Teenager seriously hurt in Christmas Day crash
A SOUTHWICK teenager has been left with a serious eye injury following a hit-and-run on Christmas Day.The 16-year-old boy was the front-seat passenger in a taxi when it was in collision with a car...
View ArticleCyclist suffers serious injury in Horsham collision
A cyclist has suffered a serious injury after a collision involving a car in Horsham this afternoon (Friday December 27).Emergency services were called to Tower Hill at around 3.20pm.A spokesperson for...
View ArticleNick Herbert: The perils of Christmas card lists
My twelve meals of Christmas continued with a speaking engagement at a lunch in Bexhill, an evening at Walberton - where I was delighted to see that the Holly Tree pub has re-opened - and a ‘curry and...
View ArticleCouncillors give backing to surfers’ petition
BEACHES in the area which are ‘perfect’ for watersports must be protected against sewage spills, councillors have agreed.Worthing Borough Council backed the Surfers Against Sewage campaign, a national...
View ArticleNik Butler: Time for resolutions on both sides of debate
Welcome to the New Year. Please ensure to wipe your feet on the doormat of public opinion as you enter. From all that we experienced in the previous year it seems clear to me that 2014 will be a time...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: truly we are Better Together
Since I wrote last week’s Christmas offering, the South of England has been engulfed in wind and rain storms.The Horsham constituency seems to have escaped the worst of the effects, although I know...
View ArticleDate change for history society
HISTORY lovers in Upper Beeding and Bramber have been warned of a date change.Beeding and Bramber Local History Society’s first meeting of the new year will be on a Thursday, instead of the usual...
View ArticleFunding of grassroots sport tops £1bn
The Football Foundation announced last week that it has now supported more than £1bn of grassroots sports projects.Since it was launched in 2000, the Foundation has funded 12,007 projects with grants...
View ArticleUPDATE: Rail lines between Horsham and Arundel re-open
Rail lines between Horsham and Arundel in the London-bound direction have now re-opened after flooding at Christ’s Hospital this morning (Thursday January 2). But lines between Horsham and Dorking are...
View ArticleTicket hike but train services return to normal
Some season tickets have risen by 2.96 per cent on Southern services, which are back to normal on the Brighton mainline after commuters faced disruption over the festive season.Poor weather combined...
View ArticleTwo-car collision in Partridge Green
Emergency services were called to Partridge Green this morning (Thursday January 2) after a collision involving two cars. Police are currently in attendance at Mill Lane clearing away debris.There are...
View ArticleRefuse and recycling update for the Steyning area
THERE are still some changes to the Acorn Plus household refuse and recycling collections in the Horsham district, following the Christmas and new year period.For full information, householders are...
View ArticleWaste collections in Adur
WASTE collections in Adur will return to normal next week, following the Christmas and new year period.Adur Council has adopted a rollover system, moving the collection day following bank holidays,...
View ArticleCopthorne road partially blocked after accident
A Copthorne road has been partially blocked this morning (Thursday January 2) following an accident.The A264 Copthorne Way in Copthorne has been affected and there is queueing traffic in both...
View ArticleArrests following assault of taxi driver
Five people have been arrested after a taxi driver was assaulted near Horley.The incident occurred on Saturday December 21 after the taxi driver picked up passengers outside the Moka nightclub in...
View ArticleSix foot high spout of floodwater from ground
An eventful Christmas to say the least - for all the wrong reasons. It started on Christmas Eve as you all know, or the day before to be accurate, when a major storm arrived with high winds, dumping...
View ArticleThis year a shift in the the Christmas traditions
Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. “Now they are all on their knees,” an elder said as we sat in a flock by the embers in hearth side ease.That start of the poem The Oxen by Thomas Hardy, summed...
View ArticleWasted food - hand it over to the wildlife
They say most families in Britain throw away one third of all the food they buy. That alone will be enough to condemn us to our descendants quite apart from all the other mischiefs we get up to.I...
View ArticleTelephone scammers targeting vulnerable and elderly in West Sussex
There has been an increase in crimes where scammers target the more vulnerable or elderly by telephone, according to Sussex Police.The crime involves the fraudster claiming to be from the police or...
View ArticleCar blaze in Shoreham
A CAR dashboard burst into flames in a Shoreham car park on Tuesday.Shoreham firefighters tackled the lunchtime blaze with a hose reel.They were called to Old Shoreham Road at 12.46pm and said the fire...
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