The final day of the Goodwood Revival is well underway, with action on and off the track.

The Gordon Trophy, which celebrates rear-engined Grand-Prix cars, was won by Miles Griffith earlier this morning (Sunday, 15).

The Fordwater Trophy was won by David Smithies in an Austin-Healey.

The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy is also set to be a big crowd-pleaser, taking place later today.

Off the track, visitors have been enjoying a stroll down the vintage high street and the supermarket aisles of memory lane.

Customers have stepped back in time browsing the shelves which are stacked high with products from the era.

Mike Emery, director of local marketing at Tesco, said: “We’ve really enjoyed recreating this 1960s shop to help jog people’s memories, and give younger fans of the decade a glimpse of what shopping was like for their parents and grandparents.”

There will also be a Battle of Britain memorial flight taking to the skies at 1.45pm.

For more results, pictures and news keep checking the Observer website.

Motor racing enthusiast Chris Evans has been spotted chatting with TV chef James Martin at Goodwood Revival this afternoon.

There have also been more results from highly-anticipated races.

The winner of the Settrington Cup, which was a race of Austin J40s, was youngster Arthur Allenby-Byrne.

Coming up next at Goodwood Revival will be the Tour De France tribute and the Glover Trophy.

There will also be prize giving at the end of the day.

Races have been going ahead in true Revival spirit this afternoon, despite the rain.

A real revival highlight was the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration Race, a one-hour, two driver event - which evokes the spirit of the races which took place at Goodwood between 1960 and 1964.

Simon Hadfield and David Clark claimed victory in the race, in an Aston Martin Project 212, with Anthony Reid in second place.

Adrian Newey claimed the Whitsun Trophy Race, which this year was run exclusively for Ford GT40 sports prototype.

Bill Shepherd won in the second instalment of the St Mary’s Trophy Race for saloon cars which raced at Goodwood between 1960 and 1966.

The Sussex Trophy is well under way, which caters for World Championship sports cars and production sports-racing cars from 1955-1960.

The race includes hordes of Aston Martins, Ferraris, Jaguars, Listers and Maseratis.

The track is set to close at 6.30pm this evening, but the village will still be open.

BUSINESSMAN Simon Fyfe believes in giving something back to the community – and wants other firms to do the same.

That’s why his Bognor-based company donates one per cent of its annual net profits to charity, as well as giving clients cheques to donate to their chosen cause.

Mr Fyfe is managing director of Caldyne Building Contractors Limited which has been up and running since April after he branched out from another building firm.

“If every business donated one per cent of their profits to charity, instead of squirrelling it away, the world would be a much better place,” he said.

“It’s not all about take, take, take.”

He said if the firm made £500,000 in the first year of running, he would 
donate £5,000 to a local charity.

As the company grows, the donations will get bigger and he said he would consider a larger percentage contribution in the future.

He is using the company’s Facebook page to get people to vote which charity the donation should go to at the end of the financial year.

“It’s putting it back into the community,” he said.

“I used to be a town councillor and I donated my allowance to charity.”

My Fyfe’s firm is a building contractor for commercial and domestic projects, so the size of the donation will depend on the size of the project.

“For a big house refurbishment they can go to St Wilfrid’s for example and donate £100 to them,” he said.

Mr Fyfe said the company had no say in the charities their customers chose to donate to.

“It’s up to them,” he said.

Visit the website for more information on the business at {http://www.caldynebuilding.co.uk|www.caldynebuilding.co.uk}

GENEROUS grants have been awarded to 17 not-for-profit organisations in Chichester.

Chichester City Council granted a total of £32,008 from its discretional grant budget at a meeting last Wednesday, inviting the organisations to pick up their cheques.

Debbie Ford, director Chichester Cinema at New Park, thanked the mayor and city councillors for the £1,000 grant.

“It is very gratefully received,” she said.

Chichester Tree Warden group was awarded £390, and £360 was awarded to Consort of Twelve.

Fire Safety Friends of Russia was awarded £500 to further their links with other fire services.

Friends of Chartres, who have organised an art competition was awarded £1,000. Ray Brown, from the organisation said: “Thank you very much for this cheque.

“It is really appreciated. We expect our numbers to increase, and with that comes increased cost. “Children get a really big kick out of seeing their work on display.

“We hope that in the future some of these children will continue their interest in art.”

New Park Centre was granted £5,000 to be put towards a foyer area, and Friends of St John’s Chapel were awarded £750.

Lavant Road surgery patient participation group was awarded £890, and the Royal Sussex Regimental Association were awarded £4,000.

St Wilfrids Hospice was awarded £3,000, and Sammy Community Transport was granted £5,000 to support the organisation.

South Downs Planetarium, Swanfield Park Residents Neighbourhood group, The Murray Club, Transition Chichester and Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester were also awarded grants.

FRIENDS gathered to celebrate the life of Chichester Festival Theatre great Patrick Garland today (September 16).

The memorial service at Chichester Cathedral was a star-studded affair, headed by actor Simon Callow, and Patrick’s wife Alexandra Bastedo.

Other speakers included actresses Patricia Routledge and Dame Eileen Atkins and playwright Alan Bennett , all of whom where firm friends with Patrick.

For pictures and a full report of the service, see Thursday’s Observer (September 19).

THE WESTGATE Leisure Centre is a step closer to a £100,000 refurbishment.

Chichester District Council’s cabinet recommended to full council funds be released to upgrade the health suite hot water systems and ventilation plant.

Currently, the health suite has been supplied by hot water from the main plant room since 2011, with the suite’s original boilers obsolete.

If the upgrade gets the go-ahead at full council, it would mean the leisure centre’s health suite would be able to meet peak seasonal demand.

The funds would come from the council’s asset replacement programme and include upgrading the original pipe work and increasing the flow of hot water from the main plant room to the health suite.

In addition, ventilation units in the health suite would also be upgraded.

According to a council report considered at cabinet, this would mean the suite met ‘operational needs’.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to St Richard’s Hospital after six people were stuck in a lift in the early hours of this morning (September 17).

The call came in at 1.20am, and firefighters from Chichester released the people from the lift.

They left the scene by 2am.

A FORMER police office officer has been convicted of illegally accessing Sussex Police computers to get information on members of the public.

Thomas Grant (25) of Stroud Green Drive, Bognor Regis, was a PC based at Bognor Regis Police Station at the time and after being arrested was suspended from duty. He was arrested in March after an investigation by officers from the force’s Professional Standards Department into the misuse of Sussex Police computer systems.

He had been using the systems to research the details of several personal acquaintances in Bognor Regis.

Grant resigned from the force at the beginning of September prior to his trial.

Grant pleaded guilty at Brighton Magistrates’ Court today (Tuesday, September 17) to an offence of breaching the Data Protection Act. He was fined £800.

Detective Sergeant Niall Moloney said: “The misuse of force computers or systems by either officers or staff for anything other than a policing purpose is totally unacceptable and is not tolerated by Sussex Police.

“Any allegation of this kind is investigated thoroughly.

“Members of the public can be assured that their details are safe with us. Anyone who attempts to undermine that confidence will be dealt with swiftly and robustly.”

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a group of holidaymakers were racially abused in Chichester.

The victims were walking in East Street outside the city’s Marks and Spencer store between 6pm and 7pm on Saturday (September 14), when they were racially abused by a man as they passed him.

The offender made racist remarks about the victims, two of whom are American and of Chinese descent and one of whom lives in Cheshire and is of Indian descent.

The man was white, 5’8” or 5’9” and in his late 40s or early 50s. He was pushing a light blue bike and had brown slightly greying hair which was cut short.

PC Ash Bellamy said: “I am keen to speak to anyone who saw the incident taking place or who recognises the description of the offender.

“Visitors to Sussex deserve to be treated with warmth and respect. We will not tolerate racist abuse.”

Anyone with information should call 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

A TUTOR with his ‘reputation in ruins’ was jailed for sexual activity with a teenage girl on Friday.

Duncan Hanner, 53, of Caspian Close, Fishbourne, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and banned from teaching.

He was found guilty in August of six counts of sexual activity with a child under the age of 16.

“Young girls must be free from harmful influences like yours while they mature,” Hanner was told by Judge Robert Fraser at Chichester Crown Court.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was aged 13 or 14 at the time of the offences, between 2008 and 2010.

Richard Hearnden, prosecuting, said: “Even though she was a child, she still feels guilty herself and upset because she couldn’t say anything at the time about the abuse.

“It was that vulnerability you took advantage of,” Judge Fraser told Hanner during sentencing, adding he had ‘abused trust’ the victim placed in him.

At the August trial, the jury watched the victim’s police interview, after she reported the offences in May, 2012.

She said she had ‘nightmares’ over a long period of time.

“I’ve not had one nice dream in five years,” she said.

She described Hanner’s hands as ‘rough and cold and unwelcome’.

Defending, Victoria Maude said Hanner was ‘a man of previously good character’.

“He’s well-regarded within his community of Fishbourne,” she said.

A number of supporters attended court in support of Hanner, which Miss Maude said included professional colleagues, friends, family and neighbours.

She also spoke of Hanner’s wife.

“Mrs Hanner is a fragile woman both emotionally and physically and without her husband by her side it’s going to be a very difficult time for her,” she said.

Judge Fraser said he noted Hanner’s previous good character.

“They clearly know a better side to you,” he said.

However, he said Hanner’s reputation was still in ruins.

“Clearly there’s only one sentence and that’s immediate custody,” he said.

Hanner received a 15-month prison sentence for each of the offences, which he will serve simultaneously.

Judge Fraser added he would be released after serving half the sentence.

Hanner was also banned from teaching, made the subject of a sexual offences prevention order and put on the sex offenders’ register.

CHICHESTER District Council has renewed calls for local produce firms to take on the lease of a South Street store.

Earlier this year Chichester District Council started a scheme to help a local produce business to take on a shop on the high street – with a £75,000 grant to fit out the shop.

However, the council had no appropriate candidates, and the one they wanted dropped out.

At a cabinet meeting in July, councillors discussed the possibility of dropping the scheme, but decided to let senior officers reevaluate the scheme.

The result of that evaluation was to give it another try.

One concern expressed by council officer Kenrick Garroway was the £75,000 grant from the county council would be ‘lost’ if it was not spent by March 31, 2014.

The council is now on the hunt for a second time, for a produce firm to take on the lease for 29a South Street, which will sell local produce from the district and surrounding areas. The closing date for applications is Monday, October 21.

For more information visit www.chichester.gov.uk/localproduceshop or call 01243 534669.

MPs in the Observer area claimed more than £397,000 in expenses in 2012/13.

The figures were released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Agency (IPSA) last week.

Chichester MP Andrew Tyrie claimed a total of £153,545.66. His biggest spend was on paying staff wages – £124,412.44.

His other areas of spending included £6,851.80 on a constituency office, £20,000 on accommodation, £1,801.42 on travel and £480 on staffing spend (not including wages).

His basic salary was £65,738 with an additional £14,582 for sitting as the chairman of a committee.

Nick Herbert, MP for Arundel and South Downs, claimed a total of £124,230.10.

He used £113,278.51 for staff wages, £6,044.03 for a constituency office, £2,407.56 for travel and £2,500 for staffing spend.

His basic salary was £65,738.

Nick Gibb, MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, claimed £119,345.65.

He used £76,448.21 for staff wages, £10,748.87 for a constituency office, £5,138.80 for travel and £27,009.77 for staffing spend.

His basic pay was £65,738 with an additional London area living payment £3,759.96.

Overall, the national bill for MPs’ expenses, including staffing costs, rose to £98.1m in 2012 – more than at the time of the 2009 expenses scandal.

The information released also showed 155 MPs were employing a family member, with some paying salaries up to £40,000.

MORE than 1,000 people are set to flock to a celebration of all things green this weekend.

Transition Chichester will hold its third annual Green Fair on Saturday, September 21, with between 1,000 and 1,500 people expected through the doors.

The event acts as a showcase for the organisation’s ‘numerous projects’, including a community renewable energy project, re-skilling and sewing groups, a group for eco-aware pre-school and primary school children and the Oaklands Park Community Orchard.

In addition, the Green Fair will also have stands from ethical and local businesses and other not-for-profit organisations including Stonepillow, Chichester Co-Wheels Car Club and Chichester Community Development Trust.

As well as numerous stalls, there will be a speakers’ corner, featuring talks from a host of speakers on diverse topics from promoting the health of bees, to green parenting and ethical business.

Lush will be providing a smoothie bike and holding bath-bomb making sessions, while a stall dedicated to eco-activities will keep children entertained. The Green Fair will also be hosting a Fairtrade Café offering a variety of homemade goodies, using Fairtrade, locally sourced and organic produce where possible

Entry to the event is free of charge, and a raffle will be drawn in the afternoon – with top prize a private cookery workshop for six with Rosemary Moon at West Dean. The fair will take place in the Assembly Rooms, in North Street, Chichester, from 10am to 4pm. For more information about Transition Chichester, visit {http://www.transitionchichester.org|www.transitionchichester.org}

FORAGING combines two of my favourite things – food and free.

In a world where labels are often larger than the portions, with ‘suitable for this’ and ‘may contain that’, there is something brilliantly simple about it.

Ok, so simple might not be the right word.

Afterall one wrong mushroom could be your last.

But in terms of heading to a hedgerow and turning tupperwares of blackberries into crumble it’s brilliantly easy.

And tasty.

Any more than that and the key is knowing your stuff, or knowing someone else who does.

It’s fascinating.

I went to an event at the weekend and now can’t look at woods or bushes in the same way – which has the added benefit of making being stuck in Sussex traffic jams a bit more interesting.

As well as having seen cider being pressed and rainbow rows of jams and chutneys, I got to see a pigeon turned into a sandwich.

No magic just the wave of a knife, a sizzle, drizzle of mustard between to slices of bread.

The chef explained he has been self sufficient for the last seven years. Imagine it.

No Sunday morning supermarket squash. Just tasty food without worries of where it came from or what it has been sprayed with.

If that fact alone wasn’t enough to have me Googling books on foraging, and trying to work out where my wellies are, tucking into a medlar cobbler would certainly do it.

Not heard of medlars? I hadn’t either.

Turns out it is unpopular for the same reason it’s remarkable – in that you have to let it rot a bit before you eat it.

I know, it’d make working out the ‘best before’ stamp a nightmare!

But what a rubbish reason that is to miss out on things...

PLANS for a solar farm in Sidlesham are set to be unveiled – and residents are being urged to find out more.

A renewable energy firm will be on hand to set out their vision for Bakers Farm, at the drop-in session on Tuesday (September 24).

“We would like to invite the local community to come and view our initial proposals for the solar farm and ask us questions,” said Sophie Buttress, who works for the firm AGRenewables (AGR).

“It’s also a really good opportunity for us to gather feedback and find out how we might be able to improve the plans.

“We’re keen to get comments from residents and feed these into our proposals where we can before they are finalised.”

If developed, the 13 megawatt solar farm would have the capacity to generate enough renewable energy to power up to around 4,000 homes and save up to around 5,869 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year.

The plans include a dual-use of the 50-acre site as agricultural, as well as a renewable energy hub.

“The environmental impacts of solar energy production are minimal, especially when compared to other renewable technologies,” said Ms Buttress.

“We are designing the solar farm at Baker’s Farm to have a minimal visual impact. The site is well screened and there are established hedgerows and trees along the borders of the site, which we would reinforce with additional planting.”

The solar farm would be decommissioned after 25 years, and the firm said with good management the land could be quickly returned to arable farming land or continued as pasture for grazing.

The public exhibition will be held at the Church Hall in Sidlesham on Tuesday, from 3pm until 8pm.

There will be photomontages of the site to show what it would like, as well as further information about the plans, and a chance for residents to have their say.

AGR’s pre-application consultation period will close on the October 11, to enable comments to be considered before the planning application is finalised and submitted.

When the planning application is submitted there will be a formal period of public consultation where representations can be made to Chichester District Council, which has the final say on whether the plans will go ahead.

Following public consultation, the firm said it is likely a planning application would be submitted to Chichester District Council in the autumn.

This comes after a solar farm bid in Hunters Rest, Lavant was approved by Chichester District Council earlier this year.

The application prompted mixed reaction from residents, but Lavant Parish Council opted to stay neutral.

For more information on the Sidlesham plans visit the website {http://wwww.bakerssolarfarm.co.uk|www.bakerssolarfarm.co.uk}

A LOVING brother has paid tribute to a ‘real family man’ who died after walking into the path on an oncoming lorry on the A27.

Alan Potter, a 45-year-old father of two from Portsmouth, was suffering from depression at the time of his death, an inquest heard on Tuesday.

“He ran from a standing start into the middle of the carriageway,” said Andrew Day, the lorry driver who hit Mr Potter three-and-a-half miles outside Chichester.

“I was looking for something that would warrant him running out – something important enough to retrieve.

“I didn’t see the lay-by where his car was parked until I was on top of it. It was dark.

“I eased off the throttle – but I was fully loaded with plaster board so couldn’t stamp on the brakes. I would’ve jack-knifed.

“He ran out, saw I was boxed in and took a step back in my path. I was in shock.”

The inquest heard Mr Potter had already stepped out in front of traffic earlier in the morning of January 22.

Van driver Andrew Norris was driving down the eastbound carriageway towards Chichester when he saw a dark figure step out into the road in front of him.

“As Alan was coming towards me I had nowhere else to go, but I managed to make that extra move to go around him,” said Mr Norris.

“He braced himself. He was surprised, he thought there was going to be a collision. I didn’t know what he was doing.”

During the inquest into Mr Potter’s death, held at Edes House in Chichester, the court heard how Mr Potter, who was divorced, had ‘seemed sad’ the night before his death.

“He said he felt suicidal in the past,” said Amy Jennings, Mr Potter’s lodger. “He said it was his children who had kept him going. He was very close to his family.”

Mr Potter, who was a cable layer for Southern Electric, was reviewed by mental-health teams just days before his death.

Dean Potter paid tribute to his brother Alan, praising his ‘get up and go attitude to life’. “He was proud and independent. My brother would drop everything to help a friend or family member. He adored his boys. He was a fantastic provider.

“He found going through his divorce hard. He didn’t want tea and sympathy, he just wanted someone to listen to him. He was starting to enjoy life more. He enjoyed boys’ toys and having fun.”

Mr Potter said the last time his brother and nephews came round they had a cup of tea and parted with the normal ‘see you later’.

Recording a verdict of suicide, Elisabeth Bussey-Jones, deputy assistant coroner, said Mr Potter’s death was ‘extremely sad’. “Our thoughts go to all of you, and also to his two sons who have lost a father and a life with him,” she said.

Mrs Bussey-Jones praised the courage and efforts of everyone at the scene, including a 14-year-old boy who tried to revive Mr Potter.

THE death of a Chichester man remains unexplained as the coroner recorded an open verdict at his inquest.

Peter Belcher, 55, of Millfield Close, was found dead by a neighbour on July 17.

At the inquest on Tuesday (September 17), the coroner Elisabeth Bussey-Jones heard when police found the body in a highly decomposed state at Mr Belcher’s home.

Mr Belcher had been last seen by his neighbour about ten days before, at the beginning of July.

When police made their enquiries, neighbours described Mr Belcher as a ‘loner’ who ‘did not socialise much’.

A post mortem into the death was inconclusive, as the body was too decomposed to analyse.

There were concerns from the police officer at the scene that a head injury may have been to blame because of the amount of blood at the scene.

But the post-mortem showed there were no fractures to the skull, suggesting there was no serious head injury involved.

The inquest heard from Mr Belcher’s daughter Saffron Wentworth, 19, who said he was a researcher and musician, but that they were largely estranged.

Ms Elisabeth Bussey-Jones ruled that there was not enough evidence to give any other verdict other than an open verdict, as the death of Mr Belcher was unascertainable.

FRIENDS gathered to celebrate the life of theatrical great Patrick Garland in a place he held dear – Chichester Cathedral.

A memorial service was organised by firm friend and actor Simon Callow, who said: “We did not meet until the late nineties. When we did we plunged into a bubble bath of anecdotes.”

And a bubble bath of anecdotes is an accurate description of the service on Monday afternoon, as his friends and family paid tribute to Mr Garland.

With recitals from those who knew him best, it was a rare glimpse into the life of a man who had mastered theatre, poetry, television and film.

What also became clear is that he loved Sussex and his time at Chichester Festival Theatre.

Mr Callow, playwright Alan Bennett, actresses Patricia Routledge and Dame Eileen Aitkins, and of course Patrick’s widow Alexandra Bastedo paid tribute to Patrick.

The location of the service was important, as it was where Mr and Mrs Garland were married 33 years ago.

She said the cathedral was ‘so much a part of our lives’, so it seemed a fitting to hold place to hold the service.

Mr Callow spoke movingly of his friend: “One of the most remarkable, accomplished generous figures ever known in the English theatre in my lifetime.

“He was the most engaging brilliant, informed, delightful man anybody could hope to meet.

“He was very much a man of the theatre but also of the world. He was an altogether extraordinary figure.

“Patrick was the friend of friends. Patrick made friendship into a sublime art. If you were with Patrick’s friend you were surrounded by love and wit and constant communication, and so the whole of the congregation here including many, many close friends and some of the most distinguished people in the British theatre have come to give thanks for his life.”

His friend Alan Bennett read an extract from his play which was directed by Mr Garland, but before that, he described his friend.

“In a profession which is not always without self seeking, Patrick stood out as the most magnanimous of men,” he said. “Always ready to share credit and to give credit to others, he was generous, unrivalrous, and above all fun.

“My lasting memory of him was him telling an anecdote and not really laughing but shouting with laughter.”

Actress Dame Eileen Atkins read an extract from The Diaries of Virginia Woolf, as she said their mutual love of the author is what began her friendship which Mr Garland.

She read an extract where Ms Woolf is walking through the countryside, as ‘Patrick did love the Sussex countryside’.

Patricia Routledge spoke of her work with Mr Garland, and gave a biblical reading from Mr Garland’s preferred translation of the Bible - The King James Bible 1611.

There was music from the cathedral choir, and bands which Mr Garland worked with and enjoyed, including The Pandora Band, The Copper Family, The Bastedo Band and Mr Garland’s godson Simon Mulligan.

The Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling, Dean of Chichester, lead the service, and addressed friends and family of the former Chichester Festival Theatre director.

He said before the service, in the cathedral’s refectory, someone had said the service was ‘what is sure to be the best show in town this afternoon’.

And it certainly was.

Mr Garland’s work at Chichester Festival Theatre

Patrick Garland was artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre 1981 – 1984, and again from 1991 – 1994.

During these periods, he directed the following plays:

Festival Season 1981

The Cherry Orchard

The Mitford Girls

Festival Season 1982

On the Rocks (with Jack Emery)

Cavell

Goodbye Mr Chips (with Chris Selbie)

Festival Season 1983

As You Like It

Festival Season 1984

Forty Years On

The Merchant of Venice

The Philanthropist

Festival Season 1991

Tovarich

A Room of One’s Own (also adaptor)

Festival Season 1992

King Lear in New York

Vita & Virginia

The British in Love

Festival Season 1993

Pickwick

Elvira ‘40

Forces Sweetheart (also adaptor)

A Song in the Night

Festival Season 1994

Pygmalion

Janet Bakose, Theatre Manager at Chichester Festival Theatre, worked with Patrick Garland during both of his periods as artistic director at Chichester.

“Patrick was a lovely man who was very sociable, with a mischievous sense of humour,” she said. “Even though he moved in very glamorous circles, his exceptional skill was to make everyone feel that they were of equal importance and he valued the opinions of all his staff. He was very generous with his time and was adored by everyone who knew him.”

A HOUSING association is employing prisoners in an effort to get them back into work, it has emerged.

After an Observer reader got in touch with concerns, a spokeswoman for The Hyde Group, which is in partnership with Chichester District Council, confirmed the company does take on serving prisoners.

She said there were currently five people working with them through Summit, an organisation which gets offenders back into work.

She said the offenders only work on empty properties. Their work includes gardening, general maintenance, plastering and decorating.

“It’s enabling more people to access work, training and to develop skills,” said the Hyde Group spokeswoman.

“This initiative is part of a wider programme to introduce former offenders to the discipline of work. All workers are risk assessed before their placement begins and closely supervised by Hyde and Summit staff.”