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Twelve º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø community groups have received a total of £97,400 in grants from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).The UKSPF aims to decrease the gap in healthy life expectancy and increaseopportunities between those in the most and least deprived areas in º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø.Funding is provided to support projects that boost…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council returned from the Tennis Sussex Awards at the weekend having netted a win in the Parks Venue category.Judges were impressed by the upgraded facilities offered on the nine courts at three venues across the town and the activities to encourage wider participation by people who might not otherwise…

The start of the main construction of the state-of-the-art º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Innovation Centre has been marked with a golden hammer ceremony.The £13.15 million project – at the former TUI Travel House off Fleming Way in Manor Royal – has begun in earnest and is expected to be open in October.The ceremony was attended by…

Worth Park has been awarded National Plant Collection holder status for two cultivars of yarrow plants with outstanding qualities it has bred.The park was recognised by Plant Heritage, whose principle aims are the conservation of garden plants and is the only national charity to ensure the cultivated plants grown now…

The demise of winter and revival of spring will be celebrated at the end of the month with a free weekend arts festival funded by º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council.Spring Forward is a community led light and sound installation marking the changing seasons. Arts charity Same Sky is producing it and will be in º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø ahead of…

New toilet blocks have been approved for two playgrounds in º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø to replace temporary toilets installed when each of them was  re-opened.It means about £107,000 will be spent between the Cherry Lane and Millpond adventure playgrounds.A vacant building at the Cherry Lane site will be reconfigured, and a new…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Question Time is back for another year, giving residents an opportunity to ask questions about topics important to them.The event – now in its 19th year – takes place from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday 20 March in the Town Hall.º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Question Time takes the form of an independently-chaired general debate and…

Council tenants and leaseholders are invited to meet the Housing Ombudsman for England, Richard Blakeway.  You will hear more about the free support the organisation can provide to help you resolve housing management issues.  The event will take place on Friday 8 March 2024 from 1pm to 2pm at º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Town…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council has drawn up a balanced budget for the coming year, despite overwhelming difficulties caused by the town’s housing pressures.A meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday evening approved the £17.9 million income and spending plan. It will go before a meeting of the Full Council on 21 February,…

The Broadfield area went through a January clearance when a º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council team went en masse to revitalise a wooded area.Fourteen of the South Patch team, nearly all the staff of 19, headed in with hedge cutters and mulchers and emerged with huge amounts of fly-tip, brambles, dead shrubs and loose timber…