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Tomorrow’s strike by the RMT on Southern Rail will go ahead after “no specific proposals” were put forward by the train operator.
It’ll the 31st day of action in the year-long dispute and was originally moved from the 4th April after the company offered fresh talks.
Southern say they plan to run an almost normal timetable.
Small businesses in Sussex say they’re struggling to survive due to crippling business rates.
Some report their bill has risen by as much as 428% for the new financial year.
The last time the rates were assessed was in 2010. The government says it’s making them fairer, and that 3 out of 4 firms will not see an increase. Business groups, on the other hand, have condemned the changes as ‘outrageous.’
Over 64% of parking fine challenges in Mole Valley were successful last year.
The figures cover initial disputes relating to on-street parking tickets between January and October 2016.
Success rates vary hugely across the 98 authorities asked, with Basingstoke on 95% at the top and Runnymede at the bottom with 9.2%.
Guy Anker from MoneySavingExpert dot com, said those who have a challenge rejected, should appeal to the independent Traffic Penalty Tribunal, as generally half of all decisions are then overturned.
Balaclava-wearing thieves in Oxted ripped off the shutter of a clothes shop with a Land Rover yesterday, before smashing their way in with a sledgehammer and stealing almost all the stock.
It happened around 5:30 in the morning at ‘Gas Station’ on Station Road East and is not the first time the shop has been targeted.
Police, along with forensics officers are currently investigating.
Green Belt plans laid out in the Government’s recently published White Paper on “Fixing the broken housing market,” have been praised by the Surrey branch of Protect Rural England.
Andy Smith the area’s director, writing in the magazine Surrey Life, says it’s a massive reassurance for everyone who cherishes the countryside and will be a huge disappointment for developers who’ve been circling like vultures.
The proposals are to ensure land is built on within a set time after permission is granted and that brownfield and urban sites are developed first.