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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New campaign seeks adopters for children who wait the longest
A NATIONAL campaign to find parents for the children waiting longest to be adopted is being backed by the regional adoption agency for the south east.
‘A Life Less Ordinary’ has been launched to find families for children aged five or over, children with additional and/or complex needs, brother and sister groups, and those from an ethnic minority background.
Children invited to join the Gadgeteers’ Summer Reading Challenge
YOUNG readers in East Sussex are being encouraged to discover the science and innovation in the world around them as they take on the Summer Reading Challenge.
East Sussex libraries are calling on children aged four to 12 to read six books over the summer months as part of The Reading Agency’s Gadgeteers Summer Reading Challenge 2022.
Overnight closures for Forest Row road repairs
A FOREST Row road will be closed overnight for two weeks as major improvement work is carried out.
East Sussex Highways will start repairs to the A22 Lewes Road/London Road on Monday, July 4, with work continuing until Friday, July 15. Continue reading
Major investment in roads and pavements pays off
HIGHWAYS teams are working hard to plan and repair thousands of additional metres of road and pavements across the county funded from an additional £5.8 million investment.
East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet approved additional, one-off funding at the end of 2021 to carry out additional work on top of that covered by the annual £20.4 million highways maintenance budget. Continue reading