Your Say

I am pleased to announce that the street collection for Christian Aid in Rustington on Friday, May 18, raised £425, thanks to a band of cheerful collectors and the generous support of the public.

I write regarding the Poppy Appeal, on behalf of appeal organiser John-Paul Finch.

The announcement that Mark Carne is to leave Network Rail soon means that we can kick-start the plan to get our level crossing subway back.

On November 26, 2015, the Steyning Herald published an article about the research that was being undertaken by Beeding and Bramber Local History Society into the Tidy family of Small Dole.

Adrian Towler’s suggestion (‘How to release funding’, letters, last week) that Ropetackle should pay £10,000 rent to the council which can then pay the same amount by way of grant, is patently unworkable for the simple reason that the Arts Council requires new money, and would not countenance such an obvious device.

In reference to the Gazette article (June 14) about the proposed cycle route between Arundel and Littlehampton along the River Arun, I asked the Arun cabinet some questions on this matter on May 21.

With regard to last week’s front-page story about Ropetackle Centre funding blow, I can appreciate both points of view, having worked at arts centres and theatres in Plymouth, Hastings and Clacton-on-Sea.

The recent statement by Margaret Paren, the chairman of the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA), seeking to justify the authority’s decision to seek a judicial review of the Highways England preferred route for the proposed A27 bypass at Arundel has a very hollow ring to it.

I wanted to use your newspaper to express my sincere gratitude to all the nursing and domestic staff for the wonderful care and compassion shown to my father, John Sanderson, during his final days in Worthing Hospital.

This country is not on the Victorian bread line and in a fair society there should be no families in genuine poverty.

As long-time partners with Ropetackle Arts Centre, all of us involved in Shoreham Wordfest are very sorry that they have lost the significant offer of Arts Council funding due to the lack of match funding from Adur District Council.

I would like to express my strong disagreement with the proposed development of an IKEA store in Lancing for these reasons.

Each Father’s Day, I am thankful I was one of the lucky ones. My father, Spitfire pilot Allan Scott, returned from the Second World War to continue his career in the RAF and become grandfather to my three children and, more recently, a great-grandfather for the first time.