Residents of ‘1066 Country’ lose battle for Bayeux tapestry tickets Exclusive: East Sussex MP Helena Dollimore says ‘shambolic’ museum phone line has made her constituents lose out to ‘queue jumpers’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Missed out on tickets to see the Bayeux tapestry in London? A £1,000 hotel stay will get you in British Museum’s £33 tickets to exhibition sold out in a day but some slots have been reserved for guests at One Aldwych The Guardian - UK · Aug 15
Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM Labour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheet The Guardian - UK · Aug 1
Burst pipe leaves homes in East Sussex without water on Christmas Day Southern Water says incident led to ‘very low levels’ at reservoir and set up bottled water station for residents The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2025
Thousands in Hastings could face Christmas with no water after mains pipe bursts Southern Water warns households may begin losing water from Christmas Eve as system rapidly loses supply The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025
MP calls for ban on ‘biobeads’ at sewage works after devastating Camber Sands spillage Exclusive: Use of toxic plastic beads in treatment works is unnecessary and outdated, say conservationists The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2025
Camber Sands Disaster: How Tiny Plastic Beads Sparked a Major Ecological Scare Along Britain's Coast Thousands of small plastic pellets, or biobeads, have washed up at Camber Sands in East Sussex, prompting authorities to investigate the source and begin a secured cleanup operation. International Business Times UK · Nov 10, 2025
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands MP asks for explanation from Southern Water amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2025
Ashford’s ghost terminal could be brought back to life by Richard Branson Letter: Helena Dollimore MP says the entrepreneur could burnish his legacy by bringing international trains back to the Kent station The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025
The new Battle of Hastings: locals fight to save historic pier after self-styled sheikh puts it up for sale With its flamboyant owner facing a fraud trial, Harry Cockburn explains how another chapter in the storied 150-year history of the Sussex landmark looks set to be written The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2025
Call for British Museum to take Bayeux tapestry to ‘1066 country’ MP calls for region where Battle of Hastings took place to be included in events surrounding return of artwork The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2025
'Don't talk over me': Stephen Flynn in spat with Labour MP on disability cuts STEPHEN Flynn has hit out at Labour's planned cuts to disability benefits in a fiery spat with a Labour MP. The National (Scotland) · Jun 18, 2025
Give back taxpayers’ cash for failed ‘fun factory’, Hastings MP tells Tory donor Lubov Chernukhin was given £150,000 in public funds to help open Owens entertainment centre The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025