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` Land swop deal A POTENTIAL school site is about to be swopped between Yapton and Felpham. Both parish councils are happy for the land in the new Blake's Mead development to be included within Felpham's boundary. It has been earmarked for a school to serve the hundreds of houses which have been built in the area and which are located in Felpham. Initial approval for the change was given by Arun District Council's electoral review sub-committee last week. It needs to be finally agreed by the full council this year. Yapton Parish Council chairman Cllr Stephen Haymes, who is a sub-committee member, said: "The parish council is fully supportive of this. It's only a little piece of land. "The boundary didn't make much difference because it was just a field. But it makes a lot of sense now to be moved to Felpham."
` Cycles stolen
Friday, May 11, 2018
Church's gift day to residents THOUSANDS of free cakes were eaten by Bognor Regis residents thanks to members of a town church. Hard-working cooks in Grace Church baked the 3,000 sweet treats for its latest community day. The cakes were among the offering to the public organised by worshippers. Some 2,000 people were thought to have gone along to have a great time at the Hampshire Avenue playing field. They could tuck into free hamburgers, hot dogs and ice creams as well as the cakes. All the attractions could also be enjoyed without paying out a penny. One of the church's pastors, Thomas Bishop, said: "As a church, we just wanted to do a fun event to be enjoyed by the community to bring everyone together. "In this day and age, opportunities for people to meet each other are getting fewer. They are less pubs around now. "Social media has replaced them to
some extent but it's not the same. "We also wanted to show people that God loves them. We feel we are called to go out into the community. "We can meet on Sundays but people may not know we are there. A day like this provides them with the chance to get to know us and it's also a lot of fun." The popularity of last Saturday's event saw nearly all of the 500 hot dogs and 900 hamburgers devoured just over halfway though its four hours. It was the second day of its kind held in the town by church members. The first was in 2016. Others have been held in its other meeting places of Chichester, Havant and Midhurst. Plenty of attractions were available to entertain visitors away from the free food. Some 20 stalls included a hook a duck contest, an inflatable assault course, an under-fives marquee, a small display of owls and face painting. A children's entertainer, a games area
FOUR cycles were stolen from around Bognor Regis in a week. The first bike to be taken was a Ventura mountain bike from a shed in Ockley Court on April 19. It was red/black in colour and had a black saddle. A blue cycle lock was on its handle bars. April 21 saw two cycles stolen from a shed in Elm Grove and, overnight on April 25, a bike was stolen from a shed in Hatherleigh Gardens. Coloured black, with lime green features, it was a Carrera Vulcan with bike register stickers attached.
f Plenty of fun was on offer at the community day and live music were also on offer. Members of the Nitecki Southern Taekwon-Do School also delighted crowds with their martial arts prowess. Aged from five upwards, they showed off their skills breaking roof tiles, baton blocks and blocks of wood.
Leader Daniel Nitecki said: "About 60 members are here taking part. We are doing some self-defences moves and stuff like that. "They can show how much skill they have. They get nervous at the start but then they enjoy it."
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