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Finch on Warwick Street was rated 0 in August, Worthing's only zero. The Ardington Hotel and a Montague Street takeaway got 1. Every recent rating listed.
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Community
Sussex Youth Theatre Auditions in Worthing: Apply by 15 Oct
Young people aged 6 to 18 can audition in Worthing on 17 October to be Rising Star 2026 and win a year of free drama tuition. No experience needed.
Worthing Hospital
Worthing Hospital Maternity Back to Requires Improvement
Worthing Hospital's maternity unit is back to requires improvement, seven months after the CQC raised it to good. Inspectors found delays in 3 of 11 records.
Worthing
Worthing Remembrance Sunday 2026: 11am, 8 November
Worthing's Remembrance Sunday service is at 11am on 8 November at the War Memorial outside the Town Hall, with the march past at about 11.30am. Adur times too.
Community
Bay Cafe Worthing: Pumpkin Night 22 Oct, Fair 28 Nov
Bay Cafe at The SAND Project has three autumn events left: pumpkin arranging on 22 October, a supper club on 13 November and a Christmas fair on 28 November.
Worthing Council
Worthing Community Grants: North West Gets £0 of £121,000
Worthing North West gets £0.00 from the new £121,000 Connected Communities fund, while Coastal East gets £39,873. Bids of £1,000 to £5,000 close 25 October.
Crime
Worthing E-Scooter Appeal: Police Release Chapel Road Video
Sussex Police released footage of two men on an e-scooter after a 74-year-old pedestrian was hurt in Chapel Road. Illegal riding reports are up 53.7%.
Worthing Hospital
Worthing Hospital Mortuary: 10 Major Failings Found
Inspectors watched a body prepared for release from a public footpath, and found 10 major failings in Worthing Hospital's mortuary, four repeated from 2022.
Parking
Worthing Parking Permits Rise 1 October: Every New Price
A Worthing resident permit goes from £35 to £40 on 1 October and the carer permit jumps 36%. Every new charge, from the county council's own notice.
Local Info
Worthing Roadworks This Week: Balcombe Ave Shut to 19 Oct
Balcombe Avenue's Wiston Avenue junctions stay shut to 19 October. The London line shuts on 10 and 11 October; no Brighton trains on 7 and 8 November.
Worthing Integrated Care Centre
Worthing Care Centre Water Fix Pencilled for End of 2026
The £48.9m Worthing Integrated Care Centre's water system may be handed back by the end of 2026, a council report says, after several missed deadlines.
Guild Care
Guild Care to Buy Methold House From Worthing Council
Councillors have agreed to sell Methold House on North Street to Guild Care, after talks that began before 2018. The charity says it secures its future there.
Worthing Borough Council
Worthing Council Abolition Paused: May 2027 Vote Goes Ahead
The plan to fold Worthing into a coastal council with Adur and Arun is on hold. Borough elections go ahead on 6 May 2027, and no new decision date is set.
Worthing runs along the seafront with the Downs directly behind it and Cissbury Ring on the skyline. Lancing and Shoreham-by-Sea are east along the coast, with the airport, the houseboats and the tollbridge on the Adur, and Littlehampton is west past Goring and Ferring.
The Worthing Express covers that stretch. Worthing and Adur run a good deal of their administration jointly but remain separate councils, and Littlehampton is in Arun, a third district, so bin days and car park charges change as you move along the coast. We name the right authority every time and work from the published record, with a link to the document on every fact.
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