortable’ shoe, I thought?

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Backing the Albion to win th Steve Bailey

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Brighton and Hove Albion travel to Middlesbrough on Saturday for a game which could be worth £200 million to the winners.

The Seagulls have enjoyed an outstanding season in the Championship, with 24 wins from 45 league matches this season. They need to win on Teeside to finish in the top two and seal promotion into the Premier League with Burnley, while Boro just need to draw the match to go up instead of Albion.

The whole city is backing the Seagulls to do it. A record crowd of 30,292 was at the Amex Stadium on Monday to watch the final home league game of the season, a 1-1 draw with Derby County.

Around 2,500 fans will leave Sussex in the early hours of Saturday morning to travel to Middlesbrough for the 12.30pm kick-off. Never before has a match been so lucrative to Albion, with

the prospect of Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Premier League champions Leicester potential opponents next season, along with the television windfall.

When Brighton kicked off their season against Nottingham Forest on a warm FridayeveninginearlyAugust, few Seagulls supporters could have imagined what was to come.

Albion battled to avoid relegation from the Championship last year, finishing 20th but Chris Hughton and his squad have worked wonders this season.

There have been plenty of highlights for fans. There was the 21-game unbeaten start to the season, the return of club legend Bobby Zamora, the wonderful skill of Anthony Knockaert, Jiri Skalak’s thunderbolt, the comprehensive wins over Fulham and Queens Park Rangers, the list goes on and on. The Seagulls are also currently unbeaten in 13 matches,

They are now just one win away from returning to the top tier of English football for the first time since 1983.

It has been a rollercoaster time for Albion fans in the last couple of decades. From the battle to stay in the Football League 19 years ago, two years of home games at Gillingham, the fight for the new stadium, promotions and relegations while playing at the Withdean Stadium.

It certainly has not been dull. Whatever happens on Saturday, Seagulls fans and the city of Brighton can be proud of what the club has achieved this season.

The Seagulls’ flag is being flown across the city – from the i360, to the council offices, and fans have been showing support by getting dressed up in Albion colours. Council leader Warren Morgan said: “The whole city believes that this is our year and will be cheering the team on.”

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RECIPE Fig pasta with Pancetta You can use spaghetti, linguine or any pasta you prefer, this recipe will make a serving for 46 depending on appetite.

Ingredients required are 5 ounces thinly sliced pancetta, 2 shallots finely chopped, 1 garlic clove finely chopped, small cup of double cream, grated parmesan cheese, 12 fresh figs cut into quarters and a bunch of basil tearing the leaves off.

Method:- Cook the pasta first, then place the pancetta, shallots and garlic in a preheated pan over medium heat for 6-7 minutes until pancetta is golden and shallots tender, add the cream, parmesan and hot cooked pasta with a little of the pasta water until creamy in texture season with salt and pepper to taste.

Put in a serving dish sprinkle with the figs and basil serving straight away and enjoy.

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So is there an expectation that actors of a certain distinction will reach the point where tackling Lear seems absolutely inevitable?

Michael Pennington, who takes on the role at the Theatre Royal Brighton until Saturday, May 7, answers with a laugh… and a reference to Ralph Richardson.

“I always think of Ralph Richardson who used to say that you are going along and everything is fine and the sun is shining and then suddenly you get your foot caught in Lear! Well, it is now my time with that particular bramble called Lear.

“I never used to think about playing Lear. I supposed I would get to do it one day, but I wasn’t sure that I had anything particular to offer in the role.”

But then a few years ago, he was doing the Ronald Harwood play Collaboration in Chichester’s Minerva Theatre, and there was something about his character that set him thinking about Lear more seriously.

As Michael says, with Lear, you have to accept that there is only a fairly narrow window in an actor’s career – that moment when you are roughly the right age but can still match memory with the energy the role requires.

“And you start to realise that if you miss that moment, then you have missed it forever.”

This is in fact Michael’s second Lear. His first was two years ago in New York: “It was a completely different production, and everything about it was different to the extent that I am the only point of contact between the two. I tried to import the American production, but it was too expensive and too difficult, so I remembered my old days as an actormanager and decided to try to set up a new production over here. We have come up with a really interesting co-production between a subsidised theatre in Northampton and the corporate sector. It has been

Michael Pennington stars in King Lear. Picture by Marc Brenner

fascinating to do.

“The American production was not instigated by me.

I wanted to work with the resident director that the company uses, and I also wanted to work with the company. I was there as a novelty. They didn’t really know who I was. But having done Lear in New York, I wanted to do it in my own country.”

Michael came to it all having appeared as Edgar in 1976 opposite Donald Sinden’s Lear: “But the play at first sight can appear quite remote, like some mountain covered in mist, but once you get into it, you realise just how marvellous the language is, just how astoundingly beautiful it all is.”

As for Lear himself: “I think he is terrific. His default mode is to fight back.

He doesn’t do self-pity. He fights and fights and fights.

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beginning of the play, but really the key thing is what we now call dementia.

There is no question that most of us have experienced someone who comes and goes mentally as Lear does.

Sometimes he is brilliantly clear, and sometimes he is away with the fairies.

“To make his daughters go through the love test that he puts them through and making them declare their love for him is at the beginning of his dementia.

Everything would be fine if he didn’t do that, and he then deals with it in a very stupid and unrealistic way.”

And therein lies the continuing relevance of the play, as Michael argues. We don’t have to think of him as a remote ancient Briton.

He could be the CEO of a big company: “It could be any figure of authority.”

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Following two spectacular sell-out festivals, Funk The Family returns to Hove Park on Saturday May 28 with an even bigger line-up of live music acts, DJs and family fun.

With their focus on “high quality music”, the festival organisers have also booked an incredible nine-hours of free family entertainment across the leafy site.

“Mature B-Boy” DJ Format brings his covetable selection of vinyl-only hip hop to the festival’s much-loved Club Tropicana tent. The Muppet’s Rowlf The Dog (you may have seen him busking in The Laines?) also plays jazz piano, Juice FM’s John Warr spins afro-latin grooves, the English Disco Lovers, Stick It On crew, and many more acts.

Basement Jaxx’s stunning vocalist Vula Malinga takes to the outdoor stage with brilliant brass trio The Atlantic Horns; they’ve played with Stevie Wonder, Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams.

Hilarious lyricist Professor Elemental brings his chap-

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hop charm to the fold, there’s jump-up ska from Brighton’s King Porter Stomp, sultry soul from Harleighblu… the list goes on. Free family entertainment includes all day circus shows in the Cirque Du Funk big top, Red Jelly messy play, Each Peach’s under-5’s village, Street Funk dancers, classic Punch and Judy shows, diabolo and slack-lining workshops, Wild Nature bush-craft, Circus Project trapeze workshops, Tree of Life family yoga and much, much more.

Accelerating from 1,000 attendees at Hove Lagoon in 2014 to 4,500 attendees at Hove Park in 2015, team

Funk The Family are also organising a second, adults only day, on the Bank Holiday Sunday, called Funk The Format. Like Funk The Family, the second day focuses on good vibes, good music and good fun. It also has an amazing music lineup, including Soul II Soul, Norman Jay and Rodney P. “Both Funk The Family and Funk The Format offer something that Brighton & Hove has been missing,” says FTF founder and director, Lucy ‘Elle J’ Small. ““I moved fromLondon to Brighton & Hove nearly nine years ago to raise my family. There is so much to do here, but there was no event that offered something really credible, musical, creative and fun for me and my family. I firmly believe Funk The Format is filling a much-needed gap in Brighton’s music scene. We want to bring that Notting Hill Carnival vibe to Brighton & Hove.”

Tickets: available at www. skiddle.com or 0844 8842920.

Adults: £22 or Adult Weekend (includes Sunday’s Funk The Format festival): £45, Teenager: £18, Child: £10, Babies: free. For more info: www.funkthefamily.co.uk

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

THE MAYDAYS PRESENT PITCH THAT SHOW: £8-£10, 6.45pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480. Comedy cabaret.

EXHIBITIONS THE THERMOS MUSEUM: £3-£5, 2pm/3pm until June 5 Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480. A comedic but edifying experience.

GIGS DUB ORGANISER: £5, 11pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

RAPPORTS: £4-£5, 8.30pm Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. Plus The Levity, Rooted, The ED Flower Band and The Decadent Dayze.

ULTIMATE POWER: £5, 11pm Kome-

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STAGE 2 BECOME 1: £6-£8, 9pm and May 8, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480. A comedy pop-musical.

SATURDAY COMEDY MINOR DELAYS: £8-£10, 6.30pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480. Slick and speedy sketch comedy.

TWIG THE PIXIE’S FAMILY FUNSPLOSION: £3-£5, 1.30pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

CONCERTS LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: £10-£32.50, 7.30pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Daniel Harding conductor, Leif Ove Andsnes piano.

GIGS FADO WITH CLAUDIA AURORA: £15,

9pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

GOGODISCO: £4, 11pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

PITCH PERFECT: free, noon-4pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709.

Fringe event: From folk to rock, chamber ensembles to brass bands.

TONIGHT MATTHEW: £5-£10, 9pm Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171.

Rock with ultimate seven-piece band Tonight Matthew.

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PORTRAITS IN MOTION: £12.50, various times until May 11 Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Fringe event: Volker Gerling (Berlin).

UNLIMITED: Three films, free, 10am5pm until May 29, Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Fringe event: Three films examining society’s attitudes to real lives.

STAGE ANATOMY OF A PIANO (FOR BEGINNERS): Free but ticketed, 2.30pm plus 11.30am/2.30pm May 8 Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Touch tour for visually impaired patrons 1.45pm May 7.

CHARLES LINEHAN COMPANY: £15, 8pm until May 8 Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Fringe event.

JAVIER JARQUIN: Card Ninja, £8£10, 4pm, Komedia, 44-47 Gardner

GIGS PAUL DIELLO: £6-£7, 8.30pm Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. Plus Catherine Allin.

TINDERSTICKS: £15-£20, 8.30pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709.

Fringe event: Performing their new album The Waiting Room.

SUNDAY COMEDY GOO:GA: £8-£10, 1.30pm Komedia, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

STAGE KNOW MY NEIGHBOUR: Free, 2pm

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Fringe event: Join us for a panel discussion about social isolation.

MERCUTIO LOVES ROMEO: £8, 7.30pm Latest MusicBar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton (01273) 687171. An Immersive Theatre play starring Victoria Coker.

MONDAY CONCERTS AMALTHEA DUO: £10, 1pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Fringe event: Klio Blonz flute, Siobhan Swider harp.

STAGE SMOKE AND MIRRORS: £15-£17.50, 8pm until May 10 Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Fringe event: Circus as you’ve never seen it before.

THIS IS ALWAYS THE RESULT: £8-£10, 5pm plus 4.30pm May 10, Komedia, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

TUESDAY COMEDY NEW ACT NIGHT: £5-£7, 8pm Kome-

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THE RUBY DARLNGS: £8-£10, 8.30pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton. Call 0845 293 8480.

GIGS FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET: £10, 1pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709.

Fringe event: Hu Wiggin, Ellie McMurray, Jose Manueal Banuls and Shevaughan Beere.

STAGE YANIS VAROUFAKIS: £10, 7.30pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709.

Fringe event: Talking to Channel 4 economics editor and Guardian columnist Paul Mason.

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GIGS MARTHA TILSTON: £13, 7.30pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

THE COMPLETE DEATHS: £16.25, 7.30pm until May 15 (Sat/Sun mat 2.30pm) Theatre Royal, Brighton 0844 871 7650. Fringe Festival event.

STAGE BRIGHTON – SYMPHONY OF A CITY: £10-£22.50, 7.30pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Fringe event: A fusion of silent film and live music.

LIONEL SHRIVER: £10, 8pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Fringe event: Lionel Shriver talks about her new novel, The Mandibles.

MICHAEL MORPURGO: £6, 6pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709.

Fringe event: A master storyteller and creator of the most brilliant children’s books of recent years.

GIGS 9: £10-£12, 8.30pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480. Jazz, folk and classical songs.

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COMEDY BRIDGET CHRISTIE: A Book of Her, £17, 7.30pm Brighton Dome (01273) 709709.

SARAH KENDALL PLUS SUPPORT: £10, 8pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480.

STAGE BLUES & BURLESQUE: £10 (£6 concessions), Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road, 01273 725230. Until May 14.

BROKEN GLASS: £10, 7.45pm (Sun 2.30pm) until May 21 New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place, Brighton (01273) 476118. By Arthur Miller, directed by Jerry Lyne.

CHIFLON – THE SILENCE OF THE COAL: £12.50, 7.30pm Thurs/Fri, 5pm/8.30pm Sat Brighton Dome (01273) 709709. Fringe event: Silencio Blanco (Santiago).

THE GIRL WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE MOON: £7-£8, .45pm Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton 0845 293 8480. Exploring humanity’s fascination with the skies.

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SUDOKU

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CODEWORD Codeword is the crossword puzzle with no clues. The number in each square corresponds to a letter. Work out the words in the grid using the letters provided. Fill in these known letters first, then use skill and judgement to work out the others.

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6. Threats from top male performers (7) 7. Communist leader finds Leonard at home (5) 9. Black stream (3) 10. One in unspoilt surroundings must be single!

(9) 12. Loose cash won’t make much difference (5,6) You have 10 mins to find as many words as possible 15. Become using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the timorous when hub letter and at least 3 others. Letters may be used close in a way only once. You cannot use plurals, foreign words or to how old we proper nouns. There is at least one 9-letter word to be found. are (4,7) 17. There may be grounds for disposal here (6-3) 19. How to look down on other mortals? (3) 21. Has one to cheat to win it at cards? (5) 22.

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DOUBLE CROSSWORD: SUDOKU: Cryptic: Across: 7 Pharmacopoeia; 8 Screened; 9 Sees; 10 Cellar; 12 Inlets; 14 Essays; 16 Lustre; 18 Sail; 20 Wardroom; 22 Stationmaster.

Down: 1 Checkers; 2 Ordeal; 3 Main; 4 Goodwill; 5 Morsel; 6 Wine; 11 Rosewood; 13 Turnover; 15 Allots; 17 Surest; 19 Asti; 21 Rime.

CODEWORD: 1=T, 2=L, 3=H, 4=D, 5=J, 6=E, 7=P, 8=B, 9=O, 10=U, 11=R, 12=Z, 13=V, 14=I, 15=Q, 16=X, 17=M, 18=S, 19=G, 20=K, 21=N, 22=W, 23=C, 24=F, 25=Y, 26=A. WORD WHEEL: AUTOMATIC.

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KAKURO

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter N in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a US rock singer and actress.

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160-161 North Street, Brighton www.wahaca.co.uk

ahaca is the latest of the UK’s big players to open in Brighton and it has done so on the back of a wave of expectation.

Headed up by 2005 Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers, the Mexican ‘market food inspired’ restaurants have been a hit in London since 2007. The Brighton branch is the fifth to open outside of the capital and, unlike other restaurant chains, has the sort of credentials that fit in well with Brighton’s cultural ethos.

Ever since the flagship restaurant opened in Covent Garden, Wahaca has put sustainability at the centre of its business. It is the first restaurant group in the UK to have been certified as carbon neutral, and won the Sustainable Restaurant Group of the Year award in both 2012 and 2013.

As with any restaurant worth its salt these days all produce is from local and sustainable suppliers where possible and sustainability is built in to all of the restaurants.

This is all rather impressive but at the end of the day if the food isn’t any good then what is the point? So let’s get on with the important stuff, is Wahaca actually any good? The short answer is yes. My friend and I walked in at 6pm on a very average Wednesday evening and the place was pretty much full. A member of the team they said it has been like that since opening.

Despite being so busy it had an energetic buzz to it rather than feeling oppressive and annoying. The staff were friendly and attentive, zipping through the tables with, what appeared to be, happy smiles on their faces and the animated kitchen added to the market feel of the restaurant. The general environment is lively and bright without coming across as tacky and like it is

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Spicy chicken pasilla

trying too hard.

We take our seat and are immediately struggling with the extensive and interesting menu. I order a rather delicious tamarind Margarita (£6.95) to assist with the selection process and we settle on some nibbles to start. We order guacamole served with Chicharronstyle puffed pork scratchings (£4.75) and chorizo topped Frijoles (£4.50) which arrive promptly.

The guacamole is zingy and fresh with lime and the rich and perfectly ripe avocado is spot on. The puffed scratchings are surprisingly good and go well with the fresh dip. The frijoles – which are a traditional twice cooked bean dish – are excellent. Deep and rich in flavour I cannot get enough of them and the chorizo oil adds a little heat and paprika sweetness – definitely a must try dish.

For the mains you can either choose a selection of small dishes from the “Street Food” menu or go for one of the larger main dishes. My friend plucks for the street food menu choosing a chipotle chicken quesadilla (£4.25), Mexico Citystyle Salmon Sashimi tostadas (£4.75), and Huitlacoche empanadas (£4.50).

I opt for one of the larger plates and order pasilla chicken tacos (£9.50) from the classics list.

My friend’s dishes all arrive first which is a little annoying, although they had informed us that as food is cooked to order this can be the case.

The quesadilla is fairly standard with a sweet and slightly fruity chicken filling. The other two dishes are a little more interesting especially the salmon toastadas which combine classic Mexican flavours with an underlying note of raw salmon – it tastes better than that probably sounds. The empanadas are little parcels of earthy mushrooms with cheese and a slight truffle sweetness that adds a little luxury to a traditional concept.

My main dish consists of three soft flour tortillas filled with grilled chicken that has been marinated with Oaxacan chillies. I am surprised, and pleased, with the level of heat in the dish and the chicken has a lovely fresh and smokey charred flavour. The burnt habanero salsa adds further spice and depth to an already pleasurable experience. I try the fruity habanero sauce that is on the table with one and is a great addition and before I know it I’ve eaten the lot.

Wahaca is a good quality fast food option in the city that works equally well for families and groups of friends on a night out.

It is not going to become one of the city’s top restaurants but for a quick and tasty food option it certainly ticks a lot of boxes – although you might have to wait for a table at the moment due to the initial rush.

Compared to similar large scale restaurants I would say the food is up there with the best and the prices are very reasonable. I would certainly have no reservations about returning if I was looking for a simple no fuss place to eat.

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

ice cakes are really popular.

No, like really popular. No, more popular than that.

We were blissfully unaware of the unprecedented popularity of rice cakes until this week’s perfunctory research began. We were happy in our ignorance.

Now we know stuff and, as your oracle on anything cakey, we’re obviously going to spread the word about this rice cake phenomenon. Wave goodbye to your ignorance (and bliss), and say hello to knowing stuff. It’s not all that, but welcome to the club.

When we say rice cakes, we’re not talking about caramel flavoured Snack A Jacks, or dark chocolate coated Kallo from the free-from aisles in Tesco; we’re talking about proper, complicated, Pan-Asian delicacies. That’s proper and complicated, not “proper complicated”. You get me, fam? Sick.

Proper and complicated rice cakes are made by pounding rice into a paste and moulding it into shapes. Not rice like Uncle Ben’s Express Golden Vegetable Rice. That’s probably lovely, but we’ll never know, and nor should you.

Seriously, don’t eat that. The rice is short grain japonica glutinous rice. Glutinous in the sense that it’s sticky like glue, not glutinous as in chock-a-block with gluten.

Good news for the omnipresent one per cent.

In China they have three varieties - nian gao, tang yuan and erkuali. The latter literally means earpiece. Not relevant, but it is interesting. In Taiwan they steam them and call them Tainan, which is the name of a city in the south. The Koreans have over seven varieties. Our favourite is Tteokbokki because it arouses the same sense of pride as being an eight year old who is able to correctly spell recommend.

Indonesia, India, and the Philippines have over 20 varieties between them, and the Vietnamese have loads but the editor wouldn’t appreciate spell-checking the myriad accents. Japan has Senbei and also – drum roll – Mochi.

You know that dessert in Japanese restaurants that nobody knows the name of, but even when they do, they don’t actually say it lest they sound like an idiot? It’s those furry little balls that feel like really soft skin and are usually a pinky red colour. They’re called Mochi, and they are the reason for all this. All we wanted to do was find out a bit more about them, but once the floodgates opened, rice cake mania was ushered in by a golden beckoning-cat.

The best samurai in town couldn’t fight off the facts. And nor could Tom Cruise.

How did he ever get cast in a samurai film? Do you want to know why? Do you want the truth? You can’t handle the truth.

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BELLING electric cooker oven. Thermostat needs looking at hence £10. Tel 01403 217403. Buyer cyclopedia collects.

MODERN 1911 complete set colour NEFF ELECTRIC double plates £10.

01730 oven U17S323GB plus 812377 gas hob. 2 years old.

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VICTORIAN meat plate VGC, white with brown edging, £5.

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PHONE Cream coloured, 50's retro style full TIMBER sawn 6" x 2" x working order £30 01243 CANE TABLE 30" x 21" plus two round back 11ft long, 10 lengths, 574104 chairs with padded seats, ideal for garage roof, rack for car/small ROOF VGC £28. 01243 868027 bargain buy, £100 07470 van, suitable for vehicles 603411 or 01903 785362 glass with gutter, £10 Goring MAHOGANY display cabinet 3 shleves TREND worktop jig, area, 07867 775501 4 drawers claw ball feet 1000m combi in wooden case, perfect cutting TOYOTA Car roof box £50. 01730 812377 alignment, £20 07467 carrier, all fittings, ex. OLD Victorian sideboard, cond., buyer collects, 254041 good for shabby chic. 2 £75. 01903 772958 drawers, 2 cupboards, 2 BOXES white 6" glazed kitchen/bathroom tiles, qt T Y P E W R I T E R key, £40 01903 262073 portable PINE kitchen chairs, set 88, bargain, £29, 07818 underwood 675638 or 01903 785362 9inch roller, fair condition, of 6 including 2 carvers, £60. 01903 505346 VGC £60ono 01903 4 X 1M 6" Stainless steel 763443 twin wall flue pipes, plus T Y P E W R I T E R portable, SOLID WOOD sideboard standard cowl, £100. Tel Underwood, 9inch roller, fair condition, by younger W213cm x 07856 704057 £60. 01903 505346 D44 x H78, £50 ono.

BOSCH ELECTRIC 01243 862879 Planer, 2 Cutter Model ASSORTMENT of items G.W.O £10 Tel 07467 for car boot sale £25. ADJUSTABLE over the 01243 783327 bed, old pine table £65.

254041 01243 603898 DRAPER 18V hammer BILLY CAN blue enamal, VGC, approx 100 years old, ARMCHAIR straight drill with charger, new condition, £10 01903 £10. Bognor 01243 823383 back neutral colour £60.

01243 584576 506692 GREEN bottle garden, FRONT DOOR fully planted, nice present CABINET filing four drawers teak venner £15.

Prepared, colour glass £30. 01243 373692 01730 812377 panel at the top £45 01243 574104 RELAXER CHAIR new, unwanted gift. Black. £80 LARGE selection of DIY - 01293 614814. tools plus a battery charger, screws & nails ROCKING CHAIR pine £50. 01243 783327 1930'S walnut vaneer good cond., £30. 01243 bureau, needs some 863449 door original repair, to collect. Felpham PINE 1930's six panels, 80cm 01243 822506 wide x200cm high, 3.5cm thick, £65 01903 786351 CONCRETE slabs various sizes/colours TILE cutter, heavy FREE so help yourself. dutyfor floor and wall, 01243 375169 SHED 10x8ft with large capacity, unused, in window, apex roof, buyer case, £20 07467 254041 HARDCORE free to dismantles £35. 01243 collector, small amount TIMBER ANGLE 3.7m enough for a drive. 01243 778292 long, approx 46mil. Each 867677 angle £10 - 01403 563304. Double length.

LASER PRINTER Fax, Scanner, Nashuatec. Tel WINDOW double glazed Horsham 07778 320767 white UPVC small GARDEN BENCH 500x500mm with sil £15. SHED 6' x 4', needs to flatpack pine, Matfield, 01243 778292 be dismantled, free to unused. Including new collector. 01903 261301 cushion. 2 seater £25 WHEEL BARROW 01403 266527 heavy duty steel, £20.

01243 842995 WHITE GARDEN recliner chairs with cushions. 8 available but will split. £5 each. 01903 C I N T I Q U E 742814.

WESTMINSTER armchair, golden brown, GAS BBQ with side cost £500 new, excellent burner and bottle, £25. condition. £95 ono - 01243 822878 KENWOOD food 01798 872662 (6-9pm). processer, attachments for model EP555 inc DISPLAY Corner unit, 3 liquidiser, whisk plates & shelves, 4 drawers, 1 bowl, never used £20. cupboard, approx.

07923926893 194cm high x 80cm wide x 50cm deep, VGC £30 HONDA Motor mower, self propelled rear roller PHILIPS HOSTESS ono 07867 775501 42cm cut, very good trolley. £20 - buyer collects. 01825 766450.

LADDEREX 1960'S condition £75. 01243 Cocktail cabinet desk, 262018 glass cabinet shelves etc. HONDA HR173 Complete. Only £25. Tel PETROL Mower, brand 01903 741074 new blade and filter Storrington fitted, £70. Tel 01903 COAL effect living flame CIRCULAR dropleaf 742814 electric fire, perfect table, light oak, 43", 220 CLEAN plastic condition £50 01903 closed 43"x 23". Good flower pots various sizes, 215273 condition. £35 01903 only £5 the lot. Newhaven 248431 01273 515410.

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MALIBU clubs, w 1-3-5 irons, 3 to PW large, tyota bag, no putter, £45 01903 722436

groundwork MENS shoes plus clarks active air, brand new size 10, £10 for both. 01243 827678

NIKE carry stand bag plus 25 gold balls, VGC £18 01903 779535

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MIRRORS MIRROR guilt frame, 36"x36" bevelled, brand new still in original wrapping £40 01243 574104

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Westergate 01243 MOBILITY SCOOTER mid size, 4mph, range 20 542333 mile. Ex. Condtion. £270.

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WORK OUT station bench weights etc, hardly used, £95, delivered locally. 01243 552466

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GRETSCH 9126 6 string guitar ukulele with padded gigbag, vgc, £75.

SAUCEPANS Set of 4, 01243 842899 plus frying pan, stainless steel, good condition, £15. - Tel 01403 732228 SAUCEPANS Set of 4 BIRD double breeding with lids, Judge, stainless cages, unused, 33" x 12" steel, good condition, x 16", £20 each. Bognor £10. - Tel 01403 732228 01243 264796 BIRDCAGE with stand TEA TOWELLS approx. plus extras, £15. 01243 90, all unused, offers. 828844 01243 822383 SMALL animal pen 4'sq x 2'h, £25. Bognor 01243 264796

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FRISTER & ROSSMANN electric sewing machine with carrying case, assorted handicraft supplies, £50.

01243 551901 BEAUTIFUL CURTAIN materials, must be seen for keen sewer. £20-£25 per roll - 01273 611820.

TOYS & GAMES CROQUET SET four player, in canvas holdall, as new, with guide plan, £30. Ferring (01903) 506692

POKEMON cards, 140 in total in yellow Pokemon folder, bargain, £24 WEATHER Report ovno., 07470 603411 or albums, vinyl, 5 of kept in 01903 785362 protective covers, £50 JIGSAWS 30 boxes, lot. 01903 714132 1,000 pieces, VGC, all complete, £1.50 each, 01903 731274

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01243 201542 01444 443454 822383 ONE strap blue prom TRAINING WATCH dress, selling because Brand new, sealed box, DYSON upright vacuum too long. Never worn, RRP £130 bargain £70. cleaner, needs service Size 10/12, bought for Can deliver all areas. Tel £25. 01243 373692 £70 sell for £40, 01323 847216 STEAM cleaner, hand Tel:(01903) 201542 held vac, £10 01903 EMSMORE bowling 713034 summer shoes, mens size 8, LADIES clothing, small, leather VGC, £15 01903 immaculate, large 268745 amount, £15 the lot.

Bognor 01243 827678 GOLF clubs, full set, left WANTED sewing handed, woods, iron, PROM dress , teal satin bag, pull along trolly £70. machine, old or new in GWO esssential.

01903 GOYA size 8/10 01243 514300 730276 strapless, ruffled laced adjustable back £55. BOWLS 2 x sets plus 4 x STIRRUP pump, ex ARP, pairs shoes, £10 each. world war 2, 01243 01243 545787 01243 263810 555213 Yapton BLACK leather coat, size 16, by J Taylor, VGC, £50 TWO sets of Bowls, 1 for £30 other for £60, call 42 INS CUTTING DECK 01903 763443 023 9269 7027.

For Westwood ride on mower, good condition, £60. Tel 07856 704057 BOSCH Classic 1xx CLAY land drains 20x12" COSYFEET alisha extra express max suitable ground wide open toe shoes, LADIES demon walking performance washing drainage/wine rack £30 stone size 5, brand new, boots brown leather size machine, white, bargain 37, worn once as new, £15. 01243 585040 01428 741242 £69 ono, 07470 603411 £25. 01243 585040 or 01903 785362 ELECTRIC rotary mower LADIES Hotter shoes Bosch Rotak 34 1400w, size 8, beige strap over, ex. cond., £20. Bognor brand new.

Bognor area. 01243 264769 01243 827678 BT big button 200 VGC, hovermatic LADIES black Ecco telephone, FLYMO HV4000 electric shoes, size 40 (6), good instruction book available lawnmower £15. 01730 for walking, worn once £15 01903 238798 812377 £10 01903 730276 CHALLENGE hedge cutter EC £15. 01243 783327 BT VISION powerline adapters to provide wired FLYMO hover mower, JOHN Lewis "Sway" broadband to different Vac280, new, £30 01903 floor lamp, white with rooms NEW in box & shade, cost £95 sell for 782791 instructions £25ono £20 01903 713034 (01903) 201542

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COFFEE table with shelf underneath. Light wood workshop veneer 46x30x18" VGC HAYNES manual, covering VW £12. proceeds to NSPCC Golf, Jetta, Scirocco, Golf 01798 342672 convertible, 1974-1985 D I S P L AY / S T E R E O £7 (01243) 574104 cabinet, 4 shelves, black POOL and snooker wood with smoked glass trophys, 6 different, ideal door, VGC, £30 ono for pub/club competition, Worthing 07867 775501 £20 ono Tel: (01903) DRESSING Table/ desk 714132 4-drawers on side, beech H74xW112x PROJECTOR screen, effect collapsible for storage, D40cms £25. Tel: 01243 1200mm x 1200mm 531007 when erected on it's stand, £20 01903 723501 FOUR antique french bentwood and rattan SODA SYPHON dining chairs, in need of bear8ing logo of some restoration, £80.

Chichester Cross and 01903 786351 Pinks Ltd £10 01243 THREE piece suite dark 574104 brown leather settee, BIRD double breeding L196cm x W93cm, buyer cages, unused, 33" x 12" collects, £100. 01243 x 16", £20 each. Bognor 864217 after 4pm 01243 264796 TWO seater fabric sofa ELECTRIC typewriter, and armchair, ex. cond., silver reed, portable as smoke free house, £95.

824707 / new bargain £25. 01243 01243 0748486170 868719

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LEFT handed golf clubs, taylormade driver, 3 & 5 woods, taylormade rescue 9 & irons. £100 01903 786351

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SONY BRAVIA 31" LED, ex. cont., £40. 01243 551901

GENTS new x-large TOSHIBA 32" clothing, shorts, T-shirts, TV shirts etc, £15 the lot. flatscreen freeview. VGC. 01243 827678 £50. Tel 01825 767892.

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Worthing - Littlehampton - Shoreham SILVERSTONECLASSIC

Stars turn out for Classic Media Day by staff reporter

A host of the famous stars and evocative cars that will wow the crowds at this summer’s action-packed Silverstone Classic (29-31 July) revved up at today’s traditional Media Day curtain-raiser.

As the premier event on the historic motor racing calendar, the Silverstone Classic is firmly established as the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival, with last year’s record-breakingsilver jubilee

extravaganza attracting more than 100,000 visitors for the very first time.

Judging by the attendance and fever around Media Day, 2016’s follow-up is gearing up to be even bigger and better, with the Home of British Motor Sport primed to host the ultimate celebration of classic cars.

With the variety of ontrack action matched by a plethora of off-track entertainment, the sheer scale of the event is astonishing – and it is continuing to grow yearon-year, as the vast Silverstone estate is given over to a

full-on festival of flat-out fun for all the family. Some 150 of the world’s finest cars took to the Grand Prix track, while static displays in the paddock highlighted many of the car club anniversaries – with lots of models and marques set to celebrate momentous milestonesthissummer,including the 50th birthday of the iconic Lamborghini Miura and 25 years of the charismatic Nissan Figaro.

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ROADTEST:HONDAHR-V1.6I-DTECEX

BACK TO THE FUTURE

by Alan Candy Motoring writer

Honda have turned back the clock and set the HR-V for the present in a bid to capture their slice of the compact SUV pie.

The name may be familiar for those who recall the so-called ‘Joy Machine’ of the early 2000s – a quirky and funky cross-country leisure vehicle with a signature giant rear spoiler which adorned the roof.Itranuntil2006andoriginallystoodforHi-riderRevolutionary Vehicle, according to Honda records.

Fast forward to now and the HR-V name lives again on an all-new vehicle based on the clever Jazz. Size-wise the HR-V is somewhere between a Qashqai and Juke and is available only in 2WD in the UK, with prices from £18,495 to £25,425.

Honda plays a clever trick also used widely by Alfa Romeo in ‘hiding’ the rear door handle, making the vehicle look more like a threedoor coupe in side profile. To save you hunting around, it’s disguisedinthetopoftherear window frame, which caught outplentyofpeopleduringmy time with the car.

Gimmick-free and robust, the HR-V adds solidity and reliability to an overcrowded SUV market, with a surprising amount of interior space packed into a compact footprint and plenty of luggage versatility.

In terms of technology, there’s nothing to be afraid of when operating the logical andclearinfotainmentsystem based on touchscreen operation. It’s user friendly and the screen is thoughtfully angled towards the driver, as are surrounding touch-sensitive areas.

On-board safety equipment includes an innovative system which combines traffic sign recognition with a speed limiter to always keep youontherightsideofthelaw.

Chunky and muscular, with a dramatic swept back screen and roofline, the HR-V isplainlyfromtheHondafamily, identified by the horizontally linked headlamps and grille.

Black cladding on wheel arches and sills adds extra protection.

The interior, with its mix of hard and soft-touch surfacesand‘pianoblack’glossis

classyandbeautifullycrafted, withneatlypackagedworking areas.

The only minor disadvantage is the slabby dashboard, whichwastesalotofspaceand

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means the driver only sees a small sliver of bonnet.

All-leather black sportsstyle seatsareplush, comfortable and supportive in all the right places.

Well subdued against noise, the refined 1.6 diesel model I tested offers decent performance(0-62mphin10.5 secs) and long-striding comfort on major journeys, with the benefit of nearly 70mpg overall.

Car-like handling and a wristy, slick six-speed manual gearbox make for some pleasurable driving and all occupants praised the HR-V’s comfort,evenwithfouradults on board.

The icing on the cake is Honda’s excellent Magic Seat

FACTFILE PRICE: £26,055 ENGINE: 1.6-litre diesel producing 118bhp, 221lb/ft TRANSMISSION: Six-speed manual driving the front wheels PERFORMANCE: Top speed 119mph, 0-62mph in 10.5 seconds ECONOMY: 68.9mpg combined EMISSIONS: 108g/km

system, which allows a onetouchdroptoflattenrearseats andcreateasizeablelevelload platform,withpassengerfootwells also able to be utilised.

Very much different from the original, it’s good to welcome back the HR-V name, which gives Honda more firepower in a crucial market.

Porschetakes wraps off turbocharged Cayman Just weeks after the first mediadrivesofthenewturbocharged 718 Boxster, Porsche hasunveiledthematching718 Cayman.

It uses the same 2.0-litre 296bhp and 2.5-litre 345bhp flat-four engines in the new Cayman and Cayman S variants, the latter making use of variable vane turbo geometry technologytakenfromthe911 Turbo.

The extra power makes

the Cayman S as fast off the line as the 911, notching up the 0-62mph sprint in as littleas4.2secondswiththePDK gearbox and Sport Chrono packs installed.

Officialfuelefficiencyisup to as much as 40.9mpg in the 2.0-litre car, while top speeds are 170mph and 177mph.

The suspension has been stiffened and the wheels and tyres made wider, in order to extract even more lateral grip

fromacaralreadywellknown for its cornering prowess.

Porsche has upgraded the brakes,too.TheCaymanwears the system from the previous Cayman S, while the new S makes use of the four-piston calipers from the 911 Carrera, plus 6mm thicker discs.

As with the Boxster, two levels of Porsche Active SuspensionManagement(PASM) areavailable,loweringthecar by 10mm and 20mm respec-

tively, although the latter is only available on S models.

Inside, Porsche Communication Management is now standard and features mobile phone preparation, audio interfacesanda150-Wattstereo.

For the first time the Cayman is priced below the Boxster, mirroring the 911 range where the soft-top is themoreexpensive.Therange starts from £39,878, with the Cayman S at £48,834.

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ROADTEST:SSANGYONGKORANDOSPORTSEX

Korando makes a big impact

by Alan Candy Motoring writer

I’ve always wanted one of these, ever since seeing iconic pick-ups cruising the length and breadth of Texas.

Those big boys hummed to the tune of 5.0-litre petrol engines – air conditioning was just for cissies and they were drivenelbowpermanentlyout of window.

But I wouldn’t mind swapping theirs for one of these – the jaw-dropping SsangYong Korando Sports, which is not only affordable but also economical and surprisingly refined.

The 4WD version I tested here ( £18,495) can tackle some off-road work and keep you safe in winter, but the range actually starts at £14,995, which takes some beating.

If you need or just desire a pick-up, this covered wagon shouldberightupyourstreet.

It boasts a smart, durable and

detachablehardtopthatcosts £1,995 but will be worth every cent as it safely covers and protects all goods in the rear pick-up section, as well as givingthevehicleasporty‘estate’ look.

Take a look at the Korando Sports in side profile and you’ll see just how long this vehicle really is – 4,990mm – more than 16ft 4ins in old measurements.

The rear section splits with a top-opening window and bottom panel which folds down to add another couple of feet of space for loading and unloading. Both the pickup cargo area and fold-down panelarefittedwithpractical, hard-wearing ribbed flooring that can be swept or hosed clean.

Hefty tie-down hooks and a spare wheel stashed under the rear of the vehicle complete the picture.

That’s all what you would expect from a day-to-day workhorse. What is surprising is just how sophisticated and well made the Korando is

from a driver’s point of view up front.

A commanding, high view allowsthedrivertoseemostof thebonnetwhilewellordered, neatly grouped bunches of in-

fo and switchgear are mostly easytodecipher(theKenwood touchscreen is the exception, withtinyexteriorgraphics,although the smart phone-style swipe action is easy).

A quick glance around the cab reveals heated seat buttons, cruise control operated from the wheel and a simple rotary knob for 4WD, with instant conversion from 2H to

4H and 4L. Highly comfortable and supportive leather sports seats also have electrical adjustment on the driver’s side.

A remarkably noise-subdued, smooth-running 2.0-litre diesel engine shames many other oil burners on the road both in refinement and low-down pulling power, while gearchanges slide in unobtrusively on the auto version.

This is a vehicle built for cruisingandroundtownwork and it excels in both areas.

Brakes are smooth, progressive and can be finely judged and power steering, though rather vague, certainly makes parking and manoeuvring easy, although restricted rear vision means relying heavily on the large door mirrors.

I may not have been out in the open range for my week at the wheel of the mighty Korando but this is one pick-up I wouldn’t mind strutting my stuff in or taming as a beast of burden.

Mighty big value all round.

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CHAMPIONSHIP

LEAGUE TABLE: P Burnley.......................45 Middlesbrough ..........45 Brighton .....................45 Hull..............................45 Derby..........................45 Sheff Wed...................45 Cardiff.........................45 Ipswich.......................45 Birmingham...............45 Brentford ...................45 Preston.......................45 Leeds ..........................45 QPR.............................45 Wolves ........................45 Blackburn...................45 Reading ......................45 Nottm Forest..............45 Bristol City..................45 Huddersfield..............45 Rotherham.................45 Fulham........................45 Charlton .....................45 Milton Keynes Dons...45 Bolton .........................45

W 25 26 24 23 21 19 17 17 16 18 15 14 13 13 12 13 12 13 13 13 11 9 9 5

D 15 10 16 11 15 17 16 15 14 8 16 16 18 16 16 13 16 13 12 10 15 13 12 15

L 5 9 5 11 9 9 12 13 15 19 14 15 14 16 17 19 17 19 20 22 19 23 24 25

F 69 62 71 64 66 65 55 52 52 67 44 49 53 51 43 51 41 54 58 52 65 40 38 41

GAME OUTCOMES: A Pts 35 90 30 88 41 88 34 80 42 78 43 74 50 67 51 66 48 62 66 62 44 61 57 58 54 57 57 55 45 52 56 52 46 52 70 52 65 51 66 49 79 48 77 40 67 39 80 30

Draws: 169

K McFadzean A Clayton G Bellusci S Carruthers R Fredericks J Garner M Hudson S Hutchinson B Wright C Evans

RED CARDS: 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11

FALMER STADIUM 02-05-16 RESULT: BRIGHTON 1 DERBY 1

POSSESSION

77% 23% 47% 53%

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Away teams: 149 wins

league goals scored

by Fulham’s Ross McCormack

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730 573 Total goals

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TOP SCORERS:

G Leadbitter L Cook M Davies S Duffy P Gallagher A McCormack M Mills D Stephens D Whitehead

G Berardi L Best P Billing T Cairney S Carruthers C Coady C Conway C Cropper H Dean M Derbyshire

LAST MATCH

FIXTURES:

28%

Home team: 222 wins

YELLOW CARDS:

P Bauer F Forestieri B Wright L Dunk S Ameobi F Amorebieta B Amos N Baker B Bannan Y Barbet

2015/2016 SEASON

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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A Grayy Burnley R McCoorm mack A Hernanndez T Hemed J Kodjia N Wells J Rhodes M Dembele F Forestieri C Martin A Judge L Vibe S Vokes T Ince C Wood N Blackman C Donaldson G Hooper C Austin T Chery

244 21 19 17 19 9 17 16 15 15 15 14 13 14 12 12 11 11 13 10 10

goals scored by Tomer Hemed

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Sussex’s young stars excite Davis Steve Bailey

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Sussex County Cricket Club head coach Mark Davis admits he is excited about what the future holds with all the promising young players at the club.

Davis admits it has been a slightly-frustrating start to the County Championship Division 2 season but was buoyed with the way Sussex batted out the final day against Leicestershire on Wednesday as they recorded a third successive draw.

He said: “It’s been a little bit of a frustrating start but there have been a lot of changes, a few injuries and a few not available.

“But from our perspective, we’re looking to rebuild and are trying to get more of the young players involved.

“It was very pleasing to bat out for the draw on Wednesday and the way Chris Nash, Ross Taylor and Ed Joyce all batted showed a lot of character as it’s never easy to bat out a day.”

Ollie Robinson (aged 22), George Garton (19), Harry

Finch (21), Matt Machan (25), Luke Wells (25) and Danny Briggs (25) have all featured for Sussex this season and Davis said: “We’ve got to a stage now where we need to get the young players in and see what they can do, as we’ve done a lot of patching up in years gone by.

“We know there are areas we need to improve and we’ll address that. However, the only way the young players are going to learn is by playing but we also need the senior players to step up, like Chris, Ross and Ed have done against Leicestershire, as you can’t have a team full of youngsters – you still need experience.

“But I’m very excited about what they can do. The draw ended up feeling like a win afterwards and we’ll take that into the game on Sunday now.”

Looking ahead to the match away to Derbyshire, Davis said: “The wickets have been pretty good so far and there have been a lot of big scores around the country. Let’s wait and see what deck they prepare.”

Sussex captain Luke Wright is set to miss the game as he still needs more time to recover from a wrist injury.

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Luke Wells in action for Sussex against Leicestershire this week

We still have belief – Asensio

with Lloyd Ellett

Lewis Mason

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Whitehawk Football Club boss Pablo Asensio admits his side still have belief despite defeat in the first leg of their National League South playoff semi-final.

Hawks went down 2-1 at home to Ebbsfleet United on Wednesday to leave them with it all to do heading into Sunday’s second leg.

It could have been worse for Asensio’s side had Danny Mills not struck eight minutes from time to give them some hope.

Despite the loss, Asensio saw enough to believe his side can turn the tie around.

He said: “It was such a disappointing defeat because we were on top for most of the game.

“They probably had three chances in the game and took two of them. We had so many but just did not make the most of them.

“Myplayerswerewondering how they managed to lose this game in the changing room afterwards.

“So many people were saying we deserved to at least draw this game but we lost and now have to win the second leg. This is something we believe we can do, though.”

It was the visitors who

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Hawks fans pictured at the first leg tie on Wednesday

went ahead against the run of play on the half-hour. A neat interchange between Danny Kedwell and Stuart Lewis saw the latter slot United ahead.

Hawks’ hopes of promotion were then dealt a huge blow as Kedwell fired in a free-kick after the home side’s wall had split with 16 minutes left.

But Mills popped up eight minutes from time to net what could well be a crucial goal as the first leg ended in a 2-1 defeat for Whitehawk.

Asensio wants his side to book a place in this season’s final after faltering at the same stage last campaign, but admitted this season can be classed a success even if they fail to overcome their first-leg deficit.

He added: “Now we are in

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the play-offs and just a goal behind we obviously want to reach the final and secure promotion.

“All of us were a little down after the final whistle but the way we played gives us confidence that we can beat them in the second leg.

“No matter what happens, this season can still be classed as a success. A few months ago people were saying we could get relegated and would struggle to stay up.

“This team has great belief and character, so to secure a play-off place and be in with a chance of going up is an incredible achievement.

“Now we are here, we want to win and I believe that we can do that in the second leg of this game.”

I

I need to avenge my solitary loss

moved up to 20 wins on my record on April 1 and am now looking to challenge for major titles later this year.

However, I can’t move on in my career until I avenge the solitary blemish on my record against my only conqueror – Ryan Toms.

Ideally, I want to rematch with Toms next because I feel like I’ve got to get that done before I can really push on.

I think he’s actually got a fight coming up so it might not work in my favour.

It was in October last year when disaster struck and I lost for the first and only time in my four-anda-half year-long career to the twotime Southern Area champion at the Brighton Metropole; a result that continues to haunt me six months on.

You could argue that I don’t deserve a title shot ahead of him and that he should come first.

Regardless, I need to set the record straight, and once I get that sorted then I’m unbeaten again and got enough experience to march on to bigger fights.

I immediately bounced back from that defeat to beat Faheem Khan for a second time a few weeks later last December; next came Slovakian

victim, Andrej Moravek, back in Brighton in February this year; followed up recently with a win over Polish opponent Adam Grabiec in April in my 21st professional contest at the Tolworth Recreation Centre in Surrey.

I’m looking at fighting next in Brighton on June 17, although it’s not set just yet. I’ll hopefully get confirmation this week.

I’m training hard at the moment with my manager, Scott Welch. We have been working on getting back to throwing lots of punches and picking the work rate right up.

I’m training three times a day to make sure I’m ready for whatever comes next.

There’s only eight weeks to go so should have the tickets soon and you can get them from me on my website or on Twitter.

I’d like to say thank you to the fans and to my sponsors KSD, Shore Group and Pingala for the continued support.

To follow me on Twitter, visit @lightningbolt07 Team Lightning would like to thank sponsors KSD Salt Services and The Shore Group and Pingala Media and PR Manager Tim Rickson.

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Lewis Mason

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Albion full-back Bruno looked ahead to Saturday’s Championship promotion shoot-out at Middlesbrough and said: “This could be the biggest game of my career.”

Brighton know a win in their final game of the season willseethemleapfrogsecondplaced Boro and secure a spot in the Premier League.

Heading into the clash, Middlesbrough need just a draw to go up in the second automatic promotion spot.

It is a game of such highvalue, with financial experts reporting it could be worth in excess of £170million for whoever achieves promotion.

And despite appearing in the Champions League for Valencia, while also turning out for Almeria in La Liga, Bruno believes this could be his biggest-ever one-off game in football.

Bruno said: “It’s one of the biggest games in my career, especially because I am one of the captains of the team

and the responsibility is even bigger.

“When you are younger and playing this kind of game maybe everyone is looking to another player, the main one, but now it’s time the others may look at players like myself to make that step forward.”

Bruno, alongside teammates Bobby Zamora, Anthony Knockaert, Gordon Greer and Dale Stephens to name a few, have all experienced promotion in their careers, so he feels there will be no added pressure going into Saturday’s crunch clash.

Bruno said: “A few other guys have got promoted with other clubs, so everyone is ready to play this game.

“The feeling is great, we had a really good training session yesterday and everybody was so sharp and that is nice to see. It’s important to be in that place when you see the pressure but everyone is ready to hold it.”

Albion skipper Gordon Greer is expected to return in place of suspended central defender Lewis Dunk.

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It will be elation or despair at Boro

E Bruno in action during Albion’s 1-1 draw with Derby County in the Championship on Monday afternoon

Late drama Wilson snatches injury-time point PICTURE BY ANGELA BRINKHURST

Albion’s destiny is in their own hands against Boro Boro v Brighton preview

James Wilson fires home Albion’s equaliser deep into injury-time against Derby County on Monday. The 1-1 draw extended Brighton’s unbeaten run in the Championship to 13 games, ahead of the promotion-decider at Middlesbrough tomorrow.

lation or despair. It will be one or the other come 2.30pm on Saturday, nothing in between.

Saturday’s match and promotion into the Premier League is worth around £200million to the winners, while the losers will have to quickly lift themselves for the play-offs. It has been one of the most exciting ever seasons to be a Seagulls fan, with a lot of memories that will last a lifetime. The 21-game unbeaten start, Bobby Zamora’s first goal back in an Albion shirt, the free-flowing football in the second half of the season, the list goes on.

Promotion on Saturday would top all of that. The game is certainly one of the biggest-ever matches in Albion’s history. It comes just over 19 years to the day when the Seagulls sealed their Football League survival with a 1-1 draw at Hereford.

Nerves will be jangling come kick-off, with Albion knowing only all three points will do. The Seagulls have lost only once to their fellow teams in the top six, 3-0 to Middlesbrough in December at the Amex, but have also only beaten one of those sides once as well (Hull, 1-0 at home), with seven draws.

It is set to be a tense, cagey affair that may only come to life in the final quarter but there’s no doubt Brighton can go there and win. Whatever happens, all Albion fans will be immensley proud of Chris Hughton and his squad for what they’ve achieved this season.

Brighton go into their final game of the season at Middlesbrough knowing what they have to do to achieve automatic promotion to the Premier League.

After James Wilson’s late strike secured a 1-1 draw with Derby on Bank Holiday Monday, Albion go into Saturday’s clash tied on 88 points with Aitor Karanka’s side, however the Teeside club sit above the Seagulls in second due to a superior goal difference.

Chris Hughton and his players head to the Riverside

Stadium knowing that only a win would see them guaranteed a place in the top flight alongside Burnley, who secured their return to the Premier League four days ago.

Any other result will mean Albion have to try and achieve promotion via the play-offs, setting up a semi-final tie with Sheffield Wednesday.

The trip to the Riverside will no doubt be one of the toughest games of the season with what is at stake.

Jordan Rhodes is likely to pose the biggest threat going forward for Boro, having started up front on

his own in recent matches.

The 26-year old will go up against a Seagulls centreback pairing who have yet to play alongside each other, with Lewis Dunk’s sending off against Derby, meaning Gordon Greer will return to skipper the side and partner Connor Goldson.

More than 2,000 fans are set to make the 600-mile round trip up north, and with thousands more set to tune in to the game around the globe, tomorrow’s game is no doubt one of the most anticipated in the club’s recent history.

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Johnny Cantor

The Albion Roar

Straight from the commentary box

by Alan Wares @albionroar

I’ve said all along this feels like Albion’s year

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ast game of the season.

A trip to Middlesbrough.

Nothing on the game. Eh? Yes that was last season but once again the fixture computer has thrown up another long trip to the North East but this time everything is on the line.

The wave of support for the Seagulls has turned into a tsunami in Sussex as they target the one final win that will deliver promotion.

It is a simple shoot-out. In one sense.

However, in another it isn’t. The losers will be hurt but not out of it completely.

Of course teams, clubs and most fans wouldn’t want to go through the torment of the play-offs but sometimes it can bring ecstasy.

At Wembley on May 28, it really is ‘us or them’. I’ve said all along I felt this was the Albion’s year, the Albion’s turn, the Albion’s right.

A victory at the Riverside may be a tough assignment but Chris Hughton’s team should not fear the play-offs. Yes,

there are good teams. Yes, the league results are irrelevant but they are still unbeaten in their past 13 and have won five out of the past six.

The squad are healthy bar a few long-term absentees. They remain the outsiders for the final automatic promotion place but that would change in the play-offs. And quite rightly.

The defeats to Palace and Derby are in the past and wholly irrelevant to any possible campaign this year.

All that remains is to wish the team well. I hope the fans have a great day no matter what the result is.

Glory may or may not beckon, but if they have to wait until the end of the month, so be it. It would still be very special.

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

Will the Seagulls fans be celebrating promotion on Saturday afternoon?

Win, lose or draw, it has been a sensational season

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o this is it. A final showdown at the end of the season, staged at maximum inconvenience to the Brighton fans; a set of supporters who have already had to make the longest journey on the road in the Championship to see their team play.

If social media is anything to go by, I’m going to buy shares in WD40, because it’s pretty evident most people have a ‘squeaky bum’. This match is being billed as ‘the most important match in Brighton’s history’, especially by people who have no idea of Brighton’s history.

If it’s importance you’re after, look no further than May 3, 1997, when the Albion’s very existence was on the line.

Those who were there will tell you that, while we might be tense and nervy about this Saturday’s match, this is about excitement and glory, 1997 was about our mere survival. The tension now is nothing compared to what could have been our final-ever game was like. Have you ever seen grown men cry at half-time? People too numb with fear for their club? People having to contemplate life without their own football team? The Albion had no safety net then. And this was just the beginning of the battle.

But that was then. Win, lose or draw this Saturday, 2015/16 has been a sensational season, way more than anyone associated with the club was expecting, and I lay all – yes, all – of the credit at Chris Hughton’s feet. He is a man – in public at least – of calmness, serenity and professionalism. Pick a crisis, he’s your man for it. Yet he is also someone who neither over-praises nor over-criticises, making him the consumate diplomat.

Even then, he’ll tell you he hasn’t finished building his squad. It may not be fanciful at all to think that this was intended to be a consolidation year; a season to build the platform for a promotion push next year. The players though, have responded amazingly well,

PICTURE BY ANGELA BRINKHURST

What a year it has been – Albion celebrate a goal earlier this season

some arguably having their best-ever season.

There is hardly a player who has regressed, and most who were here last season have improved in leaps and bounds. Again, this would not be possible without Chris Hughton’s leadership, drive and authority.

All our hopes and wishes go with the lads this weekend. I shouldn’t really talk about ‘well, there’s always the playoffs...’, but to those clueless enough to believe this is our most important match ever, well, there’s always the playoffs.

So whatever happens, Ady and I will be jettisoning our usual radio slot this Saturday for a two-hour Albion Roar Special on Sunday at 11am-1pm on Radio Reverb 97.2FM. We’ll be having a variety of guests on, some music and hopefully some fun. Together.