• Glyndebourne Turbine is officially launched

  By Raviliouse

  Hope you like the pic!

            

   

  By Raviliouse at 11:04 on 20/01/12

  

  The Glyndebourne Turbine comes into action near Lewes today, on a day which is fortuitously windy. The controversial turbine, which is some 67m high, was officially launched by the broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, a keen supporter of the structure, at the Glyndebourne Opera House for whose buildings it will generate much of the power needed. The turbine does has its detractors though, among them the South Downs...

• Prolific offender locked up after string of crimes

  By shooter73

  Is there a word for the opposite of evolution? Devolution?

            

   

  By Sussex Courier at 09:00 on 07/01/12

  

  A PROLIFIC criminal has been jailed for more than four years for his part in five different burglaries. Graham Brook, 40, was twice confronted by women in their kitchens when he broke into their homes in Sedlescombe and Battle. He told his victims he was "confused" or looking for the dentists. He also snatched purses from a pub in Robertsbridge. When interviewed, he initially refused to talk to police but later confessed...

• Lewes District Councillor wins Private Eye Award

  By rfowler73

  None of it all really encourages people to go out and vote for local councillors does it!

            

   

  By Raviliouse at 12:10 on 30/12/11

  

  A Lewes District Councillor has won the dubious honour of winning Private Eye publication's 'Council Tweet of the Year'. The Eye bestowed the award to Donna Edmunds, a Tory councillor, after her online exchange earlier this year with a constituent regarding the privatisation of the National Health Service – for which Edmunds is in favour. The row developed after Edmunds expressed her view on the NHS should and later told the...

• Don't wait for abuse to get even worse warns Wealden domestic violence victim

  By MrSwing

  Im think Mr Lindfield needs to re attend his equal opportunity training because he seems unaware...

            

   

  By Sussex Courier at 08:00 on 09/12/11

  

  A MOTHER who was violently abused by her partner is advising other women to get help if they are suffering from domestic abuse. The latest figures show there have been 439 reported incidents of domestic abuse in Wealden in the year up to September. But Graham Lindfield, a victim case worker from Sussex Police, believes this figure is just the "tip of the iceberg" and said women were abused an average of 35 times before...

• Update: A27 re-opened after crash at Firle, near Lewes, left two hospitalised

  By jackie4944

  I am slightly annoyed the way the press is saying that the insignia and the fabria collided with the...

            

   

  By Raviliouse at 16:36 on 23/11/11

  

  The A27 has been re-opened after being closed both ways after a crash near Middle Farm at Firle on Wednesday. Sussex Police said four cars were involved in the incident at about 3.30pm. Seven people were hurt in the crash.   A Honda Jazz saloon travelling east was in collision with a Vauxhall Insignia and a Skoda Fabia travelling west. The Insignia collided with an eastbound Mazda 5 saloon. The busy road was closed in...

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