St Peter & St James Hospice at North Chailey, Lewes, received funding from The Freemasons Grand Charity and Sussex Masonic Charities, who donated £4,266 and £2,000 respectively.

A nursery given a reprieve while it waits to run its own affairs holds an open day and fund-raiser on Saturday.

VOTERS have given a huge final thumbs-down to the idea of a tree tribute to the Queen.

A MAN who lives a full life despite having Parkinson’s Disease for 20 years has created a painting for a village in thanks for its support.

IT would now appear official that Mid Sussex suffers from a persistent water shortage or should I say a “Serious Water Stress Problem” which has been consistently ignored by our planners when consenting to the huge housing developments currently in hand in our area.

RE Saturday Markets and Haywards Heath buses: This topic has rumbled on ad nauseum for the best part of six months and during this time I cannot remember ever reading of an explanation as to why Saturday buses cannot be re-routed between South Road and the station via Boltro Road in both directions. So, can someone explain why this re-routing is not possible – including the usual reasons of ‘Health and Safety’, bureaucratic inertia, or even the wrong type of Tarmac for bus tyres!

A tribute inspired by the film “War Horse” has been stolen.

‘FRACKING’ for oil or gas is a Weald-wide issue, not confined to Balcombe. Gas and oil wells could be heading towards your readers’ back gardens too.

THE offshore wind farm, as wide as Mid Sussex, in last week’s Middy, should not be approved:

TWO charities in Haywards Heath have been presented with cheques for £4,100 each.

HEALTH and safety has a lot to answer for people will not clear their paths of snow like we used to because they have been told if they do so they can get sued if someone falls over. However, we cleared our driveway and it is perfectly dry and safe – the pavements not cleared are lethal black ice as my grandaughter discovered on her way to school – she took a nasty fall.

PLEASE find some pictures taken last Sunday: really I just wanted to show pictures of all our neighbours helping to clear our road (St Edmunds Road, Haywards Heath) of snow, this happens every time it snows, sometimes with people out in the dark to make sure it is all gritted just in case it freezes. This is normally paid for by a one of our neighbours as the council won’t supply us with a salt box.

THE world-renowned Levity II Luminarium is appearing for the first time in the south-east of England at Lindfield Arts Festival on May 11-13.

WALKERS found traffic lights across one of the busiest roads in Sussex were not working this morning.

People are still rejecting a tree tribute to the Queen in a poll.

IN PREVIOUS articles we have looked at cases pertaining to ghosts and poltergeists. In this article we take a look at but some of my own UFO experiences. These experiences helped to fuel the fire of my interest in such matters which I still carry today.

PEOPLE are being urged to donate good quality books to the West Sussex Library service in a bid to improve the choice and variety in the county’s branches.

PLANTING an “E” shaped copse for the Queen is being given a massive thumbs down so far in a poll.

MENTION of the Overton’s Beehive Works van which was pictured in Historic Crawley, parked on The Boulevard c1958 has prompted one man to share his memories of life long before the new town arrived.

A school closed by an underground power explosion is due to re-open this afternoon.