Thirteen days after launch, the pledges have reached 41% of the target of £937,513 (for the Brightling/Netherfield/Woods Corner project). If you haven’t already done so, please consider pledging your voucher now. It takes less than 5 minutes. The sooner we can get to 100%, the sooner the build of the new network can start. Some… Read more

Nine days after launch, the pledges have reached 37% of the target of £937,513 (for the Brightling/Netherfield/Woods Corner project). If you haven’t already done so, please consider pledging your voucher now. It takes less than 5 minutes. Some people have ended up on the wrong site for pledging. If you see “www.openreach.com/connectmycommunity” in the address… Read more

Many people have commented on the reduction in noise from jets flying over Brightling in the last two years. The reduction in flying is indeed huge: during the final quarter of 2021, air traffic movements at Gatwick were still 70% down on 2019 levels. And few planes means less “stacking”, so the ones that are… Read more