Tuesday 31 August 2004
Major improvements have been made to facilities at the Seven Sisters Country Park as part of a scheme to encourage people to visit the countryside.
Friday 27 August 2004
Students at East Sussex schools have achieved their best ever GCSE results with 54.2 per cent gaining five or more A* - C grades – a 1.5 per cent increase on 2003.
Tuesday 24 August 2004
A new scheme is being launched to encourage parents in Hastings & St Leonards to use washable nappies.
Tuesday 24 August 2004
Parents and shopkeepers are being warned to be on the lookout for potentially dangerous toys called ‘Crackle Jacks’.
Tuesday 24 August 2004
Results of National Curriculum tests released today place East Sussex in the top 20 most improved Local Education Authorities (LEAs) in England since 2001, according to information supplied by the Department for Education and Skills.
Tuesday 24 August 2004
Pressure to re-open the Lewes to Uckfield railway line continues with the County Council joining forces with local MPs, Norman Baker and Charles Hendry, and district leaders, Nigel Coltman and Ann De Vecchi who, at the invitation of East Sussex County Council, have formed an East Sussex Rail Corridor Board. The Regional Assembly, Regional Development Agency and the Strategic Rail Authority have been invited to join Board meetings.
Tuesday 24 August 2004
Businesses in East Sussex are being warned of yet another scam and this time bogus callers are using the Internet to put the squeeze on local firms.
Monday 23 August 2004
East Sussex residents are getting greener – recycling rates in the county have more than doubled in just four years.
Monday 23 August 2004
A whopping 29 miles of road markings – enough to stretch across the English Channel are being painted in Lewes, as preparations for the parking scheme begin.
Thursday 19 August 2004
Early indicators show that students at the County’s schools have achieved record A-level passes for East Sussex.
Wednesday 18 August 2004
A fleet of new environmentally friendly minibuses is making travelling to and from day centres more comfortable for older people and adults with disabilities across the County.
Tuesday 17 August 2004
Businesses in East Sussex are being warned that bogus rating officers could soon be operating in the County.
Tuesday 17 August 2004
People donating clothes to charity should check out the organisation they are dealing with before they handover their unwanted items.
Friday 13 August 2004
East Sussex Trading Standards is warning the public to be wary of companies selling expensive home alarm systems that aren't always what they are cracked up to be.
Thursday 12 August 2004
A leading County Councillor has urged villagers from Sedlescombe, Frant and East Dean to join the communications jet-set.
Wednesday 11 August 2004
From buildings to bandstands, the hunt is on for outstanding architecture and design in East Sussex to put forward for the national Civic Trust Awards
Wednesday 11 August 2004
Older people in and around Seaford are going to get more streamlined social care because just one team of carers will be in charge of them.
Wednesday 11 August 2004
The new controlled parking scheme in the centre of Lewes has got the go-ahead and this means paying to park both on and off street. It will start on September 20 and will apply from 8am – 6pm Monday to Saturday.
Wednesday 11 August 2004
Trading Standards officers are warning the public not to have work done by persuasive travelling gangs of tarmaccers, block pavers, tree surgeons and gardeners.
Wednesday 11 August 2004
East Sussex County Council is working hard to minimise disruption to motorists at a particularly difficult time while essential road works take place in and around Lewes.
Tuesday 10 August 2004
Focussing on local people who help to make East Sussex’s towns and villages so special is one of the themes of a new booklet published by the County Council.
Tuesday 10 August 2004
East Sussex Highways Inspector Andy Piper is making a name for himself as a dab hand at rescuing keys lost down drains.
Tuesday 10 August 2004
Devonshire Road in Bexhill is to receive a facelift to make it safer for pedestrians and to encourage more shoppers to the town.
Monday 9 August 2004
The County Council has come out tops for training and developing its staff – and that’s official.
Monday 9 August 2004
For the first time in East Sussex local businesses have the right to block unwanted ‘cold’ phone calls from direct marketing firms.
Monday 9 August 2004
County Council Lead Member for Transport has been going back in time and slowing down the pace with the help of a team of old fashioned coach and horses on the Old Coach Road between Firle and Alfriston.
Thursday 5 August 2004
Lack of a sufficient water supply is causing grave concern to East Sussex County Council if plans to build more than half a million new homes in the South East are given the go-ahead.
Wednesday 4 August 2004
Changes to County Council proposals on Lewes parking mean that businesses could pay less to park than first suggested, and more all day spaces may be made available in the Phoenix car park.
Thursday 5 August 2004
The County Council has bounced back after criticism last year of its transport plan, winning back the £165,000 borrowing approval withheld earlier this year.
Tuesday 3 August 2004
The pressures that East Sussex County Council will face over its budget are more challenging this year than ever before.
Tuesday 3 August 2004
A massive initiative to ease bed blocking was announced earlier today by the County Council.
Tuesday 3 August 2004
Complaints about the County Council have almost halved in four years resulting in congratulations from the Local Government Ombudsman.
Tuesday 3 August 2004
Residents across the County are to be asked for their views about what makes them feel safe.
