Date set for parish poll on skatepark
A PARISH poll is to be held in Steyning to vote on the Memorial Playing Field skatepark.The poll will be held at The Steyning Centre on Wednesday, November 27, from 4pm to 9pm.Residents in the Steyning...
View ArticleCows decide they don’t like the look of the gates
“The best laid plan o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley” and so it was to be with us when we set out to bring the herd home for the winter.The cows have been able to stay out for a few weeks longer than...
View ArticleLooking at sustainable living
If you are interested in sustainable living, the transition Group for Hassocks, Keymer, Ditchling and Hurstpierpoint is having its annual general meeting on Sunday.Invited guests include Sue...
View ArticleMore A24 delays expected as roadworks continue for third day running
Roadworks are expected to wreak havoc on the A24 again as repairs to an underground cable continue this morning (Thursday November 14).The district’s busiest stretch of road has become the highway to...
View ArticleRay Dawe: Ordinary people balancing conflicting pressures
So, who would be a councillor? Who would put themselves through the challenge of trying to keep abreast of ever-changing policy and guidance, exercising dutiful restraint, weighing comments from the...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: honour to attend Remembrance Day
As in many previous years, last Sunday I had the honour of attending and laying a wreath at the Horsham Remembrance Day wreath-laying ceremony and church service.It’s a special and moving occasion and...
View ArticleTime to invest in our own local businesses
The long expected, possibly somewhat rumoured, scaling down of Novartis operations should have come as no more a surprise than Sun Alliance scaling back in Horsham town centre or when Yes Car Credit...
View ArticleJoin a South Downs Xmas event with music and poetry
Start the Christmas season off with an evening of seasonal carols, songs and readings. The South Downs Society invites you to an event featuring folk singing trio Emily and the Hares, who will present...
View ArticleFree digital seminar to transform your business
Businesses are being invited to a free seminar organised by this newspaper to help them transform their digital marketing.By the end of 2013, it is estimated that there will be more mobile devices on...
View ArticleMagazine: TV through the ages
This year marks 90 years since the first ever Radio Times, which went on to print the first TV listings pages in November 1936. Watch our video for a look at TV then and now.In November 1936 Radio...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘Make the most of your local chemist’
Right Care, Right Now launches Self Care Week (November 18-24) with personal pleas from Horsham and Mid Sussex community pharmacists to encourage more people to make the most of their local chemist.The...
View ArticleFallen tree blocks East Grinstead road
An East Grinstead road has been closed after a tree fell today (Thursday November 14).Vowels Lane in the town is shut in both directions between the B2110 Turners Hill Road junction and the Selsfield...
View ArticleVIDEO: Remembrance Sunday at Southwick Green
HERALD photographer Liz Pearce captured highlights from the moving Remembrance Sunday service at Southwick Green.The Royal British Legion service was very well supported by the local community of...
View Article£45,000 funding boost for Victim Support’s Young Witness Service
Sussex’s Young Witness Service has been handed a £45,000 funding boost from the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner.Katy Bourne has provided the grant to the Young Witness Service in Sussex, which is...
View Article‘Boot camps’ to help entrepreneurs and small firms
Specialist ‘start-up boot camps’ will be held this month at the Children and Family Centre, Billingshurst.The camps, taking place in Billingshurst on Saturday November 23 and Sunday 24, are aimed at...
View ArticleSouthbound lane blocked on the A24 Washington
Traffic has been delayed on the A24 London Road in Washington this morning (November 15).The southbound lane is blocked at the A283 The Pike junction.There are reports of a broken down lorry on the...
View ArticleMan charged over Poppy Appeal box at East Grinstead
A man has been arrested and charged with the theft of a Poppy Appeal charity box on Sunday (10 November) Remembrance Sunday.It was taken from the Esso Petrol Station in Station Road, East...
View ArticleFirefighters called to fourth chimney fire in six days
Firefighters were called to the fourth chimney fire in six days in the Horsham district yesterday afternoon (November 14).The incident took place in Mouse Lane, Steyning at 4.40pm, said West Sussex...
View ArticleLorry and car collision in West Chiltington
Firefighters were called to a collision involving a lorry and a car in West Chiltington yesterday afternoon (November 15).The incident took place at 1.26pm in Broadfield Bridge Road, said a...
View Article£150,000 of goods stolen in Rudgwick burglary
Goods worth almost £150,000 were stolen from a home in Rudgwick last night (Thursday November 14).The burglary took place at a property in Pondfield Road, between 6pm and 9pm.The family returned to the...
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