Trilby required

Trilby required
The Argus is looking for ‘community correspondents’:

They must have a detailed knowledge of their neighbourhood, be in tune with local events and be able to write concisely, accurately and fairly. We will be asking them to bring us news items, stories that matter and will interest their neighbourhood. It could be a community event, a hero who deserves recognition or an issue that is the talk of your neighbourhood. We know that parking, speed limits, crime and education are always hot topics. So they could help us to tell those stories from their local area. The stories do not have to be bad news. In fact, we would prefer if they weren’t. We are always looking for positive stories, tales of success and achievement. We are also interested in brightening up the day with funny quirky tales. We don’t mind as long as they are local.

If that sounds like you, contact Lucy Pearce, Head of Content, via news@theargus.co.uk. And, if she turns you down, well, never mind: you can always offer your stories to the Fulking website.

Footpaths needing attention

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WSCC have changed the way that the Public Rights of Way are managed and maintained. They will now be inspected once every fifteen months as opposed to once every nine months. At the same time, WSCC are looking at the summer clearance programme for footpaths. This programme clears surface vegetation on approximately 10% of the network.

If you know of any footpaths/rights of way that need attention please can you inform me before the 8th January 2015 or in person at the PC meeting on that day. The PC will then advise WSCC.

Andrea Dickson
Clerk to the Parish Council
01444 451 060/andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com

Dancing on the A27

Dancing on the A27
The Littlehampton Gazette reports (from Hansard, presumably):

[Transport Secretary Patrick] McLoughlin assured East Worthing and Shoreham MP Tim Loughton that dualling through Worthing was a possibility. Mr Loughton said: “There will be dancing in the streets of Lancing, Sompting and Worthing this evening, not least amid the static traffic on the A27 itself. For the avoidance of doubt, will he (Mr McLoughlin) confirm that the option of full dualling through Worthing, the largest town in Sussex, is very much on the table as part of his announcement?”

The Transport Secretary replied: “I do not encourage anybody to dance on the roads. On the point about dualling the area, that is certainly on the table. It is for local people to show their enthusiasm for such a scheme, so that we can move it forward.”

Burn Mayfield down II

Burn Mayfield down
LAMBS writes:

We are going to light the Christmas torches again this year to symbolise LAMBS continuing determination to fight Mayfield Market Town. We are meeting to ‘plant’ the torches along Wineham Lane at The Royal Oak between 3:30pm and 4:00pm on Monday, 8th December and then a BBC documentary team are coming at 6:00pm to film. Please do come along if you can, and there will be mulled wine and mince pies — donations for the torches and refreshments would be very welcome as it will all go towards the fighting fund.

Lee Newlyn says:

Our proposals are .. based upon a .. vision that brings together local politicians, landowners and residents to create a new settlement that benefits the local community.

Updated 7th December.