Opinion

Further to Chris Elphicks’ letter Broadbridge Heath Roads (County Times 27/6) this is a subject which is not going to conveniently fade away for our council.

Sussex now has some fabulous wine producers, winning international awards and acclaim time after time.

I am writing to reassure your readers that the Barns Green level crossing is working safely after some concerns were raised recently.

As I read in your paper, there will almost certainly be increased traffic in the area of the College of Richard Collyer and Horsham Hospital in Hurst Road and the immediate surrounding roads!

Bus passengers travelling into Horsham down North Street have a very big gap from the stop at the railway station to the next stop in Albion Way by Swan Walk multi-storey car park, a distance of nearly half a mile, and passing such important buildings as the Capitol Theatre and the Council Offices.

It was Michael Gove, a man who could stop hiccups with a fleeting trademark startled stare, who famously said that Brits were fed up with experts.

With polling day looming, our (local) political spin-doctors are in full flow.

The Billingshurst Macmillan Group would like to thank the shoppers of Sainsbury’s in Billingshurst for their wonderful generosity on Saturday 6th April, an amazing sum of £455.73 was raised, all for local cancer care.

We have been away and have missed several copies of the County Times.

Although I am a self confessed motormouth, somebody who has never shied away from proffering an opinion on absolutely anything, I have never resorted to protest.

As reported in your newspaper (‘Mums in call for waste food bins’, WSCT, 14 March 2019 ), I delivered a petition with over 1,000 signatures to Horsham District Council’s offices, for the attention of the council leader Ray Dawe.

Labour supporter Carol Hayton gave a long diatribe in last week’s County Times which talked down the record of our Conservative-led District Council’s successes in relation to housing.

I am sure all readers are aware that elections for Horsham district councillors will take place on May 2.

It wasn’t easy to enjoy this tense encounter at Huish Park but this time the 141 intrepid travelling fans were able to celebrate the result.

Gutted last week, elated this week – it’s never dull watching the Red Devils – what an all-round performance the team put in.

As the trend continues towards more healthy eating and drinking, watching our figures, our cholesterol and our intake of alcohol, more and more wine retailers are offering different size formats for alcoholic drinks, including wine.

It is hugely helpful to all MPs to get back to their constituencies to get perspective. On Friday it was a pleasure to meet Stanley White from the Ashtonleigh Residential Home, one of Britain’s oldest men.