Twelve recycling facts for Christmas
This Christmas West Sussex County Council will be asking people to think about the environment and to recycle their used mince pie foil containers.Many families across West Sussex will be tucking into...
View ArticleControversial bid to build new homes over business park to be determined on...
A Government planning inspector will determine the fate of a long running dispute over the re-development of a small business park in Storrington.A third attempt by Pulborough-based developers...
View ArticleUnemployment shrinks for second time in two months
Unemployment in Horsham district has fallen for the second time in two months, with 52 less registered out of work in November compared to October.The jobless rate is the joint-second lowest across...
View ArticleTwelve recycling facts for Christmas
This Christmas West Sussex County Council will be asking people to think about the environment and to recycle their used mince pie foil containers.Many families across West Sussex will be tucking into...
View ArticleTwelve safety tips for Christmas
In the run up to Christmas, the Horsham District Community Safety Partnership is promoting its ‘twelve days of Christmas’ message to local residents.Timely tips have been put together to make sure that...
View ArticleNorovirus shuts down East Surrey Hospital wards
Visitors to East Surrey Hospital are being turned away in order to protect patients from the norovirus today (Tuesday December 18).The Redhill hospital, run by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust,...
View ArticleQuiz councillor at town centre surgery
Anyone with an interest in Horsham town centre is invited to join Helena Croft, Horsham District Council’s Cabinet Member for Horsham Town, Communication and Special Projects, at drop in surgeries...
View ArticleAlbourne road closed after accident
A road has been closed this afternoon (Tuesday December 18) in a South Downs village following an accident.Shaves Wood Lane in Albourne has been shut in both directions at the A281 junction.The...
View ArticleVIDEO: Thieves ransack Slinfold Golf and Country Club of trophies
A disappointed manager says 20 years of history has ‘gone down the drain’ after thieves ransacked Slinfold Golf and Country Club of more than 50 trophies in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday...
View ArticlePubwatch members remaining vigilant over festive period
All 42 members of the Horsham District’s Pubwatch Scheme are joining forces during the festive period to ensure that customers stay safe while socialising with friends and family during Christmas and...
View ArticleGet ready for county council elections
Elections for 71 West Sussex County Council seats will take place in the Horsham District in May next year. County Council elections take place every four years and all 71 seats will be up for election...
View ArticleFlooding causing delays on Arun Valley line
Flooding in Barnham is causing disruption on the railways from Horsham to Chichester this morning (Thursday December 20).Trains between Havant/Bognor Regis and Horsham/Worthing may be delayed by up to...
View ArticleBurning of new playground equipment a ‘great shame’ for children and community
New playground equipment in Pulborough has been vandalised just a few weeks after installation, leaving the Parish Council ‘disappointed’.Such acts have taken place sporadically over the last few years...
View ArticleHorsham Park assault - CCTV images released
Police have released photos of a man they want to talk to in connection with a serious assault in Horsham Park in October.Two men attacked a 26-year-old local man near the bandstand at around 2.15am on...
View ArticleRate the county council’s year in Adult’s Services
A new way to inform residents about how social care services are performing has been published by West Sussex County Council. The Local Account showcases the service’s work over the past year,...
View ArticleTaskforce helping to save Horsham respite centre
The West Sussex County Council Health and Adult Social Care Select Committee (HASC) task force, set up look at the future respite centres including Holly Lodge in Horsham has met for the first time....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Five police officers found not guilty of assault by beating
Five Sussex Police officers were found not guilty of assault by beating today (Thursday December 20).Lucy Fenney, Natalie Jennings, Jacqueline Peel, Oliver Pullen and Chris O’Leary, all officers with...
View ArticleCouncil working with landlords to house its tenants
It has been a successful first year for Horsham District Council’s initiative to work with private landlords to house council tenants.In the 2011 census results show the number of properties registered...
View ArticleMan charged with Christ’s Hospital burglary
An 18-year-old student has been charged with burglary at Christ’s Hospital. A spokesperson for Sussex Police said: “Jordan Kelly, 18, a student, of Woodgreen Avenue, Havant, Hampshire has been charged...
View ArticleRenewed police appeal for teenager from Henfield care home
As Christmas approaches, police have renewed their appeal once again to find missing 16-year-old Gbombo Neba who has not been seen since August.Despite extensive enquiries being carried out in Sussex...
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