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A POLICE block was put in place after caravans started arriving at a beauty spot.  Sussex Police blocked off Marine Drive, Ferring, between Sea Lane and Aldsworth Avenue after caravans began arriving at Goring Gap yesterday afternoon. Pictures taken from the site show the caravans and other vehicles parked at the getaway spot, which sees thousands of visitors each summer.  A Sussex Police spokesman said: "We are aware and are responding to reports of antisocial behaviour and criminal damage involving a number of vehicles at Goring Gap this evening. A road block was in place at Marin...

Updated Tuesday, 27th April 2021, 4:18 pm The convoy of caravans and motorhomes arrived on the plot of public land on Thursday (April 22), with more pitching up over the weekend. Sussex Police had assessed the scene and was in discussion with West Sussex County Council, which owns the land, over how to proceed. A spokesman for the council said the group had been served with eviction notices and a court hearing was scheduled for tomorrow (April 28). Travellers move into Goring Gap, Worthing SUS-210421-093514001 But the convoy left the land of their own volition this afternoon, the spokesman c...

Bloom volunteers agree baskets deal with council ');  '); FLORAL hanging baskets will go up around Goring this summer after a deal was agreed between the parish council and the volunteers responsible for the scheme. The Goring Gap in Bloom team has decorated the village most years since 2007 and won numerous awards in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom competition, including best small town in the country in 2019. The volunteers weren’t going to do anything this year following disagreements with the council, which typically provides funding and also owns the street lights...

Magazine gives out £17,400 ');  '); THE organisation which produces Goring’s monthly magazine awarded £17,400 to community causes over the past year. The Goring Gap News Association donated £3,000 to the organ rebuild fund at St Thomas’ Church in Manor Road. Another £2,600 went towards emergency tree surgery at the Withymead nature reserve off the Ridgeway path. This was unexpectedly needed in December as 16 trees were either dead or dying so posed a hazard to the adjacent railway line. The reserve’s trustees weren’t expecting this expense so were thankful for the help. The assoc...