Nearly one in three jobseekers in Mid Sussex are aged 50 or over, new ONS data shows. International Longevity Centre UK, a think tank, says older unemployed people are hampered by age discrimination and a lack of flexibility from employers.
There were cries of ‘shame on you’ and ‘disgusting’ from the public gallery as Mid Sussex District Council approved a gypsy and traveller site in Copthorne.
Sussex Police has said it is keeping ‘an open mind’ about who was behind the Gatwick drone attacks in December, amid claims reported in The Times that it was ‘an inside job’.