Steyning signs up for plan project
STEYNING is one of 22 parish councils to pledge support for the neighbourhood plan project.The Horsham District Council project was launched in April, to get parish and neighbourhood councils more...
View ArticleMacmillan event at Sedgwick Park
Macmillan Cancer Support hosted a reception at Horsham’s Sedgwick Park, part of a UK-wide programme of events highlighting the importance of making wills yesterday.The programme was developed after...
View ArticleVillage man not guilty of sex abuse charges
A Pulborough resident who denied abusing young girls in a case going back to the 1970s, was found unanimously not guilty this week.Ben Doe, 65, of Stane Street Close, had pleaded not guilty to three...
View ArticleCouncil’s 11,500-home housing plan for next 20 years to be debated tonight
The council’s long-awaited draft housing plan was published last week laying out 11,500 new homes in the district for the next 20 years and will be debated tonight (Thursday July 25).It will be...
View ArticleWhy our councillors must support tonight’s critical planning debate
Comment by Gary Shipton, Editor In ChiefOscar Wilde famously observed in The Picture of Dorian Gray: “There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Independent toy shop to open in Swan Walk
An independent chain of toy shops is launching its seventh store in Horsham next Thursday (August 1).Toy Barnhaus, which was established in 2009, will open in Swan Walk in the space opposite Sports...
View ArticleThis is the greatest show on earth
REVIEW by Gary Shipton: Barnum at Chichester Festival Theatre’s ‘Theatre in the Park’He was the self-proclaimed greatest showman on earth.So Phineas T Barnum might have accepted the standing ovation...
View ArticleA27 closed near the Southwick tunnel
A serious collision has led to the A27 being closed near the Southwick tunnel.The air ambulance is expected after a car and lorry collided.Both carriageways are closed and will be for some time....
View ArticleUPDATE: A27 collision near Southwick tunnel
A serious collison has led to the A27 being closed near the Southwick tunnel. A lorry and car collided on the eastbound carriageway after leaving the tunnel. The lorry then left the road and ended up...
View ArticleThree teens arrested over street robbery
Three teenagers from Crawley have been arrested after a Horsham street robbery.Two male youths aged 17 and one aged 16 were arrested in Pease Pottage yesterday (Wednesday July 24) on suspicion of a...
View ArticleReport of woman on railway track
Police and an ambulance attended Crawley Railway Station today (Thursday July 25) after a report of a woman on the track.British Transport Police (BTP) officers attended the incident, which was...
View ArticleFishersgate prepares for 50s festival
THE rebuilding of the Fishersgate Centre will be celebrated with a Vintage Festival.Fishersgate Community Association is organising the 1950s-themed festival at the West Road centre on August 24, with...
View ArticleRecruitment boost from forces champ
ADUR forces champion Peter Metcalfe found a warm welcome when he met up with former members of the Royal Corps of Transport.He went along to the Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport...
View ArticleMPs in support of alcohol and tobacco u-turns
ADUR and Worthing MPs have supported government u-turns on plans to introduce minimum alcohol pricing and plain tobacco packaging.The two separate proposals were shelved after concerns there was not...
View ArticleNick Herbert: Wishing new Prince a long and happy life
I am in Washington DC this week for a conference, so it’s fortunate that the whole Privy Council is no longer required to attend a royal birth (as it still is to proclaim the succession).I’ve been...
View ArticleGatwick second runway could bring ‘mega-city the size of Brighton’ to north...
Proposals for a second runway at Gatwick Airport could lead to a huge amount of housing built across swathes of the Horsham district, creating a ‘mega-city’, according to one county councillor. During...
View ArticleFun festivities at Saturday’s Cranleigh Show
The Cranleigh Show makes a return to the Surrey village on Saturday (August 3) for a day of family fun.The popular annual event, which takes place at Cranleigh and South Eastern Agricultural Society’s...
View ArticleCome for the cake, stay for the legal advice
Coole and Haddock solicitors is holding a fundraising morning for Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice next week.The company, based at number 14 in Horsham’s Carfax, will host a bake sale from 10am...
View ArticleA281 closed after accident at Rudgwick
A main road has been closed this evening (Sunday July 28) following an accident.The A281 Guildford Road in Rudgwick has been shut in both directions near Watts Corner.Drivers are advised to stay clear...
View ArticleSchool’s rating downgraded after Ofsted changes criteria
A SHOREHAM head teacher has spoken out following a downgrading in his school’s Ofsted rating.St Nicolas and St Mary CofE Primary School, in Eastern Avenue, has been graded as good for its overall...
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