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It’s time to have a healthy conversation about drugs and alcohol

Every day, I see the profound and painful ways that drugs and alcohol can harm individuals, families and communities. For far too long, these harms have been felt most by those already facing the greatest inequalities - people living with mental ill health, insecure housing, childhood trauma and social isolation.

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Ambience, art speak and a view over the tracks

It came as a bit of a surprise to learn I used to live round the corner from Simon Evans. You know, the comedian. I don’t know about you, but I always assume celebrities live somewhere else – like on the moon. Why else did I never bump into him? He’s been brought down to earth by a government-appointed planning inspector which can’t be much fun. It seems Simon wasn’t allowed a driveway because the look of the place trumps being able to charge your car. Has the inspector walked down Denmark Villas recently? There’s enough Lycra on display to ruin the outlook of any conservation area.

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Newly merged school given £8 million

West Sussex County Council has allocated more than £8.6million for work at a Worthing school to enable it to operate from one site rather than two.

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