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Consultation on future of local government launches

RESIDENTS are being invited to take part in a consultation that will help reshape local government and how services are run in the future.

Government wants to reorganise local government so that everyone in East Sussex gets their services from just one council. This could mean the county council and district and borough councils would be replaced by a single authority. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Featured, Governance Services on May 12, 2025 by karenb.

Road in Lewes reopens after improvement work

Cllr Rosalyn St Pierre (fifth from right), Cllr Ruth O’Keeffe (third from right) and Mark Valleley, East Sussex County Council team manager for infrastructure and delivery (far right), with local traders and workers from scheme contractors Kier, on completion of works in Station Street, LewesA KEY route through Lewes has fully reopened after the completion of a pedestrian improvement scheme.

Station Street was closed for five weeks to allow East Sussex County Council to upgrade the footway and resurface the road between its junctions with High Street and Lansdown Place. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Roads, Transport and Environment on October 27, 2014 by karenb.

Prosecution for dealer in dodgy cigs

smokingetiquetteA SHOPKEEPER from Hailsham has been brought to justice after being caught selling illegal tobacco products.

Sardar Razai, proprietor of Your Local Shop, in High Street, offered counterfeit versions of well-known cigarette and tobacco brands as well as illegal brands such as the Russian made Jin Ling cigarettes. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Trading Standards on October 24, 2014 by karenb.

Pupils are Kings of the Road in new highways film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd2p60xY6mE&feature=youtu.be

BUDDING actors proved they were Kings of the Road when they took over East Sussex Highways for the day.

Their efforts can be seen on screen in a new film promoting the work of the county council’s highways department. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Roads, Street lighting, Transport and Environment on October 24, 2014 by karenb.

Check your pee and Be Clear on Cancer

Cynthia Lyons, East Sussex acting director of public healthACT quickly if you spot blood in your pee – that is the message from health experts at East Sussex County Council.

The authority’s Public Health team is lending its support to the national Be Clear on Cancer campaign which runs until November 23. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Public Health on October 23, 2014 by karenb.

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