Every #Parent knows the #SchoolDay ends long before the #Workday does. #WraparoundCare offers before- and after-school supervision, activities and support - helping families balance work and home life. 👉Find out - ask your child's #School. More info: https://bit.ly/4rVHDwg

Do you have children aged 0–14 years (or 0-18 for children with disabilities) and live in #EastSussex? Complete our second childcare survey of 2026. Your feedback will help us understand local #Childcare needs in East Sussex. Take the survey 👉🏽 https://bit.ly/4y7Kmqu

@EastSussexFRS and @WestSussexFRS have been at an incident on Ashdown Forest this morning following reports of smouldering grass and trees. Wildfire risk is high during hot, dry weather. Help lower this risk: https://www.esfrs.org/ashdown-forest-incident

Young readers across East Sussex have crowned "The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found" by Jordan Lees as the East Sussex Children's Book Award 2026 winner 👑 Read the full article on the Your East Sussex website: https://bit.ly/4vlDtPQ #EastSussexLibraries #ESCBA2026

🟠⚠️ An Amber Heat-Health Alert has been issued across the Midlands and southern England, with a Yellow Heat-Health Alert in place across Yorkshire and northern England. These alerts will be in place until Sunday 12 July.

Free access to dozens of #NationalTheatre recordings at your local #Library. Hamlet, The Crucible, The Importance of Being Earnest and more. Headphones in, job done. 🎭 eastsussex.gov.uk/yourlibrary What's your favourite play? 👇 #EastSussex

Free access to #Ancestry and #FindMyPast at your local #Library. That relative nobody talks about. The surname nobody can explain. Now you can look. 🌳 Book a free 1-2-1 session: eastsussex.gov.uk/yourlibrary Ever found something surprising? Tell us 👇 #EastSussex #FamilyHistory

Navigating the #School system for the first time in September? 🏫 Don't let the #SchoolRun stress you out. #WraparoundCare offers reliable before and after school care. 📢 Speak to your child’s school to find out what’s available near you. Info: https://bit.ly/4rVHDwg

Book clubs, knitting circles, #CommunityGroups – meet new people at your local #Library. Friendly faces, regular space, actual conversation. 🫶 Find a group near you: eastsussex.gov.uk/yourlibrary #EastSussex

☀️ The red Heat Health Alert remains in place until 11pm tonight, with thundery downpours and flash flooding possible this weekend! Visit the NHS website for advice on staying cool, take water with you if you're travelling today, expect delays & allow extra time where possible!

Free #Storytime and #Rhymetime every week at your #EastSussex library. Songs, stories, friendly faces - No booking needed - spaces can vary so check with your nearest #Library first. ☕🎶 eastsussex.gov.uk/yourlibrary Tag someone who needs this 👇

🔴⚠️ A Red Heat-Health Alert has been issued across the Midlands and southern England until 25 June. This is the highest level of alert and indicates a risk to everyone's health, not just vulnerable groups. Northern England is under an Amber alert. 🔗 ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk

Theatre recordings. Driving theory. Ancestry software. Study pods. Lego club. Audiobooks. Wellbeing resources. Free wifi. All free. All at your #EastSussex Library. 🤯❤️ eastsussex.gov.uk/yourlibrary When did you last visit? 👇

You have until 11.59pm to respond to Government's consultation on their proposal for a unitary authority for East Sussex that would see areas of the Lewes District transferred to Brighton and Hove. Don't miss your chance to have your say: https://bit.ly/49bTD6e

Have your say on Government proposals to move Peacehaven, Telscombe, East Saltdean and Falmer into an expanded Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) from 2028. Their consultation runs until 15 June. Find out more and have your say: https://bit.ly/4uILyhG

Have your say on Government proposals to move Peacehaven, Telscombe, East Saltdean and Falmer into an expanded Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) from 2028. Their consultation runs until 15 June. Find out more and have your say: https://bit.ly/4uILyhG

That's the end of our live updates, thank you for following along. A new council has been elected with no single party holding a majority. The results are: * Reform - 22 members * Liberal Democrats - 13 members * Green Party - 11 members * Conservative - 3 members * Independent - 1 member

The results are in for Maresfield & Buxted: Coleman (Green Party) – 1,754 Galley (Conservative) – 1,752 Johnson (Reform) – 1,371 Murray (Liberal Democrats) – 380 ✅ Elected: Coleman, Christina (Green Party) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Crowborough North & Jarvis Brook: Fielding (Reform) – 1,804 Fox (Green Party) – 427 Johnstone (Liberal Democrats) – 1,414 Towey (Conservative) – 1,120 ✅ Elected: Fielding, Catherine (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Willingdon & South Downs: Daniel (Liberal Democrats) – 841 Goulson (Green Party) – 300 Hunt (Labour) – 65 Shing (Independent) – 1,618 Smith (Reform) – 1,180 Taylor (Conservative) – 505 ✅ Elected: Shing, Stephen (Independent) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Crowborough South & St Johns: Arthur (Liberal Democrats) – 1,166 Everitt (Green Party) – 376 Jury (Reform) – 1,742 Waller (Independent) – 282 Wilson (Conservative) – 1,233 ✅ Elected: Jury, Sarah (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Heathfield & Mayfield: Blake-Coggins (Liberal Democrats) – 403 Blaxland (Conservative) – 1,288 Hulbert (Green Party) – 1,222 Taylor (Labour) – 177 Woolley (Reform)– 1,480 ✅ Elected: Woolley, Andy (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Forest Row & Groombridge: Butler (Conservative) – 1,163 Chowaniec (Liberal Democrats) – 278 Joad (Reform) – 1,091 Taylor (Green Party) – 1,863 ✅ Elected: Taylor (Green Party) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Wealden North East: Barret (Reform) – 1037 Gadd (Independent) – 321 Lunn (Conservative) – 1,457 Sherlock (Green Party) – 652 Taylor (Liberal Democrats) – 451 Walker (Labour) – 259 ✅ Elected: Lunn, Michael (Conservative) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Telscombe: Boniface (Liberal Democrats) – 294 Chapman (Reform) – 1,312 Day (Green Party) – 598 Fabry (Labour) – 1,111 Webster (Conservative) – 651 ✅ Elected: Chapman, Stephen (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Ringmer & Lewes Bridge: Baah (Liberal Democrats) – 1,869 Brewer (Labour) – 99 Denis (Green Party) – 2,263 O'Neill (Reform) – 767 Turner (Conservative) – 385 ✅ Elected: Denis, Johnny (Green Party) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Newhaven and Bishopstone: Boniface (Liberal Democrats) – 2,059 Boorman (Conservative) – 339 Moughrabi (Labour) – 95 O'Brien (Green Party) – 361 Wilson (Reform) – 1,315 ✅ Elected: Boniface, Lesley (Liberal Democrats) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Chailey: Embleton-Archard (Labour) – 101 Graham-Dixon (Reform) – 1,137 Hughes (Liberal Democrats) – 573 Keenan (Green Party) – 1,802 Linington (Conservative) – 1,114 ✅ Elected: Keenan, Charlotte (Green Party) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Rye & Eastern Rother: Bradley (Reform) – 1,186 ELECTED ✅ Hart (Con) – 956 Hyatt (Independent) – 193 Manning (Green) – 800 McLaren (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 21 Mier (Lib Dem) – 311 Pollard (Labour) - 550 Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Rother North West: Ashdown (Reform) – 1,196 Kent (Green Party) – 526 Kirby-Green (Conservative) – 1,169 Macpherson (Labour) – 125 Varral (Liberal Democrats) – 800 ✅ Elected: Ashdown, Mark (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Lewes: Crawley (Reform) – 398 Maples (Green Party) – 2,600 Webb (Conservative) – 174 West (Liberal Democrats) – 2,072 ✅ Elected: Maples, Wendy (Green Party) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Ouse Valley West and Downs: Heasman-O'Neill (Conservative) – 500 Keene (Green Party) – 537 Kemsley (Reform) – 861 Osborne (Liberal Democrats) – 2,134 ✅ Elected: Osborne, Sarah (Liberal Democrats) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Brede Valley & Marsham: Coupar (Liberal Democrats) – 869 Honeywell (Green Party) – 447 Lach (Reform) – 1,483 Maynard (Conservative) – 1,100 Pollard (Labour) – 242 ✅ Elected: Lach, Daniel (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Northern Rother: Eason (Labour) – 197 Hardy (Liberal Democrats) – 778 Jennings (Reform) – 1,162 Redstone (Conservative) – 1,216 Wedmore (Green Party)– 408 ✅ Elected: Redstone, Paul (Conservative) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Seaford South: Francomb (Green Party) – 474 Lambert (Liberal Democrats) – 2,439 Large (Conservative) – 391 Payne (Reform) – 1,019 Purser (Labour) – 108 ✅ Elected: Lambert, Carolyn (Liberal Democrats) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Peacehaven: Chapman (Green Party) – 541 Davies (Labour) – 905 Enever (Conservative) – 725 Garoghan (Liberal Democrats) – 241 Pedro (Reform) – 1,322 ✅ Elected: Pedro, Tracey (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Bexhill West: Carter (Conservative) – 1,047 Fenner (Green Party) – 388 Llewelyn (Liberal Democrats) – 334 McCourt (Labour) – 273 Morley (Reform) – 1,647 Winter (Independent) – 1,307 ✅ Elected: Morley, Peter (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Seaford North: Adeniji (Reform) – 1,526 Boorman (Conservative) – 445 Cohen (Green Party) – 1,284 Reeves (Liberal Democrats) – 1,629 ✅ Elected: Reeves, Jane (Liberal Democrats) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Hastings - Ashdown & Conquest: Chantal (Labour) – 447 Fisher (Reform) – 1,246 Rayment (Liberal Democrats) – 208 Streeten (Conservative) – 728 Warne (Green Party) – 835 ✅ Elected: Fisher, Aidan (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Bexhill North: Azad (Rother Association of Independent Councillors) – 864 Blagrove (Ind) – 152 Glenn (Green) – 267 Legg (Labour) – 185 Peters (Cons) – 484 Stanger (Lib Dem) – 410 Walmsley (Reform) - 1,056 ELECTED ✅ Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Bexhill South: Bayliss (Labour) – 704 Carson (Reform) – 1,333 Fairbrass (Independent) – 199 Hobden (Liberal Democrats) – 218 Hollidge (Conservative) – 978 Rathbone (Green Party) – 825 ✅ Elected: Carson, Victoria (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Eastbourne - Sovereign: Di Cara (Conservative) – 1,212 Kalo (Green Party) – 268 Nevill (Liberal Democrats) – 1,041 Peché (Reform) – 1,617 Sailing (Labour) – 113 ✅ Elected: Peché, Roy (Reform) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Eastbourne - St Anthony's: Bracuti (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 31 Lambert (Labour) – 76 Moon (Cons) – 477 Parker (Lib Dem) – 1,472 ELECTED ✅ Shuttle (Green Party) – 297 Watt (Reform) – 1,224 Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Eastbourne - Ratton: Alfred (Reform) – 993 Belsey (Conservative) – 1,174 Burbridge (Green Party) – 239 Fry (Labour) – 86 Murray (Liberal Democrats) – 1,134 ✅ Elected: Belsey, Colin (Conservative) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Eastbourne - Devonshire: De Rozarieux (Conservative) - 297 Dickens (Green Party) - 493 Gell (Independent) - 51 Holt (Liberal Democrats) - 1,520 Pettitt (Reform) - 905 Richards (Labour) - 186 ✅ Elected: Holt, Stephen (Liberal Democrat) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Eastbourne - Old Town: Brinson (Labour) – 93 Diplock (Lib Dem) – 2,461 ELECTED ✅ Gisby (Cons) – 475 Horvath (Heritage Party - Pro-Freedom. Pro- Family. Pro-Life.) – 39 Norris (Reform) – 787 Von Hellermann (Green) – 403 Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Eastbourne - Upperton: Akers (Reform) – 915 Ballard (Liberal Democrats) – 1,820 Gillette (Labour) – 107 Salazar (Green Party) – 439 Van Dinter (Conservative) – 493 ✅ Elected: Ballard, Kathy (Liberal Democrat) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Eastbourne - Meads: Bucklitsch (Reform) – 1,054 Morrell (Liberal Democrats) – 1,553 Scard (Labour) – 129 Smart (Conservative) – 1,110 Wright (Green Party) – 682 ✅ Elected: Morrell, Jack (Liberal Democrats) Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Bexhill East: Beeney (Ind Trade Union & Socialist) – 23 Clark (Ind) – 604 Delany (Labour) – 379 Elford (Cons) – 441 Goddard (Lib Dem) – 208 Gordon (Ind) – 128 Kenward (Reform) - 1,267 ELECTED ✅ Neale (Green) - 502 Thank you to everyone who voted.

The results are in for Hastings - St Helens & Silverhill: Clarke (Reform) – 1,125 Dowling (Green Party) – 1,152 Lloyd (Liberal Democrats) – 306 Martin (Conservative) – 578 O'Callaghan (Labour) – 745 ✅ Elected: Dowling, Shaun (Green Party) Thank you to everyone who voted.