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Bognor Police seek hit and run lamp-post offender

By cynth_hunt at 12:23 on 05/10/11

Police are seeking the driver of a car which drove off after colliding with a central reservation area on a road near Bognor. The incident happened on the A259 Flansham Lane in Flansham near Bognor Regis at around 8.50am on Friday 30 September when a small red or maroon coloured car collided with a central reservation area, knocking down a bollard and an electricity pole. The bonnet of the car was dented but it did not stop at the...
Bognor Regis Man Charged with Hoax Bomb Call

By wingold92 at 15:28 on 30/08/11

Bognor Regis makes it mark on the national news yet again with the story of local man Kevin Flynn who was charged today for making phone calls claiming bombs had been planted at two of the UK's major international airports. Flynn, 31, of Wellington Road, has been charged with making a phone call to police on July 31 falsely stating a bomb was being taken on board a New York-bound aircraft at either Heathrow or Gatwick. Clearly...
Hospital Staff charged with patient Manslaughter

By robmorely10 at 10:38 on 30/08/11

THREE members of staff from St Richard's Hospital have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a 77-year-oldwoman died of a suspected drug overdose. Joan Dixon, of High Street, Findon, near Worthing, died at the Chichester hospital on October 19 last year. Pathologists have now confirmed the cause of death was digoxin toxicity – an overdose of a drug used to treat heart conditions. A 23-year-old woman and a man...
North Bersted Business Closes to Burglaries

By wingold92 at 10:28 on 30/08/11

A sorry tale of multiple burglaries has lead local North Bersted business City Irrigation to shut down the operation. Two break-ins at the City Irrigation premises within two months have caused the firm's managing director, Gordon Hollox, to pull the plug on the otherwise successful business. Speaking to Bognor Observer journalists he is reported to have said : "I feel shattered by the break-ins. The business well and truly...
Bognor Crime Map

By cynth_hunt at 12:54 on 03/02/11

The new crime map available on the Internet from Uk police is causing quite a stir nationally with up to 5 million hits in its first day of operation crashing the site amid complaints from some Sussex residents in Lewes and Haywards Heath of inaccurate reporting. We've been looking over some of the data in the last few days for Bognor Regis which shows Anti-social behaviour (ASB) figures particularly in the town centre...

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Two Arrested after spate of Bognor Burglaries

By Dannni

i hope so..by friday night i'll be living there :)

By cynth_hunt at 14:15 on 27/09/11

Two people have been arrested after a series of burglaries in Arun and Worthing overnight. Police traced a car which had been reported stolen at around 7.20am this morning (Tuesday) in the Bognor Regis area and followed it to Glenellg Close in the town. The car stopped in Glenellg Close and a 40-year-old woman from London, who was travelling in the vehicle, was arrested on suspicion of burglary. The driver left the car before police...
Thieves destroy local business growth at City Irrigation, North Bersted

By wingold92

It's ridiculous the police must know who the suspects are. We shouldn't stand for having our lives...

By wingold92 at 10:29 on 30/08/11

A sorry tale of multiple burglaries has lead local North Bersted business City Irrigation to shut down the operation. Two break-ins at the City Irrigation premises within two months have caused the firm's managing director, Gordon Hollox, to pull the plug on the otherwise successful business. Speaking to Bognor Observer journalists he is reported to have said : "I feel shattered by the break-ins. The business well and truly...
Sussex Police to cut over 1000 posts

By wingold92

I'm sure the police waste of lot of monet spent on unneccessary equipment, costs and gadgets. The...

By nick_hop1 at 10:19 on 14/09/10

News this morning that Sussex police are planning to cut over 1000 jobs of which around 500 will be frontline officers. Chief Constable Martin Richards has said cuts at the force are 'inevitable". The force has been instructed to cut £52 million from its budget over the next five years. Mr Richards has not confirmed where the cuts will come from as he spoke on local Radio this morning saying "For some weeks now,...
Beach Hut Fire - Marine Drive West

By wingold92

Not more cameras please !!! Although your comment about lighting that area for runners and dog...

By cynth_hunt at 08:53 on 23/09/10

The latest in a string of Beach Hut Fires in and around the Bognor area has been reported in this morning's Bognor Regis Observer. Fire crews were called to the area opposite the putting green in Marine Drive West in the early hours of Monday night following eight fires reported by owners in January, despite an increase in police patrols to the area. The huts have been located here since Victorian times with around 130 dotted...
Felpham conman rips off the Elderly

By cynth_hunt

These incidents really are a rarity and I hope older people don't feel frightened by this kind of...

By nick_hop1 at 09:16 on 02/07/10

A 12 month suspended sentence was handed out yesterday to local Felpham conman and part time builder Robert Schlick who was found guilty of systematically defrauding an 88 year old woman of over £18,500 over an 18 month period. Schlick who started doing odd jobs for the woman ended up taking over her bank account when she became seriously ill. Cheques were cashed by Mr Schlick and a credit card was taken out in the...