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* 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

Part of the Eastbourne Levels could be covered in 50,000 solar panels if planning permission is approved for a renewable energy project in a multi-million pound deal, a public meeting heard. The land, owned by the Duke of Devonshire, covers an 80-acre site currently used for livestock grazing. The

Campaigners for a 20mph limit in residential areas have dismissed claims by East Sussex County Council that it would require “significant and costly traffic management measures” to put in place. The introduction of 20mph speed limit areas in Eastbourne still seems a distant prospect, despite widespread support from political parties,

Car-free, elegant public spaces in the town centre, frequent buses, and safe cycling for families and commuters was the vision presented at a sustainable transport summit in Eastbourne. There was consensus that the current situation could not continue: car dependency, daily traffic jams, gridlocked roundabouts, unreliable buses, driving speeds which

Southern Water did not release information about several storm releases of rain water and sewage into the sea near Eastbourne for nine days. Five storm releases lasting a total of more than five hours happened soon after Storm Ciaran in early November. But they did not show on Southern Water&

* More than 100 local authorities are to join an online emergency summit this coming week, partly hosted by Eastbourne Borough Council, to discuss the spiralling costs of homelessness * The council predicts it will have to spend £3.6 million on temporary accommodation. Its original budget for 2022/23 lists total