Council may face tough choices
Council leaders face more tough decisions if estimations of a further £90 milion worth of savings prove correct.In a report on the authority’s finances cabinet members at East Sussex County Council...
View ArticleRound Table’s donation to group
Hastings and Rye Gang Show received a £250 donation from organisers of this year’s Hastings Beer and Music Festival.The group came runner-up in the Pitch for a Pitch competition and managed to raise a...
View ArticlePen a poem and win £1,000 in reward
Budding poets are being invited to take part in a competition to win £1,000.Entry is completely free and anyone, young or old is invited to enter the competition organised by United Press Ltd.All you...
View ArticleCentralisation of maternity given approval by HOSC
Health watchdogs have given approval to the decision by NHS bosses to permanently centralise consultant-led maternity at the Conquest Hospital.The county council’s Health Overview and Scrutiny...
View ArticleAim to set up epilepsy support group
A new support group looks set to be launched in Hastings and St Leonards to help those suffering from epilepsy.Andy Evans, who set up Eastbourne Area Epilepsy Group in 2005, said the first in a series...
View ArticleMan injured in fall from tree
A man was flown to hospital by air ambulance after falling 10 feet from a tree in the early hours.The victim, aged in his 20s, was injured around 4.15am on Saturday in London Road, St Leonards.He was...
View ArticleBlackbrooks’ award
A garden centre in 1066 Country has won an award.Blackbrooks Garden Centre, located on the A21 at Sedlescombe, has been recognised as Greatest Garden Centre Catering Team 2014 at this year’s Greatest...
View ArticleHastings Week entries
Planning for Hastings Week this year is already under way.This year it marks the 948th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. If anyone has a special event that they would like included in the week...
View ArticleCounty council’s warning over bogus Blue Badge websites
Bogus websites are scamming vulnerable people by claiming they can deal with applications for a Blue Badge.East Sussex County Council’s Trading Standards team is warning people wanting to apply for the...
View ArticleBusinesses say new link road will help boost trade and encourage new firms
Business leaders have given their support to a new link road between Hastings and Bexhill which they say will help boost trade.The road is on course to open in May next year and in a new video traders...
View ArticleWestfield FC nurtures young footballing talent
WESTFIELD Football Club’s Summer Coaching Session saw more than 45 children of all ages taking part. The two-day coaching session at the team’s home ground in Westfield was an action-packed,...
View Article‘Overwhelming need’ for care facility in South Chailey
Retirement Villages Group Ltd has defended its decision to appeal against refusal of planning permission for a care facility at South Chailey.Development Director Jami Puckering said: “There is an...
View ArticleRare fish babies are on show at town’s aquarium
Eight rare fish babies have gone on display in a special nursery tank at Blue Reef Aquarium – complete with its own sea urchins.The Banggai cardinal fish have all been captive bred, however in the wild...
View ArticleOckenden Manor Hotel & Spa - The perfect place to relax
Albert Camus famously observed: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”Too often, that winter represents neither season nor climate. It refers to the...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Eastbourne Pier on fire
A fire has broken out on Eastbourne Pier this afternoon (Wednesday).Firefighters, police, coastguards and lifeboat crew are at the scene after a fire was discovered in a wall panel of an arcade at the...
View ArticleBlaze rips through Eastbourne Pier
An East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson has confirmed there are no reports of injuries as flames continue to rip through the town’s Victorian pier on Wednesday afternoon.She said, “We can...
View ArticlePay to park by mobile app in Hastings
Motorists can now pay to park using their mobile phones after the official launch of cashless parking in the county.Last week, East Sussex County Council added the alternative payment method to...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Eastbourne pier on fire
The town turned out to watch in horror as fire consumed Eastbourne’s iconic pier yesterday (Wednesday, July 31).The blaze, which started behind wooden panelling just after 3pm, rapidly took hold and...
View ArticleDiabetes UK gives advice at roadshow
Members of a charity and health organisation were on hand to give advice on diabetes at a recent roadshow.Diabetes UK and Bupa held the event on June 30 and July 1 in the town centre and found that 127...
View ArticlePolice target drink drivers
Summer drink-drive arrests in Sussex are in the hundreds as police identify what they call ‘the warm weather drinker’.Traditionally police have targeted drink-drivers over the Christmas and New Year...
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