It’s clear to see that more and more people are venturing out of lockdown; roads are clearly busier than they were just a couple of weeks ago and more businesses are reopening. This weekend we heard from readers concerned because neighbours were having what appeared to be parties and were clearly socialising with people who […]
There’s been a ‘sickening’ increase in assaults on Police Officers across Sussex since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. That’s according to the county’s Deputy Chief Constable Jo Shiner who was speaking as Sussex Police announced that it has recorded a 39 per cent increase in assaults against officers, PCSOs and other emergency workers in […]
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious collision near Robertsbridge on Saturday evening that left a 20-year-old woman in critical condition. They have arrested a man in connection with the incident. Also 20 years old he was arrested in Kent on Sunday morning on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to […]
An owl that went awol in the Hastings area at the end of last year has been rehomed thanks to the efforts of police and animal welfare workers after its original owners could not be traced. The Indian Eagle Owl was seen at large wearing a brown jess – or tether – on its left […]
A man who assaulted a woman while walking down a street in St Leonards has been jailed. John Larkin, 33, unemployed, of no fixed address, was seen by members of the public to grab, punch and headbutt a woman he was walking with on Marline Avenue, around 6.30pm on August 31st last year. The couple […]
Police are appealing for the public’s help to find two teenagers missing from St Leonards. Joshua Moody, 17, was last seen in the town around 8pm on Friday (January 24th). He is white, of slim build and with short brown hair. It is not known what clothing he may be wearing. Joshua has links to […]
Friends of Combe Valley have received a £500 donation from Sussex Police. The donation is through the Police Property Act Fund (PPAF) and comes from monies received by the police from property confiscated by order of the courts and then sold. PCSO Daryl Holter, the Heritage Crime Officer and Advisor who secured the donation for Combe […]
Sharp-eyed officers from Hastings police prevention team who stopped a suspect car on Sea Road, St Leonards, on Tuesday afternoon noticed an occupant hiding something inside the vehicle as they approached. A check revealed it to be a quantity of what is suspected to be heroin and crack cocaine. The driver and passenger were arrested […]
As publishers we undertsnad the pane of the ‘tyop’ and so out harts go out to the teem at Sussex Plice this week after an eagle-eyed reader spitted an error on the plaque that was unvailed last weed to mark the re-opening of the Hastings custard centre. The plaque, ceremoniously unveiled on Thursday by Sussex […]
