West & East Worthing Party including the constituencies of Aaron & Adur

Category Archives: Press Releases

hands_holding_

The Laurels opens its doors in Rustington

9 May, 2012 in East Arun wards, Press Releases, Rustington Parish Council by Bob Smytherman

West Sussex County Council’s The Laurels specialist day service is set to open its doors this month to people in Rustington. Carers and people from the Littlehampton area will be able to look around the centre on May 16 from between 10am to 6pm to see what is on offer. It offers a range of [...]

social enterprise

Bids open for share of Social Enterprise funding

9 May, 2012 in Press Releases, Worthing East, Worthing West by Bob Smytherman

Applications for grants from West Sussex County Council’s Social Enterprise Fund have opened for this year. People and organisations such as community or voluntary groups and social enterprises are invited to bid for a share of more than £250,000 with ideas that benefit the county economy, community and environment. These could include projects that meet [...]

cllrsmytherman

Tarring Shop’s alcohol licence suspended

5 May, 2012 in Press Releases, Tarring Ward by Bob Smytherman

A shop in South Street Tarring has had its alcohol licence suspended for three months following an investigation by West Sussex Trading Standards department. Premier Supermarket Express, 4-6 South Street, Worthing, West Sussex was visited in November 2011 when an officer found eight bottles of unbranded vodka on display for sale which did not conform [...]

Shoreham footbridge

Decaying timber next to Shoreham Harbour Footbridge to be removed

2 May, 2012 in Adur District Council wards, Lancing Parish Council, Press Releases by Bob Smytherman

Timber fenders adjacent to the existing Shoreham Harbour Footbridge are being removed by West Sussex County Council. The County Council’s contractor Balfour Beatty will start taking away the wooden structure, located in the water to the south east of the footbridge, on Thursday 3 May at 8am. The timber must be removed because it is [...]

Self-service terminals are being installed at Chichester Library

Self-service libraries an open and shut case

1 May, 2012 in Adur District Council wards, Lancing Parish Council, Press Releases by Bob Smytherman

Lancing library is set to close for a fortnight this week while new self-service machines are installed. It is the latest branch in West Sussex to get the state-of-the-art terminals and will shut from 6pm on Friday May 4. Readers can still borrow as many as 20 books or DVDs before the temporary closure or [...]

Hazel with Lynne Featherstone MP

Protection of Freedom Act major win for LGBT rights – Trett

1 May, 2012 in Press Releases by Bob Smytherman

A landmark move which will allow gay and bisexual men to erase archaic anti-gay convictions became law today. Commenting on the Protection of Freedoms Act receiving Royal Assent, Chair of LGBT+ Liberal Democrats, Adrian Trett said: “The Protection of Freedoms Act is a major win for the LGBT rights. Gay and bisexual men who were [...]

SAMSUNG

Protection of Freedoms Act landmark achievement in fight for civil liberties – Brake

1 May, 2012 in Press Releases by Bob Smytherman

A landmark move to roll back Labour’s surveillance state has today become law. The Protection of Freedoms Act will: ·        stop councils snooping ·        end the storage of DNA of innocent people ·        reduce the bureaucracy of CRB checks ·        end 28-day detention ·        stop schools deciding on their own to take fingerprints of children [...]

Colour bird

Labour will waste your money locally just like they did nationally – Hughes

1 May, 2012 in Elections, Press Releases by Bob Smytherman

Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader, Simon Hughes has today launched a blistering attack on Labour’s waste of taxpayers’ money. Liberal Democrat research published today shows that Labour are wasting millions of pounds on vanity projects, executive car services and corporate communications while slashing library services, closing dementia centres and ending support for the most vulnerable. Simon [...]

Brian Paddick

I will make London a more equal city – Paddick

1 May, 2012 in Elections, Press Releases by Bob Smytherman

London Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Brian Paddick has declared that as Mayor he will make London a more equal city. Brian Paddick said: “Inequality has been a way of life for too long in London. Some of the most deprived places in the United Kingdom are just a stone’s throw from the biggest financial centre [...]

Worthing Lifeboat

DEDICATION OF NEW BEACH GARDEN AT SPLASH POINT TO WORTHING LIFEBOAT CREWS & FISHERMEN

30 Apr, 2012 in Broadwater Ward, Castle Ward, Central Ward, Durrington Ward, Gaisford Ward, Goring Ward, Heene Ward, Marine Ward, Northbrook Ward, Offington Ward, Press Releases, Salvington Ward, Selden Ward, Tarring Ward by Bob Smytherman

The final phase of the Splash Point Regeneration Project has now been completed with the opening of the new Beach Garden to the east of Splash Point. As a result of Worthing Council’s public consultation on the future of Splash Point the Worthing Society proposed that there should be a memorial dedicated to the RNLI [...]