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Temporary road closure on Parsonage Road

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WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL has notified us as follows:-

Temporary closure of Parsonage Road, North Horsham CP, 30th September 2020
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that from the date specified below, West Sussex County Council has
temporarily closed to all traffic Parsonage Road, North Horsham CP, in the Horsham District under
Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, on Parsonage Road for a
distance approx 37 metres
The temporary closure is scheduled to commence on 30th September 2020 for up to 5 days (It is
estimated to be completed on 2nd October 2020) and is required for the safety of the public and
workforce while Network Rail undertakes Road Closure from the junctions with Foundry Lane to
Wimblehurst Road with works taking place on the level crossing to allow for tamping machine works
The restriction will be in place overnight only from 23:00 until 06:00
An alternative route will be signed on site but please visit https://one.network/?tm=117230727 for
more details.
Access for emergency service vehicles and pedestrians will be maintained at all times during the
closure.
For information regarding this closure please contact Network Rail on 03457 11 41 41 who will able
to assit with scope of these works.
Dated: 6th May 2020
Matt Davey
Director of Highways, Transport and Planning
West Sussex County Council
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Email: ttro@westsussex.gov.uk0727-3227561

Covid-19 related scams

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On-the-spot fines

  • Police are warning against fraudsters claiming to be collecting on-the-spot fines for breaches of the government’s coronavirus guidelines. Officers were made aware of a teenage man being approached by three men in Brighton who claimed to be undercover police officers and issuing him with an on-the-spot fine for being out during the coronavirus lockdown. The men also had a device which took the payment on-the-spot. Sussex Police will not ask you to hand over money or make a card payment when they issue an on-the-spot fine, and officers will always be able to provide ID.

Doorstep crime

  • Criminals are targeting older people on their doorstep and offering to do their shopping. Thieves take the money and do not return. None of the community hub volunteers in the district will knock on your door unless you have asked for help and they will have ID.
  • Doorstep cleansing services are offering to clean drives and doorways to kill bacteria and help prevent the spread of the virus.

Online scams

  • Email scams try to trick people into opening malicious attachments, which put people at risk of identity theft with personal information, passwords, contacts and bank details at risk. Some of these emails have lured people to click on attachments by offering information about people in the local area who are affected by coronavirus.
  • Fake online resources, such as false Coronavirus maps, in fact deliver malware such as AZORult Trojan, an information stealing program which can infiltrate a variety of sensitive data. A prominent example that has deployed malware is ‘corona-virus-map[dot]com’.

Refund scams

  • People seeking holiday refunds should be wary of fake websites set up to falsely offer holiday refunds. Instead they collect your personal data.

Counterfeit goods

  • Fake sanitisers, face masks and Covid-19 swabbing kits are being sold online and door-to-door. These products can often be dangerous and unsafe. There are reports of some potentially harmful hand sanitiser containing glutaral (or glutaraldehyde), which was banned for human use in 2014. Please note that sanitisers bought from a reputable source are safe to use.

Telephone scams

  • As people continue to self-isolate at home there is an increasing risk that telephone scams will also rise, including criminals claiming to be your bank, mortgage lender or utility company. If in doubt, end the call and call them back on a number from a recent bill.

Donation scams

  • There have been reports of thieves extorting money from consumers by claiming they are collecting donations for a COVID-19 ‘vaccine’.


To report fraud online, visit the Action Fraud website:

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ or call 0300 123 2040.

More information about scams can be found here:

https://www.friendsagainstscams.org.uk/article/505/beware_of_covid_19_scams

You can check if something is a scam here:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/scams/check-if-something-might-be-a-scam/

Regular scam updates can be found here:

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/sign-up-for-action-fraud-alert.

Useful Facebook links during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Sign up for the Carers Emergency Alert Card today. This FREE scheme helps identify you as a family or friend carer so the person you care for can be supported if you have an accident or are taken ill.

https://www.facebook.com/618890171532707/posts/2958488187572882/?substory_index=0?sfnsn=scwspmo&extid=58nTdBI9gKhp11vV

 

  • Waste Recycling Sites – We have developed a plan, subject to further government guidance, to safely reopen Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRSs) next week (week commencing 11 May). The date will be confirmed later this week when further guidance on managing the reopening of sites will be released by central government.

https://www.facebook.com/618890171532707/posts/2965404120214622/?substory_index=0?sfnsn=scwspmo&extid=YzUODbXgomLTXUI1

 

 

  • Supporting family and friends – People are playing their part and providing essential support to their friends and family who are in isolation, to find out how to help others safely

https://www.facebook.com/105224117606609/posts/172739420855078/?substory_index=0?sfnsn=scwspmo&extid=JW8oaw01fTyhdHz1

 

 

 

WSCC virtual meetings to continue at County Council over the coming month

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A number of regular West Sussex County Council meetings will be held virtually over the coming month, so that priority business can still be dealt with.

Following new legislation, council meetings can now be held virtually (by video or phone) until May 2021 and the County Council will be using audio-only technology for these meetings, to ensure they are robust, reliable and secure.

All meetings that take place will be audio-webcast so that the public will be able to listen to the discussions.

The Chairman of the Council has agreed to cancel the meeting of full council scheduled for 22 May, as there is no priority business to be considered and no executive decisions or formal scrutiny take place in that meeting.

Some other meetings will need to be postponed or cancelled, as the focus will be on priority business during this emergency period.

Cabinet is still due to meet monthly to take key decisions and will also receive updates on the Council’s Covid-19 response, enabling democratic oversight with opposition party leaders and scrutiny chairmen able to take part and ask questions.

Plans for meetings in June and July are under review pending any changes to the current situation and government guidance.

A list of the most up-to-date meetings taking place will be available on the County Council’s ‘Calendar of Meetings’ web page – www.westsussex.gov.uk/meetings.

Anyone who wants to listen to any meeting being audio-cast, can do so by visiting westsussex.public-i.tv/core/portal/home. Individuals can also access archived meetings which are available for six months after the broadcast date.