Environment

Staff at a beach office were called to assist a woman who reported being stung by a jellyfish on the Sussex coast last week.

It is looking like a bumper year for pests, with the heatwave providing perfect conditions for wasps, rats and mice to thrive, according to industry experts.

Staff from the Brewers Decorator Centre were joined by their families and customers to take part in a beach clean in the Old Town on Sunday July 8.

Buried beneath the beach at Bulverhythe rests the most complete wreck anywhere in the world of a Dutch East Indiaman - the Amsterdam.

The country’s largest ever colony of ‘electric ants’ has been discovered in a Sussex town.

Marks & Spencer has launched a summer-long food campaign that shines a spotlight on M&S’ beef traceability standards.

The mystery surrounding a strange smell in Bexhill has been solved.

Bexhill’s MP Huw Merriman has welcomed the news that parts of his constituency will be included in a consultation to become a Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).

Frankie Woodgate and her heavy working horses Yser and Tobias made a welcome return to Hastings Country Park nature reserve last week.

It was two wheeled fun in the sun for hundreds of cycling enthusiasts over the weekend when the 1066 Cycling Festival took place.

The campaign to develop the new Discovery Centre at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve reached a key phase this week as it officially launched to the public.

A basking shark has been captured on camera in waters just off the coast of 1066 Country.

The Observer welcomed an unusual visitor to its offices last week.

Sussex is home to some of the most beautiful woodland areas that the country has to offer, and with spring well underway it means one thing – bluebell season is here.

Walkers from Battle Health Walks and Battle Ramblers made an inaugural walk through the new Kissing Gate at Mansers Shaw on a warm spring day last Friday.

Eco homes are being sought to take part in a local energy campaign.

Two local children made the rarer discovery of a seahorse on Bexhill Beach.

Waitrose is removing takeaway coffee cups from its stores.

Bexhill Environmental Group and the Bexhill Science Cafe are inviting the public to attend a special meeting to discuss chemicals in the environment.