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Kids invited to grow their imagination with the Summer Reading Challenge

cartoon drawings of children playing in a gardenCHILDREN across the county are being encouraged to uncover stories that celebrate the connection between storytelling and nature as they take on the Summer Reading Challenge.

East Sussex libraries are calling on children aged four to 11 to read six books over the summer months as part of The Reading Agency’s Story Garden Summer Reading Challenge 2025.

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This entry was posted in Featured, Libraries on July 4, 2025 by saffronp.

Outstanding result for children’s social services

Stock image of child talking to adultFAMILIES needing the support of social workers in East Sussex are receiving an ‘outstanding’ service, Ofsted inspectors have said.

East Sussex County Council has become one of few local authorities to have achieved the highest possible rating for its work with vulnerable families following an inspection which focussed on front-line staff. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Children's Services on September 4, 2018 by karenb.

‘Talk about suicide’ message as awareness day returns

MEN in East Sussex are being urged to talk about suicide and reminded of the support available in the county, as an international awareness-raising day returns

World Suicide Prevention Day, on Monday, September 10 2018, is running this year under the theme ‘Working together to end suicide’. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Public Health on September 4, 2018 by karenb.

A22 roadworks will extend life of road

A MAIN road between Polegate and Hailsham will be getting a new lease of life as part of a programme of repairs.

The East Sussex Highways scheme on the A22 will see carriageway jointing – filling cracks and joints in the road – and surface treatment work to seal and waterproof the road and protect it against ageing. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Roads, Transport and Environment on September 3, 2018 by karenb.

Lasting memorial to brave soldier unveiled

THE bravery of a First World War solider has been marked with a permanent memorial a century after he was wounded in battle.

Claude Nunney died shortly after he was injured during an attack on a heavily fortified German defensive trench system, known as the Drocourt-Quéant Line, at Dury on September 1 and 2, 1918. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Governance Services, History on September 3, 2018 by karenb.

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