Your Bexhill and Battle Observer is in shops now

This week shoppers in Bexhill and Battle are being urged to ‘shop local’ to support businesses forced to close under the second lockdown.

Many are offering an online or click and collect service and the full story can be found in today’s paper on how you can support them in the run-up to Christmas.

A proposal has also been put forward by a residents’ group in Netherfield, near Battle, for a new permanent travellers’ site in Bexhill.

The full story is in today’s Observer and how you can comment on the application being put forward to Rother District Council planners.

The chief constable of Sussex Police has also spoken about the recent rise in knife-related crime. Her full interview with the Observer can be found in today’s paper.

A message from the Editor, Gary Shipton:

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news, I am asking you to please purchase a copy of our newspapers.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspapers.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis.

Stay safe, and best wishes.