Friday 29 April 2005
It’s about to be fingers on the buzzers for young people taking part in the national Consumer Challenge Quiz.
Friday 29 April 2005
East Sussex County Council’s Rethink Rubbish Team will be hitting the road to promote Compost Awareness Week (1 – 7 May 2005).
Wednesday 27 April 2005
For the first time, people will be able to follow the results of Thursday’s East Sussex County Council elections live on their computers.
Wednesday 27 April 2005
Grants totalling well over £100,000 will be handed to East Sussex schools this summer to help them tackle traffic and congestion problems in their neighbourhoods.
Tuesday 26 April 2005
Staplecross and Robertsbridge are to be connected to the communications super highway within seven days of each other.
Tuesday 26 April 2005
Matt Dunkley has been appointed as the new Director of Children’s Services at East Sussex County Council.
Thursday 21 April 2005
The chairman of East Sussex County Council has hit the road to promote several tourist attractions that can be easily enjoyed within a day just off the A27.
Wednesday 20 April 2005
Two more rural communities in East Sussex have been connected to the broadband communications super highway.
Wednesday 20 April 2005
The Hiker Bus – a special service which allows walkers and cyclists to reach the heart of the beautiful Sussex Downs without having to go on busy main roads – is being reintroduced for the summer.
Wednesday 20 April 2005
Householders are being encouraged by East Sussex County Council to compost food waste instead of throwing it away.
Wednesday 20 April 2005
Local residents in East Sussex are to be given the opportunity to contribute to a cleaner, greener environment, thanks to a new issue of the lifestyle magazine ‘Nada’.
Tuesday 19 April 2005
An action plan to revitalise older people’s services in East Sussex and tackle the problem of bed blocking has been approved by the county council’s cabinet.
The high quality of meals on wheels in East Sussex has been recognised with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
Tuesday 19 April 2005
A parent from the Hastings area has been sent to prison for failing to ensure their child’s regular attendance at school.
Monday 18 April 2005
East Sussex County Council is in line to be recognised as the most improved local transport authority in the country.
Monday 18 April 2005
East Sussex County Council trading standards today announced that it had approved its 100th Buy with Confidence business.
Tuesday 12 April 2005
Staff from Tideway School are continuing to work with East Sussex County Council to plan how to provide students from the school with education following the devastating fire last week.
Monday 11 April 2005
Trading standards officers in East Sussex are pleased that shops selling cigarettes are increasingly refusing to sell to young people unable to prove they are 16.
Friday 8 April 2005
Travelling around the Rye and Hastings areas has been made easier thanks to a fleet of 10 low floor buses.
Wednesday 6 April 2005
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve will be more accessible for visitors as two of the county council’s rider bus services, numbers 325 and 344 are extended to run on Sundays from May 1.
Tuesday 5 April 2005
A 30-place childcare centre called Cygnets opened its doors at Egerton Park in Bexhill town centre on Tuesday 29 March as part of the county’s new children’s centre provision.
Monday 4 April 2005
A study of bus services in Hastings is to be carried out by independent consultants.
Monday 4 April 2005
Glynde has been given a timely introduction to the power of broadband technology.
Monday 4 April 2005
Members of the public would be most welcome at a Sussex charity auction organised by the Chairman of East Sussex County Council this weekend.
Monday 4 April 2005
Students at Sussex Downs College, Lewes will be attempting to beat the rubbish heap challenge and reduce household waste.
Friday 1 April 2005
East Sussex County Council has been highly praised in a national review of local authority websites.
Friday 1 April 2005
Land Rover safaris, wildlife sound recording, family fun activities at Rye, and even the chance to fly with the birds in a hot air balloon, are all part of a special introduction to wildlife weekend.
Friday 1 April 2005
Isfield is to be connected to broadband after all. The village’s telephone exchange was the only one in East Sussex not to be included when BT announced its phased upgrading programme last summer.
