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October 14th, 2021GREATER BRIGHTON CITY REGION CAN LEAD THE UK FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Greater Brighton (which includes Worthing) can be a flagship city region leading the fight against climate change but needs more government support to unlock powers to take action.That was the message from Greater Brighton’s spokesman on the environment as he closed a special conference on transitioning to a net zero carbon economy which attracted speakers from around the world.
Cllr Phelim MacCafferty, who is also Leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, told the conference, ‘I really hope that the PM and the UK governments accelerate the pace and scale of change that is so urgently needed.
‘We need political leaders working together at national and international levels to give our planet and our ecosystem a fighting chance.’
He added that time was not on the side for the battle nor were resources plentiful.
‘Hence, we need to pool our capacity as a region, put our political differences to one aside and pull together to solve this climate crisis for the benefit of all our communities now and for future generations,’ he said.
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October 14th, 2021
OUTDOOR LEISURE FUN PLAN TO BRING TEVILLE GATE BACK TO LIFE AS COUNCIL BUYS KEY SITE
The revival of the long-derelict Teville Gate site is to take a leap forward with the search on for a company to take it over for leisure activities while a longer term developer is sought.Worthing Borough Council has now completed the purchase of the site for £7m in a bid to control the destiny of the key site having become exasperated with the efforts of private ownership over decades to move forward.
Now as it prepares to look for a partner to bring forward a new housing and retail development it has advertised for a ‘meanwhile’ use operator to bring life back to the site with outdoor activities.
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October 12th, 2021
Partnership sets out plans for creating safer Adur and Worthing communities
Efforts are being stepped up to help residents feel safer, while making all sections of the community feel more included as part of a long-term plan in the wake of the COVID pandemic.The new Adur and Worthing Safer Communities Partnership Strategy (2021-2024), which has been developed by the Adur and Worthing Safer Communities Partnership and is informed by local intelligence, sets out six key strategic priorities.
These are reducing the harm caused by serious organised and acquisitive crime, increasing safety for vulnerable adults and children, improving pathways out of offending and reoffending, increasing community cohesion and reducing antisocial behaviour and hate crime, reducing public place violent crime with a focus on youth safety, and tackling social inequality and the drivers of crime.
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October 12th, 2021
TOWN HALL CAR PARK TO CLOSE AS WORK BEGINS ON NEW HEALTH CENTRE
Work is to begin soon on a new state-of-the-art £34m health centre in Worthing which will be a one-stop shop for a wide range of health care issues.The Worthing Integrated Care Centre (WICC) will combine doctors, mental health specialists, outpatients, health visitors, chemists and services for families and children. It is to be located on the car park at the back of the Town Hall and would see the existing Central Clinic site demolished to make way for the new facility.
A new multi-storey car park for 186 cars is also to be built next to the new centre. The building project for the health centre and car park is to be funded by Worthing Borough Council through borrowing to the tune of £34m to be recouped through rent and income.
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