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SussexWorld
  • 25/08/2023
Sussex World's top stories on August 25 2023.
Transcript
00:00 Hey there, my name's Gunnar Gormley.
00:01 I'm a trainee reporter for Sussex World
00:03 and these are some of our top stories
00:05 across both East and West Sussex today.
00:07 A Hastings charity shop is making headlines today
00:10 after a portrait was returned twice
00:13 by customers who claimed they could not live with it
00:15 thanks to its eerie aura.
00:17 The painting, which depicts a little girl,
00:18 was on sale at the H-A-R-C charity shop
00:22 in St. Leonard's for 20 pounds.
00:24 And after it was returned for the first time,
00:26 staff, as a joke, put it up with a tag
00:28 claiming that it was probably cursed.
00:30 But then, when it was brought by another woman,
00:33 they also brought it back, citing the same reasons.
00:37 Chichester actor Nicholas Lindhurst,
00:39 best known for playing Rodney in "Only Fools and Horses,"
00:41 is set to return to our screens
00:43 as part of the upcoming "Frasier" reboot.
00:46 Sorry for that.
00:47 He's widely touted as a national treasure
00:49 and he was born in Emsworth.
00:50 And he's appeared in pictures
00:52 announcing the return of the U.S. comedy show,
00:54 with fans both sides of the Atlantic
00:56 really excited to see how it all pans out.
00:59 A gift shop and tea room in Horsham
01:02 has announced its sudden closure, unfortunately, this week,
01:04 prompting an outpouring of sympathy and support
01:06 from loyal customers and residents.
01:08 The shop, called Pretty Little Things in Park Place,
01:11 is set to shut down, shut in the,
01:13 sorry, is set to shut in the next couple of weeks,
01:16 having been open in the town for 12 years.
01:19 Aggrieved owner Louise Abbott cited rising costs
01:22 and reduced footfall as contributing factors.
01:24 But she also said that the construction
01:26 of a large bin store at the end of the street
01:28 put off customers.
01:30 She thanks those customers for their loyalty,
01:32 thanks staff for their hard work,
01:34 and urged shoppers in Horsham to continue using
01:36 the town's wide array of independent businesses.
01:40 That's all from me today,
01:41 but for more from Sussex World,
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01:46 Thank you very much.