West Sussex County Council are proposing plans to create 170 additional school places across the county for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

The proposals include expanding the capacity at Oak Grove College in Worthing and Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School in Horsham.

A public consultation is also now open on the council’s proposed expansion of St Anthony’s School in Chichester.

The plans are part of the local authority’s commitment to ensuring children, young people and families with SEND are given the support they need to thrive.

A petition calling for a war mural to be reinstated after it was painted over is to go before Crawley Borough Council

The artwork in Tilgate Park was created in 2018 to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War One.

Crawley Borough Council said in April the mural was “realistically beyond proper restoration”, and a report going before the cabinet this week says it was not in the “right place”.

The petition, which has 333 signatures and the support of local veterans, calls for £10,000 to be paid to a local armed forces charity “as an apology”.

As well as calling on the council to repaint it, petitioners want a “full and honest explanation” about why it was wiped out in the first place.

Detectives are investigating two distraction burglaries and an attempted burglary in Crawley and East Grinstead involving suspects posing as medical staff to enter homes.

The incidents in Ifield Drive, Crawley and Fairfield Road, East Grinstead, occurred on 23 September at 3pm and 5pm when two women posing as nurses called at the addresses claiming to have been sent by doctors to provide medical care.

They gained entry and then one of them asked to use the toilet before leaving having stolen items of jewellery. They also entered another address in Ifield Drive on 23 September, but nothing was stolen.

Detective Sergeant Fraser Lockey said: “We are appealing for witnesses to these incidents and warning the public to be on their guard. We advise to always ask for photo identification of someone who calls at your home who is unknown and not to allow access if you are not expecting a visit. If in doubt, please phone 999.

“If you believe you may have been visited by these two people or have any information about them, please report online or phone 101 quoting Operation Dawn.”