Category: Sussex

…is Sam Pennington, from Hastings, who was convicted today of dragging a badly-injured friend a mile cross-country to try and pretend that her injuries weren’t caused by his driving at 65 mph down a country lane and crashing into a bank. The friend died in hospital the following day.

Lewes has been nominated by Country Life as one of Britain’s 15 best market towns. Celebrity judges, including Noel Edmonds, bizarrely, will now judge the best market town in England, from a selection that also includes Faversham (Kent) and Hexham (Northumberland).

The eminent journalist R. W. Apple Jr. writes in the New York Times about the gardens of the Weald, my neck of the woods.

The villagers of Sompting are cross, because the new road sign in their village suggests that some of them have been annexed by the expansionist forces of neighbouring Lancing. Today Sompting, tomorrow – Portslade! Link: Brighton Argus.

Something to while away the hours until the footy season starts again. Sussex CCC have launched a new site, with free Windows Media clips of match highlights, and a desktop scorecard.

Norman Baker has held his Liberal Democrat seat in Lewes, while all Brighton & Hove constituencies have stayed Labour, despite a strong Green showing in Brighton Pavilion and a close race against the Conservatives in Hove.

The Hiker Biker Bus has returned. The bus, which provides transport along the coast road for bicycles and walkers, is starting its summer Sunday runs again. It runs from Seaford to Eastbourne via Exceat and passes near Alfriston and Birling Gap. Link: County Council press release.

I had a good pint while I was out today – Hepworth’s Pullman Ale, brewed in Horsham. I looked on the internet for more information on the brewery and found this interesting article on the fate on brewing in Horsham. If reading it makes you want to support a local Sussex brewer, I can recommend Harveys of Lewes.