The Guide

Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday (12th January), Eastbourne MP Josh Babarinde called for the resignation of the Chief Executive of South East Water, David Hinton, after local residents were left with little or no water over the weekend.

Hailsham Town Council is encouraging residents to mark Friday 20th March in their diaries, when the first in a new series of Friday trial events for Hailsham Street Market will take place at Blackmans Yard, located behind the Town Council offices in Market Street. The trials will run across a ten‑week period and will include five further market dates during the spring.

Local community groups and voluntary organisations in Hailsham have shared in grant funding totalling more than £14,000 following the allocation of awards under the Town Council’s 2025/26 Community Grant Scheme.

Mims and her team have been working all hours over the whole weekend, like others, to help as much as they can with delivering water to residents of East Grinstead, Uckfield, and the villages.

A decision is due on Thursday, January 15, 2026, regarding the redevelopment of the former police station site on Crowborough Hill

Parts of East Sussex are currently experiencing significant water supply problems, with residents in Eastbourne and the village of Upper Dicker facing low pressure or no water at all.

As of January 2026, 22 postcode areas across East and West Sussex have been triggered for a £25 Cold Weather Payment due to temperatures falling to zero degrees Celsius or below for seven consecutive days

On January 7, 2026, a man was charged following a firearms incident at Maresfield Services in Uckfield that occurred the previous evening.

John takes on the challenge in March

A preview of local sport

A Yellow Wind Warning has been issued for coastal regions of Sussex as Storm Goretti moves across the south of the UK on Thursday, January 8, 2026

A record number of people have been arrested as Sussex Police concludes its Christmas crackdown on drink and drug-drivers.

Mims is a staunch supporter of our local pubs as they bring the community together, help our local economy and offer local resident’s jobs - to name a few.

If one of your New Year’s goals for 2026 is to try something new or get active, the fundraising challenge events for Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare could be just the thing.

Do you have any that you could kindly donate?

Veolia, the UK’s leading resource management company, has launched a campaign in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove to combat a rise in fires that has reached, on average, one preventable fire every day across the UK, including in the South Downs, where Veolia operates a network of facilities to process and treat household recycling and waste.

Does your household need extra financial support?

Lewes District Council has scooped the Grounds Maintenance & Waste Management Award at a national vehicle industry awards ceremony, recognising the authority’s pioneering efforts to decarbonise its fleet.

Happy New Year! I hope that you had the chance to relax and reflect over the festive period, and that you are ready to embrace 2026.

Hospice in the Weald announced it is donating its former ward beds to the Medi Tech Trust, an East Sussex-based charity.

Power has been restored and services have resumed at Eastbourne District General Hospital (DGH) following a power outage on Tuesday, January 6, 202

Do you enjoy the outside life? The Town Council has launched another campaign to encourage residents to visit Hailsham Country Park and enjoy the beauty of the winter season.

From Councillor Chris Bryant

Sussex Police are currently searching for Christian, who has been missing from Eastbourne since December 2025.

Sussex Police are searching for Mojtaba Abedi, 33, who is wanted on recall to prison as of January 5, 2026

The latest sports results from across the area

THERE'S just one week left to view a stunning photographic exhibition at the Ashdown Forest Centre.

It's taking place at Eastbourne Crematorium

Eastbourne Borough Council (EBC) has issued an urgent fraud alert following reports of fraudulent QR code stickers being placed on official parking signs throughout Eastbourne, with a specific focus on the Beachy Head area

The retired police detective taking part in the 2026 series of BBC’s The Traitors is Amanda Collier, a 57-year-old from Brighton

Lewes District Council have granted approval for Goldcliff Garden Centre in Ringmer to establish a new on-site catering facility

The current amber cold health alert has been extended until 10AM on 09/01/2026 across the South East.

It has been announced that the popular HMV store at The Beacon will shut it's doors tomorrow

On New Year’s Day 2026, the Eastbourne Silver Band (ESB) performed a free community concert at the Wish Tower Slopes to ring in the new year.

A look at the local sporting fixtures for the first weekend of 2026

A yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been issued for part of East Sussex by the Met Office.

A man has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a 63-year-old man in Haywards Heath.

The Vault Community Cinema is indeed opening its temporary home at the Heathfield Community Centre on Sheepsetting Lane. The first free test screening is scheduled for early 2026

In 2025, the Christmas spirit in East Sussex was upheld by extensive volunteer efforts to support the vulnerable and those spending the festive season alone

Katy Bourne said asylum seekers will "inevitably" become involved in crime and called on the Home Secretary to start tagging migrants.

A charity chief executive receives an MBE in the New Year Honours.

A man who “didn’t feel drunk” – but still managed to crash his car into a barrier – is among the first seven people to be convicted of drink or drug-driving this Christmas.

Police are appealing for information following a report that a man in his 30s was raped in Lewes on the night of Wednesday, 24 December.