27 h. ago Knowing me, Knowing newt! Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan's plan to upgrade his £4million home could be foiled by annoying amphibian

The award-winning comic wants to build a guest annexe in a disused stable block at his rural pile in East Sussex.

Economics

28 h. ago Thousands of protesters take to streets after 27 migrants moved into former military camp in dead of night

THOUSANDS protested yesterday after 27 migrants were moved into a former military camp in the dead of night. They marched in opposition to plans for another 500 to be transferred to the site near Crowborough, East Sussex. Three protesters were arrested at the camp on Friday, including a 62-year-old woman, after asylum seekers arrived the...

Events

36 h. ago Thousands march in Crowborough over asylum plan for former military camp

Protesters walk to Sussex market town from base where Home Office plans to house up to 500 asylum seekersThousands of people have marched through an East Sussex market town to protest against UK government plans to house asylum seekers on a former military site.Crowds of men, women and children walked to Crowborough from the base, where the Home Office plans to house up to 500 male asylum seekers as part of plans to end the use of hotels for the same purpose. Continue reading...

Events

39 h. ago Thousands chant 'Keir Starmer's a traitor' as they march through Crowborough protesting against migrants at their town's former army camp

Thousands of protesters gathered in Crowborough this morning to oppose migrants being moved into the town's former army camp.

Events

60 h. ago I went to the English vineyard that feels more like France with outdoor wine tastings and cheese experiences

I WANDER through lush vines laden with grapes, clutching a wine glass to sample the produce as I go. I could be in France’s Champagne region – but no, I’m at the Oxney Organic Estate in East Sussex. Oxney, near the pretty coastal town of Rye, is the largest single-estate producer of organic wine in...

Politics

4 d. ago First migrants moved into East Sussex military camp despite protests

Residents said they felt ‘ignored and uninformed’ by the Home Office as more than two dozen men were moved into Crowborough Training Camp

Events

4 d. ago First asylum seekers moved into former army camp under Labour push to shut down migrant hotels

First 27 asylum seekers moved into Crowborough military barracks in the early hours of Thursday morning

Events

7 d. ago Holidaymakers baffled as thousands of chips wash up on beach in tourist hotspot

Piles of fries up to 2.5ft deep were spotted across the sand and pebbles in East Sussex. They're thought to have originated from containers that fell off a ship during Storm Goretti

Society

8 d. ago Mika looks back: ‘Nowadays you wouldn’t get away with the things journalists said about my sexuality in the noughties’

The superstar singer on his itinerant childhood, brutally honest mother, and the moment of anger that led him to write Grace KellyBorn in Beirut in 1983, Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr, otherwise known as Mika, was raised in Paris and London. He attended the Royal College of Music, before his breakthrough in 2007 with debut album Life in Cartoon Motion and its No 1 single, Grace Kelly. He went on to sell 20m records, and worked as a presenter and judge on TV shows such as Eurovision and The Piano. Mika now lives in Italy and in Hastings, East Sussex, with his partner. His first English-language album in six years, Hyperlove, is out on 23 January.This was taken in our kitchen in Paris. It doesn’t surprise me that I am covered in chocolate. My earliest memories are of being on the floor surrounded by delicious food. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Water restored to most Kent and Sussex homes after six days’ disruption

Up to 30,000 customers of South East Water had no supply or low pressure at height of incidentWater has been restored to most homes across Kent and Sussex after almost a week of disruption.South East Water (SEW) said the outage, which began on Saturday, was the result of Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Water restored to most homes in Kent and Sussex after six days of disruption

South East Water blamed the outage, which began on Saturday, on Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts.

Politics

1 week ago South East Water could have licence revoked amid fears water supply issues could take days to resolve

Thousands of properties in Kent and Sussex left without drinking water for the sixth day running

Politics

1 week ago Water firm boss warns households with no supply that bills must rise anyway

South East Water chairman Chris Train said customers must pay more to prevent further shortages, despite East Grinstead, West Sussex, and Tunbridge Wells, Kent having no reliable supply

Events

1 week ago Ministers holding emergency meetings as 17,000 properties remain without water

South East Water has blamed the latest supply failure on Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts.

Politics

1 week ago Ten Brits are banned from France for trying to stop migrants reaching the UK

On Tuesday, following reports that members of the 'Raise the Colours' movement had conducted anti-migrant actions in France, 'territorial bans were issued against ten British nationals'.

Events

1 week ago 17,000 properties remain without water in Kent and Sussex on fifth day

South East Water has blamed the latest supply failure on Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts.

Politics

1 week ago Migrant on benefits who moved entire family into retirement home says kicking him out would ‘breach human rights’

A MIGRANT on benefits who moved his entire family into a retirement home says kicking him out would breach his human rights. Shahidul Haque, 59, moved his 28-year-old wife and three-year-old daughters into the retirement home in Reading, Berkshire, in 2024. Haque, who claims disability benefits for depression and sleep apnea had previously moaned the accommodation was...

Society

1 week ago Migrant on benefits who moved 'screaming and crying' children into retirement home says eviction would 'breach human rights'

Father-of-nine Shahidul Haque, 59, who claims benefits for sleep apnoea and depression, moved into the single-room flat in David Smith Court in July 2024.

Society

1 week ago ‘It’s a shambles’: Anger grows at South East Water CEO as thousands without water ‘until at least the weekend’

‘Not only is the infrastructure depleted, but the leadership is rubbish,’ local MP says

Politics

1 week ago Football fan ‘consumed’ by gambling thought he was better off dead – inquest

Oliver Long was found dead in East Sussex on February 23 2024 after sending farewell messages to his family a few days earlier.

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