Sussex World reporter Sam Morton brings you the news making the headlines on Friday, November 3
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00:00 Hello, I'm Sam Morton and here is your daily Sussex News bulletin on Friday, November 3rd.
00:05 A tree fell on top of a moving bus in West Sussex during Storm Kieran on Thursday.
00:10 The emergency services rushed to the scene of the incident around 6.45pm on Old Worthing
00:14 Road, East Preston.
00:16 Sussex Police said its officers were called out after a tree fell and hit the bus.
00:20 They said no injuries were reported, but the road was temporarily blocked while high-rise
00:23 crews worked to remove the tree.
00:26 Storm Kieran caused chaos and destruction in some areas of Sussex, with a tree falling
00:29 on at least one house and others having near misses.
00:32 Meanwhile, a West Sussex pizza restaurant has won gold at the Pappa Awards, which are
00:36 viewed by many as the Oscars of the pizza world.
00:39 Village Pizza Kitchen in Hershbeard Point High Street claimed a gold award in the Independent
00:43 Pizza Delivery category.
00:46 The awards are organised by the Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Association.
00:50 Founder Joe Malone said "We've had a clear ethos from the beginning to showcase amazing
00:54 British produce and to support local producers."
00:56 Finally, Wilco could soon be making its return, with five alone concept stores set to open
01:02 before Christmas this year, ahead of a national rollout across England, Scotland, Wales and
01:07 Northern Ireland.
01:08 The first two locations will be Plymouth and Exeter, closely followed by two locations
01:12 in the south-east and one in the north, which will be announced soon.
01:15 Following the original company's collapse, Wilco stores in Crawley, Eastbourne and Bogner
01:20 Regis closed on September 17th.
01:23 The Worthing and Burgess Hill branches shut on October 5th and the Horsham site closed
01:27 on October 8th.
01:28 The CEO of parent company CDF Superstores, Alex Simkin said "For the majority of its
01:33 93 years, Wilco was an incredibly successful business that gave its customers exactly what
01:38 they needed to get their home and garden jobs sorted.
01:41 It was their advanced own-brand capabilities that encouraged us to invest in the brand
01:45 and Wilco.com and we're excited to now be selling Wilco products online once more and
01:49 across our 200 store networks."
01:51 For all of those stories and much more, you can see our website, sussexworld.co.uk