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January 2012

MP meets Steyning green campaigners

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert met members of Steyning's 10:10 Climate Action Group on Friday (20 January) to discuss national and local environmental issues.

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MP visits Garden Cottage Nursery school

Children staged a special concert for Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert when he visited Garden Cottage Nursery in Washington.

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MP praises local PCSO's Business Watch initiative

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has praised a scheme set up by a South Downs PCSO to help protect local businesses from crime.

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December 2011

MP praises Royal Mail staff at Christmas

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has praised the work of local Royal Mail and post office staff as they meet the annual challenge of delivering Christmas letters and parcels.

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MP joins celebrations at Burton Mill Pond

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert joined local residents to celebrate the completion of a flood management project at Burton Mill Pond on Friday (2 December).

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MP joins festive fun in Petworth

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert joined residents and visitors in Petworth for an evening of fun to celebrate the start of Christmas on Saturday (3 December).

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Slindon School council quiz MP
Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert made a visit to Slindon CE Primary School on Friday (2 December) to see their new outdoor learning area, and to meet the school council. ...More Information


Duncton School present letters to their MP
Duncton C of E Junior School pupils met their MP, Nick Herbert, on Friday (2 December) in Petworth to speak to him about climate change. ...More Information


November 2011

MP meets Sussex tea producer

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert made a visit to one of the UK's leading tea manufacturers based in the heart of his constituency, in Storrington, on Friday (25 November).

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MP heralds "new era of policing " in Sussex

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has heralded "a new era in policing" when local people will elect a Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex in a year's time.

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MP marks British Pub Week in Petworth

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert marked British Pub Week by visiting The Star in Petworth.

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October 2011

Pulborough girl's Westminster work experience

Pulborough teenager Katherine Dean has spent three days of work experience in the office of Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert.

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MP joins Arundel Food Festival event

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert took a tour of Arundel Castle's organic kitchen garden as part of this year's Arundel Food Festival (21 October).  The nine day Festival has been running in the town since 15 October.

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MP presents local schools with new equipment

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert presented local schoolchildren with the rewards they have earned in this year's Tesco for Schools & Clubs scheme on Friday (30 September).

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September 2011

MP supports Greener Travel Walks

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert met members of the South Downs Society as they set off for a special walk on Friday.

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MP visits children's centre

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert made a special visit to the Camelia Botnar Children's Centre in Goring-by-Sea on Friday.

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MP opens restored canal waterwheel
Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert cut the ribbon to open the re-commissioned Lordings Waterwheel on the Wey & Arun Canal on Sunday (11 September). ...More Information


August 2011

MP welcomes broadband funding boost for West Sussex

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed the announcement of £6.26 million in Government funding to improve the broadband network in West Sussex.

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July 2011

MP celebrates outdoor learning at WWT Arundel

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert joined a Sussex school on Friday (8 July) to take part in a national celebration of learning outside the classroom.

Nick Herbert met Year 5 pupils from Brighton based St Josephs Catholic Primary School when they visited the Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre in Arundel on their outdoor learning experience.

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June 2011

MP quizzed by Year 6 pupils at Jolesfield School

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited Jolesfield CE Primary School in Partridge Green on Friday (17 June).

Mr Herbert was welcomed to the school by the co-headteacher, Mrs Christine Knight, and one of the school's governors Mr Rory Payne.  Mrs Knight shares her headship at the school with Miss Langley.

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Arundel bypass must be kept on the agenda

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has joined with local business and community leaders to renew pressure for an Arundel bypass, which they say is essential to protect the environment and boost the West Sussex economy.

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May 2011

MP welcomes withdrawal of Horncroft sandpit application

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed the decision of the Barlavington Estate to withdraw an application to quarry sand on Horncroft Common in the new South Downs National Park.

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Broadband Summit paves way to superfast future

Superfast broadband can be made a reality in West Sussex, leading politicians and a senior BT executive told a meeting of local community representatives last week.

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert joined forces with West Sussex County Council last Friday (20 May) to convene ‘West Sussex: Better Connected', a summit on improving broadband provision in the county.

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MP hosts charity tea in the House of Commons

A West Chiltington couple were treated to a cream tea at the House of Commons by Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert last week following a successful bid at a charity auction.

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MP supports British Tomato Week

Nick Herbert, Arundel and South Downs MP, visited Pollards Nursery in Barnham, headquarters of the British Tomato Growers Association, on Saturday (May 14).

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MP visits the new St Barnabas House hospice

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert was given a tour of the new St Barnabas House hospice in Worthing on Friday (6 May).

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April 2011

MP convenes West Sussex broadband summit

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert is convening a summit next month on broadband provision in West Sussex.

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Nick Herbert welcomes OFT review of heating oil prices

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed the announcement of an Office of Fair Trading review of heating oil pricing.

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MP presses for A27 improvements
Nick Herbert MP will be meeting with Arun District Council and West Sussex County Council in Littlehampton on Friday (8 April) to discuss the A27 and, in particular, the need for an Arundel bypass. ...More Information


MP calls for rail performance to improve

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has taken up the concerns of many of his constituents about recent performance on both the Brighton and Arun Valley lines, particularly over the winter months.

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MP calls for concerted action against anti-social behaviour

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for concerted action against anti-social behaviour that can blight communities.

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MP discusses Big Society with Community Partnerships

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert met with the members of some of West Sussex's Community Partnerships on Friday (25 March) to discuss the Big Society and Localism.

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Nick Herbert discusses local rural issues with the CLA

The need to provide affordable homes and the challenges of policing in rural areas were topics on the agenda when Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert met the South East branch of the Country, Land and Business Association (CLA) last month (25 March).

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March 2011

Nick Herbert plants new trees in Steyning

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert MP joined a team of helpers planting saplings at Dingemans Court in Steyning on Saturday morning (26 March).

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Nick calls for power interruption to be postponed

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for a proposed seven hour interruption to the electricity supply at Arundel on Wednesday (23 March) to be postponed.

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Nick Herbert supports tourism in West Sussex

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert MP joined a 'Party on the Pier' in Arundel on Saturday (12 March) to promote tourism in West Sussex.

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New Constituency Assistant for Nick Herbert MP

Arundel & South Downs MP, Nick Herbert, is delighted to have appointed Michelle Bidwell to his team as his new Constituency Researcher.

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MP unveils new Southern Water project

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert raised a toast with a glass of tap water when he officially opened a new source of water supply on the River Arun near Pulborough on Friday (11 March).

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February 2011

MP registers formal objection to quarry in National Park

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has registered his formal objection to the Barlavington Estate's application to quarry sand on Horncroft Common in the new South Downs National Park.

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January 2011

MP hands over petition against Horncroft sand pit

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert handed over a petition on behalf of local people against the proposed Horncroft sand quarry at West Sussex County Hall in Chichester on Friday (28 January).

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Nick Herbert opens Tourist Information Point

Steyning's new Tourist Information Point was officially opened by Nick Herbert MP last Friday (21 January).

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Nick Herbert meets Senior Persons' Council

The Senior Persons' Council of Horsham was joined by Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert at their meeting in Henfield on Friday (21 January).

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