Thursday 31 August 2006
A major drive to tackle the low uptake in health and social care by minority communities across the county began this week.
Wednesday 30 August 2006
People in East Sussex are being asked for their ideas and opinions on how best to tackle the waste we all create in our own homes across the county.
Tuesday 29 August 2006
Preliminary GCSE results announced on 24 August, showed the sixth consecutive year of improvement across the county and over 1% increase this year in the proportion of students passing 5 or more GCSEs with grades A* - C.
Tuesday 29 August 2006
Provisional results of this year’s Key Stage 2 tests show primary schools in East Sussex have maintained their standards in English and Science in line with national trends.
Friday 25 August 2006
Which famous Victorian writer wrote the Walrus and the Carpenter?
Wednesday 23 August 2006
Winnie-the-Pooh, the most famous and best-loved British bear, is celebrating his 80th birthday this year and the occasion is being marked in East Sussex with a teddy bears’ picnic at his home at Ashdown Forest.
Wednesday 23 August 2006
East Sussex Magistrates have ordered parents to pay fines and courts costs for failing to make sure their children attended school regularly.
Tuesday 22 August 2006
Local young people aged 14–19 are invited to take part in a free mini-festival at the Market Lane Garage, North Street, Lewes on Wednesday 30 August.
Tuesday 22 August 2006
County Council employment checks are helping to protect school children from illegal working during the summer holidays.
Monday 21 August 2006
Noisy roadworks, filthy pavements and unhelpful road signs are set to be a thing of the past, following the launch of a scheme which aims to bring out the caring side of contractors who dig up the county’s roads.
Wednesday 16 August 2006
East Sussex County Council will be reviewing its Speed Management Strategy following new guidelines issued last week by the Department for Transport.
Tuesday 15 August 2006
East Sussex Highways is introducing traffic calming in Battle to make the road safer for all users. We are co-ordinating this project with gas company work so that less time is spent digging up the road.
Tuesday 15 August 2006
A tree in the Southover area of Lewes is to be removed on public safety grounds.
Tuesday 15 August 2006
Mobile phone users in East Sussex are being warned to watch out for text messages that could leave them out of pocket.
Friday 11 August 2006
Foster carers and their families will once again be guests of the Royal Air Force for breakfast at this year’s Eastbourne Airbourne.
Friday 11 August 2006
A £1.5m project to provide the people of Peasmarsh near Rye with improved primary school facilities is near to completion.
Friday 11 August 2006
People donating clothes to charities are being urged to check the small print on ‘charity’ leaflets, flyers, adverts and other literature.
Thursday 10 August 2006
The County Council has campaigned hard for improvements to be made to the Southerham to Beddingham stretch of the A27 and welcomes the news that these have now been given the go-ahead.
Thursday 10 August 2006
A new package of measures to make parking easier in Lewes town centre will result in 150 new parking bays, some double yellow lines downgraded to single and the first rise in permit charges since the scheme was introduced two years ago.
Wednesday 9 August 2006
Free cycle training courses and cycle maintenance courses are being held in Uckfield and Hailsham as part of East Sussex County Council’s 2006 Cycle Season programme.
Wednesday 9 August 2006
The hunt is on for examples of outstanding architecture and design in East Sussex to put forward for the national 2007 Civic Trust Awards.
Tuesday 8 August 2006
Local residents, County Council library staff and Lewes Library Friends have all earmarked a special birthday date in their diaries this month.
Tuesday 8 August 2006
Protecting the rights and needs of both the settled and Gypsy and Traveller communities is a sensitive and complex task but East Sussex is leading the way.
Thursday 3 August 2006
George Eldridge of Little Ridge Community Primary School, St Leonards-On-Sea, has come out tops in the County Council’s annual Schools Cycle Competition.
Wednesday 2 August 2006
People in rural areas who find it hard to get to libraries or council offices in larger towns will now have a new service brought to them.
Tuesday 1 August 2006
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