EASTBOURNE MP Stephen Lloyd is chairing a new parliamentary group to safeguard the teaching of RE in schools.

A MASSIVE rise in apprenticeships in the Lewes constituency has been welcomed by Seaford MP Norman Baker.

Our young people are our future. I don’t say that as a vague platitude or as the father of young children but in a very practical sense. They are tomorrow’s doctors, nurses, construction workers, teachers, retail workers and so on.

A BLIND holidaymaker left stranded at Gatwick Airport on Christmas Eve by a long delay is celebrating winning a compensation battle with a holiday company which was reluctant to pay out.

THE RADICAL changes being made to the NHS and health services in Hailsham will be discussed with the town’s council.

WASTE deliveries to the Newhaven incinerator could treble under controversial new plans which have been submitted.

An elderly woman has died in a house fire in Herstmonceux.

A CAMPAIGN to restore a plaque commemorating an Eastbourne-based musician who died aboard the Titanic has succeeded in raising enough cash to carry out the work.

A LARGE crowd of mourners attended the funeral of murdered Hailsham dad Darren Croxton.

SANDRA Palme, professional wildlife artist, has drawn a fabulous fox portrait to help raise funds for East Sussex WRAS.

WITH the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this year a number of Looking Back readers have sent in photographs of Her Royal Highness visiting Eastbourne.

THE Royal College of Nursing is urging management at the under-pressure DGH to ensure staff have the proper support to help the hospital emerge from under the cloud of its recent damning report.

POLICE are warning residents to be wary of cold callers after conmen posing as water board officials stole £1,500 from an elderly lady.

THE NUMBER of visitors paying a trip to the Redoubt is less then expected according to figures released by Eastbourne Borough Council.

A NUCLEAR bomb attack on London would leave residents of Eastbourne nursing third degree burns.

WITH superbugs and hospital infections often dominating the headlines, the Herald’s Richard Morris headed to the DGH to speak to the small army of staff whose job it is to make sure everything gets cleaned. And cleaned. And cleaned!

A FLAGSHIP tourism website designed to attract more business to the town is failing to hit the targets set by Eastbourne Borough Council.

A TEENAGER who has shot his music videos in Eastbourne has a growing fan base and is hoping to become as big as American singing sensation Justin Bieber.

GROWING demand for emergency supplies has forced a food charity to move to bigger premises.

WORK will begin later this month on the controversial skatepark in Manor Gardens.