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REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes - The Hunt for Moriarty

Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 23h

A mix of Conan Doyle stories form the basis for this atmospheric play by Nick Lane

Full impartial review right here

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By Paul Bromley, volunteer theatre reviewer The first thing that strikes you as you take your seat in the Devonshire Park Theatre is the set. Anyone expecting to see the fully furnished 221B Baker S...

Council to seek views on air pollution solution

Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 4d

A public consultation on how to improve air quality in Eastbourne is to be launched after high levels of pollution were recorded.

Eastbourne Borough Council says it has no plans to create a London-style Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) on Beachy Head as claimed by the opposition Conservative group.

A public consultation on how to improve air quality in Eastbourne is to be launched after high levels of pollution were recorded, it was announced today. Eastbourne Borough Council says it has no pl...

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The Wish Tower @wishtower.org.uk · 6d

We're open this Sunday, 1-4pm! FREE ENTRY.

Explore our Martello Tower and learn about Eastbourne's history!

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Bedfordwell homes site builder reported to have filed for administration

Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 9d

Work had started on a former pumping station site by modular construction company Boutique Modern, which is now reported to be filing for administration.

The company works with many local authorities and housing associations to provide affordable housing.

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The company building 100 affordable homes on the Bedfordwell Pumping Station site is reported to have filed for administration. Boutique Modern, based in Newhaven, started work on the landmark site ...

More homeless people from Brighton placed in Eastbourne

Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 15d

Figures show a rising trend by Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) of housing people in Eastbourne

In October 2023, there were 42 placements from BHCC in the town. In May this year, there were 172

In early September, there were 191 households, according to figures supplied to us #eastbourne

Nearly 200 homeless households from Brighton and Hove are in temporary accommodation in Eastbourne despite an accusation of “scant regard” for their wellbeing. Figures show a rising trend by Brighto...

"It's about creating a sense of belonging, a sense of happiness"

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 23d

@bostonglobe.com I fixed your headline for you.

Added “^FALSELY” to the original headline saying “Trump links Tylenol to autism.”

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 23d

How do you set about spending up to £2 million a year in a coastal town when every resident has a say?

We ask Eastbourne Neighbourhood Board chair Richard Garland

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The Eastbourne Reporter finds out what has been happening behind the scenes at the town board, investment plans and how residents will be involved. An initial £10,000 is allocated to each of the town’...

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 24d

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....

PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26d

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 29d

Cross-party support among Eastbourne planning councillors last night to defer a decision about a plan to build 250 homes in an area susceptible to flooding

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Flooding worries prompt housing plan deferral

By Huw Oxburgh, BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporter Councillors have deferred a decision on plans for a major housing development in Eastbourne due to widespread concerns about possible flooding. Ea...

Bandstand renovation decision deferred

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 29d

Controversial plans to demolish "unsafe elements" of Eastbourne's seafront bandstand as part of a renovation project have been put on hold until Historic England visits the site

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By Huw Oxburgh, BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporter Councillors have put off a decision on plans relating to Eastbourne bandstand until after heritage body Historic England have visited the site. Ea...

Toxic sewage gases force gallery to close

Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 16

Art gallery owner and artist Pennie Radcliffe, 72, has called Southern Water almost daily since May, when toxic gases and foul water started seeping into the basement.

“It has been a complete and utter nightmare,” she told the Eastbourne Reporter.

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An art gallery has been forced to close because of noxious gases and foul water seeping into the basement from a collapsed sewer. Pennie Radcliffe, 72, owner of Gallery@42 in South Street, Eastbourn...

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 16

We were mentioned in the House of Lords with other brilliant indie news people by Lord Lucas.

The Eastbourne peer is helping the public interest news sector push for reform of how public notice ads are placed.

Legacy media corporates get nearly all the £50 million a year spent on these ads.

All aboard the back garden railway

Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 14

A heartwarming tale for a stormy Sunday night …

Just imagine - a full-size railway in the back garden! ✅

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By Paul Bromley, volunteer reporter A retired railway worker who has built a full-sized working track in his back garden is planning to open for more open days following the success of charity fundra...

By Gary Murray “Hello, below there!“ A visitor chances upon a lonely signal box in the countryside. Inside is a troubled signalman. “A solitary soul with a haunted look in his eyes.“ As the two me...

Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 10

“The soundscape … creates a sense of isolated unease, from the sudden eruption of a passing train to the constant wind in this lonely place.”

Our impartial review of this stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ chilling short story

REVIEW: The Signalman

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Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social · Sep 9

Vox pops are the lowest form of journalism because they allow news organisations to editorialise through selective interviews without even the spurious science of polling data. This is leading the website of the BBC which must think it’s the most important news happening today.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · Sep 8

it's real support from actual racists

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 6

Farage promise to "stop the boats within two weeks of winning gov't" unravelling.

Apparently, it means "after passing laws", "as quickly as possible", he "believes", the boats will still cross, but all will be deported "if necessary" and "sensible", "unless we have a duty of care".

Bravo, Beth! 👏🏽

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · Sep 4

From Washington Post to Manchester's @millmedia.bsky.social for new investigations editor Cameron Barr

Barr wants to help "restore and revive the kind of investigative accountability, tough minded, rigorous reporting that that we all need" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you’re in sunny Eastbourne on Saturday, swing by and say hello!

Meet Eastbourne Reporter from 1100 to 1300 Saturday 6 September at Cafe Joon at 12 Pevensey Road in the town centre

Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 1

Via Ronald S. on FB.

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Absolutely long live real journalism

This is the kind of reporting that gets me out of bed every day: bloody brilliant!

Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van

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