Senior citizens pop in for a Christmas lunch
STORRINGTON Rotary Club members helped some of the village’s senior citizens get into the Christmas spirit at the December pop-in lunch.A monthly event, the pop-in lunch is organised by Anne Hayes,...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: New recommendations published for future of Broadbridge Heath...
A STATEMENT regarding the future of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre is to be released this morning by Horsham District Council.The County Times can exclusively reveal that the council statement will...
View ArticleCOMMENT: Council u-turn on leisure centre
By Head of News, Mark Dunford. BACK bench Conservative councillors have asserted their authority and forced Horsham District Council’s cabinet to drop a motion to go before full council on Wednesday...
View ArticleFind out about new Southwater school plans
A SERIES of meetings have been planned for residents to learn more about a new Free School planned for Southwater by Horsham Churches Together and Oasis Community Learning.Part of the process of...
View ArticleRoadworks on A23 and M23
THE Highways Agency has released a list of over 500 miles of roadworks that are due to take place before Christmas, some of which will affect the A23 and M23. There are four sets of roadworks taking...
View ArticleSussex Online TV What’s on around the county
THIS week on SOTV we take a look at the Christmas shows playing in Sussex this month including Peter Pan, The Night Before Christmas and Spamalot!Plus, all the latest motoring news.
View ArticleLeisure centre - end of the road or a new beginning?
Forget Coronation Street. All the drama this week has been played out at Horsham District Council.And the County Times has been an eye witness throughout.From the shock resignation of the leader last...
View ArticleYouth club appeals for volunteers
HENFIELD Youth Club is looking for ways to save money amid County Council cuts to the youth budget. As reported in the County Times (01/12/11), West Sussex County Council (WSCC) announced a further £2...
View ArticleTown centre still popular with shoppers
By Nikki CutlerWHILST the national trend of shopping online creates a steeper slope for an ever declining footfall in town centres, Horsham shoppers have given their opinion on what tempts people into...
View ArticleJubilation over council U-turn
NEWS that Horsham District Council has done a U-turn on plans to shut and demolish Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre have been met with public jubilation.Sheila White, of the leisure centre’s Over 50s...
View ArticleTown hall could be sold
HORSHAM’S historic town hall could be sold off to a commercial organisation, it has been revealed.The future of the iconic town centre building, which has stood empty in Market Square for more than two...
View ArticleFears that leisure centre could be ‘closed by stealth’ at later date
DESPITE Horsham Council’s apparent U-turn over proposals to demolish Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre, fears are growing that the centre could end up being shut ‘by stealth.’Campaigners to save the...
View ArticleCrash near Ashington
THE AIR ambulance was sent to a crash near Ashington this afternoon (Wednesday December 21).Firefighters and paramedics were called to the B2133, between the junctions with Crays Lane and London Road,...
View ArticlePlans for gypsy site to go ahead
LAND at Billingshurst can be used for caravan homes, after an appeal to grant planning permission was allowed by an inspector from the Planning Inspectorate.Permission for 11 gypsy or traveller pitches...
View ArticleChurch tree festival a ‘great success’
THE FRIENDS of Warminghurst Church’s second Christmas Tree Festival was hailed a ‘great success’ by organisers.Held over three days from December 9 to 11, the rural church of The Holy Sepulchre in Park...
View ArticleWoman tells of gun threat in Horsham car park
A WOMAN who was threatened with being shot in a Horsham car park has told the County Times of her ‘terrifying’ ordeal. The 51-year-old victim, who does not want to be identified for fear of reprisals,...
View ArticleLETTER: Axing leisure centre makes sense
OVER the last few weeks I have read with great interest the letters regarding the closure of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre. It’s fair to say that there are a lot of angry people out there, and I can...
View ArticleHorsham district rubbish collection and recycling over Christmas
THERE will be no household rubbish collections on Tuesday, December 27.Recycling and rubbish collections will be collected a day later than usual.Those that normally have a Friday collection will have...
View ArticleThieves steal festive lights from garden
‘WHERE’S the spirit of Christmas gone?’ says a Slinfold mother after thieves stole festive lights from the family’s front garden.Denise Barnes, of West Way, watched CCTV footage of the two criminals...
View ArticleRevolutionising the way we give and help
A WHILE back I mentioned in my Footnote that in the first ten months of this Government, departments saved a total of £3.75bn through centrally led in-house cuts.And how does this affect the man in the...
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