Following a collision in Heathfield
At around 4pm on 15 November, an off-duty officer witnessed a collision on the High Street and Springwood Road junction in Heathfield. A motorcyclist reportedly collided with a van before making off from the scene.
Following a foot pursuit, a 16-year-old boy from Buxted was detained.
The teenager has been arrested on suspicion of theft of a motorcycle, driving without insurance, and failing to stop, and released on bail whilst the investigation continues.
63 arrested in week one of Sussex Police Christmas clampdown
A ‘shocking’ 63 people have been arrested in the first week of Sussex Police’s Christmas crackdown on drink and drug-drivers.
Children with Cancer Fund (Polegate) awarded National Lottery funding
Children with Cancer Fund (Polegate) celebrates after receiving £13,736 of National Lottery funding to help support local children with cancer.
St Wilfrid’s Hospice Eastbourne volunteers are invited to royal carol service
Five staff and volunteers from St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne were thrilled to represent the organisation at The Princess of Wales’s ‘Together at Christmas’ Carol Service at Westminster Abbey. They were invited as the hospice is a patronage of Her Majesty The Queen.
Man reported missing from Eastbourne
A man has been reported missing from Eastbourne, Sussex Police confirmed.
Prolific shop thief sentenced over latest offences
A prolific thief who targeted shops in Burgess Hill and Crowborough has been sentenced.
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"TaylorMania" is coming to Eastbourne
2026 is “a New Year, a New Beginning” and it could be off to a fantastic start for any Taylor Swift fans local to Eastbourne, as an award-winning extravaganza that pays tribute to one of the leading contemporary artists of our time, Taylormania comes to the Congress Theatre, 30 January, just in time to lift us out of those January blues!
Which do you prefer? Residents asked to vote on new waste fleet names
Twenty names have been chosen for the new food waste collection vehicles for Wealden, Hastings and Rother.
