VIDEO: Horsham’s Early Learning Centre almost empty
The majority of items have been cleared at Horsham’s landmark Early Learning Centre (ELC).This comes after the announcement of its closure, as reported by the County Times.The store will close next...
View ArticleNational Youth Film Festival Awards
This newspaper has teamed up with the National Youth Film Festival Awards to showcase the best of teenage UK talent in a short-film contest.The ‘Round My Corner’ competition focuses on family, friends...
View ArticleStay secure when using public WiFi
Alan Stainer runs an IT company specialising in technical advice and support and website design, based in the Horsham District. In each column he’ll look at issues affecting computer use.It seems that...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Firefighter response will be ‘reduced’ during strikes
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (WSFRS) is urging residents and businesses to take extra care to protect themselves during possible periods of industrial action by firefighters.The advice follows...
View ArticleHunt member sentenced for illegal foxhunting
A member of Crawley and Horsham Hunt was sentenced this week for illegally hunting a fox near Arundel.Nick Bycroft, 48, of Kennel Lane, West Grinstead, pleaded guilty to one count of hunting a wild...
View ArticleChance to quiz cabinet member of Horsham town centre issues
Residents and businesses can quiz a council cabinet member on issues affecting the town centre on Thursday September 26.Helena Croft (Con, Roffey South), Horsham District Council’s cabinet member for...
View ArticleRecord-breaking numbers for Big Nibble’s real ale trail
Businesses received a boost in Horsham town centre over the Big Nibble weekend as a record breaking number of people took part in its real ale trail.Eleven of the town’s watering holes opened their...
View ArticleSecond hand shops checked for trading standards
More than 90 second hand shops across the county were visited by officers from West Sussex County Council’s Trading Standards Service over the past 12 months to ensure that consumer safety is not being...
View ArticleRay Dawe: Why do we need any economic development?
Well, firstly look what happens when growth disappears and we fall into recession. People get very concerned about falling incomes and rising unemployment. But now the opposite is true, things are...
View ArticleHorsham businesses go bowling to help firm hit charity target
A Horsham-based law firm topped its target of raising £30,000 for charity over the last three years at a business community bowling fundraiser on Tuesday evening (September 17).A total of 18 teams...
View ArticleKaty Bourne talking to Horsham residents at the Carfax this morning
Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, will today be at Horsham Markets, the Carfax, Horsham from 9am (September 19).The commissioner will be there to talk to the local community about...
View ArticleDeveloper appeals rejection of 160 Henfield homes
A developer has appealed the council’s decision to reject plans for 160 homes in Henfield. Horsham District Council...
View ArticleFlyer to be delivered to 10,000 Horsham homes by housing campaigners
Anti-housing campaigners will be delivering 10,000 flyers to Horsham homes over the next few weeks on plans for 2,500 homes north of the A264.Residents Against Greenfield Erosion (RAGE) has produced a...
View ArticleCar collides with hedgerow near Henfield
A car collided with a hedgerow near Henfield yesterday afternoon (Wednesday September 18).Firefighters were called to the scene on the A281 between Woodmancote and Henfield at around 2.30pm, but a man...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: a feeling of positivity for the future
Starting with some good news: recent statistics reveal that the number of people in work in the South East has increased by 103,000 over the last 12 months. This means that there are 157,000 more...
View ArticleNick Herbert: vintage times and car industry renaissance
Last week I attended the Goodwood Revival, a wonderful evocation of the romantic age of motoring in classic cars. The highlight for me was being driven around the track in a beautiful 1965 Rolls Royce...
View ArticleSussex Police officer given advice after reports of abusive Tweets
A Sussex Police officer has received management advice after reports of abusive Tweets.The force received reports that a personal Twitter account, belonging to a Sussex officer, contained messages...
View ArticleNik Butler: Could North Horsham plans be an exercise in misdirection?
In JB Bobos book on Modern Coin Magic emphasis is given to the need for flare and presentation to distract an audience through misdirection performed before their watching gaze. Which is why when I...
View ArticleHealth and beauty clinic to show off Jeans for Genes in Pease Pottage
Staff at a health and beauty clinic in Cottesmore Golf & Country Club, Pease Pottage, will swap their uniforms for jeans, bikini tops and belly button jewellery for Jean for Genes day today...
View ArticleHorsham pensioner hears burglar in her home
Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglar snuck into a pensioner’s home after she went out.The victim left her home in Bartholomew Way, Horsham, at about 10.30am on Monday 16 September to...
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