SussexWorld News Bulletin: Thursday, August 3

The top three stories from across East and West Sussex on Thursday, August 3.

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00:00 Hello, my name is Frankie Elliott and I'm here with your daily Sussex World News Bulletin

00:07 on Tuesday, August 3rd. Here are the top three stories from across East and West Sussex today.

00:13 First, a fire has broken out in a Horsham restaurant in the early hours of Thursday

00:17 morning, August 3rd. Emergency services were called to a restaurant in Market Square just

00:23 before 6 o'clock a.m. Crews from Horsham and Billinghurst Fire Station attended the blaze

00:29 and according to West Sussex Fire and Rescue, the fire is now under control and a small

00:33 crew remain on the scene. Next, a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in an East Sussex village

00:40 on suspicion of possession of a bladed article according to police. Police said they responded

00:49 to a report of a man with a knife in New Road, Henningley, at around 9.20 a.m. on Wednesday,

00:54 August 2nd. An eyewitness said armed police, a helicopter and a dog unit were called to

00:59 the incident. The 16-year-old boy was arrested in Henningley on suspicion of possession of

01:05 a bladed article and also Class B drug, namely cannabis, with intent to supply. He remains

01:11 in police custody at this time. And finally, angry residents in a village near Horsham

01:17 are raising fresh concerns over the appalling state of local roads. Many of the roads in

01:22 South Water are plagued with potholes which have been getting steadily worse for months.

01:27 Now residents are demanding to know just when repairs are likely to take place. Roads around

01:32 Linnelock Square are particularly badly affected with drivers frequently swerving across the

01:36 road in a bid to avoid the deep grooves in the tarmac. Following complaints, South Water

01:41 Parish Council submitted a comprehensive road condition survey to West Sussex County Council

01:46 Highway Department back in April in a bid to demonstrate the severity of the problem.

01:52 County Highways officers later inspected the area and identified Worthing Road northbound,

01:56 nearby the bus stop areas and the entrance to Fairbank Road, an area near Pipers Close

02:01 as areas that needed repairs. For more on these stories and others like them, visit

02:06 the Sussex World website and keep up to date on our social media pages. That's all from

02:10 me today, have a great rest of your Thursday.