An apple in the eye of garden project
A SMALL orchard of Sussex apple trees was planted by 32 pupils of Billingshurst Junior School as part of the design of the Friends of the Gardens project in Station Road. The Friends of the Gardens was...
View ArticleLocal hospitals spend least on food allegation
FIGURES on the cost of providing hospital food should be ‘treated carefully’ as there were many factors involved said Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.The Daily Telegraph published National...
View Article‘Critical time’ to decide fate of new school
PARENTS need to find out the facts for themselves to make an informed decision about a new Free School for Southwater.That was the message from Horsham Churches Together in reaction to criticisms from...
View ArticleHave criminals seen through Horsham’s ‘useless’ CCTV?
FEARS are growing that criminals are becoming smart to the limitations of the CCTV in Horsham town centre. This week the surveillance system has been branded ‘useless’ by one jeweller and pointless by...
View ArticleMore spiders spotted in Horsham
AFTER an influx of reports in October it seems West Sussex’s spider problem is not scuttling away.A woman from Horsham was left angry after finding what she thought was a deadly black widow spider in a...
View ArticleMother’s plea to parents over school consultation
A HORSHAM mother is urging parents to take the time to study the proposed school catchment area changes.Caron Porritt, aged 38, of Comptons Lane is ‘incensed’ with the proposal which could mean her...
View ArticleMan threatened with knife in Horsham
A MAN was threatened with a 6” homemade knife in Horsham on Saturday January 21. The incident took place at 3.20am in the vicinity of Harwood Road and Comptons Lane. Police say a man of ‘homeless’...
View ArticleAnimals rescued
RESCUE teams attended two incidents of animals becoming stuck at the weekend.Firefighters were called to assist the RSPCA in retrieving a cat trapped 20 foot up a tree in Eversfield, Southwater.Crew...
View ArticleWest Sussex brewery wins top award
HAMMERPOT Brewery’s Bottle Wreck Porter has been awarded gold in the Porter category at Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) 2012 National Winter Ales Festival in Manchester.The beer, named after a 19th...
View ArticleBusinesses urged to campaign for better broadband
WEST Sussex businesses are being urged to register their support for better broadband in the county.West Sussex County Council Deputy Leader Lionel Barnard, who has responsibility for Enterprise, said:...
View ArticleBy election announced
FIVE candidates are standing for the vacant place on Horsham District Council.The council has called a by-election to fill the space left by the resignation of Robert Nye in December last year.The...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: New leader set for Horsham District Council
The acting leader of Horsham District Council Mr Ray Dawe is set to be confirmed in that position following a secret ballot by his colleagues on Monday night (January 23).The council will endorse the...
View ArticleLetter: Way ahead for centre
I AM INTRIGUED by Sheila White’s assertion that I was ‘affronted’ by her speech at Horsham District Council’s meeting about the Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre (letters, January 12).I listened to her...
View ArticleOffices set to become homes
COUNCILLORS delegated with a view to approval plans to turn offices at a Faygate business centre into homes.Officers recommended refusal due to the Newhouse Business Centre in Old Crawley Road being...
View ArticleNew twist over leisure centre ‘dodgy dossier’
A FURTHER question mark hangs over the controversial report that Horsham District Council used to justify proposals to demolish Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.It has emerged that two reports on...
View ArticlePast repairs don’t add up
WHILE former Horsham council leader Robert Nye said £560,000 had been spent on Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre during the past six years, the accounts show around £215,000.Of that figure, nearly...
View ArticleSchool ‘sports halls’ not available to community
ACCORDING to Horsham District Council’s Planning Policy Guidance Note 17 (PPG17), Rudgwick is above the basic requirement of sports halls at 348 per cent.This appears to be due to Pennthorpe School...
View ArticleRepairs would cost nowhere near £1.5m, figures show
FUTURE repair costs for Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre requested by the County Times have now appeared on Horsham District Council’s website, despite the fact that we have still not been directly...
View ArticleMarco Pierre White open third Sussex restaurant
CELEBRITY chef Marco Pierre White has officially opened his third restaurant in Sussex at The Rainbow Inn, Cooksbridge.Last Thursday, he hosted a charity auction in aid of Help the Heroes after a press...
View ArticleKeep that motor running
Over the past few months a new campaign has been revving up and getting into gear. Motorcyclists have been filling my inbox with their concerns regarding a raft of new proposals put forward by the...
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