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Young people from the local community teamed up with a professional graffiti artist to create a unique, eye-catching art installation unveiled at this year’s Heathfield Agricultural Show. The project, led by junior youth members aged 10–13, celebrates both their local identity and their passion for art, nature, and community.

Fewer than 200 tickets remain for the St Wilfrid’s Hospice Starlight Stroll sponsored walk to remember a loved one.

If they don’t get enough volunteers for road closures then Uckfield Carnival will not be able to go ahead.

Hellingly Festival of Transport is a show run by Eastbourne Historic Vehicle Club on August Bank Holiday weekend at Broad Farm, Hellingly and has been running since 1976.

Mortain Place Care home, Eastbourne, featured on the regional evening news programme this week. Meridien ITV evening news were following the care home's exploits as they took their minibus full of residents to Knockhatch Adventure Park, Hailsham, to enjoy some Go-Karting.

Passengers are asked to plan ahead and check before they travel as some journeys may be longer as a result of essential upgrade work.

Uckfield Town Council is delighted that the iconic High Street clock has been fully refurbished after a collaboration with new site tenants Greggs.

Uckfield Town Council wishes to inform residents about an upcoming closure of the Victoria Pleasure Ground Play Area while improvement works are carried out.

On Thursday 18th September, Uckfield Town Council are hosting a Community Wellbeing Event at The Civic Centre Uckfield

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A hybrid planning application for a new Aldi store and care home in Polegate has been validated by Wealden District Council (WDC).

Hailsham Town Council is delighted to announce a brand-new summer event, ‘Prom in the Park’, set to take place on Sunday 7th June 2026 (3pm to 6pm) at the Western Road Recreation Ground.

The vibrant spirit of Hailsham is alive once more with the revitalisation of the town’s street market, and both residents and visitors are warmly invited to experience its many offerings.

To meet the growing employment demands in Crowborough, eight employment units have been built on the Wealden Business Park at Farningham Road to attract new businesses to the area and accommodate local growth.

Officers made 29 arrests across Wealden last week.

We are being urged to check before booking kennels and catteries

Paula Marten is taking on The Big Half Marathon in London, to raise funds for the young people at Chailey Heritage Foundation

Volunteers from Eastbourne RNLI were called to help rescue a child and adult in difficulty in the water at Seaford Bay.

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Uckfield Town Council welcomes residents to a commemorative event on Friday, August 15.

A man was found with potential life-threatening injuries following a stabbing on Seaside Road in Eastbourne on Thursday night (August 14).

William Jones, 30, has been jailed for more than two years after pleading guilty to committing a series of thefts, burglaries, and frauds targeting vulnerable people.

Strikes by Gatwick ICTS baggage screeners have been suspended due to an improved pay offer.

Uckfield Town Council hosts a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan (V-J) Day with a ceremonial beacon lighting on Friday 15 August 2025.

The whole staff at Uplands, heartily congratulate the departing Year 13s  on their successful results this summer. 

At a packed public meeting yesterday (Wednesday 13 August), Eastbourne’s MP Josh Babarinde drew the line under the years of mismanagement and negligence that has blighted Eastbourne’s 94 beaches, and impacted thousands of residents.

Beacon Academy is delighted to celebrate the achievements of our Year 13 cohort, whose commitment and effort have been rewarded with strong results in their A Level and vocational qualifications.

St Wilfrid’s Hospice has secured BBC Children in Need funding for its children’s bereavement service for the next three years.

A disused multi-storey car park is set to be demolished and will make way for new housing in Eastbourne.

IKEA opens it's doors at Churchill Square, Brighton on Thursday 14th August.

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MORE than 70 people with complex disabilities came together for a day of fun, empowerment and connection at the fifth annual Chailey Games, hosted by Chailey Heritage Foundation.

It's to help combat equine obesity.

Will's Cafe & Grill on The Broadway in Crowborough was given the low rating after a recent inspection

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Following Stagecoach’s announcement that they will be withdrawing route 54, Brighton & Hove Buses will take over this service and operate it under the Regency brand from 21st September 2025.

The grand opening of a new nightclub in Eastbourne has been announced.

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The chart topping artist was enjoying a meal in Uckfield.

A kayaker has died despite attempts to rescue him at sea.

Lewes District Citizens Advice is holding drop-in sessions in Wivelsfield, Ringmer and Peacehaven and next week.

This summer, let the kids’ creativity run wild at Free Form, a brand-new, interactive sculptural maze by acclaimed artists Leap Then Look, now open at The Sidings in Newhaven.

The RAF’s A400M Atlas will make its debut at the UK’s biggest free seafront airshow next week, flown by a co-pilot who first visited the show as a child.

WORK starts tomorrow (Friday) on a giant mural that will transform a charity's building in East Sussex.

A member of Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare’s Estates and Maintenance Team will be saddling up and taking on a 1,000-mile bike ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats all in aid of the Ringmer-based animal welfare charity.

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, has welcomed the news that local business Three Acre Brewery has secured permission to transform the signal box at Uckfield railway station into a micropub.

Wildfires on Ashdown Forest can devastate hectares of precious wildlife habitat affecting many species of plants and animals. But one of the Forest’s rarest inhabitants could be completely wiped out by wildfire because of it lives and breeds in a very small and specific area.

Hailsham residents and visitors alike are warmly invited to visit the next Hailsham Street Market on Friday 15 August, from 9am to 1pm, now being held at its new home in Blackman’s Yard (just behind the Town Council offices on Market Street).

Josh Babarinde, the Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne, has today remarked that findings of a recent poll reveal an “outrageous and depressing state of affairs” when it comes to the state of our waterways.

Mims was pleased to co-sign a cross-party letter to the Prime Minister regarding the Grooming Gang National Inquiry.

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, is inviting local residents to share their views on access to banking services across the constituency.

Students awaiting their exam results can get free, round-the-clock help with their mental health, thanks to a digital service available in Sussex.

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