Recently added articles from Sussex Express Series (Lewes, England):
Mayor's sumo challenge.
Aug 04, 2008 ... FRESH from her Trinny and Susannah makeover, Uckfield mayor Louise Eastwood did another quick costume change with raising the town's profile in mind. She dressed up in an inflatable sumo suit for a wrestling bout - all part of Wealden's groundbreaking, free-entry inaugural ...
Bat man to the rescue.
Aug 04, 2008 ... HOT sunny weather doesn't suit everyone in Lewes, and one of the town's nocturnal residents found herself in the wrong place and most definitely at the wrong time. A young female whiskered bat ended up stuck in Lewes High Street above the door of the Sussex Express offices on ...
Knife attack: police release CCTV image.
Aug 04, 2008 ... POLICE have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a knife attack. A boy, aged 16, suffered stab wounds on July 14, between 4.30pm-5.15pm, outside the One Stop store in ...
Dorothea celebrates 100th birthday.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Dorothea Aylett celebrated her 100th birthday. She was born in Woking, Surrey and went into service straight from school. In 1931 she married Eric, one of three brothers who were all professional and dedicated railwayman as their father had been before them. ...
Speed limit victory for campaigners.
Aug 02, 2008 ... VICTORY has been claimed by residents who fear a child could be killed on a busy road. Carters Corner Action Group was set up nearly a year ago by neighbours living in Carters Corner, Cowbeech Road, near Hailsham. The group feared for the lives of children, elderly ...
Inspector rejects riverside development.
Aug 01, 2008 ... PLANS for more than 60 flats next to the historic Harveys Brewery have been thrown out by a government planning inspector. The move has been praised as a victory against the over-development of Lewes Barratt Homes Southern Counties wanted to build 66 flats, a flood ...
School taps into the sun.
Aug 01, 2008 ... PEACEHAVEN Community School has gone green with help from a [pounds sterling]2million eco-scheme. The school became the 100th in the country to be given solar panels as part of the Green Energy for Schools initiative. The panels, which cost more than [pounds ...
Council acts to ease traffic chaos.
Aug 01, 2008 ... EAST Sussex County Council has pledged to take action after drivers suffered tailbacks and congestion when new bus lanes opened last week. Fuming commuters faced severe delays to their journeys after the lanes came into operation along the A259 from Telscombe Cliffs to ...
Helicopter crash 'should have been a fatal'.
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE NAVIGATOR of the helicoper which crashed just yards from the A259 on Monday has praised the pilot who was flying. Stuart Lloyd and Bill Ormiston had flown from Redhill and were circling over the Newhaven and Peacehaven. Mr Ormiston said: 'He (pilot Stuart Lloyd) ...
Funeral of firefighter.
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE CORTEGE on its way to the funeral of a Burwash man was accompanied by London fire appliances with emergency blue lights flashing. The procession from Burwash to Tunbridge Wells through Heathfield, Broad Oak and Five Ashes was organised by colleagues of Brian Warner of Lime ...
Back with a point to prove.
Aug 01, 2008 ... SOME familiar faces return to the Dripping Pan tomorrow (Saturday) as Lewes take on Havant and Waterlooville in the club's last pre-season friendly. The Hawks could field as many as four ex-Lewes players, all of whom were part of the Rooks' championship winning squad in the ...