CURRENT champions Hastings Priory continue to lead the Sussex Premier League after enjoying their fifth outright win of the season.
Preston Nomads, champions for the previous three seasons lie in second place, they, too, have won five games. Third-placed Roffey suffered their first defeat of the season at home to East Grinstead.
Horsham enjoyed a comfortable win at home to Bexhill to consolidate fourth place whilst the battle at the bottom saw Eastbourne win for the first time this season in their away game at Worthing.
Another fine innings from Kirk Werners set up Hastings for a convincing home win against Chichester. The young Sussex all-rounder made 109 not out as Hastings were dismissed for 195.
John Morgan made 38 as Aussie Adam Zampa grabbed 4 for 78.
Morgan then stepped up with the ball to take 7 for 38 and with Werners taking 3 for 16 the visitors crashed to 59 all out.
Joe Gatting used his day off from county duties to whack a 63-ball century to take Preston Nomads to victory by four wickets at home to Brighton and Hove.
Brighton were bowled out for 198 despite 76 from Craig Young and 31 from Tim Jarvis, Carl Simon taking 5 for 39.
Gatting then hit 106 despite being dropped a costly three times. Rob Wakeford added 35 not out as Chris Liddle and Matt Wood each took two wickets.
Another Sussex youngster proved the match winner for East Grinstead at Roffey.
Will Adkin carried his bat for 86 not out as Grinstead made 176 for 6 facing a Roffey score of 175 for 6 declared.
For Roffey, Michael Norris made 44 and Christ Plaister 32 as Craig Fowle took 4 for 62.
Adkin was dropped twice early in his innings but played a mature innings to see his side home despite drizzle and poor light for much of the time.
Andy McGorian and Stuart Whittingham each took two wickets for the home side.
Bexhill are finding life in the Premier League a tough battle after their promotion last year.
At Horsham they were dismissed for 138 despite 31 from skipper Malcolm Johnson and 26 from Tom Powell. Two leg spinners did the damage, Michael Munday taking 3 for 39 and Will Beer 2 for 21.
In reply, Horsham cruised to 142 for 2 in just 25 overs as James Johnson made 60 not out and John Burroughs 40.
The Sussex success story continued as Luke Wells made 130 for Eastbourne at Worthing to take his side to their first win of the season.
Eastbourne looked in trouble at 30 for 3 but Aaron Mullins (55) joined Wells to rebuild the innings, Luke Vinter took 3 for 55 for Worthing.
Worthing then tumbled to 112 all out as Ed Giddins took 4 for 28.
Three Bridges continue to lead Division 2 by 21 points despite being held to a draw at Findon.
Bridges were dismissed for 168 as Jack Metters took 4 for 31.
Mick Demetriou then held the Findon innings together as they reached stumps at 132 for 8, he made 76.
Glynde, who finished third last season, are currently in second place following a six wicket win at Haywards Heath who they bowled out for 145.
In that total Ollie Graham top scored with 32 as Dale Tranter took 3 for 62.
Glynde them moved smoothly to 146 for 4 with 49 from Dominic Shepheard and 35 not out from Ollie Bailey.
St James’s lie third following their draw at Cuckfield where the home side made 209 with a hard hit 48 from Jamie Newson as George Taylor took 5 for 42.
In the visitors’ 189 for 8 Adam Davies made 31 as Ebrel Erwee took 4 for 60.
Ifield found it very easy at home to Sidley who they bowled out for just 122. Sam Steel was top scorer, he made 25 as Dan Groves took 3 for 36.
Raza Alli with 51 not out and Jovan Nel (53) took the home side to victory by nine wickets at 123 for 1.
Goring made short work of dismissing Pulborough for just 94 as Ellis Woolley took 4 for 19 and Matt Keen 4 for 34.
The home side then won by five wickets at 85 for 5 with 27 from Dan Pitham, Kuldeep Rawat took 3 for 43.
All league positions in Division 3 West remain unchanged after each of the top five beat one of the bottom five.
Middleton’s Brandon Hanley enjoyed a fine all round game top scoring with 69 in their 218-9. Ben Hansford added 56 whilst Slinfold’s Guy Thorne took 4-68.
In reply, Slinfold were blown away for just 50 as Hanley’s 4-28 was surpassed by Tom Davies who took 6-17.
Bognor remain second just three points behind after an equally resounding victory at home to Wisborough Green. The visitors were bowled out for just 89 with Elliott Clarke making 45 as Bognor won by seven wickets.
Billingshurst also scored a maximum after a four-wicket success at Arundel. Arundel’s 149 was marked by Dhanushka Mitipolaarachchi snaring 5-30 and Mike Burroughs 50 not out led them to victory.
Stirlands remain fourth after a 131-run win at Littlehampton. Sean Heather (129) also scored a personal fourth (century in succession) and, as last week was ably supported by Will Gubbins with 73 not out.
Stirlands declared on 241-4 and bowled out Littlehampton for 110 with Chris May taking 3-11.
The result left Littlehampton pointless from the game and rooted at the foot of the table.
Steyning won a relatively low scoring game at Pagham making just 144. Pagham however were knocked over for just 92 after 6-37 from Matheesha Ranasinghe.
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13,000 call for faster broadband internet in Kent - thisiskent.co.uk
Kent County Council has received nearly 13,000 votes for faster broadband internet in the area.
In a message posted on social networking and microblogging site Twitter, the council revealed it had received 12,933 votes of support for its Make Kent Quicker campaign, which calls for better broadband.
It is hoped the campaign, which has been running since February 15, will show there is demand for faster internet in Kent.
As it stands, almost 4,000 households and 150 businesses in Kent do not get any sort of broadband. More than 8,500 households can only get 256kbps speeds, which is slow and can often stop altogether.
The towns of Sevenoaks and Swanley are the only areas with super-fast access - the rest of the district has to make do with far slower speeds.
The council hopes 90% of homes and businesses will have superfast broadband access by 2015, and that everyone will have access to a service of at least 2mb. The £10 million that Kent County Council is investing in this upgrade has been matched by £9.87 million from the Government.
But the council also needs broadband providers to invest, and for this to happen it must demonstrate there is an appetite for better broadband. The greater the demand, the more broadband providers will be prepared to invest in Kent.
The total cost of Make Kent Quicker, the brainchild of Councillor Kevin Lynes who died suddenly in March, is expected to be in the region of £43 million.
In April this year, a report predicted BT’s investment in super-fast broadband will give Kent a massive boost, creating thousands of new jobs and start-up businesses in the next 15 years.
The report, by Regeneris Consulting, found that last year the overall beneficial financial impact of BT activities in Kent, including the roll-out of super-fast broadband, amounted to £268 million.
Super-fast broadband would enable the people of Kent to keep in touch with family and friends online, pay bills with ease and access the latest news and information, while businesses would be able to formulate a digital strategy to attract new customers.
Roger Gough, KCC Cabinet member for Business Strategy, Performance and Health Reform, said in May: “To many people - and businesses - a good broadband connection is a vital utility. And for many businesses, poor broadband is crippling and better broadband would help them compete.
“Many children will be at a disadvantage at school compared with their peers, because they lack good broadband at home.
“The value of better broadband should not be underestimated, and I hope many thousands more people will sign up between now and the end of the campaign in June.”
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Kent says Canada still plans to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies - The Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — Canada still plans to phase out subsidies in its oil, gas and coal industries, Environment Minister Peter Kent said Monday in the House of Commons.
He made the comments in response to questions about recent Postmedia News coverage of Canada's efforts at an international environmental summit in Brazil to block a firm commitment by all countries to phase out the incentives for production or consumption of fossil fuels.
Kent noted that Canada has already made this commitment along with its counterparts from the G20, but suggested that any further commitment at the Rio+20 Earth Summit would compromise Canada's sovereignty.
"Let me remind my colleague that Canada is committed to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, at least as a member of G20, and our position at Rio has not changed," Kent said, in response to NDP deputy leader Megan Leslie.
"However, I will also remind my colleague that Canada will not, in the development of the outcome documents, surrender sovereignty over either our environmental policies or responsible resource development."
Leslie said that members of the Conservative government were trying to protect oil and gas companies.
"Basically they are doing whatever their big oil friends want them to do," Leslie said.
According to a leaked draft text that was obtained by the Guardian newspaper, Canadian negotiators at the Brazil summit have asked the conference to "consider" a phase-out of the subsidies, instead of backing stronger language proposed by the European Union calling for a firm commitment to eliminate the subsidies.
Globally, the subsidies are estimated to total hundreds of billions of dollars per year, according to the International Energy Agency, a partnership of 28 countries that offers advice and analysis of energy policies.
Many energy and environmental experts suggest that eliminating the subsidies would make it easier to lower greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuels since the funding or incentives actually encourage consumption of oil, gas and coal by artificially lowering prices.
David Sawyer, an environmental economist and director of climate change and energy at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, recognized that the government has taken some steps in recent years to reduce the subsidies. But he estimated that it could still save more than $1.3 billion a year if it phases out all of the subsidies for the oil and gas industries.
Former Conservative environment minister Jim Prentice, who left politics in November 2010 to accept an executive position at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, urged Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in a memorandum to phase out the oil and gas subsidies and honour Canada's G20 commitment. But Flaherty has protected many of the tax incentive programs for oil and gas exploration and development.
Kent is scheduled to travel to the Brazil summit later this month to lead Canada's delegation at the Brazil conference on sustainable development, which marks the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
The concept of "sustainable development" emerged following a 1987 United Nations report called "Our Common Future" that was prepared by a commission led by former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland.
The report said "humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." It provided the basis for major international environmental agreements reached at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to protect biodiversity and crack down on heat-trapping pollution linked to global warming.
The government's lead negotiator at the 2012 summit is Keith Christie, an assistant deputy minister from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Christie has been involved in Canada's diplomatic efforts to promote the oilsands industry and jokingly referred to the exercise as "doing God's work," in an internal e-mail from June 2010 obtained by Postmedia News.
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Watford set for takeover - clubcall.com
Championship, 22:13, June 18, 2012
Watford owner Laurence Bassini has confirmed he expects to sell the club and says a deal could happen in the next 48 hours.
The Hornets will be taken over by an Italian family, who also own Udinese and La Liga side Granada, and Bassini insists the sale is nothing to with the club and more about his family priorities.
"I can't confirm that I will definitely leave because I do not know if they have the money for definite. If they do then it could be in the next 48 hours," he told the Watford Observer.
"I have been here 14 months and I do not see my daughter at the weekends. I like to do everything with her and she doesn't like football so that is a massive reason [in deciding to sell]."
Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzo is expected to let his son Gino run proceedings at Watford if their takeover is successful and Bassini has suggested a fee of around £20millin will be needed to complete the bid.
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Kent's Labour police commissioner candidate burgled - BBC News
Labour's candidate for Kent's police commissioner was burgled on the day she was selected to stand in the election.
Ashford councillor Harriet Yeo said items stolen from her Kingsnorth home on Sunday included gold jewellery.
The Conservative candidate for the position is Medway councillor Craig MacKinlay. The Liberal Democrats are not putting forward a candidate.
Elections in 41 areas, including Kent, will take place in November.
At the same time, the current police authorities will be scrapped.
The new commissioners will have the power to hire and fire chief constables, hold them to account and set the forces' budgets. They will also be held accountable to the public.
'Unique role'Ms Yeo, who is also the leader of the Labour group in Ashford, president of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA), and the vice-chair of Labour's National Executive Committee, said it would give "communities a real chance to engage and say how they want policing delivered in their areas".
"I see this role primarily as a facilitator. It's giving the constituents a chance to actually have a positive influence on setting their agenda to how they want their policing delivered," she said.
"I see this as a chance to make the police and the communities feel as one - working together and setting the right agenda together."
Mr MacKinlay, who is a magistrate in north Kent, said the "unique role" was long overdue and would allow "a democratic link between the electorate and the actual policing that they're getting".
"We've never had that direct accountability of our policing to a person that you can hire and fire at election time," he said.
Police and crime commissioners will be elected in every police force area of England and Wales in polls on 15 November.
The elected commissioners will replace police authorities a week later.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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