Temporary lights to return as major project continues

escc logoTEMPORARY traffic lights will return to the A21 Sedlescombe Road North next week as work on the final phase of the Queensway Gateway Road begins.

An overnight road closure will be in place from 10pm on Sunday, June 1 to allow the traffic signals to be reinstated.  The road will reopen at 6am on Monday, June 2, at which time the lights will in operation.

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Suspended sentence for illegal tobacco and underage alcohol sales

illegal vapes hidden in a drawerA HASTINGS shop owner has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to nine offences relating to illegal tobacco and underage vape and alcohol sales.

Following an investigation by East Sussex Trading Standards, Lhon Karimi, 29, of Devonshire Road in Hastings, was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, a £230 fine and £500 costs at Hastings Magistrates Court on Thursday, April 24.

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Consultation on future of local government launches

RESIDENTS are being invited to take part in a consultation that will help reshape local government and how services are run in the future.

Government wants to reorganise local government so that everyone in East Sussex gets their services from just one council. This could mean the county council and district and borough councils would be replaced by a single authority. Continue reading