Final preparations for the 100-mile cycle event are well underway and CSM Active, the event organisers, has begun placing awareness signage along the route. 

Please visit the event website for the latest updates. Here you will find details of the route, timings, crossing points, local access plans and tips for spectators. 

Adjust your travel plans accordingly and also be aware that Chichester town centre will be very busy on Saturday 22, as participants register at the Westgate Leisure Centre. 

If you have any questions about the event please contact CSM Active on 01243 935 359, or by email at route@velosouth.com.

We’ve just launched our new care campaign in the Worthing area, which promotes the range of jobs in care available locally.

If you (or anyone you know) are looking for a job where there’s flexibility, opportunities to progress and you have the skills to help people get the best out of everyday we’d love to hear from you.

As part of the campaign we’re hosting the following recruitment event, which is open to anyone interested to come along and find out more.

Wednesday 3 October, The Assembly Hall, (Richmond Room), Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, BN11 1HQ, 10.00am – 2.00pm.

For further information please visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/jobsincare or why not complete the form to let us know you’re interested.

From 1 October West Sussex residents who drive a commercial-type vehicle will need to have a permit to dispose of their household waste at County Council recycling sites.

The free permit will apply to anyone who uses a van, pickup or single axle trailer and will be available to West Sussex residents only.

The scheme is being introduced at all 11 Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRSs) and the two mobile sites.

In addition some vehicles will no longer be allowed to use the sites. Restricted vehicles include:

• multi axle trailers (four wheels)
• horse boxes
• tipper trucks
• flatbed or dropside truck
• luton type vans.

For health and safety reasons all trailers will be banned from Bognor Regis and Littlehampton sites.

Leaflets will be handed out at all sites to individuals affected by the changes before the scheme is fully implemented on 1 October.

Residents can find out more on the website and start applying for a permit now.

Come along to the Holbrook Club on Wednesday 26 September to find out more about WSCC proposals for the former Novartis site in Horsham.

WSCC is committed to ensuring this landmark site makes a significant contribution to creating and supporting new employment, providing high quality business space, and some new housing.

You can view the initial plans for the site, speak to members of the project team and give your feedback at the drop-in event. It runs from 4pm to 9pm at the Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham, RH12 5PJ. 

Did you know food waste makes up nearly a third of the average rubbish bin in West Sussex? That’s the equivalent of nearly 20 rubbish trucks full of food being thrown away every day.

MasterChef Champion 2018 Kenny Tutt has joined forces with the West Sussex Waste Partnership to encourage residents to ‘fight against food waste’.

The campaign will provide advice on how to ‘be a smart shopper’, ‘freeze with ease’ and ‘love your leftovers’.

Keep an eye on the West Sussex Waste pages on Twitter and Facebook for more information in the coming months.