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The Wish Tower @wishtower.org.uk · 23h

We're open this Sunday, 1-4pm! FREE ENTRY.

Explore our Martello Tower and learn about Eastbourne's history!

#eastbourne #martellotower #martello #localhistory #localheritage

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 4d

Work had started on a former pumping station site by modular construction company Boutique Modern, which is now reported to be filing for administration.

The company works with many local authorities and housing associations to provide affordable housing.

#eastbourne

Bedfordwell homes site builder reported to have filed for administration

The company building 100 affordable homes on the Bedfordwell Pumping Station site is reported to have filed for administration. Boutique Modern, based in Newhaven, started work on the landmark site ...

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 10d

Figures show a rising trend by Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) of housing people in Eastbourne

In October 2023, there were 42 placements from BHCC in the town. In May this year, there were 172

In early September, there were 191 households, according to figures supplied to us #eastbourne

More homeless people from Brighton placed in Eastbourne

Nearly 200 homeless households from Brighton and Hove are in temporary accommodation in Eastbourne despite an accusation of “scant regard” for their wellbeing. Figures show a rising trend by Brighto...

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 18d

@bostonglobe.com I fixed your headline for you.

Added “^FALSELY” to the original headline saying “Trump links Tylenol to autism.”

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 18d

How do you set about spending up to £2 million a year in a coastal town when every resident has a say?

We ask Eastbourne Neighbourhood Board chair Richard Garland

#eastbourne

"It's about creating a sense of belonging, a sense of happiness"

The Eastbourne Reporter finds out what has been happening behind the scenes at the town board, investment plans and how residents will be involved. An initial £10,000 is allocated to each of the town’...

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 19d

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....

PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever

This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21d

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 24d

Cross-party support among Eastbourne planning councillors last night to defer a decision about a plan to build 250 homes in an area susceptible to flooding

#eastbourne

Flooding worries prompt housing plan deferral

By Huw Oxburgh, BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporter Councillors have deferred a decision on plans for a major housing development in Eastbourne due to widespread concerns about possible flooding. Ea...

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 24d

Controversial plans to demolish "unsafe elements" of Eastbourne's seafront bandstand as part of a renovation project have been put on hold until Historic England visits the site

#eastbourne

Bandstand renovation decision deferred

By Huw Oxburgh, BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporter Councillors have put off a decision on plans relating to Eastbourne bandstand until after heritage body Historic England have visited the site. Ea...

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 24d

Art gallery owner and artist Pennie Radcliffe, 72, has called Southern Water almost daily since May, when toxic gases and foul water started seeping into the basement.

“It has been a complete and utter nightmare,” she told the Eastbourne Reporter.

#eastbourne

Toxic sewage gases force gallery to close

An art gallery has been forced to close because of noxious gases and foul water seeping into the basement from a collapsed sewer. Pennie Radcliffe, 72, owner of Gallery@42 in South Street, Eastbourn...

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 25d

We were mentioned in the House of Lords with other brilliant indie news people by Lord Lucas.

The Eastbourne peer is helping the public interest news sector push for reform of how public notice ads are placed.

Legacy media corporates get nearly all the £50 million a year spent on these ads.

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · 26d

A heartwarming tale for a stormy Sunday night …

Just imagine - a full-size railway in the back garden! ✅

#eastbourne

All aboard the back garden railway

By Paul Bromley, volunteer reporter A retired railway worker who has built a full-sized working track in his back garden is planning to open for more open days following the success of charity fundra...

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 10

“The soundscape … creates a sense of isolated unease, from the sudden eruption of a passing train to the constant wind in this lonely place.”

Our impartial review of this stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ chilling short story

REVIEW: The Signalman

By Gary Murray “Hello, below there!“ A visitor chances upon a lonely signal box in the countryside. Inside is a troubled signalman. “A solitary soul with a haunted look in his eyes.“ As the two me...

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Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social · Sep 9

Vox pops are the lowest form of journalism because they allow news organisations to editorialise through selective interviews without even the spurious science of polling data. This is leading the website of the BBC which must think it’s the most important news happening today.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · Sep 8

it's real support from actual racists

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 6

Farage promise to "stop the boats within two weeks of winning gov't" unravelling.

Apparently, it means "after passing laws", "as quickly as possible", he "believes", the boats will still cross, but all will be deported "if necessary" and "sensible", "unless we have a duty of care".

Bravo, Beth! 👏🏽

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · Sep 4

From Washington Post to Manchester's @millmedia.bsky.social for new investigations editor Cameron Barr

Barr wants to help "restore and revive the kind of investigative accountability, tough minded, rigorous reporting that that we all need" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you’re in sunny Eastbourne on Saturday, swing by and say hello!

Meet Eastbourne Reporter from 1100 to 1300 Saturday 6 September at Cafe Joon at 12 Pevensey Road in the town centre

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 1

Via Ronald S. on FB.

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Absolutely long live real journalism

This is the kind of reporting that gets me out of bed every day: bloody brilliant!

Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him

Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is very good.

And, no, it is not free to read. I pay to read high-quality journalism and analysis because it’s not free to produce.

On the other hand, Brian, Kevin and Trevor’s views are free to read on Facebook.

You get what you pay for

Angela Rayner may have done nothing wrong, but she still can't win

It's not having a third home that's haunting the Deputy Prime Minister – but the question of 'why now'

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Aug 28

Worth a read. labourlist.org/2025/08/nige... – via LabourList

'Reform's populist act cracks when the right people tell the truth about them' - LabourList

Voters trust each other in a way they’ll never trust SW1. And if the person making the case feels like ‘one-of-us’, Reform’s populist armour starts to crack.

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Aug 28

Local authorities increasingly expect ‘communication’ to be a one-way outbound flow of PR handouts

What did we think would happen with a near-total absence of questioning journalism?

This is the endgame of that attitude of entitlement and controlling the message

Support real journalism!

Reform UK Nottinghamshire council leader bans local newspaper's reporters

The Nottingham Post describes the ban as

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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social · Aug 26

Funding cuts and investment decisions have combined to create a £183 million debt at Eastbourne Borough Council

Here’s a wider context to the data

#eastbourne

The fall and rise of Eastbourne council debt

By Rebecca Maer, Eastbourne Reporter, and the BBC-funded Shared Data Unit Overall debt at Eastbourne Borough Council fell slightly in the last year but is forecast to rise again in each of the next ...

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