Plea for second look at where new homes will go
Lewes District Councillor Ruth O’Keeffe has explained the background to her potential petition giving local people a say in the town’s future housing sites.And she refutes claims the petition is...
View ArticleRingmer defends its countryside
Ringmer parish councillors and residents attended last week’s two-day public hearing of Gleeson’s controversial proposal to build up to 110 homes on land north of Bishops Lane. The scheme was supported...
View ArticleFriends rally for family left homeless by lightning
Friends of a Hailsham family left homeless after their house was destroyed by a lightning strike earlier this month have raised hundreds of pounds to support them. Flames ripped through Amber Sinden’s...
View ArticleBrave five-year-old’s wheelchair challenge for SASBAH
A five-year-old boy with spina bifida and hydrocephalus will be taking part in a special Wheelchair Challenge this weekend.Haiden Debley-Turner is a member of the charity SASBAH - the Sussex...
View ArticleAvoid falling into scammers’ trap
Saturday morning started with great expectations. Before the really fun stuff could start though, I had to clean some dodgy software off a client’s PC (not for the first time). It was remote control...
View Article“Be careful what you sign up for”
A leaflet has been delivered door-to-door asking people to give away confidential, personal information.District councillor Susan Stedman (Horam) told the Express a leaflet about fracking has been...
View ArticleSussex singer Chloe Paige impresses X-Factor judges
X-Factor hopeful Chloe Paige has gone through to next round after impressing all four judges at the auditions.A well known local artist who regularly performs in Eastbourne and Wealden, Chloe’s...
View ArticleOfsted inspector tells children’s home it must improve
A home for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties has been told it requires improvement following an inspection by Ofsted.The Seahaven home, part of the ARC Children’s Homes Limited, was...
View ArticleWork gets underway at Malling Brooks
Construction work has started at Malling Brooks to create a 75,000 sq ft purpose-built, employment space for light industrial business in Lewes. Enabling works began last week to help prepare the...
View ArticleCharity helping kids
Children’s rugby charity Wooden Spoon is holding fund raising events to coincide with the Rugby World Cup this month.he charity is holding a lunch and breakfast to coincide with rugby matches being...
View ArticleDisruption on the roads after level crossing chaos at Pevensey
The A259 Wallsend road in Pevensey is currently blocked this morning (Wednesday) after a level crossing failure.The road is blocked between the A259 Wallsend Road junction and the Coast Road...
View ArticleCouncil joins fight against New Homes plan
An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Seaford Town Council was held last week to discuss the Lewes District Council proposals to build on Buckle Car Park.More than 250 residents attended the...
View ArticlePerson killed by train at Plumpton Station
A person was killed by a train as it approached Plumpton Station last night (Tuesday, September 1). The line was closed between Wivelsfield and Lewes as emergency services dealt with the incident,...
View ArticleRow over plans for statue of former Communist dictator
Maria Caulfield MP has called for plans to commemorate Newhaven’s historic links with a former Communist dictator to be reconsidered.A competition has been launched around the erection of a statue of...
View ArticleChildren paid one penny a day
When two of the first three teachers at Burwash Charity School were asked to sign receipts for their wages in 1727, they could only ‘make their mark’ as they could not write.Fascinating historic...
View ArticleLynne Anderson: The BBC must support other news organisatons
The relationship between the BBC and the commercial news media sector has long been the subject of intense debate within the industry.Commercial news brands – newspapers in print and digital – followed...
View ArticleSharp rise in flytipping costs Eastbourne £120,000
Flytipping in Eastbourne has nearly doubled over the last three years costing the public more than £120,000 to clean-up.Reports of flytipping rose from 1,172 in 2012/13 to 2,157 in 2014/15, a Freedom...
View ArticleJewellery and kitchen appliances stolen from Seaford home
Police are appealing for witnesses to a burglary at a house in Bishopstone in which jewellery and number of kitchen appliances were stolen. The burglary took place between Wednesday, August 19 and 10am...
View ArticleTRAVEL NEWS: A22 closed in both directions after crash
The A22 Lewes Road is blocked in both directions this afternoon (Wednesday, September 2) because of an accident. The road is closed around Wych Cross due to the collision, which is causing severe...
View ArticleSussex man creates phone app to help with migrant crisis at Calais
The Apple App Store has approved a new app designed by a Sussex entrepreneur that is designed to stop lorry drivers falling foul of the migrant chaos as they pass through Calais. Hauliers face fines of...
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