The dead-leaf camouflage of this secretive wader
WE AWAIT the woodcocks on the November moon. Some have already been seen on the east coast, tired after their crossing of the North Sea, creeping about on the shingle and sand marrams on the Norfolk...
View ArticleWeekly Walks in Sussex
Ramblers’ Association Arun-Adur Group (Inquiries 01903 695865)Saturday November 3, 10.30am: Meet at the car park west of Norfolk Bridge (TQ211049) via Lancing Ring/Coombes. Shoreham – 9 miles (Grade –...
View ArticleNew film highlights the new future of Adults’ Services
A newly released video shows how West Sussex County Council is making its Adults’ Services fit for the future. By 2020 half the UK will be aged 50 or over. The county council says this population shift...
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted in Bognor
A woman was sexually assaulted as she walked home in Bognor and police are anxious to hear from anyone who may have witnessed what happened.The 24-year-old victim, who lives locally, was walking...
View ArticleStolen property on Sussex website
Police are encouraging victims of burglary in the Chichester, Bognor and Arundel areas to visit a website which features recovered stolen property.Numerous items were found by police during a search of...
View ArticleDrivers reminded how to stay safe in winter
As the weather becomes colder and the evenings draw in Sussex Police are encouraging drivers to remind themselves with how to stay safe on the roads this winter.This time of year brings about many more...
View ArticleMan found with suspected stab wound in Worthing
Police and emergency services have attended a report of a man with a stab wound to his shoulder in Pavillion Road, Worthing.It is believed that the man was stabbed at around 2.30pm by another man. The...
View ArticleWe have a cunning plan to vaccinate the cows ... and we’ll probably end up...
With few signs of improvement in the weather, we are making arrangements for the herd to come home. The calves that were weaned a week ago have settled. No more bawling day and night.Logistically the...
View ArticleWoman attacked by two men in Felpham
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information following an unprovoked attack on a 58-year-old woman in Felpham at the beginning of the week.The victim was in Shirley Drive, close to the...
View ArticleElderly woman robbed by bogus caller in Chichester
Witnesses are being sought by police after an elderly Chichester resident reported the theft of cash and cheques by a bogus caller.Sometime between 11.15am and 12.30pm on Tuesday (October 30) a man...
View ArticleNext stage in countywide broadband
Plans to bring better, faster broadband to all of West Sussex are gathering pace.West Sussex Better Connected, a partnership led by West Sussex County Council, has carried out a review of local and...
View ArticleMan stabbed in Sompting
Police were called to Busticle Lane in Sompting on Sunday (November 4) to a man trying to get into a flat.At around 11.45pm someone knocked on the victim’s front door and he answered it. However the...
View ArticleUnprovoked attack in Worthing
Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault on a man in Brighton Road, Worthing.At around 4.15pm on Monday October 29 the victim, a 68-year-old man, was assaulted as he was walking along the road...
View ArticleWitness appeal over Chichester attack
Police are appealing for two witnesses to come forward who might have seen a man being attacked in the carpark of The Nag’s Head pub in Chichester.The incident happened in the car park behind the pub...
View ArticleBrothers injured in Turners Hill road accident
Two men were trapped after their vehicle collided with a tree last night (Tuesday November 6).The accident happened at 7.40pm involving a yellow Fiat Punto saloon which left the road on the B2110 East...
View ArticleWeekly Walks in Sussex
Discovering Sussex (Inquiries 01903 813381/01342 315786) Sunday November 11, 10am: Meet at Beachy Head Road car park ‘F’ at entrance to ‘Belle Tout’, two miles south of East Dean. TV 567954 (parking...
View ArticleThree assaulted in Arundel
Witnesses are being sought by police after three people were assaulted in Arundel on Saturday night (November 3).The incident happened at about 11pm in the High Street as the victims - two men and a...
View ArticleTwo motorcyclists injured in Littlehampton collision
Two motorcyclists were injured in an accident in Littlehampton yesterday (Thursday November 8).At 3.35pm police were called to the roundabout outside Tescos on the A259 at Littlehampton, after two...
View ArticleGetting well and truly stuck in at a sale of sheep
Break of day. A distinctly uncaring prod and remonstration to get up. We need to be off early to that sheep sale. Or some such words. Only heard with clarity when a soothing cup of tea had been...
View ArticleWhen troops shot swans with their machine guns ...
TOWERBIRD told me many years ago in the 1960s, that he once saw troops shooting swans on this stretch of water, using machine guns. That was in the last war when food was rationed or even unobtainable,...
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