Adur chairman is to become new Forces Champion
ADUR Council chairman Peter Metcalfe is to become the district’s Forces Champion when his term of office comes to an end next month.The council, along with many others around the country, has created...
View ArticleYouth Member of Parliament elected for West Sussex
The new UK Members of Youth Parliament (MYP) for West Sussex have been elected.Nearly 18,500 votes were cast by young people across the county throughout March, with around 60 candidates up for...
View ArticleA greener future for Chanctonbury Sports & Leisure
Staying active in Storrington has just got greener thanks to the installation of state-of-the-art solar panels at the Chanctonbury Sports & Leisure centre.The brand new Solar Voltaic System allows...
View ArticleShoreham lifeboat launched to vessel in distress
SHOREHAM all weather lifeboat was launched on service to a 20ft Bayliner, which had suffered mechanical problems on Thursday (April 25) at 3.45pm.The boat, with two people on board, had got into...
View ArticleHoughton road closed after accident
A road through a South Downs village was closed this afternoon (Saturday April 27) following an accident.The B2139 in Houghton, near Amberley, was shut in both directions near the South Lane junction...
View ArticleOlympic success gives winning business the ring of confidence
Marc annd Sophie Oratis have always led very busy lives. Add four children to a thriving business and the result is a lovely headache! “We were hoping for the business to take off,” explained Marc ‘but...
View ArticleDifficulty in keeping the workplace totally safe
There is an ongoing lively debate taking place in the farming press following the situation when a member of the public took a photograph of a Hampshire farmer lifting two farm workers in a grain...
View ArticleSouthlands Hospital reaches a milestone
A MILESTONE has been reached in plans for the future of the Harness Block at Southlands Hospital in Shoreham.Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust was at its board meeting today (Thursday) exploring the...
View ArticleShoreham and Southwick Scouts gather to mark St George’s Day
MORE than 200 Scouts of all ages and their leaders celebrated St George’s Day at St Mary de Hauha Church in Shoreham last Sunday.The service was attened by members from 1st Shoreham, 3rd Shoreham and...
View ArticleHow to escape from Groundhog Day
Escaping Groundhog Day - making the same mistakes over and over again - is easy enough for business owners, according to a professional coach, author and teacher.Paul Hannam, from Ardingly, formed Fast...
View ArticleStudents gain valuable work skills
Young people are gaining valuable experience in public relations and creative marketing thanks to a Billingshurst firm.PMW Communications allows students to have a taste of real work, working on real...
View ArticleBidders receive grant but fear efforts have failed
A GRANT of up to £5,000 has been agreed for the joint bidders hoping to retain the Harness Block for respite care and a doctor’s training unit.Adur District Council has made a commitment to fund a...
View ArticleHorsham pilot dies in replica aircraft crash
A pilot from Horsham died when his aircraft came down on Saturday (Saturday April 28).Hampshire police say the aircraft came down near Middle Wallop.Emergency services were called at 4.55pm after the...
View ArticleNew North Horsham hospital plan rejected
The campaign for a new acute hospital for Horsham was fatally injured last weekend, with GPs arguing that the plan is not nearly as good as it might sound.After many years of debate, campaign, and both...
View ArticleUnprecedented demand for emergency department
Accident and Emergency Departments all over the country have seen huge numbers of patients over the long and cold winter, but demand has continued to be high in spring. Michael Wilson, CEO at Surrey...
View ArticleFour injured after vintage car collapses in Handcross
Emergency services were called to Handcross after the front axle of a vintage car collapsed on Sunday afternoon (April 28).Four people were given first aid by police officers on the B2110 just after...
View ArticleLet the North Horsham hospital plan rest in peace - Christian Mitchell’s view
For some 15 years the people of Horsham have campaigned for a new acute hospital with full A&E facilities north of the town.Our MP Francis Maude has worked tirelessly in pursuit of that goal and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Horsham pilot death investigation will take ‘months’
An investigation into the death of a Horsham pilot ‘will take quite a few months’, the Air Accident Investigation Branch has said today (Monday April 29). The 68-year-old, who has not been named, died...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: Crunch time may have come and gone
Crunch meeting to save hospital - that was the front-page headline of last week’s County Times.Crawley MP Henry Smith and I had invited our local GPs to meet with us on Saturday, to gauge their...
View ArticleNick Herbert: Reforms to EU are in everybody’s interests
Fifteen years ago, I was asked to run a new organisation called Business for Sterling.Formed by a small group of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, its aim was to stop Britain from joining the...
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