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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.
LIBRARIES in East Sussex are gearing up to take part in an initiative aimed at helping people experience the joy of reading.
East Sussex County Council’s libraries and information service is backing World Book Night, on Thursday, April 23 2015, which targets the 35 per cent of the population who don’t read for pleasure. Continue reading
THOUSANDS of East Sussex residents have taken advantage of potentially life-saving health checks, according to latest figures.
The free NHS Health Check is a mid- life MOT which aims to help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease and checks are offered to adults aged between 40 and 74. Continue reading
COUNCIL chiefs are urging residents to be vigilant after more than a hundred trees were ripped from the ground along the Lewes to Ringmer cycleway.
In three separate incidents, nearly 150 trees have been torn from the ground and fencing damaged in the process. Continue reading
A TOTAL of 269 employers have vowed to hire an apprentice since a county-wide campaign kicked off.
The aim of the five-month You’re Hired campaign is to get 500 businesses across the five districts and boroughs of East Sussex to hire an apprentice. Continue reading
