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    Maxwell's Ghost wrote:
    Perhaps you should read the scrutiny panel report which was published into student issues in the city.
    We are not just talking about noise or japes. Some of the behaviour had been criminal behaviour and warrants police action. However, the police have shirked ownership by categorising student behaviour as an environmental health issue. It isn't. Criminal behaviour is criminal behaviour. And while you have taken it upon yourself to suggest which groups should be dealt with first, I disagree as did the hundreds of people who gave evidence to the scrutiny panel and the hundreds of people who call the police and council every year about students.
    And you are rather pompous with your comments about street drinkers and benefit claimants particularly as we have the highest number of unemployed graduates in the EU claiming benefit and if you trawl the councils press release archive there are a good few students with criminal convictions for anti social behaviour, criminal damage and noise.
    Street drinkers usually have mental health problems or have come from the care system.
    Most students are just self absorbed and selfish and we just don't care for it anymore.
    But perhaps you and clubrob can set up some sort of eugenics club where you wipe out the mentally ill as they don't fit your idea of city life and who you think deserves to be here.
    Well we are local and we are staying here and it's our town and thankfully the law will ensure that the majority are represented not you and clubrob.
    Suggest you put your energy into resolving the many real issues you face, rather than talking about them on here.

    Personal view is that there should be a zero benefit system.

    Get on and get over it!"
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Brighton univeristy bid for late-night student halls' licence

A student halls’ bar could open until 2.30am six days a week.

The University of Brighton has applied to Brighton and Hove City Council for a licence for The Hub at Varley Halls in Coldean Lane, Brighton.

The university said the planned opening hours have not been altered from the previous bar which has been on the site for more than 20 years.

Bosses added it will mean it can offer a better service to the hundreds of students living in the area.

However residents are concerned it will impact on their lives and lead to antisocial behaviour and late-night noise.

A decision will be made by the council’s licensing panel which met at 10am in Brighton Town Hall.

Pat Berry, vice chairman of the Coldean Residents Association, said: “We have major concerns. We already have had noise issues in the past.

“We also have concerns about the consultation. They only put five signs in the Coldean Lane area so unless you were walking past you would not have been aware of what they are doing.”

The application is for a central building providing a restaurant, bar and seminar and conference facilities.

It proposes to open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 2.30am and Sunday from noon to 11pm.

If approved, alcohol will be served until 11pm although dancing and music events will be allowed to continue until 2am.

It is part of a new complex which will open this autumn and house more than 500 students.

A University of Brighton spokeswoman said: “The university has had a licensed premises at Varley Halls for more than 20 years.

"The new Hub Building will eventually replace the existing facilities, and its opening hours will remain the same.

“The café, to be located in the university’s new conference centre, will be used for conference and events as well as serving the main site.

“These improvements will help the university provide better services to its students and the university will continue to work with local residents groups to ensure that these developments do not have a negative impact on the community.”

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