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• Power cut hits 500 homes
  A POWER cut plunged 500 Willingdon households into darkness on Thursday night (January 8).
• Student in motorway death crash named
  A STUDENT who died after his car left a motorway and collided with a tree in Berkshire has been named.
• Stagecoach buys Cavendish
  STAGECOACH, the national bus operator which took over Eastbourne Buses in a multi- million pound deal last month, announced yesterday (Thursday) it had bought part of
• Parish proposes boundary move
  PEVENSEY Parish Council is hoping to move parish boundaries, giving it control over an area currently governed by Westham Parish Council.
• Airbourne will return - and it's free
  TOURISM chiefs have revealed Airbourne will take place this summer — and it will be free.
• Take the Cuckoo Trail - to Paris
  THE CUCKOO Trail could be given a new lease of life as part of an ambitious project to create one of Europe's largest cycle paths.
• Building international ties
  A GLOBAL Young Leader travelling to Washington to visit the World Bank, United Nations and IMF is to be sponsored by Eastbourne's English-Speaking Union (ESU).
• £4,500 boost for boxing club
  THE WILLINGDON Trees Amateur Boxing Club is packing a punch thanks to a cash boost of £4,500.
• Kids get a week off as boilers fail
  PARENTS have been left fuming after faulty boilers closed a junior school for the first week of the new term.
• Busman's charity cheque
  THE MANAGER of Seaford Wasps football team handed over a cheque for £610 to charity.
• New fish restaurant for Harbour
  A NEW fish only restaurant has opened its doors at Sovereign Harbour.
• Man, 23, dies after motorway crash
  A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Polegate has died after his car left a motorway and collided with a tree in Berkshire.
• Peace vigil at Town Hall
  EASTBOURNE for Peace and Liberty held its annual peace vigil at midday on January 1 on the Town Hall steps.
• Youth shelter planned for village
  A YOUTH shelter is being proposed for Willingdon to tackle the problem of teenagers congregating in areas such as Freshwater Square.
• Sleep-out will focus on plight of homeless
  A SLEEP-OUT is taking place in Eastbourne to raise awareness of the numbers of people sleeping rough in the town.
• Police fund new noticeboard
  EASTBOURNE police have donated a £400 cheque to a community group which had its noticeboard vandalised.
• Lifeboat hauls in Mr Fish
  AN ANGLING boat ended up in trouble off the Eastbourne coast last Tuesday (December 30) and had to be towed ashore by the inshore lifeboat.
• Mains burst leaves homes without water
  HOMES in Langney were left without water after a main burst on Sunday afternoon.
• Woman could face jail over benefit fraud
  AN EASTBOURNE mother-of-three wept in court as she was warned she faces jail for pocketing nearly £18,000 in benefits she was not entitled to.
• Kidswear store closes down
  THE EASTBOURNE branch of Adams Childrenswear closed this week amid the credit crunch and economic downturn.
• Library extends service online
  A HUGE bank of online information is available exclusively to library members in East Sussex.
• Awards for class of 2008
  PARK College welcomed back the Class of 2008 at an awards evening recently.
• Busy festive period at DGH
  NEW Year's Eve ended in a trip to Accident and Emergency for 57 people in Eastbourne, as the DGH was forced to bring in extra staff to cope with the ill and injured.
• Drivers unhurt in collision
  TWO motorists escaped unhurt after their vehicles collided in Upperton Road this morning (Tuesday).
• First snow of winter
  EASTBOURNE experienced its first dusting of snow this winter, which fell on Sunday night.
• College trials new service
  SUSSEX Downs College is helping to trial Skills Accounts, a new personalised service that allows learners to access a range of information and careers advice about how to impr
• Town gains a Polish PCSO
  EASTBOURNE Police has a new recruit, Polish PCSO Katarzyna Rudnicka.
• More midwives needed, says Trust
  A HOSPITAL trust which runs the DGH has employed six new full-time midwives but still needs another four to cope with the increase in babies expected to be born in the next th
• Really green Christmas trees
  POOH'S Nursery School asked parents to make a Christmas tree with their child out of recycled materials.
• Exhibition raises £800 for Chaseley
  THE EASTBOURNE Open Art and Sculpture Exhibition at Chaseley raised more than £800 for the charity.

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