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Music, food and entertainment took over Hotham Park for Bognorphenia Big Weekend.   Saturday kicked off with Generation Young People’s Day and the youths of West Sussex celebrated by showing off their talents. The excitement continued into Sunday with the

An extra vehicle every two minutes could be joining the A29 from planned new homes in Shripney.   The additional traffic will be generated at peak times by the proposed scheme on land east of the busy road.   Hanbury

A summer of construction has been celebrated at the unveiling of a restored Saxon hut.   The hut, at the Edward Bryant School in London Road, has been the focus of a school project for Year 5 pupils over the

A puzzle designer from Bognor Regis was left feeling proud after discovering that the England rugby team were fans of his work.   Mike Jupp’s I Love Great Britain puzzle was used by the rugby team as they toured around

Large housing schemes in Pagham could be the subject of a clash between councillors and the government.   Arun district councillors will be asked next week to back a motion which calls for a halt to the developments.   They

An extra half a million pounds is set to be spent giving homeless people in the Arun district a roof over their heads.   Councillors are to be asked to agree at a future meeting the additional spending.   It

Beaches along the Bognor Regis area coastline have been cleaned for winter.   The final Beauty of the Beach Arun event in Felpham lived up to the popularity of the area’s three previous beach-cleans.   The campaign saw Arun District

After the success of their previous Pink Sofa Tour earlier in the year, local charity, Dementia Support are taking the infamous sofa out and about again.   To mark World Alzheimer’s Month, they are taking the sofa to locations in

The county council spent £26,000 on three ‘awaydays’ for staff in the last year.   According to a Freedom of Information Request, West Sussex County Council spent £17,000 on one event held at Fontwell Racecourse, with a bill of £1,247

It’s a start but we need more’, was essentially the message from West Sussex County Council after the Chancellor announced a one-year £1.5bn boost to social care funding.   Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, announced that, in 2020/21, there