Francis Maude: The right to work under people’s homes
A week ago the Queen opened the last session of this Parliament with a wide-ranging collection of proposed legislation.Correspondence about some of the proposed Bills has started to trickle into my...
View ArticleWee monster is one of man’s best friends
This horrid looking creature is apparently Britain’s favourite insect. I took its photograph as it crawled along the edge of a blue table mat outside. It looks like an armadillo, or a tiny dragon, a...
View ArticleDevelopment at former Cowfold pub a ‘recipe for disaster’
The redevelopment of the site of a vacant Cowfold pub to include a Co-op store and new homes is a ‘recipe for disaster’ according to neighbours.Katrina Howe and Lynne Sorrell, whose homes in Fairfield...
View ArticleHorsham nursery to host screening of Project Wild Thing
A Horsham nursery is to host a screening of acclaimed documentary Project Wild Thing at the Capitol Theatre next month.Little Barn Owls Nursery and Farm School is to host the ‘witty, entertaining and...
View ArticleSussex Police close to naming chief constable
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne has recommended Giles York be appointed the new Sussex chief constable.T/CC York has held the position of temporary chief constable since March, when...
View Article‘We lost the battle but not the war’ say North Horsham campaigners
Campaigners told a crowded public meeting that ‘they had lost the battle but not the war’ on large-scale housebuilding north of Horsham.Around 120 people turned up to the North Horsham Parish...
View ArticleFishing holiday with no fish, no deer and no sheep
Our fishing holidays in Sutherland are considerably enhanced by the abundance and diversity of nature around the lodge we rent with friends. Even when there are few fresh fish, which there are not as...
View ArticleCouncil housing exhibition attracts 1,000 people amidst accusations of it...
More than a thousand people attended a public exhibition on the council’s controversial housing blueprint. Horsham District Council held the three-day event at Swan Walk Shopping Centre last week to...
View ArticleComplex nature of internet ecosystem
The internet is a wonderful place.There are vast swathes of open land, where you can see flocks of enthusiast websites and herds of social networks. You can always find business websites settling down...
View ArticleTory ‘disappointed’ that Horsham town champion dumped as licensing chair...
Conservative Horsham District councillor Peter Burgess has said he is ‘disappointed’ that town champion Christian Mitchell was voted out of the role of chairman of the authority’s licensing committee...
View ArticleTwo vehicles involved in Thakeham collision
Emergency services were called to a collision between a car and pickup van near Thakeham on Friday morning (June 13).Firefighters, police and paramedics attended the scene in Greenhurst Lane at around...
View ArticleTree set alight in Horsham woods
A tree was set alight deliberately in Horsham woods on Friday (June 13).Fire crews were called to the woods off Blackstone Way just after 10pm.One hose reel was used by firefighters to extinguish the...
View ArticleBurst pipe floods Storrington home
A burst water pipe caused flooding at a Storrington home on Friday evening (June 13).West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to the property in Ravenscroft after a water pipe burst in its...
View ArticleFirefighters extinguish large barbecue in Roffey
Firefighters were called to a large barbecue near a garden fence in Roffey on Saturday (June 14).Emergency services were called to the Furzefield Road garden just before 7pm.The fire was extinguished...
View ArticleRaising awareness of abuse of vulnerable adults
“Help us protect vulnerable adults – it’s everybody’s business.” That’s the message from West Sussex County Council which is raising awareness of elder abuse. The county council is highlighting the...
View ArticlePrize incentive to recycle during national Recycle Week
To celebrate this year’s Recycle Week, the company which manages the county’s waste recycling sites, is offering residents the chance to win £100 in vouchers.Viridor, who operate and manage the 11 HWRS...
View ArticleSports coach charged with sex offences on teenage girls in the Horsham district
A sports coach has been charged with sexual offences on teenage girls in the Horsham district.A Sussex Police spokesperson said: “Martin O’Hara, 49, of Medmerry Hill, Brighton, has been charged with...
View ArticleFirefighters called to car on fire in Billingshurst
Firefighters have been called to reports of a car fire in Billingshurst this afternoon (Monday June 15).Fire crews were called to Frenches Corner, Newbridge Road East at about 5pm.
View Article‘Disaster’ after bride’s engagement ring stolen from Wisborough Green church
A bride’s one of a kind engagement ring worth £6,000 was stolen from a Wisborough Green church on her wedding day on Saturday (June7).While Caroline Marshall, 32, and James Granshaw, 29, wed at St...
View ArticleCouncil set to debate plans for 165 Broadbridge Heath homes
A scheme for 165 homes and a 60-bed care home in Broadbridge Heath will be debated by the council later today (Tuesday June 17).Gleeson Developments is seeking outline permission to build the units on...
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