Month: February 2026

• February 22, 2026

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  The World Turned Upside Down: Dangers of glossing over history

  Both the Left and Right have appropriated the term The World Turned Upside Down but it was originally coined by Royalists By HILARY GAVIN DRIVING up to the Trundle overlooking Chichester on Friday and I couldn’t help thinking about a phrase that is often used to describe the English Civil War – The World Turned…
• February 20, 2026

  Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Education, Journalism, News reporting, Parish council stories, POLICE, WSCC, WSCC Highways

  Naming and shaming the local parish Cllr who likens the police’s Speedwatch scheme to spying

  By HILARY GAVIN IT’S BEEN a long time in the offing – but it had to be done. I’m publicly shaming irresponsible Sidlesham Parish Cllr Tricia Tull for decrying the Speedwatch campaign targeted at inconsiderate – and darn right disrespectful – drivers who race through villages. If you read my Facebook comment on the police’s…
• February 16, 2026

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  Yet another Hunston parish councillor has stepped down

  By HILARY GAVIN AND Then There Were None! I couldn’t help thinking about the blockbuster Agatha Christie mystery murder novel when I read the Notice for a Vacancy for YET another Hunston Parish Councillor. I must say that councillors are falling like tenpin bowling skittles here in Hunston – first Cllr Theo Michell last spring,…
• February 12, 2026

  Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Journalism, Parish council stories, Water, Water companies, WSCC

  Watch my YouTube footage and report of February’s Sidlesham Parish Council to discover how your council tax money is spent

  By HILARY GAVIN THE first video footage of the Sidlesham Parish Council meeting held in St Mary’s Church Parish Rooms on the Manhood Peninsula on Wednesday, February 11th, 2026. Please excuse my shaky camerawork but I had to resort to holding my camera for reasons explained on my Facebook page on social media. Seven members…
• February 12, 2026

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  Public discusses flooding in Sidlesham with councillors at parish council meeting

  By HILARY GAVIN THERE was a full house at Sidlesham Parish Council yesterday as SEVEN members of the public turned up – with at least one there to quiz WSCC Cllr Pieter Montyn about the flooding issues in the village recently. They wanted to know who was responsible for blocked culverts in the parish –…
• February 2, 2026

  Chichester District Council, Council reporting, HISTORY, Journalism, News reporting, Parish council stories, Uncategorized

  Parish Councillor Martin Simms resigns as Hunston continues to debate future of its village hall 

  By HILARY GAVIN I’M NOT sure where January went, but we’re now into the first working week of February so I thought I’d update you – my readers – on Hunston Parish Council matters. As you know our parish councillors have been deliberating over the future of our village hall. This morning I decided to…