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Do you think asking residents what cuts should be made is a good idea?
Do you think the Guildbourne Centre’s fortunes would benefit from a change of name
In this budget-cut climate, should Worthing Council be spending £10,000 on the new toilet facility?
Do you support The Rev Tim Ross's plan to hold a communion service over the internet?
Do you think Caroline should be allowed to have the surgery paid for by the NHS?
Should organ donation be opt in or opt out?
Do you support raising the retirement age from 65 to 66 for men, and from 60 to 65 for women?
Should Worthing keep its mayor?
Are public toilets an essential service the council should provide?
Do you agree with the council's decision, which prevents Worthing beach artists from displaying work outside their chalets?
What would you like to see at the former police station site in Union Place?
Do you think it is a good idea to greatly increase the number of 20mph limit areas on Worthing's roads?
Do you think it is wrong to pass on pay and display parking tickets with time left?
Do you support Café Continental's protests to keep alfresco dining in Montague Place?
Do you agree with workers taking strike action?
Is the battle over to save Titnore Woods?
Do you think Dog Control Orders would resolve problems with “anti-social” dog owners?
Is enough priority being given to repairing Worthing's pot holes?
Do you think beach huts should be available for use by artists and businesses?
Do you think the proposed development off Warren Road would cause safety risks?
Do you think Worthing Council should use some of the £660,000 “bonus” to help reduce car parking charges in the town?
Do you support the fight against having a bail home in Worthing?
Do you think the partnership is working between Worthing and Adur councils?
Vote for the best snow sculpture from pictures sent in by Herald readers:
Could more have been done to prepare Worthing for the extreme weather?
Do you think hundreds of extra homes should be built in West Durrington?
Should wheel-clamping operate at night time?
Do you think using £9,000 to help Worthing council members and officers behave "ethically towards each other and the public" is money well spent?
Would you stay living in Worthing if you won the lottery?
Do you think the pier jump was a “selfish act of recklessness” or a “spectacular leap”?
Do you think there should be an under-18s club night for youngsters in Worthing?
Do you think the proposed on-street parking price increases will drive shoppers away from Worthing?
Do you support the postal strike action?
Do you think the number of under-age people trying to purchase alcohol and cigarettes is increasing?
Are MPs doing enough to restore the public's faith in Parliament after the expenses scandal?
Do you think Steve Stevens should have had his ticket cancelled?
Do you think half-hour parking charges will bring more people into Worthing?
Should shops which sell alcohol after hours be banned from selling booze permanently?
Do you think there should be designated areas for people to park at Worthing Hospital in an emergency?
Do you agree with the Camelia Botnar centre parents that the trustees should resign?
Is the building design for the new swimming pool right for Worthing?
Do you think Steve Elkin reached the 100 metre mark at Worthing Birdman 2009?
Should the gates to Durrington Cemetery be closed at night?
Would you like to see the Birdman park and ride become a permanent fixture for Worthing?
With more council decisions being made at cabinet level, the present level of councillors’ allowances have been questioned on grounds that members “don’t have to do so much these days”. Do you think that councillors are now worth their money?
Do you think the Guildbourne Centre is the right location for the drug and alcohol service
Do you think Jim Davidson should be allowed to perform in Worthing again?
Should Sharon Rowe have been given a chance to clear her name?
Do you think it is right to shop a drink-driver to the police.
Do you think that County Hall planners are too remote to decide on controversial local issues?
Do you think excessive grunting is poor gamesmanship?
Do you think the extended hours offered by doctors’ surgeries in Worthing are good enough?
Do you think it is a good idea for the Armed Forces Day flag to be flown by local authorities?
Do you think Steve Stevens should pay the £25 penalty?
Do you think the Sunny Worthing slogan will bring more tourists to the town?
Do you think enough is done in hospitals to ensure hygiene standards are followed by all visitors, including workmen?
Do you think there should be tougher rules on what expenses MPs can claim?
Do you think turning off the traffic lights at the Grove Lodge roundabout would ease congestion?
Do you think there has been too much hype about swine flu?
Do you think schools should be banned from giving children chocolates and sweets?
Should police take incidents of vandalism more seriously?
Should police take criminal incidents more seriously?
Do you think roadworks should be better planned?
Do you think Worthing has too many children's homes?
Who is your Worthing Thunder basketball player of the season?
DO you think smear tests should be available to women under 25?
Do you think Worthing Hospital scrapping hot suppers for patients is a bad move?
Do you think Worthing town centre has good access for disabled shoppers?
Should Worthing business be allowed to sell alcohol all day and night?
Do you think the council should ban fishing on the main deck of Worthing Pier?
Do you think the county council is doing its best to tackle the pot hole problem?
Would you take part in the WASP safe cycle parking scheme if it was made available in Worthing?
Do you think the council made the right decision to reject plans for a playground on Goring Greensward?
Do you think something needs to be done to improve the traffic flow at Lyons Farm?
Do you feel safe when travelling on the railways?
Do you think the Dirty Pig campaign will stop people dropping fast-food litter in Worthing?
Do you think there are too many roadworks going on in Worthing at the same time?
Do you think people are abandoning pubs and staying at home to drink cheaper alcohol from supermarkets?
Vote for the best Christmas lights and decorations:
Do you think more money should be spent on the Christmas tree in Goring Road?
Have you abandoned Worthing town centre because of the car parking charges?
Do you think the CPS should have charged Chief Insp Rowe and made her face court for the shoplifting allegation?
Would you like a Primark store in Worthing?
Do you think traders should have to remove their A boards?
IS it now time for Worthing to have a fully licensed sex shop?
Do you think it should be compulsory for all young drivers to attend “shock tactic” events like the one held in Worthing this week?
Do you agree with the level of punishment handed-out to the ciggy-littering binmen?
Do you think cyclists and walkers should be allowed together on the prom?
Should Ian Hart have been suspended for his comments?
Do you think the ambitious college plans will be money well spent on education in Worthing?
Do you think it is fair for customers to be turned away from the free-weights area at Worthing Leisure Centre?
Would you like to see a Tesco Express store open in Chapel Road, Worthing?
Do you support the presumed consent system for organ donation?
Do you think the high price of parking in Worthing is killing the town and driving shoppers away?
Do you think the high price of parking in Worthing is killing the town and driving shoppers away?
Do you think the high price of parking is driving shoppers away?
Do you think Worthing Borough Council has taken too long to give the town a new swimming pool?
Do you think a caution was too lenient a punishment for this woman?
Do you think a 4.5 per cent above inflation water bill rise is too much?
Do you think the NCP Limited van should have been given a parking fine?
Is right to leave children at home alone while parents are at work?
Do you think bus passes for the elderly in Worthing should start at 9am or 9.30am?
Should Sussex League players be allowed to play Invitation League matches when their side has a free week?
Do you think brothels should be legalised?
Should Broadwater have called back the batsman?
Should Broadwater have called back the batsman?
Do you prefer the new-look gardens at Heene Terrace, or the old-style traditional flower beds?
Should Broadwater have called the batsman back?
Do you think the CPS was right not to pursue the case against the people who took a children's charity's car?
Does Worthing needs an Asda store?
Do you think it was right the three people involved in the tree felling in Ferring were prosecuted?
Do you think the school has made the right decision to ban energy drinks such as Red Bull?
Do you think the new shop wardens will help reduce crime in Worthing town centre?
Do you think enough is being done to tackle knife crime in Worthing?
Do you think Carol Saldinack made the right decision to "shop" her sons to the police?
Do you think the Primary Care Trust has chosen the wrong location to hold its vital board meeting into the future of Worthing and St Richard's hospitals?
Do you think Worthing Borough Council is right in trying to remove the bird table from Denton Gardens?
Should people be fined for over-filling their wheelie bins?
Do you agree with the teachers’ strike?
Do you think the number of cigarette butts has decreased on the streets of Worthing?
Do you think introducing a penalty-scale of charges for parking offences is a good idea?
Do you think showing funerals on the internet is a good idea
Does Worthing need a permanent ice-rink?
Do you think the Guildbourne Centre should be bulldozed and redeveloped?
Do you think the Rev Brian Penfold has shown too much sympathy to teenagers who threw stones through windows during his induction service?
Would you support plans for a bypass for Worthing?
Do you think using £70,000 on the Suncloud feature is money well spent?
Do you think The Liquid Lounge should be given a licence allowing it to become a lap dancing club featuring erotic dancers and nudity?
Do you think there is less crime?
Should Subway be allowed to open until 4am?
Do you think the approved redevelopment plan for the museum and art gallery is the best way forward?
Do you think fingerprint and iris movement tests would be a good security idea for users of the proposed Northbrook College building?
Should police retain a person's DNA details if that person is subsequently released without charge?
Do you think this (the Worthing Yacht Club area) is the right location for such a development scheme?
Vote for your favourite Christmas house lights:
Was Judge Wood right to reduce Paul Rudwick's prison sentence?
Do you think the new parking attendants are being unfair to traders and should be more flexible?
Do you think it was right for police to prosecute Mike Allday after the raid on a Worthing cannabis café?
Do you think Croydon Crown Court's decision to find a head of security at a cannabis café not guilty for allowing the building to be used to supply drugs, was right?
Should Worthing and Adur councils offer a recycling service to local businesses?
After the delay caused by the ASDA saga do you think Worthing Borough Council should approve the new college scheme at its meeting in December?
Should Worthing finally have a licensed sex shop?
Do you feel you have had the chance to comment on Worthing's masterplan for the future?
Do you think police are right in trying to close down Lancing's suspected cannabis café?
Do you think plans for a 24-hour supermarket at The Brothers
Do you think plans for a 24-hour off-licence at The Brothers supermarket in Montague Street, should go ahead?
Do you think West Sussex County Council was right to close the youth centre?
Are you happy these non executive directors will play a major part in the hospital downgrading decision making process?
Do you think Mark McCarthy should be allowed to serve as a councillor in light of his court appearance?
Do you think Mark McCarthy should be allowed to serve as a councillor in light of his latest court appearance?
Do you think all GPs should stand up and be counted and make their opinions on the proposals known?
Do you agree that parking zones should be extended right up to Worthing’s boundaries?
Do you think Paul High should be allowed to keep his job as a councillor in light of the assault conviction against him?
Do you think the girls’ trial should have gone ahead or was the Crown Prosecution Service right to drop the charges?
Do you think David Cameron’s visit could help save Worthing Hospital from being downgraded?
Do you think the judge’s sentence was too lenient and Barker should have spent time in prison for his crimes?
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Do you think the young people’s rest shelters are a good idea for Worthing’s parks and play areas or do you believe they will encourage anti-social behaviour?
Do you think local authorities have too much control over planning matters such as home extensions?
WAS the PCT wrong to exclude people from the public consultation meeting?
Do you think new road restrictions on the A259 near Brooklands are doing more harm than good?
Do you think the new road restrictions are doing more harm than good?
Do you think the PCT’s initial response to Crystal Coad was adequate?
Do you think the postal workers were right to strike for more pay?
Do you believe a decision about our hospital is a foregone conclusion or will health bosses listen to the opinions given by the public during the consultation period?
Do you think any of the proposed three options can provide a viable system of healthcare for West Sussex?
Should somebody with learning difficulties be sent to prison?
Do you think the protest camp in Titnore Woods is working?
Are seagulls a harmless part of seaside town life or annoying vermin?
DO you think the rise of internet shopping and the number of children staying at home to play computer games has contributed to the closure of these Worthing businesses?
Do you think these proposed improvements to the A27 through Worthing/Lancing will be sufficient to make a significant difference to traffic congestion on this stretch of the trunk road?
Do you think the Frink Heads are a valuable asset to the town and should continue to be displayed in their present position?
Do you agree that the Royal Arcade should be enclosed at each end and shut at night?
The Herald this week looked at the issue of racist graffiti. We want to know what you think. Would you report your family or friends to the police if they expressed extremist views?
WE want to know what you think about the constant delays to the public consultation into the hospital plans. Do you think health bosses are taking too long to start the consultation?
DO you think the speed limit on the A27 at Castle Goring should be reduced in light of the number of serious and fatal accidents there in the past few years?
DO you think Gunner Daughtrey should have been banned from driving after totting up a total of 14 points on his licence? For the full story see this week's Herald. The results will be published next week.
Worthing soldier Gunner Chris Daughtrey was spotted by police spotted driving recklessly at speed around Worthing town centre. Previous driving offences meant conviction for driving without due care and attention would lead to an automatic ban. But he cla
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SHOULD airport-style metal detectors be installed permanently at Worthing railway station?
WOULD you pay more council tax so that the new swimming pool could be sited at Teville gate?
DO you think the companies involved in the contaminated petrol problem acted swiftly enough in response to the situation?
DO you think the new penalty will be enough to stop people using their mobile phones while driving?
WE want to know what people think about Worthing Citizens Advice Bureau. Do you think it provides a vital service?
IN view of the existing, and potential multi-plex, competition which faces the Dome, do you think it has a viable future as a main-release cinema?
IF selected, do you think the statue of Hygieia the Greek Goddess of Health, will be a good addition to Worthing seafront?
DO you think it is still important that we mark the Holocaust with events like the one on Saturday to commemorate those that died?
DO you think the council were right to deny Secret Desires a full licence? We want to know what readers think in light of the plans revealed by owner Kathy Sutton this week. The results will be printed next week.
WAS the sentence given to Martin Stevens too lenient? We want to hear what readers think about the 19-year-old being fined £500 and keeping his licence despite being found guilty of the careless driving which “devastated” the life of Mr O'Higgins.
Do you think anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are doing enough to prevent anti-social behaviour in Worthing?
Should roads near to residential homes for the elderly or nurseries automatically be given pedestrian crossings?
Do you feel Patricia Hewitt has abandoned Worthing after refusing to receive Christmas cards from residents?
Do we need harsher punishments for yobs and youngsters who cause a nuisance in residential areas?’
Do you think the retirement age should be made higher?
Do you think there are too many 'luxury' flat developments being built in Worthing?
Do you consider parking facilities in Worthing to be adequate?
Do you think those who have been fly-tipping outside Worthing amenity tip should be given harsh fines?
Do you consider your local post office to be a vital community resource?
Is the NHS wrong to try to make cuts at Worthing Hospital?
Do you think the golliwogs in Scadgell's window were racially offensive?
Should changes be made to improve safety on the A27 near the Coach and Horses pub in Worthing, where three people were killed recently?
Should Worthing have underground parking?
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