| Burgess
Hill Weekly News Round-Up |
June 24th 2006 - June 30th 2006
A swingers
ball is cancelled by the police, how playing
a round of golf in the name of charity ranks
low in the suffering stakes, and the good people
who raise money for breast cancer care by really
making an effort. Read
the full report
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June
17th 2006 - June 23rd 2006
This week,
Neil Saunders devotes his report to Burgess
Hill Football Club, and all the people who appear
to enjoy making life very difficult for them.
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June
10th 2006 - June 16th 2006
Council set
for a greater use of presentational material
when showing us their forced changes to Burgess
Hill. Why doing a good deed can turn sour, and
a revelation on where our local NHS trust is
going wrong with its money. Read
the full report
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June
3rd 2006 - June 9th 2006
An update on Burgess Hill's very
first ASBO recipient - Ricky Fitzgerald.
And, the Leylands ward local action team attempt
to set a trap for our very own columnist, Neil
Saunders! Read the full
report
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May
20th 2006 - May 26th 2006
Paying for the privilege of parking
outside your own home, the knife amnesty that
will fail to cut violent crime, and your chance
to have a say on how much our councillors should
be paid! Read the full
report
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May
13th 2006 - May 19th 2006
In a change from the norm, Neil
Saunders uses his column inches this week to
address the letters that appeared in the Mid
Sussex Times, attacking him on some recent comments.
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May
6th 2006 - May 12th 2006
Discover the wonder of growing plants
without soil, and find out who likes to put
a stop to this practice! A lovely road safety
reminder, Nicholas Soames praising the staff
of the Princess Royal hospital, and finally,
councillors that can't be bothered to go that
extra mile as Burgess Hill Town FC look to strengthen
their case for new floodlights at Leylands Park.
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April
29th 2006 - May 5th 2006
How gardeners in desert conditions
can win an award, Nicholas Soames supporting
a proposed 20mph speed limit on cars in residential
areas, and more information on a very small
minority of Burgess Hill residents who are still
making life difficult for Burgess Hill Town
football club. Read the
full report
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April
22nd 2006 - April 28th 2006
A mugging, under-aged drinking,
the intelligent actions of our local council,
and a pledge that can't possibly be kept, just
another normal week in Burgess Hill then!
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April
15th 2006 - April 21st 2006
The clean-up operation that didn't
go to plan. St Georges day celebrations, and
dancing in the streets as a new discount store
comes to town. Read the
full report
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April
8th 2006 - April 14th 2006
A lovely rant about about local
environmental issues - namely the 'the war against
water waste'. An exciting vacancy with the local
NHS trust. The council's proposed controlled
parking zone ideas, and to round off the weekly
report nicely, information about fake breasts!
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April
1st 2006 - April 7th 2006
More on the future of Burgess Hill,
as Thornfield properties appear to be buying
up areas of the town centre at a time when councillors
are trying to appear to be against any development
in the town! Mid Sussex Primary Care Trust has
floated the suggestion that we should have fluoride
in our water, is this really the way to help
prevent the decline in our dental care? Read
the full report
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March
25th 2006 - March 31th 2006
The Burgess Hill Masterplan has
been delayed! Are the council about to perform
a radical u-turn on the whole idea of redeveloping
Burgess Hill? Read the
full report
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March
18th 2006 - March 24th 2006
A town councillor who wants something
in the new Burgess Hill to be named after our
wonderful German twin-town. A science lesson
about mobile phone masts and other radio waves.
And a boy from Chailey who was quids in when
he was run-over by a car!Read
the full report
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March
11th 2006 - March 17th 2006
Once again, more thoughts on Burgess
Hill into the future, particularly the influence
that Oakmeeds Headmaster Colin Taylor has on
the youth of Burgess Hill, with regards to their
opinions on the towns regeneration programme.
Also, Nicholas Soames reveals his true prejudices.
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March
4th 2006 - March 10th 2006
A big debate on breastfeeding in
public, the hottest new commedienne in mid sussex,
and how putting up new mobile phone masts in
populated areas in not such a bad thing after
all. Read the full report
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February
25th 2006 - March 3rd 2006
Burgess Hill into the future rumbles
on. The reverend that banned yoga. Girls being
taught the art of graffiti in order to help
change the public's opinion of youth, and Burgess
Hill Town FC gain a powerful supporter.
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February
18th 2006 - February 24th 2006
Angry pensioners threatening to
withhold part of their council tax. Ex-headmaster
of Oakmeeds addressing the public like they
are disobedient children. The latest on Sidney
West. The discovery of the best public toilets
in town, and lots more
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February
11th 2006 - February 17th 2006
This week 'Burgess Hill into the
Future' takes up the whole of the report!
Last monday, the draft plans for the new Burgess
Hill were unveiled to the public.
Our reporter Neil Saunders gives us his thoughts
on the main areas of the new design. Read
the full report
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February
4th 2006 - February 10th 2006
Once again, 'Burgess Hill into
the Future' dominates the weekly round-up.
A member of the public answers back to Cllr
David Shevels regarding Sidney West. And we
discover the strange practice of councilling
yourself following a bereavement
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January
28th 2006 - February 3rd 2006
An alternative to Sidney West as
a site for a new Doctors surgery that will not
be considered, the council being as coy as ever
over the development of Burgess Hill, information
about the Bedelands Residents Association, and
a special award for a councillor who really
cares about the environment.
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January
21st 2006 - January 27th 2006
More on Burgess Hill into the future,
A local councillor attacks those who dare have
an opinion on Sydney West, and an update on
the theory that the Council want to see Burgess
Hill Town FC go out of business.
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January
14th 2006 - January 20th 2006
Council tax, the Orion cinema,
and Burgess Hill into the future help make
up a very mixed bag of news this week
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January
7th 2006 - January 13th 2006
The proposed redevelopment of the
Sidney West recreation ground dominates the
report this week as the mid sussex district
council prepare for an onslaught from concerned
members of the public.
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December
31st 2005 - January 6th 2006
This week Neil explains why he has
no sympathy for Tree house builder Julian Weatherley,
how the theives who stole from St Wilfred's
are not very bright, and why a Burgess Hill
resident is a killjoy when it comes to saving
energy.
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December
24th - December 30th 2005
The fly-tipping of the district
council that could cause an accident, the surpising
decision to have the 'gun tower' treehouse taken
down, factory workers that got the boot before
Christmas, and why doing a sponsored event for
charity isn't what it used to be. Read
the full report
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December
17th - December 23rd 2005
The closure of a popular chain of
off-licences, a warning about the dangers of
drink driving, the blue box recycling scheme,
and Burgess Hill into the future are all featured
in this weeks round-up.
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December
10th - December 16th 2005
Members of the Burgess Hill public
hit out at parking tickets and poor toilet facilities,
a theory about the actions of Nicholas Soames,
and the real writer of Puss In Boot is discovered!
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December
3rd - December 9th 2005
The erotic goods for sale at Kadar
Wear, the death of the Burgess Hill Farmers
Market, the follow-up to the missing priest
and more this week.
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November
26th - December 2nd 2005
A missing priest, bullying, district councillors
allowance figures and new traffic wardens are
all highlighted this week.
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November
19th - 25th 2005
The town's visioning report exposed, a fireman
afraid of heights, and the latest news regarding
Burgess Hill town football club versus the town
council
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November
12th - 18th 2005
The latest news on the Burgess Hill Town redevelopment
along with Rubbish, Dog Poo and Ditchling! Read
the full report
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November
5th - 11th 2005
A fetish events company, underage drinking,
West Sussex County Council's guidance on recycling,
the heartless people that run Tesco, and lots
of other stories in the maiden news round-up
report. Read the full
report |
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