Worthing

June 20th, 2023

Local Communities reject A27 improvement plans

Local residents agree with Adur & Worthing Councils that the current suggested improvements to the A27 between Worthing and Lancing will not even begin to address congestion problems.

National Highways, the government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major A-roads in England, has earmarked £20 million to improve this stretch of the A27. In contrast, improvements to the Arundel bypass further west on the A27 are expected to cost around £320m.

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June 15th, 2023

Councils launch investigation into new contractor data breaches

Adur & Worthing Councils have launched an investigation after two of their contractors were caught up in an international data breach.

Debt collection agencies Rundles and Jacobs have contacted the Councils to say that the data of 84 Adur and Worthing residents may have been accessed by a criminal gang as part of a cyber attack on businesses and organisations around the world.

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May 24th, 2023

Mental Health Expo 2023

This year the launch of 2023 Worthing Mental Health Awareness event that coincides with World Mental Health Day, 10th October and will be held at the fabulous Rooms on the 1st Floor of The Guildbourne Centre, the morning will be full of useful information and our Keynote speakers will be Breakeven & Gamblers Anonymous, we will be sending out invites to partners but everyone is welcome to join us.
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May 23rd, 2023

Investigation into Capita data breach progressing

An investigation by Adur & Worthing Councils into a data breach involving the systems of contractor Capita is continuing.

Earlier this month the Councils became aware of a potential breach at Capita, involving systems the company was managing for Adur & Worthing in February 2021.

Capita then wrote to the Councils on 16 May this year to highlight the breach. It said that the breach did not involve personal data.

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