EXPERIENCE SUSSEX, the official visitor economy development programme for East and West Sussex, has released research that reveals the significant value of tourism for businesses in the region.
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Overnight closures for Hastings roadworks
MOTORISTS are being advised of overnight road closures as an improvement scheme begins on a main road through Hastings.
The A21 London Road will be closed between Battle Road, outside the Asda superstore, and Bohemia Road for seven nights for carriageway resurfacing.
Call for carers marks global awareness day
A WORLDWIDE celebration of children and young people who have experience in care will be marked in East Sussex with a call for more carers.
East Sussex County Council’s fostering service is using Care Day on February 15 to encourage families and individuals to consider giving a loving home to a child in need.
Continue readingShopkeeper’s suspended jail term for dodgy cigs
A SHOPKEEPER from St Leonards has been handed a suspended jail term and left more than £3,000 out of pocket after being caught selling illegal tobacco products.
Arsalan Mohammadi was convicted at Hastings Magistrates’ Court following an investigation of his store – One Shop, in London Road – by officers from East Sussex Trading Standards.
Continue readingTwo-wheelers can use bus lane in new trial
CYCLISTS, motorcyclists and taxis will be allowed to use a bus lane on a main coastal route between Bexhill and St Leonards in a trial which launches this week.
An experimental Traffic Regulation Order comes into force on the A259 Bexhill Road, between Bexleigh Avenue and Harley Shute Road, on Friday, February 15 2019 and will run for up to 18 months.
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