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Last weekend we popped to some nearby crafter Christmas fairs; Donna is even more excited this year because our grandson has just turned one, so has her eye out for suitable presents and repeatedly asks me what I think he will like. This weekend sees several Christmas events across our District as civic lights are turned on: for instance, in Selsey it is the Friends of East Beach event on the 25th from 3pm to 6pm with Santa, at least one elf 'helper' and a pair of well known Disney princesses taking part.  We will return to Festive items later. Last week I had the second meeting of CDC’s Budget Review Group on Monday and there was a further STC Finance and Administration group on Tuesday. Donna and Steve were at CDC’s Planning Committee on Wednesday morning, which included an application from Bracklesham and two from Selsey. Donna went on from CDC to WSCC and a meeting of their Health and Social Care Committee. That evening we both went to STC’s Planning Committee, meaning Donn...

This week King Charles turned 75. I have quite a unique memory of him from nearly 40 years ago, when he nearly unintentionally ended my days. At the time I was keeping the public address systems working on the polo fields of the Cowdray Estate in Midhurst. On one occasion I was walking round the grounds when he was playing in a match. Without thinking, I walked across the entrance to the area where his team changed their ponies just as he came riding out at extremely high speed. Luckily for me, not only are polo ponies very quick to accelerate, it turned out they can stop very quickly too.  We are pleased to report that our Green colleague Sarah's husband has been moved back from Southampton to St Richard's. As she recently shared, he is still very unwell but talking a lot more.  WSCC is reminding men, as it’s #Movember, about abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) which is a swelling in the aorta, the artery that carries blood from the heart to the tummy (abdomen). Most aneurysms ...