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RESIDENTS in East Sussex can pick up a free pair of non-slip slippers at events to mark Falls Prevention Awareness Week, which runs between September 15 and 19.
Public Health bosses at East Sussex County Council are running four public events to share advice on how older people can improve their balance with regular exercises, and hand out the free footwear to those attending. Continue reading
FAMILIES 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
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
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
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
