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TWO EAST Sussex beaches have been designated voluntary smoke free spaces as smokers are urged to quit the habit on No Smoking Day.
As the national annual awareness day returns this month, the county council is working in partnership with Rother District Council to launch the first smoke free beaches in England.
Joint release from East Sussex County Council and NHS Sussex
THE FINDINGS of an inspection into services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in East Sussex have been welcomed by council and health leaders.
The report, published today (Tuesday, February 4) by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC), gives the East Sussex Local Area Partnership the middle rating for the delivery, planning and commissioning of SEND services.
EAST SUSSEX businesses can get free advice and support about apprenticeships as part of a national initiative.
To mark National Apprenticeship Week, which runs from 10 to 14 February, the county council is holding free drop-in sessions for organisations to come and find out more about apprenticeships.
THE USE of reserves and £13.5 million of savings could help deliver a balanced budget in a stark financial climate as East Sussex plans how it will spend £578.8 million on services in 2025/26.
Proposals for East Sussex County Council’s budget will be presented to Cabinet next week along with a Council Plan which will help ensure limited funding is focussed on areas of priority for the county. Cabinet will be asked to make recommendations to Full Council when it meets to set the budget on Tuesday, February 11. Continue reading
THE Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed a case of avian influenza in poultry at a premises in Udimore, Rye.
All poultry on the premises will be humanely culled, and Defra has set up a 3-kilometre Protection Zone around the premises and a 10km surveillance zone. Continue reading
