VIDEO: Week 4 of Matt Roberts’ new fitness programme
The reporters at the County Times are getting into shape to fulfil their ‘new year, new you’ resolution.Check out what they got up to in week 4, led by Sussex fitness trainer Becky Wells.For more...
View ArticlePolice warning after increase in burglaries
With residents going back to work and school this week, Sussex Police have remindedhome owners to make sure their houses are secure and not easy targets for burglars.The evenings are still getting...
View ArticleLocal heroes wanted in West Sussex
You might spend your days cleaning windows, working in an office or being a stay at home parent, but have you ever thought about adding fighting fires to your CV?West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service...
View ArticleNew location sought for village post office
Frustrated residents have voiced their concerns after Pulborough’s sub post office closed just days before Christmas.This comes only six months after opening in a convenience store in Lower Street, but...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: historic change to Succession law
Last week I wrote about the New Year Honours List. I try to vary the focus of this column between my two roles, that of MP for Horsham and Minister for the Cabinet Office, and I thought this week,...
View ArticleSave our green spaces!
A LAST-DITCH call for people to help save our town and village green spaces has gone out from The Open Spaces Society.The conservation group wants communities to apply to register land as town or...
View ArticleIt’s fly Armageddon: Little black corpses litter beds and floors
The carpets on the landing and bedrooms hint, indeed strongly indicate, that a fly Armageddon has taken place. Upstairs reeks of fly spray. Little black corpses litter beds and floors. In the words of...
View ArticleRay Dawe: reasons to be cheerful - and positive for year ahead
Are you a glass half-full or a glass half-empty person? While some people are naturally more optimistic than others, ultimately we all wake up every morning and have this choice of how we approach the...
View ArticleSkilled pupils teach aspiring footballers
Young FC players studying at Steyning Grammar School have joined a voluntary programme to help train the next generation of footballers.The pupils that play for Ashington Cougars are active...
View ArticleNomination deadline for Youth MP elections approaches
Young people aged between 11 and 19 years old have one week to come forward for the next UK Youth Parliament elections and run their own election campaign.They can register their interest online on the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Snow dusts the South Downs
The first snow of 2013 in West Sussex dusted the South Downs and much of the Horsham district last night.Driving the Bostal Road from Sompting to Steyning afforded views of a truly wintery scene.Some...
View ArticleView wanted on Horsham district’s green spaces
Views are wanted on Horsham District Council’s draft ‘Green Space Strategy’ document which will provide a plan for managing the green spaces throughout the Horsham District.The strategy document will...
View ArticleGritters at the ready for more snow in Mid Sussex
West Sussex County Council said it was “ready to swing into action” at the weekend in the face the cold snap that hit the area.The Met Office is forecasting wintry showers again overnight tonight...
View ArticleUpper Beeding’s first coffee shop opens
A new coffee shop has opened its doors today (January 14) in Upper Beeding Baptist Church.The Hub Cafe is open Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm and the second Saturday of every month.Pick up the County Times...
View ArticleChichester man assaulted
Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault on a local man in his 50s in Chichester on Monday December 31 2012.The victim was shopping in Waitrose at around 1.15pm when he was approached by...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Stuck crane closes Billingshurst road
A Billingshurst road has been forced to close after a crane became stuck in a ditch this afternoon (Monday January 14).Crane operator Anthony Morew was leaving the site in Marringdean Road when the 40...
View ArticleDrivers warned - A23 closure tonight
Drivers are advised that the northbound A23 between the Bolney and Pease Pottage junctions will be closed overnight for three nights from last night (Monday) until tomorrow night (Wednesday), between...
View ArticleSouthbourne Library closes for revamp
Southbourne Library is set to close this Friday, January 18, to install new self-service machines.It is the latest branch in West Sussex to get the state-of-the-art terminals – which help readers...
View ArticleGetting fit for 2013 - in the library
Medical experts will be in a number of West Sussex Libraries this month to help people get fit for 2013.The free health and wellbeing sessions, part of the service’s “New Year, new you” initiative, are...
View ArticleBoost for online shoppers as West Sussex libraries get Amazon lockers
A number of libraries in West Sussex have been fitted with new Amazon Lockers as an alternative delivery solution for their online purchases.The lockers have been installed in Chichester, Horsham and...
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