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It has come to this. Decision day. Thursday, May 7.

I hope you have been

thinking about the decision we all face. As much as I have.

I am in a privileged position: the editorial director - and co-owner - of a newspaper that distributes more copies per issue than any other newspaper in our city.

My city. Our city.

My children grew up in this city. My three-year-old grandson is growing up in this city. My family’s future is invested in this city.

This newspaper is the newspaper of the city, for the city, and in support of the city. Whatever happens on

Thursday, that will continue to be the case.

You may be used to traditional owners of "big media" telling you how to vote. Explicitly, or implicitly. Insidiously, and selfishly.

In the heart of Brighton Pavilion - where Caroline Lucas is seeking re-election as the country's one and only Green MP - it was apparently an opportunity some of her more enthusiastic and more juvenile supporters could not resist.

On the reception desk in the entrance to Sussex Heights, the tallest residential building on the south coast, was the regular delivery of Brighton & Hove Independent, the city's favourite weekly newspaper.

There was, however, something that did not find favour with a trio of visitors, including one who appears to be wearing a Green Party badge. They are thought to be Green activists down from London - and among 40 or so who had earlier picked up leaflets from an apartment occupied by a local party member.

What had caught their eye?

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The front-page advert for UKIP.So upset were they that they really let rip.

Quickly and neatly, they tore out every single one of the UKIP advertisements. One suggested they could come in handy as toilet paper; another said she was not so fracking desperate.

It sounded like fracking, anyway.

So proud were they of their actions that the two young women took photographs of the carefully-arranged mess.

Unfortunately, they did not realise that they, too, were being filmed (see above).

After we showed the video to some of Ms Lucas's closest advisers, the party's response was unequivocal: "We know that passion is important in politics. But however strongly we oppose

the policies and rhetoric of UKIP, we will condemn any attempt to prevent them from having their fair say in this election.

"Opposition is crucial to democracy, and something we have consistently championed. If these campaigners are connected to the Green Party, we apologise, as their actions in no way reflect its values or position.”

Kevin Smith, UKIP's parliamentary candidate for

Hove, described the incident as "absolutely disgraceful".

He said: "This is yet another attack on UKIP election material, of the sort that is a common occurrence. Only this time the culprits have been caught red-handed.

"All the other parties - not just the Greens - are desperate and don't want to discuss UKIP. They like to portray us as undemocratic and racist. Which

are complete lies."Clarence Mitchell, the

Conservative Party parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion said: "This just confirms the very ugly, anti democratic depths to which Green activists will often stoop in continuing to inflict their political vandalism on Brighton.

"They are far from the idealistic, peace loving environmentalists that many still fondly imagine them to be."

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Energy co-op aims at £1m share offer

An energy co-op aims at raising £1 million from the community to fund ambitious projects that will make Brighton and Hove cleaner and greener - while earning returns for all who invest.

Brighton and Hove Energy Saving Co-operative (BHESCO) is opening a share offer today (Friday) that will work along the same lines as the “community shares” schemes used to fund The Bevy community pub and the purchase of the Exeter Street Hall.

The £1 million will be used to fund up to 10 renewable energy projects. They include the installation of a biomass boiler at the Montessori Place School in Hove. The school will also be retrofitted with energy-saving t e c h n o l o g y. In addition, the cash will fund solar panels for The Werks, a social enterprise, also in Hove.

BHESCO said: “When people put money into the co-operative, they become members and buy shares, giving each investor a 5% return on their investment. For a minimum investment of £250, investors

will have the opportunity to support an innovative business model that forms a blueprint for energy groups across the country.”

Kayla Ente, the energy co-op’s founder and director, said: “This is a really exciting opportunity for Brighton and Hove. Not only will city residents be able to make money while doing good, they’ll be part of a community that acts to lower energy prices and lower their carbon footprint.

“In order to have the biggest impact, we need mass uptake from individuals and businesses across the city. The great thing is anyone can get involved.

“We’re used to thinking that doing good and making money are

often opposed, especially when it comes to energy, but that doesn’t apply here. This is a win-win-win – the city gets more

renewable energy and properties are made more efficient, cutting our carbon footprint and energy bills.”

“Businesses and organisations we work with get cheaper energy and the people whose money

makes it happen receive an interest rate that’s 10 times better than what they’re getting on their bank savings.”

Revenue and Customs has provided advanced assurance for EIS tax relief for investors bringing the annual return to over 7% for qualifying individuals. This means that people who invest £500 will be able to claim £150 of that straight back in their next tax return.

BHESCO added: “If the interest rate continues into subsequent tax years, investors will have doubled their money within 11 years. Moreover, they will become part of a movement that helped to make the city cleaner and greener, leaving a lasting positive impact on the local community.”

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Greens publisheasy-read and Arabic versions of manifestoBrighton and Hove Greens have created an easy-read version of their manifesto for people with learning disabilities and have also translated it into Arabic. The party said that Arabic was the most widely spoken language in Brighton and Hove after English.

The local party’s equalities and diversity officer Matthew Moors, who is standing for the council in Goldsmid ward, said: “Brighton and Hove Green Party are strongly committed to making the local democratic process as inclusive as possible for potentially marginalised groups in our community.”

Mr Moors has a personal motivation for making politics easy to understand. The elections next week offer his 22-year-old daughter Ushka, who has Down’s syndrome, her first chance to vote.

The Greens worked with Mencap to produce 10 election pledges from their manifesto in an easy-read format. The party said: “There are around 6,000 people in

the city with learning disabilities so the easy-read manifesto is an important document for them to make the right decision for them in the local election.

“It’s also important to note that there are many more voters who have reading difficulties so the document could be beneficial for a significant amount of people in the days before the local election.”

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Tory poster ‘vandal’ in court A Hove man who defaced a poster promoting Conservative candidate Graham Cox has pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal damage. Nick Morgan appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court yesterday afternoon.

Morgan, 47, of Westbourne Grove, Hove, was caught red-handed scrawling “lies, lies, lies” on the poster in Kingsway near the King Alfred Leisure Centre in the early hours of Tuesday 31 March.

Morgan admits that he defaced the poster but not that he damaged

it. He said that the Tories did not incur any financial loss, they did not replace the defaced poster and another organisation’s poster went up in its place three days later.

He said that he intended to call Mr Cox, Hove’s former police chief, as a witness. He pointed out that Mr Cox had written on his Facebook page that it was “not the crime of the century”, adding: “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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Cost SavingsUKIP would drastically reduce the number of highly-paid council executives. All future contracts would be tightened up to ensure better value for money and prompt execution.

Tourism and Local CommerceUKIP will dispense with the draconian parking charges policy which negatively impacts on commerce and tourism.

Getting The City Moving UKIP will enhance the effectiveness of 20mph zones around schools, play parks, day care centres & hospitals with better signage. Other 20mph zones that unnecessarily restrict traffic flow and increase pollution will be dispensed with.

Cleaning Up Our City UKIP will address the unsatisfactory performance of “City Clean” ensuring its management and services are “fit for purpose”.

HousingUKIP recognises that this is a national problem but believes Brighton & Hove City Council must improve the supply of affordable housing in our city.

Food Banks UKIP will encourage local businesses and supermarkets to contribute to food banks so that more effective support can be given to the hungry and the homeless.

Law EnforcementUKIP would work closely with the local police to encourage a more robust policy of enforcement regarding ALL anti-social behaviour. A visible presence is required on the streets to deter such crimes as graffiti, use of pavements for reckless cycling and “on-street drinking”. UKIP will work towards a speedier removal of “travellers”.

protecting and funding the nhs

Cost Savings“I don’t want to hand faceless private-sector companies control of our health service. We’ve now had two successive governments who have done that and it is clear that it doesn’t work.”Nigel Farage MEP

ukip will raise the income tax threshold to££13,500

ukip will scrap tuition fees

ukip will introduce the citizen’s initiative

Removing those on the minimum wage from paying income tax.

Students on approved degrees in science, medicine, technology, engineering and maths.

Allowing the public to initiate national referenda on issues of major public interest.

þWe will ensure it is free at the point of delivery.

þProtect frontline services from cuts.

þUKIP opposes plans to charge patients for visiting their GP.

þWe will stop further use of PFI in the NHS, preventing privitisation through the back door.

þInject an extra £3 billion per year.

þUKIP opposes the sale of NHS data to third parties.

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“The National Health Service is being increasingly stretched to breaking point. Contrary to lies from other parties, UKIP wants a free NHS there to look after those in need. The extra £3 billion per year to be pumped into frontline services in the NHS by UKIP is badly needed. The other parties would rather use that money to give to the EU in Brussels. That’s a disgrace.”Tim Aker MEP

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This is a "what if" book. What if you hadn’t lost your keys and had to call a locksmith out in the

dead of the night and missed meeting the love of your life?

What if you hadn’t lost your keys and you hadn’t met the locksmith - and had gone years and years before meeting the second best thing?

Those tiny, insignificant actions that unbeknown to us turn our lives upside down are explored here in this enchanting, gripping book.

This is a love story told three ways. A young man is walking down a country road, a woman on a bike swerves to avoid a dog. That’s it. From

this mundane incident, three different life stories unfold. Jim and Eva. Not forgetting Eva’s lover, David.

The three stories all cleverly interwoven tell three very different lives lived.

This has the makings of a huge bestseller written all over it and Barnett has done something extremely rare in creating this wonderful book. Lives filled with love, betrayal and ambition, all of which are totally believable and completely enthralling.

I think it helps if you believe in fate, as it seems that we are all prone to being players in our own version of life.

What if...? Two tiny words that can change everything it seems. Moments that seem without significance can alter our whole way of loving and living.

This is a literary Sliding Doors and I loved it.

The Versions of Usby Laura Barnett

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The Book DoctorThe Humans is chosenas book for City Reads

One city. One book. A thousand conversations…Such is the goal of City Reads in Brighton and Hove, which is marking its 10th anniversary this year.

That makes it the longest-running "big read" in the United Kingdom.

Delivered by Collected Works CIC, an award-winning literary organisation, the annual event aims at spreading a love of books and ideas to the widest possible audience across the city and beyond.

Sarah Hutchings has revealed that The Humans, by Matt Haig, has been chosen as this year's book. Everyone in the city will be encouraged to read it, discuss it, debate it, and creatively engage with it in a series of special events, workshops, and performances.

Ms Hutchings explained the background: “It all started in 2005, with Alice in Wonderland. I was working at Brighton Festival as a literature programmer and

was approached by Penguin Books, who were celebrating their 70th Anniversary. They asked me if I thought a ‘big read’ would work in Brighton. I said ‘yes’ without hesitation and City Reads was born.

"I was taken aback at how quickly and e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y Brighton and Hove took to the idea. This year’s choice is a life-changer. The Humans is funny, sad, and profound - the city is going to love it."

Described as a laugh-and-cry book, published by Canongate, has attracted praise from leading writers, including Jeanette Winterson and Stephen Fry. The film rights were recently sold to Tanya Seghatchian, a producer known for her work on Harry Potter films and the BAFTA-winning My Summer of Love producer.


Matt Haig will talk about his book at The Old Market on November 1

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Books and cheese! What’s not to love?

There has, of course, been food-and-wine pairing going on for years. But this is a first: book and cheese pairing.

It could only happen in Brighton, surely?

As part of Brighton Fringe, there is a cracker of an event coming up on Wednesday, May 20.

Two best-selling authors - Jonathan Kemp (Ghosting) and Emily Bullock (The Longest Fight) - will be in conversation with Laura Lockington, Brighton & Hove Independent's own Book Doctor at Cave à Fromage in Western Road.

Laura Lockington, host of the Bookish Supper Society, said: “I’ve teamed up with innovative Brighton publishers, Myriad Editions, and local food hotspot, Cave à Fromage, to bring a very special Bookish event to Brighton Fringe this year.

"These are two very literary books, from amazing authors, in a much-loved and valued setting. Books and cheese. What’s not to

love?"I had the delight of tasting

the cheese that manager David Deaves has specially selected for us, and I was blown away. Truly special and a cheese lovers delight.”

Mr Deaves said: “We are thrilled to be hosting a Bookish event in Brighton Fringe. I’ve selected some wonderful cheeses, all English and all local.

"There is a specially-chosen one called The Boxer, which is a beer-washed cheese with wonderful malty notes that seems particularly apt to go with The Longest Fight.

“As well as Golden Cross, from Lewes, which is a citrusy, nutty goats cheese, Waterloo, made from cow's milk from the Duke of Wellington’s estate, which we serve with truffle honey, Lord of the Hundred, Lancashire Bomb, and supreme world cheese champion, Bath Blue. It’s going to be a great night for all book- and cheese-lovers.”

Tickets for Wednesday, May 20, at 7pm, are available from: www.Tabl.com. Tickets cost £27.50, including supper and a glass of wine.


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We Can Make You Happy, by the House of BlakewellHarry Blake and Alice Keedwell, who make up the award-winning House of Blakewell duo, return to Brighton with their exuberant cabaret musical.

May 1-3, 9.15pm; £10 (£7)Venue: Marlborough Theatre, 4 Princes Street, BN2 1RD

Every Picture Tells, by Roger BamberRoger Bamber, a homegrown photojournalist with a career spanning 50 years, will have his work hosted at the Brighton Photography gallery in the West Pier Arches.

May 2, 10am; free, non-ticketedVenue: Brighton Photography Gallery, 52-53 Kings Road Arches, BN1 2LN

Joshua Robertson: The Diz-Abled GangsterJoshua Robertson’s stand-up performance offers a unique experience in which life as a disabled person facing everyday realities is covered with self-deprecating humour. Aged only 11, Mr Robertson was involved in a quad-biking accident and was told he may never walk or talk again. Now, he is a regular on the London stand-up circuit.

May 1-3, 29-31, 8pm, £6.50 (£5)Venue: Lamb Comedy @ Nowhere Man, 53 Upper North Street, BN1 3FH

Salty taste of Dalinsky’s Fringe City is a cool place to be.

And if you are a foodie, then Dalinsky's - specialists in salt beef and pastrami - is definitely the place to be.

Brighton-based Dalinsky's is passionate about using great produce with care and attention and producing the most delicious food.

All of the beef is sourced from Sussex farms; where possible. Dalinsky's use only slow-maturing, smaller native breeds - and only brisket cut, because this gives the best flavour, fat content, and texture.

All the brisket is dry-cured - in a specialist mix of curing salts, herbs, and spices - for five days.

Once the curing is complete,

salt beef is created by simmering the brisket very slowly with the vegetables and spices - and then cooled for the most fantastic flavour.

Dalinsky's pastrami, on the other hand, is the cured brisket rolled in a fiery and unique coriander seed and peppercorn mix, wood smoked, and then steamed and braised.

For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/dalinskys

As Conservative Parliamentary Candidate I have campaigned on many Pavilion issues including:

• Transport: I have supported residents of Grange Close in fighting severe noise disturbance caused by train sidings beside their homes. BHCC upheld the complaint

• I have campaigned to highlight timetable changes threatening the loss of some train services at Preston Park Station

• I have championed positive action to stop unauthorised traveller encampments in our parks

• Health: I and my team have become Dementia Friends, joining over 850,000 others, including the PM

• Welfare: I have championed city voluntary groups such as Chomp, who provide meal assistance to low paid families

• I have gone on roughsleeper patrols to help Brighton’s most vulnerable off the streets

A personal message from Clarence MITCHELL

As a resident of Brighton, I am only too aware of the huge challenges facing us. After years of ideological, but administratively naïve, Green rule, often supported by Labour, our wonderful city must fulfil its true potential once again through the return of common sense Conservative policies. Our long term economic plan is fixing the UK public finances, already bringing huge benefits to Brighton. As your MP I will work tirelessly to secure that prosperity further.

For a strong, effective MP who will be accountable to you, vote for Clarence Mitchell on May 7th

CLARENCE IN ACTION IN PAVILION As Conservative Parliamentary Candidate I have

campaigned on many Pavilion issues including: •Transport: I have supported residents of Grange

Close in fighting severe noise disturbance caused by train sidings beside their homes. BHCC upheld the complaint

I have campaigned to highlight timetable changes

threatening the loss of some train services at Preston Park Station

I have championed positive action to stop

unauthorised traveller encampments in our parks •Health: I and my team have become Dementia

Friends, joining over 850,000 others, including the PM •Welfare: I have championed city voluntary groups

such as Chomp, who provide meal assistance to low paid families

I have gone on roughsleeper patrols to help Brighton's

most vulnerable off the streets

NO LONGER A CITY OF PROTEST, BUT ONE OF PROSPERITY, PROGRESS AND PRIDE

Clarence and his campaign team sign up as Dementia Friends.

Clarence campaigns to raise awareness of threat to Preston Park trains

I am proud to live in the UK's most creative, vibrant, diverse and tolerant city and will work hard to celebrate and support our LGBT community. I am proud, too, to have marched twice on Brighton Pride since my selection as Tory candidate in 2013, representing the Conservative-led Government that finally delivered equal marriage.

CLARENCE FIGHTS FOR THE HIPPODROME!

CLARENCE MARCHES WITH PRIDE

It was a privilege to be asked to speak to a public rally of around 200 supporters of the campaign to ensure the beautiful Brighton Hippodrome is restored to its former glory as the city's pre-eminent live theatrical space.

Planning permission had been given to

turn the ornate Grade II* listed building into yet another retail outlet, a restaurant and multi-screen Vue cinema.

But its theatrical legacy demands better.

From its construction in 1897 it has hosted an ice rink, circus acts, variety theatre, vaudeville shows and bands such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. It has been out of use since 2007.

However, in January 2015 Vue told

campaigners that they were no longer going ahead with their plans as the landlord was not proceeding with the redevelopment. With a strong campaign business case in place, there is now a real chance of the Hippodrome being saved as a major cultural asset for the city.

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Clarence supports saving Brighton Hippodrome for live performances

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About Clarence MITCHELL

PR professional who has advised a wide range of government, corporate and personal clients.

Public affairs clients included Government of Iceland, Microsoft, Bank of America, Lloyds.

Former Director of HM Government’s Media Monitoring Unit, based within the Cabinet Office.

Seconded to the Foreign Office to assist the McCann family with media handling from 2007.

Head of Election Media Monitoring for the Conservative Party for 2010 General Election.

Former BBC News Correspondent, Royal Correspondent, Political Correspondent and Presenter.

As a resident of Brighton, I am only too aware of the huge challenges facing us. After years of ideological, but administratively naïve, Green rule, often supported by Labour, our wonderful city must fulfil its true potential once again through the return of common sense Conservative policies.

Our long term economic plan is fixing the UK public finances, already bringing huge benefits to Brighton. As your MP I will work tirelessly to secure that prosperity further.






























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This is my final column as council leader. It has been a pleasure sharing a weekly slice of my thoughts with you here.

At midnight on May 10, I will cease to be a councillor and so cease to be council leader. I’ve had eight fascinating and busy years on the council, with the last four in minority administration.

In that time, we have experienced emergency budgets, huge cuts in funding, a move to - and from - the cabinet system of governance, the creation of the Greater Brighton city region, numerous council by-elections, industrial actions, acres of media commentary, and a groaning shelf of awards.

On becoming the biggest party in 2011, more than half of our group were first-time councillors and our party had never led a council in the United Kingdom before. It was a steep learning curve, but - thanks to plenty of support and

advice - we were able to face up to the significant challenges facing the city. We’ve delivered some huge achievements, including finally dealing with equal pay and allowances for men and women across the council, the dirty secret that had been left to fester for far too long.

We set about making our roads safer and transport more sustainable. This work is paying dividends, with fewer casualties, cleaner air, and record use of buses and bikes. We also unlocked developments, affordable homes, and kept our economy strong.

Our ambition and delivery for Brighton and Hove has been recognised in many ways including as the world’s first One Planet City, the 2014 CIVITAS European City of the Year for Sustainable Transport, and as part of the UK’s first new UN Biosphere Reserve in more than 40 years.

Our work on the Living Wage and apprenticeships not only brought them to the council, but also encouraged partners in the city. Now, one in five (20%) of all

UK Living Wage firms are in our city, thanks to that leadership and a great partnership campaign with the Chamber of Commerce and UNISON.

Indeed, that success points to an essential truth of this role. Even when leading a big organisation like the council, there is little that we can achieve alone.

This is an age of collaborative leadership and partnership working. As with the Living Wage campaign, we make the biggest difference for citizens by working together with partners across the public, private, and third sectors. We are lucky that, in Brighton and Hove, we already have so many great people working across the sectors who are passionate about this essential partnership working.

As I pass the baton on, as new challenges inevitably arise, I believe I leave the city and our council in a better condition than they were four years ago. No matter who or what comes next, in me you will have a lifelong champion for the great city of Brighton and Hove.

Jason Kitcat@jasonkitcat

Working together is keyin an age of collaboration

For a longer version of both these articles, visit: www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk

The last four years have been the busiest, most rewarding and, at times, the most frustrating of my working life. I led the Greens to the party’s first local election victory in 2011, served a year as council Leader followed by a year on the Chain Gang as Mayor. For the past two years I’ve chaired the Housing Committee and looked after the communities portfolio. I’ve enjoyed the support of the great many dedicated public servants who work for the council.

It’s not easy for any minority administration, particularly one led by a convenor, rather than a leader, that reaches decisions by consensus

and without a party whip. I have no complaints. Most politicians, national or local, would rather be in power than opposition, however tough the circumstances.

Despite constant practical difficulties, it has been possible to achieve some political goals. I’m proud of starting the work that has seen the blossoming of the UK’s most successful Living Wage scheme, of helping to restart the regeneration of the city, and playing a key part in seeing Brighton and Hove established as a nationally recognised Film City.

Controversy has erupted around some decisions we have taken. Dire warnings were made about visitors turning their backs on the city because of parking charges, but last year we had a record number of visits and life is safer for

cyclists, pedestrians and motorists.Like administrations before us, we have not cracked all the refuse and recycling problems. But residents, the Greens and Labour are working together in Hanover and Elm Grove to produce a locally-led scheme to reduce parking problems.

I suspect voters are sick to the teeth of parties constantly attacking each other, particularly in the long run-up to the election. The truth is, certainly at city council level, everything works better when everybody works together. It’s not always possible.

However, a general agreement is reached on many issues, among them the cross-party Estate Regeneration Working Group, which has guided the development of a programme of more than 200 new council homes.

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Labour has a positive, realistic and ambitious plan for Brighton and Hove. Labour has the leadership, the candidate team and the unity to deliver it. Labour will deliver a city that works for you, for every neighbourhood, and every community in this city.

We want to promote a prosperous economy that delivers better opportunities and better

wages for all, that helps move some of the thousands of people in our city out of low-wage, in-work poverty. It is a scandal that thousands of our neighbours now rely on food banks for something to eat. There were just two food banks here in 2012; now there are a dozen. It is a scandal that dozens of people sleep on the streets of our city, a prosperous city in a prosperous nation.

We will do whatever we can to end reliance on food banks and end the scandal of street homelessness.

We will set up a landlord

licensing scheme to tackle bad landlords, end rip-off lettings-agent fees, and get a better deal for tenants in the private rented sector. We will build at least 500 new council homes, and as many more truly affordable homes as we can possibly deliver, to tackle the enormous housing crisis in our city.

It will not be an easy task, but it is one to which we are firmly committed.

No-one should be denied access to a decent and affordable home because of high rents, the buy-

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I am hugely excited about the prospect of leading the city council for the next four years. By working positively with partners in the community, voluntary, public and private sectors, and with the other councils in the Greater Brighton area, there is a great opportunity to help Brighton and Hove - its residents, businesses and visitors - to achieve their true potential.

I am proud that we have one of the youngest groups of candidates I can remember who are all keen to drive forward our agenda.

Working together nationally in parliament with Simon Kirby, who has been such an excellent hard-working Brighton Kemptown MP, Graham Cox with all his expertise as a former police chief in the city, and Clarence Mitchell, who has huge experience on the national and international stage, I can guarantee that we will provide the positive vision and dynamism needed to take this great city forward over the next four years.

To do this we must build on the economic success that this city has enjoyed in the last few years thanks to government support. Surveys shows that Brighton and Hove is one of the best places to set up a business. Unemployment is at record low levels.

We will continue to support

major projects that will drive growth in the city and restore our vitally-important seafront, such as the redevelopment of Churchill Square and a new conference centre at Black Rock, New England House, and Preston Barracks. These will be a priority.

The Greens quite rightly talk about the £100 million in outside investment that has been brought into the city in the last four years. Most of this has come from the government or its agencies such as the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership. This investment has been possible only because the Conservative government nationally has taken the tough decisions to turn around the country’s ailing economy.

Now is not the time to put the economic recovery and jobs at risk. A Conservative government will take us to the next stage in this recovery, which will enable, for example, the £480 million investment in the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

It is only the Conservatives that have the ideas and conviction to reform the city council and turn it into the efficient, modern, common-sense organisation that residents deserve. Our manifesto - which can be downloaded from www.brightonandhoveconservatives.com - sets out our proposals.

Our refuse and recycling operation is a classic example. We want to see Cityclean become employee-owned and led, like John Lewis; we want to see street-

sweeping mechanised and co-ordinated with refuse collection; we will tackle fly-tipping, retain weekly refuse collections, and introduce a paid for garden waste recycling service.

And we want to put an end to the city’s unenviable reputation for ripping off the motorist. We will: freeze car parking charges; reduce the cost of residents’, traders’ and business parking permits by 10%; abolish the 15p pay-by-phone tax; and have summer parking charges that start in summer, not March.

Secondary school performance could be so much better. We will focus on eliminating the scandalous gap in performance between those children from more deprived backgrounds and those from better-off families.

One of the biggest headaches for young families wanting to live in Brighton and Hove is the lack of truly affordable housing. We will put rocket-boosters under the new affordable building programme on council-owned land that was started under the previous Conservative administration in 2009 and which has faltered over the last few years.

This is our positive vision for the city with which we will restore civic pride and return to a beautiful Brighton and Hove.

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On the eve of the closest election that many can remember, some reflection - about where we want to be in five years and how we get there - is essential.

I am a self-confessed progressive lefty. So, for me, it’s simple to conjure an idea about a better Brighton and Hove - and a better United Kingdom.

From a long list, I would prioritise greater economic and social equality, including making huge strides towards tackling the appalling levels of deprivation that shame us all in one of the wealthiest cities, in one of the richest nations in the world.

I would also want to see genuine progress in making our city and our country sustainable, including moves towards de-carbonising our economy and putting measures in place to protect our air quality, countryside, and our biodiversity from fracking and other short-term plundering of the environment.

I believe our constitution and political system is not fit for purpose; it is over-centralised, undemocratic, and disempowering. I want to see the abolition of the House of Lords, power devolved to regions, cities and towns, and – most importantly – to our neighbourhoods. And I want to see a fairer voting system so people

have a genuine choice. I hate the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people so alienated that they refuse to vote. This is not “voter apathy’; it’s anger.

This is also about what happens in our city. I want to see our council and public services revived - saved from the ravages of austerity and empowered to better serve and involve communities across the city. The hard part is knowing how to get there – largely because politics doesn’t work in the way that it did.

In 1951, the Conservatives and Labour took 97% of the vote. Since then, the rise of the Liberals along with the SNP, Plaid Cymru, UKIP and, as we have seen dramatically in Brighton and Hove, the Greens, have shattered the old certainties and created a trend towards a more pluralistic party system, which makes hung parliaments (and minority councils) more likely.

In this context, we on the progressive left of politics need to stop doing politics like we used to. We need to wake up to the fact that large majorities are consigned to history at local and national level.

In the immediate future, in our city, this must involve several things. Firstly, it must include recognising the good points and similarities in the outlook and priorities of our main parties.

For Green voters and politicians making their choices at the general election that should include recognising that the two big parties are not the same on austerity.

It’s very clear that the spending plans set out by Labour and the Tories are radically different and that the £50 billion extra cuts from the Tories represents the biggest choice on public spending and taxation since 1992.

For Labour activists and voters, it’s about acknowledging at last what a positive thing it has been for our city and the role of our city in the wider scheme of things, in electing the UK’s first Green MP, MEP, and city council.

The party has to take the positives from the Green Party’s analysis and agenda – thinking through how pluralism can be a force for good.

With this in mind, I have been urging my Green and Labour friends in different parts of the city to support the progressive ticket at the general election – one green and two reds.

We must work together to develop a shared vision for the city. This needs to happen at all levels, in our communities, and through institutional routes. It demands a lot of our politicians, who must abandon their tribal thinking.

Colin Miller is a member of Compass, a pressure group that describes itself as "'an umbrella grouping of the progressive left". A Brighton and Hove Compass group will be launched after next week’s elections. For more information, visit: www.compassonline.org.uk

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We pledge to wipe out youth unemployment by 2019to-let student market or the thousands of people escaping rocketing house prices in London.

A Labour council under my leadership would get the city moving again, and push for more affordable public transport especially for those starting training or apprenticeships.

We will wipe out youth unemployment by 2019.

We will make our city’s streets cleaner, deliver a refuse collection service residents can rely on, and get our city’s recycling levels at least back up to where they were

before the Greens took over. We will ensure a new secondary school is built and that all pupils have access to excellent and accountable education under powers restored by a Labour government.

We will prioritise work on improving mental health, on tackling domestic violence, on combatting prejudice and on putting council services back into the heart of our neighbourhoods.

Achieving all this under pressure from massive Conservative government cuts will be hard, but

we will work in partnership with communities, charities, businesses and others, providing leadership based on our values of fairness and co-operation, setting a new tone and direction towards a city that is cleaner, fairer and more prosperous, a city we can all be proud of, and a council that works for you.

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For Ian Poysden, the financial services business isn't fundamentally about money. It's about people - and relationships.

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"We're a professional services business," said Mr Poysden. "Our business is our people. Without that we don't have anything."

Until two or three years ago, there were only seven or eight staff. Now, there are 24. Between

them, they have 250 years of experience in the industry - from people who started out 30 years ago, to those who have gone through the firm's apprentice programme.

IEP Financial's remarkable growth began with an important change in legislation that potentially affects us all.

In the jargon, it was the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). But Mr Poysden, 48, doesn't do jargon. He speaks in straightforward language about complex subjects.

So when RDR came into effect on January 1 2013 - requiring financial advisers to be completely transparent about fees, rather than opaque about commissions - IEP Financial was ready: "It was quite an easy transition for us, because we'd traded that way for six years before. We were fee-led before that period. So we didn't really have to change too much."

At the same time, the government brought in auto-enrolment and workplace pension legislation. IEP Financial decided to become experts in the field - while many other firms simply chose not to get involved.

Mr Poysden, whose parents moved from the East End of London to Billingshurst when he was a child, is one of three directors; the others are David Williamson and Patrick Spencer, the cricketing son of John Spencer, the renowned cricketer.

You can't spend long in IEP Financial's offices in Church Road without cricket getting at least a mention.

"My big passion is cricket. Sussex County Cricket Club is literally on my doorstep - and we are moving into our 17th year of sponsoring Sussex. I'm also one of the patrons of the Sussex Cricket Foundation, which is the charitable trust, which looks after not just the elite cricket, but also visually-impaired cricket.

"We have always been led by the community. We are proud to be a Sussex company. We are

very clear about what we are. We are a provincial financial adviser. We advise predominantly clients in Sussex and across southeast England.”

Ethos and professional development are important to IEP Financial.

It is perhaps no surprise IEP Financial has always had a charity partner. Rockinghorse and Chestnut Tree in the past. This year it is The Martlets Hospice - and the revival of an annual ball, a Halloween Ball to mark the hospice's 18th anniversary.

Back to business and the pensions choice facing many more of us, because of recent reforms. Mr Poysden is a big fan of choice, but recognises there are risks and possible pitfalls. That's where IEP Financial comes in.

If you have financial awareness, then that's fine. But many of us face big decisions with even bigger implications later in life. IEP Financial seeks to be a source of information - trusted and reliable. And not only for the super-wealthy.

The recent auto-enrolment requirement for companies of all sizes is central to a lot of what IEP Financial does. "We have taken 100 companies through their auto-enrolment staging date, the date by which they have to have it done by," Mr Poysden said.

"The first company had 960 employees over 20 different sites across the UK. A big deal. The staging dates are in line with the number of employees. So at the moment it is companies that are around 40 or 50 employees. We're speaking to a lot of those at the moment to get those sorted out, and in the right place.

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Rose Hill Tavern campaigners aimto raise £365k to buy former pub

Campaigners have just over five months to raise £365,000 to buy a Brighton pub that closed last year. It is back on the market after planners refused to grant permission to turn it into flats.

The Rose Hill Tavern Action Group voted overwhelmingly to try to raise the money at a well-attended meeting at Calvary Church in Viaduct Road. Representatives from two comparable projects – The Bevy and Exeter Street Hall – offered their support for the group.

The group succeeded in having the Rose Hill Tavern, in Rose Hill Terrace, Brighton, listed as an asset of community value (ACV) after it was closed and sold by Enterprise Inns. Evenden Estates, the new owner, challenged the listing twice, but each time the campaigners won the day.

Evenden nevertheless asked Brighton and Hove City Council for planning permission to turn the pub into a couple of flats.

A report backed the proposal, but councillors rejected their officials’ advice and threw out the plans.

Now the campaigners have just under a fortnight to register their interest in buying the property and just under six months to raise enough money. They could still be outbid, but any rival buyer would almost certainly need to propose a community use for the property given its status as an ACV.

Dave Boyle, one of the campaign leaders, said: “Where we stand now is at a crossroads. We either go forward or we go home. If we go forward, we have just five and a half months to come up with the goods.”

He added that the pub did not have to be reopened as just a pub. It could be a community centre, a café, an arts venue, or a mixture of anything the group felt would be more useful than flats.

Andrew Large, a campaigns officer from the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), said: “It’s lots of very hard work and a daunting amount of money to raise but

very rewarding. There’s nothing like going into a pub and having your first pint knowing what you have done to get it going.”

And Warren Carter, from The Bevy co-op pub in Bevendean, added: “The 200th pint still tastes really good. All I see down the London Road is exactly the same kind of venue. What you lot are trying to do is more than a pub.”

Iain Chambers, from Exeter

Street Hall, which is run by residents who bought it from the Church of England, said: “However daunting it feels, you have almost got nothing to lose. It’s closed down anyway. If you believe in it, it’s worth giving it a shot.”

He also offered practical support, saying that the hall would be happy to put on a fundraising event for the group.

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Barges are due to land 17 steel cans on the beach in Brighton next month. The cans will form the tower of the i360 as construction work steps up a gear.

The delivery from a specialist contractor in the Netherlands is scheduled to take place – weather permitting – on Thursday, June 11. It will follow the excavation of an 8.5 metre hole. Gravel, shingle and chalk are being sucked out of the ground as the i360’s basement takes shape.

A vacuum extractor truck arrived yesterday and is being operated alongside the 80-tonne crane that was already on site. The truck also filters the air. Tests in London found that its exhaust was cleaner than the surrounding air.

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Writing specialists take parties to taskfor illiterate waffle in their manifestosWriting experts from Brighton have analysed the election manifestos of the main parties - and concluded they must do better.

Business-writing trainers at Emphasis found a litany of mistakes and shortcomings when they put them under the microscope.

They suggest it sets a poor example and claim the parties could again fail to connect with voters at the next General Election.

Rob Ashton, chief executive officer of Emphasis, said: “We found far too much waffle. And, in some cases, the parties even failed to spot unfortunate punctuation and grammatical errors – or issues with sentence structure – before publication. Politicians should lead by example if they want voters to take them seriously.”

Emphasis analysed the manifestos of each of the seven parties that took part in the televised leaders’ debate

on April 2: the Conservatives, the Greens, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, the Scottish National Party and UKIP.

Experts at the Queen’s Road firm - founded in 1998 - looked at 1,000 words from each manifesto, beginning at the start of the parties’ education policies. The analysts then produced graphs to compare them on style and technical accuracy. The company uses the same kind of analysis for delegates on its training courses.

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats outperformed the other parties

overall in the study. UKIP struggled the most on sentence structure while Labour fared worst on

grammar and punctuation.The Greens’ Caroline

Lucas hopes to retain the party’s only parliamentary seat – Brighton Pavilion. But her party’s manifesto may not help her cause.

Mr Ashton said: “The Greens and Plaid Cymru tend towards a more passive, sometimes quite anonymous style. They often leave out who or what will take the action they describe (eg “will be introduced”). This “passive

voice” is the natural style of academics and policy specialists.

“UKIP, the Greens and Plaid Cymru have all tended to use long sentences containing a multitude of ideas. Labour and the Liberal Democrats favoured shorter, simpler sentences, with the Tories taking the middle road.”

He added: “The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats had fewer weaknesses overall so are more likely to connect with

their audience (through their manifestos at least).

“Their less academic style could be down to their in-depth experience of fighting national elections, which has given them more opportunity to fine-tune their message for public consumption.”

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Sun's reflectionA fire in Hove is believed to have started as a result of the reflection of the sun’s rays.East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said that fire crews were called to a property in Wilbury Road, Hove last week.The alarm was raised after a report of a fire alarm sounding and a burning smell.A small fire had damaged the curtains at the property and was found to be out when the fire crews arrived.

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We have highlighted in recent weeks the people who do not deserve our vote, who are nasty, who are self-interested and small-minded - and self-serving. And twittering.

Do not vote for the nasty, the self-interested, the small-minded, or the self-serving. If you can, follow them on Twitter!

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Our message - my message - is simple and straightforward: it is the person, not the party, we should focus on.

There are Labour candidates who should not be elected, should not be allowed out in public; there are Green candidates who are foolhardy and naive - even incompetent - who are well-meaning; and there are Conservatives whose values are alien, but whose spirit and skills are indispensable.

We used to be able to rely on

our favoured political party - our tribe - to sift candidates we could trust and follow. And believe in.

No longer is that possible. Our political parties are machines, largely undemocratic and uncaring. Vehicles for personal advancement and careerism, rather than environments for

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24.6% 3.5% 22.6% 11.7% 2.1% 0.3% 35.3%

Hove 25.5% 3.6% 22.9% 15.7% 1.7% 0.1% 30.5%

Total 22.1% 10% 21.9% 12.3% 1.7% 0.2% 31.8%

Graham Cox, Conservative candidate for Hove

Caroline Lucas, Green candidate for Brighton Pavilion

Nancy Platts, Labour candidate for Brighton Kemptown

*Proportion (%) of electorate in each constituency

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Silent minority: none of the political parties attracted as many voters as non-voters at the last general elections in 2011

How people voted - and did not vote - in 2011*


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Hanover and Elm Grove (Six polling districts: FU – FZ)FU - St Luke's Primary School, Queen's Park Rise, BN2 9ZF; FV - Elm Grove Primary School, Elm Grove, BN2 3ES; FW - Children's Centre, Fairlight Primary School, St Leonard's Road,

BN2 3AJ;

FX - Milton Road Hall, Milton Road, BN2 9TQ; FY - Hanover Community Centre, Southover Street, BN2 9UD; FZ - Elm Grove Primary School, Elm Grove, BN2 3ES.

Hollingdean and Stanmer (Seven polling districts: GT – GZ)GT - The Meeting House, Sussex University, BN1 9QN; GU - Coldean Primary School, BN1 9EL; GV - Moulsecoomb Public Hall, Lewes Road, BN2 4GA; GW - United Reformed Church

Hall, Lewes Road, BN2 4EU; GX - St Richard's Church Hall, Mountfields, BN1 7BU; GY - Downs Infant School, Ditchling Road, BN1 6JA; GZ - Hertford Infant School, Hertford Road, BN1

7GF.

Patcham (Seven polling districts: HT – HZ)HT - Immanuel Family Centre, Braybon Avenue, BN1 8HN; HU - Patcham Memorial Hall, Old London Road, BN1 8XR; HV - Patcham Methodist Church Hall, Ladies Mile Road, BN1 8TA;

HW - Temporary Building, Mackie Avenue; HX - Old Boat Community Centre, Carden Hill, BN1 8GN;

HY - The Gathering Place, Orchid View, BN1 8GP; HZ - Hollingbury Library, Carden Hill, BN1 8DA.

Preston Park (Five polling districts: JV – JZ)JV - Exeter Street Hall, Exeter Street, BN1 5PG; JW - Temporary Building, Preston Park, SW side;

JX - Florence Road Baptist Church Hall, Southdown Avenue, BN1 6DJ; JY - Stanford Avenue Methodist Church, Fellowship Room, BN1 6FD; JZ - St Matthias Church Hall, Hollingbury

Park Avenue, BN1 4SE.

Regency (Six polling districts: FU – FZ)LW - St Michael's Community Hall, St Michael's Place, BN1 3FU; LX - St Mary Magdalen Community Centre, Upper North Street, BN1 3FH; LY - New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place,

BN1 2PT; LZ - Middle Street Primary School, Middle Street, BN1 1AL.

St Peter's and North Laine (Eight polling districts: KS – KZ)KS - BMECP Centre, 10a Fleet Street, BN1 4ZE; KT - St Paul's C.E.School, St Nicholas Road, BN1 3LP; KU - West Hill Hall, Compton Avenue, BN1 3PS; KV - Calvary Evangelical Church

Hall, 72 Viaduct Road, BN1 4NB; KW - Downs Infant School, Ditchling Road, BN1 6JA; KX - Wagner Memorial (St Martin's) Hall, Lewes Road, BN2 3HQ; KY - Brighton & Hove Foyer,

Pelham Street, BN1 4FA; KZ - Brighthelm Church and Community Centre, North Road, BN1 1YD.

Withdean (Six polling districts: IU – IZ)IU - Church Of The Good Shepherd Hall, Dyke Road, BN1 5AE; IV - Minor Club House, Withdean Sports Complex, BN1 5JD; IW - Ascension Church Hall, Mill Rise, Westdene, BN1 5GS;

IX - Varndean College, Surrenden Road, BN1 6WQ; IY - Cassidy Pastoral Centre, St Mary's Catholic Church, BN1 6PA; IZ - Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Road, BN1 6RB.

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HT – HZHollingdeanand StanmerGT – GZ

JV – JZ

FU – FZ

KS – KZ

FU – FZ

Preston Park

Hanover andElm Grove

St Peter's and North Laine

Regency

HoveBrunswick and Adelaide (Three polling districts: MX - MZ)MX - St Patrick's Church Centre, Cambridge Road, BN3 1DE; MY - Baptist Church Hall, Holland Road, BN3 1JN; MZ - Cornerstone Community Centre, Church Road, BN3 2FL.

Central Hove (Two polling districts: UY and UZ)UY - Parish Room, Church of the Sacred Heart, Norton Road, BN3 3GF;

UZ - Hove Library, Church Road, BN3 2EG.

Goldsmid (Five polling districts: NV - NZ)NV - Ajex Hall, Eaton Road, Hove, BN3 3GE; NW - All Saints Church Hall, Eaton Road, BN3 3QE; NX - Vallance Community Centre, Sackville Road, BN3 3WR; NY - Cottesmore St

Mary's R.C. Primary School, The Upper Drive, BN3 6NB; NZ - Refectory Room, BHASVIC, 205 Dyke Road, BN3 6EG.

Hangleton and Knoll (Six polling districts: PU - PZ)PU - St Richard's Community Centre, Egmont Road, BN3 7FP; - Oasis Christian Fellowship Hall, Hangleton Way, BN3 8EQ; PW - St Helen's Church Hall, Hangleton Way, BN3 8ER;

PX - Hangleton Community Centre, Harmsworth Crescent, Hove, BN3 8BW; PY - West Blatchington Windmill North Barn, Holmes Avenue, BN3 7LF; PZ - Hounsom Memorial Church

Hall, Nevill Avenue, BN3 7NG;

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Brighton Pavilion

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QV – QZ

South Portslade

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Westbourne

Wish

RW – RZ

SV – SZ

TW – TZ

UY and UZ

MX – MZ

NV – NZ

OX – OZ

PU – PZ

Hove Park (Three polling districts: OX - OZ)OX - Hove Park Upper School, Nevill Road, BN3 7BN; OY - St Peter's Church Hall, Hangleton Road, BN3 7LQ; OZ - Cottesmore St Mary's R.C. Primary School, The

Upper Drive, BN3 6NB.

North Portslade (Five polling districts: QV - QZ)QV - Downland Court Community Hall, Stonery Road, BN41 2PS; QW - Mile Oak Community Centre, Chalky Road, BN41 2WF; QX - Church Of The Good Shepherd

Hall, Stanley Avenue, BN41 2WH; QY - Mile Oak Community Centre, Chalky Road, BN41 2WF; QZ - Downs Park School, Foredown Road, BN41 2FU.

South Portslade (Four polling stations: RW - RZ)RW - Scout Headquarters, Vale Park, BN41 1DE; RX - Portslade Town Hall, Victoria Road, BN41 2YF; RY - St Nicolas Parish Centre, South Street, BN41 2LE; RZ -

Easthill House, Easthill Park, BN41 2FA.

Westbourne (Four polling districts: TW - TZ)TW - St Philip's Church Hall, New Church Road, BN3 4BB; TX - Holy Cross Church Hall, Tamworth Road, BN3 5FJ; TY - Hove Methodist Church Hall, Cowper Street

Entrance, BN3 5DR; TZ - Hove Museum and Art Gallery, New Church Road, BN3 4AB.

Wish (Five polling districts: SV - SZ)SV - Glebe Villas Hall, Glebe Villas, BN3 5SL; SW - Temporary Building, Saxon Road; SX - Aldrington Recreation Ground Pavilion, Wish Road; SY - Childrens

Centre, West Hove Infant School, BN3 5JA; SZ - Sanders House Communal Room, Ingram Crescent West, BN3 5NW.


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Queen's Park (Nine polling districts: ER - EZ)ER - Esswick T.A. Social Club, Essex Place, BN2 1LL; ES - Craven Vale Resource Centre, Craven Road, BN2 0FE; ET - St Luke's Primary School,

Queen's Park Rise, BN2 9ZF; EU - Queen's Park Primary School, Park Street, BN2 0BN; EV - St Mary's Church House, St James's Street, BN2 1PR;

EW - Dorset Gardens Methodist Church Hall, Dorset Gardens, BN2 1RL; EX - Brighton Youth Centre, Grosvenor Street, BN2 0JR; EY - Millwood

Community Centre, Nelson Row, Carlton Hill, BN2 9QG; EZ - Community Room, Thornsdale, Albion Hill, BN2 9NN.

Rottingdean Coastal (Six polling districts: AT - AZ)AT and AU - St Nicholas Church Hall, Saltdean Vale, BN2 8HE; AV - Rottingdean Public Hall, Park Road, BN2 7HL; AW - Deans Leisure Centre,

Longhill School, Falmer Road, BN2 7FR; AX - Ovingdean Village Hall, Ovingdean Road, BN2 7BB; AY - Brighton Steiner School, Roedean Road,

BN2 5RA; AZ - Estate Office Board Room, Brighton Marina, BN2 5UF.

Woodingdean (Four polling districts: BW - BZ)BW - Parish Room, Church Of The Holy Cross, Downsway, BN2 6BD; BX - Woodingdean Methodist Church Hall, The Ridgway, BN2 6PB; BY -

Children's Centre, Rudyard Kipling Primary School, Chalkland Rise, BN2 6RH; BZ - St Patrick's Church Hall, Broad Green, BN2 6TB.

Note: There are 10 polling stations – in five polling districts in East Saltdean, Telscombe Cliffs, and Peacehaven – that are within Brighton Kemptown constituency, but are outside the area covered by Brighton and Hove City Council.They are: St Martin’s Church Hall, Longridge Avenue; Telscombe Parish Hall, Tyedean Road; Telscombe Cliffs County Primary School – Nursery, Telscombe Cliffs Way; Sports Pavilion, Piddinghoe Avenue; Evangelical Free Church Hall, Mayfield Avenue; Scout Headquarters, Arundel Road; Meridian County Primary School, Roderick Avenue North; The Annexe Room – Meridian C P School, Roderick Avenue; Meridian Centre – Anzac Room, Greenwich Way; Peacehaven Heights Infant School, Hoddern Avenue.

East Brighton (Seven polling districts: DS - DZ)DS and DT - Valley Social Centre, Whitehawk Way, BN2 5HE; DU - Whitehawk Inn, Whitehawk Road, BN2 5NS; DV - The

Manor Gym & Sports Centre, Manor Road, BN2 5EA; DW - TS Nautilus, 39a Chesham Road, BN2 1NB; DX - Kemptown

Crypt Community Centre, St George's Road, BN2 1ED; DY - Craven Vale Resource Centre, Craven Road, BN2 0FE; DZ -

Bristol Estate Community Centre, Donald Hall Road, BN2 5DJ.

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean (Eight polling districts: CS - CZ)CS - Coombe Road Primary School, Coombe Road, BN2 4ED; CT - Meadowview Community Centre, Meadowview, BN2

4NF; CU - St Andrew's Church Hall, Hillside, BN2 4TA; CV - Community Church Hall, Norwich Drive, BN2 4LA; CW - The 67

Centre, Hodshrove Lane, BN2 4RW; CX - St George's Hall, Newick Road, BN1 9JN; CY - Temporary Building, Ashurst Rd/

Halland Rd; CZ - Mayfield House, University of Brighton, Falmer, BN1 9PH.

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Jonny & The Baptists Rock The Vote@KomediaBrightonThe UK's hottest musical comedians tackle the big issues ahead of the General Election with songs, satire and silliness.6:45pm, £9.50, conc £7.50/£5Komedia Brighton

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Vlad the Impaler@Rialto_BrightonBrighton Theatre in association with Oran Mor and the Romanian Cultural Institute. A lunchtime tale of horror and dark comedy.1:15pm, £12.50Rialto Theatre11 Dyke Road, BN1 3FE

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Belshazzar’s Feast@RopetackleartBellowhead fiddle player Paul Sartin teams up with Paul Hutchinson for a mix of experimental folk, jazz, and other styles.8pm-11pm, £13Ropetackle Arts CentreLittle High Street, Shoreham-By-Sea, BN43 5EG

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Mobb Deep@Concorde_2East Coast hip-hop duo Mobb Deep tour the UK to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of sophomore album, 'The Infamous...'7:30pm - 11pm, £22.50 in adv + bfConcorde 2Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN

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CARO EMERALD Sat 5 Dec

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

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

import, into, iron, minor, mint, monitor, motion, omit, option, pint, pinto, pion, point, portion, potion, prim, print, promotion, riot, trim, trio, trip.

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

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1. The leading Catholic essayist (4)

3. The rest of the players (4-4)

9. The whole world finds it illuminating (7)

10. Get rid of unwanted letters (5)

11. Following the sun? (2,3,7)

13. Falling in the sea (6)

15. A word to conjure with, at speed (6)

17. Where an actor would like to work in the end? (2,3,4,3)

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21. A problem of choice (7)

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7. Still equal (4) 8. Undecided fate

of a plane taking paratroopers into battle (4,2,3,3)

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14. Outlaws with bits outside and inside (7)

16. Take it if you mean to stay dry (6)

18. Dance and a drink to uplift a sailor (5)

19. Mark shows unending alarm (4)

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22. Given the right (8)

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6. Badly treated (3-4)

7. Midday (4)

8. Bubbling (12)

12. Eastern (8)

14. Rich (7)

16. Grating (6)

18. Female relative (5)

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

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Houston, we have a problem. One simply cannot expect an Italian to enter the final frontier without an espresso machine. We might not be able to hear her scream - it being space and all that - but we can certainly feel her pain.

Samantha Cristoforetti is fluent in Italian, English, French, German, and Russian. She is an engineer, a captain in the Italian Air Force (and therefore a pilot), and she is not only an astronaut but she was also the first Italian woman in space. Virtual high five, Samantha.

Lavazza (the coffee people), Argotec (nobody has - they're an engineering company) and the Italian Space Agency (NASA, with better food) all think Cristoforetti is pretty cool, too. They've been busy building her a coffee machine that will actually work in space.

Since we took that giant leap for mankind, we've put everything we can think of in a rocket: dogs, monkeys, and even women. But is a coffee machine perhaps a tad pointless?

Obviously there's always room for coffee-making apparatus in one's life, but we just can't help thinking that the engineering company and the space agency could find a more productive use of their time. Their first attempt to deliver Samantha's machine was unsuccessful, because the supply rocket exploded. Case in point.

A regular espresso machine for us earth-dwelling underlings uses nine bars of pressure. A fancy espresso machine for alien-hunters will use 400 bars. A regular machine pours espresso into a cup, mug, or other suitable vessel. A machine aboard the Starship Enterprise will pour espresso into a pouch, not too dissimilar to a saline bag. Cristoforetti will then sip her morning macchiato through a straw. Very grown-up.

Alongside an American and a Russian, Cristoforetti has been at the International Space Station (ISS) since November last year. They, umm...flew? Do you call it flying? Not really sure. Their, umm...ship? Is it called a ship? Really don't know. They've been in Deep Space Nine since they "flew" their "ship" there and it (the ship) has been serving as an emergency

escape vehicle until it (still the ship) will be used to return the astronaut, the cosmonaut, and the straw-sucker to Earth this month. Yes, that's as in .. soon.

She's been there for five months already but she simply must have an espresso before her return next week. Again, perhaps this is all a tad pointless?

Just as ET had a debilitating urge to phone home all the time, and Sigourney Weaver and her gang just had to investigate that pesky SOS call, so it seems that when it comes to close encounters of the third kind, we all tend to spoil it. Therefore, it's comforting to know that - however awkward that initial meeting might be - they can all at least have a coffee.

Polyglot or not, Cristoforetti doesn't appear to have any alien lingo in her repertoire, so breaking the ice will be tough but the straw thing will help.

The most impressive aspect of the Battlestar Galactica coffee machine is its name. The espresso machine for use aboard the ISS is ingeniously called ISSpresso. Not only is that semantically clever, but it's also fun to say, because you can't help sounding like the snake from The Jungle Book.

Apart from the marketing department's triumph, the only other feature with which we are not so much impressed as intrigued by is the saline bag function. We're really not into the espresso-through-a-straw thing, but if the coffee is already in a pouch, we must be getting closer to the realisation of our coffee-via-an-intravenous-drip dream.

In the meantime, here's to the first female Italian in space enjoying the first ISSpresso. Wouldn't George Clooney be disappointed if he made his way back to the ISS after all that depressing floating around (Gravity is the name of the movie, if you haven't seen it, that's pretty much all you're missing) only to find that the much-hyped coffee machine isn't a Nespresso.

Anyway, here's to you, Cristoforetti - live long and prosper!

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It happens every summer. Friends come down to visit and their first demand is always “let’s go to the seafront for fish and chips”. This poses a problem. I’ve lived here for nine years and I’ve never had good takeaway fish and chips on Brighton beach.

This may have changed, though. Fish+Liquor, a restaurant and takeaway with loads of outdoor seating, has recently opened on the former site of the Seagull on Madeira Drive. It’s had a complete overhaul and is now a colourful mash-up of comic-book wallpaper and vintage knick-knacks. The Seagull was a fairly ropey chippy that nonetheless did well due to huge tourist footfall. Some may suggest that Fish+Liquor will make money only for the same reasons. But I think that’s unfair. Their food is surprisingly good.

The menu is small, with all

chip-shop staples covered: line-caught cod, plaice and haddock, fishcakes and goujons, a couple of burgers, saveloys and pies, even homemade curry sauce and pea fritters. My large cod and chips was pretty much flawless: batter was crisp, light and grease-free, coating a huge beautifully-steamed, well-seasoned fillet and served with homemade tartare sauce, mushy peas (not homemade, but that’s good) and “chippy chips” that are hand-cut on site every morning. The presentation was ridiculous - nobody needs their mushy peas served in a latté glass - but when I’m being fed well, I can overlook daft gimmicks.

My friend’s “Mad Patty” burger arrived in a frying pan on a wooden board (it’s the kitchen porter I feel sorry for) and pronged with a deep-fried prawn. Silliness aside, she declared it faultless (and this girl knows her burgers), with a juicy patty, lovely gherkin-dotted mayo, leaves, cheese, chorizo, and a proper glazed brioche bun.

Suzanne Rose@placesieatbtn

Decent fish and chips- on the beach, finally

We were really impressed by the crunchy panko-coated fishcakes with red slaw, packed with fish and not at all stodgy. Onion rings were fat and moreish. Often a meal that consists entirely of deep-fried carbs gives a heavy-bellied feeling for the rest of the day, but this didn’t at all. Clearly someone in this kitchen is a dab hand with a fryer.

The small cocktail menu, scribbled on a blackboard, is basic, with a handful of crowd-pleasers. My mojito was tart and sweet, one of the best I’ve had for a good while. There are loads of beers available, too, and it’s great to see our very own Bison Beer and Brighton Gin on offer.

All in all, it’s great to finally be able to recommend a good seafront fish and chip place, and I imagine I’ll be spending a lot of time this summer on the warm stones opposite Fish+Liquor enjoying a decent takeaway.

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BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCILPLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990

PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) REGULATIONS 1990

The following applications involving or affecting the setting of Listed Buildings or affecting the character of a Conservation Area were registered during week ending 26/04/2015:

BH2015/00882137 & Bedford Towers Kings Road Brighton Full Planning – Installation of white render to all elevations to 137 Kings Road and Bedford Towers. Alterations to 137 Kings Road including erection of new entrance canopy to replace existing, installation of glazed balustrading to front entrance, alterations to fenestration and associated works.

BH2015/01030Grange Lodge The Green Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Erection of part 1no, part 2no storey side extension.

BH2015/01102Flat 2 21 Cambridge Road Hove Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing single glazed timber framed windows with double glazed timber framed windows.

BH2015/0124738 Brunswick Street West Hove Full Planning – Replacement of existing pitched roof covering with metal thermally insulated roof panels and installation of rooflights. Overlay the existing flat roof with roofing felt.

BH2015/0124838-42 Brunswick Street West Hove Full Planning – Replacement of existing pitched roof covering with metal thermally insulated roof panels.

BH2015/01017Fourth Avenue Mansions 88-92 Church Road Hove Full Planning – Refurbishment of gable pediment to front elevation, replacement of section of roof and fascias, gutters and downpipes.

BH2015/01131Flat A 23 Fourth Avenue Hove Full Planning – Replacement of existing single glazed windows with double glazed windows.

BH2015/00602 & BH2015/00603Flat 1 101 Lansdowne Place Hove Householder Planning & Listed Building Consent – Replacement of existing UPVC front door with timber door and replacement of timber windows and rear door with UPVC units. (Part Retrospective)

BH2015/00998Ground Floor Flat 34 Lansdowne Place Hove Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout of flat.

BH2015/0115618 Palmeira Yard 75 Holland Road Hove Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout of flat.

BH2015/0125838-42 Brunswick Street West Hove Full Planning – Installation of new environmental control plant including air handling unit, air condenser unit, acoustic screening, railings and other associated works.

BH2015/0099726 Walpole Terrace Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Creation of dormer, demolition of two storey patent glazing and internal metal gantry and creation of glazed roof at ground floor level and insertion of window to first floor level to rear elevation.

BH2015/01260Flat 8 7 Norfolk Terrace Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout of flat. (Retrospective)

BH2015/0097314a Osborne Villas Hove Full Planning – Replacement of existing timber framed windows and doors with UPVC windows and doors. (Retrospective)

BH2015/004272 Crescent Place Brighton Listed Building Consent – Alterations to balcony including removal of existing glazing and relocation of balcony doors.

BH2015/0088015 Belgrave Place Brighton Listed Building Consent – Replacement flue to rear.

BH2015/00893Flat 2 17 Devonshire Place Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Installation of 2no extract vents to rear elevation. (Retrospective)

BH2015/00894Flat 2 17 Devonshire Place Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout of flat and installation of 2no extract vents to rear elevation. (Retrospective)

BH2015/00948Flat 2 1-2 Clarendon Place Brighton Full Planning – Erection of single storey rear extension.

BH2015/00992 & BH2015/00993Flat 7 Court Royal Mansions 1 Eastern Terrace Brighton Listed Building & Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing redundant fire escape window and door with new timber framed units.

BH2015/01090 & BH2015/01091Flat 4 50 Marine Parade Brighton Listed Building & Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing timber framed single glazed windows with double glazed timber sash windows.

BH2015/01124Flat 4 36 Chesham Road Brighton Full Planning – Roof alterations incorporating front and rear rooflights and rear dormer.

BH2015/0115912 St James’s Street Brighton Full Planning – Change of use from retail (A1) to restaurant/hot food takeaway (A3/A5).

BH2015/01165113 Marine Parade Brighton Full Planning – Conversion of exiting property from 3no flats (C3) to 1no one bedroom flat and 1no six bedroom maisonette (C3) with replacement of existing timber french doors with timber sash window to front elevation.

BH2015/01166113 Marine Parade Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout to facilitate conversion of existing property from 3no flats (C3) to 1no one bedroom flat and 1no six bedroom maisonette (C3) with replacement of existing timber french doors with timber sash windows to front elevation.

BH2015/0077911A Lewes Crescent Brighton Listed Building Consent – Erection of glass orangery to rear courtyard, replacement of sash window with timber double doors, installation of timber window to replace existing, internal alterations to layout and installation of oak flooring above existing flooring.

BH2015/00967Flat 10 Princes Mansions 31 Sussex Square Brighton Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to layout of flat.

BH2015/0112839 Upper Gardner Street Brighton Removal or Variation of Condition – Application for variation of condition 4 of application BH2012/02173 (Change of use from retail (A1) to café (A3) on lower ground, ground and first floors and retrospective change of use from café (A3) to office (B1) on second floor and replacement of ground floor sliding doors and fenestration above) to extend opening hours of the ground floor restaurant to 11.00pm on Mondays to Saturdays and 8.30pm on Sundays.

BH2015/01138East House 7 & West House 8 Pavilion Mews & 17 Jubilee Street Brighton Removal or Variation of Condition – Application for variation of conditions 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21 and 22 of application BH2013/01034 to enable a phased implementation of the approved development.

BH2015/01181HSBC 153 North Street Brighton Full Planning – Replacement of existing external ATM with reduced height ATM, replacement of external ATM and replacement of ATM signage above.

BH2015/0087019 Vallance Gardens Hove Full Planning – Erection of single storey detached building to rear of existing care facility to provide 1no self-contained assisted living unit.

BH2015/01137189 Church Road Hove Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing timber windows with UPVC to front elevation at first and second floor levels.

BH2015/0098047D Stanford Avenue Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing wooden framed sash windows with UPVC casement sash windows.

BH2015/0103886 Waldegrave Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Installation of rooflight to front roof slope.

BH2015/01126First Floor Flat 60 Springfield Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Roof alterations incorporating dormer and rooflight to rear elevation.

BH2015/0093818 Stone Street Brighton Full Planning – Creation of 1no one bedroom residential dwelling (C3) on second and third floors with associated rear alterations and new stairwell.

BH2015/01160 & BH2015/011611 Park Crescent Brighton Listed Building & Householder Planning Consent – Alterations to existing boundary wall incorporating repositioning of vehicle access.

BH2015/0042158 Cromwell Road Hove Full Planning – Erection of single storey detached out building in rear garden. (Retrospective)

BH2015/01076St Pauls CE Primary School St Nicholas Road Brighton Full Planning – Installation of two canopies.

BH2015/01151Flat 1 92 Buckingham Road Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Replacement of existing conservatory to the rear.

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BH2014/04311 & BH2014/04312 The Cottage St Johns Road Hove Listed Building & Householder Planning Consent – Conversion of garage into recording studio, incorporating the insertion of 2no windows and installation of timber doors on side elevation.

BH2015/00959 Brunswick Cornwall Gardens Brighton Householder Planning Consent – Conversion of garage to form habitable accommodation incorporating pitched roof extension over.You can view the applications on the Council website www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/planning applications. Any representations should be made in writing to the Development Control Manager, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ, or via the website, within 21 days of this notice, quoting the application number. Please note that all representations received will be open for public inspection and late representations may not be considered.

Jeanette Walsh, Head of Development Control

01 May 2015

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Recipe of the Weekby Wade Moss

Wade Moss is demi chef de partie at Hilton Brighton Metropole

Balsamic glazed pork chop, apple compote, potato rings, and a tomato salsa

Method ■ Grill the pork chop and then cook for 15 minutes;For the potato rings, peel the potato and cut into one-inch slices and use a cutter to make the rings;■ For the apple compote, peel and core the apples; cut them into small dices and boil in the apple juice; once soft, add the peeling to the apple and then blend until smooth.

■ One pork chop■ 50 ml balsamic vinegar■ Two apples ■ 50ml apple juice■ One onion■ One jacket potato■ 10g salsa (cucumber, peppers, tomato, red onion and coriander)

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Sub-letting: whose property is it anyway?As part of a series of articles offering advice and news for local landlords, Ahmed Khalil of Khalil Properties wonders if George Osbourne’s recent proposal to make sub-letting easier for tenants really does “break down barriers” or if it, instead, erects yet another obstacle for landlords to navigate.

New budget proposals threaten to remove sub-letting restrictions Sometimes bombshells are dropped very quietly: so quietly that you miss them.

This is the case for many landlords who focussed on the recent budget’s failure to support the Energy Saving Allowance but did not notice its small print on sub-lettings that could have very large implications for landlords.

George Osbourne discretely tucked away the proposal to make it illegal for tenancy agreements to contain clauses that prevent sub-letting on page 51 of the Budget Red Book.

The proposal itself is couched in the language of freedom (“break down barriers”, “create opportunities for sharing”) but it actually threatens to remove the right of landlords to control who can, and who can’t, live in their property.

A nightmare in the making For those who understood the implications of the proposal shocked disbelief was an understandable reaction.

Alan Ward of the RLA spluttered that “the measures on sub-letting are a nightmare in the making and smack of ‘back of the fag packet’ policy making”.

The precise details of the policy are vague and ministers have refused to be drawn on what they may exactly entail. But the thrust of the policy is clear: landlords should no longer be able to determine whether a tenant can sub-let their property.

What could sub-letting as a ‘right’ mean for landlords?The problem is that, rather than solving conclusively any problems, the proposal actually look set to open up a whole can of legal worms.■ Who is responsible for a property if the tenant sub-letting leaves the house but the sub-letter stays on?■ How does sub-letting fit in with immigration checks that landlords are now legally responsible for?■ What safeguards are there against unscrupulous tenants putting up partitions in the

property and sub-letting to as many people as they can?

What can landlords do?The best response to such silent threats is to make a noise.

The policy is far from finalised and still needs a lot of detail adding to it before it makes the statute books. It is symptomatic, though, of just how hard it can be to let property.

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Landlords – Perceived risks of proposed 3 to 5 year tenanciesOver the last couple of weeks, we have heard some real scare stories about the threat to landlords of giving more security of tenure to tenants if a new government legislates three or five year tenancies.

For some reason, the right of tenants to have security of tenure seems to be considered a risk to a landlord. Why would this be?

If you are a landlord, one has to assume you want your tenant to be happy. There is a phrase in tenancy agreements, which offers tenants ‘quiet enjoyment’ of the tenancy. That seems like a very sane clause. To have quiet enjoyment, you don’t want to be worrying if your landlord is going to take back possession of your rental at any moment, forcing you to move when you are settled. Germany is always quoted as a part of Europe where long term tenancies are the norm. There don’t seem to be problems there with problematic tenants. Why should we get that here in the UK?

The issue we have in the UK may

stem from the ‘amateur landlord’ or the ‘accidental landlord’. The former is probably someone who has inherited a property or bought one as a pension stake and therefore has to rent it out. The latter ‘accidental landlord’ typically was going to sell but, for one reason or other cannot, so rents the property out to pay the mortgage whilst living elsewhere. Because neither are ‘professional’ long-term landlords, they may want the right to take possession back when they like, so 6 month Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) can be their preferred option.

There is a fine line between rights and responsibilities in the rental market. We hear the phrase: “Possession is nine tenths of the law”: i.e. whoever is in possession has the most rights. This would seem to give tenants in situ greater rights than a landlord. But, do you as a tenant want to be looking over your shoulder wondering whether or not the landlord is planning to end your tenancy?

Surely, for both parties, the security of longer tenancies and uninterrupted regular rent/income stream is what a landlord would want. I have done spreadsheet calculations over a three year period comparing revenue from interrupted rentals, ASTs (say 3 over that period) and one long-term 3 year tenancy with stability of rent and tenant. In the latter case, with a per calendar month rent of £1,000, the landlord typically earns over £3,000 more on the 3 year tenancy as against multiple 6 month ASTs. Only one contract, one check-in and of course, no void months with zero rent coming in.

Of course, this scenario does not suit every landlord and some might decide that if they cannot have 6 month ASTs on their rental property, they would sell. In that case, at the moment, they will have capital appreciation and it would increase the volume of properties in the first and second time buyer market. This could be good to increase the number of properties available

and may stabilise prices for first time buyers.

In property, there is a time to stick, a time to twist and a time to cut and run. A wise or lucky person will choose well!

I would imagine that if new legislation comes in, it will provide landlords with options as one size never fits all. In that

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Albion's loyal fans have turned out in great numbers this season (Photograph: Paul Hazlewood)

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Championship table PL GD PTS

1 Watford 45 41 88

2 Bournemouth 45 50 87

3 Middlesbrough 45 31 84

4 Norwich 45 38 83

5 Ipswich 45 19 78

6 Derby 45 32 77

7 Brentford 45 16 75

8 Wolves 45 12 75

9 Blackburn 45 6 64

10 Charlton 45 -3 60

11 Birmingham 45 -11 60

12 Nottm Forest 45 3 59

13 Cardiff 45 -5 59

14 Sheff Wed 45 -6 59

15 Leeds 45 -11 55

16 Huddersfield 45 -17 54

17 Fulham 45 -19 52

18 Bolton 45 -12 51

19 Reading 45 -24 47

20 Brighton 45 -10 46

21 Rotherham 45 -21 45

22 Millwall 45 -32 41

23 Wigan 45 -22 39

24 Blackpool 45 -55 25

Albion league statistics 2014 -15

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74%

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Pass completion Albion

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68

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

Watford LWigan LHuddersfield D

Last 3 league fixtures

0 - 02 - 10 - 2 Middlesbrough 02/05/15 A

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Match previewMiddlesbrough v Brighton and Hove Albion

With the final fixtures of the 2014-15 Championship campaign set to take place over this weekend, Albion will be hoping to go out on a high in their dead rubber game at Middlesbrough.

Neither side have anything but pride to play for, with Albion’s hosts needing a win and a nigh-on impossible swing of 19 goals in their favour to stand any chance of finishing above Bournemouth in the second automatic promotion spot.

The game brings down the curtain on what has been a disappointing campaign at the

Amex, in contrast with their top-six finishes in previous seasons.

Albion’s current run is indicative of the issues they’ve had throughout the campaign. Chris Hughton’s men are without a win since the end of March, having lost five of their last six matches in that time and scoring only once.

The Seagulls have conceded around the same number of goals this season as some sides fighting for spots in the play-offs. Scoring at the other end has been the problem over the past nine months, and finding a proven goalscorer will no doubt be a key area for Hughton’s summer recruitment.

The 56-year-old has already

started to make decisions about his squad, with five players set to leave, and Inigo Calderon and Casper Ankergren having been offered new deals.

Amongst those who will be searching for a new club is record signing Craig Mackail-Smith, who is likely to make his final appearance in front of the travelling away support, who will no doubt give the 31-year-old a great send-off.

Hundreds of Albion fans are likely to make the 600-mile plus round trip, which says a lot for their commitment given how the season has gone. They’ve earned the right to expect at least a good fighting performance from their players on Teesside tomorrow.

I changed the system today and, testament to their performance, so did they. They started the game with two strikers who have scored 20 goals this season and they have other players who are capable

of finding the net. It’s very, very frustrating. But it is my responsibility to make sure we will be fighting in a different part of the table next season. To do that I will be bringing in personnel to change it.”

‘‘Albion boss Chris Hughton after the 2-0 defeat to Premier League-bound Watford:

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We on the Roar must reflect on a season of mellow uselessness. But we’d really rather not. We’d prefer to lock this awful season up in a box and bury it somewhere unpleasant.Anyway, Ady met his all-time favourite player, the charming Steve Penney, and I helped out on the REMF Challenge Match

at Lewes, won by Albion against Crystal Palace, 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.The Roar has one more show this season, but listen out for occasional specials during the summer. Thanks for listening.

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Ah, May is here! The sun has been out and most of us can look forward to summer. As the curtain comes down on an eminently forgettable season it is time to look back over the last nine months.

There has been the odd high, such as the victory over then leaders Derby and the creditable performances against Arsenal and Spurs in the two cup competitions. But, of course, there have been lows. However, more poignantly, the lows on the pitch have somewhat blended into one.

The season could be characterised by off-the-field events; Sami Hyypia’s departure, Chris Hughton’s arrival, and also the visible passion of Nathan Jones’ short spell in charge. But as game number 46 in the Championship beckons and we ‘look forward’ to a mere 650-mile round trip to Middlesbrough, I would like to give a special mention to the fans who made vast journeys to Blackpool, Sheffield, Norwich and the like.

There hasn’t been too much to cheer about and many have sympathy for those fans who discarded scarfs and shirts at Wigan, but I salute those who maintain their support through thick and thin. It is a tough emotional strain at times and no doubt a huge financial outlay, so clubs must be thankful they have a loyal following prepared to get behind their team when the going gets tough.

Albion had enjoyed two good seasons resulting in the play-offs and hopefully they will learn from the frustration this year. It’s not going to be easy but hopefully, with some shrewd acquisitions from the board and recruitment team, a full summer for Chris Hughton to mould a new squad, and maybe even a wee bit of luck, the Seagulls can move to the next level.

Finally, a big thank you to

all those who didn’t travel but listened to the shows and commentaries this season. The input to the Final Whistle at 5pm this year has been incredible and the debate intense. I hope you all have a good summer and look forward to the promise of a new campaign in August.

Last week I focused on the great escape of 1981 when Albion were victorious in their last four games to retain a place among England’s elite.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that things couldn’t have been any worse 16 years later. If you’re reading this thinking 2014-15 is as bad as an Albion campaign can be, let me introduce the 1996-97 season, comfortably the worst in the club’s history. It stank. It was atrocious. It was morbidly depressing. Then it became exhilarating.

The previous May, fans had snapped the crossbars at the Goldstone to highlight the absolute mess caused by Archer selling the ground – illegally, by altering the club’s constitution – with no alternative venue in place.

Come August, and knowing it would the famous old stadium’s final season, the atmosphere was dark. The performances on the pitch mirrored the mood on the terraces but no-one blamed the players. Mass walkouts, whistle protests, and a pitch invasion that

resulted in a two-point reduction, saw Albion enter December 12 points adrift in Division Three – the basement – staring the Conference in the face.

Steve Gritt arrived – welcomed by illiterate graffiti – with the impossible task of salvaging the Albion’s league status.

What followed was miraculous. Fans United in February witnessed supporters from around the country show their collective support of Albion’s perilous plight. From winning just two home games before he replaced Jimmy Case, Gritt somehow inspired an unbeaten home run, gradually closing the huge gap – despite a horrific away record – to level on points

with Hereford United after a Goldstone-closing victory over Doncaster Rovers.

So, the final game was a winner-takes-all – at Hereford. Albion needed just a point, thanks to a slightly superior goal difference, helped in no small part by the 5-0 Fans United thrashing of Hartlepool United.

There will never be another Albion game as gut-wrenchingly stressful as the one at Edgar Street on May 3rd, 1997. An incredibly nervy first half – and on the pitch – ended with Albion a goal down. Many fans wept during the interval, fearing the worst, but a palpable surge in emotion and adrenaline emanated from the Blackfriars Street End as the most important 45 minutes in the club’s 96-year existence kicked off.

Then Robbie Reinelt came on. On the hour, Craig Maskell took a lofted clearance on his knee, volleyed from 20 yards, hit the post and the ball pinged across the box to be met by an onrushing Reinelt. Cue absolute pandemonium. The goal that means we all have a club to support today.

Never again – although some goals would be nice.

Robbie Reinelt: Albion saviour

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Dan Tester@BHIndyAlbion AFC Bournemouth’s promotion to the Premier League is a story

of fairy-tale proportions.As recently as 2008 – top-flight Pompey won the FA Cup,

Saints were in the Championship, Albion in League One – the Dorset club were docked 17 points at the start of a League Two season and were minutes from going bust.

In the same year, a 21-year-old Tommy Elphick was voted Player of the Season at the Albion. The Brighton-born defender was a huge favourite during the Withdean years and was desperately unlucky with injuries.

Next season, he will grace the big time, alongside Hastings-born ex Albion defender Steve Cook.

They will do Sussex proud. Good luck lads.

Sussex boys at the heart of the Cherries’ success

Albion players and fans celebrate Robbie Reinelt's vital strike at Hereford (Photograph: thegoldstonewrap.com)

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