TREVOR WEEKS MBE - Sickly hedgehogs being brought in to WRAS in droves
With the run up to Christmas and the cold weather, hedgehogs are deciding they need to have a vacation to WRAS’s Casualty Centre! Hedgehogs are coming in from all over our area at the moment, but most...
View ArticleAppeal for Xmas gifts for needy
A charity is making a final plea for help to make Christmas more special for local children and families in need.The Education Futures Trust is issuing an appeal for any unwanted gifts or wrapping...
View ArticleXmas gifts for sick children
Members of the Rotary Club of Hastings will be providing Christmas cheer for children at the Conquest Hospital.The club is donating Christmas gifts to youngsters spending the festive season in...
View ArticleKeep A&E off the wish list
NHS bosses in 1066 Country are urging people to keep safe and ensure A&E is kept free only for serious or life-threatening situations over Christmas.Patients who do not need to come into A&E...
View ArticleSon’s search for lost beret worn by dad in war
A son is offering a reward in a desperate bid to be reunited with a lost D-Day veteran’s beret.George Harris was a 28-year-old sergeant who stormed up the Normandy beaches in the first wave of the...
View ArticleResident fined for eyesore rubbish dumped in garden
A man who ignored warnings to clean up piles of rubbish dumped in his front garden was fined £150 at Eastbourne Magistrates Court on December 5.Michael Smith was convicted after failing to comply with...
View ArticleBurglar who targeted frail lady is jailed
A burglar from St Leonards who targeted a frail and vulnerable pensioner with health problems has been jailed for more than three years.Graham Brook sneaked into his 89-year-old victim’s home, near...
View ArticleWhite witch explores the Pagan origins of the festive season
When you open your presents and marvel at the Queen’s Speech on your brand new plasma TV do you ever wonder where the ‘real’ traditions of Christmas come from? Is it a time of goodwill or the...
View ArticleA festive feast of entertainment pulls the crowds into town centre
Shoppers thronged to the town centre on Saturday (December 13) and were treated to a full programme of entertainment and street acts. The entertainment was organised by Roger Crouch, funded by the...
View ArticleResidents urged to engage in NHS survey
England’s chief inspector of hospitals is urging local residents to tell his inspectors what they think of the services provided by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Their views and experiences...
View ArticleLink road will just increase traffic
The Bexhill to Hastings Link Road seems to feature regularly in the Observer; the latest being dismay in many quarters at the anounced delay to the road’s completion.But let me assure you that up here...
View ArticleMan bailed over motoring charges
A man was charged with a number of motoring offences in Norman Road, St LeonardsStanley Perry, 48, from Maidenhead, was charged earlier this month with taking a vehicle without consent, failing to...
View ArticleTREVOR WEEKS MBE -
This week we were able to release Cauliflower, the adult hedgehog weighing 1.3kg who came in found circling in a road. When he came in, he had blood in one of his ears, was knuckling on a front leg and...
View ArticlePolice chief call for safer roads
The chief constable of Sussex is urging motorists, cyclists and pedestrians to think about safety whenever they use the county’s roads.Giles York is calling on residents and visitors to the county to...
View ArticleMore is needed to be done to save our High Streets
Mary Portas, retail expert and founder of the Portas agency, gives her frank assessment on how the Government has responded to her groundbreaking study into the nation’s High Streets.It’s been three...
View ArticleHave your say on Crowborough schools merger
Parents, carers, staff and local people will be polled on plans to merge two Crowborough schools and create an all-through primary school.At a meeting on December 8 Cllr Nick Bennett gave the go-ahead...
View ArticleMAGAZINE: How to make sure your relationship survives the festive season
It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but the festive season can put a huge strain on relationships.New research by Slater & Gordon shows that almost a third of couples don’t...
View ArticleMan sprayed in face outside pub
A 34-year-old man was struck in the face and sprayed with an unknown substance suffering a broken nose.He had just left Paddy McGinty’s pub in Battle Road, St Leonards when the attack happened at 11pm...
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted in Eastbourne
A woman was sexually assaulted in an Eastbourne street, police revealed today (December 23).Police are appealing for witnesses to a sexual assault on a 20-year-old local woman who was attacked by a man...
View ArticleCrews tackle Maresfield house fire
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called at 6.24pm yesterday (December 23) to reports of a fire in Maresfield. Crews from Uckfield and Crowborough were called to an address on Straight Half...
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