Peter Skinner (MEP South-East) - A fishy business
Last week the Fisheries Committee in the European Parliament agreed to end the wasteful practice of discards – fishermen being forced to throw back dead fish.The issue has been high on the agenda for a...
View ArticleTwo rescued by helicopter at Seaford
Two people were rescued by helicopter from Splash Point near Seaford Head this afternoon (Saturday June 23) after becoming cut off by the tide in an area inaccessible to either the RNLI lifeboat or the...
View ArticleStars of Tideway prom
NEW venue the Amex won the vote to hold the Tideway School prom this year and students and staff were not disappointed.About 90 students in their finery rolled up to Falmer in stretch limos, hummers,...
View ArticleDriver trapped as car goes through Peacehaven garage wall
A MAN was trapped in his car after it went through the wall of a garage in Mitchelldean, Peacehaven, on Monday afternoon.East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service’s Technical Rescue Unit (TRU) was called...
View ArticleMoney stolen by bogus council workers in Crowborough
An 83-year-old woman had money stolen from her flat in Forest Rise, Crowborough, yesterday (Monday June 25) after letting in two men she thought were from the council.The victim saw the men in her...
View ArticleElderly man slashed with knife in Hailsham
AN ELDERLY man was grabbed by a thug and slashed with a knife when he went for an evening walk in Hailsham.The 74-year-old man was minding his own business at 11.45pm on Sunday (June 24) when a...
View ArticleUPDATES: A27 opens westbound at Kingston
THE A27 at Kingson is now (Wednesday June 27 afternoon) open after being closed westbound although there are still queues.
View ArticleWealden policy set to ‘stifle’ local business
A NEW COUNCIL proposal is ‘stifling’ local businesses and looks set to put people out of work, critics say.The ‘Ashdown Forest Special Protection Area’ strategy – an environmental directive – blocks...
View ArticleFuneral of former Polegate Mayor
THE sight of the famous Jazz Caverners band playing a tune or two struck a poignant note for people in Polegate when townsfolk gathered to remember a former Mayor - and the band’s leader until his...
View ArticlePlaying our part in blitz on anti social behavior
EVEN in an area like Wealden, with relatively low levels of serious crime, people rightly still get fed up with antisocial behaviour, graffiti and public drunkenness on their streets. It had become...
View ArticleLewes school running on sunshine
THE roof of Priory School, Lewes, now boasts 143 solar PV panels. The £63,000 project was funded by excess community investment in the Harveys Brewery solar power installation, the first major project...
View ArticleNewhaven schoolchildren’s tribute to former pupil
CHILDREN at Southdown Junior School in Newhaven took it upon themselves to raise money for local charity Haydn’s Wish.Head teacher Christine Terrey said two groups of children collected the cash by...
View ArticleHeadquarters ‘disgrace’ to Hailsham
THE Hailsham Liberal Democrat Party headquarters is in a disgusting condition, according to a resident.Barry Salter, of Magham Down, who sent an email to Town Cllr Barbara Holbrook, said he was fed up...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Serious crash closes a Ditchling road
COMMON Lane at Ditchling is closed this afternoon (Tuesday August 28) due to a serious collision between a motorcyclist and two cars.The B2112 Common Lane is closed both ways between the B2116 West...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Accident on the A27 at West Firle
QUEUES are being reported on the A27 this afternoon (Tuesday August 28) due to an accident involving a camper van and two cars at West Firle.The road is reported to be partially blocked and queueing...
View ArticleBack in business after Uckfield High Street offices severely damaged by fire
SWINDELLS is back in business three days after fire destroyed a substantial part of its Uckfield High Street offices.Most of the staff of the long established firm of chartered accountants and tax...
View ArticleBlaze at a Lewes scrapyard
FIREFIGHTERS spent Tuesday night tackling a major blaze at a Lewes scrapyard.Crews were called to Light Brothers in Greystone Quarry, off the A26, just after 10.30pm following reports a building was on...
View ArticleWealden MP loses Cabinet post in shock move
IN A SURPRISE move, Wealden MP Charles Hendry has lost his job as Energy Minister to be replaced by Conservative MP for South Holland and the Deepings, John Hayes in the Government’s reshuffle. Mr...
View ArticleTrapped cow rescued by fire crews
FIRE crews helped rescue a cow trapped by the leg in a cattle grid at Exceat Country Park.East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service received a call from Sussex Police at 1.30am today (Wednesday September...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Fun for musical little monkeys
AN AWARD WINNING pre-school music group for children from three months to four years is opening in Lewes, Uckfield and Crowborough from this month.Founded in London in 1993, Monkey Music nurtures a...
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