Vandals launch attack on centre
A spate of vandalism at Malling Community Centre in Lewes over the holiday weekend has sparked an angry response.The culprits smashed external walls, paving and an emergency fire escape.Lewes Town...
View ArticleTREVOR WEEKS - Failed bid to save a mole as fox cubs progressing well
We had a really sad incident this week when this little mole was delivered to WRAS’s Casualty Centre, the mole had been seen roaming round a garden during the day time fairly franticly. The finder...
View ArticleKEVIN GORDON - Illuminating our churches for centuries
I do enjoy visiting churches. There is no more peaceful way to spend an hour than on a Sussex country church pew with the sunshine pouring through the stained glass. I like to contemplate how the...
View ArticleOwner of sheep worrying dog pays £600 to Telscombe farmer
A dog owner has agreed to pay a farmer £600 after his pet chased sheep on Telscombe Tye, Telscombe Cliffs, leading to the deaths of four of them.The dog was seen chasing and worrying the sheep whilst...
View ArticlePetition plea for A272 crossing for Chailey and Newick residents
On behalf of residents in Chailey and Newick, local District Councillors Sharon Davy and Jim Sheppard presented a petition of 288 names asking that East Sussex County Council, with the support of...
View ArticleListen to the Lewes locals on Phoenix Industrial Estate future
Keith Taylor, the Green Euro MP for South East England, is visiting Lewes businesses to hear their concerns about regeneration proposals for the area.Mr Taylor will visit the Phoenix Industrial Estate...
View ArticleSussex Conservatives mourn death of Baroness Thatcher
Sussex Conservatives have been mourning the death of Baroness Thatcher - regarded by them as one of Britain’s greatest ever Prime Ministers.Tributes are flooding in from across the county following her...
View ArticleConservatives pay tribute after death of Baroness Thatcher
Leading Conservatives paid tribute to former Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher after her spokesman Lord Bell confirmed the news of her death today (Monday, April 8).Brighton Kemptown MP Simon...
View ArticleHave a go at this great game to be as fast as Usain Bolt!
I don’t know about you, but I can’t believe we’re nearly back at school already!All that Easter fun was egg-citing, but seeing my friends again will be even better! Running around and playing games is...
View ArticleHoram family spearhead cancer research project
A Horam family who founded and now run a successful medical fundraising charity attended an event hosted by Brain Tumour Research and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for brain tumours last...
View ArticleTREVOR WEEKS MBE - Variable weather is causing confusion among wildlife
Is it winter or is it summer! The weather at the moment is really causing confusion for our wildlife. Freezing cold winds, snow showers, sleet and Met Office warnings for ice one minute then blazing...
View ArticleKEVIN GORDON - Cheap china with a local theme
The Victorian and Edwardian house was cluttered with picture frames, vases, pots and pot-plants. When you visited your granny when you were young, I bet she had a cabinet containing some nick-nacks,...
View ArticleTories have no clear majority on Lewes council
The leader of Lewes District Council said it would be ‘business as usual’ despite a councillor’s defection to UKIP leaving the Conservatives with no clear majority.James Page, who planned to maintain...
View ArticlePoetry at the Linklater Pavilion in Lewes will celebrate world’s rivers
The last ‘Month of Sundays’ fund-raising event of the season at the Linklater Pavilion in Lewes will be a performance of poetry on April 28.Author and broadcaster Graham Fawcett will lead ‘Run River...
View ArticleTREVOR WEEKS MBE - Fire crews to the rescue as gull gets entangled on roof
We must thank the guys from Eastbourne Fire Station for helping us to rescue a gull seriously entangled in line on a roof in Eastbourne at the weekend. The bird was badly entangled and had caused a...
View ArticleVIDEO: UKIP leader’s immigration views
Britain’s open door policy on immigration must be closed, said Nigel Farage at a meeting in West Sussex last night (Monday April 22).The UKIP leader was speaking to 250 people at a packed hall at the...
View ArticleKEVIN GORDON - When railways arrived in East Sussex
On January 25, 1837, a public meeting was held in Brighton to discuss building a railway between London and the South Coast. Several schemes were discussed but the consensus was to use the scheme...
View ArticleTREVOR WEEKS MBE - Rescue calls flood in since team’s TV award
Rescues have certainly shot up in the past week. Being seen on the British Animal Honours last week really made our rescue line get much busier. We are hoping the filming will bring in some much needed...
View ArticleSeaford road partially blocked due to medical emergency
A major road in Seaford has been partially blocked this afternoon (Saturday (April 27) following a medical emergency.The A259 Buckle bypass has been partially blocked in both directions at the Marine...
View ArticleA27 at Lewes partially blocked after accident
An accident has partially blocked a main road near Lewes this afternoon (Saturday April 27).The A27 eastbound has been partially blocked around the A26 (Southerham roundabout) area.Drivers may face...
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