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School creates prayer room to help with exam stress

by Charlotte Wilkins

Thousands of students will be sitting down to take exams across the country this month - but one school in Brighton & Hove believes it's not only good teaching and revision that gets the grades.

Cardinal Newman Catholic School has set up an interactive prayer room for pupils who are feeling the pressure. Charlotte Wilkins has been to take a look.

Brighton and Hove Council oppose biofuel plant

Councillors have approved twenty million pound plans for a power plant in Shoreham in Sussex despite protests. Edgeley Green Power says it will create ninety jobs and generate power using renewable energy. But concerns have been raised about the smell and air pollution.

We are keen to see the development of renewable energy generation on this site, but any renewable solution has to be genuinely sustainable. We objected to this proposal for a few reasons. There’s a risk this will exacerbate our city’s air quality problems, and many local residents have expressed concerns about the potential use of palm oil, as world demand for this product is contributing to rainforest destruction.

– Councillor Pete West, Chair of the Environment and Sustainability committee

They added:

We are urging Adur District Council, with the support of the Port Authority to find ways of ensuring that only officially recognised, and genuinely sustainably produced renewable fuels would be used.”

– Councillor Pete West, Brighton and Hove

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Air pollution concerns for biofuel plant

Artist's impression of the proposed power station Credit: Edgeley Green Power

Protesters are expected to gather tonight at a meeting to discuss plans for a new biofuel plant outside Brighton and Hove.

The £20million power station in Shoreham will run on plant oils and animal fats. However, concerns have been raised over air pollution and the smell it could cause.

A planning application for the plant, which could provide electricity for 18,000 homes, will be considered at a meeting of Adur District Council at 7pm.

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Man injured in ambulance collision

A man suffered minor injuries with cuts to his face after a collision between a car and an ambulance in Hove.

Sussex Police said they understood the ambulance was on an emergency call.

The incident happened at about 11.10pm on 6th March 2013 on Old Shoreham Road, Hove at the junction with The Drive and Shirley Drive.

The ambulance left the road and collided with an electrical control box.

Last week, a 45-year-old man died after his car collided with an ambulance on Marine Drive, outside Roedean Pitch and Putt gold course in Brighton.

Gary Tucker, of Longridge Avenue, Saltdean, died at the scene of the crash. Two other people were injured.

Council tax rise agreed for Brighton

People living in Brighton and Hove will be paying almost two per cent more council tax this financial year.

Councillors approved the 1.96 per cent rise last night - the maximum increase allowed. Labour supported the minority Green administration's plan to increase the tax by the maximum amount possible. The Conservatives recommended a tax freeze.

Green councillors said the rise was necessary to safeguard services.

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