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Team work creates new garden space for respite service

A NEW garden has been designed to promote wellbeing for guests who will be staying at a respite service for adults with learning disabilities.

Created using recycled or locally-sourced material, the garden at Grangemead Respite Service, in Hailsham, has undergone a complete renovation over the past 12 months and is now ready for respite guests and visitors to enjoy. Continue reading

‘Shameless’ blue badge fraudster claimed to be dead dad

A MOTORIST who masqueraded as his dead father so he and his wife could fraudulently use his disabled blue badge has been handed a community penalty.

Kenneth Hinton sent a string of letters and emails claiming his late father was still alive
and even resorted to forging the dead man’s signature in an attempt to mislead the authorities. Continue reading