Eastbourne Reporter
@eastbournereporter.bsky.social
Independent news in the public interest by a qualified, experienced journalist who asks questions. No clickbait or copy-and-paste PR handouts here
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Great article with @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social about encouraging less driving and more active travel to save the #NHS
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We must get fitter if we’re to afford the future, says McNally
McNally in traffic outside Eastbourne hospital. Cycling on the pavement is forbidden. Plans for a bus and cycle route running three miles from Polegate to the hospital were stopped by councillors.
...
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Great article with @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social about encouraging less driving and more active travel to save the #NHS
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...
@dannybate.bsky.social
Starting the new year with a thorough grounding in our written English language and where the heck it came from.
What a great Christmas present!
Starting the new year with a thorough grounding in our written English language and where the heck it came from.
What a great Christmas present!
January 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Starting the new year with a thorough grounding in our written English language and where the heck it came from.
What a great Christmas present!
Starting the new year with a thorough grounding in our written English language and where the heck it came from.
What a great Christmas present!
We cannot leave real journalism which asks searching questions to the algorithms of tech bros
But that’s exactly what we are doing
We would love to go into print if we had the resources
But that’s exactly what we are doing
We would love to go into print if we had the resources
Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We cannot leave real journalism which asks searching questions to the algorithms of tech bros
But that’s exactly what we are doing
We would love to go into print if we had the resources
But that’s exactly what we are doing
We would love to go into print if we had the resources
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No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
Spot of Twixmas culture for you
"The realism across many different media forms a capsule of the inter-war years while still being entirely recognisable today. Do visit; it is an excellent way to appreciate this meaningful artistic life"
#eastbourne
"The realism across many different media forms a capsule of the inter-war years while still being entirely recognisable today. Do visit; it is an excellent way to appreciate this meaningful artistic life"
#eastbourne
REVIEW: The Ravilious Collection at Towner
"The realism across many different media forms a capsule of the inter-war years while still being entirely recognisable today. Do visit; it is an excellent way to appreciate this meaningful artistic l...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Spot of Twixmas culture for you
"The realism across many different media forms a capsule of the inter-war years while still being entirely recognisable today. Do visit; it is an excellent way to appreciate this meaningful artistic life"
#eastbourne
"The realism across many different media forms a capsule of the inter-war years while still being entirely recognisable today. Do visit; it is an excellent way to appreciate this meaningful artistic life"
#eastbourne
Great piece of research which shines a light on the type of people who appear on BBC’s Question Time - and how often
Final publication of the year: I examined 10 years of panellists on BBC Question Time. Some interesting findings - thread below:
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Constructing impartiality in a polarised news environment: An analysis of BBC Question Time contributors 2014-2024 - Matt Walsh, 2025
Televised panel discussions are an increasingly used form of journalism, providing cheap content without expensive newsgathering. In recent years, panel constru...
journals.sagepub.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Great piece of research which shines a light on the type of people who appear on BBC’s Question Time - and how often
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Merry gentlefolk, it is time.
Today is the day.
Today is comma-mas.
Today is the day where we contemplate the correct placing of the comma in 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'.
And if we are lucky, we can have a row about it.
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Today is the day.
Today is comma-mas.
Today is the day where we contemplate the correct placing of the comma in 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'.
And if we are lucky, we can have a row about it.
>
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Merry gentlefolk, it is time.
Today is the day.
Today is comma-mas.
Today is the day where we contemplate the correct placing of the comma in 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'.
And if we are lucky, we can have a row about it.
>
Today is the day.
Today is comma-mas.
Today is the day where we contemplate the correct placing of the comma in 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'.
And if we are lucky, we can have a row about it.
>
Planting the idea of the power of nature
By Rebecca Maer
A row of excited faces appeared over the railings. Wellies were on and the crowd of children were raring to go.
Four and five-year-olds from Gildredge House School lined up along ro...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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When I first started writing about local council meetings, I didn't imagine this is the kind of thing I'd end up covering. Where we are right now is incredibly bleak.
A Swale Borough Council meeting was suspended after coordinated far-right activists disrupted a debate on becoming a District of Sanctuary. Councillors reported abuse, intimidation and damage to the building.
What happened, and why it matters:
What happened, and why it matters:
When intimidation replaces debate
What Swale’s meeting tells us about local democracy. Plus the latest from KCC, Tunbridge Wells still faces water uncertainty, news in brief, and more
www.kentcurrent.news
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
When I first started writing about local council meetings, I didn't imagine this is the kind of thing I'd end up covering. Where we are right now is incredibly bleak.
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Lookalike: Malone and Leith
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Lookalike: Malone and Leith
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
This kind of important local authority stuff is rarely covered by legacy newspapers
It’s not a PR handout or supplied by the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporting Service
If you can’t copy’n’paste, it never happened seems to be the approach
So I wrote this using shorthand and journalism
It’s not a PR handout or supplied by the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporting Service
If you can’t copy’n’paste, it never happened seems to be the approach
So I wrote this using shorthand and journalism
Questions asked over Boutique Modern contract
By Rebecca Maer
Rigorous credit checks and a risk assessment were carried out on a company which went into administration just as a £45 million building project was starting, a council meeting heard....
www.eastbournereporter.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This kind of important local authority stuff is rarely covered by legacy newspapers
It’s not a PR handout or supplied by the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporting Service
If you can’t copy’n’paste, it never happened seems to be the approach
So I wrote this using shorthand and journalism
It’s not a PR handout or supplied by the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporting Service
If you can’t copy’n’paste, it never happened seems to be the approach
So I wrote this using shorthand and journalism
A standing ovation greeted the first night of this production in Eastbourne last night
Was it deserved? Our full review is here
#eastbourne
Was it deserved? Our full review is here
#eastbourne
REVIEW: To Kill a Mockingbird
The award-winning story of racial tensions in America in the 1930s successfully transitions to the stage as lawyer Atticus Finch stands up to those challenging his belief that everyone deserves to be ...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A standing ovation greeted the first night of this production in Eastbourne last night
Was it deserved? Our full review is here
#eastbourne
Was it deserved? Our full review is here
#eastbourne
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Remember:
Juries are important not so much for the powers they have, but for the powers they prevent others from having.
Juries are important not so much for the powers they have, but for the powers they prevent others from having.
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Remember:
Juries are important not so much for the powers they have, but for the powers they prevent others from having.
Juries are important not so much for the powers they have, but for the powers they prevent others from having.
A group of volunteers faced a blustery weekend to clear weeds, litter and needles in the fourth most deprived area of East Sussex
We joined them to talk about how to start to make a difference when faced with a huge task
#realjournalism #eastbourne
We joined them to talk about how to start to make a difference when faced with a huge task
#realjournalism #eastbourne
How change starts ... with a single flowerbed
The sky threatened rain and a south-westerly wind blasted off the seafront as two dozen people hacked through weeds and retrieved sackloads of litter. We joined them to talk about urban revival
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December 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A group of volunteers faced a blustery weekend to clear weeds, litter and needles in the fourth most deprived area of East Sussex
We joined them to talk about how to start to make a difference when faced with a huge task
#realjournalism #eastbourne
We joined them to talk about how to start to make a difference when faced with a huge task
#realjournalism #eastbourne
Journalism: actual reporting and investigation.
This is why it matters
This is why it matters
Exclusive: James Binks suspended as chief executive of Rochdale council
Plus: Manchester gets a new ghost train
manchestermill.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Journalism: actual reporting and investigation.
This is why it matters
This is why it matters
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Film maker and activist Derek Jarman is brought to life in an extraordinary play by Mark Farrelly at the Grove Theatre, Eastbourne
Our reviewer’s verdict is here
#eastbourne
Our reviewer’s verdict is here
#eastbourne
REVIEW: Jarman
Film maker and activist Derek Jarman is brought to life in an extraordinary play by Mark Farrelly at the Grove Theatre, Eastbourne
www.eastbournereporter.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Film maker and activist Derek Jarman is brought to life in an extraordinary play by Mark Farrelly at the Grove Theatre, Eastbourne
Our reviewer’s verdict is here
#eastbourne
Our reviewer’s verdict is here
#eastbourne
This is the data we need right now
Proof of the pudding (and the pies) - if proof were needed.
(Source: www.ft.com/content/e255...)
(Source: www.ft.com/content/e255...)
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is the data we need right now
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This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
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My article on the elms of Sussex has been published by Eastbourne Reporter - thanks to Rebecca Maer!
She is ploughing a lonely furrow as a proper local journalist, getting out & about, meeting people & actually asking questions. It'll never catch on..
www.eastbournereporter.co.uk/elm-trees-ea...
She is ploughing a lonely furrow as a proper local journalist, getting out & about, meeting people & actually asking questions. It'll never catch on..
www.eastbournereporter.co.uk/elm-trees-ea...
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My article on the elms of Sussex has been published by Eastbourne Reporter - thanks to Rebecca Maer!
She is ploughing a lonely furrow as a proper local journalist, getting out & about, meeting people & actually asking questions. It'll never catch on..
www.eastbournereporter.co.uk/elm-trees-ea...
She is ploughing a lonely furrow as a proper local journalist, getting out & about, meeting people & actually asking questions. It'll never catch on..
www.eastbournereporter.co.uk/elm-trees-ea...
Towering elm trees were almost wiped out as Dutch Elm Disease took hold 50 years ago and killed 90% of them – some 25 million trees.
There may be fewer than 1,000 mature English elms left, many in East Sussex where there is a concerted effort to save them and plant disease-resistant varieties
There may be fewer than 1,000 mature English elms left, many in East Sussex where there is a concerted effort to save them and plant disease-resistant varieties
Hope for the survival of elegant elm trees
It is estimated there are fewer than 1,000 mature English elms left after millions were wiped out by Dutch Elm Disease. Many are in East Sussex where there is a concerted effort to save the trees left...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Towering elm trees were almost wiped out as Dutch Elm Disease took hold 50 years ago and killed 90% of them – some 25 million trees.
There may be fewer than 1,000 mature English elms left, many in East Sussex where there is a concerted effort to save them and plant disease-resistant varieties
There may be fewer than 1,000 mature English elms left, many in East Sussex where there is a concerted effort to save them and plant disease-resistant varieties
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The Government has today announced a seven-week consultation on local government reorganisation.
Residents in East Sussex can decide between two options.
They can also have their say in a separate survey about what will happen in Eastbourne after the borough council is abolished.
#eastbourne
Residents in East Sussex can decide between two options.
They can also have their say in a separate survey about what will happen in Eastbourne after the borough council is abolished.
#eastbourne
What might replace Eastbourne Borough Council?
We take an in-depth look at what type of authority could take over when the borough council disappears - have your say on initial proposals by 8 December
www.eastbournereporter.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Government has today announced a seven-week consultation on local government reorganisation.
Residents in East Sussex can decide between two options.
They can also have their say in a separate survey about what will happen in Eastbourne after the borough council is abolished.
#eastbourne
Residents in East Sussex can decide between two options.
They can also have their say in a separate survey about what will happen in Eastbourne after the borough council is abolished.
#eastbourne
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
The Government has today announced a seven-week consultation on local government reorganisation.
Residents in East Sussex can decide between two options.
They can also have their say in a separate survey about what will happen in Eastbourne after the borough council is abolished.
#eastbourne
Residents in East Sussex can decide between two options.
They can also have their say in a separate survey about what will happen in Eastbourne after the borough council is abolished.
#eastbourne
What might replace Eastbourne Borough Council?
We take an in-depth look at what type of authority could take over when the borough council disappears - have your say on initial proposals by 8 December
www.eastbournereporter.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Government has today announced a seven-week consultation on local government reorganisation.
Residents in East Sussex can decide between two options.
They can also have their say in a separate survey about what will happen in Eastbourne after the borough council is abolished.
#eastbourne
Residents in East Sussex can decide between two options.
They can also have their say in a separate survey about what will happen in Eastbourne after the borough council is abolished.
#eastbourne
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Interesting that amongst concerns raised was the desire for better connected #walking & #cycling paths, & reducing traffic speeds, issues which we've campaigned on for many years now, and still do. #Eastbourne is far too dependent upon cars for getting around. Damages both #environment & #wellbeing.
Residents' worries about overflowing bins and poor lighting have been a theme of meetings about how to spend the first phase of the Eastbourne town fund, worth up to £20 million over ten years.
We join one meeting to hear what people are saying
#eastbourne
We join one meeting to hear what people are saying
#eastbourne
Concerns over litter and lighting prompt town funding rethink
Worries about overflowing bins and poor lighting have been a theme of meetings over the last few weeks to decide how to spend the first phase of the town fund, worth up to £20 million over ten years. ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Interesting that amongst concerns raised was the desire for better connected #walking & #cycling paths, & reducing traffic speeds, issues which we've campaigned on for many years now, and still do. #Eastbourne is far too dependent upon cars for getting around. Damages both #environment & #wellbeing.