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Southern Rail Strike Update

Railway passengers have suffered delays, disruption and cancellations during a 24-hour strikes on Southern rail.

RMT members voted for the action in protest at driver-only trains and a change of role for conductors.

Southern services have been hit by staff shortages – blamed on high levels of sickness – in recent weeks, leading to protests by travellers in Brighton.

It’s advised that you check your service, as some end at 16:30.

Purple Bus Celebrates 21st Birthday

The Purple bus will be in Cowfold Village this week to celebrate its 21st birthday on an epic scale – with a party for buses.

Celebrating more than two decades of making a difference to the lives of young adults, people and fellow youth service buses are invited to the Village Green on 22nd June from 4-7pm.

It was originally formed by West Sussex County Council Young People’s Service and Action in Rural Sussex with other local councils, housing associations and Sussex Police.

The Purple Bus, which runs several evenings a week in areas where there is little or no youth activities, was used by around 600 young people aged between 13-21 last year.

Susy 103.4 Covers Horley EU Debate

On June 11th Susy 103.4 was invited to Horley for a debate on the EU Referendum.

The debate was chaired by Andrew Baird, Deputy Chair of the East Surrey Conservatives.

Speaking for the remain campaign were East Surrey MP Sam Gyimah and Richard Ashworth MEP, speaking for the exit campaign were Crawley MP Henry Smith and MEP Daniel Hannan.

You can hear summary of the debate here on Susy Radio 103.4 from  Wednesday between 6.00 and 7.00pm.

Incident At Lingfield Racecourse

A Man has been left in hospital following an assault at Lingfield Racecourse.

The incident happened between 8pm – 8.30pm on June 18. A group of men got into a fight at the racecourse. A man in his 30s obtained a suspected fractured eye socket and was taken to East Surrey Hospital.

A 24 and a 21-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of GBH and have been released on bail until Tuesday 9 August.

Surrey Police urges anybody who witnessed the incident or with any information to call 101 quoting, 45160051944.

Southern Train Strikes Cause Disruption

Southern Train services are suffering from disruption and cancellation as conductor go on strike today.

This is the third strike over dispute about the introduction of driver-only trains.

Southern operator Govia Thameslink said it would implement a new role for conductors from 21 August, with them no longer opening and closing doors.

It’s advised that you check your train journeys before you travel as some services are not running and others have limited service.