Man slashed across face in Selsey
A man was slashed across the face in Selsey on Sunday November 4.Police are appealing for witnesses following the incident which happened during a dispute in the early hours of the morning.The...
View ArticleNew wood to be planted at hill-side beauty spot
CONSERVATIONISTS are about to start work creating a new wood north of Lancing Ring.It is being planted up by The Friends of Lancing Ring as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.The Friends...
View ArticleJewellery stolen from Kingsfold home
Police are asking if anyone recognises these pieces of jewellery or if anyone has been offered them to buy.The pieces of jewellery were stolen from a house in Dorking Road, Kingsfold, near Horsham on...
View ArticleElderly woman burgled in East Grinstead
Police are appealing for witnesses to a distraction burglary in East Grinstead on Friday morning (November 9).At around 11.35am a man called at the London Road home of a woman in her late 70s saying...
View ArticleWorthing street robbery victim appeal
Police investigating a street robbery in Victoria Road, Worthing, at about 10.30am on Sunday (November 11), are still appealing for the victims to come forward.A man was seen to snatch a bag from a...
View ArticlePlans of village green preservation society
Residents can have their say on the future of the green and pleasant land at the centre of Steyning’s heart.The Friends of Memorial Playing Field (FMPF) have officially applied for the unprotected part...
View ArticleWeekly Walks in Sussex
Discovering Sussex (Inquiries 01903 813381/01342 315786) Sunday November 18, 10am: Meet at Counters Gate car park, Goodwood Country Park SU898113. An Autumnal look at the Drovers Estate, 9½ miles. A...
View ArticleSussex police and crime commissioner elections
More than one million registered electors in Sussex will have the chance to vote for the county’s first ever police and crime commissioner (PCC) on Thursday November 15. The PCC will replace the Sussex...
View ArticleTennagers robbed in a Crawley park
Two teenagers were robbed of their phones while in a park in Crawley on Tuesday (November 13) at 8pm.The 16 and a 15-year-old boys walked along the footpath between Lavington Close and Rusper Road and...
View ArticleJewellery taken in Lindfield burglary
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a burglary at a house in Hammingden Lane, Lindfield, on Tuesday afternoon (November 13).The offenders are believed to have gained access to...
View ArticleKaty Bourne wins Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner post
The Conservative Party candidate Katy Bourne has been elected the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex it was announced this afternoon (Friday, November 16 2012).Voters went to the polls yesterday...
View ArticleNo qualms about sharing needles when jabbing cows
Operation Jab, to vaccinate all the cows in calf against rotavirus, has been carried out successfully. Only one cow managed to escape the cunningly laid trap of gates and crush, and she was jabbed in...
View ArticleMP warns over threat to localism in planning
Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has warned that the Government’s new policy on neighbourhood planning is in danger of being undermined by a return to central diktat.Mr Herbert’s comments came...
View ArticleThe ancients that were the tree of life
YELLOW of ash, orange of beech, tawny of horse chestnut and mahogany of oak – the autumn leaves begin to fall. Bonjour tristesse was the title of that 1950s novel that describes the days of leaf-fall...
View ArticleCouncil’s plans to manage waste in the South Downs National Park
COMMENTS are currently being invited by West Sussex Council over its plans to deal with waste in the South Downs National Park area.The council and the South Downs National Park Authority are set to...
View ArticlePolice appeal over Bognor Regis collision
Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision between a car and a pedestrian on Friday (November 16) in Bognor Regis.A 31-year-old local woman collided with a silver Ford Focus at around 5.15pm on...
View ArticleFestive food at schools
Christmas is just around the corner and many primary schools across the county will be marking the occasion with traditional lunches.Roast turkey or Quorn fillets will be on the menu on selected dates...
View ArticleFirst police crime panel meeting
The first meeting of the Sussex Police and Crime Panel will be on Monday (November 26), just days after the election of the Police and Crime Commissioner for East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton &...
View ArticleElderly man robbed in Crawley street
Police are seeking a trio of thieves who stole cash in a wallet from an elderly and unwell man in a Crawley street. At about 12.50pm on Monday (November 19) the 71-year old local man was walking home...
View ArticleArson attacks in Littlehampton
Emergency services were called to a series of arsons in the early hours of Saturday morning (November 17) in Littlehampton.At 12.30am a tree was found alight in Admirals Walk which is believed to have...
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