Your NHS records to go online

Medical records belonging to thousands of local people are being entered into a huge online database dubbed "too risky" by critics.

Patients in Crowborough, Heathfield, Rotherfield, Mayfield, Uckfield and Buxted will have their medical details uploaded to the NHS Spine – a care records system containing key health information about...

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Child sex offender disclosure scheme comes to Sussex

Sussex parents will soon be able to check whether people with access to their children are child sex offenders. The Home Secretary today named Sussex Police as one of the first 18 forces to...

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Broad Oak man in critical condition after crash

A 19-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured on Friday evening when he was in hit by a Mercedes 190E car in Udimore. The collision happened just after 9.15pm on the B2089 Udimore...

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Rubbish collector hangs up her sacks

packing it all in: Melissa Gates has vowed to stop picking up litter in Wadhurst after she was accused of being a benefit cheat  GF1402071/12

Melissa Gates' life changed forever when she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2005. But instead of giving up on the world...

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Flood warning for East Sussex

Flooding between Wadhurst and Frant in February 2009.

Flood warnings have been issued for East Sussex by the Environment Agency and Met Office. A week of sustained rainfall is expected to...

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Tribute paid to Crowborough ace spitfire pilot

Remembered: Friends and family have paid tribute to Bob Doe

Crowborough Battle of Britain ace Bob Doe has died of pneumonia at the age of 89. Wing Commander Doe, of Lordswell Lane, flew Spitfires...

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Crowborough mother dies nine days after fatal crash

The tragic scene on February 13

A second driver has died following a head-on crash on the A26 in Crowborough. Crowborough mum Delia Longley, 41, of Chapel Green, who...

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Driver named following fatal Crowborough collision

The driver killed in Saturday's A26 crash in Crowborough has been named as Ronald Page, aged 79, of Parklands, Maresfield. His Vauxhall Corsa was in collision with a Volkswagon Beetle on...

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Man dead and mother and daughter in hospital after fatal Crowborough collision

A 79-year-old Maresfield man has died in a collision on the A26 Uckfield Road in Crowborough. A 41-year-old woman and her daughter, seven, are detained in hospital. Police are appealing for...

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Slash victim scarred for life in club

 KNIFE ATTACK:</B> Richard Tester's face bears witness to the savagery of the attack at a local nightspot. His doctor is talking about plastic surgery but he is sceptical

A young man from Crowborough has been left scarred for life after a vicious knife assault in a Tunbridge Wells nightclub. Richard Teste...

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Brave pupils honoured for being shining stars

CHILDREN OF COURAGE: Rocks Park Primary School pupils Sophie Griffith, six and Rees Ryder, nine, with their Little Star awards for bravery   SL0502101/1

Two youngsters from an Uckfield primary school, who are suffering from cancer, have been honoured by a national charity for their coura...

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Leaders next up for Crows

DON'T STOP ME NOW: Sam Carrington scored twice in Crowborough's 3-1 win over Hailsham. They face league leaders Chichester City tomorrow at the Crowborough Community Stadium

IN CROWBOROUGH Athletic's 114 year history there can have been few games quite as remarkable as the one that took place on Saturday.

Before reading on remember this - these are the same players that barely won a football match in the whole of 2009, yet here they are enjoying an unbeaten run of seven wins and a draw in six incredible...

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East Grinstead's double header weekend prepares them for final promotion push

NO PAYNE, NO GAIN: Ben Payne was on target for East Grinstead Photo by John James O'Brien

EAST Grinstead face a tough double header this weekend with two games at Saint Hill which could go some way to deciding their fate. The...

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Wasps boss Beckingham faces crucial weekend

TONY Beckingham believes East Grinstead can stave off relegation as they face their toughest test of the season. They entertain Mile Oak, just above them in the Sussex County League, is what...

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Lingfield appear to have turned the corner

HITTING FORM: Lingfield are back on track

Sussex County League Division One Lingfield 3 St Francis Rangers 0 AN Andrew Dalehouse brace secured a second successive win for Lingf...

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East Grinstead on the verge of promotion

WHAT KATIE DID NEXT: Kate Cowlard has hit top form this season, inset Izzy Wood Photos by John James O'Brien

EAST Grinstead Ladies are just one win away from securing league victory and promotion into the South League. Grinstead's recent victo...

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Anything Goes at The Stag in Sevenoaks

Anything Goes at The Stag in Sevenoaks

T he ever-popular musical Anything Goes comes to The Stag this month, thanks to the Sevenoaks Players.

First staged in New York in 1934, PG Wodehouse provided the libretto and Cole Porter produced his usual swinging music.

Since then it has been revised several times. In 1987, at the Beaumont Theatre, the orchestra was re-scored...

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Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds at the Assembly Hall in Tunbridge Wells

Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds at the Assembly Hall in Tunbridge Wells

A sk Debbie Reynolds who she knew and worked with during Hollywood's golden era and she reels off a list featuring nearly all the great...

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Acoustic scene regular drops in to Grub

Edwina Hayes will be performing at Grub

A REGULAR on the acoustic scene will be entertaining the audience at Grub Cafe and Music Bar tomorrow (Friday). Edwina Hayes divides...

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Acoustic treat as guitar god comes to Chequer Mead

GUITAR GOD: Martin Simpson

A MAN acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic guitarists around is set to perform an April Fools Day gig. Martin Simpson sings perso...

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Honking good fun at The Harlequin

WACKY SHOW: To Have and to Honk combines music and tomfoolery

WHAT do you get if you combine four clowns and 14 musical instruments? Answer - To Have and to Honk. The show is making its debut at...

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