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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.
THE final bricks have been laid in a multi-million pound library complex in Seaford.
The £6million development will include a new library and café, supported living flats for adults with learning disabilities and offer services for older people. Continue reading
WORKS of art will be commissioned for three new library developments thanks to a £56,000 grant.
East Sussex County Council’s Library and Information Service was awarded the money from Arts Council England’s Lottery funding to commission three works of art under the title Transparent. Continue reading
A NEW children’s home which cares for some of society’s most vulnerable young people has been officially opened.
The East Sussex County Council-run Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home, in Hailsham, was built with £8 million of Department for Education funding and welcomed its first residents in the summer. Continue reading
HOLLYWOOD actor George Clooney has been known to stop traffic, but that job fell to East Sussex County Council when film crews descended on the county.
Rye became an unexpected backdrop for the latest Hollywood blockbuster The Monuments Men, which is out on general release on Friday, February 14. Continue reading
