Police warning after dog attacks sheep
Police are reminding dog owners and walkers to keep their dogs under control after two sheep were attacked in Slindon.On Wednesday September 11, police were called to an incident in which two sheep...
View ArticleConcentration all the way on a butterfly count
My weekly five mile trudge around Kingley Vale counting butterflies gave a moment of pure joy last week. It can get tedious, this walk. Two thousand of us throughout the British Isles make the sample...
View ArticleBy-election timing ‘shows total lack of compassion’
The decision to call a by-election by an opposition party has been branded ‘shameful’ by Horsham Conservative Association.It was called for the West Sussex County Council division of Warnham and Rusper...
View ArticleDEVELOPER: Residents should ‘embrace opportunity’ on North of Horsham...
Adam Walker, director at Horsham-based Crickmay Chartered Surveyors and property advisor to developer Liberty Property Trust, provides some background to proposals for North Horsham.Following the...
View ArticleHARRY SHUTT: Economic argument on North Horsham homes is ‘seriously flawed’
By Harry Shutt, freelance economist, consultant and author of numerous books on the world economy.I am a long-standing resident of North Horsham (of over 20 years) and object very strongly to the...
View ArticleChopping down tree would be ‘criminal’
A silver birch tree in Horsham was reprieved after the council rejected an application to fell it.Nick Tasquier, who lives in Smithbarn, wanted permission to fell the 13 metre-high tree in his front...
View ArticleNick Herbert: Britain needs such risk-taking entrepreneurs
Last week I attended a special event at which a local company was presented with an award by the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex on behalf of The Queen.ADF Milking Ltd, based in Slindon, was awarded The...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: Improvement in literacy desperately needed
Last week didn’t just mark the start of a new school year – some historic changes in the field of education were also implemented. Significantly for many teens, the ‘participation age’ has been raised...
View Article‘Indie’ bookshop moving to Swan Walk, Horsham
A local ‘pop-up’ independent bookshop is moving to Horsham’s Swan Walk Shopping Centre for the winter.Daisy White’s Pop-up Indie Bookshop is relocating later this month after four months at Horsham...
View ArticleCounty Councillor remembered at meeting
A tribute was paid to Frank Wilkinson, the County Councillor who sadly died in July, at a meeting of Chanctonbury County Local Committee on Wednesday (September 11).Chairman of the committee David...
View ArticleScuba diver died of ‘natural causes’
A company director from Shermanbury died after getting into difficulty while scuba diving, an inquest heard.Nicholas Packwood, 55, of Brighton Road, Shermanbury, is thought to have suffered a heart...
View ArticleCar collides with A24 central reservation
Emergency services were called to the A24 after a car collided with the central reservation this morning (Monday September 16).The incident took place on the northbound carriageway near the Broadbridge...
View ArticleBusiness Matters Awards winners announced
The leading lights of the area’s business world gathered to celebrate their achievements and successes at this newspaper’s Business Matters Awards on Friday September 13.Covering Horsham, Crawley, Mid...
View ArticleWest Sussex County Council urge for increased bathroom recycling
West Sussex County Council is calling on people to change their habits in relation to bathroom products to help increase recycling across the county.Expert recyclers carefully sort out items for the...
View ArticlePartridge Green thief steals kettle
A thief who broke in to a Partridge Green house was seen walking out with a kettle, say Horsham police.The burglary in High Street took place just before midnight on Saturday September 14. Officers...
View ArticleWoman in hospital after Horsham crash
Fire crews were called to a collision involving two cars in Merryfield Drive near Guildford Road in Horsham just after 2pm yesterday (September 15).A woman was taken to hospital by ambulance after...
View ArticleFirefighters called to a strong burning smell in Steyning
Firefighters were called to a strong smell of burning in a two-storey building in High Street, Steyning on Friday (September 13).The smell was coming from an electrical mains cupboard in the ground...
View ArticleWater main leak floods industrial unit in Plummers Plain
Firefighters were called to reports of flooding at an industrial unit in Church Lane Industrial Estate, Plummers Plain just after midnight yesterday (September 15).Water from a fractured pipe entered...
View ArticleSon’s tribute to Horsham entrepreneur
The son of a Horsham businessman today said his father worked ‘tirelessly’ for more than five decades and made an ‘enormous contribution’ to the Horsham community (September 16).Bill Laughton, founder...
View ArticleGirl’s bike stolen in Upper Beeding
A girl’s bicycle has been stolen from a home in Henfield Road, Upper Beeding.Police believe the incident took place some time between 11.30pm on Saturday (September 14) and 9.15am the following day. It...
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