A COUNCIL’S spending plans for the year ahead represent ‘a sensible approach in tough times’, a senior councillor has said. Cllr David Elkin, East Sussex County Council lead member for resources, was speaking after a meeting of the full council approved a budget which will see £18 million of savings made in the new financial year.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Trial pits will help shape town improvement scheme
PREPARATORY work is beginning for the second stage of a scheme to improve Uckfield town centre.
The work, which affects a stretch of High Street between Bell Lane and Church Street, is due to begin on Thursday, February 12 and is expected to last three weeks. Continue reading
Historic archive safeguarded for the future
A TREASURE trove of documents relating to one of England’s most historic sites will stay in public ownership permanently.
The Battle Abbey Estate Archive has been allocated to East Sussex County Council to be preserved by the county’s record office, based at The Keep archive and resource centre. Continue reading
Suspended jail sentence for animal neglect OAP
A PENSIONER has been handed a suspended jail term after evidence emerged of shocking neglect of animals in her care.
Clare Cotton was convicted of six offences under animal welfare legislation following an investigation by East Sussex Trading Standards. Continue reading


