Twitchers urged to record sightings
STAFF AT garden centres in Dial Post and Alfold are backing the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ (RSPB) latest campaign to record sightings of gardeners’ feathered friends.The teams at the...
View ArticleCOMMENT: Plans fill me with nausea
By Paul DeaconA STRANGE feeling came over me when I heard about the plans for massive greenfield development north of Horsham.This was a sensation I can only describe as nausea.Seeing the aerial view...
View ArticleLetter: ‘Horsham District Council reputation is damaged’
I WAS at the Horsham District Council meeting on December 21 and was disheartened to realise that, despite all the evidence pointing to the fact that the Leisure Futures Report was badly flawed and...
View ArticleTown block of flats approved
COUNCILLORS went against officer recommendations in delegating for approval plans to build a four-storey block of flats at Station Road, Horsham.The building at 7 Station Road would contain 11 flats...
View ArticleGuide to attract tourists
THE historic market town of Horsham is included in the newly published 2012 Enjoy Sussex Visitor and Accommodation Guide.The guide is being billed as ‘essential to the celebrations’ of what is to be an...
View ArticleNew awards for video game company
HORSHAM-based games company The Creative Assembly has been showered with praise during the end of year award season for its hit 2011 videogame Total War Shogun 2. The game has been named Strategy Game...
View ArticleUFOs and paranormal - The Bainsford Haunting
Bainsford Falkirk Central Scotland - (Friday 12th October 1990)(Malcolm Robinson continues this month with a case from the files of his extensive Investigations)Background:We arrived at the witness’s...
View ArticleGatwick business survey
Following Gatwick Airport’s recent consultation on its Master Plan, the Gatwick Diamond Initiative conducted a survey of businesses in the Gatwick Diamond region to identify attitudes towards the...
View ArticlePast Times announces administration
RETRO-themed gift retailer Past Times revealed it has gone into administration.Howard Smith, Mark Firmin and Joff Pope of KPMG’s Restructuring practice were appointed joint administrators to gift...
View ArticleEducation centre set to close
HORSHAM students are among those set to lose out when the Centre for Community Engagement is closed by the University of Sussex at the end of the academic year.The proposal to close the educational...
View ArticleSevere disruption to train travel
SOUTHERN Railway services between London and the coast are being severely disrupted at the evening rush hour (Tuesday January 17) due to a person being struck by a train in the Norbury area. Travellers...
View ArticleLetter: Disgraceful decisions in Horsham
THE COUNCIL’S decision to sell Horsham’s old town hall and close Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre is an utter disgrace.The cabinet which voted for this is comprised of councillors none of whom lives in...
View ArticleAccident closes Cranleigh road
THE B2130 Dunsfold Road in Cranleigh has been closed following an accident this morning (Wednesday January 18).Diversions are in place at the A281 Horsham Road junction. Updates will follow.
View ArticleFee hike in Horsham parking
AN ‘EXTORTIONATE’ rise in Horsham town centre car parking fees has driven residents and business owners mad. Parking charges in Horsham town centre car parks are set to rise by up to 50 per cent on 9...
View ArticleHorsham police help switchover
HORSHAM POLICE Sergeant Sarah Friend has pledged to lend a Helping Hand to Horsham residents in the lead up to the digital switchover. With only six weeks to go, officers are urging people to follow in...
View ArticleBillingshurst burglaries ‘not a London gang’
A SPATE of burglaries from Billingshurst homes is not being linked to a London gang, say Horsham police.Thieves raided six homes overnight on Sunday 8 and Monday January 9. Two more incidents have...
View ArticleEmployee at Five Oaks Little Chef registers upset at eatery closure
ROADSIDE restaurant Little Chef at Five Oaks is threatened with closure after the group announced it is to close 67 of its 161 eateries. Almost a third of the company’s workforce - 500 to 600 people -...
View ArticleCoping with the Christmas debt hangover
IT’S BECOMING known as the post-Christmas debt hangover and affects an estimated 5.5m in the UK.Research consistently shows that a third of adults approach January with financial dread as the extent of...
View ArticleAnger over big rise in car parking fees
AN ‘EXTORTIONATE’ rise in Horsham town centre car parking fees has driven residents, commuters and business owners mad. New charges with an increase of up to 50 per cent will come into force from...
View ArticleRedundancies may hit town centre dairy operation
DAIRY Crest, a UK dairy food company, has announced a ‘small number of redundancies’ may be made in Horsham following a decision to centralise its call centre operation.The job losses will come from...
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