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Councillors are organising a public meeting to discuss concerns about Falmer School being turned into a city academy.

Brighton and Hove City Council’s Green Group are fearful that allowing a private company to sponsor the Moulsecoomb school could mean fewer choices for parents and allow the school to veer dangerously away from the national curriculum. Consultation over the plans is open until 4 July.

Businessman Rod Aldridge, former chairman of the Capita Group, is leading the bid and the school, which is near to the proposed Brighton and Hove Albion football stadium, would have a sports and entrepreneurship specialism.

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Council scheme encourages reporting of drug crime

Residents concerned about possible drugs activity in their neighbourhood are being urged to report it. Thousands of reporting cards have been distributed across the city to encourage residents to raise concerns about drug-related crime and antisocial behaviour.

The initiative is being organised by Brighton and Hove City Council’s Communities Against Drugs team, which works with local neighbourhoods to tackle and prevent drug problems, in partnership with the police.

The Communities Against Drugs Team stress the first point of call to report drugs problems should be the police – but the reporting cards are an alternative for those who may be reluctant to do so.

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A sold-out gig equalled a packed crowd as the band emerged to a huge slice of classic cheese rock: ‘Eye of the Tiger’, then we’re off with ‘I Knew I Loved You’.

Frontman Matt Bowman’s frenetic energy got the crowd up and bouncing as he sprinted up and down the stage, knocking over drum kits and playing lasso with his mic. Tracks from the new album were confidently dropped in with hits from the last, leaving little doubt that the boys from Leeds are swaggering all the way to the top.

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The Dome, 3 June

Alison Swann

Director Louis Leterrier talks to Latest 7 about his newly revamped summer blockbuster The Incredible Hulk

This Hulk looks a lot different than the Ang Lee Hulk. How long did it take to come up with the different design?
The design started before I was hired by Marvel. Also, there were models from the comic books that you refer to, those in the last ten years, where Hulk has evolved. He’s less pudgy and he’s more humanlike. He looks more like a super human, a perfect human. I decided to make him a little darker in terms of the skin just because in the daylight it doesn’t look that good.

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