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Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council has refurbished and reopened Meadowlands Play Area in West Green as part of a wider programme to revitalise unsupervised playgrounds across Â鶹´«Ã½.New play equipment installed includes a tipi carousel, steel swing frame consisting of an inclusive swing seat, cradle swing and ‘you and me’ swing…

"We have been shocked and saddened to see the violence directed at minority groups and communities over the past week, perpetrated by extremists stirred up by online disinformation and misinformation. There is no justification for this violence; it is simply unacceptable.Â鶹´«Ã½ has not seen the same disorder as other…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council is starting to prepare for weekly food waste collections and the effect this will have on residents’ general rubbish collections.In 2023, the government announced that councils must introduce a weekly food waste kerbside collection service for all households by 1 April 2026 as part of its…

The Cultural Quarter pop-up programme continues to deliver a series of town centre-based arts and culture activities with further exciting events to come.The pop-up programme, funded by the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government from the Towns Fund, has helped deliver 36 events in 30 different…

Small and independent retailers in Â鶹´«Ã½ can apply for a Shop Front and High Street grant of up to £5,000 to spruce up their shop front and help entice more customers.As part of the Shop Front and High Street Improvement Grant Scheme, eligible businesses in Â鶹´«Ã½ town centre and the neighbourhood parades can bid…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council is encouraging everyone to get out and enjoy all that its beautiful local parks and green spaces have to offer this Love Parks Week.Love Parks Week is a national celebration led by Keep Britain Tidy highlighting the vital role green spaces play in boosting the health and wellbeing of residents…

All five Â鶹´«Ã½ parks have retained their Green Flag Awards, with Tilgate Park achieving the status for an incredible 22 consecutive years.Tilgate Park, Goffs Park, Memorial Gardens, Worth Park and Ifield Mill Pond all kept their Green Flag Awards for 2024.The Green Flag Award is the international quality mark for…

Online theatrical experience Fathom, developed by Goat and Monkey Theatre, will be coming to a device near you next week as part of the Cultural Quarter pop-up programme in Â鶹´«Ã½.Fathom is an interactive online story that encourages participants to carve out 10 minutes a day to rekindle their creative curiosity and…

Four former councillors will receive prestigious honorary titles from Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council.On 10 June, the council’s Governance Committee recommended that the Mayor of Â鶹´«Ã½, Councillor Sharmila Sivarajah, convenes an Extraordinary Meeting of the Full Council on Friday 12 July to bestow the following titles:Colin…

This year’s Armed Forces Day event takes place between 10.30am and 3pm on Saturday 29 June in Memorial Gardens.The Surrey and Sussex Drum and Bugle Corps will lead a procession of standard bearers through from 10.30am, followed by speeches and the Armed Forces Day flag raising.Entertainment on the bandstand begins…