PEOPLE with acute asthma may want to avoid Stonepound Crossroads in Hassocks which is now, officially, one of the most polluted areas in Mid Sussex.

OUR young people are our future. I don’t say that as a vague platitude or as the father of young children but in a very practical sense.

Find It, powered by Qype, Europe’s leading consumer reviews site, has cut thousands of misleading or malicious reviews from its 13.5 million online listings.

Fire and rescue crews dealt with an arson attack in Burgess Hill.

CAMPAIGNERS against shale fracturing for oil and gas in the South East lobbied Euro MP Keith Taylor for support at Ardingly Reservoir yesterday.

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.

THE RSPB has warned if the drought situation continues, it could spell disaster for the region’s much-loved wildlife.

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

AFTER a winter break The Broadway Market in Haywards Heath is to open again next month.

DRIVERS, business owners and local people can find out more about a road improvement scheme that will start on the A27, near Arundel, next month.

SHARON Bowles MEP, who represents South East England in the European Parliament, is supporting Don’t Cut Us Out, a campaign in West Sussex fighting to protect vulnerable adults from county council cuts.

RESIDENTS in Wivelsfield and other parts of the Lewes District will see no increase in their council tax bills for the coming year.

A NEW and unified transport service will bring benefits to Sussex patients, say ambulance bosses.

ARTS editor Phil Hewitt is now counting down to the hours to the Tokyo Marathon...

Drivers are being advised that four nights of work to resurface the southbound A23 near Hickstead has started.

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.

NETWORK Rail has sent part of a conductor rail for laboratory tests after a joint broke unexpectedly during Friday night’s rush hour.

PENSIONERS will take a trip down memory lane when the acclaimed ‘Swingtime Sweethearts’ perform Dame Vera Lynn’s wartime hits at Adastra Hall, Hassocks this Sunday (February 26).

POLICE are warning people to be on their guard after two distraction burglaries in the north Sussex area in the past week.

IF you visit Sainsbury’s in Haywards Heath this Friday and Saturday (February 24 and 25), you will find volunteers from the newly formed ‘Haywards Heath Foodbank’.