EXPERIENCE SUSSEX, the official visitor economy development programme for East and West Sussex, has released research that reveals the significant value of tourism for businesses in the region.
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Students’ date with music legend at hospital ceremony
STUDENTS who are bringing music into the lives of hospital patients in East Sussex enjoyed the chance to meet a world-renowned piano teacher.
The students, from Hastings and Rother, Lewes and Eastbourne, met Dame Fanny Waterman during a ceremony at the Conquest Hospital, in Hastings. Continue reading
Students show star quality at charity concert
MUSIC students from East Sussex performed in front of a veteran broadcaster at a charity fund-raising concert.
Kit Kat and the Crunchies, a group of students from East Sussex Academy of Music at Sussex Downs Lewes College, performed at the Towner gallery, in Eastbourne, at a concert held to raise money for the town’s St Wilfred’s Hospice. Continue reading
New registration service offered in the east of the county
REGISTERING births and deaths will become more convenient for residents in the east of the county thanks to the launch of a new service.
East Sussex County Council’s registration service is offering appointments in Rye Library on Wednesday and Friday mornings to give residents an alternative to having to travel to Hastings to register births and deaths. Continue reading
£50 million to be ploughed into repairing county’s roads
MORE than £50 million will be ploughed into repairing the county’s roads over the next two years following the wettest winter on record.
The unprecedented level of rainfall in recent months has taken its toll on the 2,000 miles of roads across East Sussex and the county council has put aside additional funds to address the damage caused by the winter weather. Continue reading