Senseless closure?
PROPOSALS to demolish Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre have been made public within weeks of a new £20,000 sensory room opening there.In its current newsletter, Horsham District Council boasts of the...
View ArticleHard-pressed council has millions in the bank in ‘cash reserves’
WHILE up to £1.5 million is needed for repairs to Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre, the building’s owners – Horsham District Council – has millions stashed away for a rainy day.The council’s ruling...
View ArticleHeart-felt plea to save leisure centre
A HEART-FELT plea to save Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre - which is under threat of closure and demolition - has gone out from a mum-of-two who has battled her way back to health there after being...
View ArticleCall for community to run leisure centre
BROADBRIDGE Heath Leisure Centre should be run ‘by the people for the people’ said the ward district councillor.Malcolm Curnock (LDem, Broadbridge Heath), also a parish councillor, was ‘very...
View ArticleLib Dems fight for leisure centre
HORSHAM Liberal Democrat Party is putting its full weight behind councillors and campaigners fighting to keep Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.Belinda Walters, local Liberal Democrat chairman, said:...
View ArticleHorsham District Council leader resigns - reaction
THE LEADER of Horsham District Council, councillor Robert Nye, has resigned as Leader and district councillor today (14 December 2011).The decision has been made for personal reasons and comes into...
View ArticleNow what will council decide for leisure centre?
THE SHOCK departure of Horsham District Council leader Robert Nye comes at a critical time for the Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.The council is due to decide whether to close the centre in a year’s...
View ArticleWidespread frost and chance of snow for Horsham
THE next couple of days sees the chance of snow for rush hour tomorrow and a sting in the tail tomorrow night, according to Netweather.“From mid evening onwards today the much talked about ‘winter...
View ArticleNews Focus on: Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre closure
PLANS to close Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre have caused enormous concern in the Horsham district.The full council is set to ratify the cabinet’s recommendation to demolish the centre on Wednesday...
View ArticleLETTER: ‘report needs to be made available’
IF COUNCILLOR Jonathan Chowen is so comfortable with the leisure study report recommending closure perhaps he will ensure it is made widely available to council taxpayers. A report costing £6,000 could...
View ArticleLETTER: a number of questions
I AM AMAZED at the plans to demolish Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre. A number of questions spring to mind: Was an ‘oversupply’ of sports halls mentioned when the Pavilions in the Park was built?Who...
View ArticleLETTER: ‘jewel ripped out’
THE BROADBRIDGE Heath Leisure Centre, incorporating athletics facilities for training up to Olympic standards, is arguably the jewel in the crown of the Horsham district.We are told that this jewel is...
View ArticleLETTER: surplus? Hard to believe
SO A CONSULTANT’S report has deemed that Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre is ‘surplus to requirements’. As a regular user of the centre during the last ten years, I find this very hard to believe.It is...
View ArticleLETTER: ‘kite flying?’
IT REALLY is very worrying when councillor Jim Rae purports to bring his ‘financial experience’ to the district council and yet doesn’t seem to know the difference between £330,000 to be spent in the...
View ArticleLETTER: cinema on centre site?
I READ with dismay the news of the intended closure and demolition of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre next year. No doubt after Horsham DC’s leader Robert Nye’s guarded comments, about the future of...
View ArticleLETTER: ‘why the haste?’
ALTHOUGH my views on the closure of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre have been well covered by the County Times, I feel obliged to respond to Conservative councillor Jim Rae’s letter and his assertion...
View ArticleUFOs and the paranormal with Malcolm Robinson: How to detect a ghost
As a paranormal researcher I have been at the forefront of some amazing haunted cases, but what is it like to actually enter and investigate a ‘haunted house’? What does one do? And how essentially...
View ArticleSchool raises thousands for charity
SCOOBY Doo, Elmo and the Joker were just some of the characters to descend on Horsham as Steyning Grammar School students broke out for the annual ‘Jail Break’.Raising money for Cancer Research UK, 205...
View ArticleSpeedwatch scheme awarded money by partnership
STORRINGTON and Sullington Community Partnership have been awarded money for their Community Speedwatch Scheme.At the Chanctonbury County Local Committee (CLC) meeting on Wednesday November 30 members...
View ArticleCOMMENT: Time to halt leisure centre closure
BY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GARY SHIPTON. Next Wednesday Horsham District Council is due to consider a proposal from its cabinet to close Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.The County Times has understood the...
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