Category: WSCC

March 17, 2026

Chichester District Council, Parish council stories, Uncategorized, WSCC

Hunston parish councillors discuss flooding and crackdown on drugs at March meeting

By HILARY GAVIN HUNSTON parish councillors met for their March meeting in the Annexe of our village hall in West Sussex yesterday on Monday, March 16th 2026 when they welcomed newly co-opted Cllr Jani into their fold. This was the last meeting of the parish council in the fiscal year 2025/26 and the councillors discussed…
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 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…
January 7, 2026

BANKING, Council reporting, Golf feature, HISTORY, Journalism, Movies, News reporting, Parish council stories, Uncategorized, Utilities companies, WSCC, WSCC Highways

Reflections on a year in local journalism on the Manhood Peninsula in England

By HILARY GAVIN IF YOU’RE following me on social media, you’ll know that I’m fast approaching my WordPress blog site’s first anniversary. Of course, my regular blog readers know that I christened my site in February 2025 with a feature on my “big break” into journalism courtesy of the IRA Bognor Regis bike bombing in…
November 13, 2025

Chichester District Council, News reporting, Parish council stories, WSCC

Sidlesham Parish Council’s November 2025 meeting: Police called to Infinity FC match

By HILARY GAVIN I’M POSTING a brief report on this month’s full Sidlesham Parish Council meeting as the trustees of the Sidlesham Community Association (SCA) prepare to meet with the committee of Infinity Football Club tonight (Nov 13th, 2025). If you’ve read my Facebook post and YouTube footage of yesterday’s meeting held at the village…
October 10, 2025

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Parish council stories, Uncategorized, WSCC, WSCC Highways

Sidlesham Parish Council October meeting highlights – including trustee resignations from community association

By HILARY GAVIN Friday, October 10th, 2025 I AM writing this report on Sidlesham Parish Council’s full meeting held in the St Mary’s Church Hall Parish Rooms on Wednesday, October 8th, after downloading two YouTube videos of the proceedings which is always time-consuming. As you can see from the footage, Wednesday’s meeting covered a great…
September 13, 2025

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Parish council stories, WSCC

Sidlesham Parish Council Meeting Highlights

By HILARY GAVIN SIDLESHAM Parish Councillors were few in number when they convened on Wednesday, September, 10th, 2025, for their full meeting which Chairman Martin Mellodey described as being “quite an important month”. There were apologies for absence from Cllrs Lewis Ramm, Tricia Tull, Tracy Parsons and Nick Wade – although Cllr Adrian Harland explained…
July 22, 2025

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Journalism, News reporting, Parish council stories, WSCC

Stopcock Issues: Ensuring Safe Drinking Water in Southover Way in Hunston

By HILARY GAVIN (UPDATE: Wednesday, August 13th, 2025, 10.22am) Dear readers, I’m updating this blog after receiving a reply to an email I sent to Woody Wilcock, a Flood Resilience Engagement Advisor and manager, at the Environment Agency about possible erosion to my stopcock from leaking engine oil in cars parked in my road which…
June 12, 2025

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Parish council stories, Uncategorized, WSCC, WSCC Highways

Mum Bex’s call for action at B2145 and Sidlesham school to save lives

By HILARY GAVIN IMAGINE being too scared to get off a Stagecoach bus to cross the road to your home that you’d rather stay onboard for an extra 20 minutes while the driver does his or her rounds in a nearby town before returning to your village. It’s shameful, I know, but I almost didn’t…
June 5, 2025

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

B2145 Road Repair Schedule: Necessary but what will the impact be on holiday traffic?

UPDATE: (Saturday, June 7th, 2025) I’m not sure if any of you, my readers, are on Facebook – but I’m pasting the FB discussion I had with Selsey CDC Cllr Donna Johnson on The Selsey Grapevine news group yesterday about the state of the Stagecoach bus stops on the B2145 – and especially the exposed…