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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.

Smokers are encouraged to swap fags for gags

smokingetiquetteThe country’s top comedians have been enlisted to help smokers get through a 28 day quitting challenge.

Stoptober 2014 – a nationwide public health stop smoking challenge – is encouraging smokers in East Sussex to swap their fags for gags, to help them quit for good this October. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Public Health on September 11, 2014 by karenb.

Changes to opening hours at three waste sites due

Recycling siteCHANGES to the opening hours of three household waste and recycling sites in East Sussex are due to come into effect.

Facilities in Forest Row, Wadhurst and Seaford will open three days a week from October 6, 2014. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Transport and Environment, Waste and recycling on September 9, 2014 by karenb.

Link Road team fund-raiser shows Premier League class

Stephen LapthornA MEMBER of the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road team is setting off on an epic football grounds tour in aid of charity.

Stephen Lapthorn, a quality manager for HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction, will walk more than 500 miles visiting all 20 Premier League grounds to raise money for research into juvenile diabetes. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Roads on September 8, 2014 by karenb.

Horsepower helps bring bracken under control

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHORSEPOWER was called upon to bring bracken under control and protect the historic heathland on Chailey Common Local Nature Reserve.

Horses from the Working Horse Trust in Eridge spent three days at Chailey Common helping to pull rollers through the bracken in three areas. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Transport and Environment on September 8, 2014 by karenb.

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