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It's July already and I'm sure most of us are beginning to wonder if we are going to be gifted with decent summer warmth this year.

Brace yourselves! Weatheronline suggest the weather pattern looks rather... unsettled! The BMC suggests you find your British spirit, pack a brolly, get your BBQ's out and relax in the glorious British 'summer' weather and enjoy the great outdoors, come sun or rain!

We would like to share the opposite video with you, by Eladbari, which possibly expresses how the majority of England presently feels.

Learn2wheelie - A new and exciting Wheelie School set up by Nick Straughan.

Learn2wheelie with some of the UK’s best freestyle stunt riders at the home of the Top Gear test track!

Learning to wheelie gives an exciting understanding of power, balance and control.  It’s been a race winners celebration and a benchmark of rider skill for decades.

Learn2wheelie starts you off on a modified quad bike where you learn exactly how to clutch a wheelie up in a safe and realistic environment. The stability of the quad helps to remove the ’fear factor’ of crashing, so you can concentrate on practising the correct wheelie technique in an exciting and safe way.

Expert guidance will build you a solid foundation of wheelie experience on a 400cc quad, then you’ll quickly progress to specially modified Yamaha FZS 600 Fazers, making you feel more confident up on one wheel before you’ve even started.

SURFACE

Brighton Media Centre Gallery, 15 - 17 Middle Street
26th-31st July

Open to public Monday - Friday: 9.30-5.30
Saturday - Sunday: 10.00am - 5pm

A group of young Brighton painters have come together for the first time to BREAK THE SURFACE and showcase their talent in this exhibition.

The group, who formed earlier in the year after meeting at university, felt compelled to put on a show, seeing that there were few platforms to exhibit their work outside of a degree context. This exhibition is the first of what the group hopes will be many more in the future, and looks at the nature of the painted surface through 21 different artist’s perspectives.

For enquiries, please contact: painters.brighton@gmail.com

Paddle Round the Pier

When: 2nd - 3rd July
Where: Hove Lawns, Brighton

Paddle Round the Pier returns to the Brighton & Hove beachfront on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July. 2011 is set to be bigger and better than ever, with over 84,000m2 of sea, land and air sport demonstrations and exhibitions, retail stalls; live music performances and entertainment for the whole family; as well as the now internationally-recognised ‘Paddle Round the Pier’ on the Sunday afternoon.

The annual charitable fun festival, which is run by a vast army of dedicated volunteers, hopes to beat its 2010 attendance record this year and attract over 50,000 visitors over the two days. Over previous years in excess of £100,000.00 has been given to charity. This year, all proceeds and donations raised will be split equally between nominated beneficiaries: - The RNLI, the Teenage Cancer Trust and Surf Relief.

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Brighton Beer Festival

When: 14/07/2011 - 17/07/2011
Where: The old paddling pool, Brighton Seafront
Cost: Advance £10.00. On door £12.00.

This is a brand new beer festival designed to put the fun into drinking!

There will be over 250 top quality real ales, lagers, ciders, and hand crafted bespoke beers carefully selected from around the World.  This will all be happening against a backdrop of great live bands (including dodgy & the blockheads), live radio broadcasts, games to play, competitions to win, promo girls to serve you, great food stalls, a fanatstic VIP area & lots more. There is also a fabulous range of wines, spirits & cocktails on offer.
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The Barefoot Open - UK Footvolley Championships

When: 9th July
Where: NIVEA SUN Yellowave, 299 Madeira Drive, Brighton

Brighton beach will have a taste of Brazil this July when the South American sport of footvolley comes to town. The Barefoot Open - UK Footvolley Championships are returning to Brighton for the fifth year running.

Katie Mintram, Director of Yellowave says: “Footvolley is a really exciting sport, the players are incredibly skilful and every game is action packed. Even top Brazilian football players such as Ronaldo and Edinho have played the sport to help refine their skills on the pitch.”

The event will run from 11am – 6pm and spectators can watch on deckchair seating for free. As well as the matches there will also be wine tasting with Barefoot wine, free foot massage, a ‘keepy uppy’ competition and a chance to have a go at footvolley.

For more information visit: www.yellowave.co.uk

Sussex Connections presents a great networking opportunity on Wednesday 6th July, with the formidable Lara Morgan, widely known for building her own business, Pacific Direct, over the course of ten years before selling a majority share 99% holding of the company for £20 million in 2008.

Lara's message is motivating, captivating, and you will definitely leave inspired.

This promises to be an excellent evening of nibbles networking and drinks & we hope to see you there.

Where: Jurys Inn, Brighton
When: Wednesday 6th July 2011 at 6pm
Schedule:     
18:00 Arrival and Welcome Drink
19:00 Introduction from Business Scene and Speaker For The Evening
19:30 Open Networking
20:00 Raffle prize draw
20:30 Close

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Supermarket invests £20m in Sussex

Printed in the Argus

The Co-operative has refitted more than 90 of its food stores across the county in the last two years. The programme includes the £350,000 refit of its store in St James’s Street Brighton.

Stephanie Mizon, co-operative and membership officer for Sussex said 2010 saw £70,000 given back to community groups and projects across Sussex.

She said: “Because our membership has grown so significantly in recent years there is more money than ever up for grabs in 2011. Our June payout has just seen over £15,000 invested back into our community.”

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