Local News From the Seaford Newhaven and Peacehaven area
The Leader of Lewes District Council has said the Covid-19 financial challenge ‘will not define the future of the authority’ as plans are agreed to identify savings alongside new ways of working. The coronavirus pandemic has left councils all over the UK facing significant budget deficits due to the loss […]
Cabinet councillors have today (Thurs, Sep 24) agreed to drive ahead with ambitious plans for the former UTC building which will create jobs and further boost Newhaven’s economic growth. This comes after the government announced £1.3million towards Lewes District Council’s redevelopment of the landmark last month through the Getting Building Fund, and […]
Lewes District Council is providing a £500,000 loan to Wave Leisure Trust to help restart gym, swim and exercise classes for people across the Lewes district amid the trust’s financial difficulties caused by the pandemic. Cabinet members agreed the financial support at a meeting today (Thursday, September 24) after hearing […]
Cabinet councillors at Lewes District Council have today (24/9/20) endorsed the authority’s medium-term financial strategy (MTFS) and appealed to the Secretary of State for Local Government, Robert Jenrick MP, to ‘step up and fulfil his commitment to local government’. Robert Jenrick assured councils back in March that the extra local spending needed in response […]
NO NEW savings are being planned at this stage for next year’s council budget despite the unprecedented financial pressures of the Covid-19 response. A report to East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet explains how careful financial planning and partnership working means that, for the first time in more than a decade, […]
Police are warning people to be wary of fraudulent emails purporting to be from HM Courts and Tribunals after receiving five reports of scams in Sussex. The emails state that the victims owe a £25 fixed penalty charge. They say that if the victim does not pay the fine they […]
The NHS COVID-19 app is now available in England and Wales The free NHS COVID-19 app is a vital part of the NHS Test and Trace service in England, and the NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect service. Protect your loved ones. Download the app. The new NHS COVID-19 app, now available […]
Local MP Maria Caulfield has urged all those people in the Lewes constituency who are eligible for the flu jab to get one this winter, as the Government launches its drive to vaccine 30 million people. The drive to vaccines comes as new research from Public Health England suggests that […]
Teenager Trent Hutchinson (see main picture) has been sentenced for the murder of his friend who he stabbed to death in Newhaven after an argument. Colin Wells, aged 18, known as Ollie, died after being stabbed twice outside the address where he was staying in Elphick Road, Newhaven, at 11.30pm […]