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EAST Sussex County Council has overcome huge challenges to deliver vital services to thousands of residents, an annual report shows.
State of the County reveals how the authority supported more than 30,000 people through adult social care services in 2024/25 and had contact with more than 48,000 children and young people through its children’s services team. Continue reading
TREES along a busy footpath in Eastbourne town centre are to be removed to ensure pedestrian safety during major construction work.
Work on the Eastbourne Arndale Centre extension resumes this month with hoarding being erected and the northern footpath in Terminus Road being closed. Continue reading
RESIDENTS looking to bring a festive feel to their homes with a wood burner this Christmas are being urged to stay safe.
East Sussex Trading Standards are encouraging people to check their wood burners before using them after they received a number of complaints about badly installed equipment. Continue reading
A ROGUE builder who tricked elderly residents into paying large sums of money for unnecessary work has been jailed for 16 months.
William Jones (pictured), of Butts Field, Hailsham, conned three victims into paying a total of £25,850 for work to their roofs between March and May 2016. Continue reading
A COUPLE who turned their residential property into an unauthorised ‘scrap yard’ have been hit with a court bill of more than £4,000.
John Mallows, 66, and his wife June, 65, allowed scrap metal, other waste and cars to be deposited and stored at the rear of their property in London Road, Hailsham. Continue reading
