Residents urged to recycle more items
West Sussex County Council tells residents recycling is easy as it marks National Recycle Week this week.There are lots of items that can be recycled in West Sussex through the kerbside collection,...
View ArticleTheft warning over airport meet and greet firms
Holidaymakers using “meet and greet” airport parking firms have been warned to check the small print after reports to West Sussex Trading Standards Service. The team has received complaints from...
View ArticleHorsham roads second most lethal in county
Nine people were killed and 84 suffered serious injuries in road traffic collisions in the Horsham district between April 2013 and March 2014.Road safety figures produced by West Sussex County Council...
View ArticleFirefighters deal with unattended bonfire in Dial Post
Firefighters were called to a caravan park in Dial Post yesterday (Tuesday June 17).The call came at 1.10pm to go to the park in Honeybridge Lane.A bonfire had been left unattended and was put out...
View ArticleBusiness does matter for Sussex companies
Do you think that your business has not received the recognition it deserves?Have you experienced a local business that is deserving of an award?If this is the case then you really should be thinking...
View ArticleAUDIO: Pulborough meeting looks at fracking and planning applications
A free event for everyone to find out more about oil and gas exploration and extraction has been organised by West Sussex County Council.The free event on Saturday (June 21) at Pulborough Village Hall...
View ArticleAwards for building control experts
Sussex Building Control and its clients picked up eight awards in the 2014 ceremony run by the public sector planning industry’s trade body.The Local Authority Building Control’s South East Building...
View ArticleNik Butler: Consultation evokes Greek myth and 1980s computer games
Following up on last week’s thoughts let us look at one particular machination of civil administration which may contribute towards electoral apathy.In order to partake in a consultation process...
View ArticleMum to bring osteopathy clinic to her home town
A Horsham woman specialising in sports injuries and children’s care is opening a new osteopathy clinic in the town centre next month.Osteopathy, is the study of the bones is a treatment technique...
View ArticleHorsham students awarded for carpentry
Two Horsham Central Sussex College construction students were among those scooping the top spots at this year’s Skillbuild Southern regional heat.The construction department is brimming with pride for...
View ArticleCake sale at bank’s Horsham branch for arthritis charity
Barclays Bank in Horsham will be hosting a cake sale tomorrow (Friday June 20) to raise funds for the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS).Rheumatoid arthritis affects one per cent of the...
View ArticleWanted man arrested after hiding in wheelie bin in Horsham
Police arrested a wanted man in Horsham last night (Wednesday June 18) after he had attempted to hide in a wheelie bin.The man was discovered in Deer Way at about 11.45pm when a police helicopter’s...
View ArticleChance to quiz Sussex crime and police chief
Residents with questions for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner still have time to submit them ahead of her annual meeting at the end of this month. Questions are being invited for both Katy...
View ArticleStudents get ready for leaders’ question time
Tanbridge House School will host a question time event with representatives from the business, religious and political communities tomorrow (Friday June 20).After a debut success last year, the...
View ArticleEfit released of man seen near Horsham burglary
Police have issued an efit of a man they wish to speak to about a burglary in Horsham in April.Shortly before 1pm on April 4, burglars set off an alarm at a home in Farthings Hill, off the A281 and...
View ArticleAmazing progress for woodland walk
Some of my regular readers may remember that Chestnut Tree House was granted permission to develop a wheelchair-accessible woodland walk within the woods adjacent to our grounds.Back in February, our...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: Two sides to the Horsham housing debate
A two parter this week. First, a word about the proposed north of Horsham housing development.And, no, I’m afraid I am not going to say whether I’m for or against it. Decisions about planning...
View Article‘Fantastic’ first year for company
A specialist groundwork and civil engineering supplier is celebrating a successful first year based in Horsham.The Horsham branch of Rudridge opened on the Howards Estate in Handcross Road last July...
View ArticleTwo boys and two adults in hospital after collision in Rudgwick
Two children and two adults were taken to hospital in Guildford after a car collided with a tree in Rudgwick yesterday evening (Thursday June 19).Sussex Air Ambulance, South East Coast Ambulance...
View ArticleSmall kitchen fire in West Chiltington
A small fire broke out in a kitchen in a flat in West Chiltington yesterday (Thursday June 19).Firefighters were called to the ground floor flat on Haglands Lane at about 6.30pm but the fire was out on...
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