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Reports by residents of potholes in East Sussex more than doubled last year. In figures released in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, East Sussex County Council said it received 26,309 reports of potholes and other carriageway defects in 2022/23. This was more than double the

The latest Town Hall Rich List has been published, showing how many council employees received more than £100,000 in 2022/23. Collated by The TaxPayers’ Alliance, the figures showed that 73 employees of councils across East and West Sussex – not including Brighton & Hove – took home more than £100,

* Extraordinary stories are emerging of what patients are doing simply to get an appointment * People queue outside from 7am but all the day’s appointments are taken by 8.10am * One woman said she would consider driving her Eastbourne relative 230 miles to her own doctor in the West Midlands

The developer of a controversial seven-storey development of around 130 retirement seaside apartments must make changes to secure planning permission. Eastbourne Borough Council’s planning committee voted unanimously in a show of cross-party unity last night to defer the planning application for a site on the western edge of Sovereign

A sports coach working to upgrade facilities in a park has said a delay of two years by Eastbourne Borough Council in agreeing an important lease meant the project missed out on £150,000 in funding. Craig Wells first had the idea for a modest scheme which could transform the

There will be redundancies at Eastbourne-based broadband operator Lightning Fibre as a result of its change of ownership. The firm, which has been sold to a company which invests in infrastructure projects, has about 200 full-time equivalent staff. A company spokesman told the Eastbourne Reporter: “We have changed our strategy

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