How you can support the Building a Home to Remember appeal
GUILD CARE’S ‘home to remember’ is coming together thick and fast as the charity seeks the final £350,000 of funding from the public.Herald & Gazette readers have been busy helping with the...
View ArticleFashion show needs sponsorship
THE winner of the Herald & Gazette Award at our Community Stars 2013 is looking for readers’ help.Jeannette Jones is involved with organising a fashion show to raise money for the Sussex MS...
View ArticleVIDEO: Mayor’s Christmas message
WORTHING Mayor Bob Smytherman has recorded a special festive message to wish residents a happy Christmas.In an alternative to the Queen’s speech, Mr Smytherman looks back on a successful year for the...
View ArticleStorrington road shut after traffic incident
A Storrington road has been closed this morning (Christmas Day) following an accident.The A283 Washington Road in Storrington has been shut in both directions between the Water Lane junction and the...
View ArticleSkiing Mount Everest for multiple sclerosis charity
An ambitious Horsham man aims to ski the full height of Mount Everest over three days to raise money for a multiple sclerosis charity.Mitchell Longhurst, 42 of Oakhill Road, plans to join the fifth...
View ArticleAcademy to restructure on one site
PARENTS have supported the restructuring of Eastbrook Primary Academy in Southwick, so all pupils are taught on the same site.The children at Gardner Road, Fishersgate, will be transferred to the main...
View ArticleNik Butler: Can we change our district’s destiny in 2014?
Christmas is now behind us and with it the calories of excess are making their way into our minds faster than the statements of our seasonal debts. Wrapping paper once carefully laid and taped has been...
View ArticleSingapore cash snatched in Horsham raid
Police are investigating a burglary and a separate hit and run incident in Horsham. Valuable jewellery and cash in various currency was snatched from the house in Woodgates Close, overnight on Friday...
View ArticleA29 closed at Pulborough due to flooding
FLOODING in Pulborough has closed the A29 London Road in both directions.The road is closed between the A283 Station Road junction and Old London Road.Sussex Police said the closure was due to the high...
View ArticleSteyning bypass closed after traffic incident
A major road in Steyning has been shut this afternoon (Boxing Day) following an accident.The A283 Steyning bypass in Steyning is closed in both directions between the Maudlin Lane junction and the...
View ArticleAgency earns prestigious gold award
A SHOREHAM company has achieved the prestigious Investors in People Gold Standard Award.The Foster Care Agency, in Brighton Road, is celebrating the achievement, as one of fewer than 700 across the UK...
View ArticleResolve to be a lifesaver by giving blood
PEOPLE are being urged to resolve to be a lifesaver in 2014, by pledging to become a regular blood donor.NHS Blood and Transplant has a session at Steyning on Monday, January 20. Appointments can be...
View ArticleFrench gypsy swing brings in new year
A ‘STUNNING’ quartet makes a welcome return to Steyning Jazz Club to open the new year programme.The Jonny Hepbir Quartet will perform an evening of vintage French gypsy swing on Friday, January 3, at...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: Energising and revitalising
As the year draws to a close and we immerse ourselves in Christmas festivities, it’s a moment to reflect on the events of the past year. And it’s been a really full year, packed with drama and...
View ArticleLawyer attacks Sussex Police policy
A lawyer to the stars had his comments branded ‘naive’ by a chief inspector after he waded in on Sussex Police’s crackdown on drink-driving.Nick Freeman, aka ‘Mr Loophole’, said the decision by the...
View ArticleHead-on crash on A283
AN elderly woman has been taken to hospital following a head-on collision near Steyning.The accident involving two cars happened around lunchtime on the A283 Steyning bypass.The road was closed in both...
View ArticleUPDATE: A29 Pulborough now just passable
DRIVERS are being urged to remain cautious on the A29 at Pulborough, which is still affected by flooding.The London Road is now open and just passable, with flooding in both directions between the A283...
View ArticleA29 Pulborough flooding
The flooding A29 in Pulborough is just passable this morning (Friday December 27). Disruption has been reported both ways between A283 Station Road and Old London Road.
View ArticleCash stolen during Christmas Day raid on Storrington home
Around £500 in cash has been stolen during a raid on a village home some time on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The house in Field End, Storrington, was targeted between 7pm on December 24 and 1am on...
View ArticleBoxing Day ‘busiest’ day of year for paramedics
Boxing Day was one of the busiest days of the year for paramedics, it has been revealed. South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) saw nearly a third more emergency calls to its 999 control centres...
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