Parish resists bid to trim councillor numbers
BILLINGSHURST parish councillors are standing their ground as Horsham District Council proposes to trim councillor numbers.After undertaking a community governance review of the parished area of...
View ArticlePet sitting franchise featured on national TV
HORSHAM-based franchise Pets, Homes and Gardens will be featured on Channel 5’s “LIVE with…” on Thursday April 19 having completed a day’s filming last week. Julie and Peter Maxted set up the franchise...
View ArticleZumba instructors dance for charity
TWO zumba instuctors who have both lost their mothers to cancer are hosting a ‘zumbathon’ in aid of cancer care charity, Macmillan.Aerobics instructors Kerri Chipper, 34, of Station road,...
View ArticleBandstand summer programme
HORSHAM town centre will soon be ringing with the sound of live music as the weekly programme of bandstand concerts return once more for a summer of sound. The concerts are free and take place on the...
View ArticleGroups join forces to save leisure centre
HORSHAM Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society was joined by members of the Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre Joint User Group in the Carfax on Saturday (April 14). HAODS performers were there to promote...
View ArticleWoman dies in Cowfold collision
A 49-year-old woman from Canterbury has died after the blue Vauxhall Astra she was in collided head-on with a black Audi on the A272, Cowfold, last night (Sunday April 15).Police and emergency...
View ArticleFirefighters called to County Times
FIREFIGHTERS were called to the County Times office on Monday afternoon.The emergency call was made around 2pm, after smoke was seen coming from a light fitting in the advertising department.Staff left...
View ArticleRusper nunnery to be refurbished
FARM buildings at Rusper Nunnery will be redeveloped after planning permission was approved.Earlier this month, members of the Horsham District Council planning committee agreed for the restoration of...
View ArticleSpecialised trauma system used to treat multiple casualties in emergency...
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) treated casualties with a range of injuries at Gatwick Airport after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing.After passengers...
View ArticleUPDATE: Billingshurst blaze forces occupants to re-home
A BLAZE that ripped through the roof of a Billingshurst house this morning (Tuesday April 17) has forced the occupants to re-home. Firefighters were called to the scene in Station Road around 4.30am....
View ArticleWest Sussex seismic stability at stake as fracking report gives green light
FRACKING campaigners in West Sussex have expressed their horror as a Government report gave the go-ahead to the controversial procedure across the country.The Department for Energy and Climate Change...
View ArticleAttempted burglary in Roffey
TWO MEN were seen trying to break into a house in Shepherds Way, Roffey, last week.Police were called to reports of two men acting suspiciously around 2.20pm on April 11.The pair had been spotted...
View ArticleChildren at Horsham school put on wartime play
CHILDREN at a Horsham school marked VE Day by performing a play to their parents and teachers.Pupils at Arunside Primary School dressed up in costumes to perform in a play about what it was like to be...
View ArticleGatwick Diamond companies ahead of the game for London 2012
A recent survey commissioned by the Gatwick Diamond Initiative to identify attitudes towards London 2012, has found that companies in the region are well prepared and upbeat about the London 2012...
View ArticleLegal advice event for Crawley businesses
Specialist employment law and health & safety advisor, Ellis Whittam prepares to update Crawley’s employers as it brings its popular breakfast briefing to the The Hawth Theatre. The event, which is...
View ArticleA23 lane block after crash
ONE LANE on the A23 in Bolney has been blocked after a car collided with the central reservation at 7.26am this morning (Wednesday April 18).There are no reports of injury and no other vehicle was...
View ArticleBank holiday burglary
TWO SAFES were stolen from Bunces hardware store in East Street, Horsham, in a Bank holiday burglary. Thieves entered the premises from the rear, forced open the safes from an office area and stole...
View ArticleSpecial reader offer at Storrington Waitrose
THE West Sussex County Times has teamed up with Waitrose in Storrington to offer readers £5 off your weekly shop if you spend £30 or more.Buy the County Times this week (out April 19) and you could cut...
View ArticleNo Horsham District Council local elections in 2012
HORSHAM District Council is reminding residents that there are no local elections taking place in the Horsham District this May.Publicity campaigns have been aired on TV channels and radio for the...
View ArticlePlaistow heads to the polls today
PLAISTOW electors will get the chance to choose their next Chichester District Councillor in a by-election TODAY (Thursday April 19. The two candidates for the Plaistow ward are Nick Thomas of the...
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