19 March 2025 / 19 March 2025 by Jo Smart
Lewes District Council’s (LDC) Cabinet members are set to consider the recommendations of the council’s Southern Water Scrutiny Panel on Thursday 20 March, following its landmark investigation into local sewage pollution. ‘Our rivers and seas are awash with sewage,’ said Green Cllr Ezra Cohen, deputy chair of the panel. ‘In my home in Seaford, it’s […]
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1 March 2023 / 27 April 2023 by jonathanvernon
In a pilot scheme to reduce glyphosate use by East Sussex County Council residents on Lewes streets, such as New Road, weeded their own pavements last year rather than having them sprayed. You are now invited to do the same. Let’s get glyphosate off all our streets this year. To join the 2023 pilot email […]
20 February 2023 / 27 April 2023 by jonathanvernon
A ground-breaking motion brought by Green Party on Monday committed Lewes District council to producing a ‘Rights of River Declaration’ within 2 years, which will recognise that the River Ouse has intrinsic rights such as the right to flow and the right to be free from pollution. Green Party Councillor Matthew Bird, who is also […]