Chichester Cathedral clergy will SPRINKLE ash on worshippers’ foreheads during Lent service

Chichester Cathedral clergy will SPRINKLE ash on worshippers’ foreheads instead of rubbing it on during Lent service to cut Covid risk The change is being made at Chichester Cathedral’s Ash Wednesday service Clergy will sprinkle ash with their hands from a distance over worshippers’ heads It is just one of many restrictions to have an … Read more

4ft 5in bus driver from Chichester is shortest in the world in latest Guinness Records

A key worker from Hampshire has broken the Guinness World Record for shortest bus driver, measuring 4ft 5.6 inches in height. Frank Faeek Hachem drove a regular car for more than 20 years, but in 2017 decided to take his bus driving test. The 57-year-old, originally from Iraq, works in Chichester, West Sussex. The married … Read more

World’s most expensive fish costing around £2.5million washes up in Chichester West Sussex 

World’s most expensive fish washes up on English coast: ‘Remarkable’ 28-stone blue fin tuna – that can sell for as much as £2.5million – is found dead in harbour in West Sussex  Largest of the tuna species it can reach up to 3m in length and weigh 600kg  The species is used to open sea … Read more

Crouchers Hotel Chichester review by the Daily Mail’s Inspector

A ‘drab’ room, a ‘tough and tasteless’ steak and ‘teeny weeny’ breakfast eggs: An Inspector calls at Crouchers Hotel near Chichester and awards it just one star Crouchers Hotel is on the outskirts of Chichester – close to West Wittering beach Inspector says his £137-a-night room was ‘dark, drab and lacking imagination’  He had a … Read more

Crouchers Hotel Chichester review by the Daily Mail’s Inspector, who awards it one star

A ‘drab’ room, a ‘tough and tasteless’ steak and ‘teeny weeny’ breakfast eggs: An Inspector calls at Crouchers Hotel near Chichester and awards it just one star Crouchers Hotel is on the outskirts of Chichester – close to West Wittering beach Inspector says his £137-a-night room was ‘dark, drab and lacking imagination’  He had a … Read more

Seven people are hurt with one seriously injured in mass brawl at a traveller site in Chichester 

Seven travellers are hurt with one seriously injured in mass brawl at West Sussex caravan site A fight broke out at a traveller site in West Sussex with several suffering injuries  At least one person was seriously hurt in the brawl, according to police Police are asking for anyone who has information about the fight … Read more

A £1.5m Chichester bungalow that includes an entire railway carriage

Perfect pad for a trainspotter! The £1.5m Chichester home that looks like a modern bungalow, but includes an entire 19th century railway carriage inside At first glance, this West Sussex property looks like a modern bungalow on the seafront But the interior of reveals an impressive hidden surprise dating back to 1897 The property would … Read more