The Local Newspaper

PATIENTS at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester will benefit from several improvements thanks to a funding pledge.

FOR most people tying up their shoelaces or learning to drive is a straight forward task to learn.

HOTELS that fail to spend time and money on their websites face a drop in bookings, according to experts from the University of Portsmouth.

THE paint is being slapped on and the new staff are standing by – the new John Lewis store in Chichester will be open on April 5.

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales is warning that fines are on the way for those who filed a self-assessment tax return too late.

A HEALTH and wellbeing seminar for businesses is to be held at Portsmouth Football Club next month.

PLANS to introduce a 20mph limit in Chichester have been backed – but a leading campaigner has warned the fight for safer roads is not over.

OPPORTUNISTIC thieves have taken advantage of the digital switchover by targeting the elderly.

A FORMER private members’ club in Chichester city centre could be turned into flats if planning permission is granted.

IT’S a stunning and thought-provoking account of 10,000 years of history.

THE navy has unveiled a new £3.25m sea survival training centre to teach sailors and Royal Marines how to abandon ships safely.

A CLANFIELD councillor is vying to become the new leader of East Hampshire District Council.

THERE was a very slim chance a man left floating in a shallow lake by firefighters could have recovered, a coroner has said.

PORTSMOUTH South MP Mike Hancock is calling on the government to release the transition risk register for the Health Bill.

PLANS to broadcast council meetings live on the internet have been branded a waste of money.

PORTSMOUTH-BASED warship HMS Illustrious has been working with the Danish military during a four-day visit to Copenhagen.

A CORONER has called for better training for all emergency services after the death of a man in a lake.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a home on Wednesday evening after a blaze broke out in the kitchen.

A PEDESTRIAN suffered minor injuries after being hit by a car.

A MAJOR £452m contract to build four new fuel tankers to supply the Royal Navy has gone to a firm in South Korea.