Letters

THREE fire services are joining forces for the first time to run a joint training course for full-time firefighters.   West Sussex, Surrey and East Sussex fire and rescue centres have combined to stage the course from Monday.   A

GOING the extra mile to keep disabled people on the move has earned a North Bersted car dealership a regional award.   Yeomans Honda scooped the prestigious recognition for its work with the Motability Car Scheme.   The accolade from

RESIDENTS’ views are being sought about a scheme which could exempt developers of large sites in Pagham and North Bersted from a new charge.   Arun District Council is proposing a zero per cent community infrastructure levy on the housebuilders

YOUNG Rainbows shrugged off the rain to raise some £500 for seriously ill children.   Fifteen members of the 2nd Bersted pack wore antlers for a reindeer walk around the town centre in spite of bad weather.   They walked

WAGES of £32,000 a year at least are needed to buy the cheapest properties around Arun, a new report reveals.   The household income is included in the new housing and homelessness strategy agreed by Arun District Council’s cabinet on

STYLISTS at a Bognor Regis hair salon have been celebrating in five-star style after being given a prestigious accolade.   Experts at the Good Salon Guide – the only independent, nationwide scheme for assessing professional standards within hairdressing – have

JOBLESS residents in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton have jumped in number by 50 per cent in the past year.   The latest figures revealed by the Department of Works and Pensions on Tuesday shows a claimant count of 1,080 in

Sir,   last year a young homeless woman, sleeping mainly in a doorway in London Road, died in temperatures approaching sub-zero.   The immediate cause of her death or how she came to sleep in the streets aren’t really relevant.

Sir,   Bognor Regis needs regeneration. Regeneration means improving the social and economic wellbeing of the area.   Arun District Council’s Linear Car Park proposal is not regeneration – it’s redevelopment.   The council proposes to spend £4 million in

KENYAN farmers will benefit from a partnership between a global farming and food company in Pagham and Aldi stores.   The produce will be grown by the farmers involved in the Growing Futures Project, an initiative run by international development