Everything’s a bit manic at the moment.

FOLLOWING a successful launch in Bristol, a graphic novelist is now launching his latest creation in Worthing.

A GROUP of 40 sheltered housing leaseholders have won a landmark battle against paying for the notional rent of their warden’s flat through service charges.

A MAN who was threatening to jump from the top of a 200ft crane this morning has been arrested after being talked down to safety.

A PROPOSED 41-home development at Storrington has been described by one resident as “further destruction of our heritage”.

SUSSEX Police is recommending to the Sussex Police Authority (SPA) that regulation making it compulsory for officers to retire after 30 years of service is withdrawn later this year.

A TRAILER attached to the back of a tractor toppled on a busy roundabout near Teville Road in Worthing today.

A KITCHEN fire broke out in Worthing today (May 21) after a child knocked a ring on the cooker and turned on the gas.

When you’re the champions, where do you go next?

LANCING library is set to reopen today (Monday, May 21) after having new self-service machines installed.

A PENSIONER was left housebound after Southern Water dug and left a dangerous hole right outside her front door.

A NEW mum who is “not prepared to gamble” losing her pushchair said she has been left wondering whether it is worth going to see the doctor.

WEST Sussex County Council has said its grass cutting programme is “about nine days behind normal schedule” because of the wet weather this spring.

MORE than 50 people turned up to meet and greet old friends at a school reunion in Findon.

TO be fair, at this moment of writing the clouds have only just arrived.

FIREFIGHTERS in West Sussex are reaching out to the deaf and hard of hearing during National Deaf Awareness Week to ensure they have effective smoke alarms.

A WISE man once commented that being at the very top is a heady experience tempered only by the realisation that the only path left is back down again.

FOR all their many faults, perhaps we have to look at the reasons why the French can have an election with a turnout in excess of 80 per cent.

WHICH would you rather read about: the mice in our flat, or my recent dental work?

“IS it worth it?” – this was the question posed to hundreds of Worthing schoolchildren when a new police roadshow visited their schools to teach them about anti-social behaviour.