Local News from Thursday, July 9th, 2026

Tributes have been paid to former West Sussex County Councillor Richard Burrett, who has died at the age of 57.

West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is urging residents and visitors to take extra care outdoors as the South East experiences the UK’s third heatwave of the year.

The University of Chichester has received outstanding results in the National Student Survey (NSS).

More than 350 objections have been received by Mid Sussex District Council to plans to build up to 117 homes in Haywards Heath.

A company and its director have been ordered to pay almost £17,000 after a trailer loaded with hundreds of bottles of tomato ketchup was dumped in a Littlehampton car park.

Police in the Horsham district are trying to identify three people seen on CCTV after a burglary at The Dragon Pub in Colgate.

A Horsham charity is marking 20 years of supporting local people with its first sponsored walk.

A 38-year-old man has been charged following a serious collision on the M23 in West Sussex.

New plans to tackle fly-tipping have been welcomed by Portsmouth South MP Stephen Morgan.

People living on the Isle of Wight and in parts of Hampshire face hosepipe restrictions from today as dry weather continues to put pressure on water supplies.

The MP for Chichester has written to David Wilson Homes after learning that open days were being advertised at the Fossil Bay development in Earnley, despite a stop notice remaining in force.

An amber heat health alert is in place across the South.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed gets underway today, bringing four days of world-class motorsport to Goodwood House, near Chichester.