PEOPLE in East Sussex are being urged to use an online system to report flooding from roadside drains this winter.
Since the start of May 2016, East Sussex Highways has handled around 1,300 reports of flooded drains, with that number expected to surge during wet, wintry weather. Continue reading
COUNCIL chiefs in East Sussex have expressed their disappointment after Gatwick was overlooked for a new runway – but vowed to continue to back the Sussex airport in its long-term ambition to expand.
The Government today gave the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow rather than expanding Gatwick, subject to a public consultation and vote of the House of Commons in 2017-18. Continue reading
IMPROVEMENTS to a roundabout in Bexhill have been rescheduled for the New Year – to avoid disruption during the Christmas period.
East Sussex County Council had planned to start work on upgrading the Sackville Road roundabout in October 2016 and complete the scheme before the first week of December. Continue reading
A MOTORIST from Hastings has been fined for displaying a fake blue badge bearing her dead mother’s name while on a shopping trip.
Geraldine Roberts, of Ironlatch Avenue, was caught out by an eagle-eyed police officer while parked in a disabled bay at the Tesco Extra store in Church Wood Drive, St Leonards, in June 2016. Continue reading
