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LEADERS have welcomed approval of their plans to collaborate in a single strategic authority for Sussex with a directly elected mayor.
The government has agreed to move forward with a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) and confirmed the first mayoral election will take place in May 2026.
ORE Library, in Old London Road, will be closed from Tuesday, September 27 to Friday, September 30 2016 for essential building works.
The library will re-open on Saturday, October 1 2016. The county council would like to apologise for any inconvenience. Continue reading
INFLUENTIAL organisations across East Sussex joined together to focus on the mental health of the county.
The East Sussex Annual Assembly discussed ways to end discrimination and stigma around mental health and to support people with mental health problems. Continue reading
THE final touches are being applied to a major improvement scheme which has transformed Uckfield town centre.
Contractors Colas have now completed lining work in Uckfield High Street and are due to finish any remaining ‘snagging’ – remedying minor issues – and leave the site by the end of September 2016. Continue reading
PEOPLE in East Sussex will be helped to stay warm and well this winter – thanks to the launch of a new funding scheme.
An estimated 21,500 – or one in ten – households in the county is living in fuel poverty, where they can’t afford to heat their home to the standard recommended to help maintain good health and wellbeing. Continue reading
