A new sports bar is set to open in part of the former Debenhams building in Hastings after councillors approved a premises licence for the site.

A bid to open a new sports bar inside part of the former Debenhams building in Hastings will go before councillors later this month — but not everyone is on board.

Five new houses will be built on the site of a former Hastings church, after plans were approved on appeal.

Plans for a major housing development in Eastbourne have been put on hold after councillors raised serious concerns about flooding.

The six councils in East Sussex have published draft proposals that could see them replaced by one new authority covering the whole county.