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WHAT WILL there be in Chichester now to warrant me to come and shop there? I say this because of the loss of Bonmarche, one of the best shops in Chichester.

Keep it green, CDC

WE HAVE just received a letter from Chichester District Council (CDC) stating they will no longer collect recyclables put out in plastic bags. They recommend that waste should be put in ‘a reusable plastic storage box with a lid that can be purchased’ (by us not by them) ‘relatively cheaply’.

Thanks for support

ON SUNDAY, February 5, the annual Chichester 10k Road Race took place for the 21st time. This road race attracts about 2,000 entries with many local running clubs represented as well as some of the country’s best long-distance runners.

Bridge an eyesore

WITH the question of the possible construction of the Fishbourne Road East bridge once more raising its head, I felt I had to ask ‘why?’

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Plans for canal are exciting

I WAS born in the city 75 years ago and if during those years I had a pound for every plan to reopen the canal I would be a relatively-wealthy person.

Columnists

RICHARD WILLIAMSON Country Walk...Lavington Common

We much enjoyed this 2.5-mile (4kms) walk last week across National Trust heathland with fine views south to the Downs.

KEITH NEWBERY Symbols help to put us all greatly under the weather

Sian Lloyd wafted her left hand seductively over the weather map and a swathe of middle Britain, from Anglesey to The Wash, was winsomely caressed.

LAURA CARTLEDGE Life’s Like That...Match up wages for footballers with benefits of the job – Simples!

Simple ideas are often the best. And I think I may have come up with one which is bordering on genius.

KELLY BROWN Mum’s The Word...The name of the game is choosing what he or she will be called

What’s in a name? Well if you are trying to decide what on Earth you should call a child you have never even met, then the answer is a lot.

RICHARD WILLIAMSON Footsteps along the magnificent Sussex landscape

When I was asked to write a weekly walk for this newspaper six years ago, I thought ‘Oh super, I’ve walked the country from end to end and loved every minute and every metre – and hopefully everybody else will enjoy this superb landscape, too’.

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Cathedral services

CATHEDRAL SERVICES February 19-25

Sunday, February 19:

CATHEDRAL SERVICES February 5-11

Sunday, February 5: