The importance of humanitarian aid
By Catherine Ross This week, while the G8 met in Ireland and debated how best to help Syria and …
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Night of the Unused Garden Waste Bin
By Nik Butler They are gathering. You see them at the edge of your sight, they peek from behind …
Communities get financial assistance but is it a good idea?
By Jim Rae I am going to go out on a limb here. Just how many of the people …
Regular smear tests could save you from cancer
By Catherine Ross This one’s for the ladies. What do you do when your smear test reminder comes through …
Is invasion of privacy worth the price of freedom?
By Nik Butler It has been a busy time on the Internet and for those of who have broadband …
Can political protest become self-harming at the local level
By Jim Rae Horsham District and Sussex County Councillor By and large our county of West Sussex has three …
Is the heart of Horsham in its events and park?
By Nik Butler The first possible glimpses of a summer are here and with it the bare midriffs and …
Focus on the good work of those working in the NHS
By Catherine Ross I am the eldest of three sisters. I am incredibly proud of my siblings. The eldest …
National identity should not be used to spread hatred
By Catherine Ross What it means to be British is an interesting question. At its most fundamental, I suppose …
The high street isn’t dead it’s just changing
By Nik Butler This weekend marks the beginning of the Great Horsham Beer Festival Ticket Hunt. Okay that may …
A much-loved teacher who helped so many young lives
Many of us wonder what legacy we’re leaving. When our time is up and we shuffle off this …
Council’s comedy of errors
So the garden waste scheme is a bigger mess than Tory party policies on an EU referendum. Meanwhile, …
I’ve seen for myself the benefits the EU brings to us all
By Catherine Ross It never ceases to amaze me just how big an issue our membership of the …
Public wi-fi provides an online civic space
By Nik Butler With the advent of public wi-fi the internet has finally escaped the confines of library …
Aggressive drivers still apparently feel no shame…
By Nik Butler Driving in Horsham, I have come to recognise that, despite my observing the speed limits, …
Let’s help kids to be more comfortable in their skin
By Catherine Ross Identity is a funny thing. The way other people see us can be very different …
The high price of our affordable fashion
It can be easy to dismiss events elsewhere in the world as not our problem, particularly when it’s …
The myth of the ‘high street as victim of the net’ lives on
By Nik Butler I imagine quite a few of us have done this. Or possibly we know of …