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A landlord has responded to claims by Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas that a block of flats is not fit to house vulnerable people. Baron Homes defended the way that it runs the town centre block which is often used as emergency accommodation.

Ms Lucas called on Brighton and Hove City Council to stop sending homeless families to “damp, dark and depressing” Windsor Court. But Baron Homes director Nazila Blencowe said that there were “numerous and

frequent complaints” about anti-social behaviour from residents. And earlier this year, she said, a maintenance man was stabbed in the neck with a syringe.

Despite the problems, the company had a good relationship with the vast majority of its tenants, some of whom other private landlords refuse to house. She said: “A large number of the people requiring temporary accommodation can be those suffering from challenging illnesses and drug and alcohol dependency.

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Hospital trust recruits200 nurses from abroad The trust that runs the Royal Sussex County Hospital has recruited more than 200 nurses from abroad over the past six months. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust shared the scale of overseas recruitment with Healthwatch Brighton and Hove in response to concerns about staff shortages.

The response from the trust said: “Nurse staffing levels have been challenging over the past six months.” The trust said that it had appointed a deputy chief nurse last September to oversee this area and had been recruiting actively in other countries.

It added: “In the last four months, she has recruited 206 international nurses from Europe and the Philippines, who will be starting in a phased manner over the next four to five months.

“Local and national recruitment continues and we are working closely with the University of Brighton and other universities

in the south of England to recruit newly qualified nurses and increase our ‘return to practice’ nurses.”

Healthwatch made an unannounced visit to four wards and found that staffing and rates of pay for bank nurses were an issue in two of the wards. The trust said: “From April 2015 bank rates will be increased to encourage staff to fill gaps in

rotas and reduce the numbers of agency nurses employed in the trust. In the meantime overtime is being paid to substantive staff.”

In a joint report by Healthwatch Brighton and Hove and their East Sussex counterparts, the visitors found:■ 36 per cent of patients across four locations were medically fit to leave hospital but were unable to. This was largely because

social care packages had not been put in place. All patients in Overton Ward, an extra capacity ward, were waiting to be discharged.■ 63 per cent of patients in the Acute Medical Unit were inappropriately placed there. Staff estimated that the average age of patients in the unit was 85.■ Staff reported understaffing that sometimes compromised their ability to give comprehensive care, particularly one-to-one support and care for people with dementia.■ The wards visited were not routinely giving patients all the discharge information that they needed, specifically the hospital’s discharge booklet.■ Overall and across all wards staff showed a caring attitude and attention to their patients, particularly at meal times. There were many examples of best practice to be shared within the hospital.

feel safe and comfortable. There are numerous and frequent complaints from our tenants about anti-social behaviour from others within Windsor Court.

“Other private landlords often refuse to house these individuals, which contributes to the pressing housing shortage that this city and indeed region, faces. It is a unique, difficult and complex management service that Baron Homes provides and we have the proven expertise.

“We note with some interest that Dr Lucas makes no mention of the incident in which one of the tenants attacked one of our maintenance team and stabbed him in the neck with a syringe. That employee is still signed off work on sick leave.

“Quite simply, we do not have to offer temporary accommodation but we take pride in the fact that we are providing accommodation to those who, for whatever reason, have been marginalised. Without us, the housing crisis in Brighton and Hove would be worse.”

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Children's field trip to new school Pupils from the Bilingual Primary School have taken part in a ceremony at their new site on the edge of Hove Park. Children signed their names on one of the beams making up the building’s frame at the site in the Droveway watched by staff, parents and supporters. The children spoke in Spanish to thank those involved in the project, including staff with construction company Kier. Interim head Laura O’Grady thanked all those involved in the project and said that the new premises symbolised hard work and promise. She thanked the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) in Falmer which has provided a temporary home for the Bilingual Primary School. She also paid tribute to the parents who valued a bilingual education.

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Brighton and Hove is a success story: record numbers of visitors, topping the charts for new business start ups and attracting more residents every year. It’s good news for the local economy that our city is popular, with global name recognition way beyond what many other cities our size can dream of.

But of course all of this success comes at a price. We need to build more homes for everyone choosing to live in the city plus more amenities to serve all the new residents and visitors. This is not only financially challenging in a time of austerity for council funding but also tough because of the choices these changes present.

Long-term residents and businesses may find it uncomfortable to see a higher density of buildings proposed near by, leaving councillors on

the planning committee the tough job of balancing those concerns against possible future benefits for residents not yet present.

While we might be able to build upwards and more densely, we are unlikely to find more space for additional road and rail in the city. Road widening and new rail lines within Brighton and Hove seem financially, logistically and politically improbable.

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As we see in cities around the world, road use is an increasingly vexed issue as urban populations continue to grow. There is no one single solution to providing clean air, safe roads and easy connections. To ensure fair, safe and affordable transport for all we have to keep working across public, private and third sectors to change how we travel as a city and as individuals.

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Nightclub breathalyserA Brighton nightclub is to start breathalysing customers who appear too drunk after a number of violent attacks nearby.The management at Shooshh nightclub have teamed up with Sussex Police to trial the scheme which is already in place in other cities around the country. They hope to prevent those who are most drunk from becoming a victim or an offender.If the staff believe the reading is too high, the clubber will be refused entry. The limit has been set at twice the drink-drive limit. Albie Saliba, the manager of Shooshh, said: ”We want to set standards in the city and the main thing is public safety.”

Seafront trip fortravel buddies Travel buddies went on an outing to the seafront thanks to the Grace Eyre charity and Brighton and Hove Buses. The lottery-funded Travel Buddy project is aimed at helping adults with learning disabilities to gain the skills and confidence to travel safely by bus or on foot around the area.

Grace Eyre hopes to sign up 30 new service users over the coming year who will travel together and look out for each other. Their goal is to catch the bus, meet friends, be safe and get to where they want to go with the independence that most people take for granted.

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Victoria Garcia, from Brighton and Hove Buses, said: “We are very pleased about the relaunch of the Travel Buddy scheme. Grace Eyre do incredible work supporting people in the community with learning disabilities and the Travel Buddy scheme is one of the fantastic initiatives that they have.

“We will of course continue to support this event and look forward to our continued partnership with Grace Eyre.”

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It pays to be digitalThe Brighton Digital Festival is inviting people to pitch for grants worth up to £1,000 from today. The festival’s Digital Education Awards are open to independently organised educational projects that celebrate digital innovation, arts and culture.

Proposed projects may come from schools, teachers, families or any enthusiastic digital creative in the city and must incorporate a key educational theme, the organisers

said. They can be aimed at school-aged children or support life-long learning for adults. And the projects must take place during the Brighton Digital Festival from September 1 to 27.

Festival education co-ordinator Donna Comerford said: “Brighton has become home to many start-up organisations which are providing spaces to share skills, encouraging making and experimenting with cutting edge technology, and

which we hope will be part of the programme in 2015.”

The projects will be judged by education and digital experts.The winners will be announced at the end of May. Projects can incorporate computing, robotics, electronics or 3D printing.Other events can include start-up culture, architecture, digital music, animation, games, film-making, maker culture or DIY tech.

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I loved this book. The subtitle is "On Art, Food, History and La Cosa Nostra".And that about sums it up. I mean, for

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I went to Sicily about five years ago to do a cookery course and vowed to go back as soon as I could (funds allowing). I haven’t managed it yet, but I will. I have to.

The island (and it’s much, much bigger than I had imagined) had a curious hold over me. It’s a curious mix of high art and low criminals.

The traces of invasion are there to be tasted in the local food, which has touches of

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Robb is a serious historian and covers the corruption of Sicilian politics with as much gravitas as he does the history of the fork.

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I longed for some pictures in this book, following his descriptions of various statues or paintings, but that’s just a minor moan. The writing is sensual and high spirited - and will make you long to go to the island of lemons, broken dreams, and bribery.

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One day a week, it’s just me and Tibbons at home. As well as being a lovely time for us to spend together, I have been known to try and throw some housework into the mix too.

Pre-children, I would approach such tasks in a logical, straightforward fashion. But, as I am reminded each week, a toddler’s eye view is a little different when it comes to domestic chores (neither straightforward, nor logical).

This week, for instance, I thought I’d take advantage of the high winds and peg some washing out.

Tibbons was keen to help, passing me the pegs from the bag, as and when needed, telling me as he did so how many he was handing me and what colour they were. What a lovely little scene I thought - I almost hoped the neighbours were out in their gardens to look on admiringly as I combined domestic bliss with practising the essential toddler

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the end of the line, for the pegs that is; there was plenty more space on the washing line. Tibbons refused to give me any of the remaining pegs, even when I pleaded with him for the sake of his wet, stripy socks, impatient as they were to flap about in the breeze.

He was not convinced. You see, the remaining clothes pegs were all blue, and surely, Tibbons argued, everyone knows that blue pegs are for decoration, not utility. Just another glimpse of how toddlers view housework - fun for a while, but not to be placed above other pleasures (can’t really argue with the latter part I guess).

Interestingly, toddler etiquette also dictates that I can’t vacuum when it’s just me and Tibbons at home. He hates it. Seriously. What? He does! He will nevertheless point out bits on the floor and tell me it’s mucky. What am I to do?

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Lucy Emeile-Samy (Conservative) – @LucySamy1

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Sitting councillorsCouncillor Ruth Buckley (Green)

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Councillor Alex Phillips (Green)

What's wrong with Goldsmid?Two of the three Green councillors

are not standing again; the third, Alex Phillips, is shuffling across the border to stand in neighbouring Regency.

And none of the three Labour losers last time is standing. Or, to be more accurate, two big losers are standing - but in other wards: Melanie Davis, in Brunswick and Adelaide, and Nigel Jenner, in Hangleton and Knoll.

Meanwhile, Gloria Parks - who stood in 2011 for the Liberal Democrats - has remained loyal - to the ward, at least. She has, however, made the interesting journey from the LibDems to UKIP.

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The three Labour candidates are not particularly well-known, but they can hardly do as badly as their predecessors in 2011.

It's a big task for the Conservatives to make up ground on their rivals, but Linda Freedman - chair of Brighton and Hove Conservatives - will be a formidable candidate and cannot be ruled out.

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■■ Number of same-sex civil partnerships: 148■■ Living as co-habiting couple: 19.8%■■ One family - all aged 65 and over: 2.8%■■ Lone parent - with dependent children: 5%■■ No adults in employment, with dependent children: 2.2%■■ Long-term unemployed: 1.5%■■ Activities limited a lot by poor health: 7.9%■■ No cars or vans in household: 40%■■ No qualifications: 11.9%■■ Full-time students aged 18 and over: 5.7%■■ One person in household with long-term health problem/disability - with dependent children: 2.5%

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Poll watch Candidates Votes (%)

Ruth Buckley (Green - elected) 2,264 (14%)

Alexandra Louise Rosenfield Phillips (Green - elected) 2,204 (14%)

Rob Jarrett (Green - elected) 1,898 (12%)

Melanie Davis (Labour) 1,755 (11%)

Nigel Jenner (Labour) 1,516 (10%)

Adam James Love (Conservative) 1,428 (9%)

Rob Buckwell (Conservative) 1,420 (9%)

Debra Kirstie Livingstone-Wade (Conservative) 1,333 (8%)

Lis Telcs (Labour) 1,271 (8%)

Andrew Mailing (Liberal Democrats) 312 (2%)

Gloria Parks (Liberal Democrats) 281 (2%)

John Aloy (Liberal Democrats) 269 (2%)

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Chapter and verse on Graham Chainey'sguide to Brighton and Hove's bookshops Dear Graham Chainey,

Thank you for your excellent article on Brighton’s second-hand bookshops.

Just some additional information, of which you may already be aware, but due to space limitations were unable to include:■ About 18 months ago, John Loska mentioned to me that George Holleyman was still alive aged 94.■ He also told me that his father said that Noel Brookes spoke perfect Polish.

■ I understand that Noel Brookes’s florid complexion was due to a skin condition.■ Ken Lane subsequently ran a second-hand bookshop at 52 Blatchington Road, Hove, at the junction with Belfast Street, in the 1960s and 1970s.

■ In the mid-1990s, I used to frequent a small bookshop near the bottom of Little Preston Street called Dinnages.

This specialised in bus publications and books, together with second-hand photos. It was very useful for the historic backgrounds shown in the photos of local buses.

I always enjoy reading your articles which are full of local interest and well-written

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Brighton was once famous for its secondhand bookshops. But, as Graham Greene lamented back in 1973, “far more shops disappear than new ones open. Even Brighton is not what it was.”

Four attritious decades on, few remain. Not just bookshops, but antique shops, junk shops, and all the other interesting little shops, which once gave the city its special bohemian character, have vanished - replaced by too many slick boutiques, bars, and eateries.

The best of the survivors - and long may it endure - has to be Colin Page’s shop at 36 Duke Street, with pricey antiquarian items on the ground floor and cheaper general stock in the basement, accessed down a Carrollesque corkscrew stair.

Begun in the 1970s, it was taken over in 1999 by the present owner, John Loska. He is one of the few booksellers left who does not trade on the internet; 80%

of sales are apparently to trade. Other survivors include Brighton Books, in Kensington Gardens, and the Studio Bookshop in Kemptown.

Among long-gone shops were those of William J Smith at 41-3 North Street (“150,000 volumes in stock” in 1892), George Sexton at 53 Ship Street (lasting from 1885 to 1979), and KJ Bredon at 22 Prince Albert Street.

There used to be several in Trafalgar Street. Combridges in Church Road, Hove, lasted from Edwardian times to the 1960s. Judy Middleton, who used to work there, recalls the antiquarian department at No 70, managed by Ken Lane, as lined with shelves stretching so high that an immense ladder had to be employed. There was an ancient telephone, worked by turning a handle, to communicate with the other branch. Purchases were wrapped in mauve paper with string. In 1955, their extensive Sussex section contained 400 volumes, including 23 volumes of the Sussex County Magazine (very desirable now), and a 95-volume run of the Sussex Archaeological

Collections priced at £20.Still much missed is

Holleyman and Treacher, at 21A-22 Duke Street. Founded after the war, it once boasted the largest antiquarian stock in the southeast, acquiring the library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, and supplying rare books for major libraries such as the Bodleian.

After George Holleyman retired, it was latterly run by David Plumtree and Michael Kadwell (who oversaw the excellent first-floor music section). Maggie Smith and Denis Healey were among customers. A savage rent increase forced its demise in 1998.

I also still mourn Tall Storeys in St James’s Street, which closed in 2001; Brimstones opposite, which moved to Kingston and online trading; and, further down, Borus Snorus.

Among alternative bookshops, the psychedelically decorated Unicorn, at 50 Gloucester Road, founded in 1967 by an American, Bill Butler, and described by Greene as “one of the most interesting bookshops in Great

Britain”, was busted in 1968 for selling obscene material, but survived until 1974. Another American, Richard Cupidi, in 1973 founded the Public House Bookshop in Little Preston Street, which stocked socialist, Zen, jazz, Native Indian and anarchist material, and was visited by Allen Ginsberg. It closed in 1999.

Most memorable was the chaotic emporium of Noel Brookes at 123 Queen’s Road. A former pupil of FR Leavis at Cambridge, Brookes originally had premises opposite, and I recall that by the time you reached the top floor you literally had to tread over books. His new premises began more neatly, but soon the books were again towering perilously overhead and congesting the windows. Florid and stoical, Brookes never sat or indulged in heating (wearing hat, coat, and gloves in winter), and never gave discounts.

He could magically pluck any requested item from the labyrinthine disorder. Financial problems led to the collapse of his business in 2002; he died soon afterwards.

Remembering some of ourcharacterful old bookshops Graham Chainey

The former Unicorn bookshop in Gloucester Road, Brighton

Noel Brookes, owner of bookshop in Queen's Road, Brighton (August 1999)

The Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Awards are open for nominations. Some of last year’s winners were among the guests at a launch event held at the Hotel du Vin in Brighton on Wednesday evening.

The categories include best restaurant, best café, best takeaway, best pub, best burger and best Sunday lunch. New categories this year include best breakfast, best venue to do business and best place to sleep.

The awards are organised by the Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Festival. Managing

director Nick Mosley said: “The awards have gone from strength to strength over the past couple of years, with thousands of members of the public nominating their favourites.

“Our city has an amazing food and drink offering that punches well above its weight. The awards are a way of acknowledging, showcasing and celebrating the best of the best.”

The Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Awards Easter Weekender is also under way. It runs until Monday, including the free entry Big Sussex Market in New Road,

Brighton, from 10am today and tomorrow. The Children’s Easter Egg Hunt, in aid of the Rockinghorse charity, is due to take place in the Pavilion Gardens from 11am to 2pm on Easter Monday.

Public nominations for the food awards are now open at www.brightonfoodfestival.com/foodawards2015 and run until Monday, August 31. The top three in each category will be shortlisted and a panel of judges will decide after a secret shopping exercise. The winners will be announced in October.

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The Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Awards launch at the Hotel du Vin (Photograph: Julia Claxton Photography)


A Week in the CityHousing

Triple successApprentices at City College Brighton and Hove celebrated a trio of wins in the Barclays Sussex Apprentice of the Year category. Bruce Daughtree, health and social care apprentice, won the Sussex Apprentice of the Year for his voluntary work at the Grace Eyre Foundation. The runner-up was Joanne Williams, a business administration apprentice. Renzzo De Souza, a Carpentry student, was also named as winner of the City & Guilds Sussex Learner of the Year award.

Parks

Restoration awardRestoration work on The Level has won a national award. Councillor Brian Fitch, Brighton and Hove’s mayor, presented an award to landscaping company Gavin Jones Ltd on behalf of the British Association of Landscape Industries. Improvements to the park included a new playground, fountains, new planting, a sensory garden, new lighting and seating. The park’s historic pavilions were also restored and transformed as part of the project.

Development

Waterfront projectProposals for a new conferencing and events venue have made progress. The Brighton Waterfront project involves proposals for a new conferencing venue on the Black Rock site and an expansion of Churchill Square shopping centre. The council is working on the project with partners Standard Life Investments and Venue Ventures. It is estimated that the project would generate 2,000 new jobs and around £150 million per annum of net additional expenditure in the city.

Sport

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Litter pickingStaff from a Brighton law firm took part in a litter pick on the city's beach and raised cash for charity at the same time. Mayo Wynne Baxter, the award-winning law firm with offices across Sussex, had its staff wear emerald green t-shirts in support of the Macmillan Cancer Support charity. The team collected £200 from the public. The firm’s PR manager Liza Laws chairs the Macmillan Mascots. She said: “We are really lucky to be able to use a working day to volunteer.”

Fine

Scaffolding permissionThe boss of a scaffolding firm has been fined after erecting scaffolding without permission. Ben Newton, owner of BN Scaffolding, received fines and costs totalling £2,450 after pleading guilty to placing two scaffolds on the public highway without permission. Magistrates heard that last year Highway Enforcement Officers noticed unlicensed scaffolding at 110 Gloucester Road and 9 Melville Road. The scaffolding has now been removed.

Hospice

Midnight walkThe Martlets Hospice Midnight Walk is returning to Brighton and Hove and they have added a new 20-mile route. The Midnight Walk has raised over a million pounds to enable nurses to care for local people living with life limiting illness. Antonia Shepherd, Martlets Midnight Walk organiser, said: “We receive less than a third of our funding via the NHS so rely on the generosity of people like you, taking part in our events, to provide our services.”

Crime

Billboard defacedSussex Police arrested a 47-year-old Hove man on suspicion of defacing a poster featuring Graham Cox, the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Hove. Nick Morgan, of Westbourne Grove, is accused of scrawling “lies, lies,lies” on the billboard by the King Alfred Leisure Centre in the early hours of Tuesday. Mr Cox, who spent 30 years in the police, said: “I am quite happy for the person to receive a warning as I do not want to see police/court time taken up unnecessarily.”


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History examsKevin Newman, a GCSE assistant examiner for all 3 exam boards, writer of KS3 GCSE history textbooks and former Head of History, is running workshops to help students prepare for their GCSE History exams. Revision sessions will look at all styles of questions, what an examiner is looking for, what to do if you’re stuck and how to get top marks. The first session will take place at the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton on Saturday, April 25.

Employment

Chancellor visitThe Chancellor, George Osborne, visited a pizza restaurant in Hove. Mr Osborne worked the dough at the Church Road Pizza Express as he paid tribute to the company’s promise to take on an apprentice in every branch. The apprenticeship plan is expected to create 2,500 jobs over five years. Mr Osborne, who also visited the constituency last August, told staff that he had been eating at Pizza Express since he was a child.

Buses

Paddle BusBrighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company and Paddle Round the Pier Beach Festival have launched their eye-catching new bus onto the streets of the city. The Paddle Bus is the result of a partnership between the award-winning event and the local bus company. Paddle Round the Pier gives disabled children and their carers access to water sport activities. David Samuel, founding director, said: “This really feels like Paddle has finally come of age.”

Marathon

Team AmexAmerican Express employees have signed up for the Brighton Marathon in numbers. American Express is official partner for the Brighton Marathon Volunteer Programme and more than 80 employees signed up for the marathon. Four employees have joined a new Volunteer Ambassador team, responsible for engagement and recruitment of more volunteers to support the growing event. On race days, over 1,000 American Express Cardmember runners will have exclusive access to a VIP marquee in Preston Park.

Young people in Brighton and Hove will have the chance to learn the skills of poetry and rap from professional coaches in April and May. BITE! is a series of free workshops helping young people in schools and youth clubs to express themselves. Michael Parker, the founder of BITE!, said: “we poets and rappers, the best of enemies, bring out the best in each other and in the young people that we work with across the city.”


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I didn’t expect to be elected in 2011, let alone end up being part of a minority administration. It was a leap into the unknown and one of the first lessons learned was that to achieve anything you have to work with politicians from across the political divide, along with diverse community and special interest groups.

For many, whose political education is the weekly knock about spectacle of Prime Minister’s Questions, they would be forgiven for thinking that life in the council chamber is all point scoring and fault finding to seek petty advantage over your opponents.

OK, it can be like that sometimes, especially in the theatre of full council meetings. However, the reality is a million miles from that for most of the time.

A good example occurred at the last full council during the debate initiated by the notice of motion highlighting the horrors of female genital mutilation. It prompted

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Night club owners and music promoters have been portraying themselves as victims. A petition recently presented to Brighton and Hove City Council protested at the vulnerability of premises to closure under existing rules regarding noise. This follows the demise of a few long-established live music venues.

In this newspaper, Peter Marks, chief executive of night club operator Luminar, last week rightly called for a balance between the needs of venues and their neighbours. Where I disagree with him is in the notion the balance has somehow swung unfairly in the residents’ favour.

I declare an interest, since I happen to live in proximity to five late-night venues. Unlike the sort of residents he bemoans, who move in next to an existing venue and then complain, I have actually been here longer than any of them. During more than 20 years there has usually been a noise issue

with one or another. It is a hydra-headed problem: no sooner do you get one source of noise abated than another starts up. Changes in ownership or management often mean agreements are forgotten.

For residents, things have not improved. There used to be a cut-off time, when you knew noise would cease, which meant you could put up with it until then. Now, instead of closing at midnight or 2am, many premises are open all night or until an early hour. This means residents are more prone to inconvenience and more likely to complain. Additionally, noisy gangs of smokers now congregate outside premises, oblivious to the fact they are just yards from people’s homes.

The campaigners give the impression it is easy to complain about a venue and even to get it closed down. Nothing could be less true. The council’s noise patrol operates only on two nights per week. At any other time, residents have no means of immediate redress. One can only contact the council next day with a retrospective complaint.

Moreover, the onus is on the

resident. In some countries, such as Spain, I understand the onus is on the venue always to keep noise below a stipulated level, and they can be closed down instantly by an inspector should they exceed that level. Here, a club can make as much noise as they like until someone complains.

A complaint necessitates the keeping of noise diaries and the installation of monitoring equipment in one’s home – how many times I have had to go through these procedures – as well as the witnessing of the problem by officials. This may mean strangers visiting you in the middle of the night. A lot of people do not bother. As a rule of thumb, I would say that for every complainant there will be several others who feel the same way but do not wish to get involved.

I often see van loads of equipment going into venues, yet many are actually small, intimate, low-ceilinged places where a competent band or singer should be able to project their sound

unamplified. The biggest problem is the current fetishisation of volume. It is insane when residents, with closed double-glazing, have to employ earplugs, or when the sound of a cabaret or karaoke artiste from within a venue is louder than the radio you are trying to listen to. A friend who used to perform at the Freebutt, one of the now closed venues, told me musicians there used earplugs themselves.

Up to one in four young people nowadays has hearing loss, from exposure to excessive noise in pubs, clubs and concerts. It is no wonder that, as they emerge deafened, they yell and bellow through the sleeping streets. Peter Marks and his industrial colleagues could solve a lot of problems simply by turning down the decibel levels.

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I was recently asked to speak at a Westminster Social Policy Forum on the future of the UK high street. As traditional retail comes under pressure from the internet the late night economy is at last being seen as part of the solution to empty premises.

As the UK’s largest nightclub operator, we’re passionate about what we do and believe that, when late night operators get it right, they add real value to the economy and help to create vibrant town centres.

The late night economy comprises of anywhere that trades after 6pm. It is a large and often overlooked piece of our economy, accounting for 6 per cent of GDP, 8 per cent of UK businesses, 10 per cent of all jobs and 27 per cent of town and city centre turnover.

The sector also creates a huge amount of employment,

especially for the under 24s, which has been a primary concern for the UK since 2008. In the last year alone, the night time economy has created 37,000 new jobs and generated £66 billion of sales, delivering significant tax returns for the government.

Over the last three years Luminar has invested over £20 million in transforming our night club estate, including £1 million at PRYZM Brighton. We have some fantastic venues in great locations and we want to see a healthy economy in our town centres.

A new or invested night club can often boost a town or city centre far better than any other single café, bar or pub because we have the capacity, the marketing budgets and the expertise to bring people back into town. When a nightclub ceases trading the local night time economy usually follows a downward spiral. No one picks up the trade, the town gets quieter.

Things are getting better and most of us remain cautiously

optimistic. The latest CGA Peach report also shows that confidence is the highest for years.

But just when things are improving, we have another potential issue to deal with – “permitted development rights” (PDR) introduced in May 2013. Put simply, a vacant office block, often having laid empty for several years, can now be developed into residential premises.

On the face of it, this sounds like a great idea that we would all support. It helps the housing issue, revitalises town centres, and makes use of unwanted office space. So what’s the problem? Because it doesn’t matter if you have had 30 years in a site as a bar, restaurant, club or live music venue, a new resident has the ability to complain about the noise from the venue or other public nuisance and restrict hours or even revoke your licence.

Unfortunately, a number of bars in Brighton and Hove, including the Blind Tiger and Ouch Bar have already closed

after noise complaints.The answer of

course is not to stop the transference of use from old offices to accommodation. It can be a good idea. But it needs more thought. We either need town centre zones, without such accommodation, that allow late night economies to flourish, or an understanding that should someone move into a building that was developed into living space after an existing licensed premises, the residents have limited rights to object to a licence that could impact employment and investment.

The good news is that Brighton is thriving and we, like other late night operators, are keen to continue to work with licensing and planning teams to maintain a healthy balance between the needs of residents and that of the late night economy.

We believe that we can all continue to be part of the success story for rejuvenating areas like Brighton and Hove but this will only happen if we all work together to ensure harmony reigns between the needs of the economy and the residents in our city centres.

Peter Marks is the chief executive of Luminar

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We need to balance needs of pubs, clubs and neighbours

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Peter Marks' article in last week's newspaper

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While celebrating this unique bond, something weighs heavy on my heart. Often as an end-of-life specialist vet, I have been called out to gently put a pet to sleep while living with its elderly owner in sheltered or assisted-living accommodation.

This is very sad on its own, but often the saddest part is seeing a pet living unnecessarily long – even sometimes far beyond what is reasonable - and hearing them say that final goodbye.

For the owner, this could mean saying goodbye to ever having company again.

This double unnecessary suffering (for pet and owner) is simply caused by moronic housing regulations that only the pet that moved into the sheltered accommodation will be allowed, and a new companion is not accepted! This is the saddest, most inhumane piece of regulation I have ever come across as a vet and it causes so much unnecessary suffering.

This inhumane sheltered housing regulations must be abolished. For Pete´s - and Pets’ - sake!

Susan Gregersen is an Emergency and Hospice Vet and also the founder of Vets2Home Veterinary Service – helping families say goodbye at home 24/7

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Architects invited to designhomes for challenging plotsA contest is being held for architects to come up with innovative ways to design homes on some of the tightest plots of land in Brighton. The organisers hope to attract local architects as well as small and medium-sized practices from a wider area.

The parcels of land include garages and car parking spaces next to existing council houses and flats – as well as a small council-owned commercial car park. The four sites are in Hinton Close, Hollingdean, Rotherfield Crescent, Hollingbury, Natal Road, Brighton, and Frederick Street, in the North Laine.

The competition is being run jointly by Brighton and Hove City Council and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The homes are being planned as part of the council’s New Homes for Neighbourhoods Programme.

The judges will not know the identity of the architects at the initial stage of the competition. Five concept designs for each

site will then be shortlisted for further development at the second phase. The winners of the second phase will be paid – and invited to develop their design ideas further.

Nick Hibberd, the council’s head of city regeneration, said: “These are challenging sites to develop due to their size, context or restrictive access. However, they are typical of many of the sites available for new homes in the city.

“Brighton and Hove City Council is keen to support the

growth and development of smaller architectural practices. We hope that the competition will inspire them to produce some innovative designs for these sites in ways which will be engaging and entirely relevant to residents living in the area.”

Sam Smith, the council’s estate regeneration programme manager, said: “We are delighted to be working alongside the RIBA, who will bring their extensive knowledge and experience of delivering successful competitions of this type.

“It is a very exciting project which I hope will deliver creative solutions for some of our smaller development sites. If the competition pilot is successful, we will be using it to bring forward other smaller sites from the New Homes for Neighbourhoods programme.”

The closing date to send the pre-qualification questionnaire to the council is Friday, April 24 at 5pm.

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Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival are delighted to announce a new partnership with the Montefiore Hospital. The two organisations are coming together to support community wellbeing via art-focused events and projects.

Brighton Dome works year-round to bring a diverse range of art to the people of Brighton and beyond. The Creative Learning team develop innovative projects, taking art to people who might not otherwise be engaged in the arts and running a rolling programme of workshops, performances and courses. The new partnership with Spire Healthcare’s Montefiore Hospital, will allow this community work to develop and grow.

An advocate of using art to benefit wellbeing, the Montefiore Hospital - newly opened in 2012 - was the first hospital to incorporate Brian Eno’s atmospheric and tranquil light and music installations in its building design. A full service hospital offering a comprehensive range of diagnostic and surgical services, the Montefiore was designed around its patients, committed to the creation of a comfortable, calming environment from the moment patients walk through the doors.

Kathryn Cooke, Business Development Manager at the Montefiore Hospital said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with the Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival. Being a champion for such initiatives creates sustained opportunity for art to be made more accessible.”

Andrew Comben, Chief Executive of Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival said: “We are thrilled to partner with the Montefiore Hospital. Art and culture has a crucial

role to play in people’s lives beyond entertainment – it can be both stunning and life-changing in one moment and then something that can help people maintain a connection to the world and their own equilibrium. There is also a growing body of evidence to support the fact that participation in the arts can contribute to community cohesion, reduce social exclusion and make communities feel stronger. The value of art in society really cannot be underestimated.”

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Pension changes willaffect 4,000 businessessays payroll company Pension changes will affect about 4,000 local businesses, according to a Brighton payroll firm.

Quartz Payroll and Auto Enrolment flagged up the changes as it starts an auto-enrolment service today to help clients manage the new demands on them.

Quartz described its service as a fully managed, easy to use, low-cost solution to meet the auto-enrolment pension demands of UK businesses. The government’s incoming workplace auto-enrolment pensions scheme takes effect from Monday 1 June, the first of several staging dates for companies with fewer than 30 staff to comply.

At the same time Quartz said that its turnover had increased by 50 per cent in the past year.

Kirsty Wild, marketing manager for Quartz, said: “It has been such an exciting time for our company, with huge growth for the company in terms of revenue and staffing.

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our new service launches this month and will help take the headache out of auto-enrolment pension demands for Brighton – and national – SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises).”

Quartz was created in 2003 as a payroll solution for SME businesses.

It now provides payroll services for more than 500 employers, from pubs and restaurants to leisure outlets and service-based companies.

It estimated that 4,000 businesses in Brighton and Hove would be affected by the government’s new pensions legislation.

It based the figure on data from the Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce and Brighton and Hove City Council. The Chamber believes that there are about 13,400 businesses in the city and council research last year indicated that 31 per cent employ between 10 and 49 staff.

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Campaigners said that they were delighted after plans to convert an historic Brighton pub into flats were turned down by councillors. The Save the Rose Hill Tavern Action Group also urged the property’s owner to start having a productive conversation about its future.

It was the second victory within a week for the group, which is trying to prevent the Rose Hill Tavern, in Rose Hill Terrace, Brighton, from being turned into two flats. It follows a judge’s ruling that the pub should be classed as “an asset of community value”.

Joanne Harris, from the building’s owner Evenden Estates, said that the company would consider whether to appeal after Brighton and Hove City Council’s Planning Committee refused planning permission. An official report recommended granting permission.

She said that Brighton and Hove had a shortage of housing but no shortage of pubs. And she added that she was willing to talk to the campaigners.

Richard James, from the Save the Rose Hill Tavern Action Group, said: “We’re delighted – over the moon.”

A colleague, Dave Boyle, said: “We always knew that we needed to stop the planning application to bring into play a chance for discussion. Evenden knows where we are.”

He said that the company had twice appealed against the pub’s designation as an asset of

community value and twice lost. The most recent verdict came last week at a tribunal when Judge Peter Lane ruled in favour of the campaigners.

And with the Planning Committee decision Mr Boyle said: “Three times they’ve tried to go against the community. Three

times they’ve lost.“We’d rather spend our time

working out how to get the community to put together a viable plan for a reboot of the pub and to raise the money we will need to make that happen.

“And the sooner Evenden start talking to us, the sooner we can move into a productive phase.”

One councillor, Ian Davey, wondered whether the owner had been aware of the pub’s listing as an asset of community value when taking

it over from Enterprise Inns. Afterwards Evenden said that it had asked the council and been told, mistakenly, that no application had been received.

Housing Committee chairman Councillor Bill Randall, normally a keen backer of new homes, said: “I’m reluctant to see this pub go. There are at least ten pubs within walking distance of this one but you need a menu of pubs because people have different drinking tastes.”

Planning Committee chairman Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty praised the handsome façade, historic interior and stained glass windows. He said: “It’s a unique place. It’s a place of great beauty and a wonderful community asset.

“Pubs aren’t just for drinking in. They remind us that communities have hearts.”

One more round in last chance saloonThe Rose Hill Taverncampaigners winanother reprieve

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The need for housing outweighed the need for a pub, the Planning Committee was told. Simon Bareham, of Lewis and Co, spoke for Evenden Estates, and said: “Where a council cannot demonstrate a five year supply of housing land, the need to satisfy housing demand carries more weight than preserving an asset of community value.

“Many of the objectors do not even reside in Brighton. Of the 23

residents that have objected, 11 are outside of Brighton, and 7 are from Brighton but not close to the pub. Five are within walking distance of the site, but benefit from having other pubs nearer than the site. Members will also note the letter of support from a Rose Hill Terrace resident - stating that the previous use caused nuisance.

“Evidence submitted to the council shows that the pub has been in steady decline, with beer

sales down 80% compared to 2004. In 2013 the pub was charged only £10 a week rent by the owners, with beer sold to the pub at free trade prices rather than tied pub prices.

“Even with such significant assistance, the pub still lost £7,500. Given that the pub showed a significant loss when paying only £10 a week rent, it is inconceivable that a pub could make money if it had to service a mortgage.”

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Richard James wants to reopen the Rose Hill Tavern. As an asset of community value, campaigners have the right to bid - though not necessarily to buy - should the pub go back up for sale


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From left, the Downsman in Hangleton recently closed, plans to turn the Toby Inn in Woodingdean into a hostel have been rejected and the Atlas in Hove is due to open as a Co-op store in the near future

Closures blamed on big pub owners, changing drinking habits and tax

We need to be selective and choose which battles to fight. I don’t think we can just argue

to retain every pub every time there’s a campaign otherwise we lose credibility”

The Rose Hill Tavern is one of a growing number of pubs to have closed as drinking habits have changed with more eating out and tax rules giving supermarkets a price advantage.

Tied pubs, in particular, seem to have torrid time and the prices that they are charged for rents as well as beers and spirits have been criticised many times in Parliament. The big pub companies, such as Enterprise Inns, which used to own the Rose Hill Tavern, borrowed too heavily against their property portfolio. Hence, say critics, the reason for charging tied tenants such high prices.

At the Planning Committee meeting – the first to be held at Portslade Town Hall while Hove Town Hall is revamped –

Councillor Geoff Wells criticised Enterprise and the big pub companies. He said that they charged extortionate rents and rip-off tied prices. And he lamented the demise of the local, saying that we had recently lost the London Unity and the Albion.

But he pointed to the 450 students moving into the old London Road Co-op – part of the area’s revival – as offering hope should the Rose Hill Tavern reopen as a pub.

A number of councillors cited the Bevy, the first community-led pub in Brighton and Hove. But they were mindful of the efforts in Bevendean and beyond to realise the dream of reopening the venue. And it faced almost no competition, they acknowledged.

Councillor Graham Cox said that it was often presented as doom and gloom but pubs were opening as well as closing every week. He cited a micro pub in Hove, which is about to open by Hove Station.

He said that the Rose Hill Tavern was not equivalent to the Bevy and he added: “I do think we need to be selective and choose which battles to fight. I don’t think we can just argue to retain every one every time there’s a campaign otherwise we lose credibility.

“We have to be careful with public money. I rather suspect that if we do turn this down today against the officers’ recommendation, it will be overturned on appeal, costing us

money. We do need more homes and these are two more homes that will be provided, not being built on green fields.”

As well as the London Unity and the Albion, two other pubs near the Rose Hill Tavern have closed in the past few years – the Cobbler’s Thumb, which has been demolished, and the Northern. Other recent pub closures include the Downsman in Hangleton, where the owner was also critical of the prices charged by Enterprise, and the Atlas, formerly the Stadium, in Hove, soon to be a Co-op.

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In 1796, a man called Michael Thonet was born. He was German-Austrian and, therefore, you don't do the French "nay" thing with his name. Pronounce the first and the last T and ignore the H - Michael "Toe-net".

Thonet completed an apprenticeship in carpentry before becoming an independent cabinet maker in 1819. He was married and had 13 children. He spent the 1830s trying to make furniture from glue and bent wooden slats. Perhaps he inspired the balsa-wood model aeroplanes we made as kids. You know the ones - you pay £1.99 for the first magazine with the glue and a wing and then your parents won't spend £7.99 on the next issue.

Thonet's first success was his Boppard Layerwood Chair in 1836. He acquired the glue factory, but failed to successfully patent his methods. A prince in Vienna thought his designs we pretty

rad, so he invited Thonet to show his furniture to the Imperial Family. Thonet sold his company, moved to Vienna and, with his sons, worked on decorating the Palais Lichtenstein.

He formed Gebruder Thonet (Thonet Brothers) in 1850 and began working on the "chair of chairs". In 1889, he made his Konsumstuhl Nr 14. Unlike with other European languages, we've struggled to allow the introduction of German words into our everyday drawl. There are, of course, exceptions like museli, rucksack and blitz - last one's a bit awkward there - but we generally rename stuff we borrow from the Germans. Thonet's Konsumstuhl Nr 14 is therefore what we would call The Coffee Shop Chair No 14, - or The Bistro Chair, if you're from up north, in Coronation Street or you like a teacake with your milky coffee.

This "chair of chairs" won the gold medal at the 1867 World Fair in Paris. More than 50 million have been produced and they are still in production today, albeit in Japan and under a different name, with a new design and manufactured by a different company. Somehow that counts as "still in production".

The imaginative and innovative idea of mass producing a product using unskilled workers and then disassembling the product to save space during transportation was in fact not invented by Ikea or the meat industry, but by our man Thonet.

There's a museum in Hesse which gives you a factory tour and information about the history and design of Thonet's chairs. To see a real-life chair inspired by Thonet, find a coffee shop and observe the chairs. If you're in a state of disbelief that you've just spent an inordinate amount of your precious time learning about a chair and you're really quite disappointed that the 10 screws bit never amounted to anything then we're sorry. Save your wanderlust for next week when your resident zeitgeist will join you for a kaffeeklatch with the leitmotif of coffee and a dash of schadenfreude. And some lederhosen. And a Volkswagen. With bratwurst. Auf weidersehen, Chroniclers.

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The simplest things can be hard to find. When eating out, I often just want a relaxed, atmospheric spot, where I can chat for hours over a simple meal and great bottle of red - somewhere that isn’t hyped, over-priced, and noisy. I want a lovely little bistro like Grow 40.

Formerly Café Delice, it’s run by the same people, but with a new chef - Parisian Mickaël Blanchett, formerly of the acclaimed Pig hotel group.

As before its refurb and rebrand, the restaurant opens daily for breakfast and lunch, but now serves dinner all week, too. Downstairs, all exposed brick and wood, is inviting and cosy with outside tables for excellent people-watching. Upstairs is more intimate, candlelit, and appealingly rustic - arguably a better option for dinner. It’s that rare all-purpose café/restaurant where you can stop for coffee, wine and charcuterie, or a long, boozy meal.

The dinner menu is small, which I like. Four starters, five mains. We started with goose rillettes, pickle, red onion purée and focaccia (£5.75), a great plate for sharing with classic flavours and contrasts. Razor clams with lemongrass crystals, rocket butter and parsnip purée (£6.50) were cooked well without a hint of chewiness, but could have packed more flavour.

For my main, it had to be aged ribeye with fries and Bearnaise (£20.50). I’m a complete sucker for this dish and here the beef was cooked exactly as I like it and really well seasoned. The Bearnaise, a little too sweet perhaps, came as a huge bowlful. Big thumbs up (I don’t react well to thimblefuls of Bearnaise).

Pan-roasted pork with sweet potato, sage jus and creamed curly kale (£13.50) wasn’t at all dry, and fillet is such an easy cut to mess up. Sweet mash, bitter leaves, and woody sage with pork - it’s a failsafe combination.

We didn’t want to leave our candlelit corner, so I went for a dark

chocolate and chilli fondant with white chocolate sauce (£6). The fondant was a touch overbaked, but tasted great with just enough chilli heat. Sweetcorn cake with salted toffee popcorn and yogurt ice cream (£5.50) was syrupy and almost nutty in flavour, not unlike polenta cake. Incidentally, everything we ate also features on the lunch menu.

Service, by manager and sommelier Steve, was attentive and informative. Here’s a guy who’s clearly proud of his restaurant and its ethos - using local suppliers and growing their own produce wherever possible. He chatted enthusiastically about the roof garden, which will be open this summer to customers, and his wine recommendations were spot on; I love that they serve 500ml carafes at just £15 each.

My only complaint? Too much wooden board and slate action going on. I’m just not a huge fan of eating meat straight off a porous board from which many others have eaten before me. It’s a small gripe, but one I know I share with many others.

All in all, for a simple, understated meal in romantic, cosy surroundings, this is the perfect place.

Suzanne Rose@placesieatbtn

Cosy North Laine bistrothat ticks all the boxes

Recipe of the WeekLuis Rodriguez

Luis Rodriguez is demi chef de partie at Hilton Brighton Metropole

Salmon tartar with uriwaki sushi and watermelon soup

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Method■ Dice the salmon and mix through with the teriyaki sauce for 10 seconds, then add chive.■ Blend the tomato, bread, oil, vinegar and melon together and then season.■ Wash the rice with cold water.■ Cook the rice, and then cool down with rice vinegar.■ To make the sushi, lay the rice flat on paper with the seaweed on top, then salmon after that, then roll in to the shape you wish.

100g fresh salmon100ml teriyaki sauceChives100g watermelon1 tomato

10g mint 30g bread10ml olive oil10g vinegar100g sushi rice

Poppy seeds1 sheet of seaweedRice vinegarSeasoning

Ingredients

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The pizza game in Brighton and Hove has been rising rapidly like a sourdough in a stone bake oven in recent years. Amongst the contenders in this pepperoni playoff is Papa Johns, an American-based company with a commitment to better ingredients and better pizza.

Papa Johns was delivered right on time to the UK doorstep in 2001, and now has over 250 franchises across the country. In Brighton and Hove they have quickly established themselves into our crustafarian community, serving up high quality and assorted pizza from their plot on Preston Road, Brighton.

We ordered on a Tuesday cashing in on the two pizzas for the price of one deal. With 19 pizzas and 12 sides to choose from it was no easy selection. but we eventually decided on a margarita, the benchmark and true test of a pizzerias skill, and

“The Papa’s favourite”, Sausage and Pepperoni.

Pizzas arrived promptly within the 30-minute promised time by a polite delivery person. The box was warm and sure enough the pizza was at a nice hot temperature, ready to be attacked. Having skipped breakfast my stomach was braced for the challenge. The scent of the hot cheese and tomato was flirting with my nostrils and the incestual marriage of sausage and pepperoni on Papa’s

favourite was crying out for me like a piglet cries for its mother. It was time to put us both out of our misery.

Responding to the squeals I moved towards it with haste. The soft sausage, the chewy pepperoni, the hot supple cheese and eruptions of tomato bubbling in my mouth all converged on my tongue to arouse a feeling that I can only describe as ”bellissimo.“

The dough had been nicely worked and the base was soft with a slight crisp along the rim

of the crust. The toppings tasted fresher than I have experienced at other takeaway outlets around the city and the feeling of guilt that one often experiences after tackling a large pizza was halved due to the freshness.

A few improvements could be made, for instance there could be a wider range of bases to choose from and the garlic and herb dip didn’t quite hit the spot for me

although these grumbles may be down to personal preference on flavours and textures. You’ll have to try for yourself.

At the end of the Papa Johns experience, I was left in a state of mild euphoria. I had been fed, and I had been fed good. The service was swift and polite while the pizzas were ladled with flavour.

Thanks Papa John, I owe you one.

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Who are Papa John’s?Papa John’s was founded in 1984 in the US by John Schnatter. He sold his beloved 1971 z28 Camaro to purchase the pizza equipment and started selling pizzas out of the back of his father’s tavern. A few years later, Papa John’s now has over 250 stores across the UK and thousands across the rest of the world, including the busy store in Brighton’s Preston Road, each busy fulfilling John’s ‘Better Ingredients, Better pizza’ philosophy.

What makes Papa John’s unique?Papa John’s use only 100% fresh and never frozen dough. Take delight in watching the staff slapping and tossing the dough fresh in store with every purchase, which provides a better natural flavour when making the pizzas The unique tomato sauce is made from the best Californian tomatoes too, which are picked and packed from vine to can in just six hours!

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Alternatively, email your answer, and include your full name, address and a contact phone number to: [email protected]. One lucky winner will be selected at random. Closing date is Thursday, April 9, 2015, at noon. Brighton & Hove Independent competition terms and conditions apply. For details see: www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/tandcs. A year’s worth of free pizza is one large pizza (excluding stuffed crust) delivered, every month, for 12 months from April 2015 to March 2016. Winner must be 18 or older and live within the Brighton Preston Road or Hove, 44 Station Road store’s delivery zone which can be confirmed by entering the postcode into www.papajohns.co.uk. The winner will be identified and notified by Brighton & Hove Independent to arrange prize delivery.

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As a personal shopper and stylist, I am always looking out for shops that offer my clients something different.

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I promised to reveal the ultimate nail polish and I believe I have found it in the luxury nail brand Only Fingers and Toes. The O.F.A.T. free-from nail lacquer polishes are presented in chic, black, grosgrain textured gift boxes with vibrant orange linings for extra impact. They are wonderful as pressies.

Only Fingers and Toes believe that your polish should be kind to your body. These products are all free from Toluene, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, DBP and Camphor, and also Phthalic Acid.

They are remarkably easy to apply, thinnish with great coverage, fast-drying and a terrific shiny finish. The Classic is a single, gift boxed polish for £16. The Trilogy (3 polishes of your chosing) comes in a £42 and The Edit (6 of your favourite

polishes) is £75. The Connoisseurs Collection

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The main library extends to over sixty shades. The palettes have been carefully curated to echo seasonal trends while retaining a devotion to timeless classics. The volumes are called Vivid (Bittersweet is the orange one in the pic) Molten, Illumine and Lustre.

I went for a bright zesty satsuma shade, Bittersweet for exuberance, and a light khaki mink metallic; Blooper Cooper. They are buildable in that the colour coverage intensifies well without clogging. I think two coats are the ideal minimum and I loved it even more with

three, which lasts several days.Each polish has

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maximum depth on the metallic, which was sheer heaven because it dries so well.

The O.F.A.T range is available from Harvey Nichols (London, is our nearest store or shop at www.harveynichols.co.uk) and professional treatments are available at Grace in Belgravia and The Private Clinic in Cheapside - www.onlyfingersandtoes.co.uk

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IN BANKRUPTCYBRIGHTON COUNTY COURT

NO 295 of 1994 RE: JOHN THOMAS FINNERANOf and lately carrying on business as a Groundworkerat 72 Queen Street, lately of and previously carryingon business at Coach House, Lyminster Road,Lyminster, both in Littlehampton in the County of WestSussex, also a Company Director, currentlyUnemployed.D.O.B: 11 April 1942Note: The above named was discharged fromproceedings on 24th February 1997 and may nolonger have a connection with the addresses listed.I intend to pay within four months from 6th May 2015(being the last day for proving) the first and finaldividend of 100.00 p/£.Creditors who have not yet proved their debts must do so by 6th May 2015 (being last day ofproving) otherwise they will be excluded from the dividend. The required proof of debt form isavailable on the Insolvency Service website(www.bis.gov.uk/insolvency, select “Forms“ and thenform 6.37). Alternatively, you can contact my office atthe address below to supply a form.

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A detached 4 bedroom home which does require some updating. Self-contained annexe to the side, accessed from the dining room in the main house or by its own door at the front. The open plan lounge/kitchen leads on to the rear garden and there are two double bedrooms and a modern bathroom/WC. Private drive providing parking for at least two vehicles.

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“First class service”Buying and selling property is supposed to be one of the most stressful things you can do, but having the support of a friendly and efficient agency like Bonett’s made all the difference. If you're thinking of selling your property you should definitely give them a call.

Geoffrey,March 2015

Portland Mansions, Kemp Town £299,950 A two double bedroom, two bathroom ground floor flat which is located on the side of the building facing Portland Place. The flats have well kept communal gardens overlooking the sea and are situated just off the seafront, south of Kemp Town village, half way between the Marina and Brighton Pier. The flat is sold with no chain.

Chichester Terrace, Kemp Town £400,000 A stylish and well laid out lower ground floor seafront apartment with two good sized double bedrooms in one of Kemp Town's most impressive Grade 1 listed terraces. The living room overlooks a secluded, south facing private patio area. The property also has use of the stunning Kemp Town enclosures.

Atlingworth House, Marine Parade £675,000 Unique seafront duplex apartment with amazing sea views from every room. The apartment is in an end of terrace period building so has light from side windows as well as the beautiful large bay windows in the living room and master bedroom. Currently arranged with an open plan living room and three bedrooms, there is also a large roof terrace that provides one of the best views in Brighton.

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Can you be an ‘ethical’ estate agent?I always remember, even when I was running an alternative bookshop in the ‘70s that I was tarred with the brush ‘unacceptable face of capitalism’. Perhaps it was meant ironically as we never made any money so were a bad example to would be capitalists!

Anyway, in ’82, needing to ‘earn a living’, I answered an ad in the press to work in an estate agency: what clinched it for me was the line, ‘enthusiasm more important than experience’. I finally got the job and now, over thirty years later, I’ve been running my own business for twenty-five years. Yet, I think I harbour all the values that I had when I was in ‘Solstice’. But, can you square the circle in an industry where we have a poor reputation for honesty and transparency, not to mention hype and greed?

Over the last ten years or more, the Buy to Let investor has, thanks to a complete volte-face on mortgage lending, been able to easily access funds to buy up a large proportion of the cheap, typical First Time Buyer property. As such, what is left is now mostly too expensive for FTBs to buy. So, many of these are renting,

putting pressure on the rental market, owned by the Buy to Let landlords, so rents have shot up too! How do you deal with that? I was reading an article in the Big Issue (you should buy it; it has some great journalism) about the homeless, those not having easy access to property, working on zero hour contracts, not able to get a job as no settled living accommodation… You just have to think a little and realise this is not sustainable or right in the twenty-first century. We should be looking for a new model which gives everyone a roof over their heads but does not destroy the life savings of the investor landlord.

With the recent news that pensioners can access their pension pot easily and in lump sums, thus potentially able to use these as deposits for mortgages for ‘buy to let’, it could make the local situation even worse for those already struggling to find ‘decent and affordable’ housing.

I’ve been reading ‘The Spirit Level’ by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. It critically evaluates the continuing ‘economic growth’ drive on a global level; it’s clear we cannot sustain this model much longer. Many people say

it is already past its sell-by date but few people dare consider the alternatives as they are very radical.

So, what does an estate agent do? Our role is basically to act for our client seller to ‘achieve the best price’. Market forces prevail and in Brighton and Hove there is not enough supply for the demand. We have the ‘London market’ effect and we are, year by year a more and more popular City. Land for new build is at a premium here and, when built, is sold to investors more often than to owner/occupiers. There are, I’m told, quite large numbers of vacant and underused accommodation above shops throughout the City but that is not going to make a really big difference although it

should be explored as a part of the solution.

We have an ever-burgeoning student population and I’m not convinced the new-build student housing is sufficient to handle the numbers. For sure, if the Universities built really substantial numbers of halls of residence, it would take the pressure off private housing, bought as buy-to-let for students. Landlords would in all likelihood then sell and pocket the profit. This could put a reasonable number of properties back into the ‘churn’ and do something to stabilise local prices, with a larger supply available.

But, this will not happen overnight. It would be very interesting to see if any of the

local political parties can honestly address our local housing shortage with practical solutions. It needs a real political as well as a social will for this to happen.

In closing, I realise I haven’t really addressed the ‘ethical’ estate agent issue in depth. But perhaps, if we as an industry make the right noises, encouraging a more transparent and fairer deal in the marketplace, we could do something to redress the balance towards those desperate for a roof over their heads.

Meanwhile, have a happy and peaceful Easter.

Paul Bonett F.N.A.E.A. M.A.R.L.A.

[email protected]: @bonettpa


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Albion are back in action after the international break as they take on high-flying Norwich this afternoon (Friday).

It will be the first time that Chris Hughton comes up against his former side. The 56-year-old managed the Canaries for almost two seasons in the Premier League, with today’s game coming three days short a year on from when he was sacked from his role in Norfolk.

With the end of the season in sight, and only seven games remaining, the task now for Albion is to reach the required

number of points to guarantee their safety, and a place in the Championship for the 2015/16 campaign.

The resurgence in form has largely been built off rebuilding confidence at the Amex, with Hughton’s men currently on a four-game unbeaten run in their own back yard, including three consecutive victories.

However, on paper, they will be hard pushed to extend that today against a Norwich outfit still in the mix for an automatic promotion spot. Alex Neil’s side have performed well away from home throughout the season, and haven’t lost a league game on the road in 2015.

You have to go back to when

Albion were in the old First Division to find the last time today’s visitors came away empty handed from Sussex, with the home last win coming in a 3-0 victory at the Goldstone in December 1982.

Despite the history books not pointing in their favour, Hughton will be boosted by the return of Lewis Dunk from suspension, with Mustapha Carayol’s arrival on-loan from Middlesbrough also adding more creativity to the midfield.

A 10-point gap between them and the bottom three at this point means Albion should avoid relegation.

But, fans won’t rest easy until they are mathematically safe.

Bradley Stratton@BradStrat

Mustapha Carayol is delighted to be joining the Albion (Photograph: Paul Hazlewood)

SportDon’t miss the latest news about the Seagulls via Twitter @BHIndyAlbion Next up at the Amex…

Brighton and Hove Albion v Norwich City in the Championship on Friday,

April 3 kick-off 3pm.

Tickets available online at www.seagullstickets.com

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Albion set for tough clash with Hughton’s former employers

Championship table PL GD PTS

1 Bournemouth 39 42 73

2 Watford 39 32 72

3 Middlesbrough 39 29 72

4 Norwich 39 33 70

5 Derby 39 26 67

6 Ipswich 39 16 67

7 Brentford 39 12 66

8 Wolves 39 11 65

9 Nottm Forest 39 8 57

10 Blackburn 39 1 54

11 Charlton 39 -2 54

12 Sheff Wed 39 -4 53

13 Leeds 39 -4 52

14 Cardiff 39 -2 51

15 Birmingham 38 -12 47

16 Brighton 39 -3 45

17 Bolton 39 -11 45

18 Huddersfield 39 -19 44

19 Reading 38 -19 44

20 Fulham 39 -18 43

21 Rotherham 39 -20 40

22 Wigan 39 -17 35

23 Millwall 39 -31 33

24 Blackpool 39 -48 23

Albion league statistics 2014 -15

4TH

Opponent's position

56%

77%

53%

78%

Average Possession

Pass completion Albion

Norwich

70

43

76

9.6

5.5

162

45

46

43

12.9

4.3

14.9

Points

Goals against

Goals

Shots conceded per game

Shots on target per game

Shots per game

16TH

League position

League goals

TEIXEIRA 6 DUNK 5 BALDOCK 2 DARYL MURPHY (Ipswich Town) 23

League form guideW - L - L - D - D - W - W - L - W - L - D - D - W

Blackburn WMillwall DWolves D

Last 3 league fixtures

1 - 10 - 00 - 1 Norwich 03/04/15 H

Rotherham 06/04/15 A AFC Bournemouth 10/04/15 H

Next 3 league fixtures

Albion statistics:

*ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations) August - December 2014

Albion

Lessons for young players

Youth players at Brighton and Hove Albion are to receive training on issues concerned with sexual consent. Male and female players will attend the sessions, which are part of the Protect, Inform and Prevent programme. The guidance lessons are expected to be led by a former police detective and psychotherapist and will involve confidential questioning of the young players on previous sexual encounters. Developments have come after Ched Evans, the former Sheffield United player, was convicted of rape in a highly publicised case and after four players from Brighton and Hove Albion were exonerated of sexual assault charges at the Old Bailey in 2013.


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Norwich CityFriday 3rd April Kick-off 3.00pm

AFC BournemouthFriday 10th April Kick-off 7.45pm

Huddersfield TownTuesday 14th April Kick-off 7.45pm

WatfordSaturday 25th April Kick-off 12.15pm

Albion face the final four games of the season

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So, were you sucked in? This week was April Fools’ Day. Brighton and Hove Albion sent out messages on social media asking for ideas for goal music at the Amex. Some may have been tricked but others made a few jibes about the number of goals scored, or music to accompany near misses.

Each stadium has its own atmosphere and each club often has a historical song before kick off. At the Amex the rendition of Sussex by the Sea is certainly building from the crowd and the pre-match visuals from the web team are excellent. At Bolton recently I was ribbed by some fans for my view on the heavy metal pre-match tunes but each to their own.

As for melodies after goals, I am undecided. Some clubs have introduced it but the traditionalist in me thinks it’s about the supporters and the noise they generate. Many sports have now tried to whip-up crowds with music after significant goals or baskets.

The BBL fires up the crowd and the Super League Netball has done the same. Cricket’s T20 has adopted music and flashing bails. Each sport will continue to evolve and is obviously targeting a different audience. One of my favourites is the darts. A trip to the BIC in Bournemouth was certainly an eye opener but everyone joined in, and then some. Yes, the beer does help.

Other ‘ inspiration’ can be found from fellow spectators at the cricket in the Caribbean. The Chickey stand in Antigua had a distinctive smell as the West Indies quickies came in to bowl. There was also the loud boom of music from the 20-foot speakers behind me!

Will football take up some Eminem, AC DC, Ed Sheeran? Who knows, mind you we have already had some Neil Diamond on the road this season. Maybe Fatboy Slim can conjure something up? Enjoy Easter. Two cracking games to come. Boom boom.

As Marchs go, 2015’s was a fairly innocuous month for Brighton and Hove Albion. Five games gleaned five strikes – one penalty and one own goal – two victories, two draws and just one defeat. Average, but an upturn in fortunes.

March is a key period in the football calendar; most clubs will know by now if they have a chance of promotion, or if a nail-biting relegation run-in is on the cards. And, not forgetting the latter stages of the FA Cup, of course.

In the 1902/03 season, with Albion competing in the South-East League, a 100% month was completed in spectacular fashion with a 9-1 hammering of Hertfordshire-based Hitchin Town. Seven years later Albion played four games in just five March days, winning three.

Imagine today’s nampy-pampy Premier league players having a meltdown at thought of such a schedule!

In 1955/56, a clean sweep was almost achieved but four successive victories – with club legends Peter Harburn, Denis Foreman and Des Tennant regularly finding the target – were preceded by a loss at Brentford.

In 1999/00, Albion, firing on all cylinders in Withdean’s first season, nearly made it through March victorious, winning five and losing just once, at Hartlepool United.

In 114 years of professional football Albion have triumphed in each March fixture just two times. And what a triumph it was!

In 2011, Gus Poyet’s charges were steamrollering every obstacle romping their way to securing the League One title. Eventual runners-up Southampton struggled to

‘keep up’, languishing seven points and five places behind their Sussex neighbours at the beginning of the month. March commenced with a 1-0 victory at Yeovil, swiftly followed by a 4-3 humdinger, against Carlisle at the Theatre of Trees, and a narrow single-goal win at Brentford.

The team were playing a compact, possession-based game, playing out from the keeper and distributing sideways and backwards, if necessary, in order to retain the ball. It frustrated the living daylights out of the opposition and enthralled Albionites everywhere who had never seen anything like it. In ten days Tranmere Rovers, Oldham Athletic and Notts County were seen off before a home victory versus Swindon Town and a dogged 1-0 from the spoils at Dagenham. A stunning eight successive victories – Murray (3) and Barnes (4) scoring for fun.

If it ever happens again, the open-top bus will need a clean.

When Albion marched through the month of March

With Ady off on parental duties, and Al in search of some chocolate rabbits after spinning the vinyl the day before, the Roar will be taking a break this week for Easter.

Instead, you can mellow out to a selection of some of Al’s guilty pleasures, from Manfred Mann to Scott Walker; the Kinks to

Jacques Brel, with some Stone Roses and Morrissey thrown in.

We’ll be back on Saturday, April 11 with more Albion gossip.

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Mods & Rock, at the Amex

In the best traditions of a Bank Holiday by the seaside in Brighton, Albion Roar’s Big Al, Digitalis, and our very own Dante, are hosting a musical event worthy of the association after today’s game with Norwich City at the Amex.

In the East Stand concourse, with Mods and Rockers in

mind, the boys will be playing a broad selection of tunes from the era, encompassing soul, mod, classic rock, funk, disco, Northern, ska and a bit of metal, for good measure.

It’s free and everyone is welcome.

Unlike in the 1960s, though, the luzzing of deckchairs is actively discouraged.

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