New Year meetings on church bid for school
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 ArticleHorsham Council’s huge bill for consultants
‘CASH-STRAPPED’ Horsham District Council has spent more than £280,000 on ‘consultants’ over the past 11 months.That’s an average of nearly £26,000 a month, the equivalent of the average annual wage in...
View ArticleNumber plate snatched
A NUMBER plate has been snatched from a motorbike in Kings Road, Rudgwick.It was stolen on Monday January 2.An indicator was broken at the time. Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with...
View ArticleSpate of mobile thefts
THREE MEN are wanted by police following a spate of mobile phone thefts from stores in Horsham town centre.Raiders struck Vodafone, on West Street, three times in December. The Carphone Warehouse has...
View ArticleHorsham bike theft spate
HORSHAM is suffering from a spate of bike thefts, warn police. The incidents have taken place in daytime hours over the last three to four days (Sunday 1 to Wednesday January 4).Targeted homes include...
View ArticleUPDATE: Passengers stranded in Billingshurst
PASSENGERS were stranded in Billingshurst for more than two hours after their train was ‘badly smashed up’ by a fallen tree.Carriages reportedly ‘bounced around’ after this huge tree came crashing down...
View ArticleLaundry bid set for green light
PLANS to demolish an existing outbuilding were delegated by Horsham District Council planners.The demolished building was to be replaced by a new single storey laundry at the Eastridge Manor Nursing...
View ArticleWedding Fair - February 5
GETTING married this year? Come along to the West Sussex County Times Wedding Fair next month.It is being held at South Lodge Hotel, just outside Horsham (RH13 6PS) on Sunday February 5.Come along...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 4500 houses shock plan
UP TO 4,500 homes could be built in north Horsham, increasing the town’s population by a quarter, and paving the way for a new hospital and business park for the district.In today’s County Times full...
View ArticleSlow, slow, quick quick, slow ...
DON’T you just hate it when you get stuck behind one of those loiterers when you’re in a supermarket?You know the kind - they walk round at a snail’s pace, leaning their elbows on the trolley handle....
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: North Horsham development
IN 2009 Horsham District Council (HDC) listed nine options in its Core Strategy Review, all potential development sites to cater for the district’s housing needs up to 2026.Options 3 and 4 proposed...
View ArticleCabin crew to community support officer
A SOUTH Downs police community support officer went from a high-flier to walking the beat when she decided on a career change.Carol Boniface has been a PCSO for just over five years, prior to this she...
View ArticleStatue returns to golden glory
CHRIST’S Hospital School has successfully completed a conservation project to re-gild a statue of its founder King Edward VI.It took four weeks to replace gold leaf on the monument on the Wren Facade...
View ArticleOlympic legacy is set to benefit everyone
SO THE year of the Olympics is finally here. What will readers make of it? Will it be seen as a massive expense and a disruption to normal life?Or will we see it as Britain successfully hosting a great...
View ArticleObjections to stable project
AN APPLICATION to extend a stable block at Horsham to form a one bedroom annexe is before planners on Tuesday.Horsham District Council officers are recommending councillors grant permission for the...
View ArticleShop thrilled at photo from 100 years ago
A COWFOLD shop owner was ‘thrilled’ to see her shop featured on the County Times’ Historic Horsham page.Jo Harrison, owner of gift shop Wattle and Daub, said she was contacted by many of her customers...
View ArticleNew mushroom firm owner says it has a ‘bright future in Sussex’
MONAGHAN Mushrooms has welcomed the decision by the Office of Fair Trading to clear its recent acquisition of Sussex Mushrooms.As reported in the County Times on December 22, the merger of the two...
View ArticleBid for workshop extension
AMENDED plans for a single storey extension to a Horsham vehicle workshop to allow installation of MOT equipment are before planners on Tuesday.An application for 3 Victory Road was refused by Horsham...
View ArticleCriminals work at Sussex Police
TWENTY-ONE officers with criminal convictions are serving at Sussex Police, it has emerged.Speeding, dangerous driving, drink-driving and vandalism are among the crimes committed by those who help make...
View ArticleParish Council ‘concerned’ over development
HENFIELD Parish Council has registered its objection to plans to build 102 homes on land east of Manor Way.At a special plans advisory committee meeting, held on November 15, more than 200 of those...
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