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Rebecca Maer

Steep paths at Sovereign Harbour create access problems

Steep paths at Sovereign Harbour create access problems

People using mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs face using steep, difficult-to-access paths when travelling around Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne. The Bay and Eastbourne Rollers friendship group, which meets for days out in the area, is concerned that members on wheels are at risk near the harbour’s locks. Harbour owner

Is the British Queen the most generous pub in Eastbourne?

Is the British Queen the most generous pub in Eastbourne?

It’s a cold, grey late winter midweek lunchtime but the bar at The British Queen pub on Willingdon Triangle is a welcome refuge for workers thirsty for a pint and friends dining and laughing. This very traditional pub has a relaxed atmosphere as people leave phones in their pockets

Residents hold ‘amicable’ meeting about 'over-the-top' flats plan

Residents hold ‘amicable’ meeting about 'over-the-top' flats plan

* Chair of the residents’ association explains how the controversial plan for a seven-storey block could be amended * Details of online meeting with developer * Residents seek compromises to retirement apartments scheme Sheltering on the east side of Martello Tower 66 from a howling southwesterly, Frances Lawrence and Caroline Lynam are philosophical

REVIEW: Taking the plunge with Eastbourne Alive

REVIEW: Taking the plunge with Eastbourne Alive

Silent concentration was interspersed with 'oooh's of delight and 'oh's of resignation as a group of us gathered for a printing workshop in the empty Motcombe Pool caretaker’s house in Eastbourne Old Town. We were experiencing the unpredictable process of printing using a

Council leader objects to Sovereign Harbour scheme

Council leader objects to Sovereign Harbour scheme

The leader of Eastbourne Borough Council is among hundreds of objectors to a plan to build 137 retirement apartments next to the beach at Sovereign Harbour. Coun Stephen Holt wrote in his objection to his own council's planning department that the development, which would be four metres higher

Residents left stranded for weeks by broken lift at flats

Residents left stranded for weeks by broken lift at flats

UPDATED 16 January 2024 with comment from FirstPort The lift in an Eastbourne block of flats which stopped working before Christmas, forcing elderly and disabled residents to walk up and down as many as 90 stairs, has finally been repaired. Three weeks after residents reported the problem at Penshurst House

Council agrees five-year lease for Fort Fun

Council agrees five-year lease for Fort Fun

* Indoor soft play area to be refurbished under five-year lease at seafront site * Defiant Sports no longer allowed by council to use site * An environmental scheme in partnership with the Eden Project is still the long-term aim The long-derelict Fort Fun site on Eastbourne seafront is scheduled to partially re-open