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Birds culled as avian influenza case detected in Sussex

Birds have been culled following a case of avian influenza in Sussex. All birds on the premises located in north Bexhill have been humanely culled by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). A three-kilometre protection zone, ...

17 Jun 2022 at 16:59

Minister ‘won’t be two-faced’ about Government policy amid asylum centre dispute

A minister has said he does not want to be “two-faced” about the Government’s migration policy amid a backlash over plans to locate an asylum seeker accommodation centre in his own constituency. Huw Merriman acknowledged there was anger among ...

12 May 2023 at 17:05

Asylum seekers to be housed on former prison site under Government plans

More than 1,000 asylum seekers will be housed at a former prison site under Government plans to provide them with only the most basic accommodation. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick announced on Wednesday that two former military bases ...

29 Mar 2023 at 15:19

Local Tories issue legal threats over military base plans for asylum seekers

Tories issue legal threats over plans to house asylum seekers in military bases

Ministers have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their “essential living needs and nothing more” despite legal threats from local Conservatives. Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, also ...

29 Mar 2023 at 16:38

Government completes purchase of site proposed for asylum seekers, council says

The Government has completed its purchase of a former prison earmarked to house asylum seekers in East Sussex, a council has said. The Northeye site in Bexhill was announced as a proposed location to house 1,200 people in March this ...

10 Oct 2023 at 14:41

RSPCA wildlife centres no longer taking in sick seabirds due to avian flu risk

RSPCA branches no longer taking in injured birds due to avian flu risk

RSPCA wildlife centres are no longer accepting sick seabirds due to the risk of avian flu. Latest Defra figures have confirmed 102 cases of bird flu in England, with two cases each in Wales and Scotland earlier this year which have ...

02 Jul 2022 at 16:08

Home Office ‘wasted’ £15m of taxpayers’ cash on asbestos-filled migrant camp

The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog. The Government department cut corners ...

15 Nov 2024 at 12:53

Teeth find shows meat-eating dinosaurs roamed East Sussex 135 million yeas ago

The discovery of sets of prehistoric teeth has revealed that groups of meat-eating dinosaurs stalked the East Sussex coast 135 million years ago. The research, led by the University of Southampton, has revealed that a “whole ...

05 Dec 2024 at 17:51

Proscribing Palestine Action has ’empowered’ far-right, say protesters

Protesters in a UK town twinned with Al-Mawasi in Gaza blame the Palestine Action ban for an increase in violence and abuse against demonstrators. An organiser of the Friends of Al-Mawasi group, based in Hastings, East ...

10 Aug 2025 at 20:08

Man accused of murdering cousin with axe liked to ‘have the last word’

A man accused of murdering his cousin with an axe liked to “have the last word”, a court heard. Rita Lambourne, 58, was found by her sister “fatally wounded” at an address in Bayencourt South, Bexhill, East Sussex, on ...

04 Dec 2025 at 18:26

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