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Councillor Michael Jones, Leader of Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council, and Peter Lamb MP have jointly expressed their concerns over the recent announcement of job losses at St. Catherine’s Hospice.The links between the town and the hospice are strong and long held, with so many Â鶹´«Ã½ residents benefitting over the years from…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council has launched a consultation for residents in Â鶹´«Ã½ aimed at providing an understanding of how economic pressures have affected residents over the last couple of years. This will help the council to shape its services going forward.The survey closes on 23 September and can be completed via our…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council is supporting a major report, which aims to improve how council housing is managed and developed.The report, called Securing the Future of Council Housing, details the current issues in the system and calls on the government to make changes to safeguard council housing.It has been commissioned…

The number of houses built in Â鶹´«Ã½ has fallen below the annual target for the first time since 2015 due to water neutrality rules which stop development.The council traditionally has an enviable record in relation to housebuilding. Since 2015, the number of homes built in Â鶹´«Ã½ exceeds the Local Plan target by 30…

West Green Park will host its first session of Free Parks Tennis on Sunday 1 September at 10am.Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council is inviting players of all abilities to come along and play tennis on their top quality, refurbished courts. Rackets and balls will be provided.Further free sessions will be held at West Green Park on…

A Scottish Wildcat event at Tilgate Nature Centre has raised more than £1,000 for conservation programmes.The species is critically endangered with as few as 50 roaming the Scottish Highlands. Tilgate Nature Centre has two – Angus and Fergus – and part of its work is to promote conservation and raise awareness of…

People who live and work in Â鶹´«Ã½ are invited to have their say on Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s draft Air Quality Action Plan 2024 to 2029.The plan aims to improve air quality and reduce residents’ exposure to air pollution. It outlines the measures the council is currently taking and proposes new interventions to help…

Seven Â鶹´«Ã½ community groups have received a total of £46,457 in grants from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).The UKSPF aims to decrease the gap in healthy life expectancy and increase opportunities between those in the most and least deprived areas in Â鶹´«Ã½.Funding is provided to support projects that boost…

A man has been fined £400 after fly-tipping behind Langley Green Parade.Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s Community Protection Team was alerted to the fly-tipping following a video posted on social media in May.The video showed a man and a boy removing items from a grey Vauxhall Astra and dumping them behind the shopping…

An experimental meadow of wildflowers at Worth Park has been turned into works of art by a nonagenarian painter.The meadow was laid with biodegradable matting with the aim of increasing wildflower plant diversity, which in turn provides an essential food source for pollinators as well as other wildlife., Beryl Hovell…