REVIEW: Little Women
By Paul Bromley I’ll start with a confession: I’ve never read Little Women. Nor have I seen any TV, film or stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale. So it was with an open mind and no pre-conceived notions that I took my seat in the Devonshire Park Theatre for Anne-Marie Casey’s adaptation of […]
Bus funding of £11 million re-routed to widen Exceat Bridge
Council leaders have agreed to divert millions of pounds of bus funding to replace the single-lane Exceat Bridge near the Cuckmere Haven beauty spot. The total cost of the work is now put at nearly £22 million, ten times the amount of funding the project received when the plan went before East Sussex County Council eight […]
SPORT: The only way is up for Eastbourne cricket
By Daniel Ford When asked about his aims for the upcoming cricket season, new Eastbourne cricket captain Scott Lenham simply raises his index finger and points upwards. There’s a palpable buzz of optimism at the Saffrons Sports Ground for the new season starting this month. This is despite the fact that the team needed a […]
What’s happening at Eastbourne bandstand?
Eastbourne’s iconic bandstand will be 90 this year and continues to undergo major repairs to make it safe. Eastbourne Borough Council spent £750,000 to repair the stage and other areas two years ago and will spend £1.1 million this year strengthening the underlying structure. With the summer concert season about to start amid safety hoardings, […]
REVIEW: Spitfire Girls
By Gary Murray “No woman ever made history by following the rules” Many of us are familiar with the story of the Battle of Britain in 1940 when the brave pilots of the RAF defended us from a feared German invasion. And rightly so. But Spitfire Girls, a new play running at the Devonshire Park […]
SPORT: Eastbourne Borough women storm to victory after victory
As the football season draws to a close, Daniel Ford takes a look at how women’s teams in Eastbourne have fared. Eastbourne Borough Women will face Watford in the semi-final of the Combined Counties Cup – making a mockery of the decision by the football authorities not to promote them last season. The arrival of […]
‘Separate buses from cars, so the bus is the choice’
Public transport in Eastbourne is nowhere near as widely used as in other areas of Sussex, such as Brighton and Hove. Largely empty double-decker buses can be seen at peak times in Eastbourne, stuck in traffic queues of private cars. In the town, 25,000 miles of scheduled bus mileage a year are lost as journeys […]
King highlights the importance of local news reporting
By Rebecca Maer Dozens of independent local news journalists, including the Eastbourne Reporter, were among those attending a regional media reception at Buckingham Palace this week. The King issued a statement to mark the occasion, saying that he had long believed that regional media had a unique and vital role to play in society. I […]
New Eastbourne parking restrictions agreed
By Huw Oxburgh, BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporter New parking restrictions are to come into force in Eastbourne despite objections from residents. Among the measures are new double yellow lines, more blue badge parking and more spaces to allow motorbike delivery riders to park safely. The updates are part of East Sussex County Council’s annual review […]
Families win further scrutiny of controversial plan to close day centre
Huw Oxburgh, BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporter Service Rebecca Maer, Eastbourne Reporter Major adult social care cuts are to be debated further after councillors agreed to call in decisions taken by county council leaders last month. On Monday (March 17), East Sussex County Council’s People Scrutiny Committee considered two call-in requests. One was for the proposed […]