Sussex news bulletin on Friday, May 24

Sussex World reporter Sam Morton brings you the news making the headlines on Friday, May 24

Transcript

00:00 Hello, I'm Sam Morton and here is your daily Sussex News Bulletin on Friday May 24th.

00:06 A road in Worthing has had to be closed after a sinkhole appeared.

00:10 Photos show that a section of Shandon Road has been taped off with the road impassable to motorists this morning.

00:16 The cordon was being guarded by two police officers.

00:19 Sussex Police confirmed that officers were alerted to the sinkhole at 5.40pm on Thursday and were assisting highways teams.

00:26 West Sussex County Council said they were urgently responding to the void, adding

00:31 "The area around the void was barriered off for the safety of the public and the road closed at this location.

00:36 The remainder of the road was left open for residents to approach from either direction.

00:40 We apologise for any inconvenience and a repair team will attend today so the road can be reopened as soon as possible."

00:46 Meanwhile, a burst water main in a part of Hastings left residents with little or no supply on Thursday afternoon.

00:52 According to Southern Water, the incident was reported just after 1pm and affected the TN35 area.

00:59 The burst main was located in the Oar area near Fairlight.

01:03 Southern Water engineers worked to repair the burst and restored water within three hours.

01:07 This comes after tens of thousands of homes were left without water after another burst on May 2nd

01:12 with more than 30,000 customers finally regaining their supply by May 7th.

01:17 It has since been revealed that those affected will not be compensated.

01:21 Finally, live music and food nights are planned once again for Horsham.

01:25 Horsham's popular Friday late night music and food nights are returning for the spring and summer months of 2024.

01:32 Organised by Horsham District Council and Food Rocks Markets, the events will take place every Friday night

01:38 from 6pm to 8pm throughout June, July and August this year at the Horsham Carfax Bandstand.

01:45 David Skip, the District Council's Cabinet Member for Leisure, Culture and Green Spaces,

01:49 said it is great news that due to the popularity of the 2023 entertainment programme, it is back and bigger than last year.

01:55 The Horsham Museum and Art Gallery is also hosting its late evening openings for 2024,

02:00 giving people the chance to explore its exhibitions out of hours.

02:04 For all of those stories and much more, you can see our website, sussexworld.co.uk