Scrapyard blaze investigation
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 ArticleOlives Yard back to business after Uckfield fire
IT’S back to business as usual at Olives Yard following the fire in Uckfield High Street which made it impossible to reach their premises until today (Thursday September 6).The Flower Shop on the...
View ArticleLarge amount of cash stolen during robbery at Peacehaven in Sainsbury’s
AN EMPLOYEE was assaulted during a robbery at Sainsbury’s in Peacehaven where a large amount of cash was stolen.Sussex Police were called to the supermarket on South Coast Road at 10.25pm on Wednesday...
View ArticleMP gets sport and tourism role
THE MP for Telscombe and Peacehaven has been appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Sport and Tourism.Simon Kirby will be helping the minister with House of Commons duties and...
View ArticleThree arrests for Peacehaven pizza robbery
THREE people have been arrested after a pizza delivery man was robbed and another suffered an attempted robbery in Peacehaven on Sunday evening.Two telephone orders were made on Sunday to two separate...
View ArticleCar torched in Uckfield
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a Ford Fiesta was deliberately set alight in Nevill Road, Uckfield in the early hours of Tuesday morning.The car was gutted by the blaze which happened at...
View ArticleSun shines again for enthusiastic HOPS supporters at golfing event
THE sun shone down for the third year running on golfers during a tournament to raise awareness of Hailsham Old Pavilion.THE Hailsham Old Pavilion Society (HOPS) held its annual golf day at Willingdon...
View ArticleA27 at Lewes closed after concerns over man on bridge
The A27 around Lewes was closed this evening (Thursday September 13) after a man was spotted on a footbridge.Sussex Police arrived at the scene and the road was closed in both directions between the...
View ArticleMan injured in Seaford shooting incident
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has taken over the investigation into the shooting of a Seaford man in the early hours of this morning (Sunday September 16).Matters of this nature are...
View ArticleDon’t cross the road - Uckfield Olives Yard open
IT’S BUSINESS as usual for shops and offices in Uckfield where last weekend’s fire wrecked ancient High Street buildings. Traders fear shoppers cross the road when they see pavement diversions and fail...
View ArticleLewes pressure group’s tax changes concern
The pressure group is concerned about proposed changes in the Council Tax benefits system and has called a public meeting to discuss the issue at Southover Grange, Lewes, on Friday, October 12...
View ArticleCyclist assaulted in Newhaven in broad daylight
A CYCLIST suffered facial injuries when he was hit by another cyclist in Newhaven in the middle of the day.The 22-year-old victim, from Seaford, required treatment at the Royal Sussex County Hospital...
View ArticleConnect with your future in health care and customer service and sales at...
Jobstoday have opened their first national Virtual Careers Fair today (September 17), enabling candidates to connect with recruiters and apply for advertised vacancies specifically in the health care...
View ArticleWill Wealden towns sink into gradual decline?
CAN HEATHFIELD remain a vibrant country town? And will the ban on development within seven kilometres of the Ashdown Forest mean Uckfield and neighbouring villages join other rural communities and...
View ArticleBrand new recruitment service - The Smart List - launch by JP
Johnston Press, owner of this paper, plans to extend its recruitment offering with its new fixed price recruitment service – TheSmartList.co.uk – designed to help employers fill vacancies quickly and...
View ArticleConcern County Hall could quit Lewes
FURTHER evidence that East Sussex County Council intends to quit Lewes emerged this week.Lewes Town Councillor Matt Kent, who has been campaigning to establish what the future holds for County Hall,...
View ArticleSixth form centre to be built at Mayfield
MAJOR development plans are underway at St Leonards-Mayfield School. Work on a new sixth form centre gets underway before Christmas and the doors will open in September 2013 at the school at The Old...
View ArticleConcern about empty shops in Lewes deepens
Concern over the number of empty shops in Lewes has deepened, with estate agents apparently less than enthusiastic to find temporary roles for vacant sites says a town councillor.Cllr Ashley Price,...
View ArticleMP Norman Baker hits out at unsightly graffiti at Lewes Magistrates’ Court
Lewes MP Norman Baker has enlisted the Ministry of Justice to get the ball rolling to clear up the unsightly graffiti which has appeared in recent weeks on the front of the town’s former Magistrates’...
View ArticleEfit released of Crowborough bogus caller
Police have released an efit of one of two bogus callers who stole a safe from a Crowborough home.At about 7.30pm on Thursday October 4, two men went up to a woman in her late 50s as she was...
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