South Downs house wins restoration award
A HISTORIC house in the South Downs has been honoured for its outstanding restoration despite being deemed ‘at risk’ by English Heritage.Just months after the owners of St Mary’s House in Bramber heard...
View ArticleFestive tree trunk wins cake contest
PUPILS at Hillcrest Slinfold residential school competed in a Christmas cake competition.The boys aged between 11 and 17 worked over the past few weeks to design their cakes and then created them -...
View ArticleStaying safe and warm over festive period
SOUTH East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has offered helpful tips to keep safe and warm over this festive period.With Christmas parties taking place and cooling weather temperatures, the...
View ArticleLETTER: Leisure centre a ‘done deal’
I WONDER what conclusions are being drawn by your readers and, more pertinently, by our councillors, in the light of the heated and ongoing debate over the proposed closure of our leisure centre? I say...
View ArticleNo to new place of worship
AN EQUESTRIAN centre at Slinfold cannot be turned into a Grail Foundation place of worship, a government planning inspector has ruled.Patrick Whitehead dismissed the appeal against Horsham District...
View ArticlePulborough kicks off Christmas by following a star
A LANTERN procession following a giant star, community tree, sparkling decorations and a visit by a horse-drawn Santa and his elves were part of a new Christmas celebration staged in...
View ArticleMotorcyclist suffers serious injuries in Boxing Day collision
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious injuries following a collision in Horsham on Boxing Day (Monday December 26). Emergency services were called to the scene in Kings Road at 3.27pm.The 22-year-old male...
View ArticleCustomers voice mixed views over controversial Waitrose expansion
SHOPPERS at Storrington’s Waitrose have mixed views on plans to expand it but are all agreed on one thing - they love the store and the wonderful staff there.The County Times interviewed a random...
View ArticleNew chief constable for Surrey
SURREY Police Authority has appointed Lynne Owens as the new chief constable of Surrey Police. Lynne spent the past year as the lead for public order policing in London as an assistant commissioner in...
View ArticleGarage roof destroyed by fire
THE ROOF of a garage at a house in Bentons Lane, Dial Post, was destroyed by an accidental fire on Friday night.The rest of the building was smoke damaged and a car and camper van were salvaged by fire...
View ArticleChristmas Eve collision
ONE PERSON was treated by an ambulance crew after two cars were in collision on the B2139 Whiteways near Amberley on Christmas Eve afternoon.The cars and road were made safe by firecrews just after 4pm.
View ArticleFire crews called to Christmas Eve bin fire
FIREFIGHTERS put out a paper recycling bin set alight in a Pulborough car park on Christmas Eve evening.They were called to the Lower Street car park at 8.30pm on Saturday. The fire was treated as arson.
View ArticleWhat went wrong with the dream of 1987?
Comment by Paul Deacon, November 15 2011. ON MY first day of work as a young reporter on the County Times in July 1987, I was dispatched to Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.The newly-opened venue was...
View ArticleCall for puppy parents
A WEST Sussex-based charity is looking to recruit volunteer puppy parents in the Horsham district.Canine Partners provides trained dogs for people with disabilities, and are looking for volunteers who...
View ArticleOpen-air swim treats
FESTIVE treats are being offered to visitors at Arundel open-air lido over the New Year.Mulled wine, hot drinks and seasonal food will be available for those who take the festive plunge.Ben Centa, the...
View ArticleHorsham chimney fire
FIREFIGHTERS carried out an inspection using a thermal imaging camera after a chimney fire at a house in Horsham on Thursday evening.They were called to Agate Lane at 5.45pm
View ArticleHorsham house flood
ELECTRICS to the first floor of a Horsham house had to be isolated on Thursday evening due to flooding.Firefighters were called to Heath Way at 8.45pm where water was flooding into a bedroom through a...
View ArticleRubbish and recycling dates for New Year
RUBBISH and recycling days in the Horsham district will be slightly affected by the Bank Holiday on Monday (January 2).The district council has a specific section of its website where residents can put...
View ArticleExtra flights for aerodrome
DUNSFOLD Park bosses hope to run more than 1,500 extra flights during the Olympic Games.The company which owns the airfield has applied for permission to provide extra flights and to operate from 7am...
View ArticleHawkin’s Bazaar in administration
TOY SHOP Hawkin’s Bazaar, with premises in Swan Walk Shopping Centre, Horsham has gone into administration.Peter Saville, Fraser Gray and Anne O’Keefe of Corporate Advisory and Restructuring...
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