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Beach walk offers men support ahead of awareness week

HEALTH bosses are encouraging men across East Sussex to join a beach walk to meet others and find out about local activities and support available to help with their mental health and wellbeing

East Sussex County Council-funded Parents in Mind, a volunteer led support service for new parents run by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), has organised the event ahead of International Men’s Health Week. Continue reading

Rogue builder to pay back £16k or face more jail time

escc logoA ROGUE builder who conned a 91-year-old man into paying for unnecessary work to his home has been ordered to pay back more than £16,000 or face more jail time.

William Henry Jones, previously of Butts Field, Hailsham, was sentenced to 34 months in prison last year after admitting tricking his victim into paying more than £13,000 for unnecessary and poor-quality work on the roof of his Eastbourne home. Continue reading