Six Years, £800,000, and Still No Beehive: Why Burgess Hill Needs Change Monday, 7 April, 2025 By Tobias Parker – Conservative Candidate for Franklands Ward For over half a decade, the people of Burgess Hill have been promised a new community arts and events venue— The Beehive. It was billed as a cultural cornerstone for the town, a modern replacement for Martlets Hall, and a sign of progress. Instead, six years later, we’re left with an empty field, spiralling costs, and more questions... Opinions
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Balcombe Viaduct Success 24th January 2021 Local Conservative Councillors, Andrew MacNaughton and Gary Marsh, have been working closely with West Sussex County Council and the Balcombe Estate to fix a... Local News
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Working in the NHS... 19th January 2021 Cllr Julie Mockford has been working full time on the Burns unit at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead on an orange pathway so has been swabbing... Local News
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