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Rivers are increasingly being given legal rights. Now they need people who will defend these rights in court

A district council in England has passed a motion to grant its local river the rights to flow freely, to be free from pollution and to enjoy its native biodiversity. The move by Lewes District Council in East Sussex to recognise the fundamental rights of the River Ouse is the…

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‘Evict the Charleston Scroungers’: row in Lewes over the Bloomsbury group’s legacy

A debate is raging over the future of a council building used for art exhibitions as public services in the Sussex town are squeezed

The Guardian - UK

‘Country first, party second,’ says Starmer. So why menace Labour members who actually believe that?

Two party activists in Sussex who worked with the Lib Dems last year to kick out the Tories have been expelled. This is horribly short-sighted, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Burying the Hatchet Post-Election in Delaware (with Special Bonus Ox Roast)

A University of Delaware page reports: The State Law of 1791 moved the county seat in Sussex County from Lewes… The post Burying the Hatchet Post-Election in Delaware (with Special Bonus Ox Roast) appeared first on Reason.com.

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Lewes Bonfire Night parade included effigies of Nigel Farage and Paula Vennells

The tradition hasn’t stopped since its introduction in 1795

Evening Standard

Three taken to hospital as 40,000 attend Lewes Bonfire Night celebration

Four arrests were made as thousands descended on the historic Sussex market town.

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Streets packed for annual Lewes bonfire parade

The first recorded event was in 1795.

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Overcrowding concerns at Bonfire Night event after 200 injuries in five years

Sussex Police urged people not to attend Lewes Bonfire Night as ‘serious concerns’ remain over too many people in the narrow streets of the town.

Evening Standard

A different goal: how women’s football is changing the beautiful game

A new wave of owners, players and fans are ensuring women’s football is not just a pale imitation of the men’s game, but celebrates its own unique values

The Guardian - UK

Backpack-wearing dogs enlisted to rewild urban nature reserve in Lewes

Organisers hope dogs will mimic behaviour of wolves that in past would have helped disperse wildflower seeds

The Guardian - UK

Maria Caulfield faces calls to refer herself to ethics adviser over false ‘15-minute city’ claims

UK health minister ‘spreading baseless claims’ by saying local council planned to restrict freedom to drive, say Lib Dems

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OPINION - Leaving London is for people who can't handle the tough stuff — I'm so glad I never quit

Sometime around their late thirties and early forties, something happens to each London generation. A fundamental division emerges between those who flit the city for the coast and those who stay. The old ravers head to Margate. The gays to St Leonards. Fancy types that need at least one boutique…

Evening Standard

Women’s football in England enters NewCo era amid promise and risk

The Championship promotion race is tight and thrilling but amid reform comes a risk of financial divides widening between clubs

The Guardian - UK

Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece: Bloomsbury’s untold story

‘Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece: An Untold Story’ is a new exhibition at Charleston in Lewes, UK, that charts the duo's creative legacy

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The Phoenix, Lewes: a new riverside neighbourhood that sounds almost too good to be true

A dream team of architects has planning permission to convert a former ironworks in the old Sussex market town into a sustainable new community. If built, it could spearhead a transformation of British housing

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It’s the rise of the Phoenix – and it shows British new-build homes don’t have to be shoddy and antisocial

It’s rare to feel excited about UK housing developments, but this ambitious project in Sussex is truly remarkable, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

Evening Standard

Man denies manslaughter after woman dies at slapping therapy workshop in Wiltshire

Danielle Carr-Gomm, from Lewes, East Sussex, was previously said by her family to have embraced alternative and holistic medicine and therapies

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Jeremy Goring obituary

Other lives: History lecturer who wrote extensively about his native Sussex, including on the religious history of Lewes

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The surprisingly punk fashion of the Bloomsbury set, including Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell

Scrupulously researched and curated by fashion journalist Charlie Porter, Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and Fashion has opened at Charleston’s new spaces at Southover House in Lewes. The exhibition brings together original garments, paintings, photography and spoken word to explore how the Bloomsbury set continues to inspire fashion more than a…

Evening Standard

‘The jewel in the crown of Lewes’: landmark gothic library designed by George Gilbert Scott looking for a new owner

Fitzroy House was built in 1862 and designed by architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, famous for St Pancras Station, The Albert Memorial and King’s College Chapel, amongst other celebrated public buildings.

Evening Standard

East Sussex commuter towns: the best villages for property value, green space and train links to London

With its choice of picturesque market towns, lower profile coastal resorts and villages, East Sussex has more to it than the beaches and bars of Brighton

Evening Standard

Restaurant chain Bill’s rebounds from pandemic with record first-half sales

The company, which grew from a single greengrocer in Lewes, reported record first-half sales of £45.3 million from its still trading locations, up 4.5% on a like-for-like basis

The Guardian - UK

From Lewes to Wolves: women’s football in England this weekend

Missing the World Cup? Rest assured that while you wait for the WSL there’s plenty of action to be found this Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Where will all the buses go, as stations vanish?

Letters: Sylvia Argyle deplores the plans for Lewes bus station; Carol Hedges bemoans the disappearance of her service

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Teenager denies having synagogue attack note

Mason Reynolds, from Brighton, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday by video link from Lewes prison.

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