100-YEAR-OLD newspapers published in Eastbourne and Hastings during the First World War have been preserved for future generations after being made available online for the first time.
The editions of the Eastbourne Gazette, Eastbourne Chronicle, Hastings & St Leonards Observer and Hastings & St Leonards Pictorial Advertiser have been scanned and are available to browse on East Sussex County Council’s First World War website. Continue reading
EAST Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey county councils will join forces to lead the call for greater powers and freedoms to be devolved to the south east.
All three council leaders have signed a letter that has been sent this week to Greg Clark – secretary of state for communities and local Government – in which they call for a meeting to discuss how to progress plans. Continue reading
Philip Baker and Ann Charlton
LEGAL teams from two south east counties with a combined population of more than 1.5million will be joining forces and sharing expertise to create centres of excellence.
East Sussex County Council and Surrey County Council have given the go ahead to the creation of a single legal service. Continue reading
CHRISTMAS in wartime is the theme of the latest addition to a website focusing on East Sussex during the First World War.
East Sussex County Council’s First World War website has a newly-added story which shows how soldiers from the county coped with Christmas away from loved-ones. Continue reading
