Worthing

June 9th, 2022

Report calls for Council and businesses to work together to improve Worthing town centre

Business leaders and Council officers should work more closely together to help traders in Worthing town centre to flourish, a new report argues.

A Worthing Borough Council working group recommends that the town’s Business Improvement District (BID) should continue for a further five years to encourage more visitors to the area.

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June 6th, 2022

Highdown Gardens tree is vandalised

A conifer tree thought to be more than 50 years old at the world-famous Highdown Gardens has been vandalised.

The tree was stripped of all its bark at the end of last month (May 28/29), potentially exposing it to disease and pests with the damage believed to be deliberate as the exposed trunk and branches were engraved by a sharp object, while footsteps were also found at the base.

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June 1st, 2022

Worthing Beacon Lighting 2 June 2022

Here is the programme for tomorrow's Beacon Lighting for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, simply click the button at the bottom of the page. Let us know in the comments what you will be up to this bank holiday weekend, we'd love to know!
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May 30th, 2022

NEW WORTHING ENVIRONMENT CHIEF TELLS SOUTHERN WATER: CLEAN UP YOUR ACT

The new environment leader for Worthing Borough Council today challenged Southern Water to urgently invest in measures to clean up the borough’s coastal waters.

Cllr Vicki Wells, Cabinet Member for the Environment, said she wanted tighter government limits on the amounts of untreated sewage water companies can discharge into the sea. She said it was ‘an appalling and environmentally disastrous practice’.

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