Drainage and road repair work set to start

MAJOR repairs to a highway drainage pipe which caused potholes and damage to a Ditchling road will begin later this month.

In order to repair the 200mm diameter pipe that runs beneath the village High Street a trench will have to be excavated down the middle of the road and therefore, regrettably, the road will be closed between the B2116 and Orchard Lane from 8am on Wednesday, February 26 until 7pm on Friday, March 6. Continue reading

National award for community help project

A PROJECT designed to match organisations that need help and those that want to help their local communities has received national recognition.

The East Sussex Social Value Marketplace, a project between local authority partnership Orbis and East Sussex County Council’s Public Health team, was named Social Innovation of the year at January’s National Social Value Awards. Continue reading