News releases
THE deadline for parents and carers to apply for their child’s secondary school place is fast approaching. Families with children in Year 6 have until midnight on Saturday, October 31 to submit their applications for September 2027. Every year there are families whose children would have secured a place at their preferred school had their application been made before the deadline. Cllr Paul Soa...
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
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DRIVERS in East Sussex are being asked to be ‘deer aware’ this spring to avoid colliding with the animals on the county’s roads. East Sussex County Council is reminding people to take care when driving on rural roads, particularly during the next few months, as the risk of encountering the animals increases in April and May when young deer are born. There are an estimated 74,000 deer-related...
Karen Bowles Thursday, 9 April 2026
PEDESTRIANS are set to benefit from a raft of safety improvements on a busy Hastings road. Work to upgrade existing pedestrian crossings, build a new crossing point in St Helens Road and improve the junction of St Helens Road, Bethune Way and Elphinstone Road for pedestrians, is due to start at the end of April. The scheme, funded by the Government’s Safer Roads Fund (SRF), also includes a new...
Karen Bowles Friday, 20 March 2026
ESSENTIAL work is being carried out in Eastbourne to ensure a bridge over a railway line can continue to be used safely. Speed restrictions and two overnight closure will be needed to carry out the work on Shinewater Bridge on the Golden Jubilee Way. Work is due to start on Thursday, March 26, and is expected to take around 10 months to complete. The project involves replacing bridge bearings a...
Karen Bowles Friday, 13 March 2026
WITH 25,000 paving slabs laid, 1,700 metres of road resurfaced and almost a mile of granite kerbs and channels installed, the latest phase of a town centre improvement scheme is nearing completion. Over the past ten months, Victoria Place has been transformed into a pedestrianised space designed to improve the public space, increase visitor numbers and help local businesses. As part of the East...
Karen Bowles Tuesday, 17 February 2026
THE CONTRACTOR tasked with building a new bridge that will help improve traffic flow on a busy East Sussex route has been announced. East Sussex County Council have awarded the contract for the new two-lane structure at Exceat to Jackson Civil Engineering Group. The company, experienced in bridge and highways projects, will work with the county council to set a timescale for construction. Cllr...
Karen Bowles Thursday, 12 February 2026
ROAD users will benefit following a successful bid for £875,000 to improve the safety of a road in Hastings. East Sussex County Council has been awarded funding from the Government’s Safer Roads Fund (SRF) to implement safety improvements on a section of the A2101. The scheme, which is the first Safer Roads Fund scheme in East Sussex, will deliver improvements at 15 locations from the junction...
Karen Bowles Wednesday, 20 March 2024
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