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Fast food giant not loving town
International fast food chain McDonald’s has squashed rumours it was about to open a restaurant on Ropemaker Park Industrial Estate in Hailsham.
Annual event to showcase farms
A Hailsham farm will be throwing open its gates to mark the biggest event in the farming calendar,
Store staff raise cash with party
Asda Hailsham handed over a cheque for £350 to The Charles Hunt Centre (CHC) which offers support to elderly people. Supermarket staff decided to raise funds for the charity by holding a party at the Kings Arms in Eastbourne. The pub laid on a buffet. Tickets cost £5 and this and raffle funds went to CHC.
Council appeals for more foster carers
Residents with compassion and patience are being encouraged to consider a rewarding career by becoming a foster carer .
Last bash for outgoing Newhaven mayor
Outgoing mayor of Newhaven Graham Amy marked his departure with a final fundraising event for the town’s Community First Responders.
Amazing Grace turns 103
‘Amazing Grace’ Whitelock was celebrating her 103rd birthday at Kempton House in Peacehaven on Tuesday May 14 with all her friends who attend the day centre.
Sport
Diary of a Dart Player with Andy Relf: Man City win something!
Only Superleague darts on the horizon for me at the moment. My new team at the Tally-Ho are settling in to the new season well.
From the back pages, May 18: Swing king James Anderson hits right notes to join the England chart toppers
At two minutes before 3 o’clock on a bitterly cold Lord’s afternoon, James Anderson looked down at the ball in his hand and stretched out into the rhythmical 15-pace run that has characterised the best years of his England career. Seconds later it had nestled in the hands of Graeme Swann at second slip, via Peter Fulton’s outside edge, giving Anderson his 300th Test wicket. (The Times)
Lewes RFC are crowned kings of Lanzarote
A combined Lewes rugby team were winners at an annual Lanzarote five-a-side beach event.
VIDEO Glynde captain Shepheard talks of club’s hopes of promotion to Sussex Premier League video
Dom Shepheard spoke to the Sussex Express about his side’s hopes for promotion to the Sussex Premier League.
Horse Racing with Jason Hall – A popular local win at Plumpton
Plumpton held their last meeting until September on Sunday afternoon and it was the setting for a very popular local success when the hurdler Hawk Gold broke his maiden at the age of nine to give Michelle Bryant a very welcome winner.
Richard Hudson’s Speedway World: Eagles reach top gear in move to bring in new rider
Moves to bring in a new rider to the Eastbourne Lifestyle Eagles team slipped into top gear this week.
Video
VIDEO Glynde captain Shepheard talks of club’s hopes of promotion to Sussex Premier League video
Dom Shepheard spoke to the Sussex Express about his side’s hopes for promotion to the Sussex Premier League.
Lifestyle
Music festival comes to town
Sussex’s largest street music festival, Broadway Sound, will hit Haywards Heath on Sunday, May 26, rocking The Broadway for a whole day of musical entertainment.
A superb spectacle for fans of Michael
You do not even have to be a Michael Jackson fan to enjoy the wonderful production of Thriller at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne this week.
Moving Brahms symphony ends LCO’s spring concert
The Lewes Concert Orchestra’s Spring Concert in Lewes Town Hall started with a lively overture by Suppé, which made sure that the audience was awake for some classical songs by Bach, Handel, Tosti and Tchaikovsky, beautifully sung by the internationally renowned Chinese mezzo-soprano, Sophie Gopsill.
Ex-escort talks about bizarre but fun time
The Coin-Operated Girl offers real-life revelations from a former sex worker for the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Satirising bureaucracy
Le Mot Juste Theatre bring their production of Gogol’s The Overcoat to the Brighton Fringe. The show runs from Thursday, May 16 to Sunday, May 19, at 5.30pm, at The Old Courtroom, 18 Church Street.
Community
Newhaven harbour can attract visitors
I agree with A Chapman (letters, May 3) that the best way to attract visitors to Newhaven is to renovate and develop attractions at the Quayside.
PETER BAILEY - Newhaven’s swing bridge in action
T his photograph of Newhaven Swing Bridge with a ship passing through, was taken around 1961 from the top of the ‘Sheerlegs’, a tripod crane 105ft high.
This is what one naysayer wants
As a confirmed naysayer on all things renewable, I would like to address some of Dirk Campbell’s, a director of Ovesco, statements.
TREVOR WEEKS MBE - WRAS sets up special Fox Rescue Day for visitors
East Sussex WRAS is holding a Fox Rescue Day on Saturday 18th May. At 10am, 12noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm WRAS will be running presentations showing the charity works helping sick, injured and orphaned foxes and at the end of the presentation visitors will get to see one of WRAS’s Fox Cubs. Booking is required and entry is for a minimum donation of £5. Numbers are limited per session. The event is being held at WRAS’s Casualty Care Centre on the A22 at Whitesmith near Hailsham, Uckfield and Lewes. To book please call 01825-873003. Refreshments will be available too.
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Weather for Lewes
Saturday 18 May 2013
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 8 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 8 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
