What to do if your child doesn’t get the primary school place you want
Today parents across Sussex and the rest of in England discover the primary school where their child has been offered a place for the start of the new academic year in September.All children born...
View ArticleBomb squad called to Mid Sussex
A road was closed and a cordon was put in place for several hours as the bomb squad investigated an item found in a Mid Sussex field. Police said a shell was discovered in a field off Ditchling Road at...
View ArticleSexual assault, stalking and domestic violence - Crawley Police arrested 26...
Police officers in Crawley arrested 26 people over the weekend for a range of offences.Individuals were arrested for a variety of offences, including sexual assault and possession of a knife.A Crawley...
View ArticleHorsham station lifts forced to close due to ‘temporary fault’
Visitors to Horsham station were forced to take the stairs after the lifts were declared out of order.Passengers were left facing a climb up two flights of stairs when the lifts between the entrance...
View ArticleDrink-driving, GBH and robbery – 17 people arrested in Mid Sussex
Seventeen people were arrested in Mid Sussex over the weekend for a variety of offences. Mid Sussex Police revealed the arrests on Twitter.A spokesman said: “There were 17 arrests in Mid Sussex over...
View ArticleMan arrested on suspicion of rape in West Sussex
A man has been arrested after a woman reported she had been raped, according to Sussex Police.Police said a woman reported she had been raped in an alleyway in Bognor Regis on Sunday (April 14). A...
View ArticleTaste of the Terrace: Morais strike brings Crawley Town salvation
It wasn’t easy to enjoy this tense encounter at Huish Park but this time the 141 intrepid travelling fans were able to celebrate the result. A basement clash in the relegation dogfight was never going...
View ArticleNotre-Dame fire in pictures: 850 years at the centre of French life
A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris last night, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky.It took firefighters hours to...
View ArticleStaff member at West Sussex railway station assaulted by three men
British Transport Police (BTP) has released CCTV images after a staff member at Barnham's railway station was punched and kicked by three men.BTP said officers are investigating an assault at Barnham...
View ArticleBurgess Hill care home put in ‘special measures’ pledges to improve
A Burgess Hill care home which has been put in special measures after being rated inadequate by a health watchdog has pledged to improve. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said Hilgay Care Home in...
View ArticlePrimary school applications - how West Sussex parents fared
Ninety-nine per cent of West Sussex children have been offered a place at one of their three preference primary schools for this year.West Sussex County Council says its Admissions Team handled 9,029...
View ArticleChocolate eggs are not the only thing that could be harming your dog this...
Easter is the second busiest time of the year for vets, just behind Christmas, but it’s not just pets getting their paws on chocolate that causes the problem.Vets are warning pet owners to keep the...
View ArticleSpate of vehicle crime in Lindfield and Haywards Heath
Residents in Mid Sussex are being urged to remain vigilant following a spate of vehicle crime in the area. Sussex Police said officers have received a number of reports of vehicle damage in the...
View ArticleMinister hears plans to improve Mid Sussex’s digital infrastructure
The work being done in Mid Sussex to roll out full fibre digital infrastructure was backed by a Government minister on a visit to Haywards Heath earlier this month.Margot James, minister for digital...
View ArticleHassocks cyclist airlifted to hospital with serious injuries
A Hassocks cyclist was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a collision in Barcombe, police said. Officers are seeking witnesses to the collision which happened in Spithurst Road on...
View ArticleBurgess Hill school receives £1,000 funding to refurbish environmental pond
South East Water has donated £1,000 to help refurbish an environmental pond at a Burgess Hill school in recognition of the school’s help planning a new pipeline.An old water main that ran across...
View ArticleVintage cars join tractors to trundle into Lewes to raise charity funds
Vintage cars and classic tractors trundled into Lewes to raise charity funds.The Chailey Classic and Vintage Tractor Club held its Mad as a March Hare spring tractor run, in conjunction with Tinkers...
View ArticleLoneliness among young men highlighted by wellbeing charity Ben
Men may find it harder to make friends and even harder to admit to being lonely, according to wellbeing charity Ben.Founded in 1905, Ben works with people in the automotive industry and everyone...
View ArticleManager abused trust and stole £4,100 from elderly residents at Sussex care home
The manager of a Sussex care home spent two years fleecing elderly residents out of a shocking £4,000.Bryony Treloar was entrusted with caring for 70 vulnerable people at Summerley Care Home in...
View ArticleCrawley murder trial - Prosecution says Arnold Potter was stabbed to death in...
A robbery gone wrong led to a teenage drug dealer chasing a Crawley man down the street and stabbing him to death, a trial has heard.Arnold Potter, 24, died from two deep chest wounds he suffered near...
View ArticleCrawley murder trial - teenager claims Arnold Potter tried to rob him at...
A boy drug dealer accused of murdering Crawley man Arnold Potter told police he was attacked and feared for his life. The teenager told police: “All I wanted to do was stop him using a knife on me or...
View ArticleWest Sussex Tory association chairman claims Theresa May is ‘abusing’ party...
A Conservative association chairman in West Sussex has told Theresa May she is ‘abusing’ both party members and supporting voters over Brexit.In his letter to the Prime Minister, Geoff Thorpe described...
View ArticleTeenager jailed for vicious bite attack at Burgess Hill pub
A teenager enraged at being refused entry to a Burgess Hill pub bit a member of staff and then assaulted a police officer.Jadine Hobden, 18, turned up drunk at The Windmill Inn in November last year...
View ArticleWest Sussex rape arrest - Man, 30, is bailed
A man has been released on police bail after a woman reported she had been raped on Sunday, Sussex Police has revealed.In a statement released yesterday (Tuesday), police said a woman reported she had...
View ArticleCouple on mission to raise awareness of meningitis after loss of their son
One-year-old Reggie de Silver died hours after developing pneumococcal meningitis and septicaemia after suffering a bout of influenza.A year on from his death his parents, Chantal Kingswood and Adam de...
View ArticleHaywards Heath care home achieves ‘good’ rating in first inspection by health...
A Haywards Heath care home has been given a ‘good’ rating in its first Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection report, grading good in all five categories of being safe, effective, caring, responsive...
View ArticleCrawley cocaine users 'ignorant' of the harm it does to their community -...
People taking cocaine on a night out in Crawley are ‘ignorant’ of the damage it causes to the community, the town’s police chief has said.Chief Inspector Rosie Ross said we need to ‘bust myths’ about...
View ArticleNigel Farage’s Brexit Party holds rally in Sussex amid passionate protests
Heckles, jeers and standing ovations greeted Nigel Farage on Monday as his latest venture, The Brexit Party, held its first south coast rally in Sussex. Hundreds of supporters filled half a warehouse...
View ArticleSussex Police Chief Inspector and Sergeant who had sex on duty guilty of...
A Sussex Police Chief Inspector and a Sergeant who had sex while on duty have been found guilty gross misconduct.Former Chief Inspector Rob Leet also met a woman for sex while on duty who he knew was a...
View ArticleSussex Police seize large drugs and cash haul in raid
Police seized drugs £50,000 worth of drugs, more than £80,000 cash and made two arrests during a raid at a flat in Sussex.Police said detectives from the city’s Community Investigation Team (CIT)...
View ArticleSussex Police will be carrying out a 'surge' against serious violence after...
A £1million boost for Sussex Police has been promised by the Home Office to help in the fight against serious violence knife crime.The news was announced this evening by Sussex police and crime...
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