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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Ex-restaurant boss fined after nut allergy breach
THE former owner of an Eastbourne restaurant has been fined after it put a four-year-old boy’s life at risk by serving him a dessert containing nuts.
Stephen Nock was managing director of Bright Ideas Studio Ltd, which owned Seasons Restaurant, in Sovereign Harbour, at the time of the incident in May 2017. Continue reading
Take a trip to Beanotown for the reading challenge
YOUNG readers can join a team of Mischief Makers for a tour around Beanotown as this year’s Summer Reading Challenge gets underway.
East Sussex libraries are calling on children aged four to 11 to sign up to read six books over the summer. Those taking part will earn stickers – some emitting a mysterious smell – which will lead them to buried treasure. Continue reading
Suspended sentence for ‘naive or stupid’ cigs crook
A CRIMINAL has narrowly escaped an immediate jail term after being caught with 85,000 illegal cigarettes in the back of his van.
Shirwan Jabar was stopped by police unloading boxes from the van outside a shop in London Road, St Leonards, following a report of a vehicle being driven erratically on September 4 2017. Continue reading
Rogue trader jailed after conning pensioner out of £26,700
A ROGUE trader who charged an elderly man £26,700 for work that was never started has been jailed.
Patrick Charles Lemmon, 56, of Ersham Road, Hailsham, was sentenced to 42 months in prison after being convicted by a jury of two counts of fraud and seven counts of money laundering. Continue reading