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LEADERS have welcomed approval of their plans to collaborate in a single strategic authority for Sussex with a directly elected mayor.
The government has agreed to move forward with a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) and confirmed the first mayoral election will take place in May 2026.
THE DIRECTOR of a St Leonards-based car hire company has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work after delays in returning deposits left customers out of pocket.
EAST Sussex’s ‘highways heroes’ have been battling through the elements to keep the county’s roads safe and keep traffic moving.
As the county endures the wettest winter in 20 years and after the wettest February on record, reports of potholes have surged with East Sussex Highways crews fixing more than 11,000 – three times the number last winter. Continue reading
EAST Sussex schools have been recognised in an event at Westminster for their role in elections to a representative youth body.
More than 60 pupils and staff from schools across the county attended a Democracy Awards event at the Houses of Parliament to celebrate the election of the new East Sussex Youth Cabinet. Continue reading
GREEN residents in East Sussex fuelled a record-breaking post-Christmas recycling blitz, new figures reveal.
East Sussex County Council data shows a whopping 4,695 tonnes of recycling – the weight of 783 African elephants – was processed from kerbside collections last month, beating the previous best set last year by 111 tonnes. Continue reading
