A Facebook group tackles potholes, Kayleigh celebrates her 100th Parkrun, and Chichester residents mourn a much-loved gardener. All this and more in today's news bulletin.
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00:00 Hi there, my name is Connor Gormley. I'm a trainee reporter
00:02 for Sussex World and this is our daily news bulletin where I
00:05 walk you through our top stories across both East and West
00:08 Sussex today. A Facebook group in Hastings is tackling the
00:12 issue of potholes in and around the town centre this week. It
00:16 was formed nearly two weeks ago, excuse me, and the group already
00:19 has nearly 600 members. Participants say that they've
00:23 been left with eye watering bills after potholes have
00:26 damaged their cars and that there are plenty of potholes in
00:28 and around the area leading up to Conquest Hospital.
00:31 Participants are encouraged to share the locations and size
00:37 and photographs of the potholes in a bid to get the council to
00:40 take action and start removing them. An open funeral is being
00:45 held to honour Derek Howell who formed the award winning Townie
00:49 Nursery in 1977. He passed away recently aged 97 and the
00:54 funeral will take place on Wednesday January 31st in Havant.
00:58 Mourners are expected to turn out in force to pay their
01:01 respects to a man who brought an awful lot to his community.
01:04 11 year old Kaylee has completed her 100th park run, Sussex World
01:09 has reported. The Horsham runner has taken part in park runs at
01:14 over 76 locations across the country and she has 182 junior
01:20 park runs to her name. She started her journey in 2018 and
01:24 uses it to supplement her boxing training at Horsham Boxing Club.
01:28 Really, really best of luck to her. She sounds like she's
01:31 working very, very hard. That's all from me today but for more
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