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Event to boost school governor numbers
INDIVIDUALS and businesses are being invited to discover the career-boosting benefits of being a school governor at an event next month.
With vacancies for school governors in maintained schools across the county, East Sussex County Council launched a major recruitment campaign to address the shortfall. Continue reading
Cut back overhanging hedges before nesting season
LAND and property owners are being urged to cut back trees and hedges overhanging roads and pavements before birds begin nesting.
People are being encouraged to act quickly to remove vegetation obstructing the public highway before the nesting season, which runs from March to August, starts. Continue reading
Lylian’s prize for passionate knife crime speech
A TEENAGER from East Sussex has landed a prestigious award for the powerful speech on knife crime she delivered in the House of Commons.
Lylian Nunoo, from Eastbourne, was awarded the Paul Boskett Award by the British Youth Council for her emotive contribution to a UK Youth Parliament debate on knife crime held in the hallowed chamber in November. Continue reading
Rye road repairs put on hold
RESURFACING work due to start next week on a town centre road in Rye has been delayed.
With scaffolding around The George Hotel needing to stay in place longer than anticipated, work on Rye High Street – due to start on Monday, February 17, cannot go ahead. Continue reading



