THE TRUTH ABOUT: West sussex - Caught on Camera

All aboard! Kate helps out on 50th anniversary of rural minibus service

The Princess of Wales helped pick up 94-year-old Stella Drewett for her weekly shopping trip to Pulborough, West Sussex.

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Their 3,500-acre farm was failing in England's West Sussex. Isabella Tree and Sir Charles Burrell stopped farming it, and 20 years later rare birds, butterflies and wildlife have returned

A struggling 3,500-acre farm in West Sussex took an unexpected turn when Isabella Tree and Sir Charles Burrell stopped conventional farming and began rewilding Knepp. Two decades later, rare nightingales, turtle doves, purple emperor butterflies, beavers and white storks have returned, transforming the estate into a thriving wildlife haven and…

The Economic Times · Sep 16

Earliest ever harvest for English wine maker after record hot weather

This year’s hot weather means a small number of grapes can be picked at Nyetimber vineyards across West Sussex, Hampshire and Kent.

Evening Standard · Sep 14

Man dies and at least six injured at Big Church Festival after falling sign hit visitors

Christian festival cancelled as organisers ‘devastated’ by tragic incident

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Gatwick profits fall as Iran war sees passenger numbers drop

The West Sussex airport said 19.1 million passengers travelled through the airport over the first half, down 4.7% compared with a year earlier.

Evening Standard · Aug 26

Gatwick airport profits fall as passenger numbers drop

A £2.2 billion expansion will see the airport move its emergency runway 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year

The Independent UK · Aug 26

A West Sussex widow transformed £57,000 fly-tipped wasteland into a dream mini-farm with pigs, chickens and 2,000 plants; now she has been ordered to tear it down after losing a planning battle

A West Sussex widow transformed a £57,000 fly-tipped wasteland into a thriving mini-farm after losing her partner to cancer. Tara Dexter spent two years creating a property with pigs, chickens, peacocks and around 2,000 plants. But after losing a planning appeal, she has been ordered to dismantle key structures, putting…

The Times of India · Aug 24

British-Palestinian girl, 6, dies in hospital days after family drowns off UK coast

A six-year-old British-Palestinian girl has died in hospital days after she and her family got into difficulty in the sea off Shoreham in West Sussex, in a tragedy that claimed the lives of her parents and teenage sister.

The Times of India · Aug 22

Vinnie Jones addresses claims he ripped off Clarkson’s Farm with similar show

‘Vinnie Jones in the Country’ follows the ex-footballer and actor as he attempts to run a 2,000-acre farm in West Sussex

The Independent UK · Aug 21

School tribute to ‘sweet’ teenager who died alongside parents in sea incident

Sara El-Khawas, 14, her father Hassan El-Khawas, 55, and mother Zeina Alayn, 37, died on Tuesday in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.

The Independent UK · Aug 20