MD of farm fined £12,000 after worker fell through cowshed roof
The managing director of a farm has been fined £12,000 for safety failings after a worker from St Leonards was seriously injured in a three metre fall through a fragile cowshed roof.Rupert Cyster, 51,...
View ArticleNight to Remember returns
We have just launched the 2015 Night to Remember Midnight Walk and we are really looking forward to another fantastic event in Eastbourne.This year’s walk will take place on Saturday 16 May 2015, with...
View ArticleLocal NHS set to balance the books this year
Efforts to balance the books in the local NHS are paying off as the Hastings and Rother CCG is set to achieve “in the black” finances this year.The GP-led CCGs have spent the last two years working...
View ArticlePolice tips on how to avoid cyber crime
Police in Sussex are backing Safer Internet Day today (February 10) to remind web users to protect themselves from criminal activity.There are two joint units within the Surrey and Sussex Police which...
View ArticleDriver was so drunk he almost ran over police officer in St Leonards
A motorist was so drunk he almost ran over a police officer in St Leonards who tried to stop him going the wrong way down a one-way street.Stanley Perry was seen driving a Toyota Hiace the wrong way...
View ArticleEast Sussex County Council agrees £18 million cuts
Councillors at East Sussex County Council voted to accept £18m worth of cuts for 2015/16, as part of a three years saving plan of £67m.But it wasn’t without opposition, with many councillors speaking...
View ArticleLaunch of free energy clinics
An initiative that’s sat to save residents hundreds of pounds a year in energy bills was launched last week by Hastings and Rye MP Amber Rudd.The launch of the ‘Big Energy Savings Network advice...
View ArticleFree Wi-Fi for Southern Rail passengers
Passengers on Southern and Thameslink trains will benefit from free Wi-Fi from 2017. Rail Minister Claire Perry announced today (February 11) that £50m funding will be released from the Department for...
View ArticleDoctor appears in Hastings magistrates court charged with sexual assault of...
A doctor at the Conquest Hospital appeared at Hastings Magistrates Court today (Feb 11) charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.Dr Pai Jayaram, 45, a consultant paediatrician, was charged last...
View ArticleVIDEO: 300 animals rescued as fire rips through Polegate cottage
An investigation is underway this morning (Thursday) after a fire destroyed a thatched cottage on the A22 at Polegate and 300 animals had to be rescued.East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called...
View ArticleDog left abandoned at Eastbourne Railway Station
A dog appeared to be abandoned outside Eastbourne Railway Station yesterday afternoon (February 11). A witness said they saw a man leave the dog and get into a taxi at 4.15pm. The animal is now in the...
View Article‘Very proud to have been part of team that provides vital service’
A dedicated local resident who helped raise around £200,000 for three local charities has had to call it a day after a long struggle with a degenerative lung disease took its toll.James Beeching, who...
View ArticleTeenager’s plea for witnesses to hit-and-run
A 17-year-old who was the victim of a hit-and-run has said she is too terrified to get back on her bike again. Day Walpole was riding her moped along Rye Road at around 5.30pm on Monday, January 26...
View ArticleLloyd backs ‘anti-bullying’ measures for NHS whistleblowers
Measures to protect NHS whistleblowers have been backed by Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd.It has been announced that all NHS Trusts in England will have to appoint a “guardian” to assist and protect...
View ArticleEd Balls gives thumbs up to Hastings’ training college
With the countdown to the general election well under way, the first of the political big guns on the campaign trail, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Ed Balls, visited Sussex Coast College, Ore...
View ArticleEfit of man wanted by police
An Efit of a man has been released by police after an elderly woman was conned.Two men called at her house and offered to clean the guttering for £40. She accepted the offer but later declined a...
View ArticleProject to build 60 homes and community hub
Housing association AmicusHorizon has submitted a hybrid planning application to develop land at the former West St Leonards Primary School.Plans submitted for the land off Filsham Road, St Leonards,...
View ArticleCampaigners urge organisations in Lewes to move away from fossil fuels
Keep It In the Ground Sussex (KIIGS) will have a stall in Cliffe Precinct, Lewes, on Saturday (morning) February 14 to encourage East Sussex County Council to move pension funds away from fossil fuels...
View ArticleHoliday park hit by thieves
A number of families have been left devastated after items of huge sentimental value were stolen during a break-in at Beauport Holiday Park. A total of 19 static homes were forcefully entered overnight...
View ArticleGunman and robbers raid Eastbourne flat
Four men, one with a gun, forced their way into a home and attacked two men in an Eastbourne flat, before making off with £300.Sussex Police is investigating a robbery in Westerham Road, Langney,...
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