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How is the £11.5m Black Robin Farm project shaping up?

How is the £11.5m Black Robin Farm project shaping up?

Work is set to start this autumn on the £11.5 million arts and education centre at Black Robin Farm on the South Downs overlooking Eastbourne. I met Towner CEO and director Joe Hill at the site to hear about his vision for the project – and how he hopes people

How to create a wildlife pond in three hours

How to create a wildlife pond in three hours

A diverse group of volunteers and wildlife experts – plus a parrot – met recently to dig a pond at the Rooted community allotment in Eastbourne. Volunteer community reporter Liz Magraw explains why and what happened. Creating natural habitats is key to wildlife gardening and to successful organic growing methods. After last

Tapping into the creative potential of Eastbourne

Tapping into the creative potential of Eastbourne

Creativity can be the perfect outlet to counterbalance everyday routines and traditional work environments. Artistic gatherings are gaining popularity with workshops in collage, sketching, photography, sewing and scrapbooking across Eastbourne. Graphic artist Maja Jones recognised this and launched Creative Eastbourne with an Instagram account just one month ago – very quickly,

'I have never seen such blatant misuse of public areas: you can hear the drug deals taking place'

'I have never seen such blatant misuse of public areas: you can hear the drug deals taking place'

Open drug dealing and bed bug-infested mattresses being set alight are among the disturbances reported by residents in a seaside square in Eastbourne. They say the practice of people being placed in temporary accommodation from outside the area has led to persistent anti-social behaviour in Wilmington Square, near the Towner

Bomb disposal team carry out controlled explosion in Little Chelsea, Eastbourne

Bomb disposal team carry out controlled explosion in Little Chelsea, Eastbourne

UPDATE: all-clear given by lunchtime after controlled explosion Dozens of residents were evacuated from their homes today in the Little Chelsea area of Eastbourne town centre after an "unidentified liquid" was found in a house. Army bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion this morning, Sussex Police

The joy and value of volunteering

The joy and value of volunteering

Community reporter Berenice Pringle, who gives time to the Friends of Eastbourne Seafront and the Oxfam bookshop, looks at volunteering in the town, from its history to what motivates volunteers, both young and old. As I started planning for retirement, volunteering was not a high priority. “I’m never going

Help keep real journalism going for the price of a coffee

Help keep real journalism going for the price of a coffee

If you wonder why some of the local news you read is not very interesting and all sounds the same, you’re not alone. Much of the material you see consists of PR handouts, many from local councils and the police, which are copied and pasted to fill the gaps