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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.

Couple follow in parents’ footsteps as venue reopens

Emma Cowen and Andrew Smith will follow in their parents’ footsteps when they become the first couple to marry at the refurbished Southover Grange (c) Richard Paice photographyA COUPLE whose parents married at a historic manor house will tie the knot at the same venue – after winning a competition to mark its reopening.

Emma Cowen and Andrew Smith, from Peacehaven, were chosen to be the first couple to have their wedding at Southover Grange following its £1.5 million refurbishment by East Sussex County Council. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Registration Service on March 17, 2017 by karenb.

East Sussex gritters go on tour

Gritter Salty McSaltface at Denton Community Primary School, NewhavenYOUNGSTERS at East Sussex schools have been getting up close and personal with the gritters which kept the county moving through the winter.

The latest vehicles to join the East Sussex Highways fleet have been on tour visiting children from the schools which christened them with a variety of winter-themed names. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Roads, Transport and Environment on March 15, 2017 by karenb.

£1 million funding to help businesses grow

Cllr Rupert SimmonsBUSINESSES in East Sussex are being given a £1 million funding boost thanks to new council funding.

East Sussex County Council has allocated the extra cash to help new companies set up or existing firms to expand over the next three years. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Business, Economy on March 15, 2017 by karenb.

Transformation of Hailsham High Street complete

A NEW-look Hailsham High Street has reopened to motorists after the first part of a £2.5million improvement scheme was completed.

The road has been closed to vehicles since July while changes and improvements were made to the road, pavements and drainage, although pedestrian access was maintained throughout the work. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Roads, Transport and Environment on March 15, 2017 by karenb.

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